{"id":108068,"date":"2015-11-23T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-girls-aim-for-districts\/"},"modified":"2015-11-23T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:25:33","slug":"mancos-girls-aim-for-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-girls-aim-for-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos girls aim for districts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nicole Hess pulls down a rebound in a scrimmage Saturday with the M-CHS Panthers.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Mancos Blue Jays started last season 1-5 before stringing together wins in the second half of the season to make it to the regional tournament.<\/p>\n

And with a team consisting of many girls that had never played, their success came as a welcome surprise to head coach Mallory Morgan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good season,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cIt was one I\u2019ll never forget for sure, because I think we were kind of like a Cinderella team that no one expected much from.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Andie Paschal and Taylor Goff graduating, the Blue Jays will lean heavily on senior Jessica Gutierrez and junior Nicole Hess.<\/p>\n

\u201cJess is going to be really big this year, as is Nicole,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cJessica really ended on a great note last season and that\u2019s where I\u2019d like her to continue from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gutierrez will serve as the team\u2019s point guard and lone senior, with juniors Hess, Brittney Peacock and Emma Most also stepping up into leadership positions.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Ashley Cole and freshmen Emily Cole, Ericka Peacock and Taelor Samora round out the young team.<\/p>\n

While the team is young and may lack experience, Morgan and the Blue Jays\u2019 goal is to make it to the district tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a tough league this year,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to have to bring our A-game every night. But to get out of the district tournament would be pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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