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Aryelle Wright works the ball inside during the Dolores Bears\u2019 scrimmage against the M-CHS Panthers Saturday in Cortez.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Head coach Larry Schwartz plans to play the Dolores girls basketball team in waves of five in order to wear teams down.<\/p>\n

And with the Bears\u2019 depth and athleticism, he has lofty goals for the 2015-2016 season.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Bears went 7-15 and graduated four.<\/p>\n

However, they return their three leading scorers in Nichole Kibel, Larissa Umberger and Madi Archuleta.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadi Archuleta has really improved her game,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to play her at the three, four and five spots, and sometimes shooting guard.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the inside, the team adds freshman Tatum Majors and senior Kitty Wallace, and while Schwartz will look to his group of seniors to hold down the guard positions, he has an abundance of young talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a bunch of young sophomore and freshman girls \u2013 just a lot of speed,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a whole lot of height, but a lot of speed. We\u2019ll do a lot of pressing and get after it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With plenty of depth and a healthy mix of upperclassmen and underclassmen, the Bears are hoping to improve off last year\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year we got back into districts,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cThis year we want to take it a step further and get into regionals and then see if we can make some noise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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