The Dolores Bears would like to forget about last week.<\/p>\n
It was a rough outing against Salida last Friday that led to a 16-0 Bears defeat.<\/p>\n
Dolores and Salida were in a defensive stalemate for most of the game, until the Spartans put together a 50-yard drive midway through the third quarter to finally break the eggs on the scoreboard and take an 8-0 lead.<\/p>\n
On the ensuing kickoff, Dolores\u2019 Tristen Medina returned the kick 83 yards for a touchdown, only to have the play called back for a holding penalty.<\/p>\n
After punting away the possession, Salida was unable to get anything going and punted the ball back.<\/p>\n
The Bears muffed the punt on their own 11-yard line, setting up the Spartans for an easy score to take a 16-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Salida held the Bears offense in check for most of the game, and even when Dolores got within striking distance, it was unable to convert.<\/p>\n
Dolores finished with just 117 rushing yards and 44 passing yards. Credit the Salida defense, but head coach Chris Trusler also pointed to the Bears\u2019 blocking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just had terrible blocking, from our offensive line and from our running backs coming out of the backfield,\u201d Trusler said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast week we went 16-26 in the air, our best outing yet. Then against Salida we go 3-for-18. And a big part of that was receivers dropping the ball. On simple screens, on little five yard outs, whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe beat ourselves against Salida,\u201d Trusler continued. \u201cIt\u2019s as simple as it can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bears are looking to move forward after their subpar performance last week. After working all week at practice on blocking, ball control and catching, they\u2019re hoping to get a win against a Centauri team that the Bears haven\u2019t been able to snare in years.<\/p>\n
\u201cDolores hasn\u2019t gotten a win against Centauri in seven or eight years. So we know we\u2019ve got to have our A-game this week and we\u2019ve got to fire on all cylinders to get a win opening up in league play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dolores (2-2) hosts Centauri (1-3) on Friday, with kickoff at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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