Playing in the Class 2A District 2 Tournament in Delta on May 8, the Dolores High School baseball defeated Rangely High School 7-3 before losing to Paonia High School 10-0 to end the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played OK, but we were one step away from making Regionals, and that\u2019s where I hoped to be,\u201d Dolores manager Rusty Hamilton said. \u201cWe had some good games and we had some bad games, but as a whole, I think that we had a good year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bears down Rangely<\/p>\n
Keying the Bears 7-3 victory over Rangely was a solid pitching performance by senior Stetson Hamilton, who pitched all seven innings and struck out 15 batters. Rusty Hamilton said that overall, he was pleased with his son\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cStetson had a good day on the mound,\u201d said the Dolores manager. \u201cHe started a little slow and gave up some walks, but I expected that since we got up so early to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Key hits were delivered by Stetson Hamilton, Kellen Gatzke and Dalton Madden, which allowed the Bears break the game open in the later innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were dead even for the first two or three innings,\u201d Rusty Hamilton said. \u201cIn the fourth and fifth innings, we finally broke through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bears fall to Paonia<\/p>\n
Throughout each of the five innings of the Bears 10-0 loss to Paonia, Dolores hitters struggled to make contact and Bears starting pitcher Kellen Gatzke was unable to avoid Paonia\u2019s potent bats.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaonia was the better team that day,\u201d Rusty Hamilton said. \u201cThe pitching that we see out of Paonia is just a step above what we see all year long. Our hitters had trouble getting to the ball and they made some outstanding defensive plays.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dolores finished its season with an 8-9 record and will graduate six seniors off of this year\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to see this year\u2019s seniors go,\u201d Rusty Hamilton said. \u201cMost of these kids have been with me since t-ball. This year\u2019s class was really a special group.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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