{"id":116739,"date":"2014-11-05T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T00:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/brown-is-bears-heart-soul\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T00:37:51","slug":"brown-is-bears-heart-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/brown-is-bears-heart-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown is Bears&#8217; heart, soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\" data-naviga-align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5724ec92-6a14-450a-8aad-7813225d7a4b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5724ec92-6a14-450a-8aad-7813225d7a4b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5724ec92-6a14-450a-8aad-7813225d7a4b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5724ec92-6a14-450a-8aad-7813225d7a4b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"687\" height=\"1038\" alt=\"Brown\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Brown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The senior manager has inspired teammates with his words and assisted coaches by providing football insights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEli Brown is the spirit of Dolores High School football,\u201d said Bears head coach Chris Trusler. \u201cHe\u2019s a very integral part of the team, and his dedication to the team and the love that he has for each of our players is outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to providing water to coaches and players, Brown takes attendance before every practice. He also provides encouragement to teammates during practices and games.<\/p>\n<p>A history buff with vast knowledge of Abraham Lincoln, Brown said his favorite classes are English and physical education. He plans to attend Fort Lewis College after graduation and pursue degree in business and exercise science. He\u2019d also like to coach the football team.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he\u2019ll remember most about managing the team, Brown said that the  28-19 homecoming victory over John Mall this season stands out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always remember my very last homecoming game,\u201d said Brown. \u201cWe usually win on homecoming, and last year we didn\u2019t, and I was not very happy. It was great to get the win this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senior said the Bears and Dolores will always remain close to his heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of people in Dolores know you,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">Brown\u2019s thoughts on the seniors<\/h4>\n<p>Mikeal Ford: \u2018He\u2019s very fast and can carry the ball.\u2019<br>\n                Kellen Gatzke: \u2018I\u2019ve been friends with Kellen Gatzke since my freshman year. He can blitz like crazy.\u2019<br>\n                KC Davis: \u2018(He) is very athletic. I like what he\u2019s doing at left tackle and defensive end.\u2019<br>\n                Guy Wallace: \u2018(He) is very strong and he has a very good work ethic.\u2019<br>\n                Clarence Dennison: \u2018He does a good job at nose guard.\u2019<br>\n                Wyatt Jones: \u2018(He) has a very good work ethic. I like what he can do at line and at linebacker.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senior manager has inspired teammates with his words and assisted coaches by providing football insights. \u201cEli Brown is the spirit of Dolores High School football,\u201d said Bears head coach Chris Trusler. \u201cHe\u2019s a very integral part of the team, and his dedication to the team and the love that he has for each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6362],"tags":[188],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-116739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ds-sports","tag-dolores-star"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116739"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=116739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}