{"id":119261,"date":"2014-07-02T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T01:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-basketball-players-remain-active-in-off-season\/"},"modified":"2014-07-02T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T01:11:06","slug":"dolores-basketball-players-remain-active-in-off-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-basketball-players-remain-active-in-off-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores basketball players remain active in off-season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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=209f7b56-1717-44db-b037-d6cee3580d93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=209f7b56-1717-44db-b037-d6cee3580d93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=209f7b56-1717-44db-b037-d6cee3580d93&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=209f7b56-1717-44db-b037-d6cee3580d93&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=\"1747\" height=\"2104\" alt=\"Dolores High School forward Ben Lykins, shown here playing during the 2013-14 season, is one of many Bears players who have improved this summer.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Dolores High School forward Ben Lykins, shown here playing during the 2013-14 season, is one of many Bears players who have improved this summer.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Dolores Star file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>After finishing the 2013-14 season with a 4-16 record, members of the Dolores High School basketball team entered the off-season determined to improve.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in a summer tournament in Dove Creek, June 19-20, the Bears finished with a 5-0 record, defeating teams from Ridgway, Towaoc and Dove Creek.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dolores High School head coach Larry Schwartz, nearly every player on the team performed well during the two-day tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole group has improved this summer,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cWe\u2019ve been having open gyms twice every week. (The players) are shaping up to be a pretty good bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team members that competed in Dove Creek included Daniel Fernandez, Obed Simental, Jalen Balderrama, Walter Parks, Cael McHenry, Ben Lykins, Clarence Dennison, Mikeal Ford, K.C. Davis and Tristan Boren.<\/p>\n<p>Among the players who stood out was Fernandez, who is preparing for his freshman season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel Fernandez is going to be outstanding,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cHe brings great skills as a point guard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also commended by Schwartz was Lykins, who, after averaging 6.1 points as a sophomore last season, is looking to improve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen just keeps working hard and improving,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cHe\u2019s always in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the team has no tournaments on the schedule for the remainder of the year, players will participate in open gyms and play in the Cortez Rec League throughout the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with 5-0 record in tournament in Dove Creek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119262,"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-119261","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\/119261","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=119261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119261"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=119261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}