{"id":122469,"date":"2013-12-11T22:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bears-grapplers-perform-in-opener-at-flagstaff\/"},"modified":"2013-12-11T22:42:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:42:20","slug":"bears-grapplers-perform-in-opener-at-flagstaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bears-grapplers-perform-in-opener-at-flagstaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears grapplers perform in opener at Flagstaff"},"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=a8749110-8997-46cd-a828-e6293793474e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a8749110-8997-46cd-a828-e6293793474e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a8749110-8997-46cd-a828-e6293793474e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a8749110-8997-46cd-a828-e6293793474e&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=\"1565\" height=\"1586\" alt=\"Trevor Robinson flips over while working with the rest of the Dolores wrestling squad on neck strength.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Trevor Robinson flips over while working with the rest of the Dolores wrestling squad on neck strength.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Sam Green\/Cortez  Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Opening their season Dec. 6-7 in Flagstaff at the notoriously difficult Peaks Tournament, the Bears acquitted themselves well, placing three individuals on the podium and several others in the win column.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way for the Bears was senior Deano Valdez, who, backing up his prediction that his wrestling would be much improved this season, placed second at the Peaks tournament with an 8-2 overall record.<\/p>\n<p>Also wrestling well for the Bears was junior Guy Wallace, who, as a result of his 7-3 overall record, garnered a fourth place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone by the Bears\u2019 upperclassmen, freshman Richard Martinez began his high school career with a bang by placing fifth in the tournament with a 7-2 record.<\/p>\n<p>Freshmen Brandon Ward and Tristin Medina also performed well as each finished the tournament with a 5-2 overall record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur freshman performed very well,\u201d said Bears\u2019 head coach Leo Garand.<\/p>\n<p>As a team, the Bears won 34 of their 52 matches on the day, leaving Garand excited about the early season performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an excellent showing overall,\u201d said Garland. \u201cWe wrestled well against real stiff competition. A couple of state championship teams were there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next up for the Bears is the always-difficult Dawg Fight Tournament, which will take place at Dove Creek High School on Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the Bears\u2019 recent performance at the Peaks Tournament, there is no reason to believe the Dolores wrestlers will not win their share of matches in Dove Creek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robinson flips over while working with the rest of the Dolores wrestling squad on neck strength.Sam Green\/Cortez Journal Opening their season Dec. 6-7 in Flagstaff at the notoriously difficult Peaks Tournament, the Bears acquitted themselves well, placing three individuals on the podium and several others in the win column. Leading the way for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122470,"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-122469","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\/122469","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=122469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122469"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=122469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}