{"id":15960,"date":"2025-10-26T05:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mountain-league-roundup-dove-creek-dominates-sargent-on-senior-night\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:53:25","slug":"mountain-league-roundup-dove-creek-dominates-sargent-on-senior-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mountain-league-roundup-dove-creek-dominates-sargent-on-senior-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain League roundup: Dove Creek dominates Sargent on Senior Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dove Creek senior Josh Kibel led the Bulldogs to a Senior Night win over Sargent. (Sam Green\/Special to The Journal)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
Dove Creek 56, Sargent 0 (Friday)<\/div>\n

Dove Creek overcame a slow start during Senior Night at Soper Sports Complex, taking control in the second quarter en route to a mercy-rule win. After honoring five seniors in pregame festivities, the Bulldogs evened their record at 4-4 and kept playoff hopes alive by dismantling the Farmers with a bruising defense and effective ground game.<\/p>\n

Senior Nicholas Aragon scored four touchdowns, including the game\u2019s first points on a 39-yard reception from junior Cael Beanland. Classmate Josh Kibel opened a 36-point second quarter with a 21-yard run, before Aragon and freshman Kycen Gritz added four more scores on runs of 6, 47, 5 and 34 yards, triggering a running clock before halftime.<\/p>\n

Seniors Trevan Ivie, Chad Kline and Bobby Pastorius capped their final home game with a dominant defensive effort, securing the program\u2019s first shutout since Week 7 of last season. Dove Creek travels to Sanford for a must-win matchup against the league champion Mustangs at 1 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

Norwood 40, Mancos 6 (Thursday)<\/div>\n

Norwood used a feisty ground game and stifled Mancos\u2019 offense to virtually lock up a playoff spot on Senior Night. After both teams traded turnovers early, the Mavericks struck first with a short-field score to go up 6-0. Norwood (6-2, 3-1 Mountain League) then stopped a Mancos drive at the 25-yard line and marched the other way for a two-score lead.<\/p>\n

Mancos (5-3, 2-2) answered with a 43-yard touchdown run from junior quarterback Michael Resner to cut the deficit to 14-6, but Norwood responded with two more dominant drives to take a 26-6 halftime lead and never looked back.<\/p>\n

The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Mancos in the series and leaves the Bluejays needing a win in their regular-season finale at Sargent (Oct. 31, 6 p.m.) to stay in contention for a home playoff game.<\/p>\n

Sanford 28, Dolores 18 (Friday)<\/div>\n

Dolores (4-3, 1-3 Mountain League) nearly pulled off one of the weekend\u2019s biggest surprises, going step-for-step with Sanford, but the Mustangs (7-1, 4-0) had enough answers to officially clinch the league title.<\/p>\n

The Bears remain in the playoff hunt, but like Dove Creek, face a must-win in the final week of the regular season. Dolores hosts Norwood on Halloween night at 7 p.m., with coverage on local radio station 98.7 FM KRTZ and at krtzradio.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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