{"id":22754,"date":"2025-04-10T22:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T04:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-cortez-powers-past-bayfield-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:16:50","slug":"montezuma-cortez-powers-past-bayfield-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-cortez-powers-past-bayfield-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma-Cortez powers past Bayfield soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bayfield's
Bayfield's Kambrie Byrd (6) wins a possession battle against Montezuma-Cortez's Mia Glazner (17) during action Tuesday afternoon, April 8, inside BHS' Wolverine Country Stadium. The visiting Lady Panthers, however, won the overall battle by a 9-0 margin. (Joell Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

With little time remaining Tuesday afternoon, April 8, Montezuma-Cortez\u2019s Di\u2019Nya Manuel knew she might not get another chance to achieve a desired soccer feat that a teammate had already accomplished.<\/p>\n

Bayfield goalkeeper Lily Muir had even less time to deny her.<\/p>\n

After slowing the freshman\u2019s straight-on, 79th-minute shot, Muir couldn\u2019t twist backward, drop to all fours, and scramble swiftly enough to stop the ball from sneaking over the line. This gave Manuel her first prep-level hat trick and the Lady Panthers a thorough 9-0 road win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to take some riskier shots,\u201d Manuel said. \u201cSome did not work out, but you know, that last one was really good. I enjoyed playing that. Our combinations, our passes \u2026 I think we did really great with that, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Montezuma-Cortez's
Montezuma-Cortez's Kyndall Schmitt (29) works to keep the ball away from Bayfield's Kamryn Fleener (17) during action Tuesday afternoon, April 8, inside BHS' Wolverine Country Stadium. The visiting Lady Panthers won the match by a 9-0 margin. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Manuel also contributed moments before her clincher by sending in a pass to senior Jordi Mahler. Mahler then rocketed a 78th-minute shot over Muir and into the far upper corner for the guests\u2019 first second-half goal after a fierce first-half flurry.<\/p>\n

Freshman Mia Glazner initially got Montezuma-Cortez (4-1-1 overall, 2-1-0 3A Intermountain aka Southwestern) on Wolverine Country Stadium\u2019s scoreboard in the second minute, via an assist from freshman Kyndall Schmitt. Schmitt then struck in the seventh after gaining possession of a Manuel shot blocked toward the goal line, wide of the post at Muir\u2019s right, by BHS\u2019 Kambria Bailey, and then shooting through Muir\u2019s ready mitts.<\/p>\n

Only 17 seconds after the subsequent kickoff, Glazner converted a takeaway into a 3-0 advantage. Manuel made it 4-0 after receiving a close-quarters Schmitt pass and forcing her way through four Lady Wolverines for a 12th-minute marker. Manuel\u2019s second score came in the 17th as she won a 1-on-1 against a drawn-out Muir, who tried smothering the attempt just inside Bayfield\u2019s 18-yard box, by sidestepping the goalie and angling the ball low and right.<\/p>\n

\"Montezuma-Cortez's
Montezuma-Cortez's Di'Nya Manuel (6) calmly wins a header during action Tuesday afternoon, April 8, inside BHS' Wolverine Country Stadium. Powered by a Manuel hat trick (plus one by Mia Glazner), the visiting Lady Panthers won the match 9-0. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Capitalizing on a poor clearance of a crossing pass played in by senior Luna Moore, Glazner completed her first-ever hat trick in the 25th minute, increasing the visitors\u2019 advantage to 6-0. Still not finished, M-CHS booked a seventh goal in the 30th as Mahler zipped a shot low and to Muir\u2019s back post.<\/p>\n

BHS (0-4-0, 0-1-0) generated only one true scoring opportunity. Senior Sydney Rey\u2019s free kick, taken during the second half from at least 35 yards away, curved right of M-CHS keeper Raegan Veach and safely out of bounds. The sophomore needed to make just one save, dropping to her knees and scooping up a 50th-minute Bayfield pass sent too far ahead of Rey but packing enough pace to force Veach into leaving her line to stop it well short.<\/p>\n

\"Bayfield's
Bayfield's Aubree Tideman (20) tries making a turn around Montezuma-Cortez's Luna Moore (7) during action Tuesday afternoon, April 8, inside BHS' Wolverine Country Stadium. The visiting Lady Panthers won the match by a 9-0 margin. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cAs a team, we really want to work together and communicate. I mean, some of us \u2013 like, half of our team \u2013 are freshmen, you know, and then we\u2019ve got a bunch of seniors who want to accomplish great things,\u201d said Manuel. \u201cSo as a team, we want to push to get closer and closer to our goal of winning league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having secured their fourth shutout victory \u2013 and third on the road \u2013 this spring, the Lady Panthers will next host 3A Rifle on Saturday, April 12, at 1 p.m. RHS stood 3-2-0 overall (1-0-0 3A\/2A Western Slope) before first hosting 3A Vail Mountain (4-1-1, 3-1-0 WSL) on the 10th. Results were unavailable at press time.<\/p>\n

The Lady Wolverines will next travel Friday, April 11, to Gunnison to face Crested Butte Community School (5-3-2 overall, 2-0-0 2A Intermountain-South). The neutral-site kickoff at Western Colorado University\u2019s Katy O. Rady Field is set for 5 p.m. Bayfield will then return to resume league play the next afternoon at 2 against Alamosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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