{"id":28796,"date":"2024-03-09T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-girls-win-1a-state-tournament-consolation-title\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:40:40","slug":"dove-creek-girls-win-1a-state-tournament-consolation-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-girls-win-1a-state-tournament-consolation-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Dove Creek girls win 1A state tournament consolation title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Dove Creek Lady Bulldogs show off the 2024 CHSAA Class 1A Girls Basketball State Championships consolation title hardware on Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Greeley. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

GREELEY \u2013 Oh, what a difference a decade makes. Or not.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Dove Creek\u2019s players, coaches and travel-ready fans all hoped on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Completing a fourth consecutive appearance in the CHSAA Class 1A Girls\u2019 Basketball State Championships\u2019 Great Eight phase, and facing Idalia for the first time since March 15, 2014, the Bulldogs fended off the Wolves 46-40 to win the consolation title at University of Northern Colorado\u2019s Bank of Colorado Arena.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the consolation championship was at stake when the two sides last squared off. Dove Creek won that previous matchup as well.<\/p>\n

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Dove Creek's Kylie Gatlin (34) eyes the basket while on the run after catching a baseball-style pass into the frontcourt during the teams' battle in the 2024 CHSAA Class 1A Girls Basketball State Championships fifth-place game on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The Bulldogs won, 46-40. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Lady Bulldogs went into the season\u2019s fourth and final frame ahead 31-24, and Kylie Gatlin promptly pierced through the paint for an easy two-pointer, and was the recipient of Wieser\u2019s fourth foul setting her up for the aforementioned and-one.<\/p>\n

Gatlin totaled 14 points on Saturday, including nine points in the fourth quarter. She converted a conventional three-point play with 4:48 remaining in regulation \u2013 giving the Lady Bulldogs a 38-28 lead, which proved to be too much for Idalia to overcome.<\/p>\n

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Dove Creek's Ralynn Hickman (1) braces for contact while driving through the lane during the Lady Bulldogs' battle with Idalia in the 2024 CHSAA Class 1A Girls Basketball State Championships fifth-place game on Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Greeley. The Bulldogs won, 46-40. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Idalia later shortened the deficit to 42-36 via a trey by sophomore Tatum Soehner, but a Gatlin bucket and two free throws by Dove Creek junior Ralynn Hickman with only 12.7 ticks left adequately sewed up the Bulldogs\u2019 80th victory overall in the last four seasons.<\/p>\n

All told, Bulldogs junior Ralynn Hickman went 10-of-10 from the charity stripe and scored a game-high 20 points.<\/p>\n

Senior Kalie Gatlin ended up with six points via two treys, plus seven assists. Sophomore Hadley Hatfield contributed four points and four steals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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