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\"Dolores
Dolores sophomore Michael Rantz (5) dribbles away from Telluride's Grayson Berry (13) during the Bears' 48-29 home loss Friday night, January 12.
\nJoel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

After threatening to erase a 10-point deficit facing them since the last moments of the third quarter Friday night, the Dolores Bears were unable to get closer to visiting Telluride than 29-24 \u2013 via a three-pointer early in the fourth by senior guard Mark Palate \u2013 in what ended up being a 48-29 home loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we played tough for the first three quarters,\u201d said DHS head coach Joel Balderrama. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not like we didn\u2019t play tough in the fourth; we just had a lot of mental lapses and they were able to capitalize with easy shots. We just dug ourselves too deep of a hole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Led by aggressive take to the hole after aggressive take to the hole by senior guard Townes Merritt, the Miners, who\u2019d led 10-5 after the first quarter, 22-14 at halftime and 29-21 through three frames \u2013 after DHS freshman Koby McClellan sank two free throws just before the buzzer \u2013 broke the game open decisively via a 12-2 run increasing their advantage to 41-26 with 3:43 left in the 2A\/1A San Juan Basin League contest.<\/p>\n

\"Dolores
Dolores senior Mark Palate dribbles around Telluride's Langston Silbergeld (22) during the Bears' 48-29 home loss Friday night, January 12. Palate scored a team-high 14 points in defeat.
\nJoel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Reserves Alex Nieto, a freshman, and Danny Romo, a sophomore, played key roles during that spree \u2013 senior regulars Jay Ellison (with 6:25 left in the game) and Cash Livermore (5:36 left) had both fouled out \u2013 and combined for the last bucket during THS\u2019 breakaway; Nieto rebounded a DHS miss, and passed ahead to Romo for a layup over a trailing defender.<\/p>\n

Though able to sink one three-pointer in each quarter, Palate\u2019s potential effectiveness was restricted by three personal fouls, two coming during the first half as Dolores (4-6 overall; 0-1 SJBL, 0-1 2A SJBL) attempted to wipe out Telluride\u2019s 13-5 lead achieved by Ellison\u2019s \u2018and-one\u2019 conversion early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe rely on Mark a lot to score for us. And when he\u2019s not out there it\u2019s trouble for the whole team,\u201d Balderrama said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucks when you turn the ball over more than you score,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut credit to them; they have active hands and they\u2019ve got a lot of length \u2013 and we struggled with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palate finished with a team-leading 14 points, and junior Trayton Traweek scored five. Sophomore Michael Rantz chipped in four points (before fouling out with 1:14 left in regulation), and McClellan and senior Ty Gaddis each finished with two, but seniors Jonathan Purkat and Joshua Carpenter were held to just one point apiece.<\/p>\n

Merritt racked up a game-high 19 points and senior center\/forward Grayson Berry 14 for THS (6-3 overall; 2-0 SJBL, 2-0 2A SJBL) in the guests\u2019 sixth consecutive win. Ellison managed six points, Nieto four, Romo and Livermore two apiece, and sophomore Langston Silbergeld one.<\/p>\n

Expected winter weather permitting, the Bears were to next travel to Ridgway (1-4; 0-1, 0-1) on the 13th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited,\u201d said Balderrama. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s a new opportunity to try to put this one behind us, try to build on the few good things we did for the first three quarters, you know? And try to learn from the mistakes we made in the fourth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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