{"id":29757,"date":"2024-01-14T00:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lady-bears-fall-short-in-home-opener\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:03:13","slug":"lady-bears-fall-short-in-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lady-bears-fall-short-in-home-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bears fall short in home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dolores
Dolores junior Halee Kibel aggressively defends Telluride's Tjarn Lyons (10) during the Lady Bears' 36-33 home loss Friday evening, Jan. 12.
\n Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Able to expand a 20-19 halftime lead Friday night to a promising nine-point (28-19) pad midway through the third quarter, Dolores\u2019 Lady Bears still led visiting Telluride 30-27 as the fourth and final frame began.<\/p>\n

Considering DHS was playing without four ineligible\/unavailable regulars and a fifth no longer on the roster, that was no small achievement against a THS squad performing more and more consistently \u2013 particularly after intermission.<\/p>\n

And thanks to junior Tjarn Lyons\u2019 eight points late in the third, the Lady Miners \u2013 seeking their program\u2019s first win since February 9, 2021 \u2013 were fortunate to be just three points down with eight minutes remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n

Junior forward\/center Emma Reggiannini got the fourth-quarter scoring started with a rebound and putback, and Lyons converted a steal into a layup bringing Telluride level at 31-all. But shortly after, Dolores received a mental boost when THS starting center\/forward Fianna Ahern fouled out with 4:17 to go, and another pick-me-up when THS starting guard Emma Galleger fouled out with 2:54 left and the visitors clinging to a 33-31 lead.<\/p>\n

DHS freshman Madison Thornbrugh, however, fouled out with 2:28 remaining, and despite a true team effort\u2014spearheaded by sophomore Taylor Erautt and sophomore Keeley Clarke \u2013 the Lady Bears, finally playing their first home game of the 2023-24 season, still trailed 34-32 when head coach Tiffany Hill called a preparatory timeout with 59.2 ticks left.<\/p>\n

\"Dolores
Dolores sophomore Keeley Clarke (1) shoots over Telluride's Quinn Paczosa (3) during the Lady Bears' 36-33 home loss Friday evening, January 12. Clarke scored 12 points in defeat.
\n Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

But soon after Dolores put the ball back in play, the Lady Miners regained possession with 38.9 seconds to go after Reggiannini fought for the ball and Telluride having the possession arrow. With 0:20.5 still showing on the scoreboard clock, Lyons then swished the 2A\/1A San Juan Basin League contest\u2019s two most clutch free throws \u2013 giving THS a certain one-, but more likely two-score advantage, and with total knowledge of which Lady Bears would likely attempt the needed shots from the floor.<\/p>\n

Erautt was definitely the one to watch, and she was unluckily called for traveling in the offensive end with only 4.3 seconds left. The Lady Miners, however, inbounded the ball to \u2026 nobody, and DHS had another chance at a miracle.<\/p>\n

Inbounded from the far side of the floor across from the Lady Bears\u2019 bench, the ball went to Clarke, but Clarke lost her footing while receiving the pass and simultaneously maneuver into position to hoist up a three-pointer, and watched the ball skitter away and into the hands of THS sophomore Kendal O\u2019Callaghan just before time expired.<\/p>\n

Including a layup off her own missed throw, alertly rebounded in the lane when neither side vied for the rock, which gave Dolores (2-10 overall; 0-1 SJBL, 0-1 2A SJBL) the aforementioned nine-point advantage, Erautt finished with a valiant, team-high 17 points. Ten came during the second quarter, including a buzzer-beating layup after sophomore Natalya Castillo inbounded her the ball with 0:03.3 left.<\/p>\n

Clarke went 6-of-12 from the foul line and ended up totaling 12 points while Thornbrugh finished with two, Castillo one and junior Halee Kibel \u2013 slowed greatly by four first-half personal fouls \u2013 one.<\/p>\n

Going 6-of-8 from the charity stripe, and with two treys (and almost a third) to her name, Lyons racked up a game-high 18 points for Telluride (1-8 overall; 1-1 SJBL, 1-1 2A SJBL). Reggiannini registered 13, sophomore Delia Noel and Galleger each booked two, and sophomore Madeline McNamara one.<\/p>\n

Expected winter weather permitting, the Lady Bears were to next travel to Ridgway (3-3; 1-0, 1-0) on the 13th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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