{"id":30168,"date":"2023-12-16T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jays-js-put-mancos-well-clear-of-ignacio\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:13:10","slug":"jays-js-put-mancos-well-clear-of-ignacio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jays-js-put-mancos-well-clear-of-ignacio\/","title":{"rendered":"Jays\u2019 Js put Mancos well clear of Ignacio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Ignacio's Phillip Quintana (10) looks to get past Mancos' Kail Wayman (1) across midcourt and into the offensive end to set up a play during IHS' 67-42 home loss on Thursday. (Courtesy Joel Priest)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Even if Brian Veach was delinquent in paying Ignacio High School actual rent for living out on the left wing of the basketball court, the Bobcats couldn\u2019t find a way Thursday night to evict him.<\/p>\n

Catching fire almost immediately in Mancos\u2019 visit to Ignacio, the senior guard drained a devastating five 3-pointers \u2013 all during the first half, which ended with the guests up 36-23 \u2013 and racked up a game-high 22 points as the Blue Jays defeated their former league rival, 67-42.<\/p>\n

Ignacio (3-3 overall, 0-0 3A\/4A Intermountain) traveled to 2A foe Sargent the following night. The Blue Jays (2-1 overall, 0-0 2A\/1A San Juan Basin) gained momentum for a trip to Del Norte on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Senior guard Chris Medina splashed two second-quarter treys and ended up with 11 points, while junior forward Kaiden Wyatt ground the Bobcats down for good with six fourth-quarter points, totaling 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just now coming together,\u201d said Mancos coach Dusty Veach. \u201cWe really only had eight practices with everybody \u2013 because of football, and congratulations to them \u2013 so we\u2019re just now starting to catch our stride. Guys are just now getting healthy, so we\u2019re still building.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veach sent a statement early with a game-opening 3-pointer, but with both Medina and senior Kail Wayman receiving two personal fouls apiece, Chris Valdez\u2019s Bobcats battled. Senior center Gabe Cox operated inside and registered seven points, sophomore Trace Crane made a 3-pointer and tallied five points, and senior Trajan Garcia sank a left-wing jumper late, giving 3A Ignacio a brief 14-13 lead before Veach tied it up with a free throw.<\/p>\n

Mancos sophomore Cory Carver started the second stanza with a go-ahead trey, and 2A Mancos never trailed again.<\/p>\n

Veach converted an old-fashioned three-point play with 5:49 left until halftime, and Wyatt followed with a cleanup hoop \u2013 inflating the guests\u2019 pad to 25-16.<\/p>\n

Garcia sank a 3-pointer, but Medina answered with a free throw and then his first 3-pointer, giving the Jays their first double-digit lead at 29-19. His aforementioned second triple led into intermission, and the foul-plagued Bobcats, outscored 22-9 in the second quarter, found consistency only in Cox.<\/p>\n

Trying to will Ignacio back into the fight, Cox scored all 11 of the home team\u2019s third-quarter points, but five Jays combined for 15 and the contest reached the fourth quarter with Mancos in control, 51-34.<\/p>\n

Mancos senior Andrew Jaime then restarted play booking a trey and a deuce, while Ignacio got a bucket from Crane as the margin expanded to 56-36, well before Bobcat senior guard Phillip Quintana fouled out with 4:40 remaining.<\/p>\n

All told, Jaime netted nine points in Mancos\u2019 victory. Wayman contributed six points, while Carver ended up with his three.<\/p>\n

Crane ended up with seven points for Ignacio in defeat. Cox, meanwhile, gamely equaled Veach\u2019s 22 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we couldn\u2019t stop him \u2013 we\u2019re not big enough \u2013 so we just figured if we let him score, we\u2019d have to stop everybody else,\u201d said Dusty Veach. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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