{"id":30697,"date":"2023-11-13T01:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T08:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-football-falls-to-lyons-in-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:23:45","slug":"dove-creek-football-falls-to-lyons-in-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-football-falls-to-lyons-in-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Dove Creek football falls to Lyons in quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=fb854c02-a3c6-59f1-84b2-755802908aad&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"853\" height=\"757\" alt=\"Dolores County School District\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Dolores County School District<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>LYONS \u2013 For the past four years, the Bulldog class of 2024 has compiled an album of unforgettable memories and a lasting impression on the school\u2019s football legacy.<\/p>\n<p>A state championship, along with a semifinal and two quarterfinal appearances in the past four years have placed this group on a shortlist of the best to don the blue and yellow.<\/p>\n<p>Their careers, and the 2023 season, came to a close in the state quarterfinals at No. 4 Lyons, as the Bulldogs ran into a feisty Lions squad on Saturday, falling 62-22 in defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Six seniors, including several multiyear starters, took their final snaps under first-year head coach Jason Fury. After falling behind early against the Lions 34-0 in the first quarter, Dove Creek scored a pair of touchdowns in quick succession to pull within 34-14.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs would get no closer, however, as Lyons found the end zone four times through the air and five more on the ground in a balanced effort to advance to the state semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Dove Creek closes out an 8-3 season and a four-year mark of 33-8, while celebrating another season as one of the best programs in the 8-man classification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dynamic Lion offense ends Bulldog postseason run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,39,37,36],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-30697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores-high-school","tag-dove-creek-high-school","tag-mancos-high-school","tag-montezuma-cortez-high-school"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81169,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30697\/revisions\/81169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30697"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=30697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}