{"id":42314,"date":"2022-02-08T20:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T03:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/seniors-power-lady-panthers-past-bayfield\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:06:34","slug":"seniors-power-lady-panthers-past-bayfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/seniors-power-lady-panthers-past-bayfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors power Lady Panthers past Bayfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Montezuma-Cortez
Montezuma-Cortez head coach Brad Wright congratulates Bri Comisky on a job well done during the senior's curtain-call exit from a 58-32 Senior Night win Monday over visiting Bayfield. Comisky's 21 points paced all players. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

If three first-half three-pointers hadn\u2019t made it clear that Bri Comisky was in a shooter\u2019s \u201czone\u201d Monday in the Montezuma-Cortez gym, a later three that didn\u2019t count should have.<\/p>\n

Her would-be fourth triple with 2:17 left in the third quarter was negated by a traveling call against the teammate who\u2019d passed the ball. Comisky showed little reaction. She knew she\u2019d get another chance.<\/p>\n

And when that fourth trey came in the fourth quarter, pushing the senior M-CHS guard past the 20-point mark on Senior Night, it gave the Panthers\u2019 a 28-point lead over Bayfield, 55-27, en route to a 58-32 victory. It was the squad\u2019s first this season in 3A Intermountain League action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go as Bri goes. Bri\u2019s really the leader out there and catalyst for a lot of the things we do, defensively or offensively,\u201d coach Brad Wright said. \u201cShe\u2019s really the heart and soul of the energy you see on the court, and tonight was nothing short of that. She came out hot and stayed hot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I \u2018carried\u2019 us; I wouldn\u2019t have had any of those \u2026 shots at all if no one was helping me,\u201d said Comisky, who totaled a game-high 21 points as M-CHS improved to 7-8 overall, 1-5 IML. \u201cI think a lot of tonight was about confidence,\u201d said Comisky. \u201cWe really communicated during the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Defended
Defended by Bayfield's Jordan Martindale (10), Montezuma-Cortez's Bri Comiskymakes one of her four three-pointers Monday at M-CHS. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Montezuma-Cortez
Montezuma-Cortez seniors Kalea Hunt (5) and Moshai John (10) bid adieu to M-CHS fans before exiting the Senior Night game Monday against Bayfield. M-CHS won 58-32. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Montezuma-Cortez's
Montezuma-Cortez's Bri Comisky puts up a first-half shot over Bayfield's Abby Tate Monday at M-CHS. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bayfield's
Bayfield's Abby Tate stretches for a rebound over Montezuma-Cortez's Kaydence Tom during IML action Monday at M-CHS. (Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cBayfield\u2019s usually one of our hardest teams, rivals, so we knew we were going to have to be on top of it today,\u201d said senior Taiah Wilson, who scored 11. \u201cWe\u2019ve been missing girls because of sickness, but today we had a full team and you could tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trailing the hard-luck Lady Wolverines (1-15, 0-6) early at 8-7, Montezuma-Cortez gained the upper hand when Comisky cashed a go-ahead three from the corner near Bayfield\u2019s bench. The very next trip down, she sank another from the same spot.<\/p>\n

With about 2:20 left, Bayfield closed to 14-11 via a three by junior Alaysia Kremer, who\u2019d missed the team\u2019s previous three games because of an injured left knee.<\/p>\n

But the Lady Panthers would counter with a 10-0 run into the second quarter, before Bayfield freshman Renae Foutz, who scored five points, sank two free throws.<\/p>\n

Comisky promptly answered with a three, increasing M-CHS\u2019 lead to 27-13. And though Kremer (10 points) would drain another three to send the game into halftime with the guests down by just 11, Comisky\u2019s three consecutive two-pointers beginning the third quarter dimmed Bayfield\u2019s hope of a comeback.<\/p>\n

And if they didn\u2019t, Wilson\u2019s rim-rattling three-ball that inflated M-CHS\u2019 lead to 36-17, visibly did.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot too surprised about that,\u201d said Bayfield senior Abby Tate (11 points). \u201cBut it was kind of a bummer to lose that momentum we had.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just need to come up with a lot of good energy and play as a team, not be down on each other,\u201d said Kremer.<\/p>\n

Wilson added four points before the quarter expired. Sophomore Savannah Haselroth booked two of her 10 total, and senior Moshai John gave the Panthers\u2019 sixth three-pointer as M-CHS entered the fourth quarter ahead 45-21.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked pregame in the locker room about knowing what your assignment is, doing your job well \u2026 winning that battle as an individual,\u201d Wight said. \u201cAnd having the girls support each other, play for each other \u2026 I\u2019m super-proud of what they did tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

All six senior Panthers registered at least a point as 10 players scored, including sophomore JV call-up India Wright, who nailed a last-second three for M-CHS\u2019 final points. John finished with five points, fellow seniors Kalea Hunt and Siren Utecht each scored two, and classmate Kaydence Tom one.<\/p>\n

Montezuma-Cortez totaled an impressive nine three-pointers, something Bayfield couldn\u2019t ignore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked after the game how many they\u2019d made \u2013 it felt like 15 or something!\u201d BHS head coach Lauren Moran said. \u201cBut they had, I think, four different people hit; that was a complete game-changer.<\/p>\n

Recovered from their losses Feb. 5 at Pagosa Springs and Feb. 3 at 1A Dove Creek, the Panthers will next travel Friday, Feb. 11, to Bayfield, then host Alamosa on Feb. 12 while the Wolverines host Centauri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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