{"id":45933,"date":"2021-07-05T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/glover-captains-all-staters-to-championship\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T01:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T01:23:00","slug":"glover-captains-all-staters-to-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/glover-captains-all-staters-to-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Glover captains all-staters to championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suiting up for the 2021 CHSCA All-State Games' Volleyball Red team, 3A Montezuma-Cortez's Myka Glover lets out a triumphant shout after a point against White during semifinal action inside CSU-Pueblo's Massari Arena.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Putting in a full day\u2019s work July 1, Myka Glover admitted the 2021 Colorado High School Coaches Association All-State Games\u2019 casual-Friday conclusion caught her off-guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea \u2026 it was going to be best two out of three,\u201d the Montezuma-Cortez standout said, following a fast \u2014 and most important\u2014successful ending to the Games\u2019 volleyball tournament, held at CSU-Pueblo. \u201cI don\u2019t know if you could tell, but, like, after the game-winning point, our team rushed the court ,and I was like, \u2018What are you doing? We have another set!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

About the only thing unbeknownst to the Red team\u2019s designated captain, a decision had been made that with four basketball contests still to come inside manic Massari Arena after the four volleyball matches, that the championship and third-place clashes would be shortened from a best-of-five format.<\/p>\n

That came as a bummer to seniors seeking to prolong their prep career. But after Red defeated the White team \u2014 including Akira Edwards (2A Dolores) and Kyle Rowland (4A Durango) \u2014 in four (25-21, 25-23, 17-25, 25-16), and up 25-17, 25-16 on the Black team in the finale, Glover admitted she\u2019d had her senior-year fill.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, this is my last time playing,\u201d she stated, looking ahead to continuing her education at the University of Arizona. \u201cSo this means so much to me that I got to spend my last time here \u2014 playing with girls from all across the state, 1 through 5A \u2014 and I\u2019m so happy I get to, like, retire my shoes \u2026 and win a championship!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Montezuma-Cortez's
Montezuma-Cortez's Myka Glover and mother\/M-CHS assistant coach Caroline walk to midcourt inside CSU-Pueblo's Massari Arena after being formally introduced to all prior to the championship match versus Black.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Likely alluding to M-CHS\u2019 run in the state 3A state tournament run, when the Intermountain League champions (8-0 IML, 14-1 overall) fell 3-0 to Sterling in the Final Four, Glover said that though she was surprised that Red coach Don Lash (4A Colorado Springs Coronado) had named her captain, she was more surprised by how well the team adapted to instruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand how we had team chemistry after knowing each other for, like, 48 hours!\u201d she joked. \u201cIt was incredible; it felt like it came natural to us. We just really played as a team and kept level-headed the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downed 14-25, 25-17, 15-25, 16-25 by Black in the second semi, team Blue recovered to stop White 2-0 for third place.<\/p>\n

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Suiting up for the 2021 CHSCA All-State Games' Girls' Basketball Red team, Dove Creek's Grace Hatfield stretches to try blocking the shot of Blue's Taylor Wiescamp during the battle for third place inside CSU-Pueblo's Massari Arena.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Girls basketball<\/div>\n

Sinking two free throws and cashing two late three-pointers, 1A Dove Creek guard Grace Hatfield not only showed spectators a quick-strike capability long feared in the 2A\/1A San Juan Basin League, but also shot her Red basketball team right back into third-place contention July 2, with only eight minutes left.<\/p>\n

Having trailed Blue 10-7 after one quarter and 34-26 through two, Hatfield\u2019s ignition helped Red \u2014 coached by 4A Falcon\u2019s Tarike Adams and Chris Wood \u2014 power into the fourth leading 50-46. As both defenses clamped own, the score stood 54-54 when the first whistle after the midway mark sounded.<\/p>\n

That enacted the Games\u2019 Elam-format rules, in which the game clock was turned off (or, at Massari, reset to a 60:00 maximum) and both teams were to play to a score of 62 \u2014 the first eight points a the end of regulation.<\/p>\n

Now knowing their shared objective, neither crew conceded much. A two-point hoop by Red\u2019s Kammie Henderson (2A Cedaredge) and a countering three by Blue\u2019s Jolee Ortiz (2A Rye) left the score at 61-61. But after a 51-42 semifinals loss to White the previous afternoon in which Hatfield was held scoreless, victory again eluded Red as Blue\u2019s Shelby Hoffman (1A Briggsdale) cleaned up a missed three-pointer by Brianna Linnear (5A Aurora Rangeview) for the clinching bucket.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at each other like, \u2018It\u2019s in our heart!\u2019 And that\u2019s where we felt it at, right here in our heart. So we just kept pushing,\u201d said Hatfield, who totaled 10 points. \u201cIt\u2019s a bummer we lost, but we did everything we could and pushed hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s an experience I now get to carry over into college ball, which means a lot because this is kind of what college ball looks like,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s taken me to the next step, so it was really cool to be here. I made a lot of friends, I loved the support of my family who came out and watched me; it was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Able to rout Blue 74-42 during second semi, Black\u2019s fortune waned in the Day 2 championship as White rode a combined 14 fourth-quarter points put up by 1A Fleming\u2019s Kendyl Kirkwood and 4A Broomfield Holy Family\u2019s Alyssa Wells to a 64-51 win, after the Elam goal was established with White leading 56-48.<\/p>\n

Boys football<\/div>\n

Dove Creek\u2019s Hayden Gray suited up for the South in the North-South football showdown inside CSUP\u2019s Neta & Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. Originally set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, the clash was bumped up \u2014 likely due to stormy weather \u2014 to a 1 p.m. start.<\/p>\n

Gray\u2019s team came up short in a defensive-oriented game.<\/p>\n

A second-quarter touchdown catch by 4A Brighton\u2019s Eli Bowman, plus the subsequent point-after kick, held up as the day\u2019s only points as North hung on to win 7-0.<\/p>\n

\"Dolores'
Dolores' Akira Edwards grimaces in anticipation of unexpected contact from a hustling teammate while still managing to pass to White's front row during semifinal action inside CSU-Pueblo's Massari Arena.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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