{"id":61383,"date":"2018-08-27T19:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T01:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-football-team-races-to-win-over-dolores\/"},"modified":"2018-08-28T01:06:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T01:06:58","slug":"dove-creek-football-team-races-to-win-over-dolores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dove-creek-football-team-races-to-win-over-dolores\/","title":{"rendered":"Dove Creek football team races to win over Dolores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Opening its season against Dolores High School on Aug. 24, the Dove Creek football team showed why it has so many local fans excited.<\/p>\n

Among the most impressive aspects of the Bulldogs\u2019 56-0 shutout win was the team\u2019s ability to run the ball against what has historically been a stout Dolores run defense.<\/p>\n

Leading rushers for Dove Creek included freshman quarterback Corbin Cressler, who carried the ball 13 times and racked up 177 yards. Gage Bailey also delivered a standout performance as the sophomore ran the ball seven times for 77 yards while consistently beating up opposing defensive players.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our ball carriers ran downhill and ran hard,\u201d Dove Creek head coach Shane Baughman said. \u201cGage Bailey played the best game of his young high school career, and Corbin Cressler played really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the contest was not an easy one for Dolores, positives came thanks to senior Bryce Baumgartner, who filled in for starting quarterback Wyatt Koskie after the freshman was injured. According to Dolores head coach Ray Davis, Baumgartner threw for 45 yards and ran for about 70 yards during what his head coach deemed an impressive performance.<\/p>\n

Because the game was classified as a \u201cheritage game\u201d under CHSAA rules, neither team returned kickoffs or punts, and the game will not count for purposes of RPI or playoff seeding. The experience of the season opener will likely pay off for both teams however, and both coaches noted that they were glad to have their players gain experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were excited to see how our young players would step up,\u201d Baughman noted. \u201cWe have a lot of guys in new positions and they really stepped up and performed well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKolby Burt stepped up at outside linebacker and played an extremely good game,\u201d noted Ray Davis. \u201cWe\u2019re just young at some key spots, and we had a lot of trouble with over pursuit against (Dove Creek\u2019s) eight-man offense. Playing against them was a good experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the first game of its season now behind them, the Bears will look ahead to a home matchup against Monticello on Aug. 31. Dove Creek will prepare for what figures to be a difficult home matchup against Rangely High School on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cRangely isn\u2019t huge, but they\u2019re quick and they have a lot of seniors,\u201d Baughman said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have to come and play well to be able to beat them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to focus a lot on our timing issues,\u201d Davis said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have our backup quarterback out there for the next few weeks and our team has a lot to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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