{"id":75582,"date":"2017-12-11T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bulldogs-come-out-for-dawg-fight\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:54:34","slug":"bulldogs-come-out-for-dawg-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bulldogs-come-out-for-dawg-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs come out for Dawg Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=99e76e49-b67b-4b3b-bb55-c995c54bf3c7&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"853\" height=\"757\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Taking the mat at the Dawg Fight Invitational in Dove Creek on Dec. 9, the Dove Creek High School wrestling team looked vastly different than it did last year, when it only suited up a single wrestler for most meets.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way for the Bulldogs was 113-pound newcomer Gage Bailey, who finished second overall with three pin victories and a second-round loss to Farmington High School\u2019s Alex Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the podium for Dove Creek was 152-pound senior Derek Kibel, who was pinned by Bayfield\u2019s Cordell Ashcraft in his first match before rebounding with four straight victories.<\/p>\n<p>Especially impressive for Kibel was a 4-1 decision victory over Ignacio\u2019s Dustin Sanchez, which featured three periods of heady wrestling that sometimes the muscular Dove Creek senior last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing in to my match against (Sanchez), I knew he was going to be tough,\u201d said Kibel, who gets as much information about his opponents as he can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first period, we didn\u2019t score, and I was kind of worried \u2026 but I was able to wrestle smart and stick to what I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Dove Creek wrestlers included 138-pound Austin Green, 145-pound Logan Meyers and 152-pound Will McKellips. They all suffered three straight losses and failed to pick up a win, but gained valuable experience.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the Bulldogs\u2019 goals, Kibel explained that he hopes that the team can qualify one or two wrestlers for the state tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to win 30 matches and place at the state tournament,\u201d Kibel said, \u201cand since we didn\u2019t have anybody at regionals or state last year, I\u2019m not on anyone\u2019s radar, I\u2019d like to use that to my advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next up for the Bulldogs will be the Pet and Ina Gomez Tournament, at John Mall High School in Walsenburg on Dec. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>second; team finishes 11th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80,1205],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-75582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dove-creek","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75582","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=75582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75582"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=75582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}