Second-ranked Cats pound Pagosa Springs by 23
IHS 7-and-0 entering Durango, 2014 During the Bobcats’ opening 7-2 run, forcing opposing head coach Randy Sorenson into a timeout, junior Adison Jones already had booked two baskets, two rebounds and...
View ArticleCats make statement at Demons’ expense
IHS drubs Durango, cops #1 ranking Fourth to connect – after usual suspects Adison Jones, Clayton Jefferson and Kelton Richmond – from long range, and the first to so do in the second quarter, Bo...
View ArticleRed-hot IHS boys remain on track
Though there was envy and possibly even respect mixed into their sarcastic cheers, Dolores’ junior varsity players probably shouldn’t have called down any more thunder than their higher-ups had already...
View ArticleIt’s theirs for the taking: Cats off to state
The Mosca-based Thunderbirds became Victims No. 23 this season to the undefeated Bobcats after falling 49-20 in the 2A-Region III Tournament championship at Fort Lewis College.
View Article“Third” is the award for Bobcat boys
IHS finishes 25-1 by beating Lions at State Still regularly dubbed Colorado’s “Steel City,” four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients/residents justified the rise of Pueblo’s nickname as the ‘Home...
View ArticleBobcat boss leads All-Leaguers
Leading Bobcat Boys’ Basketball to its best season – to date –in the 2A/1A San Juan Basin League, Ignacio’s Chris Valdez was honored with the circuit’s Coach-of-the-Year award, following a 25-1 run...
View ArticleIHS’ 11-trey torrent floods Dolores
Directed to an out-of-position Bear, regarding Ignacio’s locked-and-loaded Tucker Ward, Dolores head coach Larry Schwartz’s ,“You know he’s gonna shoot it!” shout really could have applied to any of...
View ArticleRe-Three Kings: IHS places in Pueblo
Again denied by Sanford, ’Cats again save third If there was one thing Ignacio would have loathed more than yet another loss to non-league nemesis Sanford – spoiling IHS’ shot at facing top-ranked,...
View ArticleJones is SJBL Player of the Year
There was no doubt that the San Juan Basin League’s best baller wore Ignacio red, black and white. The only possible debate was just which one of the Bobcats it would be. Well the votes are in, and the...
View ArticleJones scores an All-State date
Once a college-level instructor of future NBA ’ballers Chauncey Billups and Chris Copeland during his lengthy stretch as a University of Colorado assistant, Terry Dunn surely savored the flavor of his...
View ArticleBoys turn tables on Pagosa, 48-41
Clinging to a tenuous five-point lead as the clock ticked under 30 seconds remaining, it didn’t take a genius to guess which Pirate the Bobcats would swarm in hopes of preserving a come-from-behind...
View ArticleBears broken by unrestrained Bobcats
IHS nets 11 3’s, wins away by 42 Neither Chris Valdez nor counterpart Larry Schwartz said much during the fourth quarter. The former seemed content watching his squad make up for mistakes which had...
View ArticleJays, Miners no match for Bobcats
Able to shake off a sluggish second quarter inside a strangely-silent MinerDome, the Bobcat boys used six Tucker Ward third-quarter points to set Telluride up, then three Wyatt Hayes three-pointers...
View ArticleYoung Richmond lifting IHS’ spirits
JV guard steals the show in T-ride Site of world-premiere movie viewings and stage productions throughout the years, the Michael D. Palm Theatre sits just a narrow, connected hallway’s walk east from...
View ArticleGuests putting Cats to the test
Bayfield steals win, Bears seek repeat When word of hot-or-cold Bayfield’s unexpected overtime escape from IHS Gymnasium on Jan. 26 reached hard-luck Dolores, it couldn’t have occurred at a finer...
View ArticleRidgway tries boring Cats into defeat
IHS swipes last-second win, 38-37 Seventy-five years ago, the Silverton Standard & The Miner reported a shift in the old San Juan League’s balance of basketball power, with its hometown Miners...
View ArticleSix seniors, sixth place at State
Paonia slips away from Cats on Day 3 Autographing young fan Trajan Garcia’s shirt after a difficult and, to longtime bracket-trackers and spectators inside Massari Arena, unexpected exit from the CHSAA...
View ArticleCagers dominate All-SJBL listings
Slow in coming, but most welcome news upon arrival, the All-San Juan Basin League Boys’ and Girls’ basketball teams definitely had a reddish hue to them with Ignacio prominently represented. And no...
View ArticleSeibel ready for one last run
Ellie Seibel wouldn’t have expected a ‘class’ reunion so quickly after graduation. At least not the sort she’s been summoned for: A near-reassembly of the basketball team for which she played, and that...
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