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West Grand’s Emma Daly (32) looks to dribble around Rocky Ford’s Amber Saltzman (21) during Class 2A Region 8 Tournament semifinals action this past Friday, March 6, at event-hosting Ignacio High School. Seeded 24th in the State Championships’ initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers, despite Daly scoring a team-high seven points.
Courtesy Joel Priest
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West Grand’s Alex Schake (5) fights to put up a shot amidst aggressive defending by Rocky Ford’s Lily Hancock (12) and Nevaeh Rodriguez (44) during Class 2A Region 8 Tournament semifinals action this past Friday, March 6, at event-hosting Ignacio High School. Seeded 24th in the State Championships’ initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the 9-seed Meloneers. Schake battled for six points in defeat, and was a rebounding presence RFHS struggled to out-perform.
Courtesy Joel Priest
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West Grand’s Allie Daly (21) attempts to break through full-court pressure applied by Rocky Ford’s Abi Snyder during Class 2A Region 8 Tournament semifinals action this past Friday, March 6, at event-hosting Ignacio High School. Seeded 24th in the State Championships’ initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers.
Courtesy Joel Priest
Following stellar performances in their district tournaments, Grand County’s high school basketball teams ended their seasons on Friday with the boys and girls teams at both Middle Park and West Grand falling at regionals.
Seeded 24th in the state in Class 2A, the West Grand girls faced Rocky Ford in the Region 8 Tournament in Ignacio. In the game, the No. 9 seeded Meloneers came away with the victory, 54-25.
For the game, West Grand junior Emma Daly made two 3-pointers, as she led the Mustangs’ scoring with seven points, followed by sophomore Alex Schake, who had six points, 13 rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Also on Friday, No. 5 seeded Fowler beat the No. 28 seeded West Grand boys 59-36 in the Class 2A Region 5 bracket. West Grand sophomore Jesus Dominguez led the Mustangs’ offense with 16 points.
For Middle Park, the boys ran into Eaton in the Class 3A tournament and fell 87-55. Eaton was seeded No. 13 while Middle Park came into the game with the No. 20 seed.
In the Class 3A girls tournament, the Panthers faced No. 8 Faith Christian, which won 48-32. Middle Park came into the game with the 25th seed.