{"id":21783,"date":"2020-03-09T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T20:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=63640"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T20:42:01","slug":"grand-county-hoops-teams-fall-in-regional-tourneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/grand-county-hoops-teams-fall-in-regional-tourneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand County hoops teams fall in regional tourneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8713780918728\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-63640-124\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-002-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-002-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Joel Priest | West Grand\u2019s Emma Daly (32) looks to dribble around Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>West Grand\u2019s Emma Daly (32) looks to dribble around Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Joel Priest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-002-1024x683.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"West Grand\u2019s Emma Daly (32) looks to dribble around Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-003-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-003-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Joel Priest | West Grand\u2019s Alex Schake (5) fights to put up a shot amidst aggressive defending by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>West Grand\u2019s Alex Schake (5) fights to put up a shot amidst aggressive defending by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Joel Priest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-003-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"West Grand\u2019s Alex Schake (5) fights to put up a shot amidst aggressive defending by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 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.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-001-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-001-1024x783.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Joel Priest | West Grand\u2019s Allie Daly (21) attempts to break through full-court pressure applied by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>West Grand\u2019s Allie Daly (21) attempts to break through full-court pressure applied by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Joel Priest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/WGHSGirlsBB201920PICS-001-1024x783.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"West Grand\u2019s Allie Daly (21) attempts to break through full-court pressure applied by Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-hoops-teams-fall-in-regional-tourneys\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-hoops-teams-fall-in-regional-tourneys\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following stellar performances in their district tournaments, Grand County\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Seeded 24<sup>th<\/sup> 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.<\/p>\n<p>For the game, West Grand junior Emma Daly made two 3-pointers, as she led the Mustangs\u2019 scoring with seven points, followed by sophomore Alex Schake, who had six points, 13 rebounds, two assists and two steals.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019 offense with 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/grand-county-hoops-teams-fall-in-regional-tourneys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Grand\u2019s Emma Daly (32) looks to dribble around Rocky Ford\u2019s 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\u2019 initial Round-of-32, the Lady Mustangs (13-11 overall) suffered a season-ending, 54-25 loss to the No. 9 Meloneers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 03:31:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}