Prep scores, rec leagues and the teams Montezuma County turns out for.
CHSAA released its regional brackets on Monday. The Bears are the No. 7 seed in Class 2A and host North Fork and Front Range Christian at Dolores High School, with the first match at 11 a.m. Neither Montezuma-Cortez nor Mancos is in the regional field.
Sunday's seeding meeting put the Bluejays in the state bracket as the No. 7 seed at 6-2. They meet No. 10 Stratton at 1 p.m. Saturday, at a site the association has not yet named.
Mancos swept Dove Creek and Nucla on Saturday to finish the regular season with an even record. The second of those results was not posted when the Current last reported the day.
Dolores won all four of its varsity games in the week of October 26, ending the volleyball regular season unbeaten in the San Juan Basin League and closing the football year with its widest league margin.
Dolores closed its regular season with its first league win, a 27-point road result at Del Norte on Saturday afternoon. CHSAA seeds the postseason on Sunday.
Mancos beat Nucla 3-0 on Saturday afternoon, its second sweep of the same opponent in nine days. With the morning win over Dove Creek posted since, its season record is 12-11.
Dolores beat Telluride 3-0 and Ignacio 3-1 on Friday evening and afternoon, its 14th and 15th straight wins. The regional seeding meeting is Monday.
The Bears' 3-0 win on Tuesday was their eighth league match without a loss. The league tournament follows on Friday and Saturday.
The No. 10 seed lost at home to No. 23 Delta on Wednesday night in the first round of the Class 3A tournament. Montezuma-Cortez finishes 12-4 with the 3A Intermountain League title.
Saturday afternoon's 8-Man Mountain league game at Norwood was decided by a field goal's worth of points. Dolores is 4-4 for the year.
Two Dolores results in the week of October 19. The volleyball side is now 18-2 and still unbeaten in league play; football lost a one-score game at Norwood on Saturday.
Three league matches in the week of October 19 — a straight-sets defeat at Telluride, then home wins over Nucla and Ridgway. The football fixture that had been pencilled in for Friday never appeared.
Two fixtures in the week of October 19 closed out the autumn for Montezuma-Cortez. Nothing further is listed for any Panther team, at school or on the feed.
Sixty points is the most Montezuma-Cortez has conceded all autumn, and Friday night at Delta was the last fixture either MaxPreps or the school calendar lists.
The Bears are 18-2 and unbeaten in league play. They travel to Norwood on Monday.
The Bluejays took the league match 3-0 at home on Thursday, their first win since October 10. The varsity football team hosts Del Norte on Friday night.
Tuesday evening's 0-3 defeat leaves the Bluejays level at 3-3 in the league and 8-11 for the season. Two home dates follow this week.
Montezuma-Cortez finished 6-0 in the league and 12-3 overall after Tuesday's home win. No result has been posted for the junior varsity match that followed.
Varsity volleyball is 17-2 and has yet to drop a league match this autumn. Football was beaten 22-56 at home by Sanford on the same afternoon.
Mancos lost all three of its home fixtures in the week of October 12. Varsity football, 6-2, is back at home on Friday for senior night.
Montezuma-Cortez has one home date and one road trip between October 19 and 25. The Tuesday soccer match is not on the school's own calendar.
Montezuma-Cortez went 0-6 across four sports in the week of October 12. Boys soccer is still unbeaten in league play at 5-0.
Saturday morning's 0-3 defeat was one of the fixtures that carries no league weight, so the Bluejays' standing is untouched.
Montezuma-Cortez went without a win on Saturday, losing its volleyball, boys soccer and softball fixtures.
The junior varsity footballers lost 0-20 at home on Saturday morning, and MaxPreps has belatedly added a volleyball win at Dove Creek from Tuesday.
Montezuma-Cortez gave up 47 points in its last home game of the season on Friday night and goes to Delta next week at 2-6.
Two points decided Friday's home fixture, and the result costs Mancos its unbeaten league record with senior night against Del Norte a week away.
The varsity came through a five-set home match against Sanford on Friday to reach 17-2, and the junior varsity won in straight sets.
The Bears scored 22 but gave up 56 in Friday afternoon's 8-Man Mountain league game, leaving them 4-3 on the season and still looking for a first league win.
Montezuma-Cortez won a set and lost the match 1-3 on Wednesday night, its only game since Saturday. The varsity is 5-15-1 for the season.
The Bears' varsity won 3-0 on the road Tuesday for a 10th straight win and a 7-0 league record.
The Bluejays' varsity lost 1-3 on Tuesday night in a match MaxPreps lists as not counting toward league standings.
The Bears won all three varsity matches in straight sets and are 15-2 overall, 6-0 in league. The JV team won its three as well; the football team had a bye week.
The Bluejays' varsity football team is 6-1 and unbeaten in league play. Volleyball lost twice before sweeping Monte Vista on Saturday.
Montezuma-Cortez went 8-6-1 across three sports in the week of October 5. Soccer is unbeaten in league play; softball split both of its home doubleheaders.
Montezuma-Cortez has two home dates this week and three trips, including a volleyball match at Grand County that the school calendar does not list.
The varsity Bluejays won 3-0 on the road on Saturday morning, a day after being swept at Sanford. The junior varsity lost 0-2.
The varsity lost 0-3 and the junior varsity 0-2 on Saturday afternoon, leaving the varsity Panthers winless in seven league matches.
The Bluejays won their second 8-Man Mountain league game on the road Friday night and are now 6-1 on the season.
The varsity lost 0-3 and the JV 0-2 on Friday, leaving the varsity Bluejays at 7-8. Mancos plays at Monte Vista on Saturday and hosts Telluride on Tuesday.
Montezuma-Cortez won the first game 7-1 and lost the second 3-6 on Friday. The Panthers finish the regular season 14-8.
The Bears won 3-0 at home on Thursday to reach 14-2 on the season. Ouray visits on Saturday in a league match.
Montezuma-Cortez won 3-0 on the road on Thursday, two days after a win at Monticello. The Panthers are 5-13-1 and host Centauri on Saturday.
The Bears took the league match in Mancos 3-0 on Tuesday night to go 5-0 in league. The Bluejays fall to 3-2.
Montezuma-Cortez won its non-league match in Utah on Tuesday night, its fourth win of a long season.
Montezuma-Cortez JV softball played three games in a day at the Columbine Softball Fields, beating Grand Junction Central and tying Grand Junction.
Montezuma-Cortez took the opener 8-1 on Monday afternoon and gave up the second game 6-13, its first league defeat since mid-September.
Montezuma-Cortez has four home dates between October 5 and 11, including three on Saturday.
The Bears' volleyball teams went 4-0 at home over the week. Varsity football lost its league opener to Mancos.
The Bluejays are 5-1 after their league opener. Varsity volleyball was swept at Ignacio.
Montezuma-Cortez won six of its 10 completed games last week. Football lost at home to Aspen and volleyball was swept twice.
The Bluejays won the 8-Man Mountain opener at Dolores on Friday night, moving to 5-1 while the Bears fell to 4-2.
Montezuma-Cortez lost its homecoming game to Aspen on Friday night, dropping to 2-5 on the season and 1-3 in league play.
The Bears have won four straight volleyball matches without dropping a set, including Saturday morning's league win over Ignacio at home.
The Bluejays were swept 3-0 at Ignacio on Thursday, their first league defeat after three league wins.
Montezuma-Cortez softball won both ends of a home doubleheader on Saturday and boys soccer stayed unbeaten in league play, while volleyball lost all three of its matches.
Dolores football beat Custer County 41-6 on homecoming night, and varsity volleyball swept two more home matches to stay unbeaten in league play.
Mancos varsity volleyball won twice more on the road without dropping a set and is 3-0 in league play. MaxPreps has posted no result for Friday's football game.
Varsity football won at Gunnison for its first league win of the season. Boys soccer stayed unbeaten in league play, and volleyball was swept in all three of its matches.
Five home dates, including homecoming football against Aspen on Friday night and a softball doubleheader on Saturday.
Dolores football beat Escalante 40-8 to go 3-1, and both volleyball teams beat Telluride in league play.
Mancos football put up 62 points on St. Mary's, and varsity volleyball swept both of its home matches, including a league win over Ouray.
Boys soccer ran the table with five wins. Varsity football was shut out at home by Coal Ridge, and varsity softball lost a one-run thriller at Delta.
Volleyball hosts Pagosa on Tuesday, the only home date of the week. Football travels to Gunnison on Friday night.
