Mancos football loses 22-24 to Norwood in league game
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.
Norwood left Mancos with a 24-22 win on Friday afternoon, a two-point margin that gave the Bluejays their first defeat in 8-Man Mountain league play this year.
Graphic: Cortez Current. Source: MaxPreps
The fixture was played at Mancos High School, starting at 1 p.m., and counted in the league table. Mancos finishes the week at 6-2, with a league mark of 2-1.
Mancos had taken its first two league outings without much trouble.
A single home date is left on the regular-season schedule: Del Norte visits on Friday, October 23 at 6 p.m., a league game the school’s athletics calendar flags as both senior night and homecoming. Before that the junior varsity makes the trip to Norwood on Monday, October 19, kicking off at 5 p.m.
Figures here come from MaxPreps, which also has the box score. Confirm kickoff with the school if you plan to attend, since schedules shift.