Panther volleyball swept on senior night as Montezuma-Cortez loses all five

Montezuma-Cortez lost all five of its games in the week of October 12, a run that took in volleyball, football, boys soccer and softball. The varsity volleyball team closed its home season on Saturday by being swept 0-3 by Alamosa on a date the school calendar marks as senior night.

Graphic: Cortez Current. Source: MaxPreps

Volleyball

The varsity team lost 1-3 at Grand County, in Moab, Utah, on Wednesday, then was swept 0-3 at home by Alamosa in a league match on Saturday. It is 5-16-1 overall and 0-8 in league play. MaxPreps lists no further volleyball fixtures for the Panthers.

Football

The varsity team lost 6-47 at home to Basalt on Friday night in a league game, a result reported at the time. Montezuma-Cortez is 2-6 overall and 1-4 in league.

Boys soccer

The varsity side lost 0-3 at Grand Junction Central on Saturday, at Longs Memorial Park, in a game that carries no league weight. The Panthers are 11-3 overall and remain 5-0 in league play, the only unbeaten league record among the three schools the Current covers this fall.

Softball

The varsity team lost 9-18 to La Junta on Saturday in a game MaxPreps lists as a tournament fixture at a neutral site. It finished 14-9 overall and 7-3 in league play. MaxPreps lists no further softball fixtures.

Next at home

Varsity boys soccer hosts Bayfield on Tuesday, October 20 at 4 p.m., with the junior varsity match following at 5:40 p.m. Both are league games. The fixture appears on MaxPreps but not on the school’s own October calendar.

The week’s results were reported as they came in: volleyball at Grand County, football against Basalt and Saturday’s three games.

Scores and records come from MaxPreps, which the site’s scoreboards page refreshes through the day.