Dolores volleyball sweeps Ignacio in its state opener
The seventh-seeded Bears beat the one San Juan Basin League team that had beaten them, 25-20, 25-19, 25-20, in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament at the Denver Coliseum on Thursday.
Dolores took its revenge on the first morning of the state volleyball tournament.
The Bears, seeded seventh in Class 2A, swept No. 10 Ignacio 25-20, 25-19, 25-20 in the first round at the Denver Coliseum on Thursday, November 12, according to the Colorado High School Activities Association’s own bracket.
The Bobcats were one of only two teams to have beaten the Bears all year, in five sets back in September. Thursday was the third meeting of the season between the two San Juan Basin League schools.
The win puts Dolores at 24-2 and runs its winning streak to 18 matches, counted from the results feed this site publishes.
What it means for the draw
Staying on the winners’ side of the double-elimination bracket buys the Bears the harder match next: No. 2 Merino, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
Win and they play at 3:30 p.m. Friday for a place in the Final Four, against whoever comes out of No. 3 Vail Christian and No. 6 Lyons. Lose and they drop to the elimination side, where an 11 a.m. Friday match against No. 8 Akron would be win-or-go-home. The Nov. 7 story has the full draw, the rest of the schedule and how to watch.
All five classifications share the Coliseum, so there is no home match for Dolores at state.
Official results are CHSAA’s, on its 2A state bracket. The box score is on MaxPreps, and results from all three Montezuma County schools are on the Current’s scoreboards page.
The Current will post the Merino result when it is published.
Sources: CHSAA 2026 Class 2A girls volleyball state bracket, read November 12, 2026; the Current’s scoreboards feed, which carries MaxPreps results
Update, November 13, 2026: Dolores lost its second-round match to Merino 25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 23-25, 12-15 on Thursday evening and dropped to the elimination side of the bracket. Read the follow-up: Dolores drops a five-setter to Merino and must win to stay alive.