Ignacio freshman Bela Torres (11) looks up, pondering passing cross-court and away from Dolores’ Brooklynne Ward (1) during junior-varsity action Dec. 13 inside IHS Gymnasium. IHS had little difficulty in pounding the Lady Bears, 2A/1A San Juan Basin League rivals, 41-11. It was the squad’s final game before the long holiday break. The JV boys also prevailed over DHS, 62-51, but then lost a one-point verdict to 3A Basalt on Day 1 of the in the Montezuma-Cortez “Rumble in ‘The Jungle’” – the tournament featured a junior-varsity bracket almost paralleling the varsities’ – and by an estimated 15-20 points to 2A Moab (UT) Grand County wrapping up the Old Year.

Ignacio freshman Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Valdez (12) launches a jumper over Dolores’ Kiffany Lewis (11) and Kylie Breitenbach (12) during junior-varsity action Dec. 13 inside IHS Gymnasium. IHS had little difficulty in pounding the Lady Bears, 2A/1A San Juan Basin League rivals, 41-11. It was the squad’s final game before the long holiday break. The JV boys also prevailed over DHS, 62-51, but then lost a one-point verdict to 3A Basalt on Day 1 of the in the Montezuma-Cortez “Rumble in ‘The Jungle’” – the tournament featured a junior-varsity bracket almost paralleling the varsities’ – and by an estimated 15-20 points to 2A Moab (UT) Grand County wrapping up the Old Year.