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Fri Feb 14th, 2020

Bayfield three-time champs

Ignacio’s Joe Garcia (23) was glad to be back on the gridiron in 2019, and apparently so were young backers like this. Garcia was named Co-MVP of the team, plus First Team All-Conference.

Fri Dec 20th, 2019

Garcia, Jackson named IHS Football’s MVPs

Bayfield YAFL won the sixth grade Four Corners Youth Football Super Bowl Championship. The team has previously won the Super Bowl during their third and fifth grade years; the three-time champs will have a bright future.

Fri Nov 22nd, 2019

3-time Champs!

The Durango Demons, fourth-grade, football team won the Youth American Football League (YAFL) Super Bowl in Bloomfield, N.M., Saturday, Nov. 2. The Demons defeated the Aztec Apes, 26-12 at the Bloomfield High School Football Stadium. Led by Demon rusher, Malique Rodriguez, the Demons ended the season with a 9-1 record.

Fri Nov 8th, 2019

Repeat YAFL Champs!

Ignacio’s Lawrence Toledo (2) straight-arms Monte Vista’s Nick Garcia (12) while attempting to gain kickoff-return yardage Friday night, Oct. 18, at IHS Field.

Fri Oct 25th, 2019

Bobcats struggle to stay afloat against Pirates

Durango Demon fifth grader, Peyton Pierre-Louis gets a rare handoff and rumbles for a touchdown against the Bayfield Wolverines on their way to a 48-0 score, Saturday, Oct. 5 in Bayfield, Colo.

Fri Oct 11th, 2019

Winding down the Season

Ignacio’s Joe Garcia (23) attempts to follow a Mekhi Miranda (53) block during non-conference play Saturday, Oct. 5, versus sixth-ranked Colorado Springs Christian at IHS Field. The Lions watched Garcia well; the junior was unofficially held to minus-1 yard on seven carries, and the Bobcats as a whole managed minus-2 on 19 in a 42-0 loss.

Thu Oct 10th, 2019

Good as advertised: CSCS routs Bobcats 42-0

Ignacio's Joe Garcia (23) crashes over a John Mall tackler and across the goal line to score the Bobcats' first touchdown Friday night, Sept. 20, during road action in Walsenburg.

Thu Sep 26th, 2019

Bobcats slip in Walsenburg, enter bye week 1-3

Ignacio’s Lawrence Toledo (2) tries zipping between Newcomb, New Mexico’s Leandreth Begay (1) and Marcus Jake (20), Friday, Sept. 6 at IHS Field.

Thu Sep 12th, 2019

Read-option rallies ’Hawks past hungry ’Cats IHS falls 22-6 in improved effort vs. Newcomb

Keenan Rand (30) a fifth grader for the Durango Demons gets some yardage before a Cortez Panther brings him down short of the end zone at Miller Middle School Saturday, Aug. 24 in Durango, Colo.

Fri Aug 30th, 2019

Set, Hut! Football season begins!

Ignacio junior Joe Garcia (16) pulls along multiple tacklers during a close-quarter drill at a recent preseason practice at IHS Field. Back from a serious leg injury last fall, Garcia will be counted upon for toughness in the Bobcats’ backfield.

Fri Aug 30th, 2019

Bobcat gridders kicking 2019 off against new foe

Ignacio head athletic trainer Shelby Sangster sees to an injured Bobcat at IHS Field during the 2018 football season. The 2018-19 school year was her first at Ignacio in that capacity.

Fri Jun 7th, 2019

Talking Training: Sangster on year one at IHS

In addition to running a picture of their victorious Limon Badgers receiving the first-place trophy, the Nov. 28, 1968, Limon Leader also ran this picture (taken by then-publisher Ronald Cooley) on page nine as part of its extensive coverage.

Thu Dec 20th, 2018

IHS, Limon combined for 112 points in 1968 Class ‘A’ finale still highest-scoring 50 years later

Ignacio’s Dustin Sanchez (20; he’d started the season wearing No. 52) takes a handoff during action at IHS Field versus Dolores in 2018. Sanchez was named First Team All-Conference.

Thu Dec 20th, 2018

SoPeaks honors four football ’Cats

The Bayfield 5th grade Wolverines declare their first place status after defeating the Aztec Tigers, 19-6 in the Youth American Football League (YAFL) Super Bowl, Saturday, Nov. 3 in Bloomfield N.M. Southern Ute tribal members Tavian Box (99) and Andre Thompson (35) join their teammates with the championship trophy after the game.

Fri Nov 9th, 2018

YAFL teams win Super Bowls

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