Senior guard Marissa Olguin scored nine points and senior forward/center DaLaney Wesner scored six, but the Ignacio High School girls basketball team’s long-awaited home opener Thursday evening didn’t end as the squad would have liked. Despite a late surge from the Bobcats, the visiting Del Norte Tigers came away with a 34-28 win.
After finishing the first quarter down 16-8, Ignacio narrowed the gap to 23-17 at halftime and 27-25 to start the fourth quarter. Unfortunately for the home team, Del Norte had a strong fourth quarter and denied the comeback attempt, closing out the six-point win. The Tigers improved their record to 4-2 on the season, while the Bobcats fell to 4-4 overall.
Exploding for two threes and 12 first-quarter points, Del Norte sophomore guard Emma Parra paced all players with her four treys and game-high 25 points. From the foul line, DNHS made seven of 16 attempts; IHS ended up 12-of-23. Ignacio visited 2A Dove Creek (5-3) on Saturday. Results against the Bulldogs were unavailable at press time.
IHS BOYS CRUISE TO HOME WIN
Powered by junior guard/forward Trace Crane’s 22 points (including 10 in the third quarter), the Ignacio boys dominated nonleague 2A Del Norte 74-48 on Thursday night. The Bobcats improved to 5-4 overall while handing the 1-5 Tigers their fourth straight loss.
Playing for the first time this winter on their own floor, the Bobcats also got three 3-pointers and nine total points from junior Stoney White Thunder-Lucero, plus 4-of-4 free-throw shooting and eight total points from junior D.J. Hendren.
DNHS trailed practically from the beginning and was down 18-4 after the first quarter. The visiting Tigers went into halftime down 37-16, but attempted a comeback by outscoring IHS 18-14 in the third, helped by six points from senior guard Tyler Atencio and five from both junior forward Noah Bailey and senior forward LaShawn Trujillo.
Atencio did all he could to keep Del Norte in the game, hitting one 3-pointer and totaling 10 of his game-high 24 points during the fourth quarter. But IHS was able to ride White Thunder-Lucero’s three fourth-quarter 3-pointers to a comfortable win.
Ignacio visited Dove Creek (4-4) on Saturday. Results against the Bulldogs were unavailable at press time.
