Seen milling about with players before a game at IHS Field in 2022, Isiah Valdez – assistant coach to Duke Baker during Ignacio's successful '22 and 2023 seasons – was made head coach for the 2024 campaign.

Read the full article here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Burch, all-new staff guiding Lady ’Cats 

Beginning the soccer season Tuesday afternoon, March 12, hosting but losing 10-0 to 3A Alamosa didn’t surprise Tori Burch – well aware that after graduating nine players last spring, Ignacio could be in for a rough ride in 2024. 

Read the full article here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Middle School Bobcat wrestling had another great Saturday of wrestling in Cortez, Colo. at the San Juan Basin League Middle School Championship! Kodi Mae Rima wrestling above, earned the top tier of the podium, placing in 1st in the 120 lbs. division. Congratulations to all the wrestlers for a successful wrestling season! Thank you, Coaches Alex Peña and Brandon Silva, for leading the wrestlers in their successful season.

Read the full article here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Ignacio senior Darlyn Mendoza-Lechuga, middle, is escorted off the court by celebratory teammates after her buzzer-beating basket in the lane Friday night, March 1, gave the Lady Bobcats a 44-43 victory over Timnath in the second 3A-Region VI semifinal played inside St. Mary's High School Gymnasium. Mendoza-Lechuga scored a team-high 13 points against the stunned Lady Cubs.

Read the full article here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Ignacio junior Marissa Olguin (left) tries keeping the ball safely away from Montezuma-Cortez's Trenity Tillahash (5) during IHS' 58-44 home loss Thursday evening, Feb. 15. It was the last regular-season game for both teams; Olguin's 15 points paced IHS offensively.

Read the full story here

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

M-CHS erases 10-point pad in fourth 

Following one of the lowest scoring first halves in recent memory Thursday night, Feb. 15, inside a confused IHS Gymnasium, a boys’ basketball game finally broke out after halftime. 

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Ignacio's Lincoln deKay clashes with Mancos' Brandon Vannest during Class 2A, 150-pound consolation-bracket action Saturday, Feb. 17, inside Ball Arena in Denver. Victorious over his fellow San Juan Basin Leaguer early in the 2024 CHSAA State Championships, deKay lost the rematch 2-1 and placed fourth at the weight.

Read the full story here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum

Ignacio's Darlyn Mendoza-Lechuga (0) maneuvers around Pagosa Springs' DaveyAnn Snarr (21) during Intermountain League play Friday evening, Feb. 2, at PSHS.

Read the full story here.

Courtesy of the Southern Ute Drum