Playing Friday night without high-scoring junior guard Cooper Roderick, Bayfield not only caught powerful Pagosa Springs by surprise during the opening eight minutes, but later went into halftime clos.
Blanked for the opening 5:40 of play, Bayfield faced an uphill climb for most of the contest, until senior guard Cody Ross sank a difficult baseline jumper – while being fouled – with 6:51 left in the.
If junior guard Cooper Roderick’s two first quarter 3-pointers and sophomore guard Kingston Martinez’s buzzer-beating trey from the corner were haymakers against Shiprock, the Chieftains’ subsequent t.