Baseball Recap: Durango Takes a Loss

Durango was the 11-1 winner over Cheyenne Mountain when they last played one another back in March of 2016, but their luck changed this time around. The Durango Trailblazers came up short against the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks on Thursday, falling 17-9.

Teagan Payne

Runs

03/13/25 vs Cheyenne Mountain	3
03/11/25 @ Bonanza	2
03/05/25 vs Clark	2
03/07/25 @ Silverado	1
03/03/25 vs Legacy	1

Durango saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Teagan Payne, who scored three runs and stole Three bases. while going 3-for-4. Payne has become a key player for Durango: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-3 otherwise.

Durango now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Coming up, Durango will look to defend their home field on Monday against Carson at 11:00 a.m. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they will venture away from home to challenge Spring Valley at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Spring Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Cheyenne Mountain's hitters will have their work cut out for them.