Dove Creek seniors Dante Gallegos and Savannah Ayers were named king and queen at the Bulldogs’ homecoming ceremony on Friday.
Earlier in the evening, Ayers and the Lady Bulldog volleyball team took down the visiting Dolores Bears.
Dolores won the first two sets to jump ahead early, but the Lady Bulldogs clawed back to win three straight and take the match, 3-2 (17-25, 20-25, 27-25, 25-15, 15-9).
The win pushed Dove Creek to 5-4 on the year and 3-4 in the 1A/2A San Juan Basin League, while the loss dropped Dolores to 3-9 and 2-5 in the SJBL.
The Lady Bears travel to Mancos on Thursday at 4 p.m. and host Ouray on Friday at 3 p.m., and Dove Creek hosts Telluride on Friday at 5 p.m.
And then Dolores and Dove Creek will meet for their second and final head-to-head league match of the season on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m.
Following the volleyball contest, the Dove Creek football team took to the field for its 2016 homecoming matchup against the Nederland Panthers.
The Bulldogs had picked up their first win of the season against Del Norte the week prior, holding on to win by eight, 36-28.
But they were unable to make it two in a row, as the Panthers shut them out 42-0.
The Bulldogs (1-4, 1-1 A-8 Southwest League) have another tough game ahead of them on Friday in an away contest against the Sargent Farmers (5-0, 2-0 A-8 SW).
Sargent was the No. 1 ranked 8-man team in the state according to CHSAANow.com’s latest poll.