THURSDAY PREPS: Melrose, Dora squads advance to tourney semis

CAPITAN — Melrose and Dora advanced to semifinal round play in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Smokey Bear tournament.

In boys play, Melrose defeated Dexter 68-55 while Dora downed Hagerman 69-48. On the girls’ side, the Lady Buffs rolled past Dexter...