Delta coaches Luis Meza, center, and Clayton Curtis congratulate 152-pound senior Hunter Brasfield after an upset win sent him into the 4A Region 4 semifinals.
Hotchkiss senior Joe Boyle controls Ruben Chagoya of Basalt to win a 3A Region 1 title. He is one of 7 Hotchkiss state qualifiers.
Hotchkiss and Paonia boys will square off this week on the basketball courts. Both are 6-4 in league play.
Delta senior Brooke Taylor scores two of her 12 points against Summit after grabbing an offensive rebound.
Paonia 195-pounder Tyler “TK” Kendall sets Rangely’s Drew Collins up for a pin.
Paonia freshman Bo Pipher sets TJ Richard of North Park up for a pin in Saturday’s regional semifinal round. He is one of 13 Paonia wrestlers headed to state!
Surrounded by coaches and his dad, Conner Beard signs Letter of Intent to play football for the University of Nebraska Kearney.
Hotchkiss' Jacobe Galley signed a Letter of Intent to play football and study engineering at Colorado Mesa University.
Hotchkiss senior Cody Bartlett signed his National Letter of Intent to run cross-country for Hawaii Pacific University.
Photo by Wayne Crick These four Lady Panther athletes set a new Delta High School record in the 3200m relay in 2013. From the left, Clarissa Whiting, Skylyn Webb, Mykayla Music and Cleo Whiting combined talents to set a new record for the 3200m relay with a…
Several area athletes were honored for their committment to track in 2013. Class 4A selections to this year's All-State track team include freshman Greta Van Calcar (Palisade) and Glenwood Springs senior Auston Tribble.
Photo by Tamie Meck Cedaredge wrestler Zac Anderson attempts to stack his opponent at the fourth annual Paonia Summer Duals wrestling camp. Cedaredge and Delta brought several young wrestlers to this camp.Summer wrestling tends to be a bit different than the…
The Bulldogs ended the week with a 2-4, 0-2 record after suffering two league losses on the road. On Friday, Hotchkiss' boys fell to Grand Valley (4-3, 1-1), 65-51.
The Cardinals Jacob White and Trent Reidle combined for 28 points and Trever Smith added another 18 against Hotchkiss.
The Bulldogs posted a narrow, 46-44 loss to Rifle (3-3, 2-0) Saturday, with Tell Hawk and Taylor Schreiner each scoring 11 to lead the team in scoring.
Hotchkiss took a first-quarter 10-4 lead, but the Bears had the final say, racking up 20 points and outscoring Hotchkiss by eight to lead 24-22 going into the half.
Both teams were heavy on fouls, giving Hotchkiss 16 points from the line, with Rifle capitalizing on fouls for 13 points. Rifle, led by Jacob Withee, scored 13 fourth-quarter points to help the Bears win.
Photo by Jeff Casperson
Hotchkiss' Tell Hawk gets around a Rifle defender far enough to take a shot. The Bulldogs couldn't find a win on the road last week but will try for a win against Gunnison Friday.
Photo by Jeff Casperson
This Hotchkiss Lady Bulldog shoots a layup against Rifle during last weekend's game in Rifle. Rifle was more than the Lady Bulldogs could handle in a 56-23 loss.
The Lady Bulldogs faced the top two teams in the 3A WSL over the weekend, falling by only three points — 38-35 — to the top-ranked Grand Valley's Lady Cardinals (5-1, 2-0) Friday night at Grand Valley High School.
On Saturday, Hotch-kiss struggled to score against number 2 Rifle (5-1, 2-0), posting single-digit scores in all four quarters for a 56-23 loss. Guard Erin Jones led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring with 7 points.
This Friday, the Bulldogs host Gunnison, with the girls game scheduled for 6 p.m.
On Saturday, Cedar-edge and Hotchkiss will face off for the second time this season. At December's Bank of the West tournament, the boys teams played a close game that went into triple overtime, with the Bulldogs winning by three. The girls teams also played a close game in the tournament, with the Lady Bulldogs pulling off a one-point win.
The girls varsity game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at Hotchkiss High School, followed at 4 p.m. by the boys varsity contest.
