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 Tamie Meck Delta’s 3200m relay team placed fourth at last weekend’s 4A state track meet in Lakewood. Its time, 9:32.92, set a new DHS record. Team members are; left to right, Clarissa Whiting (Sr), Mykayla Music (Fr), Skylyn Webb (Sr) and Cleo Whiting…
Photo by Rich Meck Hotchkiss distance runners, and sisters, Natalie Anderson (left-center) and Mae Anderson start the 3200m run together on the opening day of the state track meet. They were fourth and fifth in the 3200 and fourth and sixth, respectively, in…
Photo by Tamie Meck Andy Pipher and son Bo meet Bo’s opponent during the Parade of Champions at the 2013 state wrestling tournament. Pipher was recently named 2013 Colorado Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).Paonia…
With wins at No. 2 and 3 singles and 3 and 4 doubles, the Hotchkiss tennis team posted a 4-3 win last Wednesday over Fruita Monument High School's junior varsity squad. The Bulldogs lost 4-3 against the 5A school on Aug. 23.
Three of last week's matches went to tiebreakers. No. 1 singles Tony Ibarra, who won his August match in a 10-7 tiebreaker, again went into the tiebreaker, but fell short in a 10-8 loss. Ibarra is now 4-3 for the season after defeating Austin Bowen of Cedaredge, 6-2, 6-4, last Thursday.
No. 2 singles Brydie Mitchell (6-1) won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, at Fruita Monument.
At No. 3 singles, Azure Eller (6-1) pulled off a 6-1, 6-3 win against Fruita Monument.
Fruita Monument swept the doubles matches back in August, but after making some adjustments to the doubles line-up, Hotchkiss walked away with wins at 3 and 4 doubles. At 3 doubles, Caleb Bayles and Josh Parsons teamed up to defeat Fruita 10-5 in a tiebreaker after splitting sets, 6-2, 2-6.
Alex Hulteen partnered with Quentin "Q" Varner for a 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 10-8 win.
David Oviedo and Ulises Mendoza lost in a close 6-4, 6-2 match at 1 doubles, and Tyler Suppes and Keegan Burke were defeated, 6-2, 6-1.
On Thursday, Hotchkiss blanked Cedaredge, 7-0. It was the second time for the two teams to meet this season, and the second time for Hotchkiss to sweep the match. Cedaredge is a young team with a new head coach.
"Cedaredge played really well this time around," said Hotchkiss head coach Brian Benson, "and some of the matches were way closer than the score would indicate."
This week's wins bring the Bulldogs' record to 4-3.
Cedaredge and Hotchkiss will compete this Friday and Saturday at the annual Delta County Invitational tournament.
Grand Junction JV, Fruita Monument JV, Montrose, Montezuma-Cortez and Grand Junction Central will also compete.
Matches begin both days at approximately 8:30 a.m., at Cleland Park (1, 2 and 3 singles and 1 doubles) and at Bill Heddles Recreation Center (2, 3 and 4 doubles).
