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.
Last week's regular-season baseball finale in Gypsum was a victory for the Panthers as they rolled past Eagle Valley 12-1. The win left Delta with a league record of 12-2 and an overall mark of 16-3.
It was a tale of two games for Cedaredge's baseball team last week. The Bruins were on the road in Bayfield to face Peak to Peak's Pumas in game one of elimination play.
Photo by Tamie Meck Kylie Hodges releases the discus at the Bruin Invitational. Hodges will compete in both the discus and shot put at this week’s state 2A track meet in Lakewood. Teammate Daryl Batt had her best throw of the season and is going to state in…
Photo by Tamie Meck Senior Josiah Spano, of Paonia, was an All-Conference first team selecton in the 2A WSL for the 2012-13 hoop year.This year's Class 2A All-Conference and All-State honors in the 2013 Photo by Tamie Meck Paonia High School senior Annavah…
Hotchkiss hitter Samantha Rocha is watched closely as she tips the ball to the floor to score against Meeker last Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs split a pair of matches, winning 3-0 against West Grand and losing 3-0 to Meeker.
It was an up and down week for Hotchkiss, with the Lady Bulldogs volleyball team ending the week at 1-2, including a grueling three-set loss to Roaring Fork (8-1 overall, 1-0 3A Western Slope League) on Sept. 11.
Rams senior twins Megan and Hattie Gianinetti recorded seven kills toward Roaring Fork's win.
In game one's 25-9 loss, two of the Bulldogs' nine points came on kills by Daryll Batt.
Batt opened game two with a kill shot, but the Lady Rams persisted. Hotchkiss put up a strong defense, and only allowed the Lady Rams one service ace.
The Lady Bulldogs hit their stride in game three, trailing by less than three through most of the game and tying it up at 14-all on a kill shot by Savannah Rocha. Following a string of long volleys, Hotchkiss trailed 20-18.
Roaring Fork took control on a service error, and wrapped the game up at 25-19.
Hotchkiss hosted a triangular Saturday, playing West Grand (5-5, 3-2 2A WSL) in the afternoon and Meeker (4-3, 1-0 WSL) in the evening.
Batt, an outside hitter, was named player of the game after recording 12 serving aces, 10 digs, 19 attacks and eight kills in the 3-0 win over West Grand (17-25, 23-25, 21-25).
Kristina Deloury had 22 attacks and six kills and Kelli Buhrdorf added four kills to the win. Rocha made five of the team's eight solo blocks.
Of their 71 serve attempts, Hotchkiss made only three errors and scored 16 serve aces.
Saturday evening, Hotchkiss played three close sets against Meeker (25-21, 25-19, 26-24), but failed to gain a win.
Hotchkiss is now 2-5 overall and 1-2 in league play.
The Lady Bulldogs host Rifle (4-4, 1-0, 3A Western Slope League) Friday, with games beginning at 4 p.m.
On Saturday, Hotchkiss travels to Plateau Valley (2-5, 0-2, 1A WSL). On Sept. 25, they host Cedaredge beginning at 4 p.m.
