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…
Photo by Carrie Coats Hotchkiss High School’s girls’ cross country team turned in an outstanding collective performance and won the 2A state championship. Pictured are Sophia Schelle, Natalie Anderson, Mae Anderson, Jenni Celis and Tiffany Clock.The Hotchkiss girls' cross country team earned 16 points to claim the state 2A championship Saturday at Colorado Springs. It was the first cross country title for the school and for head coach Kelly Cowan.
Five Hotchkiss runners finished in the top 25, and four finished in the top 11.
And they did it without any seniors.
"It's not often that a school will win with no seniors," said Cowan. That makes next year look pretty promising.
"They ran like we expected them to," said Cowan. Natalie Anderson and Jennifer Celis, both juniors, placed fourth and fifth respectively, and freshmen Sophia Schelle and Mae Anderson were 10th and 11th respectively. Sophomore Tiffany Clock finished a respectable 25th out of a field of 77 runners.
"It's a good way to end the year," said Cowan.
Photo by Carrie Coats Hotchkiss High School’s cross country team won its first-ever state title at the 2A state championships. Pictured with the trophy are: front, left to right, Jenni Celis and coach Kelly Cowan. In the back row are Mae Anderson, Tiffany Clock, Sophia Schelle and Natalie Anderson.This year's meets were held at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. A distinct feature of the course is "Big Willis," a stretch that climbs almost 300 meters and tests even the toughest of runners. But Hotchkiss runners train on hills. It's what they're used to.
The girls' team was ranked first heading into the race, and Anderson was ranked third behind Amber Scott of the Crested Butte Community School and Telluride's Rachel Hampton. Hampton upset Scott for the win, and Lyons junior Miriam Roberts, who was ranked sixth, finished four seconds ahead of Anderson to place second. But before another Lyons runner could cross the finish line, Celis, Schelle and Mae Anderson were already there.
The boys team posted the best performance in school history, said Cowan, placing fourth with 53 points. Andrew Tiedemann, a first-year sophomore, placed 10th with a time of 17 minutes, 49.4 seconds, with Kurt Katzdorn and Tyrell Clock placing 21st and 30th. Senior Cody Bartlett entered the race ranked fourth, but was among several top runners to finish well behind their ability level. It's just one of those things that can't be explained, said Cowan. "It happens every year at state."
While Katzdorn and Bartlett will graduate, the other three state qualifiers are sophomores, and that's something that gives Cowan confidence that the boys will have a strong team next year. "You plan on having everyone come back," said Cowan, "and you also hope that a couple more come out."
