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 Tamie Meck Josh Hardin is heavily defended during a recent Hotchkiss practice. The Bulldogs will compete in Class 2A this season. They opened Friday (Nov. 30) with a convincing win over the 3A Olathe Pirates in Olathe.If its opening game is any indication of how the year will go, Hotchkiss will have a successful season. The Bulldogs defeated Olathe Friday, 55-44.
Hotchkiss moved to 2A this season, and is competing in the 12-team 1A/2A Western Slope League. These early-season losses are crucial, said head coach Kyle Crowder. Each of the eight district champions will host a regional tournament, with subsequent teams determined by true seeding, with consideration to geography. Defeating a 3A team like Olathe and Gunnison will help the team seeding come playoffs, said Crowder. The Bulldogs host Gunnison this Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Returning from last season's varsity team are Cody Bartlett, Mason Oxford, Taylor Schreiner, Ty Bayles, Wes Hardin and River Panish. Josh Hardin, a 6-foot-2 senior, returns to the team after missing his junior year. Nicolas Rojas, Chris Allen and Andrew Tiedemann step up from the junior varsity team. Daniel Camacho, Kaan Uygut, Jacobe Galley, Jacob Schreiner, Eddie Cambria, Tyrell Clock and freshman Clayton Oxford are also on the roster.
With players from the football team starting practice last week, "We're still in the process of figuring out who will play where," said Crowder. With a combination of size, shooting and ball-handling abilities, youth and experience, Crowder sees at least 10 players who can step on the court at any time and be competitive. "That's going to be huge," said Crowder. The team has more depth than in the recent past, "and that's going to be our strength."
Hotchkiss had one scrimmage, against 4A Delta. Despite missing the football players and still trying to determine the best fit for everyone, that went well, said Crowder.
Starting this Friday when they face Vail Christian at Vail, the Bulldogs will be on the road the remainder of the calendar year. They face Ridgway on Dec. 11, then compete in the Delta County Bank of the West tournament Dec. 21-22. They will open the new year with a non-conference game at Paonia.
Bulldog assistant coaches are Zac Lemon, who returns for his second year as C team coach, and Jesse Hotchkiss, a 2010 Hotchkiss High School graduate, will coach the junior varsity team. Hotchkiss was a varsity player for the Bulldogs, and was a starting post player for Hotchkiss in 2010, the last year the Bulldogs made the playoffs.
