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 Hotchkiss senior 160-pounder Joe Boyle wrestles Fruita Monument’s Kaden Fife at the Warrior Classic. Boyle was 2-2 at the tournament and was one of two Bulldogs to advance to day-two competition.In the opening seconds of Joe Boyle's Saturday morning match against Fruita Monument's 152-pounder Kaden Fife, the two collided on a take-down attempt. Fife's head gear cut a gash just above Boyle's right eye.
After a quick bandaging of his wound, Boyle wrestled tough against the 5A wrestler, but got caught late in the second round to get pinned. Boyle finished the tournament at 2-2. He was the Bulldogs' last chance at placing at the 35th annual Warrior Classic tournament.
Earlier on, Garrett Toothaker, the only other Hotchkiss wrestler to advance after a grueling opening day of the two-day, all-class tournament, had fallen to Jared Flores, a state-ranked wrestler from Green River, Wyo. "I got caught in a headlock and couldn't get out of it," said Toothaker. Looking at the bright side, "I still have a winning record."
Toothaker opened Friday's competition with a pin in 1 minute, 26 seconds over Mauricio Paez of Center. Next in the bracket was David Baxter, an eighth-ranked wrestler for 4A Pueblo South. Toothaker, who went into the tournament ranked ninth, went the full three rounds against Baxter in the 6-4 loss. Toothaker wrestled to a 9-5 win over Ashlee Griffiths of Moffat County, and pinned Johnathan Tavar of Cortez in 24 seconds to advance to Saturday's competition.
Toothaker said he wanted to earn a win for the team. "There's a lot of weight on your shoulders," he said after Saturday's loss.
Hotchkiss wrestled two and out at 106, 128, 132, 138, 170, 195 and 220. At 145, Brandon Beck opened with a loss to Durango, then pinned Justin Sanders of Pueblo Centennial in 4:39. Beck ended with a loss to Hayden Jones of Douglas County
At 160, Dustin Head pinned Brian Roberts of Pueblo Centennial in 1:06 to open the tournament, then lost in an 11-3 decision to Kyle Soulka of Falcon, who placed second in the tournament.
And Erik Steckel lost early on to Mountain Valley, defeated Austin Sailas of Fort Lupton, then lost by pinfall to Cody Driver of Fountain Fort Carson.
