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…
Photo by Tamie Meck Paonia’s Josiah Spano draws the foul on Josh Hardin in the Eagles’ 54-61 loss to Hotchkiss last week. Spano scored 15 points for the Eagles in the loss.A 20-point fourth period that included four consecutive free throws in the final moments of the game resulted in a second win this season for Hotchkiss over the neighboring Paonia Eagles. Two weeks earlier at the Delta County tournament, the Bulldogs, competing in their first year as a class 2A team, pulled off a three-point win over Paonia in a game that came down to the final seconds.
The score was close throughout the game. A late three-pointer by Cody Bartlett put the Bulldogs ahead, 15-10, at the end of the first period.
Paonia scored 21 points in the second period. Taylor Walters sank two from the line after drawing a foul early in the second, and Bartlett held on to the six-point lead, hitting another trey in the opening seconds.
Ben Linnell caught fire, sinking four field goals from the paint for Paonia, with Walters adding six and Josiah Spano another six to tie the game at 31-all heading into the half.
With less than 10 seconds remaining in the third, Taylor Schreiner took a steal in for two, giving Hotchkiss a 41-39 lead heading into the fourth period. Bartlett opened with a quick two, and Tye Bayles scored, putting Hotchkiss ahead again by six. Paonia got to within two, but Hotchkiss maintained control, allowing Schreiner to score two goals and shoot 2-4 from the line. Bartlett made some last-minute attempts, drawing fouls and shooting 4-4 from the line.
With time running out and Hotchkiss holding a narrow lead, Eric Carney hit a three-pointer, but Hotchkiss continued to control the court, with Bartlett hitting 4-4 from the line for the win. Spano scored a team-high 15 for Paonia, and Linnell added 10. Walters, who was 5-6 from the line, ended the game with nine points.
Schreiner scored a game-high 18 points for the Bulldogs, with Bartlett contributing 14.
This was the first of two, 2A Western Slope League games between the local rivals. Paonia was missing starting point guard Taylor Katzer on Saturday, and shooting guard Spano, a lead scorer for the Eagles, was absent from December's game. The next game between the two schools, which will count toward their conference records, is scheduled for Feb. 19 at Hotchkiss.
