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…
After a lackluster showing at the Warrior Classic and a dual loss to Cedaredge last week, Hotchkiss rumbled to a tie for second place at Saturday's Eagle Valley Invitational.
The Bulldogs, who were open in three weight classes, had two championships, two second-place finishers and one fourth place to earn 140 points at the 18-team tournament; the host Eagle Valley Devils placed six wrestlers in the top four to earn 140 points.
Jesse Head pinned his way to a first-place finish at 138 pounds, putting away fourth-ranked Anthony Watt of Meeker in 1:57 for the championship.
Joe Boyle also claimed a tournament championship. Boyle, who started the season at 152 pounds, defeated fourth-ranked George Stagg of Grand Valley, 9-0, to advance to the 145-pound championship round. He defeated Ruben Chagoya of Basalt, 9-8, for the win.
Garrett Toothaker had two pins at 113 pounds to advance to the championship round, where he was pinned in 3:03 to top-seeded Tristin Pelloni of Meeker.
Senior heavyweight Zach Taylor is back on the mat after recovering from a football injury. Taylor pinned Austin Reed of Coal Ridge in 3:04 and defeated Steamboat Springs, 4-2, to advance to the finals.
Taylor placed second after losing by pinfall to Stephen Terrazas of West Grand.
Senior Tony Ibarra had to wrestle back to the finals after a first-round loss at 160 pounds to Isaac Bair of Grand Junction Central. Ibarra pinned his way to the third-place round, where he was defeated by North Park's Derrick Richard.
Tanner Bizer (126) opened with a loss by pin fall to Ty Morton of Cedaredge, then avenged last Thursday's loss to Beau Hebert of Cedaredge with a pin in 2:50. Bizer ended the tournament at 1-2.
The Bulldogs will dual the Eagles at Paonia this Thursday at 6 p.m., then head to Salida where they'll dual Payton on Friday.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs will compete at the 41st annual Rob Mickel Memorial.
