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 Taylor Schreiner tries unsuccessfully to block a lay up by Nate Walsh of Meeker in the Bulldogs’ 37-52 loss. Hotchkiss will host two conference games this weekend.Hotchkiss ended the weekend with a 6-3 overall record after a disappointing 15-point loss to Meeker Friday and a win at Rangely.
The Bulldogs couldn't get traction in Friday's loss to Meeker (4-2 overall, 0-0 2A Western Slope League).
Post Mason Oxford was the sole scorer for the Bulldogs in the opening minutes, dropping three first-quarter lay-ups. Six unanswered points by Meeker left the Bulldogs trailing 6-13 heading into the second period.
The Cowboys opened the second period with another unanswered six points.
Three-point shots by Cody Bartlett and Josh Hardin kept the Bulldogs in the game, and with 50 seconds remaining in the half, Andrew Tiedeman scored a three-point shot to end the half with Hotchkiss trailing, 18-27.
Taylor Schreiner scored his only points of the game on a field goal/free throw combination in the final seconds of the first half.
Hotchkiss trailed by as many as 20 in the second half. Bartlett and Oxford each scored a team-high 10 points for the game.
Hotchkiss hit only 20 percent of its shots, said head coach Kyle Crowder, and that needs to improve. "You can't win a game when your lead scorer scores 10."
Meeker's Alex Smith scored a game-high 12 points, with Jeremy Musgrave contributing nine.
Hotchkiss and Meeker will play a conference game on Feb. 15 at Meeker.
A 17-point fourth period gave the Bulldogs a 39-36 non-conference win Saturday at Rangely (1-6, 1-0). The Panthers opened with a 20-8 first-period lead, then were held to single-digit scores in each of the remaining quarters of play.
Crowder said he continues to have high expectations from the team. "We still have a few players who aren't quite there yet and are improving," said Crowder. Chris Allen, a 6-foot-4 post, "is just improving all the time," said Crowder of the first-year post and tallest member of the 10-man squad. "It's only a matter of time before he starts. All the basketball he's got is what he's played this year."
Senior Josh Hardin, who returned after missing his junior year, is another inside player. Hardin is paying his dues on the junior varsity squad and has averaged about eight points a game on varsity. He's already making big contributions to the defense.
"Having Josh Hardin come back here was big for us," said Crowder. Hardin was starting quarterback for the Bulldogs this season and has made efforts to increase his foot speed. "The varsity game is just a different speed than what he's seeing in the JV right now," said Crowder. "He's been playing a lot of minutes. He's doing some good things."
Hotchkiss will host two conference games this weekend, beginning with Hayden this Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The Tigers (6-2, 1-0) are coming off of two, 40-point wins. "That will be a good test for us," said Crowder. On Saturday, the Bulldogs host Soroco (3-4, 1-1), with tip-off scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
