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…
Jayden ChynowethThe Dogs took to the road last weekend, winning Friday night's dual at Gunnison, 52-6. The Cowboys forfeited in seven of 14 weight classes.
Hotchkiss lost two matches by decision, according to head coach Glen Suppes: one to freshman Jack O'Dell (22-7) over Jake Hubbell, who lost in a last-second takedown at 106, and the other to sophomore Justin O'Dell (26-10) over Tanner Bizer at 126. The dual was held in the Paul Wright Gymnasium at Western State Colorado University and preceded the WSCU-Grand Canyon University dual.
Hotchkiss opened Saturday's Centauri Duals with three losses, then went on to win its last two duals. They opened with a 60-15 loss to Centauri, the team that went undefeated for the tournament win. Brothers Jesse Head (138) and Dustin Head (152) won their respective matches, and Zack Taylor (285) won by forfeit. At 145, No. 2-ranked Joe Boyle won his match by pinfall, but the No. 2-ranked senior wasn't able to go up against top-ranked Jason Buhr, who was out with an injury. "We would have liked to have seen him," said Suppes, of Buhr, "but we understand that injuries happen."
At 113, Garrett Toothaker is back on the mat after an extended illness. Toothaker was pinned by fifth-ranked Dillon Bellino, but wrestled well, said Suppes. He ended the day at 3-2.
Hotchkiss lost 40-24 to Florence. Scoring points were Boyle, Dustin Head, Erick Steckel and Tony Ibarra (160), who all won by pinfall.
Hotchkiss came up short against Buena Vista with a 48-36 loss. With several very close matches, the dual was closer than the score indicated, said Suppes. Boyle (20-3) pinned Malik Johnson (20-8), Hubbell pinned Christopher Meseke, and Toothaker (10-6) pinned Patrick Huffman (17-10).
The Dogs defeated Pagosa Springs, 45-18. After winning his opening matches by forfeit, heavyweight Zack Taylor wrestled to a 3-2 upset win over seventh-ranked Creede Wylie. Boyle, Steckel and Hank Edwards (132) all won by pinfall.
The final dual, against Trinidad, ended in a 30-30 tie and went to criteria, said Suppes. Hotchkiss was awarded a point for the most wins by pin — six — to win the dual, 31-30.
Dustin Head, Steckel, Toothaker, Tanner Bizer (126), Boyle and Hubbell each pinned their opponent.
The team was "definitely in a tougher pool," said Suppes. Not the greatest day, but in most cases they won where they should have won. With regionals just over a week away, they got to see some of the competition they'll face as they battle for state seeding at the regional tournament, which begins Feb. 15, at Grand Valley High School.
Hotchkiss will compete this Friday in the Western Slope Duals, which begin at 2 p.m., at Cedaredge High School. The Bulldogs open against Basalt and will dual Grand Valley and Coal Ridge high schools.
