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…
Nadine Wilson photo Hotchkiss’ Natalie Anderson looks to split the Limon defense with her dribble in last Friday night’s opening round action of the Region 2 basketball tournament at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. The Lady Badgers had too much defense for Hotchkiss as they eliminated the Lady Bulldogs from the 2A state tournament with a 41-29 victory.In their first year in Class 2A, the Hotchkiss Lady Bulldogs basketball team finished third in Western Slope district standings. Hotchkiss advanced to Region 2 competition at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling last Friday, where it ended its season with a 41-29 loss to Limon.
Limon (17-6 overall, 6-1 Union Pacific League) lost in Saturday's regional championship game to the defending state champion Akron Rams (24-0, 10-0 Lower Platte League) by a score of 69-18.
This year's Class 2A Elite 8 state tournament will be void of any Western Slope teams. Three other teams, Paonia, Rangely and Meeker, also advanced to regional competition, and all three teams were eliminated.
Teresa Pagone photo Members of the Hotchkiss Lady Bulldogs basketball team get a break following a team huddle at the Region 2 tournament held at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. Limon proved to be too much for the Lady Bulldogs in the first-round game as they fell 41-29. The loss eliminated Hotchkiss from this year’s state 2A state basketball championships.Under first-year head coach Eric Hollembeak, Hotchkiss finished the season with a 14-9 overall and 6-3 record in the 12-team Western Slope League. This is the first year since 2010 that the Lady Bulldogs have posted a winning record.
