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…
Delta 1 Singles player Alaisa Melgoza uses a backhand return to Hotchkiss’ Christa Beirginer during match-play last Friday afternoon in Hotchkiss. Melgoza prevailed in the match with scores of 6-2 and 6-0.
The tennis match in Hotchkiss wasn't what head Delta coach Christina Curtis had anticipated. The Lady Bulldogs found ways to offset Delta's efforts to record a 4-3 victory last Thursday.
Curtis has a senior-laden roster that has experience in the upper events. Delta won two of the singles matches and one doubles match in their loss to the Lady Bulldogs.
In one singles play, Alaisa Melgoza used her experience to ease past Hotchkiss' Christa Beirginer in two sets, 6-2 and 6-0.
At two singles, Hotchkiss' Kelsey Milner took advantage of Sabrina Archibeque's miscues to forge a 6-4, 7-6 win.
The three singles' match between Diana Ortega and Hotchkiss' Amber Rankin eventually went to Ortega by scores of 6-1 and 7-6.
Photo by Wayne Crick
Hotchkiss’ Kelsey Milner serves to Delta’s Sabrina Archibeque in 2 Singles play. Milner defeated Archibeque 6-4 and 7-6.
Becca Korthuis and Mariah Martin gave the Lady Panthers their only doubles victory as they controlled Hotchkiss' Sidney Saurter and Leah Palecki with scores of 6-0 and 6-3 in one doubles play.
Hotchkiss began their run through doubles play in two doubles match play. Kristina Deloury and Meghan Wright blanked Barbara Gutierrez and Annaly Ruiz in their first set of two doubles play 6-0. The second set was a battle with the Lady Bulldogs winning by a margin of 7-6.
The three doubles team of Ciara Beegle and Jessi Violett made it two in a row in doubles action with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Delta's Elise Scates and Emily Kuta.
The final match of the day went to Hotchkiss' four doubles team of Sadie Smith and Faline Farmer. The Hotchkiss duo scored straight set wins of 6-4 and 6-3 over Carmen Fausto and Rachel Tallent.
For coach Curtis, the match was an eye-opener. "This ended up being much tougher that we had anticipated. Hotchkiss doubles' teams are a lot stronger than they have been in past years."
Even though the Lady Panthers have senior leadership, there is some areas where there isn't as much experience. "Our inexperience in the lower positions really showed. I am proud of my girls for their efforts though. This match showed me where we are still weak as a team and what we need to improve on."
Delta hosts Montrose at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, and the Lady Bulldogs are at Glenwood Springs on Saturday at 10 a.m. and play Aspen's Lady Skiers the same day at 2 p.m.
