May 25, 2013

Sports Snaps

Delta Panthers

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Wayne Crick

Panthers impressive at state track competition

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…

Hotchkiss Bulldogs

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Hotchkiss distance runners

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…

Paonia Eagles

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Pipher NWCA coach of year

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…

Regional tennis play on Friday

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Cedaredge’s 1S player Landen Eckhart plays against Hotchkiss early in the season. Cedaredge and Hotchkiss will compete in the 4A Region 8 tennis tournament as the smallest schools in the region. Tournament play is at Canyon View Park in GJ.
Of all the fall sports, tennis season is the shortest. Regional 8 4A action begins this Friday morning at Canyon View Park in Grand Junction.

In Colorado prep tennis, schools compete either in Class 4A or 5A, based on the number of students.

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Hotchkiss wins volleyball match against Bruins, 3-0

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Cedaredge’s Rebecca Deal (left) and Sadie Smith of Hotchkiss battle for control on Sept. 25. The Lady Bulldogs handed the visiting Cedaredge team a 3-0 loss.
In volleyball, it was an up day for Hotchkiss and a down day for Cedaredge, as the Lady Bulldogs defeated the visiting Lady Bruins in straight sets (25-19, 25-10, 25-16) last Tuesday.

Jordan Smith led Cedaredge in kills with five, with Rachel Latta and Summer Herman contributing three each.

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Bruins stun Bulldogs, 21-20

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Photo by Wayne Crick
Cedaredge quarterback Dante Markley (5) fakes the give to Carter Wasser (44) and looks for running room to his right against the Hotchkiss Bulldogs last Friday night in Hotchkiss. The key 1A WSL contest was a battle from the start with Cedaredge winning a close one by a 21-20 score.
It was billed as a potentially big game in the 1A WSL. Hotchkiss, rated fourth in state rankings a week ago, was unable to keep up with Cedaredge's pace late in the game and found themselves in a position they have not been in very often.

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Hotchkiss High School

Lady Bulldogs lose volleyball matches

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Hotchkiss setter Jessie Violett keeps the ball in play in action from an early-season volleyball match. The Lady Bulldogs will travel to Meeker this Friday, then finish off the final two weeks of scheduled matches at home.
The Lady Bulldogs' league record took a hit Saturday after suffering two losses in the Vail Valley. Hotchkiss fell in four sets to Vail Christian and in three to Vail Mountain.

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Hotchkiss XC teams finish strong at 10th Anna Banana meet

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Photo by Tamie Meck
From the left, Kurt Katzdorn, Jacob Helleckson, Andrew Tiedemann and Jason Sturgis compete at the Hotchkiss Invitational cross country meet held earlier in the year. These four competitors set new personal records at Saturday’s Anna Banana meet in Fruita.
Both Hotchkiss cross country teams posted strong finishes at Saturday's 10th running of the Anna Banana Memorial Wildcat Invitational, held at Connected Lakes State Park in Fruita. Twenty-three teams competed, coming from as far away as Greeley and Denver.

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Azure Eller 2nd at Invite

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Hotchkiss’ 3S player Azure Eller keeps his eye on the ball in his opening round 6-4, 6-4 win over Fruita JV at last weekend’s Delta Invitational Tennis Tournament. Eller was 2-1 for the tournament and lost in the final match against Grand Junction Central to place second. Eller was the highest placing Delta County player.
Azure Eller entered the Delta Invitational with a 6-1 record at No. 3 singles and a bad cold. But that didn't seem to bother the sophomore first-year player, who posted an opening-round, 6-4, 6-4 win over Fruita Monument JV, then caught a second wind, posting a 6-2, 6-0 win in the semifinals over Montrose.

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Lady Bulldogs nip Bears in volleyball tilt

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Faline Farmer receives a serve against Rifle last Friday. Hotchkiss upset the visiting Lady Bears in three sets.
In a crowd-pleasing three-game match, the Lady Bulldogs upset the visiting Lady Bears of Rifle last Friday night (25-27, 22-25, 19-25).

After exchanging leads several times in the opening game, the teams were tied at 24 all.

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Hotchkiss plays ‘best game’ in 48-20 win over Monte Vista

The Bulldogs played what head coach Zac Lemon described as "... our best game by far," defeating Monte Vista Friday, 48-20, at Monte Vista.

It was the first loss of the season for the Pirates (3-1), who are two-time defending Southern Peaks League champions and are currently in a three-way tie for first place heading into league play.

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