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 Wayne Crick It wasn’t all peaches and cream last Saturday for the Cedaredge Lady Bruins as they played Ridgway. The Lady Demons got off to a small lead forcing Cedaredge to play catch up for awhile. When things did go the way new head coach Joe Berger wanted them to go, the result was a broad smile as seen in the photo above. Cedaredge won its season opener 34-32.As the Lady Bruins prepare for their 2012-13 basketball season, there is a concentrated effort to improve on a 3-16 season from a year ago. "Our belief is that we can be in the top four in our league and make it to regionals," states first-year varsity coach Joe Berger.
Cedaredge has a total of 24 athletes on this year's roster and eight of them are returning letter winners.
Ten of the 24 players are upper classmen with the junior class having the largest number at eight. Only three sophomores are listed on the team roster with 11 freshmen comprising the largest number of participants.
Assisting Berger with coaching duties this season are first-year coaches Carrie Berger (a Cedaredge graduate and standout player) and Haley Benson (a Hotchkiss High School graduate and standout player there).
The Lady Bruins will put their hopes for success in the hands of a hustling squad and solid play. Berger noted the play of senior guards Jordan Smith and Lyndsey Gardner as being just two players who would potentially impact Cedaredge's fortunes in the coming season. "Jordan is a versatile player who can score and defend equally well. She is a true leader on and off the court. Lyndsey is an excellent scorer and tremendous defender as well."
Teams to beat in the 3A WSL might include several choices. Coach Berger noted Gunnison and Olathe at the top of the list but mentioned not looking past the tall and talented Roaring Fork Rams.
Berger sees Gunnison as a top challenger because of its great coach and very talented girls. Olathe was another top choice because of the coaching ability of Paul Althaus.
The Lady Bruins opened their season on Saturday, Dec. 1, with a 34-32 win over Ridgway in Cedaredge (see related story).
