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.
Austin Todd continues to make a strong showing for the Cedaredge Bruins.
Competing at 106 pounds, the fourth-ranked freshman wrestled to a 3-1 record to place third at Saturday's Eagle Invitational wrestling tournament.
Todd won his opening match, pinning Alan Rascon of Coal Ridge in 3:59, then was upset by Cody Pfau of Grand Valley. Todd is now 1-2 against the fifth-ranked Pfau. Todd defeated Jake Hubbell of Hotchkiss to advance to the finals, where he won by technical fall to Alex Cohen of Glenwood Springs.
Wyatt Toothaker was 2-2 to place fourth at 113 pounds. Toothaker lost by pinfall to Garrett Toothaker of Hotchkiss, then defeated Jacob Hegwood of Grand Valley to advance to the finals, where he lost to Patrick Huffman of Buena Vista.
Peter Williamson opened with a win at 132 over Grand Valley, then lost by a 16-5 decision to No. 1-seeded Jacob Rubalcaba of Grand Junction Central.
Williamson won in an 8-4 decision over Hank Edwards of Hotchkiss, then lost to JC Henderson of Meeker, 8-5, to place fourth.
Ty Morton (126), Brian Leahy (170) and Mario Madaleno finished the tournament at 1-2.
The Eagle Valley tournament "has been a good tournament for us," said head coach Ted Schanen. Eagle Valley also hosts a junior varsity tournament. That makes the day, which begins at about 3:30 a.m. in order to catch the bus, much more fun, said Schanen.
The next few days are the busiest of the season. The Bruins dual Gunnison tonight at Gunnison, then will host the annual dual against Paonia this Friday beginning at 6 p.m. The junior varsity teams will also compete at the dual.
The Eagles shut the Bruins out last season, and Cedaredge is hoping to improve on that record, said Schanen.
On Friday they compete at the Salida Invitational. The tournament gives them a chance to preview teams from the southern part of the state. They compete on Jan. 25 in the Paonia Duals, and on Jan. 26 at the Screaming Eagle tournament at Paonia.
