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.
A near-perfect tag by Bruins’ shortstop Sterling Rose was marred by the fact he didn’t have the ball in his mitt. The ball appears just behind Rose.
In what started out as a calm and warm day under bright skies, last Saturday's doubleheader baseball day ended up a blustery and cooler day before the last pitch was thrown.
Cedaredge weathered a big mid-inning rally to win game one 15-8 and then overpowered their opponents in game two by an 18-11 score.
Bruins 15, Titans 8
The Bruins eased out to an 8-0 lead after three innings of play in game one only to have the visiting Coal Ridge Titans explode for six runs in the top of the fourth inning leaving the Bruins up by two, 8-6, heading into the bottom half of the inning. Cedaredge rebounded with a single run following a double from starting pitcher Drew Beach to plate Sterling Rose.
Photo by Wayne Crick
Cedaredge starting pitcher Drew Beach made a good tag on this Coal Ridge runner but did not have the ball when the play ended.
After that, Cedaredge had things go their way after scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth and four times in the sixth. Coal Ridge managed single runs in each of the fifth and seventh innings to make the final score 15-8.
Beach picked up the win for Cedaredge with Trent Walker coming on in the latter stages of the third to get the save. Beach pitched 3.2 innings giving up five hits and six runs. Walker went 3.1 innings with three hits and two runs added to his stats.
Three players: Walker, Beach, and Rose all had perfect days at the plate. Walker and Beach had three hits and rose two to account for seven of the Bruins' runs. Aaron Henrie went three for four with Dillon Nichols and Greg Edgington getting one hit and two RBIs each.
Bruins 18, Titans 11
Game two started quickly for the Bruins as they jumped on Coal Ridge pitching for four runs in each of the first two innings and then unloaded a nine-run barrage in the third.
Meanwhile, the Titans plated two runs in the second and four in the third to trail 17-6 going into the fourth frame.
Cedaredge picked up their final run in the fourth with the Titans getting three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to make the final score 18-11.
Rose got the win after going four innings on the mound and giving up six runs on five hits.
Cedaredge's leading hitters in game two included Peter Williamson's four for five day with the bat and four RBIs.
Henrie, Walker, and Beach finished with three hits in four at bats with Walker and Beach picking up three RBIs each.
The Bruins are scheduled to play Gunnison in Cedaredge on Saturday (Mar. 24). The two teams will play a doubleheader with game one beginning at 11 a.m. and the second contest set for 1 p.m.
