Photo by Wayne Crick Cedaredge senior Lyndsey Gardner (11) takes a shot over her sister Kristen (33) during action from last week’s prep basketball game between Ridgway and the Lady Bruins. Cedaredge gained the upper hand late in the game and won 34-32.

Photo by Wayne Crick Cedaredge head wrestling coach Ted Schanen works out with his athletes to help show various techniques he is teaching. The Bruins went 1-4 at the Mav Duals in Grand Junction with Coe (106) and Garrett Humble winning their five matches.

Photo by Tamie Meck Trent Walker (16) runs an option play with twins Carter (44) and Cade Wasser (10) in the Bruins’ 16-12 semifinal win over Hotchkiss. Walker stepped in last week for normal starting quarterback Dante Markley who was sidelined after being injured in last week’s quarterfinal win over Monte Vista.It was unlikely that two football teams from the Western Slope League would go head to head in a state semifinal playoff game, let alone two Delta County teams. Yet on Saturday, the Cedaredge Bruins and Hotchkiss Bulldogs were among the last four teams standing in the state 1A bracket.

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