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.
There were 23 men's teams and 15 women's at last weekend's Anna Banana Wildcat Cross Country Invitational.
Grand Junction won the team title for the boys while Greeley West won the girls' title.
Delta's boys finished 14th with 343 points. The Lady Panthers had 235 points and finished eighth.
Rangely's William Scoggins blistered the flat course in a time of 16:03.2. Hotchkiss' Cody Bartlett had a time of 16.21.50 to finish fourth and Andrew Tiedemann ran a 17:06 to place 15th.
Delta's Dustin Ownbey took 17:09.20 to run the course and placed 19th to lead the Delta runners. Other Delta runners to finish in the scoring were Jonathen Kinderknecht (27th), Jacob Davignon (85th), Cullen Wear (94th) and Jaden Cowley (120th). Ty Rolf finished 121st.
In all, 147 runners participated in the meet in the boys' division.
For the girls, Greeley West scored just 99 points to earn first place in the team race. Battle Mountain also recorded 99 points to share the top spot. Hotchkiss had 125 points and finished in third place. Delta's Lady Panthers were eighth with 235 points and Paonia was ninth with 237 points.
In the girls' race, Bayfield's Evalou Edwards had a great time of 17:41.30 to win the individual title. Delta's Clarissa Whiting ran a good race and clocked a time of 18:30.80 to place second. Sister, Cleo, wasn't too far behind with a fifth place finish in a time of 18:46.40.
Natalie Anderson and Jenni Celis finished eighth and 11th respectively.
The remaining scoring runners for Delta included Kaylee Dunham (43rd), Julia Stinson (88th) and Leda Stinson (97th). Dakota Wheatley was 98th.
Delta will travel to Cortez for the Cortez Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 6.
