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.
Delta’s Brooke Taylor hammers a point past the defense of Palisade during last week’s match in Palisade. The Lady Bulldogs came up with a narrow 3-2 win in 4A WSL play.
The week started out with an always-tough rivalry with the Olathe Lady Pirates on Tuesday, Sept. 11. These two teams are almost always guaranteed to provide a quality contest for fans to watch and coaches to wring their hands over.
This year's battle did not disappoint.
Olathe hosted Delta and jumped out to a one-set advantage after posting a 25-21 win.
The visiting Panthers scrapped their way to a second-set win of 26-24 to tie the match.
Delta got the biggest marginal win of the match in set three with its 25-20 decision to go up 2-1 in set-play. Olathe was not through yet however as they closed out a 25-23 squeaker in set four to tie the match at 2-2.
With a few breaks, this game might well have been still being played. The fifth set was back and forth with Delta eventually holding on for a 16-14 edge and a 3-2 match win.
In Palisade on Thursday (Sept. 13) the play closely resembled what had happened in Olathe just two days earlier. Palisade rolled to a first-set win of 25-20 and Delta tied the match with a 25-19 win in the second set.
It was Palisade's turn to win the third set with a 25-22 decision. Delta was strong in the fourth set and seemed to have game momentum on its side as it won 25-18.
The fifth set came down to who would make the least mistakes to decide the winner. Delta failed to receive serve on three straight occasions and the Bulldogs gained a lead that led to a 15-11 win.
A Saturday match with Eagle Valley was the second straight 4A league match for Delta. The Lady Devils stayed close to Delta but could not overcome several hitting errors and other miscues to lose in three straight sets 25-19, 25-23 and 25-19.
Delta is currently in fourth place in the tough 4A WSL with records of 1-1 in league and 5-4 overall. Sitting atop league standings is Battle Mountain (1-0, 3-1). Close behind the Lady Huskies is Glenwood Springs (1-0, 4-4) and Palisade (1-0, 4-4).
Delta is at Central on Thursday (Sept. 20) at 6:30 p.m. and travels to Steamboat Springs on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match.
