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 Taylor Zunich is in position to pull down a rebound against Palisade’s Lady Bulldogs in a game played in Palisade last Tuesday (Feb. 14). Delta collected a share of the league title with a 55-28 win and Moffat County’s win at Glenwood Springs.
Delta's Lady Panthers have started their new winning streak, and, with a 55-28 win in Palisade, they have a two-game start.
Delta also earned a piece of the 4A WSL title with the win after learning Moffat County knocked off Glenwood Springs 44-37 on Tuesday night.
Both Glenwood and Moffat County foiled Delta's bid for an undefeated league season with wins in recent weeks. The win by Moffat County gives Delta, the Lady Bulldogs and Glenwood Springs identical 10-2 records in league play.
Against Palisade, there wasn't much scoring in the first quarter, but Delta was able to come away with a 13-8 advantage. Callie Gafford had six of those points for the Lady Panthers.
Second-quarter action was fueled by six points each from Gafford and Skylyn Webb as the Lady Panthers outscored Palisade 18-6 for a 31-11 halftime lead.
Delta kept their momentum to begin second-half play with a 17-7 spurt in the third period that was sparked by Webb's 10 points.
A slow fourth quarter went to Palisade, 10-7, to account for the game's final score of 55-28.
Delta continues to be plagued by poor free throw shooting as the Lady Panthers hit just 12 of 21 from the stripe.
Webb's 21 counters led all scorers in the game with teammate Gafford's 16 close behind. Palisade failed to produce a double-digit scorer in the game with Emily Crow's seven leading the way for the Lady Bulldogs.
The Lady Panthers were not treated with respect in regards to state playoff pairings, but they are still in the hunt with a first round game scheduled for today, Feb. 22, at home against number 12 seeded Conifer (9-13). Game time is set for 6 p.m.
Delta (18-4) comes in as a number five seed after winning a part of the league title. The other two teams, Glenwood Springs (19-4) and Moffat County (17-6), enter the playoffs at number four and three respectively.
