May 25, 2013

Sports Snaps

Delta County’s soccer team

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Photo by Wayne Crick
Delta County’s soccer team is shown relaxing, with a little laughter, during halftime of their soccer match with the visiting 4A league’s top team, Glenwood Springs. On the right is head coach Julie Mottern who had her team in the thick of things up to halftime. The score was tied at 1-1 after the first 40 minutes of play. In the second half, the Lady Demons got their offense rolling, and its defense put up a wall to outscore Delta 4-0 for a 5-1 final score.

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Hillman’s ace, Anderson’s 93 lead Delta golfers

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Photo by Wayne Crick
In this file photo from the early part of the 2012 golf season, Delta’s Courtney Anderson is shown teeing off on number 16 at Devil’s Thumb Golf Course. Anderson shot a 46 on the front and followed with a 47 on the back for a top finish in Glenwood.
Delta golf coach Robert Griffin reported a great day for the Lady Panther in Glenwood Springs recently. Jaelee Hillman carded a hole-in-one at the tournament and Courtney Anderson led all golfers with her personal low round of 93.

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Delta’s Whiting twins in front of competition

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Photo by Wayne Crick
Clarissa (left) and Cleo Whiting have slowly, and methodically built themselves a running reputation that is recognized on the Western Slope. The two stellar runners compete in the 1600 and 3200m runs and are members of a record-setting 3200m relay.
For the past few track seasons, Delta fans have witnessed the growth of a pair of stellar athletes who commit themselves to being the best they can be. Their high school distance track coach, J.B. Lopez, characterizes them as the runners "with the same paces and the same faces."

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