May 23, 2013

Sports Snaps

Delta gridders fall 21-0

b07 dhsfbPhoto by Wayne Crick Delta’s Hunter Brasfield (5) keeps to the outside shoulder of a defender in an attempt to turn Rifle’s Kellin Leigh back toward the middle of the Panther defense. Rifle survived a determined Delta effort to remain undefeated with a 21-0 victory.Excitement was high with the Delta Panthers taking on Rifle's Bears in 3A WSL play. The connotations for Delta were a bit higher than for Rifle should the Panthers win.

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Whitings place in top 15 at XC state meet

b07 dhsccPhoto by Wayne Crick This year’s state cross country qualifiers for Delta High School had solid performances at the recently held meet in Colorado Springs. Beginning on the left is senior Jonathen Kinderknecht (61st), Cleo Whiting (10th), coach JB Lopez, Clarissa Whiting (11th), and junior Dustin Ownbey (55th).Cleo and Clarissa Whiting completed their high school cross country careers with top 15 finishes in last week's 4A Cross Country Championships at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.

Clarissa was ninth a year ago and Cleo 38th as the Lady Panthers finished the team race in 17th place.

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Lady Panthers survive recent losses to make regional volleyball play

b07 dhsvbPhoto by Wayne Crick Delta junior Brittanny Brasfield makes contact with a kill shot by a Summit player last week. The Lady Panthers took the match to five sets before falling 3-2; 16-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-18, and 10-15. Delta made the playoffs as the number 29 seed.At last look, Delta High School's volleyball team was still ranked 29th in the Maxpreps Freeman volleyball rankings. That could change with last week's double losses to Glenwood Springs and Summit.

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