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.
Four starting players for the Paonia Lady Eagles basketball team, forward Ce'rra Carsten and guards Jessica Altman, Carson Pipher and Chelsy Reed, were recently named to the 2A Western Slope League All-Conference first team.
Carsten, a five-foot-six junior, shot 64 percent in free throws and ended the season with 199 points.
Chelsy Reed
Jessica Altman
She made 98 rebounds and 52 steals.
Pipher, a sophomore, averaged 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game; Pipher scored a team high 24 points against Meeker. She logged in 50 assists, 88 total rebounds and 48 steals for the season.
Reed, a junior, averaged 9 points per game. She was ranked second in the WSL in steals, averaging almost four steals per game for a season total of 95. Of her 225 season points, 87 were on 3-point field goals.
Annavah Kropp
Abby Campbell
Altman, a two-year starting point guard, averaged 8.4 points per game and scored in double figures in 10 games. She averaged 2.9 assists per game and was ranked third in the league with 73. Altman shot 68 percent in free throws and was ranked fifth in the league in steals. She was invited by the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports to play in the CCGS all-state games, but declined due to a conflict in scheduling with her senior prom.
Juniors Annavah Kropp and Abby Campbell received all-conference honorable mention honors.
Daniel Ford
Anthony Roeber
The Lady Eagles (23-3) were league and regional champions and finished fourth at the state 2A tournament.
Senior Daniel Ford received 2A WSL All-Conference First Team honors. Ford was a force both on defense and from the paint, averaging 11.8 points per game and shooting 48 percent in field goals. He led the team in total rebounds with 77.
Seniors Anthony Roeber and Trevor Walters received All-Conference honorable mention honors. Roeber averaged 11.5 points and 3.2
Trevor Walters
rebounds per game. He ended the season with 265 total points, 74 total rebounds and 34 assists.
Walters, the starting point guard, averaged 10.4 points per game and sank 75 percent of his total field goal tries. He led the team in assists with 46 and had 75 total rebounds.
