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.
Photo by Tamie Meck Olathe’s Haley Turley drives over Paonia guard Carson Pipher. Paonia lost its season-opener by two after trailing by as much as 13 against the Lady Pirates. The game was also a fundraiser for the family of Grant Arterburn.The Lady Eagles opened the season with a non-conference 57-55 loss to Olathe.
It could have been worse.
Paonia led by six after Mandy Busta scored from the three-point line with 20 seconds remaining in the first period. Olathe rallied to tie the game at 15 with just over four minutes remaining in the half. Abby Campbell, who usually shoots inside, took the Lady Pirates by surprise with a trey to put Paonia ahead by 15. But Olathe kept coming back, and trailed by two at the half.
Olathe held Paonia to six points in the third and led, 43-30, going into the final quarter.
Paonia put up eight points in three minutes to trail 45-38. Bushta and Chelsy Reed each sank a three to bring Paonia to within five points with just under three minutes to go.
Abby Campbell made a trip to the free throw line for two, and Olathe's Haley Turley sank two from the line for a 52-48 lead.
Paonia scored four more points, but a goal by Turley with less than 10 seconds remaining put the win just out of reach.
Paonia placed third in the eight-team Tiger Tip-off tournament at Holy Family Dec. 6-8.
The Lady Eagles opened the bracket with a 55-21 win over Northridge (4A Tri-Valley League). Paonia overcame a first-period, seven-point deficit to tie St Mary's (3A Tri-Peaks League) 33-33.
The Eagles scored only two points in overtime for a 44-35 loss. They placed third in the eight-team bracket after a 43-34 win over Valley (3A Patriot League).
Paonia has no scheduled games this week and will compete next weekend in the First Bank of Colorado Tournament in Delta.
