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 Delta’s 3200m relay team placed fourth at last weekend’s 4A state track meet in Lakewood. Its time, 9:32.92, set a new DHS record. Team members are; left to right, Clarissa Whiting (Sr), Mykayla Music (Fr), Skylyn Webb (Sr) and Cleo Whiting…
Photo by Rich Meck Hotchkiss distance runners, and sisters, Natalie Anderson (left-center) and Mae Anderson start the 3200m run together on the opening day of the state track meet. They were fourth and fifth in the 3200 and fourth and sixth, respectively, in…
Photo by Tamie Meck Andy Pipher and son Bo meet Bo’s opponent during the Parade of Champions at the 2013 state wrestling tournament. Pipher was recently named 2013 Colorado Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).Paonia…
Photo by Tamie Meck Hotchkiss senior 160-pounder Joe Boyle wrestles Fruita Monument’s Kaden Fife at the Warrior Classic. Boyle was 2-2 at the tournament and was one of two Bulldogs to advance to day-two competition.In the opening seconds of Joe Boyle's Saturday morning match against Fruita Monument's 152-pounder Kaden Fife, the two collided on a take-down attempt. Fife's head gear cut a gash just above Boyle's right eye.
After a quick bandaging of his wound, Boyle wrestled tough against the 5A wrestler, but got caught late in the second round to get pinned. Boyle finished the tournament at 2-2. He was the Bulldogs' last chance at placing at the 35th annual Warrior Classic tournament.
Earlier on, Garrett Toothaker, the only other Hotchkiss wrestler to advance after a grueling opening day of the two-day, all-class tournament, had fallen to Jared Flores, a state-ranked wrestler from Green River, Wyo. "I got caught in a headlock and couldn't get out of it," said Toothaker. Looking at the bright side, "I still have a winning record."
Toothaker opened Friday's competition with a pin in 1 minute, 26 seconds over Mauricio Paez of Center. Next in the bracket was David Baxter, an eighth-ranked wrestler for 4A Pueblo South. Toothaker, who went into the tournament ranked ninth, went the full three rounds against Baxter in the 6-4 loss. Toothaker wrestled to a 9-5 win over Ashlee Griffiths of Moffat County, and pinned Johnathan Tavar of Cortez in 24 seconds to advance to Saturday's competition.
Toothaker said he wanted to earn a win for the team. "There's a lot of weight on your shoulders," he said after Saturday's loss.
Hotchkiss wrestled two and out at 106, 128, 132, 138, 170, 195 and 220. At 145, Brandon Beck opened with a loss to Durango, then pinned Justin Sanders of Pueblo Centennial in 4:39. Beck ended with a loss to Hayden Jones of Douglas County
At 160, Dustin Head pinned Brian Roberts of Pueblo Centennial in 1:06 to open the tournament, then lost in an 11-3 decision to Kyle Soulka of Falcon, who placed second in the tournament.
And Erik Steckel lost early on to Mountain Valley, defeated Austin Sailas of Fort Lupton, then lost by pinfall to Cody Driver of Fountain Fort Carson.
