May 25, 2013

Sports Snaps

Paonia netters win 4, 9-0

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Paonia outside hitter Carson Pipher prepares for a kill shot during Saturday’s 3-1 win over Meeker. Pipher, a five-foot-five junior, has played varsity volleyball since her freshman year but is having her best season yet in terms of consistency.
At 9-0, Paonia remains the only undefeated team in 2A Western Slope League volleyball after posting another four convincing wins last week.

The team doesn't have a lot of height, and they are starting a freshman and two sophomores.

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Hershey’s meet completed

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Photo by Wayne Crick
Missa Webb crosses the finish line first in the 100m dash in the 11-12 age division of the Hershey’s Track Meet held at Delta High School on June 6. Webb also won the standing long jump and the 200m dash events.
The 2012 Hershey's Region 5 Track Meet for area athletes was held at Delta High School on June 6.

There were 69 athletes assembled to participate in the eight events associated with the nationally renowned program.

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Lady Eagles run, throw, jump to fourth at state

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Paonia’s Brooklynd Erickson jumps 15 feet, 10.25 inches to place ninth at the 2A state long jump. Erickson, a freshman, competed in the maximum four events.
It wasn't the Lady Eagles' first time to run all five relays at state, but it was the first time that all five placed, according to head coach Brian Mitchem. The relay teams also re-set school records in four of those relays.

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Summer duals catching on

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Photo by Tamie Meck
Paonia’s Morgan Rieder, left, grapples with a wrestler from Grandview High School at the third annual Paonia Summer Duals Wrestling Camp.
Serious competitors know that off-season matches can make or break a wrestling season.

"Oh, it makes all the difference in the world," said David Falls, head coach at Pueblo West High School.

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Paonia 4x8 tops boys 2A state performance

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Photo by Tamie Meck
The Eagles’ 3200-meter relay team , from left, Josiah Spano, Jason Sturgis, Trevor Walters, and Ben Justman, took the silver at the 2A state track meet.
The Paonia boys 3200-meter relay team wasn't disappointed that they took the silver at the 2A state track meet.

They were ranked first after running their best race of the year to beat top-ranked Telluride the week before, but they also knew that one of Telluride's top runners hadn't raced that day.

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