Delta senior Emily Baier had a monster day with 16 kills against Gunnion on Sept. 15. Baier had 40 attacks and got 16 hits to fall for a .300 hitting percentage agaisnt the Cowboys.

Behind 100 yards rushing from Pedro Madaleno and 163 yards from Isaac Swoffer, and two TDs each, the Cedaredge Bruins beat VCHS 49-6.

The 1-1 and 4-2 Delta soccer team regrouped, after last week's 2-1 loss to Roaring Fork, with a 6-0 rout over Colorado Rocky Mountain School (Carbondale).

Delta tallied two goals in the opening half of play and added another four goals in the second half for the 6-0 conference win.

Cedaredge High School's volleyball team played three matches last week with a win and two losses being recorded. The Bruins defeated Hotchkiss 3-0, lost to Grand Valley 3-2 and fell to Palisade 3-0.

Delta County golf teams from Cedaredge and Delta competed at The Bridges and Cobble Creek in Montrose recently.

Montrose won the team title at The Bridges with a score of 217. Glen-Michael Mihavetz was the medalist with a 71.

Delta's Panthers split a pair of softball games this past week defeating Gunnison on Sept. 13, 13-9, and losing to Cedaredge, 13-3, on Sept. 15.

In Gunnison, the Panthers started with a three-run first inning for a 3-1 lead through three innings of play.

Two softball wins within the WSL is a lot to be thankful for. Cedaredge's softball team defeated league foes Meeker and Delta last week but suffered a tough loss to 4A Rifle during a busy week of action.

Cedaredge battled past the Cowboys, 15-10, on Sept. 13 and powered its way past first-time league foe Delta, on Sept. 15, 13-3, to record two important wins in the 3A WSL race. Unfortunately, a late inning run spelled defeat (6-5) in Rifle.

Last weekend's cross country meet for two Delta County schools was in Gunnison at the Mountaineer Cowboy Invitational.

Gunnison (50) won the boys' event with Delta finishing fifth (158) and Hotchkiss ninth (22).

The Paonia High School football team won its third game in a row to open the season and the Eagles might well be back on top of Class 1A once again.

No. 2 Paonia rolled to a 38-0 win at Ridge View in Watkins last Friday afternoon and stands at 3-0.

Paonia assistant cross country coach Shauna Meilner prepared the following results for Paonia High School's athletes at Eagle Valley's Invitational.

On Saturday, September 17, the Paonia Eagles cross country team was one of nineteen teams represented at the Eagle Valley Invitational.

The Paonia High School volleyball team responded to its biggest test of the season so far with a come-from-behind victory and maintained its No. 1 ranking in 2A.

West Grand came into the Paonia gym last Friday and gave the Eagles a stiff challenge, winning the first set and taking huge leads in the second set before Paonia rallied to win the match 3-1.

Cedaredge High School's volleyball team played three matches last week with a win and two losses being recorded. The Bruins defeated Hotchkiss 3-0, lost to Grand Valley 3-2 and fell to Palisade 3-0.

Delta's Panthers own a share of the lead in 2A Intermountain League play. Bayfield, Delta and Gunnison all sport records of 2-1 but have yet to play each other this season.

The Cedaredge Bruins faced a brutal softball schedule this past week, beginning on Tuesday with a doubleheader in Basalt, a game in Aspen and then a weekend tournament in Berthoud in which the Bruins played four more games making it a total of seven contests in just three days.

The good news is the Bruins won four of the seven games bringing their season record to 6-3.

Delta's Panthers picked up a pair of wins in softball with a sweep of doubleheader action in Durango. The Panthers won the first game 12-5 and scored a 16-1 decision in game two. The wins leave Delta at 0-1 in 3A WSL play and 3-5 overall.

The Paonia High School volleyball team may have lost its first game of the year but the Eagles are rolling right along.

Paonia dropped a game to Coal Ridge at home on Sept. 6 but went on to defeat the Titans 3-1.

A return to the gridiron in Craig was a successful one last week for Delta High School.

The Panthers were dominant on both sides of the scrimmage line in a 50-13 win in 3A WSL action against Moffat County.

The Cedaredge Bruins were relentless in a 42-8 gridiron victory over Aspen High School. Cedaredge led 42-0 after three quarters of play and gave up just one touchdown, in the fourth quarter, to go 2-0 after two weeks of action.

Delta's soccer team is looking to make some noise in its new conference (3A WSL) and has played well so far this season. The Panthers have defeated Cortez, Grand Junction Central and Palisade early in the season.

Hotchkiss High School hosted the third cross country meet of the season last Saturday morning and Delta County runners enjoyed the home field advantage.

"It's a tough course. We run it every day so we knew what to expect," Bulldogs sophomore Kaiya Firor, a state qualifier last year, said after she finished third in the girls race.

The Hotchkiss High School volleyball team is having some growing pains, but the young Bulldogs squad continues to improve and build toward the future.

After a pair of 0-3 losses last week, the Bulldogs stood at 4-4 on the campaign before last night's home match against Cedaredge.

Delta's Panthers were busy playing volleyball last week. The action began on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Montrose.

The Hotchkiss High School football team recovered from a crazy first quarter to beat visiting Coal Ridge 28-14 last Friday night, improving to 2-0 under first year head coach Curtis Hintz.

"I'm just proud of our boys.