B8 Wednesday, September 7, 2011
SPORTS
Delta County Independent
HHS soccer team wins three BY TAMIE MECK DCI Sports Writer
The Hotchkiss soccer team started on a positive note, going 3-0 to win the annual Montrose Soccer Tournament. “It was a great start to the season,” said head coach Elaine Wood.
“Everyone played well. We played some tough defense. The kids put it together and made some scores.” The Bulldogs opened the tournament Friday with a 2-0 win against Montrose JV. “Their JV squad is always tough,”
said Wood. “They are very, very good.” On Saturday, Hotchkiss started the day with a 3-0 win against Telluride, then followed with a 6-1 win over Fruita Monument JV. Because they took a big lead early on against Fruita, the Bull-
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This year’s DeerCreek Village Ladies Club Second Flight winners are Karen Locke (first gross), Randy Palmer (first net), Ruth Bentley (second net) and Sharon Johnson (third net).
dogs were able to work the game and bring players in off the bench to focus on several elements of their game. Playing especially well throughout the tournament were Miguel Ramirez, Irvin Hernandez, Jorge Quinonez, and junior goalie Jonathan Holliman, whom Wood said “had some great saves.” The Bulldogs hosted Colorado Rocky Mountain School Tuesday night. The DCI will follow up on that game in next week’s edition. The Bulldogs take to the road tomorrow to face the Rifle Bears at Rifle. This Saturday, the Bulldogs face one of their toughest teams of the season when they host the Aspen Skiers. Games begin at 2 p.m., at the HHS soccer field. Everyone is welcome.
Photo courtesy Sharon Kropp
The Hotchkiss High School soccer team won the Montrose Labor Day Invitational Tournament, held Sept. 2 and 3 in Montrose. Pictured above is Keaton Kropp, a junior at Paonia High School, clearing the ball from Hotchkiss territory during play against Telluride. Hotchkiss defeated Telluride 5-0 and went on to win the tournament in three games — with only one goal being scored against them during the two-day event.
DC crowns men’s champ The DeerCreek Village Men’s Club held its annual Club Championship on Saturday/Sunday (Aug. 27-28) at the DeerCreek Village Golf Club in Cedaredge. Dennis Smith is the 2011 Club Champion with a Gross score of 154
(75-79) over the two-day event. Chris Curtis finished second in the Gross Division with a score of 160. First-place net went to Jerry Pippin and Keith Butler who tied with a two-day score of 139. Al Brown and Don
Thornberry tied for third in the Net Division. First Flight winners included Randy Baker (first Gross), David Shope (second Gross), Jack Seever (first Net), Bill Gist (second Net), and Lynn Spears who tied for third Net.
Cedaredge softball team loses to Rifle BY WAYNE CRICK DCI Sports Editor
Cedaredge’s Lady Bruins started their prep softball contest with enthusiasm and built an early 3-1 lead over the visiting Rifle Bears in the first game of a double header played in Cedaredge. The Lady Bruins lost their lead and the game 18-5. Rifle started the game with a run in the top of the first. The Lady Bruins answered with a trio of runs on three hits and an error. Sparking play for Cedaredge was Katie O’Hern (single), Hope Shaw (RBI triple), and Savannah McIntire’s RBI single. Each scored after reaching base. Rifle threatened in the second but fizzled out. Cedaredge fared no better and the score remained 3-1 in favor of Cedaredge. The Lady Bears finally got their bats to work in the third inning as they rallied for seven runs on five hits and a pair of Cedaredge errors and led 8-3 with the Lady Bruins coming to bat. In the bottom of the third McIntire reached on an error and scored on another error and Ashley Balistreri scored the second Cedaredge run after being walked making the score 8-5. Rifle tacked on two more runs in the fourth with their defense shutting out the Lady Bruins in the inning. With a lead of 10-5, Rifle added to their lead with a three-run fifth for a 13-5 lead. Cedaredge had a huge letdown in the sixth and
the Lady Bears took advantage of it with five more runs to make the final score 18-5. Micaela Shaw led Cedaredge offensively with two hits. Hope Shaw had a triple and Kaitlyn Kissner a double for the Lady Bruins. There wasn’t much to celebrate in the second game as Rifle got the jump on the Lady Bruins with five runs in the first inning to take a 5-1 lead. The second inning
proved to be the fatal frame as the Lady Bears struck for 13 runs while holding Cedaredge scoreless. A five-run third lifted Rifle’s score to 23 runs while Cedaredge put two more runs up in the bottom of the inning to end the game 23-5. A contest on Saturday with Montrose’s junior varsity was not reported. Cedaredge takes the field Wednesday (today, Sept. 7) in Central with games at 3:30 and 5 p.m.
Photo by Wayne Crick
Savannah McIntire is about to be called out at home in the picture above.
Bulldog-Bruin; tennis better match for both BY TAMIE MECK DCI Sports Writer
Competing against bigger schools makes for lop-sided scores for small-school tennis teams like Hotchkiss and Cedaredge. Last Friday, the Bulldogs went 0-7 at Montrose. While the Hotchkiss team did score some hard-earned points, the results “... were definitely nothing to write home about,” said head coach Brian Benson. “Over the years it seems as though we have never had much luck against those guys.” On Saturday, the Bulldogs had their second match of the season against Montezuma-Cortez. After going 0-7 their first time around with the Panthers, the Bulldogs went 1-6, with three singles Cody Bartlett defeating Logan Dean, 06, 3-6. The win “counts as a JV victory for Cody,” said Benson of the new transfer student. Now that he’s met transfer criteria, he moves to the varsity level. It’s not easy competing
against the big guys. But that doesn’t deter players and coaches from engaging in the moment, giving it their all, and remaining optimistic. Benson kept a positive perspective on the Cortez match, which he called “a pretty good day. Though the scores don’t reflect it, we actually had quite a few decent matches... A lot of our games Saturday were played well, we would just come out on the short end of the stick as to who would actually win them,” said Benson. The Bulldogs put one more big school, Grand Junction Central, behind them on Tuesday (results weren’t available at press time, but it’s likely the 5A school came out ahead). But tomorrow’s match should be, well, a little more fun. The Bulldogs will host Don McFadden’s Cedaredge Bruins beginning at 4 p.m. “One more of the big boys (GJ Central) and we will finally get a few matches that are more our speed,” said Benson. And in this match, either team could win.