By Zach Carter Once high students hit senior year, it becomes time to decide their future plans. Some know from the start and others won’t decide until the last second. But at one time during kindergarten, they all had an idea. Senior Anna Cardemon had two career dreams during kindergarten. One was a surgeon and…
By Zach Carter Chase Huntington looks at a picture of his dad’s Corvette Stingray . He tells himself that he wants his own sports car. Years later, he was able to achieve that dream. His father’s ’78 Stingray was the vehicle that started his love for Corvettes. The Delta High School senior also likes them…
By Zach Carter When someone gets inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, they get a drawing created for them. Delta graduate and Purdue University Head Coach Matt Painter will be one of 17 new inductees on March 23. One little known fact about this is that the artist creating the images for Painter…
By Zach Carter and Trey Gilbert In 1978, Jen Field was a fourth grader in Angola, Ind. During her gym class, the boys were allowed to do pull-ups while Jen was forced to do arm hangs. Irritated, she held on for 90 seconds and broke the school time record. Why was she not allowed to…
Students Eager for Hunting Season By Zach Carter On a cool, crisp morning, a teenager marches to a tree. After shimmying that tree to their stand, they sit down and look out across the harvested cornfield. After a few hours of stillness, the target walks out in the middle of the field. The teen grabs…
By Zach Carter A young Rhonda Donham is sitting at home. Since her father’s family is from Alabama, they are watching the University of Alabama’s football team on television. She did not know it then, but sports eventually would become her career. Donham is the new administrative assistant for athletics at Delta High School. At…
By Zach Carter Usually an athletic director is an older person who has experience coaching high school sports. But when former AD Grant Zgunda left, Delta decided to go a different direction in their hiring decision. They went with 35 year old Tilmon Clark. “Instead of looking at age, I guess I would prefer to…
By Zach Carter For seniors that play spring sports or participate in spring activities, this is it. Some of these students have been doing this for years. But this is the last time they will put on their uniform and represent Delta High School. This is their last hurrah. Senior Luke Belangee, who has been…
By Zach Carter It’s finally here. The field is ready, the teams are ready, and the fans are ready. For the players, they have had multiple practices preparing them for this. But for their head coach, Seth Paul, it has been a long time coming. “I start planning for an upcoming season about six months…
By Zach Carter A teammate dribbles the ball up the court. A screen is set. He passes it to an open teammate behind the 3-point line. He shoots … nothing but net. For the opposing players it’s just one 3-pointer, but for him, it is something more. Senior basketball player Brady Hunt recently topped 1,000…
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