By Caleb Elliott Every athlete grows up wanting to be great. They want to be remembered for being the player who led their team to win after win. But it takes someone special to have the drive to work when the light is not on them, so then they can become legendary. On Dec. 6,…

By Cooper Bratton “Duke!  Duke! One shot, one shot! Run Duke at 10!” Coach Mark Detweiler’s voice booms from the sidelines as he instructs his team to run a specific play, hoping for a buzzer-beating basket. Detweiler, in his fifth season at Delta and 24th season overall as a head coach, has had his ups…

By Gaige Winchester Eight years ago, a second grade boy living in St. Louis, Mo., was out shooting hoops. Like many other nights the boy, his brother and his father were all out shooting a basketball. It brought the boy a happiness he had never felt and it clicked in the young boy’s mind that…

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…

By Isaac Anderson Since Mark Detweiler took over as head coach of the boys’ basketball program for Delta back in May 2017, it seemed to be a steady uphill climb for Delta basketball.  That was until the cancellation of the 2019-20 postseason at the regional level, after which the team graduated eight of their varsity…