By Zach Carter In the trenches of the gridiron, one player seeks to wreak havoc on the opposing team’s quarterback. While he sometimes doesn’t get much attention, he never fails to make his presence known on the field. In mid-December, with students at home in a month-long period of eLearning, an announcement was made that…
By Adam Navarro As the final minutes of the Arizona Bowl ticked down, the sideline of the soon-to be victorious Ball State Cardinals was full of emotion. After a roller coaster of a season, all the adversity and uncertainty was about to be validated with the first football bowl victory in program history. It would…
By Adam Navarro Three of Delta’s best athletes signed national letters of intent this morning to play NCAA Division 1 sports. Seniors Brady Samuels, Sam Bennett and Bella Dearinger are three of the four student-athletes this year who will sign with an NCAA Division 1 school. Brady Hunt plans to sign with Ball State University…
By Grayson Zoller It’s almost an inherent property of sports records that they eventually are broken. But sometimes, that just doesn’t happen. Sometimes, a record can be so impressively good that it remains for longer than anyone would have thought. The 400-meter track and field record has stood for 40 years, for both boys and…
By Adam Altobella The plastic Indiana-shaped banners are the primary focal point of Delta’s gymnasium as they never fail to capture the crowd’s attention. They stand as a reminder of the blood, sweat, and tears of successful teams of the past and as a piece of motivation for Eagles who are currently in the nest. …
By Caleb Elliott With the clock ticking down in the sectional semifinal boys’ basketball game against Yorktown, all the players and coaches were able to celebrate the win against their biggest rival. The players and coaches were pumped up to not have to deal with Yorktown until next year, but for head JV coach Chris…
By Adam Altobella Splash! Brady Samuels, Delta’s anchor swimmer, catapults himself off of the block and breaks the surface of the water like a dolphin. With his raucous teammates behind him, he speeds through the water with ease. After swimming four 25-yard laps, the Eagle cruises into the wall ahead of any of the other…
By Zach Carter Sam Bennett is hanging out with family when he receives a text message from a girl he knows through diving. He reads the message and is perplexed that she is sending her condolences about Bennett’s dive program at the University of Iowa. Soon after, he finds out what she means. On Aug….
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…
By Zach Gullion Thwock! A tennis ball screams off the racket of a Delta Tennis player. The match is over; they’ve done it again. Delta Tennis is victorious over Burris for the 2020 Sectional Championship. For the past 28 straight years, the boys’ tennis program has been triumphant in every sectional championship. Although he…
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