By: Chloe Newsome Practicing in the hot sun. Preparing to take on a new season. But one injury can change everything for this football team. Sophomore Nolan Carpenter injured his right hamstring over the summer of 2022. Carpenter was at practice when he suddenly realized he had been injured. “I actually got injured by simply…
By Caleb Elliott Family, friends and classmates are what you would probably consider a fan of high school athletics. More likely than not they go to a sporting event to cheer on a specific player rather than the team as a whole. But, for high school athletic directors, they are the team’s biggest fans. In…
By Gaige Winchester On a Friday afternoon, the final bell rings releasing the students from Delta High School. Most of the students are focused on their weekend plans or the upcoming football game, but one boy was focused on one goal. The year is 1993, and the boy is Bob Darby. He’s the star player…
By Emme Townsend The scoreboard lights are shining in the third set. The blue and white ball comes soaring over the net. The receiver passes to the setter. As she sets the ball for her teammate to hit, the crowd starts to roar. The ball smacks the ground on the opposite side of the net,…
By Brylee Beckley A new school year brings a new sporting season for the Delta Eagles. Now it’s finally time for the Eagles to prove that their hard work from the offseason has paid off. Second-year volleyball coach Kylie Johnson’s coaching position will be hugely different this season. Johnson went on maternity leave last week…
By Emme Townsend Another new school year means another season of fall sports with new opponents, new players, and new goals. Girls Soccer Last season, Delta girls’ soccer had Addie Chester. She is Indiana’s standing record holder for 59 goals in a season and holds the career record for goals scored in Indiana high school…
By Fancy Robbins and Chloe Newsome After 13 years of Delta’s first artificial turf field ever, the football team deserved something new for the new season. On May 19, the renovations of the new turf football field began. On Aug. 1, the football team finally was able to practice on the new turf for the…
By Riley Bratton With the 2021-2022 Delta school year drawing to a close and graduation just 3 weeks away, many sports seasons have been completed, leaving those senior players time to reflect on their high school sports career. Senior Michael Bilby started playing soccer when he was 3 years old. Just like any…
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 Chloe Newsome WABAM! You can hear the sound of the tennis ball hitting the racket coming from the tennis courts. Delta’s girls’ tennis players are ready to start their season. Many of the girls on the team have been preparing for this season including going to the optional weight lifting practices. Senior Gwen Clark…
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