By Adam Altobella After a year without the event, the 9th annual SmashCancer girls’ tennis match will take place on Tuesday, May 4 at the Delta High School tennis courts. During this annual event, two passionate girls’ tennis rivals, Delta and Yorktown, will put their differences aside to compete in the honor, and memory, of…
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 Abby Rouse With the mats getting rolled up for the season, the underclassmen felt accomplished. All the blood, sweat and tears didn’t quite pay off as they wanted. But they hope to meet their ultimate goal by their senior year. The Eagles are on the rise with four freshmen advancing to regionals or beyond….
By Caleb Elliott 2020 was the first time in the tournament’s history that there was a year in which March Madness wasn’t played. With March already here, the only thing on a college basketball fan’s mind is the return of the Big Dance. This January it was announced that Indianapolis would host all 67 games…
By Shay Crow The players bound off the basketball court as the coach calls a time-out. One of the most important people on the team starts sliding buckets right next to players in the huddle. One girl. Three sports. Four years. A Delta student often has homework for five classes each night, but for some,…
By Adam Altobella He takes a seat behind a table draped with a Delta Eagles cloth, knowing that what he is preparing to do will mark a new milestone in his academic and athletic journeys. As he waits for the go-ahead to put pen to paper, he sits in anxious anticipation and thinks about all…
By Gaige Winchester For most, winning a high school state championship in their sport is a dream come true. But for two Delta High School seniors, it’s just a step along the way. Swimmer Brady Samuels and diver Sam Bennett are both Purdue University commits with goals that extend far beyond high school competition. Winning…
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 Gaige Winchester Sometimes in the wide world of sports a team makes a special connection with a fan. Someone not from the team’s city, county or state. There’s no relationship quite like one between a fan and their team, even if the team is located hundreds or thousands of miles away. Some Delta students…
By Grayson Zoller What does it take to make a high school basketball game happen? You might think that it’s pretty easy, that you just have two teams arrive at the same place and compete. But it’s not quite that simple. That game has been in the works for years before the players step foot…
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