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…
Terror on the Football Field
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…
Roller Coaster Season, Storybook Ending
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…
Signed! Three DHS Athletes Sign NCAA Division 1 Scholarships
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…
A Record(s) To Remember
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…
WRESTLING PREVIEW: New Coach Looks to Lead Team to Success
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. …
Working Around the Clock
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…
Swimming & Diving Programs Seek to Build on Past Success
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…
An Eagle Changes Course
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….
BOYS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Eagles Plan to Reload
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…