Congratulations to all the UNC football players and coaches, especially to those from Weld County. Congratulations to Larry Adams, Brandon Vogt, Brad Bunting, Omar Zuniga, and Steve Kessinger. Sorry if I missed anybody.

By Shelly Ball
For the North Weld Herald

Reds Sweep Opening Weekend	

	One could feel the excitement when the final buzzer sounded
 and Eaton Boy's Basketball team had defeated Denver Christian 
53-50 at D.C.  The reason  for the excitement was Eaton had never 
before beat D.C. on thier home court.  The Reds were led by Ryan 
Troxel and Gary Sissler who scored 19 and 13 points respectively.  
Kyle Wiederspan controlled the boards pulling down 9 rebounds.  
Eaton used full court pressure to keep the Crusaders off balance 
offensibely and led 35-25 at half-time.  Josh Drovdal and Gary 
Sissler drew three offensive fouls againts D.C's best player 
Brian VanEps which put him on the bench most of the second 
quarter.  However, the Crusaders outscored the Reds 15-8 in the 
third quarter to pull within 3.  Scoring was even in the fourth 
quarter with Jeff Hagar hitting a crucial bucket and Troxel 
sinking two free-throws in the last minute to sustain the win.  
D.C. was led by Mark Jansen with 21.
	Eaton's Junior Varsity defeated D.C. 49-31.  Alex Nelson 
led all scoring with 15 points.  The C team traveled to Fort 
Lupton where they were defeated, 65-58.
	As Faith Christian's very tall team enterd Eaton's gym 
Saturday night, it appered they might have an easy victory.  
However, the story of David and Goliath came alive with the Reds 
slaying the giant Eagles, 44-34.  Eaton used their defensive
pressure to keep the Eagles from getting the ball inside to thier
big players.  Great perimeter pressure by Ryan Troxel, Kurt Adams,
Gary Sissler, Jeff Hagar, and Alex Ochoa created a total of 14 
steals.  Both teams went cold in the second half, only scoring 4
field goals a piece making it a low scoring game.  Josh Drovdal 
and Kyle Weiderspan, both giving up 6 inches in height to their
opponents, they were still able to control the boards collecting 
7 and 5 rebounds prespectively.  Offensively, the Reds were led by
Troxel, 21 and Sissler 12.  Even though the Reds were playing an 
up-tempo game, it was the Eagles who found themselves in foul 
trouble losing startes: Nick Barela, Josh Lindgren, and Jon 
Wallick.  The Reds were 8 of 10 from the free-throw line in the
fourth quarter to hold off the late Eagle rally.  Faith Christian 
was led by Lindgren with 9.
	Eaton's Junior Varsity also defeated Faith Christian, 48-29.  
Matt Hagan scored 18 points and was 4 for 4 from the three-point
range.  The C team also defeated the Eagles led by Ty Staudinger's 
inside game and Jason Smith's defensive hustle.
	The week of December 9th the Reds will host Windor on Tuesday
and Estes Park on Saturday.

By Julie Oblander
For the North Weld Herald

Reds outwrestle Windsor

	The wrestling season opend up with a dual meet  on Dec. 5 
against Windsor.  The meet, hosted by Eaton, was close with each 
team winning seven matches.  The Reds edges out the Wizards, 36 to
34 becuase the Reds had one more pin than the Wizards.
	Winning pins for Eaton came from: James Medina (103), Russel 
Griffin (112), Kyle Parmelee (135), Jeremy Sullivan (152), and Brad
Babcock (160).
	Medina had an impressive match where he pinned the Wizard's 
Greyson Brown in 49 seconds.  Equally impressive was Sullivan,
pinning Kevin Sturch in 61 seconds.
  The other two wins were decisions that come from Mike Unrien 
(145) and Jamie Munoz (171).
	Then on Dec. 7, the Varsity traveled to Fort Lupton for the 
Blue Devil Classic. The Reds placed fifth, beating Pueblo Central, 
Pamona, and George Washington. There was tough competition and the
tournament since Centaurus and Cherry Creek, ranked number one and
two in the state, participated.  Coach Urano said that "they 
wrestled pretty well."
	The Reds were "led to their fifth place finish" by Jeremy 
Sullivan.  Sullivan, at the 152 pound weight class, placed first.  
Sullivan said, "I just wrestled pretty well."
	James Medina, Jaime Munoz, and Mike Kelly all took second 
place at the tournament.  Bret Joseph took third place and Russel 
Beck took fourth place.  Joseph said, "We finished all right as a 
team, but we have a long ways to go before Regionals."
	Also on Dec. 7, the Junior Varsity traveled to Akron for the
Akron Invitational. The Reds placed ninth, beating out Longmont.  
Jarrod Dilka (119) and Jesse Klein (130) both placed fourth.  On 
Dec. 14, the varsity will travel to Greeley West for the Annual
Greeley Invitational.  Also on Dec. 14, the JV will host a Junior 
Varsity neet at Eaton.
 Both of these meets will begin at 9:00 a.m.