
RANGELY I Seven Rangely High School track team members are in Denver competing at the 2013 Colorado State Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium.
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RANGELY I Seven Rangely High School track team members are in Denver competing at the 2013 Colorado State Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium.
RANGELY I The two Rio Blanco County baseball teams played two doubleheaders during the regular season and played a single elimination game Saturday to determine which team would advance in the district tournament.
RANGELY I The Panther track team traveled to Battle Mountain on Saturday for the final meet of the regular season, returning with several top placers and personal bests, in preparation for the state qualifying regional meet Saturday at Grand Junction’s Stocker Stadium.

MEEKER I “It was the best weather day of the year, which everyone was appreciative of,” Meeker golf pro Jim Cook said of Saturday’s beautiful spring day. “It was a good way to start the season.”

The Rangely Panthers celebrate after beating the Hotchkiss Bulldogs 7-6 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday. Senior Chad Bolding is pictured getting a hit for his team. The Panthers finished third behind second-place Hotchkiss and first-place Paonia in the league standings and will host the Meeker Cowboys in

MEEKER I “We had some great performances in the warm weather at Moffat County,” Meeker head track coach John Strate said of his team’s most recent competition.

RANGELY I The Panther track team traveled south to test its track skills against larger schools in the Montrose Invitational, returning home with several place winners and personal bests.

Thanks to coaches, parents, current and past wrestlers volunteering their time, the Meeker Community Wrestling Club hosted the Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tournament Saturday, providing an opportunity for more than 330 young wrestlers to compete.
RANGELY I The Paonia Eagles traveled to Rangely and took two wins from the hometown Panthers in a doubleheader Saturday. The Panthers have one game left in the regular season before district playoffs.

RANGELY I For the second year after a several-year hiatus, Yeager Field in Rangely was the site for the Panther Invitational track meet Saturday, where the boys’ home team won the meet and the girls’ team, comprised of just five girls, finished second.
RANGELY I The Rangely youth wrestling team continued its success in Hayden on Saturday with 20 kids wrestling, including 13 in the championship match. Many of the young Panthers will be in Meeker on Saturday for the Casey Turner Memorial Tournament.

MEEKER I With a “somewhat shorthanded” team the Meeker High School track team competed in two meets last weekend and several of the athletes attending did well.

Roughly 170 persons attended the annual Colorado Northwestern Community College Foundation fundraising dinner Saturday at the Weiss Activities Center on campus.

RBC I On Saturday, the Meeker baseball team played what was supposed to be the first home games of the season against the Rangley Panthers, but the games were moved to Rangley after the Meeker fields were subject to rain and snow.

MEEKER I Many people in Meeker are fortunate to have homesteaded land passed down through generations. The work it took to turn those homesteads into real homes is difficult to comprehend, but many of those homesteading families have maintained that work ethic and history for generations.

MEEKER I Meeker Police Department, in conjunction with several state health and law enforcement agencies, will join many cities and towns across the nation with its National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 27.

MEEKER I The Rio Blanco Historical Society’s “Pioneer Women of Rio Blanco County” program drew more than 70 persons Sunday to enjoy the telling of tales dating back at least decades in county history.

RANGELY I The “Save the Tank” campaign may be over, but the task of saving the tank is just beginning.

RANGELY I When musician and composer Bruce Odland first came to Rangely in 1976, it was the last stop of the Chautauqua Tour, a traveling arts festival funded by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities.

Meeker High School activities director Brett Steinacher, who is a member of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) wrestling committee, shakes hands with Meeker freshman TJ Shelton before presenting him with his gold medal and championship bracket at the 2013 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. Shelton is the first freshman

A record 306 tickets were sold for the annual Crab Crack, sponsored by the Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce last Saturday, filling the Colorado Room in the Weiss Center on the CNCC campus. Awards were announced by emcee Tim Webber and presented by RACC executive director Brooke Loshe.

MEEKER I The Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC) in cooperation with the ERBM Recreation and Park District will present a dinner theatre production based on Aesop’s Fables on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Fairfield Center.

MEEKER I Larry Modlin, a Meeker High School alumnus and son of Nettie Faye and the late Lon Modlin, is retiring after 47 years of running his own businesses. At 67 he looks forward to skiing with his twin grandsons who also live in Greeley.

MEEKER I Imagine if people learned at least one thing, if not more, from one conversation every day. That was the case in a conversation with Harold and Patty Anderson.
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