Practice for winter sports officially started Nov. 12, but because so many of the boys just finished playing, only the girls’ basketball team had everyone out for practice. The girls will open the season with the annual White River Electric Cowboy Shootout, which starts Dec. 3, and the boys will[Read More…]
Meeker Sports
Cowboy gridders end season with loss in second game of Colorado state playoffs
MEEKER I “We got better as the year went on, and we were better at the end, but we were not good enough on Saturday,” Meeker head football coach Shane Phelan said after the hometown Cowboys lost 48-6 to the Resurrection Christian Cougars in Starbuck Stadium.
Meeker Cowboys head into the second round of playoffs
MEEKER I “We have been here before and the games get tougher every week,” Meeker head football coach Shane Phelan said after his team defeated the Platte Canyon Huskies 32-20 in the first round of the 2015, 1A Colorado State Football playoffs last Saturday in Bailey. The Cowboys will host[Read More…]
MHS Volleyball…
The Meeker High School volleyball season came to an end on Friday in Grand Valley as the Cowboys competed in the district tournament, where the girls were eliminated after losing matches to Cedaredge and Soroco. Meeker was young, with no seniors playing on the team, so many younger players earned[Read More…]
Meeker runners fare well at state
MEEKER I The Meeker High School cross-country teams had three representatives at the Colorado State Cross-Country Meet in Colorado Springs on Saturday with good performances by most team members.
Meeker gridders top Hotchkiss, 36-14; Cowboys play Platte Canyon in playoffs
MEEKER I The Meeker High School football team will enter the 1A – Colorado state football playoffs after a 36-14 win against the Hotchkiss Bulldogs in the final game of the regular season, played in Starbuck Stadium on Friday.
Russell, Pool, Eskelson qualify for state’s cross-country meet
MEEKER I The Meeker High School cross-country team traveled to Delta’s Confluence Park for the 2A Regional cross country meet on Friday, when the Cowboy squad posted some excellent times and qualified three of the team’s runners for the Colorado State Cross Country Meet this weekend.
MHS volleyball wins, set for districts
MEEKER I The Meeker High School volleyball team finished its regular season with a win on Saturday as they beat Hotchkiss, putting them in fourth place for this weekend’s district volleyball tournament.
Cowboy gridders pound Grand Valley 55-8; big game Friday
MEEKER I After a 55-8 pounding of the Grand Valley Cardinals on Friday in Parachute, the Meeker Cowboys will host the Hotchkiss Bulldogs in Starbuck Stadium in the final game of the regular season. The game will have league and playoff implications.
Cross-country…
The Meeker Cowboys cross-country team took the short trip to Rifle for its last regular season meet. The girls ran first, and Meeker’s Julia Eskelson finished in 16th place with a time of 21:48. Briar Meszaros, left, was the second Cowboy to compete the course, and she did so in[Read More…]
MHS Softball…
“The girls played great at regionals,” Meeker High School softball coach Briana Williams said of her team, which qualified for the regional tournament in its inaugural season. Meeker played the state’s No. 6 seed, the Brush Beetdiggers, and lost 17-10 to finish third after a loss to host Cedaredge. Williams[Read More…]
Meeker gridders gain 500 yards with drubbing of Cedaredge Bruins
MEEKER I With more than 500 offensive yards, the Meeker Cowboy football team ran over the Cedaredge Bruins in Starbuck Stadium on Friday, defeating them 38-12 in a league contest.