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.
Month: April 2013
MHS tracksters continue to improve
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Track and Field team traveled down the river to Rangely to compete against five other teams.
CNCC honorees…
CNCC students from Rangely and Craig were recognized at the April 16 awards ceremony.
Barrow graduated from combat training
MEEKER | Army Pvt. Ean Barrow has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, located in Columbia, S.C.
Spring Expo…
Several hundred people took advantage of Spring Expo 2013, held at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds in Meeker on Saturday as a fundraiser to benefit Meeker cancer victim Toni Simmons, who has large travel expenses pending as she travels the country seeking treatment.
MHS drops two to Bulldogs
MEEKER I The planned home baseball game in Meeker was moved to the middle ground between Meeker and Hotchkiss and played in Grand Junction on April 20.
Obituary: Dewey ‘Monty’ Sheridan
Dewey L. “Monty” Sheridan, 80, a longtime cattle rancher in Moffat County, Colo., passed away April 7, 2013, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colo.
County plans cost-share for herbicides
RBC I Rio Blanco County will again be selling herbicide and offering cost-share on select chemicals. The Rio Blanco County Weed Department will sell herbicide at the Fairgrounds in Meeker on Thursday mornings from 7-11:30 a.m. and delivering pre-orders to the Rangely area on Thursday afternoons starting May 2.
RBC Pioneers Assn. changes dinner date
MEEKER | The Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association has announced a change of date for its annual dinner and dance.
RHS royalty…
Members of the royal court were crowned Saturday night during the Rangely High School prom.
Panthers drop 2 to Eagles
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.
All-conference…
Meeker High School seniors Kaysyn Chintala, Anna George, Tristan Nielsen (manager), Nicole Hilkey, Bailey Atwood, Kacey Collins, Amanda Kendall and Katie Dinwiddie were honored for their leadership at the recent basketball banquet.