Bobby Gutierrez | The Herald Times

Locals do well in jr. golf tournament

MEEKER — Tyler Montgomery from Las Vegas, Nev., is only 13-years-old, but he was asked to play in the 15-18 age group at the junior golf tournament held last week at the Meeker Golf Course.

July 31, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Holsinger wins Road Rash and Splash mini-triathlon

MEEKER — Ken Holsinger was the first to cross the finish line in the first annual Road Rash and Splash mini-triathlon, held last Saturday as part of the ERBM Recreation and Parks District’s community appreciation day. Lisa Belmonte was the first woman to cross the line and second overall.

July 24, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Locals do well in the cage

MEEKER — The event was billed as “Rampage in the Cage,” the first mixed martial arts fight to take place in Meeker. Several local fighters competed in the event, which was sanctioned by the Colorado Boxing Commission, in front of more than 400 people in the indoor arena at the[Read More…]

July 17, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Wrestlers learn from three-time champs

MEEKER — Keenan Turner, Brandan Stewart and Joe LeBlanc, Meeker’s three, three-time state wrestling champions held a takedown clinic last Saturday for wrestlers in the exhibition hall at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds.

July 17, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Brennans win Range Call Ranch Rodeo

MEEKER — The final event of the annual Ranch Rodeo, the trailer loading, determined the winners of the prestigious belt buckles.

July 10, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys win five in Gold Crown tourney

MEEKER — High school basketball coach Klark Kindler took 10 players to the state capitol last week to compete in the Gold Crown team tournament. The Cowboys won five of eight games, in gyms ìall over the Denver area,” according to Kindler.

June 26, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

6 wrestlers compete in Pagosa Springs

MEEKER — Six Meeker High School wrestlers and their new head coach traveled to Pagosa Springs for a four-day wrestling camp, featuring clinicians from the Olympic Training Center (OTC).

June 26, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys attend team camp

Play in Denver this weekend MEEKER — Fifteen members of the Meeker High School basketball program traveled to Alamosa for a team camp at Adams State College June 11-14. The Cowboys will take a team to Denver this weekend for another camp.

June 19, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Thorsby leads team to victory at WREA tourney

MEEKER — Twelve five-man teams and four women’s teams competed in the annual White River Electric Association’s invitational golf tournament last Friday at the Meeker Golf Course.

June 19, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Stewart gets hole in one

MEEKER — While playing with friends during men’s night last week to practice for the upcoming White River Electric Tournament, Grant Stewart recorded his first hole in one.

June 19, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Golf course gets new manager

Sisters Boudreaux, Edwards win Ladies Deerfly MEEKER — Darrin Rohn’s first tournament as the new manager of the Meeker Golf Course was the Ladies Deerfly, which was won by two Rio Blanco County sisters. “Some of the women were asking for heaters,” Rohn said of the chilly temperatures when the[Read More…]

June 12, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Girls softball season begins

MEEKER — “We’re young, but I think we are going to have a really good team this year,” said Janae Shelton, who along with Deb Henderson, will coach the 15-and-under Meeker girls fast-pitch softball team. The team will play its first game tonight in New Castle and will host New[Read More…]

June 5, 2008 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled