MEEKER I Several members of the Meeker High School girls’ softball team were honored by the league after its inaugural season, and two team members produced national statistics that rank among the nation’s best.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Meeker wrestlers set for opening mat matches at CMU Duals in GJ
MEEKER I For a 13th time in Meeker High School’s wrestling history, the Cowboys finished second in the Colorado state wrestling tournament last year and this year they return six wrestlers with state experience and lots of confidence. “We wrestled and finished well at state last year, which will give[Read More…]
RHS girls open basketball season at Meeker
RANGELY I The Rangely High School girls’ basketball team will not have any seniors on the team this year but Panther head coach Quinton Kent is still excited to get this season started. The RHS Panthers will open play today at 4:30 p.m. in Meeker against Cortez in the White[Read More…]
MHS basketball girls open their season tonight as Shootout hosts
MEEKER I The lady Cowboy basketball team will open the 2015 season on its home court tonight when they tipoff at 7:30 in the first round of the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout tournament.
Travis Witherell moves to head wrestling coach for RHS wrestlers
RANGELY I Rangely High School’s most recent state wrestling champion will also be its most recent head coach. Travis Witherell, who won an individual Colorado state wrestling title wrestling as a senior for the Panthers in 2010, has been named to take over the Panther grapplers in his first year[Read More…]
Wrestling season begins…
Meeker High School senior wrestler Sammy Palmer practices a turk on teammate Christopher Strate, as does Daylon Nielsen on assistant coach Carl Padilla during one of the first practices of the season. The season officially started Nov. 12, when most Meeker wrestlers were still playing football. The Cowboys, who finished[Read More…]
MHS basketball season…
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…]
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…]
Panthers end 2-7 grid season with 68-30 loss
RANGELY I “This year was a tough year,” Rangely head football coach Paul Fortunato said after his team lost to the Plateau Valley Cowboys, 68-30, in the final game of the regular season on Yeager Field.
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.
