Author: Hallie Blunt

Meeker girls easily win two more; record at 11-1

MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team came away with two more wins last week, to which coach Greg Chintala said, “We played very well both offensively and defensively” against the 3A Battle Mountain Huskies that came to town Tuesday evening.

Meeker Cowboys win three more games

MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team played very well last week, winning games against Battle Mountain, DeBeque and Plateau Valley.

Panthers turn over game

RANGELY I Senior Aimee Hogan played hard offensively and defensively to lead the lady Panthers with 15 points and five steals against Plateau Valley on Friday night, but the Rangely girls came up short in the game.

MHS boys earn three wins

MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team finished the week with three big wins. The Cowboys began their streak Tuesday night against Rangely, beating the Panthers 65-52 behind a balanced scoring attack led by senior Jeremy Musgrave with 20 points.

Lady Cowboys continue winning streak

RBC I The Meeker girls’ basketball continued their unbeaten 2014 streak with three more wins last week. The lady Cowboys not only won but they scored more than 60 points in each game and outscored their opponents by more than 20 points in the three games.

Cowboys exciting on the court

MEEKER I The challenge of a high school basketball game is the ability to put together 32 minutes of good basketball. The Meeker boys’ basketball team is doing just that this season as they have proved time and time again they can play with good teams.

BMS girls open season at home

MEEKER I Barone Middle School girls’ basketball teams began their season Saturday against Craig Middle School. Both the seventh- and eighth-grade teams had games for A, B and C levels.

Ladies lose games, players

RANGELY I The Rangely High School girls’ basketball team started its game in Paonia playing great defense, holding the Eagles to one point in the first three minutes.

Meeker holidays differ from 100 years ago

MEEKER I This holiday season may you find yourselves among family and friends and in the spirit of giving. Imagine if you will, 100 years ago in Meeker or Rangely, the weather cold, transportation extremely limited and Christmas shopping unheard of.