MEEKER I Klark Kindler was recognized prior to the boys’ game Friday night for 199 wins, 15 years of coaching, a third and fifth place finish at the state tournament, and the influence he has had on countless student athletes in his career. Friday’s game did not impact league standing[Read More…]
Author: Hallie Blunt
MHS boys head into district tourney
MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team secured a top four position and home court advantage for the first round of the district tournament. They had two tough games last weekend against Paonia and Hotchkiss who were tied for fifth and sixth, just one game behind the three-way[Read More…]
Burke family: Five generations in Piceance Basin
MEEKER I The close ties and neighborly attitudes of Lime Kiln are comparable to some of the other long-standing “communities” within our county such as the Powell Park and Piceance Creek areas. Five generations of Burkes have lived on the family’s original property in the Piceance Basin. They are well-known[Read More…]
RJHS girls end season 9-0
RBC I The middle school girls finished their season last weekend with a tournament in Craig. Rangely’s seventh-graders came out on top with a perfect 9-0 season. They not only won all of their games and were crowned tournament champions, but also scored an average of 35 points per game[Read More…]
BMS girls play hard
MEEKER I The middle school games in Meeker were filled with excitement the last two weekends. Beginning with the seventh grade B team Feb. 2 in Meeker’s win over the girls from Craig.
MHS boys headed into two big games
MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team has two big games coming up. Finding a way to win both would be crucial to their standings going into the district tournament in two weeks.
Larry Modlin “pays it forward”
MEEKER I Larry Modlin, a Meeker High School alumnus and son of Nettie Faye and the late Lon Modlin, is retiring after 47 years of running his own businesses. At 67 he looks forward to skiing with his twin grandsons who also live in Greeley.
Life lessons from the Andersons
MEEKER I Imagine if people learned at least one thing, if not more, from one conversation every day. That was the case in a conversation with Harold and Patty Anderson.
MHS boys win 1, lose 1
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys were on the road Friday night to play Soroco. The environment tends to be loud and can make for a tough start. However, the Meeker team was prepared and came out strong. They built a big lead by halftime and took the Ram’s crowd out[Read More…]
Cowboys double wins over the weekend
MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team continued their winning streak in league play with wins over Debeque and Plateau Valley over the weekend.
Rangely, Meeker middle school girls each win two
RANGELY I The Rangely and Meeker middle school basketball teams provided great games over the weekend with each team winning two.
Lime Kiln’s long history: Part 3
MEEKER I The tremendous history of Meeker’s Lime Kiln region has been the subject of various features, however, there is still so much to tell and so many areas to focus on, from the Sunday gatherings at different homes to the amazing co-op of the threshing machine, the entire area[Read More…]
