MEEKER I The Meeker Cow-boys boys’ basketball team lost a game, and won a game in the past weekends Aspen Tournament. Meeker opened their 2010-2011 season against perennial 3A power Aspen High School. Last year Aspen placed second in state 3A classification losing in the final game of the year[Read More…]
MHS Basketball
Cowboys to host WREA Shootout
MEEKER I Meeker fans will have their first opportunity to view the 2010-2011 hometown men’s basketball team as the Cowboys host the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout. In its 11th year of sponsorship by White River Electric the Cowboys are hoping for a three-peat of the championship this year as[Read More…]
Winter sports season gets underway
RBC I The high school winter sports schedules start tonight and middle school boys’ basketball champions will be crowned this Saturday. Both Rio Blanco County girls’ basketball teams will open their seasons today in Meeker, competing in the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout.
New Meeker girls’ coach makes debut tonight in WREA Cowboy Shootout
MEEKER I Former Meeker High School graduate Neil Joy is the new girls’ basketball coach and he will open the season tonight at home against Cedaredge, in the 11th annual White River Electric Association Cowboy Shootout.
Faculty versus seniors Sunday at MHS gym
MEEKER | The annual faculty versus seniors basketball game will be at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Meeker High School gym, followed by the alumni games at 7 p.m. If there are enough alumni, there will be two games — “Young guns” and “old-timers.”
Players honored for accomplishments at end-of-season basketball banquet
MEEKER I The boys’ basketball team culminated its season April 18 at its annual banquet, hosted by the senior players’ parents. MHS coaches Neil Joy and Matt Dupire handed out junior varsity participation certificates to 11 younger members of the team who did not compete at the varsity level.
Letter: Why aren’t “experts” out there coaching?
Be a coach … I don’t think so. As the wife of a coach for many years and the mother of a coach for quite a few, I have about seen and heard it all. The one thing I have learned for sure is that the people in the stands[Read More…]
Coach has made a difference in her life
Being 19 years old, I have already had the joy of experiencing some of the greatest moments in my life. Many of these memories involved family, friends and the many adventures we shared together. However, along with the good memories there are always times in which you remember failing, or[Read More…]
Blunt out as Meeker girls’ BB coach
MEEKER I School board members and supporters of embattled coach Hallie Blunt confronted each other April 20 in a lengthy, sometimes heated, discussion. When it was all over — the accusations of hidden agendas, the perceived personal attacks, the emotional appeals — nothing had changed.
Salute to MHS seniors
Senior members of Meeker’s boys’ basketball team were recognized Sunday at an end-of-season banquet.
Area players receive postseason honors
MEEKER | Stacey Fitzgibbons, a senior at Meeker High School was recently honored by being selected to play in two all-state basketball games. “It shows what kind of athlete she is and how hard she works,” Meeker girls’ basketball coach Hallie Blunt said of Fitzgibbons’ post-season honors.
Season ends for Lady Cowboys
MEEKER I The mascot for Standley Lake High School in Denver is the “Gator” and its gymnasium, known as “The Swamp,” is where the basketball season for the Lady Cowboys came to an end last Friday.
