MHS Football

RBC football teams open seasons on the road

RBC I Rio Blanco County’s two high school football teams were at Grand Valley High School last Saturday for scrimmages against each other, Cedaredge and the hosting Cardinals.

September 5, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys hire new coach

MEEKER I Ron Dupree will take the helm of the Meeker High School football team this fall and the veteran football coach already has a list of all the boys registered in the school with their years, the heights and weights of many, how fast they can run 20 and[Read More…]

August 9, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys’ season, playoff hopes end

MEEKER I It wasn’t the finish they hoped for, but in spite of a lopsided loss to end the season, the Cowboys can still hold their heads high. “With all the injuries and young players playing at the end of the year, 5-4 (the team’s final record) was probably about[Read More…]

November 8, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys need win, help in playoff push

MEEKER I It’s down to a one-game season. Even then, the Cowboys will need some help. “We had to beat Hayden (to qualify for the playoffs),” Meeker football coach Jeff Palmer said. “Now we have to beat Hotchkiss. That would look really good on our resume for a wild-card berth.”

November 1, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys can secure playoff spot with homecoming win

MEEKER I It didn’t take long for first-year football coach Jeff Palmer to figure out the cross-county rivalry with Rangely was a big deal. Like before he even was hired. “When I was getting interviewed, they said you either beat Rangely or get fired,” Palmer said. “They said it and[Read More…]

October 23, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys blanked by league foe Paonia

MEEKER I It’s a stretch to compare the Sports Illustrated cover jinx to the Colorado Preps. However, as far as the Cowboys varsity football is concerned the two may be in tandem.

October 17, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Cowboys keep on rolling with Lake County win

MEEKER I Racking up big numbers hasn’t been the goal this season. Winning games is the goal. The Cowboys have been doing both. Two weeks ago, Meeker set its high mark for scoring for the season with a 50-19 win over the Class 5A Fruita Monument junior varsity.

October 11, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys rope Center 43-20

MEEKER I Game three of this football season was a lot like game one for the Cowboys. They won big. And they shut down the other team in the process. Playing their second Saturday game of the season — they will play their last one this Saturday against the Fruita[Read More…]

September 27, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys fall to Monte Vista

Face Center Vikings Saturday MEEKER I The Monte Vista Pirates shook off the five-hour drive and used Meeker miscues to leave town with a 14-10 victory over the hometown Meeker Cowboys last Friday night.

September 22, 2010 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Cowboys run over GJ JV in home opener

MEEKER I First game of the season. First-year coach. First varsity experience for many of the starters. First-game jitters? No way. Meeker, which lost six all-conference players from last season’s 8-3 team, showed Saturday the Cowboys still have plenty of firepower.

September 13, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys face Grand Junction JV Saturday

As a first-year coach, Jeff Palmer is still getting to know his team. He’ll know a lot more come Saturday.

September 4, 2010 by Jeff Burkhead Comments are Disabled

Cowboys’ season ends in the snow

MEEKER I The field was snowpacked, the temperature freezing at kickoff and it was snowing lightly in Starbuck Stadium last Saturday for the quarterfinal round of the Colorado 1A state football playoffs between the hometown Meeker Cowboys and the visiting Yuma Indians.

November 20, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled