MEEKER | The first month of the Meeker Summer Rodeo Series has come and gone. The series will pick up again July 12 at 7 p.m. at the RBC Fairgrounds. This week, get your rodeo fix at Range Call’s CPRA rodeos, which begin at 6 p.m. tonight, July 5 and[Read More…]
Meeker Sports
Four Marlins compete at Delta Open meet
By Tiffany Jehorek Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Delta Barracudas hosted the Delta Open the second swim meet of the season on June 23. The Meeker Marlins had four swimmers competing: Dexter Chinn, Tucker Chinn, Judd Harvey and Kate Lockwood. Each meet is organized a little differently[Read More…]
Rodeo Results: June 14
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Summer Rodeo Series Results for June 14: Ladies Breakaway (place, name, time) 1, Ellie Anderson, 1.2 #8 Header (place, name, time) 1, Aaron Webster, 7.2 2, Deena Norell, 7.7 3, Shawnee Stone, 9.2 #8 Heeler (place, name, time) 1, Kash Atwood, 7.2 2, Kash[Read More…]
Marlins zoom through Delta, Craig meets
By TIFFANY JEHOREK Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Swimming, as a competitive sport, goes well beyond teaching a life skill and preventing drowning; there are many invaluable lessons learned. The Meeker Marlins, a team of seven, traveled to Delta for an evening meet on Tuesday, June 12, and walked[Read More…]
ALL-STATE …
Logan Hughes, recent graduate of Meeker High school, played for the south team in the senior all-conference game. He wore the No. 11 jersey in a tough game lost in overtime. This is not Hughes’ final football game, he will go on to play for Nebraska Wesleyan next fall. Becky[Read More…]
Marlins start swim season strong
By Tiffany Jehorek Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Meeker Marlins traveled to the first of the 2018 meets—the Aspen Invitational—June 9 and 10. There are seven swimmers on the Marlins team and they showed up and competed against teams that swim year round. Coach Shelly Rogers said, “The[Read More…]
Three-way tie in Ladies Deerfly
By TIFFANY JEHOREK Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The 2018 Ladies Deerfly tournament hosted by the Meeker Golf Course ended with a three-way tie in the A Flight after 18 holes. The three teams, scoring a par of 70, decided a hole-by-hole sudden death round was necessary to determine[Read More…]
ALL-STATE …
Coach Brian Merrifield led his son Trapper and classmates in the senior all-state game last Saturday June, 2. Trapper Merrifield led off with a triple followed by teammate Chase’s walk and Doak Mantle’s out of the park home run to bring them all home. “Won first game 10-9 and dominated[Read More…]
Rockies Skills Baseball Challenge results
MEEKER | Twenty-seven participants took part in the Rockies Baseball Skills Challenge competition hosted by ERBM Recreation and Park District on Thursday, May 31 at Paintbrush Park in Meeker. The following five youngsters earned first place honors in their respective age groups: Gael Rodriguez in the boys 6/7 age division Gavin[Read More…]
Record numbers for Park to Art race
By TIFFANY JEHOREK Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Park to Art Run Races held last Saturday, June 2 kicked off at 7 a.m. with the half marathon. This year’s races were a collaboration between the Meeker Arts and Cultural Center, Pioneers Healthcare Foundation, Meeker Farmers Market and ERBM[Read More…]
ALL CONFERENCE HONORS…
Three Meeker ball players received All-Conference team honors: Logan Hughes, Trapper Merrifield and Doak Mantle. Luis Villalpando received an All-Conference Honorable Mention. CATHIE DOLAN PHOTO
RECORD BREAKERS …
Three Barone Middle School track records were broken this year. “I am very proud of all of the hard work, throughout the season, and these results are a reflection of it,” said coach Marty Casey. At home, during the Meeker meet, Kelton Turner ran the 100-meter hurdles in 16.23 seconds[Read More…]
