Several members of the Meeker High School girls’ basketball team and their coach were recently honored by the Western Slope League. Megan Shelton, Kenzie Turner, Tori Lasker, Gracie Bradfield and Julia Dinwiddie were all named to the WSL All-Conference team (Turner was honorably mentioned) and their coach Jamie Rogers was[Read More…]
Meeker Sports
Cowboys play ‘must win’ game
By Tiffany Jehorek Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Cowboys were in a must win situation due to the RPI ranking system on Thursday, May 3 as they faced off against the Roaring Fork Rams. The game originally scheduled to be hosted by Meeker had to be moved[Read More…]
Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tourney this Saturday
MEEKER | Thirty-five Meeker youth wrestlers, competed in Rifle last Saturday and 34 of them placed in the top four. The young Cowboys will host the annual Casey Turner Memorial tournament this Saturday at Meeker High School, starting at 9 a.m. “Our kids wrestled tough and I’m very proud of how[Read More…]
Cowboys improve, prepare for league meet
MEEKER | The Cowboys’ track and field team split up again last weekend to compete but they will all be in one place starting today in Grand Junction for the three-day Western Slope League meet at Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction. Many Cowboys improved their times and distances in Craig last[Read More…]
Signed …
With his parents Pat and Becky Hughes standing behind him, flanked by his head coach Shane Phelan and his offensive coordinator Andy Coryell, Meeker High School senior Logan Hughes signed his college letter of intent to continue his education and football career at Nebraska Wesleyan University this fall. According to[Read More…]
Basketball honors …
Meeker High School senior basketball players Zach Dinwiddie, Valentin Rosas, Eli Newman, Doak Mantle, Logan Hughes and Trapper Merrifield were recently honored at their annual basketball banquet, with most being honored by the Northwest League and two earning state recognition. Dinwiddie, Mantle and Hughes were all named to the Northwest[Read More…]
Cowboys drop two to defending champs
MEEKER | The regular season is winding down and head coach Brian Merrifield is confident with the way his team is playing with six games left in the regular season, including two home games Saturday against Rio Blanco County rival Rangely. “We played great baseball against the defending state champs,” head[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win Rangely track meet, boys take 2nd
MEEKER | Bad weather prevented Meeker from fully participating in the Coal Ridge track meet last Thursday but the sun came out Saturday in Rio Blanco County and the lady Cowboys took full advantage of the sunshine, winning the Rangely Invitational, while the boys finished second. The Cowboys have three meets[Read More…]
25 Cowboy youth wrestlers place in top four
MEEKER | “We saw a lot of different competition,” Meeker youth wrestling coach Carl Padilla said of the tournament this past weekend, where 37 young Cowboys competed in. The Cowboys will wrestle in Hayden this Saturday. Twenty-five of Meeker’s wrestlers placed in the top four of their respective age and[Read More…]
Cowboys win 2 of 3
MEEKER | In an exciting come from behind victory, the Meeker Cowboys beat the 3A Coal Ridge Titans last week at home, then lost to the defending 1A state champion Nucla Mustangs before getting another win against 1A Dove Creek in Norwood. The Cowboys, currently 6-3, hosted Rangely on Tuesday after[Read More…]
Meeker tracksters compete in Glenwood
MEEKER | Short-handed for a second week in a row, the Meeker High School track and field team competed in the annual meet in Glenwood Springs last weekend but they plan to be back to a full team this week, when they run, jump, throw and vault in Coal Ridge and[Read More…]
Youth wrestlers compete in Rangely
MEEKER | Meeker’s youth wrestling program has started and 42 wrestlers competed in the Little Panther invitational tournament in Rangely last Saturday and 29 placed in the top four of their respective brackets. The young Cowboys will next wrestle in Craig this Saturday. “I was proud of how our kids wrestled[Read More…]