MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys played and won two of three non-league games last weekend but had their Northwest League games against the Hotchkiss Bulldogs canceled because of rain last Saturday. The Cowboys played Coal Ridge at home Wednesday after press time and will play two games in Nucla against the[Read More…]
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Cowboys compete at Grand Valley, Eagle Valley
MEEKER | The Cowboys’ track and field team was busy last weekend, competing in meets in three different locations, with personal bests posted by athletes in all three meets. The Cowboys will compete in Glenwood Springs this weekend, with the pole vaulters competing Friday and the rest of the meet held[Read More…]
Meeker girls win first meet on Bob King Track
MEEKER | “We had a great home meet on Friday, the weather held and we were very proud of the performances by all of the athletes,” Meeker High School track coach John Strate said of the first high school track meet held on the new Bob King Track at Starbuck Stadium.[Read More…]
Turner, Blunt win state championships
MEEKER | The late Bill Turner, was Rio Blanco County’s first state wrestling champion, winning an individual title for the Rangely Panthers in 1958, then coaching Meeker’s first state championship team in any sport in 1979. Now two of his grandsons have continued the tradition, one becoming Meeker’s first elementary school[Read More…]
Cowboys win two in Rangely
MEEKER | The Cowboys played and won two baseball games last Saturday in Rangely, neither was against their county rival, the Panthers. Meeker defeated Ignacio 7-6 in what head coach Brian Merrifield called a “nail-biter,” then pounded the Dolores Bears 13-3, playing both games on Colorado Northwestern Community College’s field. The[Read More…]
Nine BMS wrestlers qualify for state
MEEKER | The school sponsored portion of middle school wrestling ended when spring break 2018 started and 14 young Cowboys from Meeker wrestled in the state-qualifying regional tournament. Nine of them qualified. “These boys proved they were legitimately tough,” middle school coach Todd Morris said of the 14 wrestlers who competed[Read More…]
Meeker hosts first meet at new Bob King Track on Friday
Both county baseball teams play in Rangely on Saturday MEEKER | “I think it has been at least 12 years since we have hosted and roughly 30 years since we hosted a meet with pole vault,” Meeker High School head track and field head coach John Strate said about Friday’s meet[Read More…]
Cowboys drop season opener in Carbondale
MEEKER | Before starting spring break 2018, the Meeker High School baseball team traveled to Carbondale last Wednesday for its season opener against the Roaring Fork Rams, who shut out the Cowboys 10-0. The Cowboys will be idle this week but return from break to play two league games in Rangely[Read More…]
Meeker tracksters start season in Rifle; first home meet in years coming March 30
MEEKER | More than 20 Meeker High School track and field athletes spent their first day of spring break in Rifle competing in a track meet, where several did well despite the weather. The teams will be idle this week but they will come back from break and prepare for their[Read More…]
BMS wrestlers finish second in league finale
MEEKER | Nineteen Barone Middle School wrestlers competed in the final league tournament of the school season in Rangely last Saturday, with 17 returning with medals and a second place team trophy. A few of the young Cowboys will wrestle in the state-qualifying regional tournament this weekend in Grand Junction but[Read More…]
Track practice …
Members of Meeker’s track program were recently running the streets getting ready for the season, which will feature their first home meet in several years. The Bob King Track, which was new last year, will host a home meet March 30 and coach John Strate is asking for volunteers to[Read More…]
Cheery …
Arguably the hardest working athletes at Meeker High School, definitely the most cheerful, the MHS cheerleading squad practices two hours a day, four days a week, starting in the fall and cheering at all home events, then traveling to state competitions. The squad grew to 12 girls this year and[Read More…]