RBC | The holiday vacation for high school winter athletes in Rio Blanco County is over, as the athletes have been practicing and will begin competing in 2018 on the courts and on the wrestling mats starting Friday. Meeker and Rangely’s basketball programs will both host games Friday and both[Read More…]
Meeker Sports
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Titans defeat Cowboys
MEEKER | “We played well and I thought we played hard and competed,” Meeker head basketball coach Klark Kindler said of the last game of 2017, where the eighth ranked 2A Cowboys, lost to the 3A Coal Ridge Titans, one week ago. The Cowboys will return to play five games[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys end 2017 on winning note, defeat Titans and Huskies
MEEKER | The Meeker girls’ varsity basketball team ended 2017 on a winning note, after defeating the 3A Coal Ridge Titans and the 3A Battle Mountain Huskies in the final two games of 2017, with both of them happening in front of hometown fans. “The girls found a rhythm Thursday[Read More…]
All Conference volleyball…
Kennedy, Pelloni place at GJ Warrior Classic
MEEKER | Ten Cowboy varsity wrestlers entered the always-competitive Warrior Classic last weekend in Grand Junction, where seven won at least one match and two ended the year with Warrior medals. The Cowboys will not wrestle competitively again until next year. “The kids competed very well,” Meeker head coach J.C.[Read More…]
Meeker girls lose to Cardinals, host Coal Ridge today, Battle Mountain Friday
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys lost a non-conference game in Parachute to the Grand Valley Cardinals last Friday and will host two more games this year, starting with the Coal Ridge Titans tonight, then the Battle Mountain Huskies Friday. Meeker fell behind 7-14 after the first quarter, then pulled to[Read More…]
Cowboys fall to Cardinals 60-41; play Coal Ridge tonight
MEEKER | “Their speed really affected us and we were playing too fast,” Meeker boys’ head basketball coach Klark Kindler said of his team’s 41-60 loss last Friday to the 3A Grand Valley Cardinals. The Cowboys will play another non-conference game today against the 3A Coal Ridge Titans, with the[Read More…]
Register now for Meeker Youth Basketball
MEEKER | Boys in third through sixth grades are encouraged to register for ERBM Recreation and Park District’s Meeker Youth Basketball (MYB) program through Dec. 22. MYB is a recreational traveling program that is designed to help youth develop athletic skills. Players will practice twice per week and play out-of-town[Read More…]
Cowboys wrestle at home and in Delta
MEEKER | Hometown wrestling fans were treated to one final dual meet in 2017 when the Buena Vista Demons came to Meeker last Friday before both teams wrestled in the Delta Invitational tournament the following day. The Cowboys will wrestle in the annual Warrior Classic starting this Friday at Grand[Read More…]
Cowboys win WREA Cowboy Shootout
MEEKER | “By virtue of winning all three of their games, the 2017 WREA Cowboy Shootout champions are the Meeker Cowboys,” White River Electric Association representative Dale Dunbar said, after Meeker won its third and final game of the tournament. The Cowboys will play in Parachute this Friday against the[Read More…]
Football Banquet …
The Meeker High School football team held its annual banquet last Sunday, where the players thanked everyone for supporting its Touchdowns for Kris pledge drive during the month of October, for Barone Middle School teacher Kris Casey. The Cowboys scored 21 touchdowns in the month of October, resulting in a[Read More…]