Meeker Sports
Meeker Mustangs trounce Rifle Bears, play at home Saturday
MEEKER | The younger Mustangs (third and fourth grades) took to a soggy field at Starbuck Stadium against a tough Rifle team Saturday. Both teams started tentatively with cold hands and fumbles aplenty. After half time the boys warmed up, held onto the ball, and quickly built a comfortable margin[Read More…]
Meeker softball team wins league championship, host regional tourney
MEEKER | With a win at home against Cedaredge and two wins on the road in Gunnison, the Meeker High School girls’ softball team clinched the 3A District 5 championship and will host two other teams for a regional tournament Oct. 13. The Meeker girls, who are currently 15-3 and[Read More…]
MHS cross country runs at back-to-back meets
MEEKER | The Cowboys were busy this past weekend, with back-to-back cross country meets Friday and Saturday. The fun started on Friday at Sweitzer Lake State Park in Delta. Briar Meszaros finished 23rd out of the 58 runners in the girls’ race, in 23:25. In the boys’ race, Matthew Beck[Read More…]
Cowboys win first league game against Hotchkiss Bulldogs 36-7
MEEKER | It was the first league game of the season and the Cowboy football team won it by defeating the Hotchkiss Bulldogs 36-7 last Friday at home. The Cowboys are currently 5-0 and will play another league game in Parachute this Saturday against the always-competitive Grand Valley Cardinals. “Our[Read More…]
MHS volleyball team wins two more
MEEKER | Two more league wins on their home court and Meeker’s varsity volleyball team remains undefeated (6-0) in Northwest League play, while increasing its overall to 11-2. The lady Cowboys swept the Hotchkiss Bulldogs in three games last Friday on their home court, then did the same thing, at[Read More…]
Topsy turvy …
Meeker runners earn PRs
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Fruita Monument High School hosted their Anna Banana Memorial Invitational on Saturday, and Meeker was in attendance. The location and course were different this year, just southwest of Fruita, at the Snooks Bottom Open Space. The varsity boys started the day, and Matthew[Read More…]
MHS softball moves into top 10 rankings
MEEKER | The Meeker High School softball team won two three games last week, including a come-from-behind win against the Delta Pirates in its Homcoming 2017 doubleheader. Meeker, a state-qualifying team last year, is currently 12-3 and broke into the top 10 rankings last week, ranked sixth in 3A by[Read More…]
Cowboys pound Pirates 30-7, remain undefeated
MEEKER | Last year’s 1A state runners-up football team, the Meeker Cowboys, were the hosts to the Monte Vista Pirates for their 2017 Homecoming game in Starbuck Stadium and the Cowboys remain undefeated after winning 30-7. The Cowboys (4-0), are currently ranked second by Coloradopreps.com and will host the Hotchkiss[Read More…]
Meeker girls win two volleyball matches
MEEKER | The lady Cowboy varsity volleyball team won two league matches last week and they will play another league match Friday, when the Hotchkiss Bulldogs come to Meeker. Meeker defeated the West Grand Mustangs in Kremmling last week before hosting and defeating the Plateau Valley Cowboys for its Homecoming[Read More…]
MHS cross country earns PRs
Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Meeker cross country joined a large and very competitive field of racers on Saturday at Eagle Valley’s meet at the Gypsum Creek Golf Course. The boys raced first this week, and Matthew Beck once again led our squad, setting a personal record of[Read More…]