Meeker Sports
Meeker volleyball team hosts Plateau Valley for Homecoming
MEEKER | The Meeker High School volleyball team continues to improve, as they won two matches last week, played Rio Blanco County rival Rangely Tuesday, play in Kremmling today and host Plateau Valley Friday for Homecoming 2017. The lady Cowboys have a 7-1 record after beating the Caprock Academy Eagles[Read More…]
MHS softball hosts Basalt Longhorns for Homecoming Friday at Paintbrush Park
MEEKER | Few schools on the western slope of Colorado have high school girls’ softball teams, so many miles are traveled to play league games. The lady Cowboys recently improved their record to 9-3 after doubleheader wins against Eagle Valley and Montezuma-Cortez. Meeker will host the Basalt Longhorns in a[Read More…]
Cowboys slay Dragons 39-6
MEEKER | After traveling through Wyoming and Nebraska, the Cowboys ended up in the northeast corner of the state, where they played and defeated the Holyoke Dragons 39-6. The Cowboys will have a bye this week, for extra time to prepare to host the Monte Vista Pirates for homecoming, Sept.[Read More…]
MHS runners continue to progress
MEEKER | On a “hilly course” in Hotchkiss, the Meeker High School cross country team ran last Saturday and the Cowboy runners continue to enjoy the challenge of each new course. Meeker sophomore Briar Meszaros was the only girl to run for the Cowboys and according to coach Marty Casey,[Read More…]
New volleyball coach gets first home win
MEEKER | Greg Cravens, Meeker’s new head volleyball coach, earned his first home win last Saturday in his new gymnasium, as his team defeated the DeBeque Dragons in three straight games. Meeker is currently 5-1 and will play in Grand Junction Friday then host Vail Mountain Saturday. The lady Cowboys[Read More…]
Meeker girls finish 3rd in Kremmling
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys’ volleyball team played four matches in the West Grand tournament last weekend in Kremmling, winning three of four and placing third in the tournament. Meeker will host their first match of the season this Saturday when the DeBeque Dragons come to town. “It was a[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Titans, travel to Holyoke next
MEEKER | In the second game of the season, the 1A Meeker Cowboys took on the bigger 2A Titans from Coal Ridge and after a hard fought three quarters of play, the Cowboys wore them down and won 30-7. Meeker will now travel across the state to play the Dragons[Read More…]
Cowboys run up Devil’s Thumb in Delta
MEEKER | Normally, it does not take 30 minutes to run a high school cross country race, which is five kilometers but there is nothing normal about the Devil’s Thumb Hill Climb race in Delta, which Meeker runners attempted last Saturday. The Cowboys will run in Hotchkiss this Saturday. “The[Read More…]
Back repeats as women’s club champ; Watt regains men’s title
MEEKER | Five women and 18 men, divided into two flights, played 36 holes of golf last weekend at the Meeker Golf Course to determine women and men’s club champions, along with bragging and parking rights. After two days of play, Meeker’s Peggy Back defended her Women’s Club title and[Read More…]
Cowboys win opener in Starbuck Stadium 40-0
MEEKER | The last game the Meeker High School football team played in Starbuck Stadium was the 1A Colorado State Football Championship game, the only loss of the season last year for the Cowboys. They started their new season with a new team and a new group of seniors who[Read More…]
MHS softball team defeats defending champs in opener
MEEKER | “Base hit and we celebrate,” third base coach Dr. Chris Williams told his batter Tilly Brown during the opening game against the Basalt Longhorns, defending league champs. She did just that, and she and her team celebrated after defeating the Basalt Longhorns 6-5. The lady Cowboys will host[Read More…]