MEEKER I The Barone Middle School track athletes completed their 2015 season on Saturday in Baggs. Made up of seventh and eighth graders, the team competed at Coal Ridge, Rangely and also had a fun night of relays in Craig on Thursday.
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MHS baseball team takes streak of four wins to weekend district tourney
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Cowboys baseball team will take a four-game winning streak into the district tournament this weekend in Delta, where the champion will advance to the state tournament.
Youth wrestling…
“Our community rocks,” Meeker Community Wrestling Club Coach Carl Padilla said after the annual Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tournament Saturday at Meeker High School. More than 350 wrestlers, including 62 from Meeker, participated in the tournament, which is an all-volunteer effort. “I’m extremely proud to call Meeker home,” Padilla[Read More…]
Meeker track team continues its efforts to qualify for state
MEEKER I The regular track season is winding down, and the Meeker track team continues to improve, with the goal of qualifying as many athletes as possible for the 2015 Colorado State Track and Field Championships in Denver in less than three weeks.
Meeker girls first while boys are third at track meet held in Rangely
MEEKER I Despite snow, wind and rain in Meeker on Saturday, Meeker High School Cowboy track coach John Strate said, “Both teams had a great day in Rangely,” where the girls won the team title and the boys finished third in a field of eight teams.
Meeker tracksters have busy week
MEEKER I The Meeker High School Cowboys boys’ and girls’ track teams faced tough competition on Friday at the Coal Ridge Invitational meet, then improved many of their performances the next day in Glenwood Springs.
MHS baseball…
Meeker track team battles injuries
MEEKER I One of Meeker’s track stars returned from injury to compete in the annual Frank Woodburn Invitational, another was injured in the same meet and another is expected back this week, when the Cowboys run, jump and throw at Coal Ridge on Friday and in Glenwood Springs on Saturday.
Cowboys drop two games to Paonia, 14-2 and 27-2
MEEKER I “Paonia is always tough,” Meeker head baseball coach Jason Browning said. The Eagles were in Meeker on Saturday and won a doubleheader held after a JV game at Paintbrush Park. The Cowboys played in Hotchkiss on Tuesday and will host them at home Saturday.
Middle school wrestlers end season; Meeker and Rangely each place four
RBC I On the first Saturday of their spring break, many Rio Blanco County middle school wrestlers competed in the final tournament of the regular season in Meeker and many placed. Rangely entered nine grapplers and placed four. Meeker entered 14 wrestlers and placed four as well.
Small MHS track team has placers
MEEKER I It was the first Saturday of spring break for Meeker High School, but many of the student athletes still competed in a track and field meet in Hotchkiss, allowing some the opportunity to enter more events than normal.
Barone has two wrestling champs
MEEKER I Three Barone Middle School wrestlers advanced to the championship match in a tournament held in Oak Creek on Saturday, and two seventh-graders won titles in their respective weights.