36-7 win over Hayden Tigers ensures Meeker of 2009 playoff berth MEEKER I With a 36-7 victory against the Tigers in Hayden last week, the Meeker Cowboy football team clinched a playoff berth and will host the Hotchkiss Bulldogs for the Northwest League championship in Starbuck Stadium on Friday.
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Lady Cowboys host district tournament
MEEKER I With the district volleyball tournament this week on their home court, the Lady Cowboys are peaking at the right time. In what proved to be a good tuneup for Meeker, the Lady Cowboys came through with three wins last week over De Beque, Hayden and Plateau Valley.
Meeker jumps on Rangely early to take 46-0 victory
MEEKER I Cowboy head football coach Shane Phelan said he does not script the first 15 plays for his team. If he did, it would have been difficult for him to script them any better last Friday. After the first 15 plays against county rival Rangely, Meeker led 30-0.
Barone volleyball team downs Rangely squad in ’09 season’s final match
RANGELY I In a rematch between county rivals Meeker and Rangely, Barone Middle School’s eighth-grade team prevailed in a junior high volleyball tournament here last Saturday. Meeker’s Barone Middle School seventh-graders also finished first.
Good effort isn’t enough
MEEKER I The Lady Cowboys played well. Just not quite well enough to win. “This was the best collective effort we have had this season,” Meeker volleyball coach Christy Atwood said of last Friday’s rivalry match against Rangely. “If we can continue to eliminate errors, the karma is going to[Read More…]
MHS cross country runs well in Rifle, on to state-qualifying regional meet in Aspen
MEEKER I Runners on the Meeker cross country team competed in Rifle last Thursday in their final competition before the state-qualifying regional meet Saturday in Aspen. “It was another great day of running,” head coach Kris Casey said of the meet. “They changed up their course a bit from last[Read More…]
Tough weekend for Meeker volleyball team
MEEKER I Last weekend was a tough one for the Lady Cowboys. This weekend will be, too. “This weekend will be another tough one for us. We play Rangely Friday and Vail Mountain Saturday,” said Meeker volleyball coach Christy Atwood. “Rangely is playing great ball and will be a tough[Read More…]
Defense keys Meeker’s 14-7 victory
MEEKER I Although the Cowboy offense outscored the Paonia Eagles, according to head coach Shane Phelan, it was Meeker’s defense that won the game. “Our defense played well,” Phelan said. “To hold a team like Paonia to one touchdown, you have to do a lot of good things out there.”
MHS’ Morris ties for 61st at state golf
MEEKER I Sophomore golfer Trey Morris, after shooting a career-best 80 to tie for second at the Western Regional, ran into some tough competition — and weather — at the Class 3A state tournament.
MHS runners to regionals
MEEKER I It was not the course cross country teams will race on during the regional meet, scheduled for later this month in Aspen but Meeker cross country coach Kris Casey enjoyed the setting last Saturday.
Meeker junior high volleyball nips Rangely
MEEKER | With the season winding down, the county’s junior high volleyball teams are finishing strong. In a closely contested match last week, the combined Meeker eighth-grade A and B team beat previously unbeaten Rangely in three games.
Youth football teams top New Castle
MEEKER I Both of Meeker’s youth football teams won their games last weekend. The third- and fourth-grade team won its game in overtime, 12-6, against New Castle, while the fifth- and sixth-grade team overpowered New Castle 31-0 in its game.
