RBC — The two Rio Blanco County girls basketball teams played against each other in the final week of the regular season and were matched up in the first round of the district tournament. The second game was closer but the outcome was the same. Meeker defeated Rangely 47-35 last[Read More…]
Meeker Sports
Lady Cowboys end regular season with two wins
MEEKER — The Meeker girls basketball team finished the regular season on a winning note and earned a home game in the quarterfinals of the district tournament.
Cowboys batter Rams in season finale
MEEKER — Parents’ night at the final home varsity basketball games is a tradition that allows players an opportunity to show appreciation to their parents and supporters prior to the game and it’s always made better when the home team can achieve a victory. Saturday the Meeker High School Cowboys[Read More…]
Cowboys send four to state wrestling in Denver
MEEKER — Josh Prescott has been on Meeker’s varsity wrestling team all four years of his high school career and and has qualified for the “big show” all four years but never as a regional champion.
Cowboys grounded by Eagles 37-70
MEEKER — The Paonia Eagles easily handled the MHS Cowboys last Friday night in Paonia 37-70. The loss makes this week’s game with cross-county rival Rangely pivotal for both teams as the winner will receive the number three seeding for the upcoming district tournament.
BMS A-teams beat Sailors
MEEKER — The Barone Middle School girls basketball teams hosted the Steamboat Springs Sailors last Saturday and won three of four games.
Meeker loses league game in Paonia
MEEKER — The lady Cowboy basketball team traveled to Paonia last Friday and lost a league game to the Eagles 60-41. Meeker will host the Rangely Panthers Friday and Soroco Saturday. “We are still trying to get the flow back we had right after Christmas,” head coach Hallie Blunt said.[Read More…]
Cowboys take on bigger schools, beat Hotchkiss
MEEKER — The Cowboys used six pins and a forfeit to defeat the 3A Hotchkiss Bulldogs last Friday in front of their last hometown crowd of the season. “We needed a lot of them,” Meeker’s head coach Willy Theos said of the pins that allowed the Cowboys to win the[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys drop two league games on the road
MEEEKR — It wasn’t a good week to be unable to make baskets but according to Meeker’s head girls basketball coach Hallie Blunt, that’s what happened in games against Grand Valley and South Routt County (Soroco) last week. “We couldn’t make a basket,” Blunt said.
Cowboys split in road contests
Lose to Grand Valley, win at Soroco MEEKER — The Meeker Cowboys varsity basketball was beaten by the defending state champions and currently number one ranked Grand Valley Cardinals last Thursday night in Parachute 56-73. However, the team recovered from the defeat and was able to pick up a crucial[Read More…]
Cowboys split final regular games
MEEKER I The challenge of playing the same team twice in the regular season with only the second game counting toward league standings bit the Cowboys over the weekend.