Saturday morning found both Mustangs teams traveling to Rifle. First up, the Division 1 players put on quite a show with an educational victory 39-13 over the rival Bears. Division 2 continues to thrill with grinding style football. Similar to the hard fought contest a week earlier against Aspen, this[Read More…]
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RODEO DREAMS
Eva Scritchfield and Wagner Brown competed in barrels last weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Both girls are part of Meeker’s high school rodeo program. According to Trina Zagar Brown, they had good runs and are getting faster with each competition. It was the last high school fall rodeo for anyone[Read More…]
Golf wraps season at River Valley Ranch
MEEKER | 2022 Cowboy Golf wrapped up Tuesday at River Valley Ranch Golf Course. Wil Schwartz, who has been leading the team scores this year, was just short of qualifying with an 88, Sam Hightower shot a 95, Alex Garcia a 105, and Drew Drake a 110.
MHS softball adds wins to record
The Cowboy softball team traveled to Eagle last Friday to play Battle Mountain. Both the varsity and JV came away with victories. The varsity team was led by senior Reagan Hafey who went four for four at the plate, with two doubles and five RBIs. Hafey also pitched three solid[Read More…]
Cowboy volleyball heads into HoCo matches
With only one game this week, Meeker volleyball got a small reprieve before homecoming. “Oh, how nice it was to relax a little this week,” began head coach Greg Cravens. The JV and C Team went to Baggs on Tuesday; C Team won in two, and JV played a three[Read More…]
BMS XC runs on home course
Saturday morning was a beautiful day for a junior high cross country meet. The Cowboy athletes prepared the course Friday morning with a multitude of colorful flags starting outside the track, through the middle school practice fields, over to the Rec Center and finishing on the track. To assure no[Read More…]
CNCC rodeo team ready for fall
The CNCC rodeo team is back up and going for the Fall 2022 college rodeo season. The team competed in its first rodeo of the season on Sept. 9-10 in Cedar City, Utah, with a new group of freshmen. The second rodeo of the season was in Pocatello, Idaho, last[Read More…]
Cross country races in GWS
The dual peaks of Mt. Sopris held an ever watchful gaze over the competitors of the Demon Invitational this past Saturday, as Glenwood Springs hosted six teams at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus. A new venue this year, the course consisted of grass, asphalt, gravel, and single track[Read More…]
7th and 8th grade Barone Middle School volleyball underway
MEEKER | On Saturday, Sept. 2, Meeker seventh grade volleyball A and B teams defeated Rangely. The Meeker B team won the first set 25-11 and the second 25-16. In the first set Althea Halstead (39) served 10 times in a row which led to the first set win. In[Read More…]
Meeker students compete on high school rodeo circuit
Meeker High School is not new to rodeo, and three more Cowboys are participating for the 2022-2023 high school rodeo season, Jessi Pelloni, Eva Scritchfield and Wagner Brown. Both Brown and Scritchfield compete in Wyoming and Pelloni in Colorado. “Since we do not have a team, the kids can choose[Read More…]
BRINGING THE CHEER …
The MHS cheer squad worked with pint-size cheerleaders on Friday, Sept. 9 at Starbuck Stadium at a cheerleading clinic put on by Meeker High School and ERBM Recreation & Park District. They showed off their skills at the football game later that evening. | COURTESY PHOTOS
Mighty Mustangs…
The fifth and sixth grade Meeker Mustang team defeated defending champs Aspen 12-6 in Glenwood on Saturday, Sept. 10, with just four seconds left in the game. The younger team lost 18-19. | SAMME PURKEY PHOTO