MEEKER | The 20th year of the Meeker Cowboy Shootout, hosted by White River Electric Association (WREA), wrapped up with Fruita Monument on top, Mancos second, Rifle third and Meeker fourth. Selections for the all-tournament team are Cole Rogers from Meeker, Adani Hassan from Lotus School of Excellence, Evan Senhart[Read More…]
Sports
State cheer competition …
After taking first place in the 2A Game Day Division at the regional cheerleading championships in November, Meeker High School’s varsity cheerleading squad headed to state competition in Denver last weekend. They competed with 2A and 3A schools (all-girl and coed) in the Game Day Division on Friday and placed[Read More…]
Football awards …
Meeker Cowboy football 2019’s seven seniors — Tevin Pelloni, Jake Shelton, Colby Shelton, Ridge Williams, Cole Rogers, Colton Wille and Kesston Hobbs — had their last high school football banquet Sunday. Head coach Shane Phelan pointed out that these boys made playoffs each and every year of their high school[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys 3rd at WREA Shootout
MEEKER | The White River Electric Association (WREA) sponsored the 20th annual Cowboy Shootout last weekend. This annual tournament is two weekends long, last weekend the girls played and in this upcoming weekend, the boys will take to the court. The eight-team tournament championship game ended with the Moffat County[Read More…]
Swim team takes on Demons
MEEKER | The Moffat County Bulldogs traveled to Glenwood for their first — and much anticipated — meet of the year. The Glenwood Springs Demon Meet featured some big accomplishments for a team filled with new swimmers. “I was excited for the A relay to swim together,” commented Head Coach[Read More…]
Cowboys take to the mats
MEEKER | After three full weeks of practice the Cowboy wrestlers finally took to the mats. Saturday found the team split, the varsity competed at the Maverick Duals in Grand Junction and JV at the Olathe JV Tournament. “The varsity did not have all the weights filled yet,” commented head[Read More…]
Varner, Mackay get wins at CMU
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther wrestling team started their opening weekend of competition Friday against region foes the Hayden Tigers. The Panthers had 11 matches including exhibition matches. Sophomore Zane Varner came away with the only win, bumping up a weight class and beating his opponent by pin in the[Read More…]
Rangely boys split games at Manila
RANGELY | Rangely’s boys’ basketball squad split their two contests at the Manila Shootout on Dec. 6-7. On Friday, the Panthers fell 28-103 to a vastly improved Intermountain Christian team out of Salt Lake City. According to the Deseret News, ICS is the favorite in 1A region 22 and one[Read More…]
Lady Panthers off to a hot start
RANGELY | Rangely’s lady Panthers took to the road to tipoff their 2019-2020 season in Manila, Utah. The lady Panthers opened up their first game against Green River, Utah. “We started well and just went to work. Our goal for the season is to be a defensive force that complicates[Read More…]
Lady Panthers looking to make a run in ’19-20
RANGELY | Rangely’s lady Panthers started their 2019-2020 campaign on Monday, Nov. 18. Returning for the Panthers are three seniors, Hannah Wilkie, Zoey Peck and Susan Gillard. Accompanying the seniors are juniors Kacie Lapp and Dixie Rhea; and sophomores Mary Scoggins, Adelynn Halcomb, Shauna Lapp, Aspen Low and Elyssa Byers will add[Read More…]
MHS Cowboys open Tues. at home
MEEKER | The Cowboys boys basketball team has been in the gym for nearly three weeks, getting ready for the 2019-2020 season. Head coach Klark Kindler has a change in staff this year and welcomes Greg Cravens as the junior varsity coach. Trey Morris will be returning for the third[Read More…]
Panthers run at Nike meet
RANGELY | Even though the season has ended, the Rangely cross country team decided to take a little trip to run in the Nike Southwest Regional Meet in Casa Grande, Arizona. The team took two girls and three boys to run plus an extra for support of the team. The Nike[Read More…]
