MEEKER | Meeker wrestling head coach JC Watt cannot be more excited for this year, 19 boys are on the team (about average) and he expects all will stick it out. Also on the lineup is the addition of two new coaches, bringing the number to six. Joining Watt are[Read More…]
Sports
Panther boys basketball kicks off Dec. 6
RANGELY | The CHSAA preseason boys basketball rankings came out this week with DeBeque pegged as the current class 1A favorite and four Western Slope League members (Vail Christian, Plateau Valley, Meeker and Paonia) receiving votes in the 2A poll. The Rangely Panthers, fresh off a 5-17 campaign last year,[Read More…]
30 girls out for MHS basketball this year
MEEKER | Meeker High School construction has not slowed down winter sports, on Nov. 18 practice began, and head coach Jamie Rogers is looking forward to another big lady Cowboy basketball team this year. There are 30 girls on the team and Rogers will have a split practice once again[Read More…]
C-H-E-E-R …
Last weekend in Grand Junction the Meeker High School varsity cheerleading squad competed at the Western Colorado Regional Championships, in the Game Day division. Game Day is a brand new division in Colorado high school cheerleading this year. “Our athletes had three minutes to showcase their motion technique, crowd leading[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys close season at state
MEEKER | The 2019 Meeker Volleyball season has come to an end. With an outstanding year of amazing memories, an undefeated league season and a fifth place at the state tournament, the Cowboys have nothing to hang their heads about. The Cowboys traveled to Denver last Wednesday to compete in[Read More…]
Cowboys fall to Centauri in quarterfinal
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys made it two games into the postseason before falling to the Centauri Falcons 41-6. The Cowboys struggled to get out of the gates on a warm November afternoon. Starting quarterback Ryan Phelan, junior, suffered a season-ending injury in the first playoff game against Buena Vista.[Read More…]
Cowboys take the field again Saturday
MEEKER | Post season is in full swing, and the Cowboy football team is headed into quarter-finals after a 34-20 win over Buena Vista. The game began with what could have been a major setback after a severe injury to quarterback Ryan Phelan at the end of the first quarter[Read More…]
Panther season ends in first round of playoffs
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers football team qualified as the No. 12 team in the Colorado 8-man state playoffs. The Panthers traveled to Dayspring Christian Academy on Saturday, Nov. 9 to take on the Eagles who were the No. 5 seed in the playoff bracket. The Panthers did not[Read More…]
CHAMPS! Lady Cowboys win third regional tournament title, first state match tonight
MEEKER | It is no surprise that the Meeker Cowboys volleyball team are at the state tournament this weekend. With back to back wins this weekend at home for Regionals, the Cowboys beat the Sargent Farmers in four matches and the Telluride Miners in three. Some key highlights from this[Read More…]
BMS B-Ball …
The Barone Middle School Cowboys traveled to Steamboat last Saturday for their first basketball tournament of 2019. They made some changes from previous games and are improving. This Friday both seventh and eighth grade A teams will travel to Soroco for a Craig, Meeker, Rangely, Soroco and West Grand[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys qualify for volleyball regionals; third year in a row
MEEKER | For the past three years head coach Greg Cravens has successfully brought the Meeker Cowboys volleyball team to the Regional tournament. Last weekend, the Cowboys won all four games at their home-hosted league tournament. The Cowboys saw Vail Mountain and Vail Christian Friday and West Grand and Paonia[Read More…]
RBC high school football teams headed into state playoffs: Panthers head to Greeley Saturday for round one
RANGELY | What better night for some high school football in Rio Blanco County than on a cold Halloween night in Rangely, Colorado. This game saw temperatures hover around 20 degrees at kickoff and plummet to single digits by the time the final horn sounded in a Rangely Panthers victory[Read More…]
