RANGELY | The Rangely High School boys’ basketball team completed their busiest stretch of the season last week as they played four games in six days. On Monday, Rangely hosted the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers and led by four at halftime. A poor third quarter led to a deficit the[Read More…]
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Cowboys lose one, win one
MEEKER | The Cowboys wrapped up the weekend 1-1, falling to Plateau Valley on Friday, but gaining one in the “W” column at Vail Mountain on Saturday. They now have an overall record of 5-8 and are 3-4 on the league. Ryan Phelan and Cole Rogers scored a combined 21[Read More…]
Three Panthers place at tourney
RANGELY | Coaches consider the Screaming Eagle wrestling tournament held in Paonia last Saturday, as a good preview to the upcoming, state-qualifying, 2A regional tournament and Rangely head coach J.C. Chumacero believes the same. “This was a great tournament as we saw many regional teams,” coach Chumacero said of the[Read More…]
Cowboys tie for fourth in tourney
MEEKER | The Cowboy wrestling team split duals with Norwood and Hotchkiss last Friday, then placed eighth in the Screaming Eagle tournament in Paonia, where the team finished tied for fourth. Meeker has changed their schedule and will wrestle Paonia and Palisade in duals tonight in Palisade, instead of Friday,[Read More…]
NUGGETS …
Gracie Coker, Carmella Fortunato, Kaitlyn Cox, Angelina Fortunato, Aubrianna Tapia, Alivia Green, Jesse Barger and Breyann Barger participated in this year’s Nuggets Skills Challenge at the Rangely Recreation Center on Jan. 11. Coker, Fortunato, Fortunato and Barger won their age groups and can go on to participate in the sectional[Read More…]
CNCC alumni lead Spartan men’s basketball
RANGELY | In fall of 2011, two Western Slope teens, Nathan Terrin and Thomas Powers, arrived at Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) with hoop dreams. Though the pair grew up only 40 miles apart, they had never met until they donned red and black to play for the Spartans in[Read More…]
Panthers compete at Rifle duals
RANGELY | The Panther wrestling team competed in the Rifle Duals for the first time and Rangely head coach J.C. Chintala said his team wrestled five duals. The Panthers will wrestle in Paonia’s Screaming Eagle tournament Saturday. “We wrestled in the Rifle Duals, which was a first for us,” coach[Read More…]
Overtime win for Cowboys …
Cowboy wrestlers celebrate after referee Steve Gottlieb signals two points for Meeker’s Dax Sheridan, giving the 152-pound junior a 16-14 overtime win against his Moffat County opponent Tuesday at Meeker High School. Coming off an idle weekend, the Meeker wrestling team hosted Moffat County and beat the undermanned 3A Bulldogs[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys sixth in league after weekend of wins
MEEKER | It was a weekend full of success for the lady Cowboys basketball team. Three games played, 173 total points scored, 100 more than their opponents and they moved up in the ranking from number eight to six. “We are super excited about last weekend,” commented head coach Jamie[Read More…]
Cowboys lose three
MEEKER | The Cowboys traveled home from Paonia Saturday after losing their third game on the weekend. A record of 4-7 overall and 2-3 on the league, the team is struggling shooting. “We are right there in every game. We just are not scoring when we need a score,” said[Read More…]
Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge Results
RBC | Twenty-one youth participated in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge competition local round hosted by ERBM Recreation and Park District on Friday, Jan. 11. Six youth have captured honors in the Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge local round and will advance to the sectionals. The following earned first place[Read More…]
Two wrestlers place at Utah tournament
MEEKER | The Cowboys wrestled in the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah, last weekend and found the competition as tough as the tournament’s namesake. Several Cowboys won matches in the varsity tournament but only two placed. The Cowboys will take a week off to “heal up” according to head coach[Read More…]
