Rangely senior Makenze Cochrane (12) reaches for the ball with fellow senior Marlena Miller (10) and sophomore Kacie Lapp (15) in the background. The lady Panthers lost matches to Cedaredge and Hayden last weekend. They’ll face Soroco Friday in an away match. Matt Scoggins Photo
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Cowboys take a 34-0 win into Homecoming week
MEEKER | The first cold game of the season found the Cowboys traveling to Cedaredge to take on the Bruins. Meeker stacked up the yardage Friday with a 34-0 win that saw the Cowboys well balanced with a total of 629 yards. “They had a good team,” said head coach Shane[Read More…]
Panthers take out Tigers 58-12
RANGELY | Last Friday the Rangely Panthers traveled to Hayden for a conference battle. The Panthers went back and forth with the Tigers in the first quarter with 15 yard touchdown pass from Drew Brannan to Tristan Moore. Conversion was good on a run from Devin Ramirez. The Tigers responded on[Read More…]
Meeker’s Homecoming schedule
MEEKER | The Homecoming theme this year is “Decades,” with each class assigned a decade to represent. The Class of 2022 (freshman) will represent the 1950s. The Class of 2021 (sophomores) will represent the 1960s. The juniors (Class of 2020) will represent the 1980s and this year’s graduating class will[Read More…]
MHS runners in Rifle today
MEEKER I Aspen High School hosted the Chris Severy Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 6 and the Cowboys were on the course for all four races. Clouds shrouded the nearby peaks, but the rain stayed away during the competition. “Aspen is a tough course, and a good challenge for any runner,”[Read More…]
Softball …
Cowboy softball has been on the road and not seen home field action since Sept. 26. The last weekend in September found the team in Gunnison for a double header. Dominating both games, the Cowboys scored two in the “W” column. Outscoring Gunnison the first game 22-2 and the second[Read More…]
1968 …
Members of the 1968 state runner-up Meeker football team attended last week’s home game to commemorate the team head coach Shane Phelan said is responsible for starting the “culture and traditions that we have in our program.” Tiffany Jehorek Photo
Mustangs …
The Meeker Mustangs played their final home games of the season Saturday at Starbuck Stadium. Teams and fans made the trip from New Castle on a beautiful fall day. The third-fourth grade boys played first, making quick work of New Castle with a balanced attack of tough defense and precision[Read More…]
MHS volleyball 8-0 in league play
MEEKER | Another successful weekend on the courts: two matches, two wins and Cowboy volleyball begins the month of October with a 14-0 record overall and 8-0 in the league. Caprock Academy was first to fall, in front of a home crowd on Friday, defeated in three sets. “We passed[Read More…]
RHS volleyball gets homecoming success
RANGELY | The Homecoming games were a big success for the lady Panthers at both levels. Junior varsity won a tight match in two sets: 27-25 and 25-22. Shauna Lapp led the team with five kills and Chloe Goshe used her tips to great effect scoring four kills. On the[Read More…]
Cowboys win 36-7
MEEKER | Friday under the lights of Starbuck Stadium 20-plus members of the 1968 state runner-up Meeker Cowboys football team were on hand to watch the the 2018 football team defeat the Grand Valley Cardinals 36-7. Fifty years ago that Meeker team was responsible for starting the “culture and traditions[Read More…]
Panthers down one game
RANGELY | Two of the top-ranked teams in the state took to the field last Friday night as the Rangely Panthers hosted the West Grand Mustangs. Both teams headed into the game undefeated with high powered offenses in what looked to be a high scoring affair. The Mustangs, who average[Read More…]
