RANGELY | The Panthers hosted the Basalt Longhorns in a 2A vs. 3A match in Rangely on Tuesday. The Panthers jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first two innings behind a strong pitching performance from junior Drew Brannan. The Longhorns took a 4-3 lead after the fourth inning. That[Read More…]
Sports
Meeker girls win first meet on Bob King Track
MEEKER | “We had a great home meet on Friday, the weather held and we were very proud of the performances by all of the athletes,” Meeker High School track coach John Strate said of the first high school track meet held on the new Bob King Track at Starbuck Stadium.[Read More…]
Turner, Blunt win state championships
MEEKER | The late Bill Turner, was Rio Blanco County’s first state wrestling champion, winning an individual title for the Rangely Panthers in 1958, then coaching Meeker’s first state championship team in any sport in 1979. Now two of his grandsons have continued the tradition, one becoming Meeker’s first elementary school[Read More…]
Cowboys win two in Rangely
MEEKER | The Cowboys played and won two baseball games last Saturday in Rangely, neither was against their county rival, the Panthers. Meeker defeated Ignacio 7-6 in what head coach Brian Merrifield called a “nail-biter,” then pounded the Dolores Bears 13-3, playing both games on Colorado Northwestern Community College’s field. The[Read More…]
Panthers take advantage of back-to-back meets
By Patrick Scoggins Special to the Herald Times RBC | Friday, March 30, the Rangely Panther track and field team took a short drive east to compete in the first high school meet hosted on Meeker’s new track. Despite a small number of teams competing, the athletes scorched around the track[Read More…]
Varner places 3rd at state wrestling
RANGELY | The Rangely middle school wrestling team sent three wrestlers to the Super State Tournament in Denver this past weekend. Kobey Chism started the day off with a pin over his Rocky Ford opponent, then lost his next two matches. Chism was one match away from placing. “Great Job[Read More…]
RHS BASEBALL …
Sophomore Dylan LeBleu took to the pitching mound for the Panthers last weekend in Rangely. The RHS varsity lost to Dolores 11-0 and to Ignacio 17-5. In a doubleheader against Basalt Tuesday, the team lost 8-7 and 11-8. They’ll have a home conference game against Paonia Saturday at 11 a.m.[Read More…]
Twenty-three girls out for soccer
RANGELY | Spring sports are here, which means athletes are practicing in the sun, wind, rain and snow. The lady Panthers soccer team has a number of girls who have come out to play this year which means Rangely High School will have a varsity and a JV team. The team[Read More…]
Rangely sends three to state wrestling
RANGELY | Nine Rangely middle school wrestlers competed in the northwest Colorado regional tournament last Saturday in Grand Junction. Sixth grader Jaxon Torsell; seventh graders Mariah Henson, Anthony Dorris, Kasen LeBleu; eighth graders Braxton Moore and Dontea Pearce all wrestled in the tournament but did not place. Pearce lost a heartbreaker[Read More…]
Nine BMS wrestlers qualify for state
MEEKER | The school sponsored portion of middle school wrestling ended when spring break 2018 started and 14 young Cowboys from Meeker wrestled in the state-qualifying regional tournament. Nine of them qualified. “These boys proved they were legitimately tough,” middle school coach Todd Morris said of the 14 wrestlers who competed[Read More…]
Panther Baseball …
The Rangely Panthers baseball team will take to the field for the first time this season on Saturday, hosting Dolores at noon on the high school field and Ignacio at 3 p.m., also on the high school field. This year’s team includes (back) Stetson Cudo, Tristan Tucker, Raiden Ganser, Kobe[Read More…]
Panthers take 12 to Hotchkiss; team places 7th and 13th
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther track and field team finished up their spring break by taking 12 athletes to the Hotchkiss Invitational on Saturday, March 24. The weather was much better than the previous week’s meet and the competition was at their best. The Rangely Panther boys’ team finished seventh out[Read More…]
