Both county baseball teams play in Rangely on Saturday MEEKER | “I think it has been at least 12 years since we have hosted and roughly 30 years since we hosted a meet with pole vault,” Meeker High School head track and field head coach John Strate said about Friday’s meet[Read More…]
Sports
Cowboys drop season opener in Carbondale
MEEKER | Before starting spring break 2018, the Meeker High School baseball team traveled to Carbondale last Wednesday for its season opener against the Roaring Fork Rams, who shut out the Cowboys 10-0. The Cowboys will be idle this week but return from break to play two league games in Rangely[Read More…]
Onyett rodeo results
RBC | Colton Onyett of Rangely finished third in bareback riding at the Trinity Valley Community College rodeo competition in Athens, Texas, riding for the McNeese State University rodeo team. In the Texas A&M University-Kingsville rodeo competition, Onyett finished seventh in bareback riding.
Meeker tracksters start season in Rifle; first home meet in years coming March 30
MEEKER | More than 20 Meeker High School track and field athletes spent their first day of spring break in Rifle competing in a track meet, where several did well despite the weather. The teams will be idle this week but they will come back from break and prepare for their[Read More…]
First track meet of the season for the Panthers
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers track and field team had its first meet on Friday, March 16, in Rifle, Colo. When they arrived they thought they were in the Winter Olympics, but doing Summer Olympics events. The infield was covered with snow, the outside lanes had ice on them, the rings[Read More…]
BMS wrestlers finish second in league finale
MEEKER | Nineteen Barone Middle School wrestlers competed in the final league tournament of the school season in Rangely last Saturday, with 17 returning with medals and a second place team trophy. A few of the young Cowboys will wrestle in the state-qualifying regional tournament this weekend in Grand Junction but[Read More…]
Chism, Varner and Pearce win Northwestern Colorado wrestling championships
RANGELY | The Panther wrestling team competed in the Northwestern Colorado wrestling championships last Saturday. The team placed fourth overall, and wrestled very well. “We just can’t compete team score wise with the teams that have full rosters,” said head coach Jeff LeBleu. Curtis Reeves at 80 pounds was one match[Read More…]
Track practice …
Members of Meeker’s track program were recently running the streets getting ready for the season, which will feature their first home meet in several years. The Bob King Track, which was new last year, will host a home meet March 30 and coach John Strate is asking for volunteers to[Read More…]
Cheery …
Arguably the hardest working athletes at Meeker High School, definitely the most cheerful, the MHS cheerleading squad practices two hours a day, four days a week, starting in the fall and cheering at all home events, then traveling to state competitions. The squad grew to 12 girls this year and[Read More…]
Take me out to the ballgame …
Baseball practice started before basketball season was over and on Monday several players from the third place state basketball team were wearing mitts and on the Sixth Street field ready to practice. The Cowboys are scheduled to play their first game of the season today in Carbondale against the Roaring[Read More…]
Correction …
MEEKER | Lady Cowboy Kirsten Brown was incorrectly identified as Denise Brown in last week’s paper. We regret the error.
Lady Panthers get first state-level win
RANGELY | The lady Panthers finished their 2018 season at the state tournament in Loveland this last weekend. The Panthers went into the tournament the No. 6 seed, and they matched up with the No. 3 Wray Eagles in the first round at the Budweiser Events Center on Thursday. The game[Read More…]
