By Tiffany Jehorek Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The Cowboys were in a must win situation due to the RPI ranking system on Thursday, May 3 as they faced off against the Roaring Fork Rams. The game originally scheduled to be hosted by Meeker had to be moved[Read More…]
Sports
CNCC awards rodeo athletes at annual Spurs & Sparkles banquet
RANGELY | CNCC Rodeo celebrated their 2017-2018 season Saturday night at their seventh annual Spurs and Sparkles awards banquet. Morgan Crouse and Spartan cowboy Ethan Cook of Fruita provided outstanding live music while a few faculty members, parents and athletes enjoyed a top notch barbecue meal. The traditional banquet dress code[Read More…]
Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tourney this Saturday
MEEKER | Thirty-five Meeker youth wrestlers, competed in Rifle last Saturday and 34 of them placed in the top four. The young Cowboys will host the annual Casey Turner Memorial tournament this Saturday at Meeker High School, starting at 9 a.m. “Our kids wrestled tough and I’m very proud of how[Read More…]
Rangely girls driven to get the win as season wraps up
RANGELY | Spring sports are coming to an end even though they seem to have just started a few weeks ago. The lady Panthers soccer team had two games this past week, one against Grand Valley at home and the other on the road at Moffat County. On Tuesday, April 24,[Read More…]
Panthers nab several top 10 spots, compete in GJ Saturday
By PATRICK SCOGGINS Special to the Herald Times RANGELY | Friday, April 27, the Rangely track and field team joined a 15 team field at Craig, Colo., for the annual Clint Wells Invitational. With teams ranging in sizes from 1A to 5A, the Panthers fit right in with the best[Read More…]
Cowboys improve, prepare for league meet
MEEKER | The Cowboys’ track and field team split up again last weekend to compete but they will all be in one place starting today in Grand Junction for the three-day Western Slope League meet at Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction. Many Cowboys improved their times and distances in Craig last[Read More…]
County rivals face off in another doubleheader; Meeker comes out on top
RANGELY | The Rangely Panther baseball team traveled to Meeker to play the Cowboys in a non-league doubleheader on Saturday, April 28 at Paintbrush Park. The first game was a great game for both sides. Neither team had scored in the first two innings even though both teams had plenty of[Read More…]
Signed …
With his parents Pat and Becky Hughes standing behind him, flanked by his head coach Shane Phelan and his offensive coordinator Andy Coryell, Meeker High School senior Logan Hughes signed his college letter of intent to continue his education and football career at Nebraska Wesleyan University this fall. According to[Read More…]
Basketball honors …
Meeker High School senior basketball players Zach Dinwiddie, Valentin Rosas, Eli Newman, Doak Mantle, Logan Hughes and Trapper Merrifield were recently honored at their annual basketball banquet, with most being honored by the Northwest League and two earning state recognition. Dinwiddie, Mantle and Hughes were all named to the Northwest[Read More…]
28 youth wrestlers place in top four in Hayden
RBC | “I was proud of how our kids wrestled,” Meeker youth wrestling coach Carl Padilla said of the 33 wrestlers, who competed in Hayden last Saturday, where 28 placed in the top four. Peyton Muxlow won a gold medal in the 4U division, Toren Gates won one in the 6U,[Read More…]
Cowboys drop two to defending champs
MEEKER | The regular season is winding down and head coach Brian Merrifield is confident with the way his team is playing with six games left in the regular season, including two home games Saturday against Rio Blanco County rival Rangely. “We played great baseball against the defending state champs,” head[Read More…]
Panther baseball loses two to the Cowboys, play again Saturday
RANGELY | Mother Nature proved to be the driving force for Colorado as usual on April 17 as the Rangely Panthers and Meeker Cowboys had to make a last minute change in their game plans. The Panthers were scheduled to travel to Meeker and take on the Cowboys but with snow[Read More…]
