MEEKER | On a “hilly course” in Hotchkiss, the Meeker High School cross country team ran last Saturday and the Cowboy runners continue to enjoy the challenge of each new course. Meeker sophomore Briar Meszaros was the only girl to run for the Cowboys and according to coach Marty Casey,[Read More…]
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New volleyball coach gets first home win
MEEKER | Greg Cravens, Meeker’s new head volleyball coach, earned his first home win last Saturday in his new gymnasium, as his team defeated the DeBeque Dragons in three straight games. Meeker is currently 5-1 and will play in Grand Junction Friday then host Vail Mountain Saturday. The lady Cowboys[Read More…]
Panthers drop one to Del Norte Tigers
RANGELY | This weekend the Panther football team traveled to Del Norte to take on the Tigers. After an eight-hour trip the Panthers looked to be a little jet-lagged early. Playing at low intensity and pace. They picked it up as the game went on but were unable to finish[Read More…]
Three of four Rangely Jr. High volleyball teams play in Soroco
RANGELY | This weekend was the opening weekend for Rangely Middle School volleyball against Soroco. Three of the four teams played. The silver team—all sixth graders—played very well against Soroco coming out with a win. “We had some amazing serving in both games against Soroco with the top silver player[Read More…]
Rangely Jr. High’s Varner, 8th-grader, scores 18 points against Soroco Rams
RANGELY | The Rangely Junior High School football team played at home on Friday, Sept. 1 in front of a great home crowd. The Panthers defeated the Soroco Rams by a score of 44-8. The Panthers began the game off on a high note when eighth-grade defensive end Zane Varner[Read More…]
CNCC rodeo coach takes a turn at Rock ‘n’ Bull for scholarship program
RBC | Rodeo announcer Bob Edmonds said the sun had set on Jed Moore’s professional rodeo career New Year’s eve, 2010 but as Moore watched it set Friday in Rangely, Colorado during the eighth annual Rock ‘n’ Bulls event at Columbine Park, he accepted a challenge, which could have prevented[Read More…]
Meeker girls finish 3rd in Kremmling
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys’ volleyball team played four matches in the West Grand tournament last weekend in Kremmling, winning three of four and placing third in the tournament. Meeker will host their first match of the season this Saturday when the DeBeque Dragons come to town. “It was a[Read More…]
Lady Panthers bring home 3-1 tournament win
RANGELY | Rangely volleyball hosted their annual season opener tournament on Sept. 1-2. Rangely played Moffat County in the first match of the tournament. They beat Moffat County in two straight sets 25-7 and 25-16. The lady Panthers served well, with Kassidee Brown leading with 10 earned points. Rangely then[Read More…]
Panthers win season opener, head to Del Norte on Friday
RANGELY | This weekend the Panthers hosted the Dove Creek Bulldogs for the season opener. The Panthers started off the night quickly and never took the foot off of the pedal. Having a sped-up clock at halftime with a lead of 44-0. Scoring in the first half for the Panthers[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Titans, travel to Holyoke next
MEEKER | In the second game of the season, the 1A Meeker Cowboys took on the bigger 2A Titans from Coal Ridge and after a hard fought three quarters of play, the Cowboys wore them down and won 30-7. Meeker will now travel across the state to play the Dragons[Read More…]
Cowboys run up Devil’s Thumb in Delta
MEEKER | Normally, it does not take 30 minutes to run a high school cross country race, which is five kilometers but there is nothing normal about the Devil’s Thumb Hill Climb race in Delta, which Meeker runners attempted last Saturday. The Cowboys will run in Hotchkiss this Saturday. “The[Read More…]
Delta cross country race one of ‘mental endurance’
RANGELY | The Rangely cross country team adventured to the first ever Devil’s Thumb Hill race in Delta, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 1. It was not a race for time but a race of mental endurance: who could keep going when it was tempting to stop since your legs were[Read More…]
