RBC | The College National Finals Rodeo kicked off yesterday and the Spartan rodeo athletes are off to a great start. Teague Crane was the only CNCC competitor in the first performance and she didn’t let any CNFR rookie jitters get to her. Crane clocked a respectable 3.4 second run[Read More…]
Sports
Elams, Sanson, Back win Ladies Deerfly at Meeker Golf Course
MEEKER | Only eight team played in the annual Ladies Deerfly golf tournament, held last Saturday at the Meeker Golf Course, but Rio Blanco County teams finished in the money. Cory and Trilby Elam finished seven shots behind Rifle’s Choate and Spaulding (70) in the championship flight of the tournament[Read More…]
Klinglesmith, Anderson qualify for National High School Rodeo Finals
MEEKER | Lori Ann Klinglesmith and Ellie Anderson did what they had to do to qualify for the 2017 National High School Rodeo Finals (NHSRF), which included becoming a Wyoming state champion and winning a “short go” to come from behind to qualify. The NHSRF will be held July 15-23[Read More…]
Rockies Skills Challenge {PHOTO}
Ball players honored by Western Slope League
MEEKER | Five Meeker High School baseball players were recently honored by the Western Slope League and recognized by their coaches at the annual banquet. The Cowboys finished the season with a 14-7 record and advanced to the District semifinals before being eliminated. Senior Ty Gibson was named to the[Read More…]
Cedar Ridges club team wins Bernie’s Tourney
RANGELY | Ten teams played in the annual Bernies’s Tourney golf tourney last weekend on Cedar Ridges Golf Course and it was the defending club champion’s team blowing out the competition to win the four-person scramble by seve shots. Cedar Ridges Golf Course will next host the Elks three-man scramble[Read More…]
Colorado State High School Track Championships 2017
Klinglesmith still deciding between rodeo and graduation
MEEKER | Life is full of tough decisions and Lori Ann Klinglesmith, a senior at Meeker High School, is trying to decide if she will attend her high school graduation this Saturday or pursue her passion to rodeo by traveling to Buffalo, Wyo., to compete in a rodeo Saturday, then[Read More…]
Panthers bring home new school record from state meet
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers sent six athletes to the CHSAA state track and field meet this past weekend. The team as well as other teams had to deal with bad weather which led to a two day delay in the meet. The Panthers left Wednesday for the meet and[Read More…]
Meeker girls finish third in 2A at state track meet
MEEKER | “Our girls knew heading in they could compete at the state level and they were right,” Meeker head track coach John Strate said after the 2017 Colorado State Track and Field Championships held last weekend in Denver. The girls’ team finished third as a team in 2A. Although[Read More…]
MHS athletic department issues awards
MEEKER | Toward the very end of the May 4 awards assembly, Meeker School District Athletic Director Klark Kindler took to the dais at the high School awards assembly to make several presentations. First, he named the U.S. Marine Corps distinguished athlete awards which went to Trapper Merrifield and Sierra[Read More…]
SIGNED…
Left, Meeker High School running stand-out Julia Eskelson signs her commitment for cross country and possibly track to Chadron State College, Chadron, Neb., with Meeker Athletic Director Klark Kindler standing by. Eskelson established the MHS girls’ record for the 5 kilometer run last fall at 19 minutes, 47 seconds. In[Read More…]
