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RBC | The defending state champion Meeker Cowboys wrestling team will open the 2017 portion of the season tonight when they host the Grand Valley Cardinals in a dual match starting at 6 p.m. All of the Rio Blanco County basketball teams, boys and girls, will play away from home[Read More…]
MEEKER | These are the champions of the 2016 Hoops for Charity 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament held Dec. 20 and hosted by the ERBM Recreation & Park District. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to each division winner’s charity of choice. Not pictured are the third-fourth grade girls’ “Thunderbolts”[Read More…]
RBC | Post-season accolades continue for Meeker football players who played on the Cowboys’ state runner-up team. Six of them were recently named to the 2016 Colorado 1A, all-state teams presented by CHSAANow.com, Coloradopreps.com and Maxpreps.com. Meeker seniors Tyler Ilgen, Casey Turner and Chase Rule, along with junior Logan Hughes,[Read More…]
MEEKER | Since Meeker High School does not have a swim team, freshmen Jeni Kincher and Kolbi Franklin, along with junior foreign exchange student Isabel Enzo Feichter swim for Moffat County’s high school team and they are contributing to the varsity team. The trio has already swam in two meets[Read More…]
MEEKER | The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team will go into the Christmas break with a 2-3 record after a loss at home to the Grand Valley Cardinals. The lady Cowboys lost 49-58 last Friday and will open 2017 in Kremmling against the West Grand Mustangs on Jan. 6.[Read More…]
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MEEKER | The Cowboy varsity boys’ basketball team lost at home to the Grand Valley Cardinals in the final game of 2016 and they will start 2017 on the road when they play the West Grand Mustangs in Kremmling Jan. 6. “We didn’t make our shots,” Meeker head coach Klark[Read More…]
RANGELY | The Rangely Panthers basketball teams participated in the Manila Shootout, a four team tournament, on Dec. 16-17. The JV boys, JV girls and varsity girls all took home championship trophies in their respective brackets and the varsity boys threatened to complete the clean sweep. However, the 6-0 Manila[Read More…]
RANGELY | Rangely girls’ basketball kicked off their Manila Holiday Classic Tournament Play against the host team and beat a scrappy Manila team. “Manila played hard and made things difficult on us,” said coach Quinton Kent. “However, our defense was pretty solid and we held them to only 24 points.[Read More…]
RANGELY | Only two Panthers wrestled in the West Grand Invitational, the final action of 2016. One of them wrestled in a championship match and finished as a runner-up. Rangely freshman Tytus Coombs pinned Taylor Powell in the first round in 1:16, then pinned Albert Marquez of Basalt in the[Read More…]
