MEEKER I The Barone Middle School wrestling team finished second again, this time in Oak Creek, placing 10 Cowboys in the top four, including three champions.
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Taxpayers can aid Colorado wildlife with state tax checkoff
RBC I Help threatened and endangered wildlife with a voluntary contribution to the “Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Cash Fund” on your 2015 Colorado tax returns through the income tax checkoff.
Meeker’s Nick Burri will play golf at Missouri Valley College
MEEKER I Nick Burri only played golf three years in high school, but his commitment to and passion for the game has earned him a scholarship to golf this fall at Missouri Valley College.
RMS wrestlers earn five medals in meet
RANGELY I “We have lots to work on still, but the guys wrestled well,” Rangely Middle School wrestling coach Travis Witherell said of the young Panthers’ performance in the annual Carl Ramunno tournament in Steamboat Springs.
CNCC rodeo team fares well in Utah
RANGELY I The Colorado Northwestern Community College rodeo athletes had a good weekend in Heber City, Utah. CNCC Head Rodeo Coach Jed Moore said Monday that a handful of our Spartans had solid weekends in Heber City, Utah, at the UVU rodeo.
Black Powder shoot is March 19
MEEKER I The Jim Harmon Memorial Black Powder Blanket Shoot will be held March 19, sponsored by the Meeker Sportsman’s Club for traditional muzzleloaders, black powder pistols and in-lines.
CNCC women’s softball opens conference play by winning three
RANGELY I The Colorado Northwestern Community College women’s softball team earned three wins and one loss over the weekend as the women opened conference play.
Hometown skier…
Paula Cooper, formerly of Rio Blanco County, went through the Rio Blanco County 4-H program and honed her skills at sheep shearing during her 4-H years in the county. Cooper is currently in Italy, recently having competed at the Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships in[Read More…]
Sign up now for baseball, softball
MEEKER I The Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District will not be offering youth baseball or softball (9 years and older) this summer, but will instead be supporting Little League.
Meeker girls wrap up basketball season with defeat at divisionals
MEEKER I The final game of the season for the Meeker High School girls’ basketball team was played in Oak Creek, where the lady Cowboys lost 62-32 to the Soroco Rams (18-2) in the quarterfinal round of the district tournament.
RMS opens wrestling season
RANGELY I The Rangely Middle School Panther wrestling team opened its season in Hayden on Saturday and returned with six placers, including two champions, which was more than half of the Panthers who entered.
BMS Basketball…
The “Meeker Black” boys’ fifth- and sixth-grade basketball team played three games at home on Saturday, winning two. Meeker has two teams, Meeker Black and Meeker Gold, and both will play in the conference tournament with the first game for Meeker Gold at home at 6:30 p.m. against Rifle 1[Read More…]
