RANGELY I The Rangely wrestling team traveled to Vernal, Utah to compete in a very tough Tournament of Champions last weekend.
Sports
Pair of wins for Cowboys
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys basketball team started the new year out on a good note with a pair of victories over Hayden, 51-42, and Vail Christian, 69-65, last weekend.
Hardy places 3rd at TOC
MEEKER I After the holiday break, the Cowboy wrestling team opened the 2012 part of the season in the toughest tournament it has entered so far.
High school teams start 2012 play Friday
RBC I Both Rio Blanco County high school wrestling teams will travel across the state line to open the 2012 season at the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah, and three of the local basketball teams will host at least one home game this weekend.
RHS wrestles in Classic
RANGELY I The Panther wrestling team traveled to Duchesne, Utah, last week and competed in a dual against the Eagles. Due to forfeits the dual was a good test of individual performance.
Hardy wins West Grand
MEEKER I “It was a good week for Hardy,” Meeker wrestling coach J.C. Watt said of senior Justin Hardy who won the 170-pound bracket last Saturday in Kremmling. Hayden won the team title, which featured 13 teams.
Lady Panther…
Rangely junior Holly Lepro takes a shot during a game against Vail Christian last week. The lady Panthers won 35-31.
Together again…
Meeker’s head wrestling coach J.C. Watt has been asking former Meeker wrestlers to speak to his team about ways the lessons learned in wrestling have helped them later in life.
LeBlanc finishes runner up
MEEKER I Dubbed ‘the toughest tournament in the United States,’ the Reno Tournament of Champions gave University of Wyoming Cowboy wrestler Joe LeBlanc his first loss of his senior season.
Panthers lose two games
RANGELY I The Rangely boys’ basketball team went on the road last weekend and lost two games, one in Wyoming and another in Colorado.
Lady Cowboys split the weekend on home court
MEEKER I The Sangre De Cristo Thunderbirds showed up in Meeker to play some defense and the lady Cowboys answered with their own defensive demonstration.
RBC swimmers …
Meeker High School senior Adrienne Wix and Rangely High School senior Alexis Silva are swimming with the Moffat County High School swim team this season.