The annual boys’ WREA Cowboy Shootout will begin tonight with Rangely playing Grand Valley at 6 p.m., followed by Meeker against Cedaredge in the first round of the three-day event.
Sports
MHS opens season in Hotchkiss
MEEKER I The Cowboy wrestling team will open the 2011-2012 in Hotchkiss under a new head coach, the program’s sixth in its history.
MHS Cowboys
The Meeker boys’ basketball team during conditioning, scrimmaged against Coal Ridge Tuesday and will open the season in Aspen this weekend.
Panthers open season next week at shootout
RANGELY I The Rangely Panthers boys’ basketball team will wait until next week to open the season at the White River Electric Association Cowboy Shootout. The Panthers will open the season against Grand Valley next Thursday.
All-conference…
Ron Dupree, first-year head coach for the Meeker Cowboys was proud to announce six of his players received all-conference honors.
Lady Panthers open season tonight
RANGELY I “I’m the only one in my class that has played basketball,” Haeley Enterline said and she is Rangely’s only senior on the girls’ basketball team.
Lady Cowboys host WREA Shootout
MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team will open the season tonight in the White River Electric Association Cowboy Shootout under a new, yet familiar head coach.
Shootout tonight…
New MHS girls’ basketball coach Greg Chintala works to prepare his team for their debut tonight in the WREA Cowboy Shootout. Rangely will play Palisade at 6 p.m., followed by Meeker against Crested Butte.
Jordanesque …
Barone Middle School eighth-grader Sam Nieslanik uses a “Jordanesque” finger-tip roll layup, gliding through Steamboat Springs defenders last week.
Youth Basketball
Meeker’s Madison Kindler puts pressure on her opponent while teammate Marryn Shults (10) prevents her opponent from receiving a pass at a recent Youth Basketball Association game.
RBC PP&Kers to perform in Denver
RBC I Several kids from Rio Blanco County participated in the 2011 NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition at the local level in Meeker and Rangely. The top three placers advanced to the sectional competition held recently in Grand Junction and now two have advanced to the team championship level.
MHS football: The end of the beginning
MEEKER I The 2011 football season has come to an end, but the building process continues.