MEEKER I High school wrestling coach J.C. Watt has invited three-time all-American Joe LeBlanc to hold a wrestling camp Friday, July 8 at the Meeker Elementary School.
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LeBlanc holds wrestling camp Friday
MEEKER | Three-time all-American Joe LeBlanc will hold a camp Friday, July 8, at the new Meeker Elementary School, starting at 8 a.m. Wrestlers K-12 are invited, with a special K-6 session starting at 10 a.m. Cost is $10 for K-6 and $20 for incoming seventh-graders and older wrestlers. Lunch[Read More…]
RIO BLANCO COUNTY 11&12-YEAR-OLD BASEBALL
Rio Blanco County’s 11-12-year-old baseball teams have started their season-ending tournament with games in Meeker and Hayden.
Meeker Rockies go into tourney 8-0
MEEKER I The Meeker Rockies played two make-up games last week against two different Craig teams. The boys, always fired up and playing as a team, secured both wins.
Rangely Hurricanes compete across Western Slope
RANGELY I Two weekends ago the Hurricanes had swimmers in Grand Junction and Ouray and this past weekend the team was in Aspen.
Schindler, Dunbar are tough mudders
MEEKER I Trenton Schindler and Kurtis Dunbar of Meeker competed in the Colorado “Tough Mudder” competition in Beaver Creek on June 25-26. The pair finished the course in less than three hours.
Local golfers win scramble
Travis Halcomb chips towards the green on Cedar Ridges’ No. 1 during the 27-hole, four-person scramble. Halcomb and his teammates Trey Robie, Josh Mousley and Jason Kurrasch finished with the highest gross score, 111. RANGELY I “We had great weather and it was very competitive,” Cedar Ridges Golf Course[Read More…]
Main Street Madness tourney
MEEKER I Current and “older” basketball players and basketball fans: the Meeker Chamber of Commerce is hosting the first annual Main Street Madness three-on-three basketball tournament (formerly hosted by the Meeker boys’ basketball teams).
Meeker hosts tourney
RBC I Seven 8-10-year-old baseball teams, including three from Rio Blanco County, played in a tournament last weekend, sponsored by the ERBM Recreation and Parks District.
Poker Run for MHS basketball team
Bikers rode under a banner promoting the 126th annual Range Call Celebration, held over the Fourth of July weekend in Meeker.
Maser, Belmonte win Road Rash ‘N Splash triathlon
MEEKER I Karl Maser and Lisa Belmonte set gender records in the fourth annual Road Rash ‘N Splash triathlon, held last Saturday. Thirty-one people participated, including 22 individuals and three teams, where competitors swam 250 yards in the pool, biked six miles on Sulphur Creek Road and ran two miles[Read More…]
Meeker fastpitch falls to Eagle
MEEKER I The Meeker fastpitch team (ages 13-15) took on the Eagle Valley Devils at Gypsum June 8. They say “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard,” but our girls are both talented and hard working.
