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Meeker girls earn split

MEEKER I After a Northwest League loss to the Hayden Tigers on their home court last Friday, the Lady Cowboys basketball team traveled to Vail and defeated Vail Christian last Saturday.

Panthers end skid with Soroco win

RBC I The Panthers ended the week on a positive note. After losing its first two games following the Christmas break, Rangely’s boys’ basketball team beat Soroco 66-47 Saturday to end a four-game losing streak and earn its first league win.

Rangely hosts triangular Friday, tourney Saturday

RANGELY I There’s no place like home. The Panthers will wrestle in front of a home crowd for the first time this season, hosting a triangular Friday and then following up with its invitational tournament on Saturday.

Ten Meeker wrestlers compete at TOC

MEEKER I “You can tell when you go to a tough tournament, you see guys with black eyes and all beat up,” Meeker wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said of the appropriately named Tournament of Champions, which the Cowboys competed in last weekend in Vernal, Utah.

Junior high teams tip off this week

RBC I Rangely Junior High girls’ basketball players will have a quick turnaround this week. They officially started practice Tuesday — Monday was an in-service day — and four days later they will play their first games of the season.

Shorthanded Panthers fall 47-14

RANGELY I The team total on the scoreboard matched the number of players who suited up for the game. Neither was enough. The Panthers, who suited up a season-low 14 players, were the homecoming opponent for the second week in a row last Friday, and the result was the same:[Read More…]