MEEKER I Non-conference games prepare teams for league competition and the Meeker Cowboys are seeking out the best competition in the area, including the defending 3A state champion Olathe Pirates.
Sports
Lady Panthers sweep Meeker in junior high volleyball
RANGELY I The host Lady Panthers beat Meeker in three games Saturday in the eighth-graders’ A game, while the Lady Panthers’ B team won in two games.
Coach says cross country team shows improvement at Basalt
MEEKER I Cross country runners representing Meeker High School showed improvement after competing in Basalt last Saturday. “We had some great improvements and a lot of the kids had real close finishes,” head coach Kris Casey said of her team’s second performance of the season. “I’m very proud of all[Read More…]
Meeker Mustangs taking Parachute to task
Meeker’s Sheridan Harvey skirts right against Parachute last weekend as the Mustangs swept their opponents. In the fifth- and sixth-grade game, Meeker downed Parachute 27-12, behind the running of Harvey, who rushed for more than 150 yards, scored three times and added a PAT. Quarterback T.J. Shelton also scored on[Read More…]
RHS wins league opener
RANGELY I In its first league match of the season, Rangely showed why it’s considered a favorite to win the Western Slope. The Lady Panthers beat De Beque in three games.
2nd win sweet for Lady Cowboys
MEEKER I Playing a team a second time can be a challenge. Playing a team for the second time in less than a week can be even tougher. Meeker’s volleyball team managed to do it, though, beating Aspen at home last Thursday (26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21) after having defeated Aspen[Read More…]
County’s junior high FB teams play it close
RANGELY I In Saturday’s football games between the county’s two junior high schools, Meeker came out on top both times. But the home-team Rangely Panthers didn’t go down without putting up a fight, especially in the eighth-grade game. In the opener, Meeker’s B team (seventh-graders) won 24-0, while in the[Read More…]
Rangely falls behind early; plays better in 2nd half
In the season opener two weeks ago, Rangely “won” the first half. Then, last week, in the second game of the season, the Panthers almost “won” the second half.
Meeker jumps on Basalt for 36-0 win in home opener
MEEKER I “One game doesn’t make a season, but we did some good things,” Meeker head football coach Shane Phelan said of his team’s 36-0 rout of the 3A Basalt Longhorns Friday at Starbuck Stadium. Many of the 40 Cowboys listed in the game program saw action in the season[Read More…]
Girl power! Lepro steps it up for Rangely
RANGELY I She had two opportunities Saturday, and she most the most of both of them. Holly Lepro, a freshman for Rangely High School’s football team, kicked two extra points in the game against Grand Junction’s Central High School junior varsity.
Rangely Junior High loses to Vernal, Utah
RANGELY I Rangely Junior High’s football team lost to a combined team from Vernal, Utah, last week, 22-8, in its first game of the season. “We had our chances to score,” Rangely junior high coach Tim Webber said.
MHS runners compete at Delta
MEEKER I All but one of seven Meeker High School cross country runners competed in their first meet last Saturday in Delta, and head coach Kris Casey was happy with the results.
