MEEKER — Ever since he became a serious runner, Billy Nelson dreamed of competing in the Olympics. But he figured his best chance of making the U.S. Olympic team would likely be 2012.
Sports
Meeker wins baseball tourney
MEEKER — Summer baseball came to an end last week, with Meeker hosting and winning the 11-12-year-old bracket. Other tournaments were held around the region but local teams did not fare as well.
Women repeat victory in annual Rangely Cup
RANGELY — The fourth annual Rangely Cup matches were held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is a duel between the men and women golfers with play set up similar to the Ryder Cup match play format. Each match is worth one point and in the event of a tie, players[Read More…]
Cook competes in State Games
MEEKER — Upcoming Meeker High School senior Marki Cook participated in the inaugural State Games of the West held in Colorado Springs on Saturday, July 26.
Locals do well in jr. golf tournament
MEEKER — Tyler Montgomery from Las Vegas, Nev., is only 13-years-old, but he was asked to play in the 15-18 age group at the junior golf tournament held last week at the Meeker Golf Course.
18 teams compete in tourney
RANGELY — Golfers competed in the 27-hole two-man tournament this past weekend at Cedar Ridges Golf Course. Eighteen teams, divided into two separate flights, teed off from the championship gold tees to start. The first nine holes were a scramble format. The next nine consisted of a best-ball competition off[Read More…]
Locals do well in the cage
MEEKER — The event was billed as “Rampage in the Cage,” the first mixed martial arts fight to take place in Meeker. Several local fighters competed in the event, which was sanctioned by the Colorado Boxing Commission, in front of more than 400 people in the indoor arena at the[Read More…]
Wrestlers learn from three-time champs
MEEKER — Keenan Turner, Brandan Stewart and Joe LeBlanc, Meeker’s three, three-time state wrestling champions held a takedown clinic last Saturday for wrestlers in the exhibition hall at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds.
10U baseball team rebounds to 2-2 record
MEEKER — Meeker’s 10-and-under baseball team has played four games so far this season and are currently 2-2. Meeker beat Parachute in the season opener, then lost a doubleheader to Rangely before beating New Castle.
Cowboys win five in Gold Crown tourney
MEEKER — High school basketball coach Klark Kindler took 10 players to the state capitol last week to compete in the Gold Crown team tournament. The Cowboys won five of eight games, in gyms ìall over the Denver area,” according to Kindler.
Eleven teams scramble in Rangely Elks tournament
RANGELY — Eleven teams competed last Saturday on a perfect golf day in a four-person scramble.
6 wrestlers compete in Pagosa Springs
MEEKER — Six Meeker High School wrestlers and their new head coach traveled to Pagosa Springs for a four-day wrestling camp, featuring clinicians from the Olympic Training Center (OTC).
