RANGELY | The wrestling season came to an unfortunate end for all but one of the Panthers at the regional tournament. For a second year in a row, junior Tytus Coombs (138) is the lone Rangely wrestler to advance to the 2019 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, aka, “The Big Show,” this[Read More…]
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Elks Hoop Shoot … (PHOTO)
Rangely Elks Lodge #1907 hosted their annual hoop shoot on Dec. 3. Twenty young shooters competed in the hoop shoot with the top winner advancing to the district shoot in Rifle. The 8-9 year old girls’ champion was Rachel Elder. Elder could not make the trip to Rifle due to[Read More…]
Panthers ready for regionals
RANGELY | The Rangely wrestling team was idle in the final week of the regular season but Panther head coach J.C. Chumacero said the team is ready to compete in the state-qualifying regional tournament, starting Friday in Montrose. “We are healthy and seem mentally prepared,” coach Chumacero said. “We train all[Read More…]
Panthers split league contest
RANGELY | The Rangely boys’ basketball team travelled to North Park on Friday, Feb. 8. Spurred by a good defensive team effort, nine Panthers scored in the first two quarters, and Rangely charged to a 30-19 lead at half-time. North Park fought back in the second, but the Panthers managed to[Read More…]
LADY PANTHERS …
On Friday the lady Panthers traveled to North Park for a league match. The Panthers played well and closed the gap to get within two but ended up falling to the Wildcats by 13. Hannah Wilkie led all scorers with 17, followed by Thacker with nine, Wiley, Scoggins and Miller[Read More…]
Lady Panthers head to North Park, Paonia this weekend
RANGELY | On Friday the lady Panthers traveled to Meeker for a league match. “Things just did not go the lady Panthers way,” according to head coach Jimmie Mergelman. “We missed a lot of easy shots early and just could not convert. Going into half we were down 9-29 and[Read More…]
Junior high girls play in Rangely
RANGELY | Meeker and Rangely junior high girls again met on the hardwood Jan. 26 in Rangely. The eighth grade A game started off close, with a score at the end of the first quarter of Rangely, 4, to Meeker, 6. The Panther defense did not show the intensity it[Read More…]
Lady Panthers play Soroco, Hotchkiss
RANGELY | The RHS lady Panthers played Soroco on Friday. The team started out strong with freshman Mary Scoggins leading the way with six of eight points in the first quarter. Going into half the girls were down by 10 points, 13-23. “We had closed the gap some, outscoring the[Read More…]
Busy week for Panther boys team
RANGELY | The Rangely High School boys’ basketball team completed their busiest stretch of the season last week as they played four games in six days. On Monday, Rangely hosted the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers and led by four at halftime. A poor third quarter led to a deficit the[Read More…]
Three Panthers place at tourney
RANGELY | Coaches consider the Screaming Eagle wrestling tournament held in Paonia last Saturday, as a good preview to the upcoming, state-qualifying, 2A regional tournament and Rangely head coach J.C. Chumacero believes the same. “This was a great tournament as we saw many regional teams,” coach Chumacero said of the[Read More…]
NUGGETS …
Gracie Coker, Carmella Fortunato, Kaitlyn Cox, Angelina Fortunato, Aubrianna Tapia, Alivia Green, Jesse Barger and Breyann Barger participated in this year’s Nuggets Skills Challenge at the Rangely Recreation Center on Jan. 11. Coker, Fortunato, Fortunato and Barger won their age groups and can go on to participate in the sectional[Read More…]
CNCC alumni lead Spartan men’s basketball
RANGELY | In fall of 2011, two Western Slope teens, Nathan Terrin and Thomas Powers, arrived at Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) with hoop dreams. Though the pair grew up only 40 miles apart, they had never met until they donned red and black to play for the Spartans in[Read More…]
