MEEKER | The Meeker boys’ basketball team won two of three games last week and remain undefeated (4-0) in the Northwest League. The Cowboys will put their league record on the line three times this week, starting with Hayden tonight, then hosting Plateau Valley Friday and finishing against Vail Christian[Read More…]
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Rangely girls take down Aspen 58-20
RANGELY | “We controlled this game right from the start against a struggling Aspen team,” said Rangely High School girls’ basketball coach Quinton Kent. Rangely had three players in double figures: Katelyn Brown, 15; Katye Allred, 14; and Lindzey Thacker, 12. Eight of the nine players who played scored. The[Read More…]
Tough week for the Rangely Panthers
RANGELY | The Rangely boys’ basketball team weathered a rough week, playing three games in four days. Rangely hosted Aspen on Tuesday, Jan 10. Looking to avenge their loss to the Skiers during the Meeker Cowboy Shootout tournament, the Panthers seemed on track at halftime, up 28-20. The Aspen boys[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: School choice week is about making a choice
RBC | This week brings the annual celebration of National School Choice Week, a week in which we are all reminded that no matter your family’s desires and needs—homeschool, private, public or charter school—we are each, as parents, gloriously entitled to make that choice for our own families. While Rio[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Pioneering
We pride ourselves in this part of the country on our pioneering spirit. Many of us can trace our family heritage back to well before Colorado became a state in 1876, and some of us even before it was officially a territory. We’re familiar with the term “pioneer” as someone[Read More…]
Cowboys win Rangely tourney
MEEKER | The 2A defending state wrestling champion Meeker Cowboys, whipped the 3A Rifle Bears at home last Thursday, then won the team title in the third annual Vern Rose Memorial tournament in Rangely last Saturday. Meeker will wrestle in a triangular against Hotckhiss and Norwood Friday in Hotchkiss, then[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win two of three
MEEKER | The lady Cowboy basketball team won two of three games played last week including another league win. Meeker beat Rangely 58-49 in front of a large hometown crowd, then went on the road to defeat the North Park Wildcats 62-44 in Walden before losing to the Little Snake[Read More…]
Panther wrestlers host Vern Rose Memorial
RANGELY | A former Panther wrestling parent and father was remembered last Saturday when Rangely High School hosted the third annual Vern Rose Memorial wrestling tournament, where two Panthers placed. Rangely will wrestle in the Screamin’ Eagle tournament in Paonia this Saturday. “We were super proud of how our guys[Read More…]
Community Calendar: January 19, 2017
– Cheer Clinic Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at the MHS gym. Youth K-8th grade are invited to this free cheer clinic! More details at meekerrecdistrict.com. – PIGS (Projects in Grocery Sacks) Jan. 20 from 1-4 p.m. at the Rec Center. Enjoy an afternoon of crocheting, conversation and[Read More…]
Classifieds: January 19, 2017
Ads for 1/19/17 **ANNOUNCEMENTS** RADINO & CHUCKWAGON Please call before 9:00a.m. day of meal 878-5627 or 675-8112 Senior Citizen Nutrition Program Meals served at noon. Reservations appreciated. Suggested Donation Over 60 – $2.50. Under 60 – Guest Fee $7. (Did you know? Homebound trays can be ordered for over 60,[Read More…]
White River Rumble snowmobile race Feb. 4
MEEKER | The White River Snowmobile Club is hosting the second annual 70-mile cross country race on Feb. 4. There are also vintage and coed team divisions racing 33 miles. The club will be meeting each Monday, 6 p.m. at the Mexican House to prepare for the event. Racers, volunteers[Read More…]
Days Gone By: January 12, 2017
The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago – Being angry is like emptying the pepper pot into your own porridge. – Hon. Thos. Kilduff, retiring commissioner third district, was an outward bound passenger Tuesday, on his way to Denver to take in the stock show, and look the state lawmakers[Read More…]
