The Meeker Cowboys girls’ basketball team faced some challenges this past weekend as they went 0-3 against Little Snake, Olathe and Roaring Fork and are now 7-8 on the year. “Of the eight teams in our league six of them are in the top 32 right now and of those[Read More…]
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Cowboys tie longest win streak since ‘14-’15
The 14-1 Meeker Cowboys have tied the longest win streak since the 2014-2015 season and are looking good to beat the best season in MaxPreps record. The win record also moved them up in CHSAA seeding and they finally broke the top 10. The three-game weekend on the road didn’t[Read More…]
Lady Panthers take down PV Cowboys, Dragons
The lady Panthers tacked on two more wins this week and are on the road for both. They traveled to Plateau Valley on Tuesday for a non-league match-up, winning with a score of 52-38. Miah Wren led the charge with 14 points and five steals, followed closely by Emmeree Wagner[Read More…]
RHS boys fall to Plateau Valley and DeBeque
On Jan. 30 the Panther boys traveled to Collbran, Colorado, for a rematch against the Plateau Valley Cowboys. The Cowboys, who are undefeated in the league once again, used their pressure defense to wreak havoc on the Panthers all night. After the first quarter, the scoreboard read 14-7. The second[Read More…]
Rangely Panthers travel to Meeker
The Rangely Panthers wrestling team traveled to Meeker twice this past week for a dual and for a dual team tournament. First, the Panthers dualed the Cowboys. Rangely expected it to be a very tough dual and it was. Only two RHS wrestlers won matches on the night: Landon Carlson[Read More…]
THE END OF AN ERA
Wrestling is an individual sport but it takes sacrifice and support from coaches, teammates and especially family to succeed. Meeker’s wrestling program has been successful for many years because of local families like the Watts. JC Watt ran the Meeker duals last Saturday for the last time as the head[Read More…]
BMS GIRLS B-BALL
Results from BMS girls basketball matches are as follows: – 7B Meeker v. Rangely, lost 16-14. – 7A Meeker v. Craig, won 35-14. They also played in Rangely. – 7B Meeker v. Craig, won 12-10.
DAYS GONE BY – February 8th, 2024
Meeker Herald ~ 125 years ago The Odd Fellows will celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, next Tuesday evening, February 14, by giving a dance at their hall. Vernal is considerably worked up over alleged late gold discoveries in the vicinity of the Colorado-Utah line. There ought to be no scarcity of[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County News ~ Feb. 1, 2024
COWBOY UP
This year’s Cowboy Up award recipient is Kay Bivens (center), pictured with MSD superintendent Chris Selle (left) and MHS principal Amy Chinn (right.)The Meeker High School Class of 2020 established the Cowboy Up Award to “honor people, past and present, who have displayed an extraordinary commitment to or support of[Read More…]
Teacher Talk
What your local educators want you to know … Parents are frequently invited to give feedback to their children’s local schools through district surveys, conferences, and school board meetings. The education system needs the support of parents to function. Another essential force that powers education is seldom given the chance[Read More…]
RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
Rodents of unusual size? They definitely exist. Marmota monax, AKA the groundhog, woodchuck, whistle pig, or our personal favorite–“land beaver”–will be the star of the show for Groundhog Day tomorrow, Feb. 2. We have some of Punxsutawney Phil’s cousins in our own neck of the woods. Yellow-bellied marmots (marmota flaviventris)[Read More…]
