Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Cowboys finish in top 10 at state as a team; three return home with medals
MEEKER | Cowboy head wrestling coach J.C. Watt is all about improving the Meeker wrestling program and he believes his team did just that during the season which ended last weekend with the 2018 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, held in the Pepsi Center, where the Cowboys finished eighth as a[Read More…]
Rangely’s Coombs competes at ‘Big Show’ for the first time
RANGELY | First-year head wrestling coach J.C. Chumacero was proud of his first, first-time state qualifier Tytus Coombs, even though he did not win a match in the 2018 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, also known as the “Big Show” as all five state classifications wrestle in the Pepsi Center in[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Soroco 74-42, enter district tourney as No. 2 seed
By BOBBY GUTIERREZ [email protected] MEEKER | The Cowboys finished the regular season with an overall 15-4 record and were 11-1 in the Western Slope League (WSL), after a 74-42 thumping of the Soroco Rams Friday last in front of their hometown fans in the final game of the regular season.[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win league tie-breaker, get No. 1 seed
By Bobby Gutierrez [email protected] MEEKER | Meeker, Rangely and Soroco girls’ basketball teams finished the regular season with a 10-1 Western Slope League records and since Rangely beat Meeker and Soroco beat Rangely, then Meeker beat Soroco last Friday in the final game of the regular season, Meeker will be[Read More…]
Cowboys end regular season Friday at home
MEEKER | “A win gets us at least a share of the conference championship,” Meeker boys’ basketball coach Klark Kindler said of the importance of the Cowboys’ last game of the regular season to be played on their home court against the Soroco Rams. The Cowboys improved their Western Slope League[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win two more
MEEKER | The lady Cowboys used their defense to create their offense and win two more games last week, including a Western Slope League game against the Paonia Eagles. Meeker will host the Soroco Rams, who are currently undefeated in the WSL, in the final game of the regular season this[Read More…]
Coombs qualifies for state wrestling tournament
RANGELY | After winning the consolation championship in the 132-pound bracket at the Region 1 tournament held last weekend in Delta, sophomore Tytus Coombs will represent Rangely in the “Big Show,” also know as the Colorado State Wrestling Championships, which start today in the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver. Along with[Read More…]
Kennedy wins regional tourney, Cowboys qualify 5 for Big Show
MEEKER | “We have a good mix of two experienced wrestlers and three new ones who will learn the routine,” Meeker head wrestling coach J.C. Watt said of the five wrestlers he qualified for the 2018 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, also know as the “Big Show,” as it features the best[Read More…]
LeBlanc debuts Gnar Bike prototype in White River Rumble
MEEKER | God and gnarly are not usually used in the same conversation, unless you are conversing with Barney LeBlanc about his patent-pending Gnar Bike. LeBlanc rode the snow bike competitively for the first time in the third annual White River Rumble cross country snowmobile/snow bike race held last Saturday[Read More…]
Young Panthers ready to wrestle with heart at regionals
RANGELY | “We are a very young team with only freshmen and sophomores but I look for us to enter the regional tournament, ready to battle,” Rangely head wrestling coach J.C. Chumacero said. Because of illness and injury, the Panthers were idle the final weekend of the regular season and will[Read More…]
Cowboys win two of three games
MEEKER | The Little Snake Rattlers from Baggs, Wyo. bit the Cowboys last Thursday in a non-league game played in Meeker but the Cowboys rebounded and won two Western Slope League (WSL) games against the Caprock Academy Eagles and the Hotchkiss Bulldogs the next two days. The Cowboys are currently[Read More…]