MEEKER | On the road yet again, the Meeker Cowboys wrestling team traveled to Grand Junction on Tuesday, originally scheduled to take on both Grand Junction and Fruita. Plans changed and they only dualed the Tigers at the varsity level. The team, not full, for all of the 2021 reasons,[Read More…]
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Cowboy grapplers start 5-0 as a team
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys ended the first weekend of the winter season 5-0 as a team. Wrestling varsity last weekend was Trae Kennedy at 113 pounds, Ty Goedert (120), Tyson Portwood (132), Kaden Franklin (138), Connor Blunt (145), Trinden Powell (152), Kelton Turner (160), Brendan Clatterbaugh (182), Colby Clatterbaugh[Read More…]
Area wrestlers compete at Vernal tournament
RBC | With open gyms and tournaments in other states, RBC club wrestlers participated in the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in Vernal, Utah, last Saturday. The TOC has been known to be one of the toughest tournaments in the area. This year the tournament was divided into varsity, junior varsity[Read More…]
Marked improvement bodes well for Cowboys’ future
MEEKER | The Meeker Cowboys were well represented with eight athletes last weekend at the 2020 Colorado High School State Wrestling Tournament. Trae Kennedy, Ty Goedert, Colby Clatterbaugh and Ridge Williams all scored team points.
Meeker sending eight to state
MEEKER I Eight Meeker Cowboy wrestlers are state bound for the 2020 Colorado High School Wrestling Tournament. Fourteen boys entered the regional tournament and 10 placed; as a team the Cowboys ended in fourth place, Paonia and Hotchkiss squeaked ahead in the last couple matches.
Team wrestling camp…
Eight Meeker High School Cowboy wrestlers recently attended the Western State Team Camp in Gunnison and wrestled in 17 duals, winning 13 of them. “Our kids wrestled tough,” Meeker assistant coach Carl Padilla said. Wrestling for the Cowboys in back row were: Chase Rule, Christopher Strate, Charles Curry, assistant coach[Read More…]
Wrestling camp…
Tipton’s office recognizes Meeker wrestling…
Brandon Baynor, representing Third District Congressman Scott Tipton’s office in Grand Junction, recently brought a Congressional Tribute Plaque to Meeker High School for the Meeker State Champion Wrestling Team, the State Champion Wrestlers and their coaches. From left, Baynor delivers the plaque to state champions TJ Shelton (four-time state champion),[Read More…]
Shelton honored…
Meeker’s first and Colorado’s 19th four-time Colorado state wrestling champion T.J. Shelton was honored for his accomplishments at the annual honors banquet in Colorado Springs. Shelton, pictured with his parents Janae and Bob, was named the Co-High School 2A/3A Wrestler of the Year, an honor he shared with Paonia’s Bo[Read More…]
Roman Gutierrez inducted into wrestling hall of fame; Watt and Shelton honored
MEEKER I “It says a lot about Meeker’s wrestling program,” J.C. Watt said about the honors banquet, where Watt and four-time state champion T.J. Shelton were honored and Meeker High School alumni Roman Gutierrez was inducted into the Colorado Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Cowboys win team title; Shelton wins fourth title
MEEKER I Once upon a time, in small town in northwest Colorado, there lived a young man named T.J. Shelton, who had set goals for himself. Last weekend in front of more than 10,000 people, he accomplished them, while helping himself, his team and his community win a state championship,[Read More…]
CHAMPIONS!!!
Be sure to look for our keepsake special section for the 2016 state wrestling championships in the Feb. 25th edition of the Herald Times!