MEEKER I Several Cowboys from Meeker spent their final Saturday of spring break competing in the season-opening peewee wrestling tournament in Rifle. Twenty-six Cowboys wrestled and 18 placed in the top four, including five champions.
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
LeBlanc takes fourth at NCAA tournament
MEEKER I Former Meeker High School wrestler and state champion Joe LeBlanc won his first three matches in the NCAA Division I championships, advancing to the semifinal match in the 184-pound bracket, guaranteeing the redshirt Wyoming Cowboy sophomore All-American status for a second year in a row.
Barone wrestlers take tourney title
MEEKER I Barone Middle School wrestlers performed in front of a hometown crowd last Saturday, winning three dual meets and advancing 11 wrestlers into the championship round. The Cowboys defeated Hayden, Rangely and Craig in dual meets, then crowned seven individual champions.
Barone wrestlers second at Soroco
MEEKER I After a dual meet victory last Thursday, the Barone Middle School wrestlers finished second in a tournament last Saturday at Soroco. “We beat Rangely 43-23 but we didn’t wrestle well,” BMS head coach Lee Overton said of the March 11 dual with the Panthers.
Barone wrestlers top field at Hayden
MEEKER I Barone Middle School wrestlers opened the season with four dual meet victories and last weekend won the team championship trophy Saturday in Hayden.
Season ends for Lady Cowboys
MEEKER I The mascot for Standley Lake High School in Denver is the “Gator” and its gymnasium, known as “The Swamp,” is where the basketball season for the Lady Cowboys came to an end last Friday.
Two MHS wrestlers place
MEEKER I Six Meeker High School wrestlers traveled to Pueblo last weekend to compete in the freshman/sophomore state tournament, and two returned as state placers.
Barone wrestlers third in tourney
MEEKER I Wrestlers from Barone Middle School won all four dual meets wrestled in Craig last Saturday but finished third in the tournament. The Cowboys defeated West Grand (60-42), North Park (51-10), Craig (42-40) and Steamboat Springs (48-42) but the margins of victory were not enough to wrestle for the[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys to Denver this week
MEEKER I The Lady Cowboys finished fourth in the District 5 basketball tournament last weekend in Rangely and will now compete in the state-qualifying Region 7 tournament this weekend at Standley Lake High School in Denver.
Girl power! Pfau gets win at state wrestling tourney
MEEKER I “It was neat to see Cody get a win,” Meeker’s head wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said of his 103-pound freshman Cody Pfau, who became the second girl to ever win a match in the Colorado State Wrestling Championships, held last weekend in the Pepsi Center.
Meeker girls advance to regionals this weekend
MEEKER I “It was a big win for us,” Meeker girls basketball coach Hallie Blunt said of the 48-34 defeat of the Soroco Rams, in the first round of the district tournament, played on Meeker’s home court. “The win got us into the regional tournament and now we are playing[Read More…]
Meeker hosts playoff game Saturday
MEEKER I After a crushing defeat to the Paonia Eagles in the regular season finale, the Meeker girls’ basketball team finished as the No. 4 seed and will host a district playoff game this Saturday against Soroco.
