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Lady Cowboys finish second in tourney

MEEKER I Opening the season with two wins put the Lady Cowboys into the championship game of the annual White River Electric Association Cowboy Shootout, where Meeker finished second to 3A Grand Valley.

December 15, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Four MHS wrestlers place at Hotchkiss

MEEKER I With only five varsity wrestlers, Meeker was not in the team race in the Hotchkiss Invitational, yet four of the five returned with medals. “It’s tough to accomplish anything team-wise, but we did well with what we had,” head coach Joe Gutierrez said. Freshmen Cody Pfau and JR[Read More…]

December 14, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Lady Cowboys tip off with Telluride

MEEKER I Stacey Fitzgibbons and Timbre Shriver, who played on last year’s state-placing girls’ basketball team, return this year to lead the Lady Cowboys as seniors and will open the season tonight at home, as hosts of the annual White River Electric Association’s Cowboy Shootout. Meeker will play Telluride in[Read More…]

December 7, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

MHS wrestlers start season at Hotchkiss

MEEKER I The Cowboy wrestling team will open the season Saturday, competing in the Bulldog Invitational in Hotchkiss, with seniors Pat Love and Mark Papez leading the team. “I look for Pat to be our main leader, the one who gets the guys in the right frame of mind and[Read More…]

December 6, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

LeBlanc top wrestler at Cowboy Open

MEEKER I With family and friends in the crowd to watch him wrestle in the 37th annual Cowboy Open, former Meeker High School graduate Joe LeBlanc did not disappoint, winning four matches and the 184-pound bracket, along with being named the outstanding wrestler in the elite division.

November 23, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys’ season ends in the snow

MEEKER I The field was snowpacked, the temperature freezing at kickoff and it was snowing lightly in Starbuck Stadium last Saturday for the quarterfinal round of the Colorado 1A state football playoffs between the hometown Meeker Cowboys and the visiting Yuma Indians.

November 20, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker runners compete at state

MEEKER I Because of a big snowstorm on the Eastern Slope, freshmen William Scoggins and Lathrop Hughes had to wait an extra week before competing in the Colorado State Cross Country meet in Fort Collins. “It was such a beautiful day, it’s hard to believe there were 18 inches of[Read More…]

November 17, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys beat Ignacio, host No. 1 Yuma

MEEKER I The Cowboys traveled to the southwest corner of the state for the first round of the Colorado 1A state playoffs against the Ignacio Bobcats and returned with a 28-17 victory. The win advances Meeker to the state quarterfinals, a game it will host Saturday at 1 p.m. in[Read More…]

November 14, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Hotchkiss denies Meeker league title

MEEKER I Both teams had already qualified for the state playoffs, so the game played in Starbuck Stadium last Friday between the hometown Meeker Cowboys and the Hotchkiss Bulldogs determined the Northwest League championship and home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

November 7, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Scoggins, Hughes qualify for state meet

MEEKER I “We are excited that both William (Scoggins) and Lathrop (Hughes) made it to state, although they made us a bit nervous,” Meeker High School cross country coach Kris Casey said of the regional meet, held last Saturday in Aspen. Casey was nervous because only the top 15 qualify,[Read More…]

November 2, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys host Hotchkiss for league

36-7 win over Hayden Tigers ensures Meeker of 2009 playoff berth MEEKER I With a 36-7 victory against the Tigers in Hayden last week, the Meeker Cowboy football team clinched a playoff berth and will host the Hotchkiss Bulldogs for the Northwest League championship in Starbuck Stadium on Friday.

November 1, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker jumps on Rangely early to take 46-0 victory

MEEKER I Cowboy head football coach Shane Phelan said he does not script the first 15 plays for his team. If he did, it would have been difficult for him to script them any better last Friday. After the first 15 plays against county rival Rangely, Meeker led 30-0.

October 27, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled