Bobby Gutierrez | The Herald Times

Meeker peewees host Casey Turner Memorial Tournament Saturday

MEEKER — Eight young Cowboys from Meeker won the Rangely Youth Wrestling tournament last Saturday and 15 others placed in the top four. After a one-year hiatus, Meeker will again host the Casey Turner Memorial tournament, this Saturday, featuring more than 250 K-6 wrestlers from the Western Slope and eastern[Read More…]

April 9, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Four BMS wrestlers qualify for state tourney

MEEKER — Four Barone Middle School wrestlers competed in the second annual regional tournament last Saturday in Grand Junction and all four qualified for the middle school state tournament this weekend in Denver.

April 8, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker’s Joe LeBlanc places fifth at NCAA championships

MEEKER — It is the highest level of collegiate wrestling in the United States — the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division I — and Meeker’s Joe LeBlanc became an All-American with a fifth-place finish in the 184-pound division at the NCAA Division I Championships, held last weekend in St.[Read More…]

March 26, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Pontine earns national title

Devon Pontine won four matches and the championship in the 10-and-under division, in the 100-pound bracket.

March 25, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker girls fall in semifinal game and claim fourth

MEEKER — It wasn’t the finish the Meeker girls’ basketball team had hoped for, but their coach was still pleased with her team’s accomplishment.

March 19, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Blunt, Meeker girls get title shot

MEEKER — Of all the trophies in Meeker High School’s trophy cases, only one is the coveted gold ball, earned by the 1995 girls’ basketball team.

March 12, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

BMS wrestlers go 1-2

MEEKER — Fourteen wrestlers are out for the Barone Middle School team and several opened the season last Saturday in Craig. “We have a few experienced wrestlers and some that have never seen a meet before,” BMS head coach Adam Hoatson said. The young Meeker Cowboys defeated Steamboat Springs to[Read More…]

March 5, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Lady Cowboys finish runners-up in district

MEEKER — For the first time in several years, Meeker High School was the site of the district basketball tournament, where four girls’ and four boys’ teams played for a district title and seeds in the upcoming regional tournaments, which all eight teams will advance to.

March 5, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys end disappointing season at state

MEEKER — “It was pretty sad,” Meeker High School wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said of the 2009 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. Two senior Cowboys qualified for the big show but only one match was won between the two.

February 26, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Lady Cowboys whip Plateau Valley 64-43 in first round

MEEKER — The Meeker girls’ basketball team ended the season for the Lady Cowboys from Plateau Valley last Saturday in the first round of the district tournament and will now host the final four teams this Friday and Saturday.

February 26, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Panthers finish 7th at state

Five Rangely wrestlers earn individual medals RANGELY — For the second year in a row, the Rangely Panther wrestling team finished seventh as a team at the Colorado State Wrestling

February 26, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker’s Doll, Moody qualify for state tourney

MEEKER — Six of eight varsity wrestlers placed in the top six at the regional tournament but only Cowboy seniors Jared Doll and Matt Moody qualified for the 2009 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, also know as the “big show,” which features all classifications. The big show is held at the[Read More…]

February 19, 2009 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled