The Meeker Cowboy wrestling team, currently ranked No. 3 in 2A by On the Mat Rankings, will host Grand Valley and 5A Ralston Valley tonight at Meeker High School, starting at 6 p.m. The Cowboys and the Rangely Panthers are both in the field of 32 teams wrestling in the[Read More…]
Author: Bobby Gutierrez
Rangely and Meeker’s high school teams back in action this week
MEEKER I Winter sports teams in Rio Blanco County will start the 2016 portion of their schedules tonight, when the Meeker Cowboy wrestling team hosts two teams, while Rangely’s wrestling team and the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will take to the courts starting on Friday.
Cowboys place 3 at Panther Invitational
MEEKER I With almost half of the varsity wrestlers taking ACT tests on Dec. 12, seven Cowboys wrestled in the Panther Invitational and three placed in the top three.
Meeker’s T.J. Shelton wins Warrior Classic title; MHS earns ‘Best Small School’
MEEKER I T.J. Shelton has won many wrestling tournaments in his career, including three Colorado state titles, but he had never won a Warrior Classic title until his senior season.
Meeker girls’ basketball team falls in contest against Olathe Pirates
MEEKER I “The game was closer than the final score,” Meeker girls’ basketball coach Greg Chintala said of the 42-29 loss to the Pirates in Olathe on Friday.
Deleon takes third in Rangely mat tourney, Lucero wins consolation
RANGELY I “Our guys competed with an entirely new attitude,” Rangely High School wrestling coach Travis Witherell said. “It was such an improvement from last week and I’m very pleased with how we did.” The Panthers wrestled in the West Grand Invitational in Kremmling with five wrestlers and how they[Read More…]
Tough competition for Panther wrestlers in Delta tournament
RANGELY I The Rangely High School wrestling team went on the road and found some big-school competition in Delta during the past weekend, and this weekend the Panthers will ride the bus again to Kremmling, where they will wrestle in the West Grand Invitational.
Rangely Panthers wrap up play in Cowboy Shootout with victory
RANGELY I “The effort was there the whole tournament, and I was pleased with how we came along night to night,” Rangely boys’ new head basketball coach Kyle Boydstun said of his team’s first performances in the annual White River Electric Association’s Cowboy Shootout, where the Panthers won the final[Read More…]
Rangely wrestling team wins two matches at CMU tourney
RANGELY I The Rangely High School Panther wrestling team opened the season with a new head coach in the Maverick Duals at Colorado Mesa University on Saturday in Grand Junction, and the team won two of five duals it wrestled.
MHS girls No. 2 at Cowboy Shootout; despite injury Pertile is MVP
MEEKER I The Meeker High School girls’ basketball team advanced to the championship game of the White River Electric Cowboy Shootout, then, when the tournament’s MVP was injured early in the title game, the home team lost to Cortez.
Cowboy wrestling team wins five dual meets in tournament
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboy wrestling team opened the season in Grand Junction at the Maverick Duals on the Colorado Mesa University campus on Saturday and won all five of its duals. Meeker will compete in the Panther Invitational in Delta on Saturday.
RHS boys to open cage play
RANGELY I The Rangely High School boys’ basketball team will open its season with a new head coach in the White River Electric Association’s Cowboy Shootout tournament in Meeker, starting tonight.


