MEEKER | Continue to keep Senior Cayden Schaeffer of Grand Valley High School in your thoughts and prayers. Schaeffer incurred a life-threatening head injury in last Friday’s game. He underwent surgery in the early morning hours Saturday and is currently in ICU. Meeker opened the game putting up 16 points by[Read More…]
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Cowboys head into league play
MEEKER | For the fourth time in three years the Limon Badgers and Meeker Cowboys battled it out on the football field. A final score of 42-28, the Badgers took the victory once again. “We dug ourselves in a hole early on,” said head coach Shane Phelan; early in the second[Read More…]
JV wins in overtime …
The Cardinals jumped out ahead with a 14-0 lead, but Meeker JV tied up the game. When regulation time was over the game was still tied 14 all. The Cowboys beat Grand Valley in overtime 22-20 by completing the two point conversion. Trinden Powell (pictured) added 20 plus yards on[Read More…]
Two victories for Meeker
MEEKER | Cowboy football matched up against two, 2A teams again this year, Coal Ridge and Aspen, and defeated both of them. The victory Friday night to the Aspen Skiers can be attributed to the boys “playing for four full quarters, their effort level was good, and they competed the[Read More…]
Cowboys clash with Titans, 2-0 record
The previous matchup of the Coal Ridge Titans and the Cowboy football teams ended with a Meeker victory but not before the game went into overtime. This year the Cowboys worked both sides of the ball so that before the first half ended the Cowboys were 40 points ahead and[Read More…]
Cowboys start season with win
The 2019 opener for the Meeker Cowboy football team came a week earlier than originally planned when the Hotchkiss Bulldogs were added to the schedule. The teams will meet twice this season. “It’s always tough in the beginning of season to have to travel as we are developing our identity,”[Read More…]
Cowboy Classic …
Nine teams showed up in support of the Meeker Cowboy football team for the annual Cowboy Kickoff Classic. The golf tournament, ice cream social, and silent auction packed the clubhouse at the Meeker Golf Course. The 18-hole four-man scramble brought in support for the team including parents, community members and[Read More…]
43 Meeker boys out for football
MEEKER | The boys of fall are back. Meeker Cowboy football practice kicked off with two-a-days for the high school on Aug. 12. There are 43 boys out for football this year, six returning seniors: Kesston Hobbs, Tevin Pelloni, Cole Rogers, Coby Shelton, Jake Shelton, Colton Wille and Ridge Williams.[Read More…]
Football Awards …
All-conference football awards for the 2018 season went to (back) Colby Shelton, Andy Kracht, Brayden Woodward, Tannen Kennedy, Luis Villalpando and James Amick. Jake Shelton received an honorable mention all-conference. (Front) Ridge Williams (honorable mention), Eli Hanks (all-conference), Kesston Hobbs (honorable mention), Ryan Phelan (all-conference). TIFFANY JEHOREK PHOTO
Cowboy football season ends with 42-8 loss to Limon Badgers
MEEKER | The 2018 Cowboy football season didn’t end quite like head coach Shane Phelan wanted, with a 42-8 loss, at the hands of the Limon Badgers. “In perspective there are lots of positives that took place,” he said. “We didn’t play as well as I would have liked, unable[Read More…]
MHS vs. Limon in state quarterfinal games this Saturday
MEEKER | A 12-7 against the Holyoke Dragons earned the Meeker High School Cowboys football team another week of practice and a trip to the quarterfinals this Saturday in Limon. “We didn’t play our best,” said head coach Shane Phelan of the game against Holyoke. “Both sides of the ball[Read More…]
40-7 win over Bulldogs sends Cowboys to regionals this Saturday
MEEKER | “A great game to end the season,” head coach Shane Phelan said of his team’s 40-7 win over the Hotchkiss Bulldogs. The entire team was able to travel and play at some point.
