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RBC | The defending state champion Meeker Cowboys wrestling team will open the 2017 portion of the season tonight when they host the Grand Valley Cardinals in a dual match starting at 6 p.m. All of the Rio Blanco County basketball teams, boys and girls, will play away from home[Read More…]
MEEKER | The Cowboys entered a varsity wrestler in each of the 14 brackets of the Warrior Classic and three placed in the always-competitive pre-Christmas wrestling tournament in Grand Junction last weekend. The Cowboys will open the 2017 portion of the season at the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah.[Read More…]
MEEKER | The defending 2A state champion Meeker Cowboys still do not have a full team but they did fill 11 of 14 weight divisions in the Delta Invitational last Saturday and placed eight of them in the top four, including one champion. Many of the varsity wrestlers played in[Read More…]
MEEKER | The defending state wrestling champion Meeker Cowboys opened the season last Saturday in Grand Junction with only six varsity wrestlers but they hope to double the number of varsity wrestlers Friday when they host the Buena Vista Demons at 6 p.m., then compete in the Delta Invitational on[Read More…]
Eight Meeker High School Cowboy wrestlers recently attended the Western State Team Camp in Gunnison and wrestled in 17 duals, winning 13 of them. “Our kids wrestled tough,” Meeker assistant coach Carl Padilla said. Wrestling for the Cowboys in back row were: Chase Rule, Christopher Strate, Charles Curry, assistant coach[Read More…]
Brandon Baynor, representing Third District Congressman Scott Tipton’s office in Grand Junction, recently brought a Congressional Tribute Plaque to Meeker High School for the Meeker State Champion Wrestling Team, the State Champion Wrestlers and their coaches. From left, Baynor delivers the plaque to state champions TJ Shelton (four-time state champion),[Read More…]
Meeker’s first and Colorado’s 19th four-time Colorado state wrestling champion T.J. Shelton was honored for his accomplishments at the annual honors banquet in Colorado Springs. Shelton, pictured with his parents Janae and Bob, was named the Co-High School 2A/3A Wrestler of the Year, an honor he shared with Paonia’s Bo[Read More…]
MEEKER I Once upon a time, in small town in northwest Colorado, there lived a young man named T.J. Shelton, who had set goals for himself. Last weekend in front of more than 10,000 people, he accomplished them, while helping himself, his team and his community win a state championship,[Read More…]
MEEKER I The brackets are set for the 2016 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, and Meeker will have wrestlers in 10 of the 14 brackets, including four regional champions, one of whom has an opportunity to make Meeker and Colorado history.
MEEKER I During the regular season, the Meeker High School wrestling team has always sought out the best competition to prepare them for the 2A regional and state tournaments, and this season was no different, as the Cowboys wrestled in the CMU Duals, the Warrior Classic, the Tournament of Champions[Read More…]
MEEKER I The Cowboy wrestling team made a long trip to Buena Vista on Jan. 28 for a dual meet with the 2A Demons, and they returned home victorious.
