MEEKER | Cowboy wrestling will have a series of duals the last couple of weeks leading up to regionals. Last week they were on the road traveling to Craig on Tuesday and Glenwood Springs on Thursday. “We have been wrestling really good,” said head coach JC Watt, “we lost Craig[Read More…]
MHS Wrestling
Paonia tournament a chance to size up competition
Tiffany Jehorek/Gayle Zimmerman Photos RANGELY | The Meeker wrestlers got a lot of mat time this past weekend. Beginning with the Hotchkiss Triangular and ending with the Screaming Eagle in Paonia, most maxed out on the total matches they are allowed to wrestle in one day. The Hotchkiss Triangular featured[Read More…]
Cowboys take 2nd at Rumble in the Rockies
MEEKER | In their first time competing at the Rumble in the Rockies, the Meeker Cowboys brought home second place. The Cowboys spent much of the week competing in duals and getting some valuable mat time. There were six duals in all from Wednesday through Saturday and the Cowboys won all[Read More…]
90 matches in three tournaments for Cowboy grapplers
MEEKER | The Cowboys got a lot of mat time this last weekend at the Tournament of Champions (TOC) in Vernal, Utah. The team wrestled 90 matches through the course of the three tournaments, after hosting Grand Valley in a dual the night before the tournament began. Wrapping up Thursday[Read More…]
Big accomplishments for Cowboys
MEEKER | The MHS Cowboys wrestling team split for the final time this wrestling season. The JV squad participated in a tournament in Kremmling and varsity battled it out at the Warrior Classic in Grand Junction. Ty Goedert (106), Charles Curry (126), Connor Blunt (132), Dax Sheridan (160), Colby Clatterbaugh[Read More…]
Clatterbaugh named Outstanding Wrestler
MEEKER | The second full weekend of wrestling and the Meeker Cowboys had two wrestlers battling head to head for first place and one wrestler bringing home the Outstanding Wrestler award from the tournament in Delta. The varsity traveled to Cedaredge to dual Buena Vista Friday, followed by the Panther[Read More…]
Cowboys take to the mats
MEEKER | After three full weeks of practice the Cowboy wrestlers finally took to the mats. Saturday found the team split, the varsity competed at the Maverick Duals in Grand Junction and JV at the Olathe JV Tournament. “The varsity did not have all the weights filled yet,” commented head[Read More…]
Full team this wrestling season
MEEKER | Meeker wrestling head coach JC Watt cannot be more excited for this year, 19 boys are on the team (about average) and he expects all will stick it out. Also on the lineup is the addition of two new coaches, bringing the number to six. Joining Watt are[Read More…]
Wrestlers attend summer camps in Paonia, Gunnison
MEEKER | Some believe summer wrestling makes winter champions and several Meeker athletes started working on their goals by attending two camps during their summer break. Eleven Cowboys attended a team tournament in Paonia this month. Seven of them wrestled 15-20 matches each in Gunnison last weekend. Bo Muxlow, Ty[Read More…]
Correction
MEEKER | Forty-eight Meeker High School (MHS) wrestlers have finished as state runners-up in the Colorado State Wrestling Championships, not 39, as incorrectly written in the “Colorado State Wrestling Tournament 2019” article, which appeared in the Feb. 28, 2019, edition of the Herald Times. We regret the error. Meeker head[Read More…]
Kennedy places second, Amick fifth at state wrestling tournament
MEEKER | Although the lessons are hard, some argue one learns more from a loss than a win. In wrestling, many life lessons are learned during the annual Colorado State Wrestling Championships—also known as the “Big Show.” Meeker wrestlers are no exception. The Meeker wrestling program is one of[Read More…]
Seven Cowboys wrestle their way to state
MEEKER | For the first time, the regional wrestling tournament was held inside the Montrose County Events Center, wrestled on five mats, featuring 10 teams from 2A and 3A, with the top four wrestlers qualifying in each of the 14 weights advance to the 2019 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, where all[Read More…]