MEEKER | Cowboy senior Tannen Kennedy became the winningest wrestler in Meeker High School history when he won his 145th varsity match of his high school career last Saturday, in front of his hometown fans in the Meeker Duals, the final matches of the 2019 regular season. “Tannen shows up everyday,”[Read More…]
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Meeker duals this Saturday
MEEKER | In the final week of the regular season, the Cowboy wrestling team will host the Meeker Duals Saturday, before the state-qualifying regional tournament held the following weekend. The Cowboys wrestled and beat Paonia in a dual last Thursday in Palisade but lost to the host team. Rifle came[Read More…]
Cowboys tie for fourth in tourney
MEEKER | The Cowboy wrestling team split duals with Norwood and Hotchkiss last Friday, then placed eighth in the Screaming Eagle tournament in Paonia, where the team finished tied for fourth. Meeker has changed their schedule and will wrestle Paonia and Palisade in duals tonight in Palisade, instead of Friday,[Read More…]
Overtime win for Cowboys …
Cowboy wrestlers celebrate after referee Steve Gottlieb signals two points for Meeker’s Dax Sheridan, giving the 152-pound junior a 16-14 overtime win against his Moffat County opponent Tuesday at Meeker High School. Coming off an idle weekend, the Meeker wrestling team hosted Moffat County and beat the undermanned 3A Bulldogs[Read More…]
Two wrestlers place at Utah tournament
MEEKER | The Cowboys wrestled in the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah, last weekend and found the competition as tough as the tournament’s namesake. Several Cowboys won matches in the varsity tournament but only two placed. The Cowboys will take a week off to “heal up” according to head coach[Read More…]
Kennedy takes gold at Eagle Valley
MEEKER | Tannen Kennedy has settled into his new weight class, as the Cowboy senior dominated the 145-pound bracket in Eagle Valley last Saturday in the first competition of 2019. Five other Cowboys placed in Eagle Valley, helping the team finish eighth, with the host team winning the team title.[Read More…]
RBC wrestlers start 2019 in Eagle Valley
RBC | Both Rio Blanco County wrestling teams will start the 2019 part of the season in Eagle Valley this Saturday, as the Panthers and Cowboys continue their quest to qualify for the state tournament in February. “This is a good tournament because it has some tough competition,” Rangely Head[Read More…]
Kennedy wins Warrior Classic
MEEKER | The championship match of the 40th annual Warrior Classic, in the 145-pound bracket featured two Colorado state runners-up: Tannen Kennedy of the 2A Meeker Cowboys and Cameron Lucero of the 3A Pagosa Springs Pirates, with the two wrestling like it was a state championship match. The match started with[Read More…]
Cowboys fall 36-29 against Demons
MEEKER | A pin is the ultimate goal in a wrestling match and last Thursday when the Cowboys wrestled 12 matches against a visiting Buena Vista Demons team, 11 of the matches were determined by pin fall and Meeker lost the dual 36-39. “We wrestled hard but we got pinned too[Read More…]
Cowboys win two in Maverick duals
MEEKER | The Cowboys opened the 2018-2019 season by wrestling five duals, all against larger schools, with Meeker winning two in the Maverick Duals on the campus of Colorado Mesa University last Saturday. Meeker beat 4A Montrose and 3A Grand Valley but lost to the defending 5A state champion Grand Junction[Read More…]
Cowboys open season Saturday at CMU
MEEKER | With 25 wrestlers out for the Cowboy wrestling team, including 10 freshmen, Meeker head coach J.C. Watt, who is starting his eighth year at the helm, hopes to fill all 14 varsity weights this season, which opens in Grand Junction with the Maverick Duals, Saturday. “We are excited[Read More…]
READY TO WRESTLE …
Meeker head wrestling coach J.C. Watt (center) addressed about one-half of his team last Monday on the first official night of wrestling practice with his full coaching staff in force behind him. Coach Watt said he expected about 25 wrestlers to join the team after several take a few days[Read More…]