Meeker Sports

Youth wrestling…

“Our community rocks,” Meeker Community Wrestling Club Coach Carl Padilla said after the annual Casey Turner Memorial youth wrestling tournament Saturday at Meeker High School. More than 350 wrestlers, including 62 from Meeker, participated in the tournament, which is an all-volunteer effort. “I’m extremely proud to call Meeker home,” Padilla[Read More…]

May 4, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker track team continues its efforts to qualify for state

MEEKER I The regular track season is winding down, and the Meeker track team continues to improve, with the goal of qualifying as many athletes as possible for the 2015 Colorado State Track and Field Championships in Denver in less than three weeks.

May 1, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker girls first while boys are third at track meet held in Rangely

MEEKER I Despite snow, wind and rain in Meeker on Saturday, Meeker High School Cowboy track coach John Strate said, “Both teams had a great day in Rangely,” where the girls won the team title and the boys finished third in a field of eight teams.

April 29, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker tracksters have busy week

MEEKER I The Meeker High School Cowboys boys’ and girls’ track teams faced tough competition on Friday at the Coal Ridge Invitational meet, then improved many of their performances the next day in Glenwood Springs.

April 17, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

MHS baseball…

April 16, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker track team battles injuries

MEEKER I One of Meeker’s track stars returned from injury to compete in the annual Frank Woodburn Invitational, another was injured in the same meet and another is expected back this week, when the Cowboys run, jump and throw at Coal Ridge on Friday and in Glenwood Springs on Saturday.

April 13, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboys drop two games to Paonia, 14-2 and 27-2

MEEKER I “Paonia is always tough,” Meeker head baseball coach Jason Browning said. The Eagles were in Meeker on Saturday and won a doubleheader held after a JV game at Paintbrush Park. The Cowboys played in Hotchkiss on Tuesday and will host them at home Saturday.

April 11, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Middle school wrestlers end season; Meeker and Rangely each place four

RBC I On the first Saturday of their spring break, many Rio Blanco County middle school wrestlers competed in the final tournament of the regular season in Meeker and many placed. Rangely entered nine grapplers and placed four. Meeker entered 14 wrestlers and placed four as well.

March 29, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Small MHS track team has placers

MEEKER I It was the first Saturday of spring break for Meeker High School, but many of the student athletes still competed in a track and field meet in Hotchkiss, allowing some the opportunity to enter more events than normal.

March 27, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Barone has two wrestling champs

MEEKER I Three Barone Middle School wrestlers advanced to the championship match in a tournament held in Oak Creek on Saturday, and two seventh-graders won titles in their respective weights.

March 21, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Cowboy harriers open season in Rifle

MEEKER I The Meeker High School track and field team got off to a good start Friday with good weather and solid competition in Rifle. The Cowboys are looking forward to a record-breaking season, returning several harriers with state experience. “We are lucky to have so many state qualifiers returning,”[Read More…]

March 19, 2015 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Meeker cagers win one game at state, lose two; Cowboys are No. 6

MEEKER I The Meeker High School boys’ basketball team wrapped up a successful season in Pueblo with weekend play at the Class 2A State Basketball Tournament, where they ended up No. 6 in the state.

March 19, 2015 by Hallie Blunt Comments are Disabled