Four local wrestlers, including former Meeker student Cody Pfau, J.R. Crawford, Lucas Heinle and Taran Smedley competed in a freshman/sophomore tournament recently held in Pueblo.
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3rd place finishes at Hayden, Soroco
MEEKER I Meeker’s Barone Middle School finished third at the annual Northwest Invitational Wresting tournament in Hayden March 5.
Kennedy competes in skills championship
MEEKER I Meeker elementary student Tannen Kennedy competed in the Western Region of Colorado at the state Denver Nugget’s Skills Challenge last week.
Bound for NCAA finals …
Former Meeker High School graduate Joe LeBlanc, wrestling for the University of Wyoming, finished second in the NCAA West Regional tournament held at the United State Air Force Academy last Sunday.
Lady Cowboys play in “Sweet 16”
MEEKER I Friday night at Standley Lake High School in Westminster the Meeker girls defeated the Peyton Panthers to play a 2A state qualifier game on Saturday against the Holyoke Dragons.
Peyton Panthers defeat Cowboys in regional tourney
MEEKER I The season came to an end last Friday at Standley Lake High School for the Meeker Cowboys boys’ basketball team, after losing to the Peyton Panthers in the semifinal round of the Region 7 basketball tournament.
Lady Cowboys lose two
MEEKER I The weekend wasn’t what the Meeker girls’ basketball team was hoping for. Last Friday, the girls traveled to Paonia to meet the defending state champions. In their previous game, Meeker surprised the Eagles with a hard-hitting full court press to lasso a six point win.
BMS wrestlers win Craig Invite
MEEKER I The Barone Middle School wrestling team won the annual Craig Invitational dual tournament, after winning all five of their duals. Meeker started the day by defeating Rifle 43-33 in a closely contested dual. Key wins were picked up by Austin Purcell and team captain Jake Phelan.
Meeker ladies place third in district tournament
MEEKER I After a breathtaking quarterfinal win against the Soroco Rams last Tuesday in Oak Creek, the Meeker lady hoopsters started the semifinal round of the district tournament in Hayden against the No. 1 seeded Paonia Eagles.
Cowboys win two at district tourney
MEEKER I The Meeker Cowboys by virtue of the District 5 tournament games, 64-53 victory over West Grand, 48-64 loss to Hayden, 52-46 victory over Rangely, will be headed to the Region 7 Regional games at Standley Lake High School in Westminster where they are set as the No. 3[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys split the weekend
MEEKER I After a close overtime game, the Panthers came out fighting as Meeker met them on their home court Friday night. Both teams sprang into action with full court presses.
Cowboys split final regular games
MEEKER I The challenge of playing the same team twice in the regular season with only the second game counting toward league standings bit the Cowboys over the weekend.