T.J. Shelton, a seventh-grader at Barone Middle School won his seventh national title, since last November, in Denver last weekend, winning the 122-pound bracket of the Rocky Mountain Nationals.
Meeker Sports
Track teams open season in Delta
More than 40 boys and girls from Meeker High School are on the track team this year and most of them competed in Delta last Saturday to open the season.
Basketball banquet honors MHS seniors
The MHS boys’ basketball team officially concluded their 2010-2011 season with the annual parent-hosted banquet. Approximately 60 people attended the function that annually honors outgoing senior players.
Junior National hopefuls
Four Rio Blanco County basketball players played in the prestigious USA Junior Nationals All-State High School Basketball Competition last weekend in Denver.
BMS wrestlers finish second
Led by team captains Jake Phelan and Tristin Pelloni, Meeker wrestlers finished second out of 13 teams at the East Grand Middle School Tournament.
Wrestlers…
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.
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.
