MEEKER — Devon Pontine and T.J. Shelton both have been traveling to Craig to work out with the Bad Dogs wrestling club two times a week since early November.
Sports
Cowboys take 63-41 win to open season
MEEKER — The Meeker Cowboys opened the basketball season in style Friday night with a convincing 63-41 victory over the Olathe Pirates in Olathe.
Cowboy wrestlers sixth at Hotchkiss
MEEKER — “It was our first outing and our younger kids got their eyes opened to what high school wrestling is all about,” Meeker High School wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said.
RHS holds volleyball banquet
RANGELY — The Lady Panthers concluded their successful season Nov. 20 with the banquet.
Olympic champion Cejudo helps Meeker wrestlers kick off a new era
MEEKER — The Cowboy wrestling team will open the 2008-2009 season in Hotchkiss this weekend, under a new head coach, only the fifth in Meeker’s storied program.
Meeker Cowboys mark season’s end at annual banquet
MEEKER — The Meeker High School football team officially concluded its 2008 season with at the annual banquet hosted by the parents. Approximately 100 people attended.
Olympic gold medal wrestler to speak here
MEEKER — Many Colorado wrestling fans were treated to the opportunity of watching Henry Cejudo win two state titles a few years ago in the Pepsi Center. Since then, the 21-year-old has won an Olympic gold medal and will speak in Meeker Nov. 28.
Barone Middle School nips Craig in seventh-grade game
MEEKER — All four Barone Middle School basketball teams played competitive games against the Craig Middle School Bullpups but only the seventh-grade B team was able to win on their home court last Saturday.
Meeker’s Kindall named WSL player of the year
MHS Cowgirls’ Atwood is top coach; RHS’s Meagan Piering also an all-star MEEKER — Janae Kindall was named the Western Slope League (WSL) volleyball player of the year by a unanimous vote from the coaches in the league.
AT STATE!
Lady Panthers start out well, but fail to advance from pool play at state RANGELY — Rangely Lady Panthers concluded their season last weekend at the state tournament. I thought the weekend went well, but not as well as I would have liked it.
BMS 7th-graders continue to win
MEEKER — For a second week in a row, the Barone Middle School A-team won its basketball game last Saturday it was in Craig. The seventh-grade B-team and both of the BMS eighth-grade teams lost to the Bullpups.
Meeker’s season ends at regionals
MEEKER — At the beginning of the season, the volleyball team looked at the Rocky Mountain News predictions for the league. Vail Mountain was the outright favorite for the league championship and Meeker “has some size and experience and they should battle well.”
