Meeker High School alumni Chad Dare, is the head coach of the D51 Phoenix Girls wrestling team from Central Grand Junction, is pictured with his 2024 Girls Division Colorado State Wrestling Championship runners-up. Dare was also named the Girls Division “Coach of the Year” and is pictured holding the award above Rangely’s Harleigh Prater. Prater, a freshman at Rangely High School, drove to Grand Junction to practice and traveled with the team this season wrestling more than 50 matches, finishing with a 39-13 record, a regional championship and a fourth place state medal in the 125-pound bracket. Dare’s daughter Molly (40-7), a senior on the team, finished as a consolation champion in the 140-bracket. BOBBY GUTIERREZ | BOBBYGUTIERREZ.SMUGMUG.COM