Meeker High School’s legendary wrestling program is hitting the mats in practice, preparing for the first meet of the season this Saturday, when varsity will head to Grand Junction for the Colorado Mesa University Duals. This will be first year of the program under new head coach Stryker Lane. Girls’[Read More…]
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MHS Wrestling Awards
The varsity wrestlers earned letters and a handful of additional Cowboys earned special recognition. Notably, Judd Harvey earned Most Valuable, Most Dedicated for the second year, Most Wins and for a second time in his career Most Pins. “Judd deserves all of his recognition and worked towards each and every[Read More…]
MSD celebrates student accomplishments
Meeker’s school board recognized students and staff for recent accomplishments Monday at the regular board meeting, including spelling bee champion Samantha Patton and the music department for a widely praised concert last weekend. Also introduced and recognized were the coaches and team members of Meeker’s state championship wrestling program. Retiring[Read More…]
Cowboys send retiring coaches off in style
This year’s win is a storybook ending for retiring coaches Carl Padilla and JC Watt (above). Tiffany Jehorek photo. The Meeker Cowboys are your 2024 Colorado State Wrestling Champions, having won their ninth team title and continuing to be one of the winningest teams in the state. Head coach JC[Read More…]
MEEKER COWBOYS 2024 STATE CHAMPIONS
It took a mighty team effort for the Cowboys to secure the 2A title for the first time since 2016. Jake Blazon, Orion Musser, Koy Weber, Tristin Rollins, Clay Crawford, Reed Goedert, Holton Harvey, and Noah LeBlanc all put valuable points on the board. Tiffany Jehorek photos
Cowboys take first in regionals, send 11 to state
The Cowboys are sending 11 wrestlers to the 2024 Colorado State High School Activities Association State Wrestling Tournament at Denver’s Ball Arena this weekend after a very successful regional showing in La Junta, Colorado, last weekend. Meeker showed up to the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament ready to represent the[Read More…]
Cowboy wrestlers host duals, head to regionals
For 10 seniors and two coaches, Saturday was the last time they’d compete in the Meeker gym as part of the Meeker High School wrestling program. In the final regular season matches where the Cowboys hosted the 2024 Meeker Duals and for a third straight year (COVID didn’t allow for[Read More…]
THE END OF AN ERA
Wrestling is an individual sport but it takes sacrifice and support from coaches, teammates and especially family to succeed. Meeker’s wrestling program has been successful for many years because of local families like the Watts. JC Watt ran the Meeker duals last Saturday for the last time as the head[Read More…]
Cowboys dominate at Parachute’s Great Eight
The Meeker Cowboys dominated the Great Eight Duals in Parachute, winning the entire event with great finals matches against hosts Grand Valley. Five rounds of duals and no one came close to matching the Cowboys on the mat with wins over Coal Ridge 69-11, Basalt 66-15, Hayden 52-15, Moffat County[Read More…]
Cowboys place fourth at Tournament of Champs
This was the year of the Cowboys in the 2024 Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah. No Meeker team has placed as high as they did this year — they finished in fourth place — and no Meeker team has seen three wrestlers in the championships in one year as[Read More…]
Clatterbaugh, Harvey crowned champs at Warrior Classic
In head coach JC Watt and assistant coach Carl Padilla’s last year at the Warrior Classic the Cowboys tied for first in small schools with Center. “This is one of the hardest tournaments that we will attend this year,” commented Watt. In fact, not competing in the Warrior is detrimental[Read More…]
Three MHS Cowboy wrestlers undefeated
At the end of week two in the Meeker High School wrestling season, three Cowboys remain undefeated: Jake Blazon, Brendan Clatterbaugh, and Judd Harvey. “Clatterbaugh and Harvey are both wrestling really tough this year,” commented head coach JC Watt. “Clatterbaugh has matured into his body and is very strong, there[Read More…]
