Several young Rangely wrestlers, including a couple high school wrestlers from Meeker, attended a one-day wrestling clinic featuring four-time Division I All-American Joe LeBlanc. LeBlanc graduated from Meeker High School where he was a three-time state champion for the Cowboys, before wrestling for the University of Wyoming Cowboys. LeBlanc will[Read More…]
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Meeker Alumni State Wrestling Runners-Up
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[Read More…]
Wrestling legacy extends into Utah
Westlake 6A High School in Utah was thrilled last Thursday when senior Celeste DeToles, sporting a 134-4 record became their first four-time state wrestling champion in the 135-pound class. Celeste is known for her toughness and quick pins, pinning many opponents in less than 60 seconds. Kaizen, her sophomore brother,[Read More…]
MHS grapplers perform well in Hotchkiss
The Cowboys entered the Fight at the Fork with 27 other teams full of tough competition, previous state champions and kids ranked high. “We have some kids that are sick and so didn’t have a full team, but the kids that were there are all still improving and all of[Read More…]
Panthers wrestle in Fight at the Fork
Special to the Herald The Rangely Panther wrestling team participated in the Fight at The Fork tournament in Hotchkiss last Friday. The event featured 28 teams, presenting the Panthers team with their most challenging competition of the season. Despite battling illness, our wrestlers performed commendably. Aydan Christian had a notable[Read More…]
RHS wrestlers host tournament
The Rangely Panther wrestling team had a demanding schedule last week. On Thursday, the team traveled to Silt for duals against Coal Ridge and Steamboat Springs. The Panthers faced a narrow defeat against Coal Ridge, losing 30-27 despite wins from Cameron Preciado, Aydan Christian, Ronny Anderson, Izaiah Moody and Jaxon[Read More…]
Cowboys beat Palisade again, prep for Vernal Tournament of Champions
Cowboy wrestling wrapped up the year with a win over Palisade for the second time this season. They had met at the Colorado Mesa University duals and the outcome was the same, despite the Cowboys being down three weights. “Palisade has improved as a team as a whole,” commented head[Read More…]
WESTERN DUALS …
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PEEWEE
The second to last weekend of peewee wrestling concluded with 34 Cowboys competing in Rifle and a handful of wrestlers from high school to elementary competing at the Aztec Warrior Championships in Farmington, New Mexico. “Our kids wrestled tough and did really well,” commented head coach Carl Padilla, “the ones[Read More…]
YOUTH WRESTLING
Last Saturday, Meeker had eight youth wrestle at the Rocky Mountain Nationals Elementary School Regionals Tournament in Grand Junction: Timber Weber, Kaden Krueger, Jaxson McPherson, Uriah Grant, Lucas Simpson, Connor Moody, Bryant Turner and Orion Musser. | COURTESY PHOTOS The tournament was extremely difficult and challenged each of the wrestlers[Read More…]
BMS WRESTLING . . .
(Left) Johnny Rust took 4th place during the Meeker Middle School Tournament last Saturday. (Right) Jace Vroman scored 14 points towards towards Meeker taking second place as a team during the Meeker Middle School Tournament. COURTESY PHOTOS
BMS WRESTLING
Barone Middle School wrestlers took first place as a team in South Routt County (Soroco) last weekend, with a number of Cowboys earning gold. | TANIA VALERIANO PHOTOS
