Tag: Wrestling

Meeker hosts nearly 300 peewee wrestlers

MEEKER — After a one-year hiatus, the Meeker Pee Wee Wrestling club hosted the Casey Turner Memorial tournament last Saturday, featuring more than 280 wrestlers from around the region, including more than 45 from Meeker and more than half placed in the top four.

Four BMS wrestlers qualify for state tourney

MEEKER — Four Barone Middle School wrestlers competed in the second annual regional tournament last Saturday in Grand Junction and all four qualified for the middle school state tournament this weekend in Denver.

Meeker’s Joe LeBlanc places fifth at NCAA championships

MEEKER — It is the highest level of collegiate wrestling in the United States — the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division I — and Meeker’s Joe LeBlanc became an All-American with a fifth-place finish in the 184-pound division at the NCAA Division I Championships, held last weekend in St.[Read More…]

Cowboys end disappointing season at state

MEEKER — “It was pretty sad,” Meeker High School wrestling coach Joe Gutierrez said of the 2009 Colorado State Wrestling Championships. Two senior Cowboys qualified for the big show but only one match was won between the two.

Panthers finish 7th at state

Five Rangely wrestlers earn individual medals RANGELY — For the second year in a row, the Rangely Panther wrestling team finished seventh as a team at the Colorado State Wrestling

Meeker’s Doll, Moody qualify for state tourney

MEEKER — Six of eight varsity wrestlers placed in the top six at the regional tournament but only Cowboy seniors Jared Doll and Matt Moody qualified for the 2009 Colorado State Wrestling Championships, also know as the “big show,” which features all classifications. The big show is held at the[Read More…]