How community and wrestling became intertwined in small-town Rocky Ford, owner of 12 state titles copreps
Van Dyk’s great-great-grandmother graduated from the school in 1914, his grandfather wrestled at state for the Meloneers in the late 1960s, and his dad and uncle were heavyweight state champions in the 1990s. Now, Van Dyk epitomizes the bond between the sport and a community where on-the-mat greatness has been the standard for a half-century.
Rocky Ford Meloneers head coach Mike Jurney gives 113-pounder Mateo Martinez a thumbs-up as he takes on Widefield’s Emilio Montano on Feb. 2, 2023, in Rocky Ford, Colorado. Rocky Ford High School’s wrestling team holds 12 2A state championship titles. Rocky Ford was named by frontiersman Kit Carson, who crossed the Arkansas River at a shallow spot overrun with shale and boulders, and proceeded to call it Rocky Ford Crossing Place. The name stuck.
After White set the wheels in motion for Rocky Ford’s transformation into a wrestling powerhouse, Mike Jurney kept the legend alive. Both men had guidance from Allen Cutsforth along the way. Cutsforth, a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, was a longtime assistant to both White and Jurney. The Rocky Ford wrestling progenitor died last September. His funeral was a town event at the Melon Dome.
But initially, he was viewed as an outsider who lacked experience. Jurney had graduated from Adams State a few years earlier and spent two seasons as the head coach at Antonito High School before arriving in Rocky Ford to a cold reception in 1992. The fact that the coach immediately after White lasted only three years added to the scrutiny.
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