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The Thermopolis Bobcat boys basketball team had a rough weekend, losing to Newcastle at home on Friday night and then traveling to Douglas on Saturday, losing 44-63 on the road. “This was a tough game for us,” said coach Shane Corpening about the Newcastle game. “From a statistical standpoint, we did everything right, however, we really struggled to shoot the ball and convert some easy looks around the basket.” The Cats had 12 fewer turnovers than Newcastle and managed 18 more shots, which C...
The Lady Bobcats split a pair of games over the weekend, beating Newcastle’s Lady Dogies 49-43 on Friday before falling to the Lady Bearcats of Douglas, on the road, 32-74. Friday’s win over Newcastle was a big one for the team as they came back and beat a team who had defeated them soundly just three weeks ago. They played a strong defense and managed the game by hitting some key buckets in a tightly contested game. Three of the Lady Cats had double digit scoring against Newcastle. McKenna Bom...
A game against Meeteetse last week showed what the seventh grade boys A basketball team is all about with a 42-18 win. "This was an overall great effort by our whole team," coach Dan Webber said. "We played well on both ends of the floor and really spread the scoring around. Hopefully, this will carry over into our next games." A number of the players took a good look at the basket including top scorer Hayden Overfield who popped in eight points on the day. Logan Dafoe made six points, followed...
As the budget session of the Wyoming Legislature continues, the Requests for Proposal (RFP) for both the Days Inn and Star Plunge have been put on hold. Both businesses operate within Hot Springs State Park’s boundaries. According to Nick Neylon, Deputy Director of Wyoming State Parks reports the Joint Appropriations Committee has taken one-half of the spending authority from the Park’s State Capital Construction request, essentially setting aside all the money needed to purchase the Days Inn in...
Within the next couple of months, new security measures will be installed in the courthouse, jail and dispatch area using grant monies from the Department of Homeland Security. Dean Peranteaux, IT director for the county, has spoken with all of the department heads to discover what each of them would like to see in the way of security measures along with the judges and Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon, and has created a plan that will bring all of the departments within the... Full story
The 2020 Legislative Budget Session for Wyoming has commenced and Representative John Winter said, “It is an amazing process and I am honored to represent the citizens of House District 28 for the State of Wyoming.” Winter provided a brief update and partial summary of the developments in the early stages of the budget session. HB35, Wolf Depredation Compensation, “was killed at introduction,” Winter said, “but we are still looking at options. I think the bill is important for livestock...
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new “happening” spot in town for breakfast and lunch, the 148 Bistro. Situated inside Gottsche Rehabilitation and Wellness, 148 Bistro is a complete makeover of the previous cafeteria shared by Gottsche and Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, including a whole new menu that changes daily. Krista Raymond, formerly of the Front Porch, is serving homemade breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls, homemade granola and more at breakfast along with delicious salads,...
The largest home hospice care organization in Billings since 2017, Stillwater Hospice, is now working in Thermopolis and the Big Horn Basin. Director Chris Graham said the company’s philosophy is to keep people at home, or wherever they live, until the end of life. “We are here to relieve the burden of the caretakers,” Graham said. “People don’t always understand what hospice is. We don’t just come in the last couple of weeks. We come in six months or even a year before to make the process bea...
The Bobcat boys basketball team split a pair of games this weekend, losing a close one to Powell, 50-57, before topping Lovell 51-48. Coach Shane Corpening said the Powell game was a tough one. "Our effort was outstanding, but our execution at times wasn't where it needed to be. Powell maintained about an 8-12 point lead throughout the game, but we made a good run at the end to where we cut the lead to four points with about a minute and a half to go. "From there, we took a couple of forced shot...
It was an outstanding weekend for the Lady Bobcats basketball team, coming home from Powell with an away game win Friday, 49-39, followed by a win over Lovell on their home court, 43-21. In the Powell game, Ashley McPhie had a big night, scoring 21 points, including 5/8 three-pointers. McKenna Bomengen also had a nice game, adding 16 points for the road team. Coach Matt McPhie said Bomengen and Kaylee DeVries led the way rebounding, both pulling down five. DeVries and Bomengen also played some...
The Thermopolis Bobcat Cheer squad attended the Heart Mountain Regional Spirit Competition in Cody last weekend, bringing home third place honors. According to head coach Ayni Garza, there were eight teams at the competition and the Bobcats competed in the Game Day category to prepare them for the State Cheerleading Competition on March 11 in Casper. “Last year we took second at state and only lost by half a point,” Garza said. “This year we are determined to win state with our new team....
Thermopolis Middle School’s eighth grade boys basketball teams are getting plenty of time in on the boards with several games over the last week. First up was an A/B game against Tensleep where boys from both the A and B teams played together. “We started out a bit slow,” said coach Ryan Shaffer, “but after halftime, finally picked things up. We played very well defensively in the second half, and thanks to 14 points by Jeffrey Lewis in the fourth quarter, finally started to pull away. “Overall,...
The seventh grade boys basketball team has been spending a lot of time on the court lately and their practice has definitely improved their scores. During a recent tournament with Powell and Cody, the A team “did a much better job offensively against Powell the second time around,” said coach Dan Webber. “We are improving defensively and I think the boys are starting to see and understand just how hard you have to work to stop a team like this. During the 23-48 loss to Powell the top score...
It was 1907 and two towns just north of us were booming with coal. Gebo and Kirby boasted everything from boarding houses to grocery stores, baseball teams, schools and even city bands as the coal industry took hold and tons of the black fuel was pulled from the shafts dug on their outskirts. Of course, there was Crosby, too, which had become a town itself in 1890, providing the initial coal to get the other towns going. Needless to say, there were friendly rivalries between the three towns and...
The Hot Springs County 4-H Junior Livestock Judging team was named the champion team at the 2020 Black Hills Stock Show. Teams gathered from Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska to participate in the Black Hills Stock Show Youth Day Livestock Judging Contest. Youth judged six classes of livestock, answered questions on two classes and gave one set of oral reasons on their placings for a class of Yearling Balancer Bulls. Team member Taylor Agar dropped 18 points in placings on the...
The Lady Bobcats lost a tough battle against number 3-ranked Worland Lady Warriors last week, 46-49. “The team played really well for stretches of the game,” head coach Matt McPhie said. “Give credit to Worland, they made some plays early in the game and sealed the victory late.” McKenna Bomengen led the team against Worland, scoring 13 points. Sesi Jensen added another 10 in the scoring column and Ashley McPhie chipped in nine. Jensen and Kaylee DeVries led the way on the boards with both gi...
The Bobcat boys basketball team lost a tough one to the undefeated Worland Warriors last Friday in Worland, 47-86. “Without a doubt, it was a tough night for us and a lot of things didn’t go our way,” said head coach Shane Corpening. “We could have done a much better job playing team defense and rebounding the ball.” Corpening said those are two areas the team will be working on extensively at practice, moving forward. The team got in foul trouble early, too, which didn’t help. “Jarron Mor...
Thermopolis Middle School’s eighth grade boys basketball teams have been busy playing a number of teams in the area. The A team took on Shoshoni recently and coach Ryan Shaffer said, “We played well in this game as we tried to work on a few things. We still gave away a little too much in the fourth quarter, but other than that, we were able to win every quarter before. “Our defense looked much better and it looked like a good game after coming off a tough loss to Lovell.” In spite of a 25-39 l...
Thermopolis Middle School students came home with a second place overall during the recent Mathcounts competition at North West College in Powell, qualifying them to advance to the state competition in Laramie in March. Coach of the team, Stephanie Metz, said, "This is the first year we've had such high individual results." Seventh grader Hayden Overfield placed first with eighth grader Seth Needham placing second. The pair will get to compete at the state level. Brendan Butler, a seventh grader...
Cross country skiing enthusiasts in Hot Springs County no longer have to travel 75 miles or more to enjoy your favorite winter pastime. Lloyd Lafave and Tom Anderson put their heads together and created trails for cross country skiing at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Lafave came here last year with plans to retire and noticed some skiing going on at the golf course but knew he could improve it with a little grooming. An avid snowmobiler and cross country skier himself, he started checking around...
Contrary to recent posts on social media, the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus has not breached the boundaries of Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Health assures the state’s residents that there are no reported cases of the deadly virus in Lander. The department is closely monitoring the outbreak situation and sharing recommendations with Wyoming’s healthcare providers. Although it has been going by the moniker “coronavirus”, it is actually the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a l...
Nate Messenger, Fixed Base Operator for Hot Springs County Airport informed the commissioners he was going to have to start looking into a new credit card system for fuel at the airport, as their current system will be obsolete after June 30. Messenger said obsolete didn’t necessarily mean the system would stop working, just that it will no longer be covered by the company it was purchased from and parts would be difficult to come by. The commissioners had recently signed a new, year-long c...
Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) has partnered with Donors Choose in order to obtain materials for their classrooms – anything from furniture to science materials. Teachers first create a project they would like to have funded and then prospective donors visit the Donors Choose website, select their favorite project and then donate to help fund their favorites. When the items are fully funded, Donors Choose ships the items directly to the school. Just this past week, TMS was fortunate to have s...
Where did January go? Oh wait, it’s buried under about a foot of snow. We really have been lucky this winter with just a couple of brief storms before Christmas and a virtually dry January. We should have seen this coming. This is the kind of snow I remember as a kid growing up here, though. It seemed like we had lots of the white stuff from Thanksgiving til sometime in March, leaving us kids with plenty of weekends to sled and lots of opportunities to toss on our skates and come home with bruis...
It is quite appropriate that February, which features Valentine’s Day, is also American Heart Month. The first Friday of every February is the day everyone comes together to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke. To go along with American Heart Month, in 2004 the American Heart Association created a global initiative to end heart disease and stroke in women, specifically, know as Go Red for Women. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, killing more than all forms o...
