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“Age is the price of wisdom.” It’s an ancient proverb. One that has been passed down through the fog of time - in cultures spread across the globe. But what does it mean? Benjamin Franklin said: “At 20 years of age, the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.” Fair enough. I’ll concede that the passage of time can help one to have a more complete perspective of the world, of people, and even of one’s own life. Franklin lived to be 84. I wonder if he had any words of wisdom about what rules at 50? Or 60? Guess he was keeping that wisdom...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team have pursued a winning season this year, with wins against some very accomplished teams from both the 2A and the 3A conferences. This past weekend, however, conference play got underway, with games against Shoshoni and Greybull. The Cats are the number one ranked 2A team, and came into the weekend with a record of 8-3 – good enough for a two-way tie with Shoshoni in the 2A Northwest. With first place on the line, the Cats went into S...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Wrestling Team were at home last Thursday night for a meet on Senior Night, against the visiting team from Cody. Dyllan Myers, Cannon Boren, and Brody Sorensen each came away with wins. Commenting on the night, Coach Travis McDermott said: “We took some lumps against a very tough Cody team. While we had some exciting matches, we had a tough time chain wrestling against such a technical team.” For Senior Night, Seniors, Brody Sorensen, Sam Skelton, Logan Dafoe, Lance Axtell, Colter Price, Ethan Yarringto...
The Lady Cats wrestling team had two meets scheduled last week, one at home and one on the road. Thursday night the Lady Cats took on Cody at home, and then traveled to Lander for the annual two-day tournament held at Lander Valley High School. The Lady Cats had just three matches against Cody, and with skill and grit, they came away with two wins by pins. Outstanding sophomore Lilly Quintanilla continues to dominate her opponents, gaining a pin in the first period over Rakisits of Cody. Junior Alix Sorensen made quick work of her outing, with...
The Hot Springs County High School, Lady Cats basketball team, began conference play last weekend, with an away game on Friday night in Shoshoni, and then back at home, to meet up with Greybull. Playing some of their best ball of the season, the Lady Cats came away with two wins for their efforts. Coming into the weekend’s contests, the Lady Cats were 5-6 for the year, and sat in third place in the 2A Northwest, just three games back of first place Rocky Mountain. Both of their weekend games were against fellow 2A Northwest teams – mea...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Wrestling Team was in Shoshoni last weekend to compete in the Clash of the Crossroads Tournament. In a tune-up for that event, the team first took on Glenrock, at home, in a Dual on Thursday night. Led by their seniors, the Bobcats won the dual, with a 41-20 score - winning seven of their ten matches. Commenting on the night, Coach Travis McDermott said, “Seniors Colter Price and Ethan Yarrington, got things going with two falls, and then senior, Lance Axtell, moved up a couple of weight classes, in h...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats Basketball team traveled to Powell last weekend to compete at the Big Horn Classic Tournament. The event was played in Powell and Cowley, with all of the Cats games scheduled at Powell High School. These would be the last non-conference games of the season. After taking down Wright the weekend before, the Cats came into last weekend ranked number one among 2A schools in the state. After the 2A East/West Smackdown Tournament over the weekend of January 10 and 11, junior Cody Bomengen was named Athlete...
The Lady Cats wrestlers had two meets last week, beginning on Thursday night, at home for a Dual with Glenrock, and then moving on to the Clash at the Crossroads Tournament in Shoshoni on Friday/Saturday. The Lady Cats team defeated Glenrock 17 to 6, and finished in second place at Shoshoni, with a team score of 118, to Shoshoni’s 131. With small teams for each of the Glenrock and Thermopolis schools, there were just four matches on Thursday night, with the home team taking wins in three of the four. Freshman, Izzie Hetzel, bumped up two w...
Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School, Lady Cats Basketball team, hosted their second tournament in as many weeks. With twelve teams in competition, the Big Horn Classic was played in Thermopolis, and in Worland. On Friday, January 17 the Lady Cats first saw the JV team from Cody. In a close game, the Cody Broncs were victorious – winning by a score of 44 to 36. In the two-day tournament, Cody went on to defeat Wind River – 34 to 33, and on Saturday, dropped to Powell, by a score of 49 to 20. Also on Friday, the Lady Cats took on...
Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats Basketball Team hosted the first of two, back-to-back, tournaments. Each team had four scheduled games over the two-day event, and with 16 teams competing, the action was dispersed between the schools in Thermopolis and Shoshoni. Friday afternoon found the Lady Cats pitted against the Rams from Big Horn High School. In a game that was never in doubt, the Lady Cats won by a score of 59 to 38. In the first quarter, Thermopolis ran up six unanswered points before the Rams were able to get...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Wrestling Team was in Douglas last weekend for the annual Shane Shatto Memorial Invitational Tournament. The event is always a big draw for teams to show off their skills, and this year was no exception. Thirty five teams from four states competed in one of the toughest tournaments of the year. The Bobcat wrestlers finished the event in 7th place, managing to defeat all of the 2A, all of the 3A, and some of the 4A teams who came to compete. The Cats...
The boys side of the 2A East/West Smackdown was played last week-end in Wright and Sundance. The Bobcats played two games at Wright High School on Friday, and then traveled to Sundance for two additional games. Sixteen very good teams came to compete in the two-day event. By the end of the event, the Bobcats would stand at three and one – with wins against Big Horn, Wright and Tongue River. First up for the Cats were the Big Horn Rams. The Rams were just 2 and 5 coming into the weekend, however, the team played much better than their record m...
The Lady Cats Wrestlers traveled to Douglas last weekend to compete at the annual Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament. Thirty schools from four states were represented at the event. With just five wrestlers on the team, the Lady Cats placed four competitors, and finished the tournament in Sixth Place - with 104.5 team points. Sophomore, Lilly Quintanilla, continued her winning ways – dominating her way through the bracket, pinning all four of her opponents, and taking another championship in her weight class. “In the Championship Match, Lilly met...
The Wyoming Coaches Association have announced the winners of the fall sports season Coach of the Year awards. The prestigious awards go to those coaches who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and determination in their individual sports. For the sixth time, in as many years, Hot Springs County High School Golf Coach, Brandon Deromedi, was again named as “Coach of the Year” for the Fall 2A Boys Golf Season. Coach Deromedi hails from Worland, and has been teaching Physical Education and Health in Thermopolis for thirteen years. Bra...
Students have returned from their Christmas break this week, and the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats will be back in action for the winter sports season. The basketball and wrestling teams will be hard at it this weekend, with season championships in their sights. After beginning their season with a 1 and 4 record, the Lady Cats basketball team, together with the Lady Wranglers of Shoshoni, will play host for the 2A Smackdown this weekend. Games will be played in Thermopolis and Shoshoni on Friday the 10th, and Saturday the 11th. Four...
After opening their season with a win against the 3A Lander Tigers on Friday, December 13, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats headed down to the south-west corner of the state last weekend, to compete in the Flaming Gorge Classic, at Rock Springs and Green River. The Classic is a large event, drawing teams from fourteen schools to play in both varsity and junior varsity games. Class 2A, Class 3A and Class 4A teams were all represented in the teams attending the tournament. There were to be no easy games for the Bobcats – as they were p...
Coming off a spectacular showing at the Powell Invite the preceding week, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats were in Worland last weekend, to compete at the Battle in the Big Horns Tournament. This is one of the largest events of the season, and draws a crowd of some nineteen schools to compete for the Best of the Best in each weight class. On Friday, the Cats went 3 and 1 on the day – to reach the Gold Bracket Round on Saturday. Commenting on the Friday rounds, coach Travis McDermott stated, “We lost a close dual to Rock Springs in...
The Lady Cats Wrestlers were in Worland last weekend to compete at the Battle in the Big Horns Tournament. Between matching up against some very talented competitors, and being short staffed due to illness/injury, the Lady Cats faced some real adversity in the two-day event. Outstanding sophomore Lilly Quintanilla did not compete, as she was battling illness. Similarly, sophomore, Ava Dafoe, did not compete, as she is in the process of recovering from a lower body injury. Thus, the already small team was down to just three wrestlers to take to...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats basketball team took a long bus ride to the southwest corner of the state last week-end to play in the Flaming Gorge Classic. The Classic is a large tournament, drawing fourteen teams, from Class 2A, Class 3A and Class 4A schools, with games scheduled in both Green River and Rock Springs. The tournament gave the Lady Cats some tough competition, and an opportunity to gain some experience playing against good basketball teams. The Lady Cats played two 4A schools, and one 2A school, in the tournament...
As another year comes to a close, we begin to focus on the events, and the atmosphere, of the holiday season. Certainly, the holidays can be hectic – stressful even. It is important, however, that we always try to overlook those aspects of the season, and focus instead, on the more joyful things – especially, how we look forward to time spent with friends and family, in celebration of the season. Understandably, our thoughts may turn to holiday seasons of the past, and to happy times spent with some loved ones, who are no longer with us. Thi...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Wrestlers traveled to Powell last week-end to compete in the Powell Invite. Twenty-two teams from across the region were in town, to get a feel for the trajectory their respective seasons may follow. For the Bobcats, the season started with a bang! In a very large tournament, with experienced teams, representing some extremely tough competition, the Bobcats finished in third place – and were the top Wyoming school – just ½ point out of second pla...
The Lady Cats wrestlers kicked off their season in Cody last weekend. The Cody Girls Invite saw twenty-one teams come in, to begin the 2024-25 wrestling season. The Lady Cats are, once again, a young team, albeit a team which gained a wealth of experience last year. Returning junior, Alix Sorensen, will again join forces with returning sophomores Lilly Quintanilla, Summer Galovich and Ava Dafoe. Freshman Izzy Hetzel will join her upper-class teammates in this year’s quest for championships. The action in Cody on Friday saw the Lady Cats come a...
Following on the heels of their outstanding performance at regionals in Thermopolis, nine members of the Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team were in Douglas on December 15 to compete in the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association (WAWA) Middle School Wrestling Championships. With thirty-nine teams in attendance, the competition was both stellar, and grueling. This tournament serves as the qualifier for athletes to represent the state of Wyoming at the upcoming Heartland National Duels, which will be held in Council Bluffs, Iowa in March of...
After finishing last season in fourth place – with just one win in their division – the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team drops down to Class 2A this season – and looks to fare far better this year and to make the play-offs. In early voting, the team is ranked number three among 2A teams. To kick off the season, the team traveled to Lander last Friday, to play their former Class 3A rival. Despite a 2A team playing a 3A team, the game went to the visiting Bobcats, who led the Lander Tigers from the tip-off. At game’s end, th...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats basketball team opened their new season against Class 3A Lander last Friday. In a game where neither team looked to be in regular season form, the Lady Cats were never in contention on the scoreboard and were defeated by a score of 54 to 27. The Lady Cats are a young team, with just two seniors, Hanna Hill and Austin Slagle. Three juniors, Jayssie Owsley, Kamryn Farrell and Charlee Slagle are joined by two sophomores, Chloee Owsley and Morgan Jones. Two freshman made the varsity team to start the sea...
