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  • Wrestlers compete in Lander

    Daniel Powell|Jan 25, 2024

    Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling teams traveled to Lander for the Lander Invite Tournament where twenty-six teams were in attendance. The Bobcats finished 7th as a team, while the Lady Cats ended the week-end in 5th place. Lady Cats All four Lady Cat wrestlers placed in the Lander tournament, and coach Travis McDermott was pleased with their performance saying, "The ladies are improving every week, and their attitude and effort are fun to be around." Lilly...

  • Bobcats face quality team in Powell

    Daniel Powell|Jan 25, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team was in Powell last weekend for the opening of conference play and for a rematch against the Panthers. The Powell team had played very well the weekend before, winning the Big Horn Basin Classic in Thermopolis. The Panthers came into the contest undefeated at 9 and 0. The Bobcats came out a little flat, and while they didn’t play poorly, they were just unable to outshine the play of the Panthers. Kanyon Gerber demonstrated he has a flair for the back-door cut, leaving Powell looking a bit s...

  • Lady Cats drop tough game to Powell

    Daniel Powell|Jan 25, 2024

    With frigid temperatures in the weather report, the Hot Springs County High School Girls Basketball Team traveled to Powell this past week-end, for their second game against the Panthers, in as many weeks. The Lady Panthers are a good team this year - coming into the contest at 7 and 2 for the season – and in a replay of the week-end before, proceeded to hand the Lady Cats their eighth defeat. In the opening quarter, neither team was able to put up a great deal of points - the quarter ending with Thermopolis down by a score of 7 to 2. In the s...

  • Bobcats go two for three

    Daniel Powell|Jan 18, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team played host to the Big Horn Basin Classic Tournament this past weekend. The varsity Cats came into the tournament at 6 and 2 for their efforts so far this season. With all ten players sitting in double-digits in points, Thermopolis was set to make a respectable showing in the contest. On Friday, the Cats paired up with the 2A team from Greybull and came away with a 62-20 win. All ten players put up points in the game, with Thermopolis...

  • Lady Cats have weekend split

    Daniel Powell|Jan 18, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School girls basketball team traveled to Powell this past weekend to compete in the Big Horn Basin Classic. The ladies played hard and came away with a win and a loss. On Friday, the varsity Lady Cats were up against the 2A team from Greybull. The Buffs put on a good show, however, it was not enough for the victorious team from Thermopolis who pulled away to a 56-35 win. Sophomore Jayssie Owsley had 27 points, while sophomore Kamryn Farrell put up 16 points of her own. Junior Austin Slagle came off the bench to...

  • Bobcat wrestlers bring home trophies

    Daniel Powell|Jan 18, 2024

    Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling teams traveled to Pavillion to compete in the Don Runner Memorial Tournament. Due to weather concerns, the event was parred to a single day on Friday. Both the boys and girls teams were dominant, and came away with a second place finish for the girls, and a third place finish for the boys. Lady Cats While the Lady Cats had planned to travel to Green River for the weekend, the bitter cold weather put a stop to that idea, leaving the team free to join the boys team in competition...

  • Bobcat wrestlers perform well

    Daniel Powell|Jan 11, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling teams traveled south last week, commencing with a dual against Glenrock on January 4 and then on to Douglas for the Shane Shatto Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Lady Cats The Lady Cats had just two matches in Glenrock, coming away with a win, and a loss. Lilly Quintanilla extended her win streak by pinning Gillian Holman (a state placer last year) in the first period. Kailey Allen performed well in her match, losing by a score of 5 to 2. In Douglas, the Lady Cats finished 10th out of 25 tea...

  • Lady Cats run into tough weekend

    Daniel Powell|Jan 11, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School girls basketball team traveled to Rawlins last weekend for the Winter Classic Tournament, on Friday and Saturday. While the Lady Cats played hard, they are still a young team who are learning the ropes of varsity competition. The Lady Cats faced three very good teams, and dropped difficult contests over the course of the tournament, losing to Mountain View on Friday by a score of 53 to 19, losing to Lyman on Saturday by a score of 50 to 27 and losing to Pinedale later in the day by a score of 63 to 31. All of...

  • Bobcats suffer first loss of the season

    Daniel Powell|Jan 11, 2024

    The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team traveled to Pinedale last weekend for the Winter Classic Tournament. The Cats came into the weekend undefeated at 5 and 0. Friday’s contest saw the Cats pitted against the team from Mountain View, and resulted in a win, by a score of 56 to 48. Coach Shane Corpening said, “We initially played very well against Mountain View, but, we began to let them back into the competition as the game progressed.” From there, things took a turn. In two games on Saturday, (against Lyman, and later, again...

  • Varsity Bobcats remain undefeated

    Daniel Powell|Dec 21, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball teams played at home Friday against Glenrock and against Buffalo on Saturday. In the Friday contests, both the varsity and JV teams put up impressive wins against Glenrock, topping their opponents by scores of 64 to 42 and 52 to 34, respectively. The varsity team showed poise and skill in taking the ball to Glenrock, and continued their undefeated season with an impactful win. Overall, the JV team moved the ball very well. They showed skill at taking the ball into the key, and then kicking it...

  • Bobcat wrestlers head into break following busy week

    Daniel Powell|Dec 21, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats Wrestling Team went to Greybull for a dual last Thursday and came away with a win, scoring 57 to 21, despite being hindered by illness and injury. Colter Price put up a win in the 132 pound class against a tough opponent, and Mason Reese came away with a first-time win against a wrestler he had faced before, but hadn’t managed to beat. Additionally, in their matches, pins were recorded by Cannon Boren, Sam Skelton and Will Ward. The boys and girls teams went to Worland on Friday and Saturday for the B...

  • Lady Cats split games in basketball action

    Daniel Powell|Dec 21, 2023

    Last week, the Hot Springs County High School girls basketball teams hosted Glenrock on Friday and Buffalo on Saturday. The Lady Cats JV team played three games over the course of as many days last week, ending 2 and 1 for their effort. Thursday, the JV team went to Cody to play a very good team in an out of class contest, coming away with an impressive win at 38 and 36. On Friday they put up another win against Glenrock, with a final score of 46 to 37. Saturday saw the JV team face a very polished team from Buffalo. The Lady Cats were not...

  • Bobcat wrestling season off to a great start

    Daniel Powell|Dec 14, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Bobcats Wrestling Teams kicked off their seasons at the Powell Invitational Tournament last Thursday and Friday. There were twenty-two schools competing in the event, from both Wyoming and Montana. Teams from Montana performed well at the event, taking the top three spots in the boys standings, and two of the top three spots in the girls standings. Bobcats The Bobcats put in a good effort overall. Coach Travis McDermott said, "Friday during...

  • High school basketball season gets underway

    Daniel Powell|Dec 14, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School Boys and Girls Basketball Teams commenced their 2023-2024 season last week, appearing in the Burns Winter Classic Invitational Tournament. Both teams traveled to Burns for games on Friday, and then to Wheatland for games on Saturday. Bobcats The Boys Varsity Team went three for three, taking games against Morecroft (80 -30) and Southeast (72-42) on Friday, and finishing the tournament with a win on Saturday in Wheatland (59 -45). Morecroft went 0-4 on the weekend, Southeast went 2-2, and Wheatland finished...

  • Winter sports season kicks off

    Daniel Powell|Dec 7, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats winter sports seasons will start on Friday, December 8, 2023. The wrestling season will commence with an invitational meet in Powell, at which Coach Travis McDermott expects there will be up to twenty schools appearing to compete. Coach says practices have been going well, with a great group of kids out for the team. “Although we have experienced some absences due to illness, the kids have been working hard in practice to get ready for the season, and we are looking forward to a good year.” “As far a...

  • Bobcats finish at top of academic challenge meet

    Daniel Powell|Dec 7, 2023

    Hot Springs County High School hosted a Wyoming Academic Challenge (WAC) Meet on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Thermopolis Middle School. Eight schools were in attendance, with a total of 13 teams competing in the event. The WAC conducts a series of academic challenge meets throughout the state, which are designed to allow high schools to compete in a regular season of events, culminating in a state tournament. The season runs from October through April of the school year. WAC rules provide that each event “consists of four or five rounds of q...

  • HSCHS student council members attend state convention

    Daniel Powell|Nov 30, 2023

    The Hot Springs County High School Student Council attended the 67th Annual Convention of the Wyoming Association of Student Councils (WASC), held in Gillete on November 13 and 14. The HSCHS Delegation was comprised of twelve members of the Student Council. Council Members were accompanied by their Advisor, London Jenks, who is a past recipient of the Advisor of the Year Award (2019). WASC annually holds a convention at which student council members gather from across the state to present, and to discuss their school’s student council p...

  • Some sports classifications will change next school year

    Daniel Powell|Nov 9, 2023

    Every two years in Wyoming, high school competition classifications are set by the Wyoming High School Athletics Association (WHSAA). While in the course of spirited competition, it may sometimes seem that the classifications are arbitrary and capricious, the system is attempting to balance some important, and competing, interests. In discussing the subject, Thermopolis School District Athletic Director, Brandon Deromedi, said “The Athletic Association is trying to create a classification system that provides for fair and equitable competition,...

  • Season ends for Bobcat varsity football just short a playoff spot

    Daniel Powell|Nov 2, 2023

    The Thermopolis Bobcat varsity football team finished their season in fifth place in the 2A West Division. The Cats went 2 and 4 in the conference standings, with a 2 and 7 overall record. The top four teams from the East and West Divisions were elevated to the class 2A quarter-finals of the state playoffs. In conference standings, the team ranked eleventh in team rushing with 119 average yards per game on the ground, for a total of 1,067 rushing yards. They averaged 7 rushing first downs per game, and scored 8 rushing touchdowns on the...

  • Bobcats finish season in hard fought game against Bulldogs

    Daniel Powell|Oct 26, 2023

    The Thermopolis Varsity football team saw their season come to an end, in a well-attended, and hard-fought game played in Lovell this past Friday night. Coming into the game, the Bobcats needed to win by a margin of greater than five, in order to see their way into the post-season. Those who are audiophiles - and of a certain age – may recall that Lovell, Wyoming is the birthplace of one Richard Kermode, the keyboardist for the 70s rock band “Malo,” whose one big hit was a song called “Suavecito.” While the game may have been “smooth” for th...

  • Bobcats run into tough opponent in Cokeville

    Daniel Powell|Oct 19, 2023

    The Thermopolis Bobcats traveled to Cokeville last Friday for a game against the second place Panthers. With an early morning travel schedule, and after a nearly five hour bus ride, the Cats rolled into the western part of the state, and arrived in the town of Cokeville. The Panthers are well known for historically operating a power-t offense, and the Cats came ready to defend that old-school formation. Holding the run, and forcing the Panthers into a passing offense, however, proved to be a bitter pill for the Bobcats’ league leading pass defe...

  • Bobcats fall to Eagles in tough fought battle at home

    Daniel Powell|Oct 12, 2023

    The Thermopolis Bobcats ran into a tough opponent this past Friday night at LeRoy Hayes Field. The 2-2 Lyman Eagles were in town, and had, purposefully, come to play, leaving the Cats with a 38 -12 loss, when the action was over. What began as a sunny evening, with the home team taking the field in their gray uniforms and purple helmets, soon became a rather gray affair overall as the weather became chilly, and the fortunes of the Cats became decidedly frosty. The two teams put on a defensive...

  • Bobcats celebrate homecoming with blowout win against Pinedale

    Daniel Powell|Oct 5, 2023

    Sometimes, you just can't help feeling sorry for those unfortunate folks, who have to live in the big city. Sometimes, an event comes along, which makes it impossible to not realize how great it is to live in a community like Thermopolis, Wyoming. Indeed, such an event occurred this past Friday. If you were not aware, last week was Homecoming for the Bobcats. The week culminated, Friday night, in a football game for the ages. The boys from Pinedale came to town, intent on deflating that buoyant...

  • Bobcats earn top spots at cross county meet

    Daniel Powell|Sep 28, 2023

    Thermopolis hosted the Bobcat Invitational Cross Country meet at the Thermopolis Golf Course on Friday, September 22. Teams from Thermopolis, Wyoming Indian School and St. Stephens competed on a day which started out somewhat cool and cloudy, but in which the heavens came through, with sunshine all around during the four event meet. The high school girls event was off to a great start at 2 p.m., and the boys began at 2:30. The high school course was a 5K event, that again had ups and downs, with which the top-notch runners were required to...

  • Lady Cats win state golf

    Daniel Powell|Sep 21, 2023

    The Thermopolis High School Golf Team headed to Newcastle last Thursday to compete in the 2023 Class 2A State Golf Tournament. The event was hosted by Upton High School on September 15 and 16. Thirty six holes were played over the two day tournament. At state, each team is allowed up to five players on each of the boys and girls teams, with team scores determined by the best three players on the girls team, and the best four players on the boys team. Play commenced with a shotgun start on...