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With the largest crowd in years looking on, Bobcat wrestlers created a memory no other Thermopolis wrestlers before them could do - they will be able to remember forever defeating the Douglas Bearcat mat men on the home mats. The dual started at the 152 weight class with Hunter Mounts moving up from his usual 145 pounds to take on Bearcat Ty Russel. One minute and four seconds later the referee raised his hand, and he walked off after starting the Bobcats with an unexpected 6-0 lead. Douglas... Full story
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club participated in the Buffalo Outlaw Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 27. In 6U of PeeWee) 32-34, Fletcher Lewis placed first and scored 19 team points. In Round 1 Lewis won by a 40-second fall over Lauryn Gross of Touch of Gold Wrestling Club in Round 1, won by an 18-10 major decision over Greysen Seim of Douglas Wrestling Club in Round 2 and won by a 42-second fall over Thayne Harden of Casper Wrestling Club in Round 3. In 6U of PeeWee) 36-37, Aksel Polson placed...
The Challenge of the Books was held at the armory last Wednesday with students from Thermopolis Middle School taking fifth with their record and third with their points. Challenge of the Books is a contest for middle school students who love to read and they are expecting to host about seven other schools for the competition. A list of 12 books, which come from the Soaring Eagle and Indian Paintbrush nominee lists, are given to the children to read each August. The students then read each of the books with an emphasis on remembering the...
The 2019 season of the Hot Springs County Recreation District’s Adult Basketball League got off to a strong start with three games on Wednesday, Jan. 23 This season, the league has five teams competing for the title — Properties West, Two Hills of a Cizzle, Hot Parts, Red Rock and Merit Energy. Properties West showed up on the court twice last Wednesday, with a 80-65 loss to Red Rock and a 79-59 win against Hot Parts. The third game resulted in a close 49-40 win for Merit Energy over Two Hills. The games set the opening records at 1-0 for Mer...
Heidi Hunt keeps track of brothers Maximus and Davien Martinez while Jameson Dennis remains frozen during a game of "podball," a dodgeball variation....
by Mark Dykes Among the discussion at the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Jan. 24 meeting was the financial report. Greg Willson wanted to make sure things were “on track” in terms of actual numbers against what was budgeted. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush noted that as of December — six months through the fiscal year — the budgeted income was $141,660 and the actual income is $85,409.46, over the halfway mark. “I think we’re doing good,” Rush said. “We’re still showing a n...
One of last year's buffalo calves meanders around with a few of the mature members of the herd. Though some of the grass is tall enough to poke through the snow, buffalo also clear eating areas with their noses this time of year....