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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...
Porshia Birdsley recently placed 16th out of 23 in the world at the 2024 Official Strongman Games World Finals held in Madison, Wisconsin at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 6-8. Birdsley's weight class is under 73kg or 160lbs. There were four events to compete over two days. First was the log and trump log. This is where one rep on the bigger log (190lbs) beats any amount on the little log (165 lbs). Second was the car yoke walk with 620 lbs. Third was the axle deadlift with 405 lbs...
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...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate team earned the 1A/2A Team Sweepstakes Championship trophy at the Landins Outlaw Tiger Classic Speech and Debate Tournament held at Lander Valley High School on December 13-14. Coached by Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Riley Jeffs, and Markie Whitney, the Bobcats brought ten students to compete in the large tournament that hosted 17 schools and nearly 300 entries. Senior Kiesha Kraushaar set the pace with a second place finish in Dramatic Interpretation. She also broke into semifinals in...
Last Saturday, the Hot Springs County School District played host to the 2024 Big Horn Basin Conference Wrestling Championships. After months of planning and coordination, and with the aid of more than twenty individuals, the Conference Championships were widely attended – resulting in a great success for the district, and for the home teams. With ten schools sending teams to compete at the event, the high school gym was packed to the rafters with parents, grandparents, friends and family - a...
On Thursday, December 5, the Thermopolis Middle School Eighth Grade "A" Team played their final game of the regular season. The contest was held at the TMS gym, and was well attended by the faithful Thermopolis fans. Facing Worland for the second time this season, the win was never in doubt for the outstanding eighth graders. The team had defeated Worland on October 29 by a score of 53 to 4. And, last week's game ended with Worland scoring better the second time around, but still not coming...
While the focus this fall has been upon all of the athletic prowess of the high school teams – all of whom had excellent seasons this year – the Thermopolis Middle School “A” girls basketball team has quietly put in an undefeated season. The team is coached by assistant head coach, TJ Owsley, and is composed of eight eighth graders, and two seventh graders. The girls have played together for three years, and have gained a level of skill and determination that one usually looks for at the high school level. Head coach, Ashley Cleare, views t...
Thermopolis resident Porshia Birdsley has qualified to compete at the Official Strongman Games held at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin. The event runs from December 5-8, with Birdsley scheduled to compete in the womens 161 lb. class. Our local VFW will be airing the competition at Post 2281 on Friday and Saturday. At this national festival of strength, Birdsley will be competing against strongwomen from around the world. The competition features nearly 400 strongmen and strongwomen competitors from over 35 countries....
The Hot Springs County High School gym will be packed on Saturday for the Big Horn Basin Middle School Athletic Association Conference Wrestling Tournament. Weigh-ins are at 8 a.m., a seed meeting will be held at 9 a.m. with wrestling action kicking off at 10 a.m. The event will feature both “A” and “B” brackets for the boys and an “A” division for the girls. Thermopolis has a number of great TMS wrestlers who will be fighting to earn conference championships, so fans are encouraged to attend the event and show your support. Concessions...
Eleven Thermopolis Middle School wrestlers were crowned champions last Saturday at the Lander Valley Middle School Invite. Thermopolis also had three runners-up and two third place finishers. Results include: Girls 86-95 - Hailey Robinson, 1st, 6 points. Quarterfinal - Robinson won by fall, 1:37, over Alexia Brown (Riverton), Semifinal - Robinson won by fall, 1:29, over Krislynn Callshim (Fort Washakie), 1st Place Match - Robinson won by major decision, 13-1, over Delta Craft (Greybull) Girls 110-116 - Briar Lahoe, 1st, 6 points. Quarterfinal...
With the high school football season being now complete, last week the Wyoming Coaches Association released its list of football honors for the 2024 season. Head coaches across the state came together to vote for the players each coach considered most deserving of recognition, for their contributions to their team’s success, in the long and difficult season. In order to be considered for 2024 All-State Honors, a player must first be recognized as All-Conference in the 2024 season. Each classification, All-Conference and All-State, has a l...
Last Thursday, the Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team hosted a quad with Lander, Riverton and Worland. Thermopolis dualed Lander first posting a record of 21 wins and 11 loses. Their final dual was against Riverton, winning 16 out of 22 matches. Coach Toby Emery said "The team has been wrestling extremely well this season, and they did not disappoint wrestling in front of their home crowd. The team continues to impress me week in and week out; I could not be more proud of their...
