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The Bobcats and Lady Cat track teams were in Douglas last week to compete in the Douglas Invitational. Boys and girls teams from 15 schools matched up in the day-long track and field events. Faced with competing extra-curricular interests for several team members, the Bobcats and Lady Cats were, once again, without their full compliment of competitors. As they have done all season long, however, the teams did not allow their shortage in numbers to affect their results. Putting on a remarkable performance, the Bobcats finished in first place in...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Golf Teams headed to Powell on Friday, April 25 to compete in the Powell High School Spring Invite Tournament. Although the day was cool and overcast, the players were not met with any precipitation or wind challenges, and the Powell Golf Course was in great condition for an early season tournament. At the end of the day, both teams finished in second place, with the Lady Cats at 298 - just four strokes back of first place Cody and the Bobcats a mere five strokes (335) behind the exceptional team from...
Members of the Thermopolis Rodeo Club competed in Big Piney last weekend. For high school competitors, results include: Saturday Taylor Agar, pole bending, 14th, 24.312 Kamryn Farrell, barrel racing, 23rd, 17.638; goat tying, 7th, 8.060 Rylee Agar, barrel racing, 32nd, 18.304 Bridger Peil, tie down calf roping, 3rd, 115.740; team roping (with partner Cooper Jones), 2nd, 8.5 Jay Ritchey, team roping (with partner Gracie Skogen), 6th, 10.470 Sunday Taylor Agar, barrel racing, 31st, 17.725; pole bending, 13th, 22.844 Rylee Agar, barrel racing,...
Thermopolis Middle School boys and girls track teams competed last weekend at the Greybull Middle School Invitational. Of the eight teams in attendance, both the seventh grade girls team and the seventh grade boys teams took home first place. The girls team scored 163 points, more than double the points scored by second place Greybull with 70 points. The seventh grade boys team scored 127 points, which was 76.5 points more than second place Tongue River. For the eighth grade teams, the girls finished second with 105 points to first place...
Following up their wildly successful Wrestle-Opolis event, the Thermopolis Wrestling Club (TWC) took 32 wrestlers to the USA Wrestling sponsored state tournament in Casper on April 11-13. Battling in 68 weight classes, the team entered 32 wrestlers in Folkstyle, 19 wrestlers in Freestyle, and 13 wrestlers in Greco/Roman weight classes. It has been a long season for the grapplers of TWC, with practices happening four nights per week, and sometimes even more. Additionally, the club has attended...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams were granted a perfect day to play their Spring tournament last Wednesday. The event had been scheduled for Thursday, however, Mother Nature had teed up some heavy, wet snow for that day so the schedule was adjusted in order to get the event in before the clouds let loose. The powder blue skies and balmy spring temperature combined to make for a very pleasant day out of the classroom, for some very fortunate high schoolers. School – s...
Members of the Thermopolis Rodeo Club kicked off their season last weekend in Rock Springs. They will be up this weekend in Big Piney, then in Newcastle followed by the state finals on May 8 in Gillette. For high school competitors, results include: Saturday Taylor Agar, barrel racing, 19th, 16:712 Kamryn Farrell, barrel racing, 26th, 17:310; breakaway roping, 7th, 3.120; goat tying, 14th, 10.470; team roping (with partner Molly Allen), 4th, 9.8 Rylee Agar, barrel racing, 30th, 17.599; pole bending, 26th, 31.039 Bridger Peil, tie down calf...
The Bobcats and Lady Cat track teams competed in Shoshoni on Tuesday, April 15 and both teams put in a remarkable effort. While the Bobcats finished in first place in the team standings with a combined score of 287 (more than one hundred points higher than second place Kemmerer), the Lady Cats finished second to Kemmerer, with a team score of 69. The weather and field conditions were both exceptional for an early spring event, and combined to drive the Thermopolis teams to a total of thirteen first place finishes. Robert Buckner finished first...
The last event of this season for the Thermopolis Sorting Season was held April 12 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The event was the buckle series finale and featured $2,000 total added prize money. April 12 results include: All Levels 1st Dawn Peil and Missy Givens 2nd Brad Peil and Hoyt Peil 3rd Holly Kenison and Marty Kenison Ranch Hand 1st Dawn Peil and Hoyt Peil 2nd Hoyt Peil and Marty Kenison Youth 10 and Under 1st Ryker Edgeington Youth 11-15 1st Hoyt Peil 2nd Hoyt Peil #4 1st...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club ended their regular season last weekend at the Kids/16U State Championship held in Casper. Five wrestlers,Gabriel Ryan, Hayden Robinson, Hailey Robinson, Briar Lahoe and Jesalyn Blair, placed first in all three styles, earning them Triple Crown titles. Across the three styles, Thermopolis brought home an amazing 24 state championships. The boys team was 2nd place in all three styles in the large team division behind Green River. The girls team was 2nd in folk style, 4th in greco and 6th in freestyle. A photo of the wr...
When it comes to statistics, the sport of track and field is not unlike the sport of baseball - in both cases, it’s all about the numbers. The Hot Springs County High School track teams traveled to Powell last week to put up numbers in the various events, all the while, fighting their own reduced numbers. It probably comes as no surprise that, in a rural community like Thermopolis, we have the benefit of a very large, and highly successful, FFA organization. Many of our high school students participate in that fine institution, and thus, l...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams have faced some challenges in their short spring season. Although they were to have kicked off the spring campaign in Worland on April 4, that tournament was canceled by uncooperative weather. This week, the teams were scheduled to play at home on Thursday, April 17. Once again, however, Mother Nature has refused to cooperate, and thus that tournament was moved up a day with the hope of taking advantage of some fine weather, which has been for...
Last Saturday, the Thermoplis Middle School track team competed in the Shoshoni Junior High Invite. The junior high division made up of 7th and 8th graders while 6th graders competed in the youth divisions. The junior high girls team placed 11th out of 16 teams with 20 points and the junior high boys placed 5th out of 17 teams with 43 points. The youth boys team was 13th out of 18 teams with 15 points and the girls youth team scored 16 points to put them in 11th place among 18 teams. Middle School Boys 100m - Gavin Livingood, 11th, 13.32; Willi...
On Monday, April 7, Hot Springs County High School senior Tymber Eckley, top, signed her commitment to join the Livestock Judging Team at Casper College. Tymber received a full-ride scholarship to CC and has been judging livestock since she was nine years old. She is currently pursuing election to an office with the Wyoming 4-H Program and plans to pursue a degree in Agricultural Education. Bottom, senior Hayden Overfield signed his commitment to join the Hardrockers Golf Team at South Dakota...
The Thermopolis Middle School track team participated in the Spartan Invite in Riverton last Saturday. Next up for the middle school team will be the Shoshoni Invite next Saturday. Team scores from Riverton were unavailable. Individual results from Riverton include: 7th Grade boys 100m - Braxton Delay, 14th, 14.56; Dawson McLean, 20th; 14.92; Talon Owsley, 15.06; Elam Epperson, 15.46; Vincent Brown, 15.50; Braxton Egger, 16.06; Aiden Gray, 16.09; Mick Marvel, 16.65; Aiden Borgen, 18.21; Grant Coates, 18.36; Alex McMartin, 19.71 200m - Braxton...
The Hot Springs County High School track teams were in full swing last week with meets at Natrona County High School in Casper on Thursday and in Greybull on Saturday. In Casper, Thermopolis joined twelve other schools in a long day of track and field events. With each event overflowing with competing athletes, sometimes as many as four heats deep, the matchups were stiff, causing both Thermopolis teams to finish in the lower half of the team standings. Davdine King put in a grand effort, finishing first in the high jump and second in the 400...
Hot Springs County High School senior Logan Dafoe was recently appointed to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Following graduation in May, Logan will head to New York this summer to join the Corp of Cadets, as a member of the Class of 2029, and will commence his Plebe year at the Academy. Acceptance to West Point is highly prestigious, and requires an applicant to survive a grueling, months long, application and selection process. The endeavor requires an applicant to obta...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members competed in the last regular season tournament last weekend in Powell. In team standings, Thermopolis placed 4th with a total of 1,033.5 points behind the first place Powell (2,250.5 points), second place Greybull (1,288 points) and third place Cody (1,199.5 points). Representing Thermopolis at the Black Hills & AAU Folkstyle Nationals in Rapid City last weekend, Gabe Ryan placed third in the boys 10U, 65 pound weight class with a tournament record of 6-2. The Wyoming Kids/16U State Championships & Junior...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats wrestlers gained six individual champions at this year's State Championships Tournament. Five of those champions traveled to Virginia Beach last weekend, to ply their trade at the National High School Championships. Graduating senior Will Ward was not able to attend the event, however, senior Brody Sorensen was joined by junior, Alix Sorensen and by sophomores Lilly Quintanilla, Cannon Boren, and Dyllan Meyers, in making the trip. All of...
Last weekend six wrestlers represented Thermopolis as part of Team Wyoming at the Heartland USA National Duals held at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Left to right, Hayden Robinson, Jesalyn Blair, Briar Lahoe, Hailey Robinson, Kylie Geis and Tanner Delay made the trip to Iowa. The Heartland Duals is one of the largest annual wrestling events with 94 teams from across the country sending their best wrestlers to battle for national glory. On Saturday, teams wrestle round-robin...
With no Wyoming tournament on the schedule last weekend, members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club traveled to Billings, Mont., for the annual Montana Open. This tournament is one of the largest and toughest events held in the Montana region with just over 2,200 wrestlers from over 200 teams competing. Bringing home first place Champion Skull Trophies were Carter Enis, Rylee Cooper and Aksel Polson. Other results include: 6U Boys 43 - Konnor Simpson, 7 points 6U Boys 46 - John Ryan, 5th, 19.5 points 6U Boys 49 - Carter Enis, 1st, 30 points;...
The Hot Springs County High School track teams kicked off their 2025 season at the Burlington Invite last Friday. Thirteen schools sent teams to compete in the event. The Lady Cats finished in seventh place in the team standings, while the Bobcats finished second with 128.25 points. Interviewed after the event, Coach Boone Bowker, said, "We have a really talented team this year, and I think the Bobcats have a good chance at winning the State Championship in 2A. Big Horn has been the team to...
Thermopolis Middle School boys and girls track kicked off the season in Burlington last Saturday. The 8th grade girls team came in second place with 82 points and the combined 6th/7th grade teams also were runners-up with 60.35 points. The boys teams each placed fourth, with the 8th grade boys earning 66.50 points and the 6th/7th grade team finishing with 57.50 8th Girls 100m - Mackenzie Buckner, 4th, 14.74 200m - Mackenzie Buckner, 3rd, 30.48; Aislyn Dobbins, 7th, 33.63 800m - Jakae Elder, 4th, 3:02.71 1600m - Jaydyn Boren, 3rd, 6:29.79 100m...
The Hot Springs County High School track teams will kick off their season this week, with a meet in Burlington on Friday, March 28. Last year, the teams qualified 31 competitors for the state tournament, and the teams hope to exceed that number this time around. Football Head Coach Boone Bowker will take the helm for the Bobcats and Lady Cats track teams this year, and will be aided by Assistant Coaches Darren Elder, Dessire Egger, Ryan Williams, and Bill Faller. Coach Bowker has used his influence to bring some new arrivals to the team, which...
Following a frenetically paced winter sports season, which saw the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats basketball and wrestling teams outperforming their opponents on the mat, as well as on the court, it is time to look forward to spring sports competition. The Bobcats golfers finished as State Champions at last September’s state tournament, and the Lady Cats, following their own State Championship outing in the fall of 2023, finished the state tournament as runners-up. With the two championship wins in the last two years, H...
