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The Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Co-ed Basketball League has gotten underway for the 2018 season, with six teams competing. Week 1 results are as follows: One Hill of a Cizzle — 62; Vicklund Pharmacy — 46 Top scorer for One Hill was Gary Benefiel with 18 points; top scorer for Vicklund was James Van Heule with 19. Red Rock — 69; Carquest — 45 Top scorer for Red Rock was Tarvis Wingler with 23; top scorer for Carquest was Joe Munts with 8. Merit — 44; Hoosier Daddy — 32 Top scorer for Merit was David Evans with 19; top scorer...
Friday night's game against Rawlins was much different than the Thermopolis Boys Basketball team was expecting, Coach Kevin Gerber said of the Bobcats' 60-19 loss against the Outlaws. For starters, Rawlins' main scorer, Bryce Jerome, was out with an injury. Also, the Outlaws were a very aggressive team "that really beat us up on the inside," Gerber said. Of their 60 points, 44 were made inside the paint. "We did want to challenge them from the outside," Gerber said. "With Jerome being gone I...
The Lady Bobcats took on the Lady Outlaws from Rawlins last Friday, battling away, but coming up short as they lost, 35-59. The Lady Cats were only down by four at the half, 19-15, but coach Cory Sova said the game got away from them at the midway mark of the third quarter. Rawlins tossed in six shots in a row from a variety of distances while Thermop struggled with turning the ball over throughout the game, ending with 25 total. "Rawlins has some very athletic girls with nice quickness," Sova s...
A busy week saw the Bobcat wrestlers entertain the Buffalo Bison at home Thursday in a dual that wasn't that entertaining for the Bobcats. Bright spots were provided for the home fans by the return to action of Cullen Becher and the continued improvement of Chase White. Becher used an impressive double leg takedown in a first period pin of his opponent while White overpowered his Bison foe also in the first period with a 1:34 pin. The 45-30 loss was made respectable more by the forfeits given...
The Lady Bobcat freshman and JV teams seemed to be stuck on the number 17 last weekend as that was the final score for both teams against Rawlins’ Lady Outlaws. Due to low numbers for the Lady Outlaws, the JV team was only able to play two quarters, losing 23-17 in Rawlins. “We came out not nearly aggressive enough in the first quarter,” said coach Katie Despain. Rawlins, on the other hand, came out ready to play and scored 15 points in the first quarter compared to the Lady Cats five. The s...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club attended the Buffalo Outlaws Wrestling Tournament on Sunday, placing fifth of 21 teams. In Pre PeeWee Fletcher Lewis placed first in 30-32. In PeeWee Aksel Polson placed fourth in 32-34, Sawyer Wilson placed fourth in 34-35, Talon Owsley placed first in 36-37, Tucker Sayler placed second in 37-38, Archer Price placed third in 39-40, Tanner Myer placed second in 44-45 and Ben Farrell placed third in 45-49. In Bantam Ryker Sayler placed fifth in 38-43, Fischer Lewis placed first and Brayli Price placed second in...
The NBHA hosted its first 2018 barrel racing competition on Sunday at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Results include (in order of finish): Open 1D: Tammy Trollinger 15.662, Jerrie Slagle 15.757, Shae Bray 15.810, Missy Givens 15.908, Nick Comes 15.973, Elsie Campbell 16.012 Open 2D: Shyla Nicholas 16.166, Jerrie Slagle 16.415, Brenda Sims 16.532 Open 3D: Brenda Sims 16.719, Brenda Sims 16.988, Heather Jones 17.212, Kaylee Leseberg 17.220, Bobbi Zupan 17.243, Hannah Agar 17.272 Open 4D: Valerie...
It was a mixed bag for the Lady Bobcat basketball team last week as they topped the Lady Warriors from Worland on Thursday in a nail biter, 53-48, then lost to the Buffalo Lady Buffs on Friday 75-37. Head coach Cory Sova said the Worland game was a great confidence booster for the girls. "This was a total team effort as we played almost the whole overtime period without three starters," Sova said. Ashley McPhie fouled outwith about three minutes left in regulation play, Sesi Jensen with a minute...
The Thermopolis Boys Basketball team showed plenty of energy taking to the court this past week against Worland and Buffalo, but came up short with a 57-46 loss to the Warriors and a 77-39 loss against the Bison. Coach Kevin Gerber said of the Worland game, "It was a very winnable game for us, one that I think the boys had in their mind that we could compete and win." Though they played flat in the first quarter, the Bobcats kept up with the Warriors, scoring 13 to Worland's 16. Gerber said one...
Rarely does one see the kind of domination seen at the Lander Invitational Class 3A tournament. Adding the second place Worland and third place Lander points together would total exactly 8 points more than leader Star Valley's total of 257.5 with 14 wrestlers placing in the top six. Some observers opined that this may be the best team in the state regardless of class. The upcoming Ron Thon will clarify that. Seven Bobcats scored a total 62 points, in 15th place ahead of Rawlins and behind...
The Thermopolis Lady Cat JV basketball team met Worland and Buffalo this past weekend while the “froshmore” (freshman-sophomore mixed) team took on Buffalo. The JV game against Worland was a tough loss (36-22) at home. Coach Katie Despain said it was a learning game for the girls as they only scored five total points in the first half, but rebounded to score 17 in the third. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to overcome the Lady Warriors as the Lady Cats were scoreless in the fourth quart...
Last week, the Thermopolis boys JV basketball team had a rough time with a 58-40 loss to Worland and a 54-29 lost to Buffalo. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted the boys again “gave up a quarter” in the second, as Worland outscored us 21-10. “When you lose by 18,” he said, giving up 11 in one quarter is pretty tough.” Other factors include missed free throws to keep a win within reach. Down by 15 at the half, Shaffer said the team couldn’t really recover. The boys played much better in the second half, he...
At midweek before his Bobcat wrestlers journeyed to Pavillion for the Don Runner Memorial, Coach C.J. Scholl took time to caution his team in a no uncertain manner that if they thought they were going to have an easy time of it because it was primarily a 2A tournament, they'd better think again. By the time they thought again, they found themselves in the middle of the pack, finishing seventh of the 18 entries. Roosevelt, Utah, Cokeville, and Big Piney finished as the top three, with the only...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team added a pair in the "W" column this weekend, winning first at home on Friday against Lander, 36-30 and then winning in Big Piney on Saturday, 47-33. After losing to Lander's Lady Tigers by 10 before Christmas break, this win was a great one for the girls. The home opener had a great crowd and the girls were a little nervous, but they found a way to stay in the game and dominated in the fourth quarter. Both teams struggled in the shooting department, but coach...
It was another busy weekend for the varsity boys basketball team, taking on Lander Friday night and travelling to face Big Piney Saturday. Friday night's game went into overtime after a three-pointer from Lander near the end of regulation play tied things up at 42 points. Unfortunately, the Bobcats weren't able to score any more and lost 42-50. Coach Kevin Gerber said it was a great game for Hudson Roling, who had 10 points, and a breakout game for Noah Schwalbe, who had 16. Schwalbe also...
It was something of a hard weekend for the freshman/sophomore girls basketball team as they dropped a game to Lander on Friday, 31-25. The team was just two points behind at the half, but they were out-shot in the third quarter, which really hurt. Coach Katie Despain said the girls struggled to find their rhythm as a team. "Daily we have and will continue to work in practice to improve their skills," she said. "They all have a lot of potential." Elisa Weber led the team with nine points against...
The recent four-game winning streak that the boys' high school JV team had was ended this weekend during their games against Lander and Big Piney. The boys took on Lander at home Friday night, losing 70-44. Coach Ryan Shaffer said it was one bad quarter, the second, that really killed them. Outside of that quarter, he noted, the boys played well. Showing their improvement as a team since they faced Lander earlier this year, the Bobcats kept them to making only four three-pointers rather than...
This weekend saw the season openers for Thermopolis Middle School Boys Basketball, with the seventh grade team taking on Cody and Powell at home and the eighth graders going up against Cody and Powell at Cody. The eighth grade boys’ first game was a 36-33 loss against Cody. Eighth grade coach, Shane Corpening, stated, ” This game was our first game of the season and it looked exactly like that. We made a few too many critical mistakes — turnovers and allowing second chance points — for us to w...
This weekend during the Big Horn Basin Classic hosted at Thermopolis and Worland, the Bobcats came away with two losses and a victory. The action for the boys began Thursday evening as they took on Lovell, coming away with a 58-34 loss. Coach Kevin Gerber said this was the second time Thermopolis faced Lovell this season, having played them right before the winter break. He hoped they would have a better showing, but out of the three games he felt it was their weakest. "I think we are...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team spent Friday and Saturday in Lovell at the Big Horn Basin Tournament, coming out 1-2 for the weekend. Friday, the girls took on Cody and coach Cory Sova said they got off to a very poor start and never could get on track, losing to the Lady Broncs 52-16. “We had some good looks at the basket, but struggled for 32 minutes,” Sova said. “We shot poorly on two-point shots both near and away from the rim, made none of our three-pointers and were only 4-12 from the l...
On Jan. 5 and 6, the Bobcat wrestlers competed in the tough Shane Shatto Memorial tournament with 25 other teams in Douglas. Finishing 15th with a respectable 61.0 points, Thermopolis wrestlers recorded wins by every Bobcat entered in the varsity brackets. Three Bobcats, Cullen Becher (4th), Austin Ireland (6th), and Logan Cole (6th), proved they could compete at the highest level with wrestlers from all classes and three states Six Bobcats wrestled 33 matches in the varsity brackets and ended up with 21 victories (which included six pins) for...
Three games and three victories is what the JV boys basketball team took home from the Big Horn Basic Classic this weekend. Their first win came Thursday evening when they took on Lovell in an intense back-and-forth match that ended with 55-46 on the scoreboard. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted the last time the boys played Lovell, during the East-West Classic in Douglas earlier this season, they lost 75-67 and being able to hold them to about 30 points less is something to be excited about. The coach...
The Lady Bobcat freshman girls basketball team traveled to Buffalo last weekend for a tournament, taking on Worland, Lovell and Powell, finishing with a 1-2 record. The girls came out strong against the Lady Warriors from Worland and it was a tie game, 23-23, at half time. Coach Katie Despain said the girls were playing aggressive, smart and tough during the first half, but after the half-time break, they were not ready to play as aggressively. They let Worland slip 21 points past them in the...
The Lady Bobcat JV/freshmen team took on Ft. Washakie just before Christmas break, unfortunately losing a close one, 44-40. Coach Katie Despain said, “Overall, this game was good for our girls to experience. Ft. Washakie came out with two different presses that we were not ready for.” Despain said the girls adapeted well once they understood the strategies needed to break the two presses. Although a close game, it really came down to missed free throws at the end by the Lady Cats. They shot 43...
Bobcat Cullen Becher's sports career started at about age 5 or 6 in wrestling and PeeWee football with his father's support and coaching. He's always been talented physically according to his mother Kim, and she noted that while she was not a college grad, the value of education was always an important element of home life for all the kids, and all are now closely looking into the future to see where that education could take them. Cullen's favorite sport isn't wrestling, but football. Though...
