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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...
The freshman/sophomore boys basketball team came away with its first win of the season when it took down Fort Washakie 63-52 on Dec. 19. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted there are currently two freshmen - Jesse Skelton and Eli Dickey - and during the Fort Washakie game Skelton was out sick so the majority of the players were sophomores. He added that was okay as this was considered Fort Washakie's JV team. "It was good for our guys," Shaffer said. "We needed a win for sure." The coach is always pushing...
Christmas came early for the Bobcat wrestlers this year at Worland's "Battle in the Big Horns" tournament when they won their way to the Silver Bracket Championship with three dual victories on Saturday after Friday's tough bracket draws against powerhouses Douglas and Sheridan. This was a great finish for the week which started with a thrashing of Greybull on Thursday who could only furnish enough varsity wrestlers for six matches, and lost four of those. A Bobcat that had a memorable night...
Thermopolis Boys Basketball got off to a rough start this past weekend, with three losses at the East-West Classic at Douglas, 65-38 against Lander, 59-42 against Lovell and 74-45 against Riverton. As for the Lander game, which was the boys’ first for the season Coach Kevin Gerber said he felt good about the defensive focus they went into the season with, a focus for the first three weeks. He noted they went from being zone defense last year to man-to-man defense this year and he felt good a...
It was a rough pair of days for the Lady Bobcat basketball team this weekend as they dropped games to Riverton, Lovell and Lander. Friday’s game against Riverton saw the Lady Cats struggling a bit with a 30-53 loss. Coach Cory Sova said Riverton simply shot the ball much better and had nine more offensive rebounds. Having 11 shots blocked or at least deflected didn’t help, either. “It was our worst outing of the year,” Sova said, “and we could get no rhythm or momentum.” McKenna Bomengen ha...
Bobcat wrestlers journeyed to Powell for their first competition of the season with a lot of questions to be answered. This young team answered them in the most positive way possible. With some 22 teams competing, they brought home two varsity championships and one JV championship, they amassed 32 victories out of 54 matches with 32 of those wins by way of pins, and they became a team supporting each other in this most individual sport of all. Two years ago, junior Austin Ireland competed at...
This year, the freshman basketball team will only compete in five games. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted there are only three freshmen out this year — Jesse Skelton, Eli Dickey and James Lindquist — so any time there is a freshman/JV/Varsity game scheduled they can’t play the freshman game because they would be short quarters for everyone else. For the first freshman game on Thursday, Dec. 14 at Lovell, Shaffer said the plan is to take the freshmen and the sophomores which will give them 10 playe...
The Lady Bobcats kicked off their basketball season last weekend at the Herder Classic in Glenrock, Friday and Saturday. Head coach Cory Sova said the girls shot poorly from the field in the first half against Wright, getting just 7/23, but got comfortable in the second half making 11/23, including 6-for-6 in two-point attempts in the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats came out ahead, winning against Wright, 18-6. “McKenna (Bomengen) had a great game in her first extensive varsity action with a doubl...
The conference meet at Hot Springs County High School was the final competition for Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling. Coach Toby Emery state, "We had an amazing finish to the season! The boys came out aggressive and mentally focused. They battled hard and left it all on the mat. I'm so proud of the progress each athlete has made throughout the season. We were able to crown four champs and place seven others in the top four. "It was a great way to end the season, at home, in front of our home...
The Thermopolis Middle School girls basketball team finished out their season over the weekend at the eighth grade A tournament in Lander. During the first game of the day, the girls posted a 13-point loss against Cody, 22-35. “The young ladies played extremely hard and poised,” said head coach Ginger Ward. “Their team defense was outstanding.” Mariah Brooks had an exceptional game, pulling down eight rebounds and shooting 50% from the field. Next in the bracket was a real nail biter against...
For the first time in many years the 2017-18 Bobcat wrestlers enter a season with a balanced collection of athletes from the four years of HSCHS. Seniors Cullen Becher, Koy Myers, Austin Weaver and Andrew Yarbrough will lead this edition of the Bobcats into a year filled with both promise and challenges. Juniors Jeffrey VanAntwerp, Jonathan Harvey, Austin Ireland and Chase White bring to the team a solid year of seasoning and look to be a force to be reckoned with by the end of the season going...
This past week, Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling competed at a triangular against Cody and Powell in Worland on Thursday, Nov. 30, and the Spartan Invitational at Riverton on Saturday, Dec. 2. Coach Toby Emery stated, “We had a great weekend of wrestling overall. The boys really performed well and had a successful showing. Of the fourteen teams competing at the Spartan Invite in Riverton, we placed 11th overall and had six individual wrestlers place in the top six. Four wrestlers made the f...
Hot Springs County Barrel Racers held an event on Sunday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. A total of 34 riders took home $1,033.60 in winnings. 1D: 1st, JoDawn Leonhardt, 15.555; 2nd, Karson Bradley, 15.587; 3rd, Jerrie Slagle, 15.678. 2D: 1st, Jessi Knight, 16.076; 2nd, Gloria Philp, 16.093; 3rd, Tammy Trollinger, 16.157. 3D: 1st, Katie Fisher, 16.621; 2nd, Kaitlyn Schmuck, 16.672; 3rd, Missy Givens, 16.739. 4D: 1st, Tatyen Ellis, 17.572; 2nd, Bobbi Zupan, 17.602; 3rd, Cayde O'Brien,...
JolieAnne Herring puts up a shot during Monday's games for the Hot Springs County Rec. District girls basketball program. The girls' final round of games is Monday, Dec. 11 at the middle school beginning at 6:20 p.m....
The Thermopolis Boys Basketball team has hit the court to begin practices and are looking forward to the upcoming season. Coach Kevin Gerber stated, "I am very blessed to be having my assistant coach joining me again this year in Ryan Shaffer. He has been a huge help with off season workouts and camps and planning for the upcoming year. I would not be even close to where I am today preparing for the season if he was not helping me out. We had a lot of boys participating in off season workouts...
Hot Springs County High School’s Lady Bobcat basketball team is gearing up for the start of their season. Although official practices just began on Monday, head coach Cory Sova said they have had about 15 open gym times in the past three or four weeks and have had excellent attendance at each one. “Our girls are really excited to get started,” Sova said. “Every day we literally have to kick the girls out of the gym when its time to call it a day. I commend them for their efforts.” As of this w...
The Thermopolis Middle School eighth grade girls basketball teams had some great games this past weekend. The A team and B team both played in Lovell on Friday, with both teams winning, the A team, 32-31 in overtime and the B team, 23-17. Coach Ginger Ward said the A team dug a hole, 22-12, at the end of the third quarter, but the girls stepped up their full court defense and clawed their way back into it. Julie Johnson, who was the top rebounder, shot 50 percent or better from the field and...
