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The Lady Bobcats had a busy couple of days, dropping a game to local rivals, the Worland Warriors on Thursday night, 57-33 and a second game on Friday night to the Buffalo Bison, 57-40. Thursday night's game was a rough one for the Lady Cats after half time. "Worland's size and athletic ability was too much for us," coach Cory Sova said. "We did play quite well at times during the first two and a half quarters, it was 31-25 midway through the third quarter before Worland put the game away with a...
Bobcat varsity and junior varsity wrestlers were in Lander over the weekend for the Lander Valley Invitational, giving the team a good look at what their 3A competition looks like half way through the season. “We’re hitting a mid-season burnout,” head coach CJ Scholl said. “We hit it really hard this last week and weekend. Fortunately, we have enough older guys to push the others to keep it up.” Scholl said he and coach Jacob Smith are still finding things for the team to work on. “We’re seeing...
Saturday Thermopolis competed against wrestlers from seven other schools at their home meet, and came away with 110 points. In A Division 98, Roedy Farrell placed fourth and scored nine team points. Farrell received a bye in Round 1, followed by a 12-5 decision win over Dylan Campbell in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal, Farrell lost by a 9-2 decision to Emma Karhu of Powell. In the consolation semifinal, Farrell won by 6-5 decision to Riley Bennett of Powell. He lost by 11-4 decision to...
Last weekend, the Thermopolis High School JV and freshman basketball teams traveled to take on Worland Thursday and hosted Buffalo at home Friday. The JV fell to Worland 66-38, and to Buffalo 59-26. Likewise, the freshmen lost both their games, 56-29 to Worland and 59-37 to Buffalo. Coach Ryan Shaffer knew it was going to be hard-fought weekend, as both Buffalo and Worland were state champs in previous years. He said it was good for the teams to gauge where they’re at and what they need to d...
The Bobcat girls basketball team dropped a pair last weekend, one on the road against Lander and the second at home against Lovell. Coach Cory Sova said the road game against Lander was a good high school girls game in spite of the 54-51 loss. “It was very physical, especially down the stretch,” he said. “Way too much pushing and shoving.” In the fourth quarter, the girls were only able to make it to the free throw line three times, but the Lady Tigers had 15 attempts. “I was proud of the girls...
This weekend was a struggle for Thermopolis High School Boys Basketball, as they came away with losses to Lander, 68-41, and Lovell, 69-43. Coach Kevin Gerber said Lander came out as a real “run-and-gun, shoot ‘em up type team. They put up 81 shots in the game, and we put up 56.” He noted Thermopolis had a slightly lower field goal percentage than Lander, but only by half a percent. “They shot 30.86, we shot 30.36. It wasn’t like a great shooting team, they just put up a whole lot of shots.” L...
The Bobcat wrestling team had an outstanding weekend at the Don Runner Invitational in Wind River, placing third behind Rawlins and Cokeville. Head coach CJ Scholl said, “It was a super successful weekend. I couldn’t be more happy with how they wrestled. “Our guys went in and fought and we took some big wins. We had a lot of pins.” At 106 lbs., Austin Ireland, with a 12-8 record, placed fifth individually, scoring 14 points for the Cats. He won fifth in a major decision over Corgin Conk of Rich...
Many of the Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling team took placing during the Lovell Invite on Saturday. Team scores were not totaled for the event. Coach Toby Emery stated, “The boys did very well this weekend and had a lot of success. I think a majority of the wrestlers, including the lesser-experienced wrestlers, surprised themselves and gained a lot of confidence for future competitions. Although we have a lot to work on in the wrestling room, improvements are being made each week by the team...
“Lander was rough,” said coach Ryan Shaffer of the Thermopolis JV Boys Basketball game Friday evening. The Bobcats came away with the 55-11 loss. “We just were not making anything,” Shaffer said. “We weren’t playing real well.” But, he added, it was a good learning experience. “It was just one of those games where you get behind and nothing was going in the basket . . . It was just kind of frustrating.” Scoring against Lander was: Cade Zupan — 4, Kolby George — 3, Justin Jeffs — 2 and Jarron...
Bobcat wrestler Cullen Becher puts his all into bringing down his opponent during a previous match....
Haley McDermott attempts to keep the ball in bounds during Saturday night's Lady Cats varsity basketball game....
Bobcat Noah Schwalbe shoots over a couple Lovell defenders during Saturday's basketball game....
The Thermopolis High School hosted one-half of the Big Horn Basin girls basketball tournament over the weekend, with the Lady Cats posting a 2-1 record. Thursday night the girls took a loss against Greybull, 49-34, which dropped them into the losers bracket for the remainder of the tournament. "This was an ugly game for us," coach Cory Sova said. "Greybull shot the ball well and outworked us. We looked sluggish and tired. "We had a hard time focusing on details – this game was a good one for us...
The Bobcat wrestling team had a very successful weekend in Douglas at the Shane Shatto Memorial tournament. “They wrestled tough,” coach CJ Scholl said. “The varsity wrestled their hearts out. They went in with a ‘refuse to lose’ mentality. “Our JV wrestlers went into the meet with a chip on their shoulder. Coach Smith had them all fired up.” Scholl said there were 19 wrestlers this weekend, three on the varsity squad and 16 wrestling JV. Koy Myers placed fifth in the 145 lb. class and Cul...
It was an energetic weekend for Thermopolis Boys Basketball, as they competed in the Big Horn Basin Classic, taking losses against Greybull and Powell, but capping off the weekend with a win against Glenrock. Coach Kevin Gerber was excited to play against Greybull Thursday, as they were in the conference with them last year. It was a game the team wanted to win for sure, taking their opponent on their own court. However, Greybull won 58-54. Greybull played tight defense on Noah Schwalbe, Gerber...
The Thermopolis Middle School wrestlers came home with a win at the Rocky Mountain Invite on Saturday, with a total 81 points. Wyatt McDermott and Logan Cole were the high scorers, with McDermott winning 21 and Cole winning 20. McDermott's points came in A Division 98, where he took first place. He won by a 3-2 decision over Dylan Emborg of Heights, Mont. in the quarterfinal, a 9-0 majority decision over Karsten Stone of Cody in the semifinal and a fall over Riley Bennett of Powell in 44...
The freshman Lady Bobcat basketball team improved their season record to 6-1 with three wins over the weekend at the Buffalo Invitational. Coach Ernie Mecca said the girls had balanced scoring against Lovell, with seven of the eight players contributing to the final score. The Lady Cats came out on top, 46-24 against the Lady Bulldogs. McKenna Bomengen led all the scorers with 20 points. Sesi Jensen added another 10 points, with Dani Jo Pebbles tipping in five, Audrey Axtell making four, Tahja H...
Over the weekend, the freshman boys basketball team competed at the Buffalo Invite, going 1-2 with a 41-35 win against Lovell and losses to Riverton, 51-33, and Powell, 56-52. Coach Ryan Shaffer said Saturday was a long day with three games to play. He noted five of the seven playing freshmen also competed at the JV level in the Thursday game against Greybull and the Friday game against Powell. “I tried to limit their minutes in the JV game,” Shaffer said, “but still they essentially playe...
The Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling team, according to Coach Toby Emery, has a young group of kids this year that seem very coachable. “We are down in numbers from about 35 or so wrestlers last season to 16 this season,” Emery said. “Three sixth graders, nine seventh graders, and four eighth graders.” On the team is Jackson Jensen, Josh Roberson, Tyson Medina, Logan Cole, Austin Barral, Cole Christiansen, Landon Sosa, Jarek Sorenson, Charlie Sandberg, Brendan Thomas, Sean Johansen, Tanner Je...
Hot Springs County’s Rec District is gearing up for girls youth basketball and adult co-ed basketball for the month of January. Registration is open until noon on Jan. 2, both online and at the district office in the armory, for girls kindergarten through sixth grade. Registration for kindergarten through second grade is $10, third and fourth grade for $15 and fifth and sixth grade girls for $20. A parents meeting will be held Jan. 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the armory. Registration is also available for adult co-ed basketball. They will hold an o...
After kicking off their wrestling season with a win over the Greybull Buffs on Thursday, the Bobcat wrestling team came out grappling even tougher at the Battle in the Big Horns over the weekend. "They wrestled phenomenally better on Saturday," head wrestling coach CJ Scholl said. "They took the demeanor of a junk yard dog and went after it." The Cats wrestled their way into the Gold Bracket for the second year in a row, knocking down Wheatland and Lovell before losing to Riverton, Worland and...
It was a hard weekend for the Thermopolis Boys Basketball team, losing games against Riverton 78-42, Lovell 57-38 and Cody 69-39 during the East–West Classic at Lander. Coach Kevin Gerber said Trey Davis was “huge for us” in the game against Riverton, coming off the bench and hitting five three-pointers. He was the lead scorer for the game followed by Hudson Roling with 12. The game was tough for the team, Gerber said, with Noah Schwalbe getting into foul trouble early on. “I think he had, maybe...
The Lady Bobcats were in Douglas over the weekend, coming away with a 1-2 record from the East-West Classic. Head coach Cory Sova said the first game, a 55-31 loss against Lander, was not pretty. "The only real positive was taking care of the ball," Sova said. "We only had 13 turnovers. Lander struggled with 26 turnovers – some forced by us and some unforced." Sova said shooting was atrocious with 13 for 64 overall, although some shots rolled the rim and rolled right out. "We also struggled w...
by Mark Dykes The Hot Springs County High School Boys Basketball Varsity team came away with one win and two losses when they played at the Herder Classic at Glenrock Dec. 9 and 10. The team won against Lusk, 48-26, but lost 61-53 against Wright and 47-46 against Glenrock. The latter loss, however, came after they took Glenrock into overtime. Coach Kevin Gerber said the boys came out against Lusk in their first game Friday looking "as comfortable as I've ever seen us look in a first game. They...
by Cindy Glasson Hot Springs County High School’s Bobcat girls basketball team had a mixed weekend at the Wright Tournament, going 2-1 for their first days on the boards. On Friday, the Lady Cats took on Big Horn, dropping the game 63-41. “We had a good game for the first half,” head coach Cory Sova said. “We even started the game shooting 3/20 from the field and were down by just two at the end of the half. “We were very inconsistent defensively in the second half. We didn’t shoot the ball we...
