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About 90 boys are taking to the court Monday nights at Thermopolis Middle School, as part of the Hot Springs County Recreation Department's basketball season, which began Nov. 14. Brad Morrison and Jolynn Collins with the department spoke on the program. There are about 30 boys in grades 5 and 6, coached by Cameron Simeral and Jason Weyer; 20 in grades 3 and 4, coached by Travis Bomengen and Dan Webber; and about 40 in K-2 coached by Morrison. Something the coaches have been doing well,...
Team Thermopolis Eyecare Eyeballerz won the Recreation District Coed Volleyball Championship against second place Aimee Kay's Team Wednesday, Nov. 16. Game one scores were 25-23 and 25-16 with game two scores coming in at 25-18 and 25-17. Members of the Thermopolis Eyecare Eyeballerz are Dana McDermott, Molly Coyne, Mark Mortimore, Colte Russell, Jordan McKittrick, Karissa Williams and Kelly Cole. A shocking upset happened when previously undefeated Elisa Daniel's Team came into tournament...
Hot Springs Recreation District is hosting a Turkey Hoop Shoot Thursday, Nov. 17 at the armory. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. with the event starting at 7 p.m. Parent participation is required. Children second grade through age 15 can participate. The fee is a non-perishable food item that will be donated to the Holiday Baskets program. First place contestants will win a turkey. For more information call the Recreation Office at 864-3767....
Hot Springs County winter series barrel racing held their November competition on Sunday, at the Hot Springs County Fair Grounds. Results include (in order of finish): Peewee 1D – Mesa Allen 17.451; 2D – Kamryn Farrell 18.383; 3D – Madalyn Moorman 18.993; 4D – Logann Farrell 20.467; IreLynn Campbell 22.390; Max Moorman 34.629. Youth 1D – Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.028; 2D – Elsie Campbell 16.537, Emme Norsworthy 16.705; 3D – Siobhan Myers 17.665; 4D – Madison O’Meara 18.382, Taylor Malcom 19.473. Senior 1D – Dan Lyons 16.353; 4D – Vivian Butchart 2...
The Lady Bobcat volleyball team finished their season last weekend at the regional tournament in Rawlins. First thing Friday morning the girls faced the Lady Bearcats from Douglas. The Cats dropped three straight games, 25-11, 25-10 and 25-13, sending them into Saturday play. Wheatland's Lady Bulldogs were eliminated from a State berth by the Lady Cats in three, 25-23, 25-17 and 27-25. Unfortunately, the streak didn't last with the Lady Buffs from Buffalo ruining the chances for the girls to go...
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country finished their season Saturday, at the 3A State Championships in Sheridan. The girls team brought home a second place finish with 80 points; Star Valley took first with 58. Jules Ward came in at under 20 minutes for the course, with a second place finish of 19:17.92. McKenna Bomengen placed ninth with a time of 20:22.38, and Tahja Hunt finished 10th with 20:41. The three girls were also selected as All-State in cross country by the Wyoming...
Hot Springs County High School's Lady Cats had their last two games before the Regional Tournament this past week, dropping both games in straight sets to Buffalo and Douglas. The girls went head to head with Buffalo in an away game last Friday with Buffalo coming out on top, 3-0. "Buffalo is the number one team in our conference and our girls really gave them a run on Friday night," head coach Shannon Hill said. "We stayed with Buffalo at the beginning of games one and two, but they pulled...
The Hot Springs County High School football program capped off with a Friday night loss against Mountain View, 47-6, and a season record of 1-7. Of Friday's game, coach Matthew McPhie stated, "We had a tough challenge with the number one team from the 2A West division. Our boys played with a great sense of pride and had great effort versus a very good football team." Offensively, McPhie said, they were led by Milton Peden, who rushed for 70 yards and did an excellent job for the Bobcats both...
The Hot Springs County Barrel Racing winter season kicked off Sunday, Oct. 23 at the fairgrounds. Results include: Youth 1D – Riley Addington 15.631, Aspen Leonhardt 15.857; 2D – Riley Addington 16.166, Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.564; 3D – Kandance Lumbardy 17.159, Megan Winfield 17.233, Kaylee Leseberg 17.408, Taylor Malcom 17.4698; 4D – Madison O’Meara 18.993, Megan Winfield 20.075, Kaylee Leseberg 21.856. Open 1D – Shyla Nichols 15.591, Riley Addington 15.631, Jody Whiteman 15.708, Bailey Gibbons 15.819, Brenda Sims 15.880, Aspen Leonhardt 1...
Spotter Bill Parker and Timer Paul Garbin watch as Rick Tudor makes his way through the course during the Hot Springs County Practical Rimfire Long Range Blazathon at the Bob Milek Memorial Range Saturday....
Central Wyoming College lady volleyball players will play their last home game of the season on Wednesday, Oct 26 at 7 p.m. Hot Springs County High School graduate Haylee Hoffman will be honored with all the sophomore players ending their volleyball season at CWC. Hoffman is playing her second volleyball season for CWC in Riverton. She was honored as player of the game at the Pink Night Game Oct 14 against Laramie County College. She received an athletic scholarship and recently received the Central Wyoming Ambassador scholarship in addition...
by Mark Dykes The Hot Springs County High School girls cross country team came home winners last Friday, taking first at the Absaraka Conference Meet in Douglas with 36 points, beating out second place Newcastle's 70. Other teams competing at the meet were: Douglas - 71; Worland - 84; Buffalo - 106; and Wheatland - 163. The girls also had three finishers in the top 10, with Jules Ward in first place at 20:09.56, Tahja Hunt in second at 21:31.38 and McKenna Bomengen at fourth with 21:48.50....
by Mark Dykes Some great touchdown runs and a two-point conversion put up 14 points for the Bobcats Football team in the Friday night match against the Dogies. However, the points came late in the game, and weren't enough to match the 50 Newcastle put up in the first half. The 'Cats were able to keep on the Dogies, though, keeping them from scoring any more in the second. Turnovers - both in fumbles and interceptions - made it difficult for the Bobcats to move the ball in their favor early on....
by Cindy Glasson Hot Springs County High School's Lady Bobcats are heading into their last week of regular season play. Last Saturday, the Lady Cats traveled to Rawlins to take on the Outlaws, losing three games to one. Thermop won the first round 23-25 before dropping the next three 25-23, 25-20 and 25-20. "We are very evenly matched with Rawlins," coach Shannon Hill said. "Each game could have gone either way, it was just for a few errors on our part making it so we couldn't quite pull out the...
by Mark Dykes The Bobcats JV Football season came to an official close on Monday, following a home game against Worland, and Coach Jordan McKittrick emphasized the learning the boys go through. McKittrick noted the team's losses to Worland and Wind River, but pointed out the team did well against Burns, winning 14-0. There were some good turnovers on defense at the recent game against Worland, McKittrick said, and though there were some opportunities to score the team did not capitalize on...
Following the local Punt, Pass and Kick, competing kids were invited to attend the sectional competition in Riverton on Sunday. Dustin Harvey Jr. won first in the age 14-15 Boys division, with a total 264.1 feet - 71.7 in Punt, 126.2 in Pass and 66.2 in Kick. Baer McPhie won fourth place in the 6-7 Boys division with 87.5 feet - 23.7 Punt, 40.3 Pass and 23.5 Kick. Lexi Overfield won fifth in the 10-11 Girls with 122.7 feet - 32.9 Punt, 37.8 Pass and 52 Kick. Bridger Peil won seventh in the 8-9...
Lady Bobcat Volleyball has had a busy couple of weeks, playing last Friday in Wheatland, turning around and playing Saturday in Torrington, then hitting the nets again on Tuesday night against Worland. The games in Wheatland on the 7th were exciting to say the least. The Lady Cats split the first four games with Wheatland before coming out on top in the fifth game, 15-12. "Our serve/receive was on point for this match, which helped our offense," coach Shannon Hill said. "I was very proud of my...
The Thermopolis Bobcats Football team lost while on the road in Big Horn last Friday, 53-8, bringing their record to 1-5. Last week, Coach Matthew McPhie noted the Rams were a physically big team. The Bobcats faced a very good football team in Big Horn, McPhie stated, adding they are well coached, disciplined and they play hard. "Our boys competed and did some good things," McPhie stated, but ultimately the 'Cats were "out physicalled," and didn't block or tackle well enough to keep the game...
The Thermopolis Cross Country team had another great performance in Powell, stated Coach Brenna Abel, as the girls team took first place yet again, taking 38 points and beating second place Cody by 12 points. The majority of the girls had career personal records for the day. The meet was also Conference for the middle school runners, and the girls team placed fourth. Coach Abel pointed out Hallie Martinez got 10th place on her All-Conference honors. The middle school had a great season, Abel...
Caleb DeCroo, center, signs his letter of intent to play golf for Multnomah University in Portland Ore. He is flanked by his mother, Stacey and father Randy while HSCHS athletic director Brandon Deromedi, left, and golf coach Jacob Smith, right, look on....
Though the Hot Springs County High School football team lost its Homecoming matchup against Burns, 34-20, Friday night, the Bobcats sure didn't make it easy for the Broncs, keeping within a touchdown at the half and into the third quarter. Coach Matthew McPhie said it was a hard fought game with a lot of back and forth action between the two teams, and the Cats did well but a couple key plays in the the third quarter swung it Burns' way. In particular on the offensive side, McPhie said Cullen...
Coming off some amazing accomplishments at the Worland Invite Sept. 22, the Cross Country Bobcats are showing no signs of slowing down, as the high school girls team beat out Cody, Powell, Lander, Riverton, Worland and Buffalo to take first on their home turf with 40 points Saturday at the Bobcat Invite. The girls had three finishers in the top ten, with Jules Ward in first with a time of 19:48.03, McKenna Bomengen in second with 21:36 and Tahja Hunt in eighth with 22:26.81. Ward also had a big...
The Lady Cats volleyball team had a busy week last week with action on Thursday against Worland and Friday against Buffalo. Thursday, the girls lost 25-11, 25-15 and 25-9 against Worland, but there were some good spots to note. "We knew going into this match that it would be a tough one," coach Shannon Hill said. "Worland is a very good team with some tall, talented girls leading their offense. We could never really get on a roll to gain any momentum." Kelly Johnson led the team on Thursday...
The Bobcat cheerleaders hold up the opening banner for the team as they rush to the field, ready to take on Burns at Friday night's Homecoming game....
The Hot Springs County Barrel Racing Summer Series came to an end on Sunday, Oct. 2 at the Hot Springs County fairgrounds. Recent results and series champions include (in order of finish): Results from Sept. 27 Pewee 1D – Mesa Allen 17.869; 4D – Mesa Allen 27.576 Youth 1D – Kaitlyn Schmuck 15.790; 2D – Emme Norsworthy 16.390; 3D – Maddie Fantaskey 17.125, Maddie Fantaskey 17.308; 4D – Elsie Campbell 17.943 Open 1D – Samantha Hinders 16.708, Elsie Campbell 16.839; Kelly Fisher 16.855; 3D ...
