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Two Thermopolis Middle School wrestlers represented their hometown last week when they traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the 2016 Lee Pamulak Amateur Athletic Union Middle School National Duals. Logan Cole qualified for the event through school. He wrestled undefeated at conference, and was encouraged by coaches to go to Middle School State at Green River, under the USA Wrestling banner. He took second place, and an automatic invitation to the national scene. Riley Shaffer also...
The Hot Springs County High School Golf Team had their first practice for the spring season on Monday. The Hot Springs County High School Coed Varsity Golf team has begun practicing for the spring season. Coach Jake Smith said the spring season helps ready the players for the fall season, which is more competitive. "For the varsity kids, they're big thing is to set good, solid, attainable goals this spring," Smith said. "They can then build from the spring for the fall, and become more...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club hosted the Wrestle-opolis Tournament on Saturday. Three Thermopolis wrestlers took home first place wins including Trevin Shaffer, Blevins Little and Ty Peterson. Results include. Pee Wee 40 – Matea Vargas, second; Jay Emmett, third. Pee Wee 45-49.5 – Trevin Shaffer, first. Bantam 45 – Lilly Quintanilla, second. Bantam 45-48.4 – Dyllan Myers, fifth. Bantam 49-50 – Mercede Martinez, fifth. Bantam 50-53 – Davien Martinez, third; Hayden Johnson, sixth. Bantam 60 ...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Coed Basketball standings and scores include: Final regular season team standings: Sneaks - 1 seed 8-1 Red Rock Family Practice - 2 seed 8-1 Owl Creek Graphics - 3 seed 6-3 Hoosier Daddy - 4 seed 3-6 The Has Beens - 5 seed 2-7 Paintbrush Dental - 6 seed 0-9 March 23 scores: Red Rock Family Practice 68 vs. Paintbrush Dental 50. Leading scorers: Red Rock Stevie Haughan & Travis Winger - 14 points, Paintbrush - Dillon Upton 16. The Has Been’s 48 vs. Owl Creek Graphics 75. Leading scorers: Has B...
The Thermopolis Middle School Track and Field team currently has about 60 members, with 25 girls and 35 boys signed up. Of these, there are 18 sixth grade students, 19 seventh grade and 23 eighth grade. Coach Ernie Mecca is excited to see so many out for Track and Field, and is looking forward to a full season. Their first meet is scheduled for April 2 at Powell. Field events will begin at 9 a.m., with running events at 10:30 a.m....
The 2016 Hot Springs County High School Track season is underway, with the Bobcats having competed in their first meet, the Yellowstone Sports Medicine Invite at Cody, March 19. Returning to the track this year for the girls are 2015 letter winners: senior Zoe Stehlin, juniors Maggie Ryan, Makayla George, Jules Ward and Kaili Johansen and sophomore Haley McDermott. Joining their fellow Bobcats are juniors Elizabeth Rhodes, Stacy Lewis and Chandra Maddock and sophomore Josie Thurgood, rounding...
Saturday, the Hot Springs County High School Track and Field Team competed at the Yellowstone Sports Medicine Invite at Cody. The girls’ team placed seventh of nine with a team score of 42, while the boys placed sixth of eight, with 58. On the girls’ side, Elizabeth Rhodes set a personal record in shot put, with a distance of 29’4.5”. She placed fifth in the event. Additionally, she placed fourth in discus with 87’5”. Haley McDermott placed fifth in the high jump with a height of 4’5”, fourt...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club traveled to Cody on Saturday to participate in the Cody wrestling Club Tournament. Results include. Pee Wee 43-46 - Oliver Bihr, third place. Pee Wee 45-48 - Trevin Shaffer, third place. Pee Wee 52-53 - Christian Seidel, second place. Bantam 40-44 - Lilly Quintanilla, first place. Bantam 54-54 - Dean Bihr fifth place. Bantam 54-55 - Dallyn Griffin, fourth place. Bantam 55-56 - Trae Owsley, first place. Bantam 59-61 - Mack Buckner, second place. Bantam 63-65 - Zane Hubele, third place. Bantam 66-72 - Cody Bomegen,...
Thermopolis Middle School wrestlers Riley Shaffer and Logan Cole are on their way to compete at the Lee Pamulak Middle School National Dual Championship in Des Moines, Iowa March 25-27. Shaffer and Cole competed at the Middle School State Wrestling Championship earlier in March. Cole, in the 190 lb. weight class, placed second and received an automatic invite to nationals. Shaffer, at 140, placed fourth, gaining him an invite as an alternate. Cole will be wrestling for Team Wyoming. Shaffer will travel with team Wyoming as well but was...
The Thermopolis Bobcat Special Olympics team participated in the Area I Winter Games in Meadowlark and also at the Wyoming Special Olympics Winter games in Jackson. Area I results: David Hanson - gold in the 100m, gold in the 50m and silver in the 25m; Selena Simmons - gold medal in the 25m and silver medal in the 50m; Alan Harsha - silver medal in the 100m, silver medal in the 50m and gold medal in the 25m; Garrett Severns - silver medal in the 25m, gold medal in the 50m and gold medal in the...
The Thermopolis USA Wrestling Club competed at the Powell Wrestling Club’s tournament on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13. Results include: Folkstyle PeeWee 40 - Matea Vargas second place, round 1 won by fall (0:26), round 2 won by forfeit, round 3 won by forfeit, round 4 lost by decision (12-8). PeeWee 55 - Christian Seidel third place, round 1 lost by tech fall (17-2), round 2 won by fall (2:40), round 3 won by major decision (14-6), round 5 lost by fall (2:25). Bantam 45 - Lilly Quintanilla first place, round 1 won by fall (1:28), r...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Coed Basketball standings and scores include: Week 7 standings: Geeks in Sneaks 6-1 Red Rock Family Practice 6-1 Owl Creek Graphics 5-2 Hoosier Daddy 2-5 The Has Beens 2-5 Paintbrush Dental 0-7 March 9 game scores: Owl Creek Graphics 68, Geeks In Sneaks 61. Leading scorers: Owl Creek Graphics - Colin Herold – 23, Geeks in Sneaks - Nate Miller – 23. The Has Beens 67, Paintbrush Dental 47. Leading scorers: Has Beens - Brock Merrill – 18, Paintbrush - Dillon Upton & Riley Whitt – 12. Hoosier Daddy 4...
The Thermopolis Middle School eighth grade girls' basketball team finished their season with a record of 12-4 and a fourth place finish at at the conference tournament in Powell Feb. 27. The girls won against Powell but fell to both Cody and Greybull for their fourth place finish. "I have played basketball in middle school, high school and college and these girls showed me they have talent," said head coach Stevie Haughian. According to Haughian, the girls' toughest teams throughout the season...
The Thermopolis Middle School seventh grade girls' basketball team finished their season with an 11-7 record and won the consolation championship at the conference tournament in Powell Feb. 27. The girls lost to Worland in the first round and then came back with wins against Greybull and Rocky Mountain. "I have coached for 31 years and this could very easily be the best group of girls I have ever coached," said head coach Kent Hessenthaler. "They worked hard and were polite," he added....
Once a year, the best 16 qualifiers in each weight and class meet in Casper to determine the best program and high school wrestlers in each category. This year, 12 Thermopolis Bobcats made the trip to compete in the WHSAA State Championship Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday. Eight Cats scored points for a 71 total in 2A earning them 11th place in the 21 team competition, narrowly missing their top ten goal. As expected, Moorcroft repeated their championship (221.5) over challengers Rocky...
by Cindy Glasson The Lady Bobcats faced regional basketball action last weekend, first playing Wyoming Indian before taking on Big Piney in the loser-out game for a chance to advance to the State Tournament. In the first quarter, the Lady Cats were trailing Wyoming Indian 9-0, but settled into the groove to cut the deficit down to just two points to head into the second quarter, 16-14. They were able to outscore Wyoming Indian in the second quarter, playing their way to a 31-28 lead going into...
The Hot Springs County Barrel Racing Winter Series is in full swing at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Results from Feb. 28 include: Peewee barrels Division 1D: Kamryn Farrell, 16.304. Division 4D: Taylor Malcom, 19.972; Kamryn Farrell, 22.022; Kaycee Stothart, 24.807; IreLynn Campbell, 25.521; Dessirae Willow, 46.795; Lincoln Shepperson, 85.400. Youth barrels Division 1D: Kamryn Farrell, 16.502; Kaitlyn Schmuck, 16.590. Division 2D: Katie Fisher, 17.167. Division 3D: Emme Norsworthy, 17.521; Taylor Agar, 17.607; Rylee Agar, 18.375; Elsie...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Coed Basketball standings and scores include: Geeks in Sneaks 5-0 Red Rock Family Practice 4-1 Owl Creek Graphics 3-2 Hoosier Daddy 2-3 The Has Beens 1-4 Paintbrush Dental 0-5 Has Beens 30 vs. Hoosier Daddy 67. Leading scorers: The Has Beens - Josh Conrad 10 points, Hoosier Daddy - Skylar Thomas 30 points. Paintbrush Dental 41 vs Owl Creek Graphics 52. Leading scorers: Paintbrush - Dusty McLean 10 points, Owl Creek - Jason Ciz/Gary Benefiel/Kevin Gerber - 9 points each. Red Rock Family Practice 58...
The Thermopolis Lady Cats basketball team won both their games on Friday and Saturday. The girls won against Shoshoni 37-32 at Friday's away game. According to Coach Cory Sova, it was a very physical game, with the girls holding Shoshoni scoreless in the opening quarter. Shoshoni started to make some shots and get back in the game, especially in the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats missed 12 free throws in the fourth quarter but the girls had a big enough lead they were able to hol...
Tears, inside or out, of joy or grief, are the price one pays for the courage to compete and bond as teammates. This last weekend, as well as Monday, saw both the highs and lows of sports. Friday, the boys Bobcat basketball team visited Shoshoni for an all-important conference game which would determine who would end up playing a "pigtail game". The loss of a team leader, Keegan Robbins to injury, was entirely obvious at the start of the contest as the Bobcats scored a paltry three points in...
by Rex Clothier The 2A West Regional Wrestling Tournament was held at Rocky Mountain High School in Cowley on Friday. Twelve teams competed to see how many of their wrestlers could qualify for state competition. Qualifying 11 Bobcats for the upcoming Wyoming State Wrestling Tournament on March 26-27 put a smile on Coach CJ Scholl's face, but his words were cautionary. "We have to wrestle better there than we did at regionals," said Scholl. "It almost seemed that our kids qualified for state and...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Coed Basketball standings and scores include: Team Standings Geeks in Sneaks 4-0 Red Rock Family Practice 4-0 Owl Creek Graphics 2-2 The Has Beens 1-3 Hoosier Daddy 1-3 Paintbrush Dental 0-4 Feb. 17 games Paintbrush Dental 46, Red Rock Family Practice 74. High scorers: Paintbrush - Riley Whitt 14 points, Red Rock - Paul Collamer 19. Owl Creek Graphics 70, The Has Beens 45. Top scorers: Owl Creek - Bob Hill 16 points, Has Beens - William Peahrora 22 points. Hoosier Daddy 47, Geeks in Sneaks 83. Top...
Wyoming Senior Olympics Winter Games were held February 18-20 in Cody. Thermopolis area participants included Glenn and Marion Bishop, Joel and Jeri Farber, TJ Schoenewald, Dick Staiger, JW Bailey and Sallie Weesaw. All eight locals brought home medals. Glenn earned a gold medal in the 80-85 age group in the 50 free swim, 50 back and 50 side, setting a new record for the 50 side. Marion set a new record in all of her six swims in the 70-74 age group, taking the gold in the 50 back, 50 fly, 100 breast, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 IM. Both...
The 2016 Hot Springs County High School Athletics Hall of Fame is accepting nominations now through May 1 for this year’s class of inductees. The categories for hall of fame members are male athlete, female athlete, coach/administrator, special contributor and team. Team nominations are no longer necessary, as any team that has won a state championship is automatically nominated. Nomination forms are available at Owl Creek Graphics at 527 Broadway Street or can be requested via email from markw@rtconnect.net. Completed forms can be returned v...
The Lady Cats girl's basketball team took the game early Friday and never relented, wining against Burlington 46-33. The girls had a lot more shot attempts due to the huge discrepancy in turnovers and offensive rebounds. The Lady Cats controlled the game from the start with 19 points to Burlington's 10 in the first quarter. The Lady Cats turned the ball over only three times in the first half and had the lead by over 20 points halfway through the fourth quarter. According to coach Cory Sova,...
