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Makayla George puts up a jump shot during Friday's Lady Bobcats 45-35 win against Big Piney....
Bobcat wrestlers journeyed to Douglas for the Shane Shatto Invitational Friday and Saturday. It became clear this young team has a ways to go to compete successfully in tournaments where seven of the top ten teams were from 4A schools. Even usually powerful Douglas could finish no better than sixth. Bright spots in earning Thermopolis’ 25 points were the Becher boys with Cullen leading the way to a fifth place medal with three victories while brother Ethan scored a pin and a technical fall just missing the consolation placing round. Also adding...
Thermopolis Middle School wrestlers had their first tournament of the season during the Greybull-Cloudpeak Tournament Saturday. Wrestlers bringing home first place medals include Wyatt McDermott – 84A weight class, Logan Cole – 220/HWTA, Tyson Medina – 84B, Teagan Anderson -138/145B and Austin Barral – 155/165B. Second place wrestlers include Blake Williams – 98A weight class, Cole Collins – 220/HWTA, Cole Christiansen – 120B. Third place wrestlers include Riley Shaffer – 132/138A weight...
Ethan Becher works to gain control of his opponent during wrestling action at the Douglas Invitational....
The Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team heads to Casper on Friday to compete in the Kelly Walsh Invitational, their first outing of the season. The 10 student team spent most of the Christmas break meeting and practicing for the upcoming event, one of the largest meets they participate in for the year. Coach Cindy Glasson said she’s really looking forward to how the team will perform. “We have four returning students this year, all seniors.” Glasson said. “That gives us six new team members that are starting out at one of th...
The Thermopolis ranch sorting competition features riders and horses riding through a pen of ten calves, sorting out all ten in numerical order. Results from the Jan. 10 event include (in order of finish): Saturday Enter Up: Melissa Sams and Steve Mosser, Cal Ragle and Scott Rattif, Mosser and Rattif. Novice: Gina Cuprak and Jennifer Harvey, Cuprak and Colleen Hanson, Cuprak and Heidi McStay. Youth: Mesa Allen, Bridger Peil (2nd and 3rd). Total sort: Cuprak, Sams, Rattif, Harvey. Sunday Quick...
After a long break for the holidays, the Bobcat boys basketball team returned to action on Friday in Lovell against hometown Lovell and conference rivals Rocky Mountain and Riverside. The Bobcats came out of the holiday break with their pre-break momentum still in tact, and managed to finish two-and-one during their three games last weekend. First up was Lovell, a team that featured a hard-to-stop duo of a six-foot-nine and six-foot-four player who teamed up for over half of the Bulldog's 74...
Traveling to Rocky Mountain, the Lady Bobcats basketball team played an exhaustive onslaught of games in just a short period of time. The girls had the determination to see it to the end and add a few more wins to their name. The varsity team currently owns a 7-3 record. The Lady Cats topped Wind River 58-31. "It is a good win for us, but quite sloppy, considering it was the first game in 20 days," said coach Cory Sova. Even with the girls 25 turnovers during the game, Wind River had the...
After a short vacation for the holiday season, which allowed the players some much needed rest, the Bobcat boys will be gearing up this week for the upcoming Big Horn Basin Basketball Classic in Lovell. The Bobcats, whose schedule has yet to be determined, will be participating in the tournament alongside teams like Greybull, Lovell, Powell, Rocky Mountain, and Shoshoni. The tournament will begin Friday and will end Saturday, and both the JV and Varsity teams will be competing in the action....
The Bobcats head wrestling coach C.J. Scholl said he breaks the season into thirds. The first third ends with the Christmas break. That was a period when the coaches could make an assessment of the pluses and minuses of each individual athlete and develop a plan for the development of the skills they’ll need to be as successful as possible. The second third starts now. Each wrestler will have “tweaks” to practice for the final third of the season which starts immediately after the Ron Thon in Riverton and concludes with the regional and state...
Hardy Johnson ended the year third in the 2015 Tournament of Champions for the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour (RMJGT) in Scottsdale, Ariz. on December 28. Johnson competed against RMJGT members from across the United States, including Florida, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. Johnson qualified for the tournament in early June with a win at Thorncreek Golf Course in Thornton, Colo., and later with a win at the Utah State Golf Championship in Salt Lake...
USA Today High School Sports has named Hot Springs County High School senior Tyler Cornwell to the 2015 All-USA Wyoming Football Team. Players are selected for the honor based on their athletic achievements for the 2015-16 season. Cornwell rushed for 1,329 yards this season and was also named to the Wyoming Super 25 team. He has been a staple of the Bobcats offense over the past three years, averaging over 1,000 yards his sophomore, junior and senior years....
The Lady Cat's defended the home ground winning all four games during the ShoOpolis tournament, a shared tournament between Thermopolis and Shoshoni. They played Upton, Rocky Mountain, Cokeville and Little Snake River during the tourney. "We did a great job defensively holding Upton to 10 points through three quarters," said Coach Cory Sova. Thermopolis beat Upton 41-20 with a true team effort from all the girls. Randi Elisson led the team with six rebounds. Ashlyn Weber and Jessica Schierkolk...
The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team continued to prove their fight during a long weekend of play against tough opponents in the ShoOpolis tournament, a shared tournament between Thermopolis and Shoshoni. First up for the Bobcats were the Upton Bobcats on Friday, a home game played in Shoshone. The game was a shootout that went down to the final buzzer with the hometown Bobcats falling 64-61. Upton, which has won each of their first six games, have out scored their opponents...
The busy Bobcat matmen engaged eight dual opponents in three days losing in Greybull Thursday and competing at Worland's Battle of the Bighorns dual tourney on Friday and Saturday. Billings entries, Senior and Skyview, led the tourney and scorched the Bobcats to the tune of 147-12. However, qualifying at the 16 team tourney among the top eight teams, the Cats were 3-2 against the other five winning over Jackson 48-23, Wheatland 39-23 and Riverton 42-40 while dropping duals to Worland 48-30 and...
The Bighorn Bow hunters are having an archery shoot Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. The fundraiser event is looking for donations of about 50 Christmas trees to create a small faux forest for the shoot. The trees can be taken to the fair grounds or you can call to arrange pick up. The Bighorn Bowhunters are practicing twice weekly in the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Tuesday nights archers shoot at paper targets and Thursday nights are 3-D targets. Practice starts at 7 p.m. Membership fee is $25 per individual and $35 for a family. There is also a...
by Chandler Smith The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team channeled their pride and chaos into three hard-fought games over weekend at the Coal Miners' Classic in Wright. The boys were edged out early in the first game by Big Horn, losing 75-50, then rebounded and beat Wright 58-41, only to lose their last game against Tongue River in the final seconds Saturday morning. "Quarter one, three, and four, if we took those scores, we lost by one point. We tied them the third and...
The Lady Bobcats traveled to Glenrock for their season opener at the Herder Classic Friday and Saturday. "We simply have to play smarter" coach Cory Sova said of the varsity Lady Cats performance during their game against Tongue River. The aggressive nature of the Lady Bobcats against Tongue River lead to a number of fouls during the game. The Bobcats ended up being defeated 31-27. This is the first varsity action for many of the girls Sova noted. Quarter scores for the game were Tongue River...
Bobcat wrestlers competed Friday and Saturday at the Powell Invitational to open their season. Nearly 30 teams competed in pools Friday to qualify for the varsity brackets on Saturday. Coach C.J. Scholl noted that it was a good learning experience for his young team, that the season was young, and now “It’s time to go to work.” Senior Louie Castle led the Bobcat contingent with a 3rd place finish by dominating a Lander foe who had defeated him earlier in the tourney scoring four takedowns and an escape for a 9-5 victory. Sophomore Cullen Beche...
Kelly Johnson maintains control of the ball during girls basketball practice....
Clemens Abbott attempts to dribble past Hudson Roling during practice Monday....
Wrestlers are preparing for their first matches of the season when they hit the road Friday and Saturday to compete at the Powell Invitational....
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats basketball team will head to Wright for the Coal Miner's Classic this Friday, marking both the start of the 2015-2016 season as well as the first game of coach Kevin Gerber's run at the helm of the varsity team. Coach Kevin Gerber noted that his team's excitement for the beginning of the season is matched by his own anticipation: "Honestly, it's awesome," he said. This is my fifth year coaching, my first year taking over as varsity coach," he added....
The Lady Cats are heading into basketball season by gearing up for their first tournament Friday and Saturday in Glenrock. With just a few weeks of practice under their belt, Coach Cory Sova has twenty-four girls for the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams. The Lady Cats lost six seniors to graduation who played a significant role for the cats last year. After getting beat in overtime in the semifinals at state last year, Sova has a plan. "We will spend the first half of the year looking...
Hot Springs County High School head wrestling coach C.J. Scholl and asst. Jake Smith are in their second year, but this season begins a new era for the sport at HSCHS. Gone are the Bobcats first two multi-year state champions, Ryan Bradshaw and Vinnie Castle, who had won district, regional and state honors for the last four years. Their departure leaves a grand total of two upper class men wrestlers, seniors Colter Hansen and Louie Castle. Both showed good progress throughout last season, and...
