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The varsity boys Bobcat basketball team hosted the Powell Panthers at home last Friday with the Cats falling to the #4 ranked Panthers 85-59. "We played really well in the first quarter. We hit a lull in the second quarter where Powell outscored us by 17. We were able to make a few runs in the second half but couldn't make up the ground from getting down by 17 in the 2nd," said coach Shane Corpening. He added, "Offensively I thought we played our best game of the season. We were getting open loo...
Last Friday the varsity Lady Cats basketball team played a conference game against the Powell Panthers. The girls had some good moments in stopping Powell and had good performance on the offense end, but fell to the Lady Panthers 58-32. “We knew this would be a tough game especially mentally. Would we bounce back from losing to them the previous week? We had prepared for their pressure defense all week,” said coach David Villa. Freshman Jayssie Owsley would get hurt Monday during practice and be sidelined the whole week. “We made adjus...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members competed in the RMN Wild West Championship wrestling tournament held last Saturday at the Casper Events Center. Overall the team came in 11th place out of 110 teams in the morning session and they came in 9th out of 103 teams in the afternoon session. Several wrestlers brought home individual metals. In the morning session, Gabe Ryan at 50 lbs. and Hodlen Loden HWT placed first, Tanner Myers at 77 lbs. and Trenton Enis at 89 lbs. placed second, Cannon Boren at 116 lbs. placed third, Nash Bowker at 46 lbs....
Friday and Saturday the Cats and Lady Cats were in Lander for the Lander Valley Invite. The tournament is a large tournament with almost all of the 3A schools in the state along with some of the best 2A schools. As a team, the Cats did not fair as well as the previous week, with only one varsity placer, three Lady Cat placers and five JV placers. "On the varsity side we had a lot of tough draws in the tournament which we expect and have goals of competing in those tough matches. For the most...
Thermopolis Middle School boys basketball teams have been busy. The following is a recap of scores and coaches comments from their recent games. Eighth A & B teams Thermopolis A (48) v. Powell A (29) Both 8th A and 8th Bteams traveled to Powell to take on the Panthers. Coach Ryan Shaffer said, “This was a good game for us as we started out with a big lead in the 1st quarter and never looked back. Brody Welch and Anthony Cheatham gave us some much needed post work as well Ty Simeral and Jordan Garrison working it in from the outside.” The Bobcat...
The Thermopolis Middle School eighth grade boys basketball teams kicked off their season with two games this past week. Starting off, the B team traveled to Worland on Tuesday, and the A and B teams hosted Cody at home on Thursday. Since the game on the road to Worland was a B only game, the team was able to get some good minutes for some of the players that have been working hard on their development. "Overall, we played fairly well for the first game of the season and came out with a win in...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club team members placed third as a team at the Eastside United Wrestling Tournament last weekend. Several Thermopolis wrestlers earned first place at the event including Carter Enis, John Ryan, Holden Loden, Kade Enis, Garret White, Dyllan Myers, Cannon Boren and Hayden Robinson.Individual results include: Carter Enis placed first in 4U 37-40 and scored 3 team points. He won in three rounds by decision. John Ryan placed first in 6U 34-36 and scored 9 team points. He won in two rounds, both by fall. Erik Polson placed seco...
The varsity Lady Cats hosted the Big Horn Basin Classic basketball tournament last week. Their first game on Friday was against Greybull. "We had prepared for their 1-2-2 zone during the week and felt we would have success against it. We did force them to play man by running man sets against it which worked. Our defense forced a lot of turnovers and felt we did good in our transition offense" said Coach David Villa. The Lady Cats led in every quarter and won the game 59-26. Seniors Ruth Johnson...
The varsity Bobcat boys basketball team was on the road last week to compete in the Big Horn Basin Classic tournament. In their first game on Friday, the boys went up against #2 Lander, losing 52-43. In their second game of the tournament, the boys faced 2A Wyoming Indian and came up short with a final score of 68-46. In their third game, the boys played 2A Rocky Mountain in a hard fought battle that came in with them two points behind at the final buzzer, 49-47. The Bobcats final game of the tournament was against 2A #4 Greybull. In a nail...
Bobcat wrestlers traveled to Pavillion over the weekend to compete at the Don Runner Memorial tournament, with the boys brining home a third place plaque as a team. "That is an impressive feat as we don't have wrestlers in 6 of the 14 weights and only one wrestler scores per weight," said coach Travis McDermott. The team had two champions, two runner-ups, two placed third and two placed fourth. Roedy Farrell had a great weekend, not only winning the tournament, but also by hitting a major...
The 5th grade boys traveling basketball team won the Powell Jamboree last weekend. The boys went 4-0 on the weekend and were able to secure the championship with a 24-20 victory over the Billings Valor. From left to right are coach Matt McPhie, Cameron Martinez, Will Garrison, Bo DaFoe, Oliver Strenger, Soren Webber, Lincoln McPhie, Hoyt Peil, Logan Stewart and Jackson Skelton....
The Lady Cats varsity basketball team traveled to Pinedale last weekend for tournament action. On Friday, the Lady Cats played the Lyman Eagles, ranked #2 in 3A. “Lyman has a strong program and has always had great shooters on their team” said coach David Villa. For the first quarter the Lady Cats played well. The score was Lyman 13 and Thermopolis 12. The second quarter Lyman started to get hot and never looked back. The team would go into halftime with the score 31 Lyman and Thermopolis 17. The Lady Cats had only scored 5 points the sec...
Last weekend the Bobcat wrestlers traveled to the Shane Shatto Memorial tournament in Douglas. The boys team ended the weekend tied for 10th out of 29 teams. “This is one of the toughest tournaments of the year and we competed well. Coming off of Christmas break the wrestlers that competed looked good and competed against some high caliber wrestlers,” said coach Travis McDermott. Will Ward had a good weekend going 4-2 and ending up in 4th place. He started off Friday winning his first match against Jones of Lander. Losing his quarterfinal match...
The varsity boys basketball team competed in Rawlins last weekend at the Winter Classic. The Bobcats won 48-42 against Lyman on Friday. Saturday, the Bobcats fell 54-51 in a close game against Rawlins. Later in the afternoon they lost to Pinedale 75-54. No coaches comments or game information was received from coach Shane Corpening. The boys are currently 3-5 as they prepare to travel to Powell this weekend for the Big Horn Classic....
The Bobcat wrestlers varsity team was in action at the Battle of the Big Horns dual tournament in Worland over the weekend. The Bobcats had a great Friday in pool matches going 2-1 overall. "We only filled seven of the 14 weights which makes it even more impressive. We did have 3 other weights filled by extra wrestlers from other teams but our kids did the heavy lifting. That put us in the Gold Bracket for Saturday," said coach Travis McDermott. The Bobcats had their first dual against Lovell...
On Friday, December 16, the Lady Cats varsity basketball team traveled to Glenrock High School. “Our scouting report would be to focus on stopping #23 Sarvey who had been averaging over 22.7 ppg and clearly their best player. She would end up with 28 points that night,” said coach David Villa. He added, “We came out the best we had all year. The game against Burns was an initial look as to how good we could be but against Glenrock our offense and defense were spot on. We would lead after the 1st quarter 10-9 and the momentum was going our w...
The varsity boys Bobcats traveled to Glenrock last Friday to take on the Herders, pulling out a win in a close 70-63 game. On Saturday, the boys travelled to Buffalo where they lost to the #5 ranked Bison with a final score of 84-71. At press time, no coaches comments or information was received about the games. The Bobcats will be back in action after Christmas break....
Four members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the 2022 WAWA Middle School State competition in Gillette last Saturday. In girls MS 110, Lilly Quintanilla placed 1st and scored 18 team points. She won by fall over Joriana Hine, Powell Wrestling Club, 0:33, and she won by fall over Kaydee Messer, Riverton USA Wrestling, 0:39. In boys MS 70, Garret White placed 1st and scored 42 team points. In the quarterfinal White won by tech fall over Braxten Link, Greybull Basin Athletic Club,...
The Bobcat varsity basketball team had their first competition of the season at the Burns Classic last week. Coach Shane Corpening stated, "The boys played really hard. From a defensive standpoint, we were flying around and forcing turnovers. I thought we did an okay job of rebounding the ball. We certainly have some room for improvement there, but for the first weekend, it wasn't bad. Offensively, we really struggled to make shots. We got plenty of open looks at the basket and we just missed a...
The Bobcat Wrestlers started their season at the Powell invitational last Friday and Saturday with over 500 wrestlers competing. This was by far the largest that this tournament has been with teams from Wyoming and Montana competing. Friday the boys competed in pool wrestling trying to make the bracket on Saturday for placing. The Bobcats started off tentative then improved as the long day progressed. "After getting the bugs worked out early, we had five make the second day in both varsity and...
The Lady cats started their season last week at Torrington High School. Coach David Villa said, “We knew we would be facing a feisty team from last year. Torrington came out fast with an 8-0 run on us. We looked anxious playing and forced some early turnovers. After we got through the first quarter things started to settle down for the team. At halftime it was 18-14. We felt we were in a good spot and just needed to take care of the ball and not rush our shooting. We would end up falling to them 50-39. We shot 7-19 from the free throw line. I...
This is the first year that girls wrestling is sanctioned in Wyoming and the Lady Cats will have four girls that will be making history all season long. Last year Wyoming had under 50 girls wrestling a mixed season with boys. This year, during weight certification, the state has over 200 girls registered. Alix Sorensen started the season with a bang becoming the first Lady Cats tournament champion at 145lbs. "She was nervous and tentative most of the tournament but did what she needed to do to b...
The fifth grade boys traveling basketball team competed in the Sheridan Rec Dept Winter Shootout and went 5-0 to win the championship for their division. The group also competed in the December Dunk Jamboree in Rock Springs the weekend before and went 3-0. Pictured, left to right, are coach Matt McPhie, Oliver Strenger, Cameron Martinez, Jackson Skelton, Logan Stewart, Soren Webber, Bo DaFoe and Lincoln McPhie....
Last Saturday, the Thermopolis Middle School Bobcats hosted the Big Horn Basin Middle School Conference Wrestling Tournament at the high school gym. Of the 10 Conference teams and 215 wrestlers, seven "A" division TMS wrestlers battled their way through the all-day tournament and earned a 3rd place team victory. With the fewest number of wrestlers in the "A" division, Thermopolis filled only 7 of 18 weight classes and still managed to send 6 grapplers into the finals. There were four Bobcat...
Hot Springs County Barrel Racing wrapped up their year with the district finals last weekend. Year end awards given out to NBHA members include Open: 1D champion Mesa Allen, reserve Remington Prince; 2D champion Kaitlyn Schmuck, reserve Mesa Allen; 3D champion Remington Prince, reserve Hannah Agar; 4D champion Kaitlyn Schmuck, reserve Bobbi Byrd. Youth: 1D champion Mesa Allen, reserve Remington Prince; 2D champion Remington Prince, reserve Mesa Allen; 3D champion Tylee Agar, reserve Remington...
