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Hot Springs County National Barrel Racing Association year end award winners were recently named. Open 1D – Emme Norsworthy saddle winner, Baylie Mulholland 2D – Taylor Malcom saddle winner, Baylie Mullholland 3D – Taylor Malcom saddle winner, Missy Muellerleile 4D – Bobbi Byrd saddle winner, Billie Jo Norsworthy Youth 1D – Emme Norsworthy, Taylor Malcom 2D – Remington Prince, Mesa Allen 3D – Remington Prince, Taylor Malcom Results from last Sundays competition include: Open 1D – Debbie Kell...
The new 4-H year has kicked off with shooting sports. Nate King and Carter Hughes-Becerra were helped by instructor Doug Nichols during air rifle practice....
The National Barrel Horse Associatinon (NBHA) District finals were held in Thermopolis over the weekend at Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Year end results were not available at press time but will be featured in next week's IR. Results from the two days of competition include: Saturday open 1D – Emme Norsworthy, 15.709; Jody Whiteman, 15.733; Jerrie Slagle, 15.821; Jerrie Slagle, 15.938; Coralee Spratt, 16.028; Baylie Mulholland, 16.031 2D – Payton Bischoff, 16.688 3D – Missy Muell...
by Samantha Zupan The Thermopolis Middle School Bobcats started their Thanksgiving vacation traveling to Greybull for some wrestling competition. The Bobcats walked away with 12 wins out of 17 matches. “They came out aggressive and stayed in a good position,” said coach Toby Emery. He added,“They are starting to come together, especially their technique and conditioning.” In the first period, five Bobcat wrestlers pinned their opponents with Armani Dukes pinning two, and Lilly Quintanilla, Wiley Jones, Clint Kimes and Trevin Shaffer each wi...
by Samantha Zupan Thermopolis Middle School Bobcat Wrestlers had a busy day last Saturday going up against Wyoming Indian, Shoshoni, Jackson, and Lovell. "It's always nice to travel to Lander for competition, as we have the opportunity to see some new teams and new competition" coach Toby Emery said about the Bobcats. The Bobcat wrestlers won 12 matches out of 17. Cannon Boren went 6-0 with all pins being in the first period. Dyllan Myers went 2-0 pinning his opponents in the first period....
by Samantha Zupan Girls Bobcat Middle School Basketball started their week Tuesday with 8th A and B girls going up against Burlington on home territory. Both finished with close with two point losses. Jayssie Owsley was high scorer for A and Charlie Slagle for B. The girls traveled to Lovell on Friday. The A team won against Lovell 37-13. Kam Farrell was the high scorer with 16 points The B team won 12-6 with Charlie Slagle and Peyton Green both scoring 6 points. The young ladies continued to travel Saturday to Cody playing Cody and Powell. The...
Bobcat Football players Adley Coyne, Roedy Farrell, Austin Barral, Eli McCumber and Gavin Shumway have been selected to the 1st team Wyoming High School 2A West All-conference. Coyne was also selected to All-state. Jarek Sorensen, Wyatt McDermott and Carson Williams were selected to 2nd team West All-conference. For Lady Cats volleyball, Lexi Overfield received 3A East All-conference honors. These honors are voted on by the coaches in their respective conferences and are done according to conference by-laws....
New rodeo stars will be born during the wild and crazy Dairyland Donkey Basketball Show at Hot Springs County High School on Thursday, November 18 starting at 7 p.m. It’s basketball played on real, live donkeys and it will be wilder than a rodeo and funnier than a circus! All local players will be riding, so come out and see someone you know try to ride a donkey and play basketball at the same time. It’s a thrill a minute, a spill a minute. Laugh as you’ve never laughed before at the wild and crazy show. This fun-filled show is sponsored by St...
Thermopolis Sorting Series kicked off its 2021-22 season on Saturday. The event was well-attended by contestants from the Big Horn Basinarea and as far away as Green River. The Sorting Series will be held the second Saturday of every month through April 2022 at the HotSprings County Fairgrounds. Spectators are welcome. There is no fee tocome watch. Locals are encouraged to bring a horse and participate! There are classes for every ability. November’s results include (in order of finish): Open Class: Brad Peil/Scott Ratliff, Brad Peil/Dawn P...
by Samantha Zupan Bobcat Middle School Wrestlers took on Riverton and Lander for their home dual on Thursday showing many "improvements on the mat," according to coach Toby Emery. Against Lander the Bobcats won 15 out of 21 matches with Stone Pebbles defeating his opponent with a very quick pin in 25 seconds. Lilly Quintanilla accomplished a first round defeat in 48 seconds and Wiley Jones with a 57 second pin. Winning 7 out of 12 matches against Riverton, Armani Dukes had a 49 second pin in...
by Samantha Zupan Middle School Girls Bobcat Basketball players took on Shoshoni last Tuesday. The 8th A girls won 52-8 with Jayssie Owsley being high scorer with 22 points The 8th B girls won 24-20 with Charlie Slagle being high scorer with 14 points. Continuing with their busy week of basketball the girls traveled to Riverton and Lander on Saturday. The girls 8th A team won against Riverton 34-31 with Jayssie Owsley again coming in as top scorer with 22 points. The 8th B girls took a close loss to Riverton 14-18 with Charlie Slagle being the...
by Samantha Zupan The Thermopolis Middle School Lady Cats had a busy weekend against Lovell, Cody and Powell. The 8th grade A team won against Lovell 41-14 with Jayssie Owsley being the top scorer of 17 points. It was a close loss to Cody 27-38 with Kamryn Farrell scoring 10 points, and a win against Powell 40-22, with Farrell as high scorer of 23 points. Lady Cats 8th grade B team beat Lovell 17-10 with Sadie Martinez being high scorer with 12 points, followed by the loss to Cody 8-16 and Powell 10-11, with Sadie Martinez, Milli Johnson, and...
by Samantha Zupan The Thermopolis Middle School Bobcat Wrestlers brought home second at the Glenrock Invite last Friday. The team stepped up and wrestled well taking advantage of the short one minute periods, gaining valuable points. The Bobcats wrestled Glenrock’s A team for the championship round with Glenrock defeating Thermopolis 72-30 thus Thermopolis taking 2nd place. “For the matches we wrestled, we competed very tough and really raised some eye-brows from our opponents,” said coach Toby Emery. Undefeated at the Glenrock duel were Dylla...
The Lady Cats hosted the 3A East Regional Tournament last Friday and Saturday. The girls played hard but came up short, losing to No. 1 seed Burns and Torrington, putting an end to their season. On Friday afternoon, the Lady Cats lost in three to Burns, 15-25, 12-25 and 13-25. "Burns played well and we just couldn't put a ball away. Our defense played pretty scrappy and kept the ball alive and our blockers did a great job at the net, we just couldn't get anything going on our side. Kamry Bowman...
Montana's strongest man, Chad Lowry, coaches Mary Dorsett on how to properly use the log lift. Lowry along with Gottsche held a strongman training event this past Sunday at Gottsche Gym....
The Lady Cats had a tough weekend on the road taking on Buffalo on Friday and then playing in Douglas on Saturday. Coach Shannon Hill said,"In Buffalo on Friday, we didn't play super well but we had some new players in certain positions. We played fairly consistently, we just couldn't put the ball away and then we would get stuck sending the easy stuff over or sending too easy of a serve and Buffalo has too good of hitters for us to do that," Hill added, "Lexi Overfield played well for us in a...
The Bobcat football team had a solid performance on Friday evening when they took on the visiting Pinedale Wranglers. The Bobcats took a 28-0 lead into half time, and were able to play some young players late in the game and come away with a 42-20 win. Coach Matt McPhie said that Owen McCumber was one of the stars of the game. “McCumber nailed all six of his kicks. Owen has done a tremendous job this season. He works with purpose on his craft, and he has become a really good kicker. We look forward to the weapon he will be for us next s...
The Bobcat Cross Country team competed in the 2A Wyoming State Championships in Ethete on Saturday, Oct. 23. Senior Hallie Martinez was the top finisher for the Lady Cats. She crossed the finished line with a time of 22:55.01, finishing 12th. Junior Ruthanne Johnson came in 14th with a time of 23:12.27, followed by sophomores, Jayda Griffin with a 25:14.17 and Elizabeth Keller with a 31:28.55. For the bobcat boys, sophomore Jubal Wagler crossed the finish line with a time of 19:42.55 earning him 18th place. He was followed by sophomore Jesse...
The Bobcat varsity football team went on the road last Friday and defeated Mountain View by a final score of 40-13. It was the Bobcat’s first victory over Mountain view in 11 games. “The team played tough physical football, and pulled away in the second half- shutting out the Buffalo’s outscoring them 20-0 in the 2nd half,” said coach Matt McPhie. The Bobcats were lead by Adley Coyne and Roedy Farrell who combined for over 430 yards of rushing on the afternoon. Coyne led the way with 281 yards rushing while Farrell had 149 yards on the ground....
The 2A West 5 Rivers Cross Country Conference Championships has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 at Wyoming Indian High School. It was originally set for Oct. 15 but was canceled due to too much snow on the course. The Bobcats will be competing against Fort Washakie, Lovell, Rocky Mountain, St. Stephens, Wind River and Wyoming Indian....
The Lady Cats varsity volleyball team took on Burlington last Thursday evening and won in 4 games, 25-22, 26-24, 20-25 and 25-17. "I was proud of my girls for staying consistent and competitive during the whole match. Burlington was a scrappy team and kept digging our hits but our girls stuck with it and even though the games were close they stayed focused and pulled off wins," said coach Shannon Hill. She added, "Even in game three, when we were down by 12 points, we focused back in and went...
Members of the Thermopolis Middle School eighth grade football team include: Cody Bomengen, Cruz Mascorro, James Whitt, Bridger Peil, Stone Pebbles, Haeden Blair, Nolan Collins, Jay Ritchey, Scott Coale, Dean Bihr, Armani Dukes, Ellis Webber, Zak Hastie and Dallyn Griffin. The team had an impressive season. They played in their last middle school game on Oct. 9. No further information or coaches comments were available at press time....
The Bobcat football team hosted #1 ranked Lyman last Friday. The team battled tough, but fell by a final score of 14-6. The team shut out the top ranked Eagles in the second half to give the team a chance to pull it out. A late score gave the team hope, but an attempted onside kick was snatched away by Lyman. "It was a great game from an attitude and effort standpoint. Our kids are beginning to figure out how important tempo and "juice" are to the game. We're practicing better, and it's...
The Lady Cats volleyball team traveled to Douglas on Saturday and played Burns. The varsity team lost in three games and both JV and Freshman lost in two. “Varsity started out playing well and would get a lead and then let Burns go on a run so then we would be behind by a few points and then have to catch back up. We blocked really well in the first game and played great defense against Burns’ tough hitters but we lost that momentum a little bit in games two and three,” said coach Shannon Hill. She added, “In game two we missed five serves...
The Bobcat Cross Country teams competed in the Pinnacle Bank/Powell Invitational last Friday. Top finisher for the high school boys JV team was Jubal Wagler with a time of 19:16.36 earning him seventh place. Jesse Rodriquez was next to cross the finish line with a time of 20:33.50, followed by Isaac Robinson with a 22:25.39 and Joseph Crow with a 27:30.26. For the girls varsity team, Ruthanne Johnson crossed the finish line with a time of 22:22.57 and Hallie Martinez with a 23:40.78. In JV, Elizabeth Keller crossed the finish line with a time o...
