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The boys basketball team saw a couple losses last weekend, 37-31 against Newcastle and 71-34 against Douglas Coach Shane Corpening stated, “For the Newcastle game I was extremely pleased with our defensive effort. We held Newcastle to 37 points, about 20 under their average. We had a balanced scoring attack with Jarron Mortimore and Sean Miller leading the way with eight points apiece. Duder Harvey also chipped in seven points. “We got off to a good start against Newcastle, but we ran into a s...
The Lady Bobcat varsity basketball team battled against Newcastle Friday night, coming up short with a 54-41 loss. The Lady Cats were trailing 30-17 at half time, but came out playing excellent defense in the third quarter, closing the gap to within two points at various times. Going into the fourth, they were behind by just four points, 35-31. Newcastle was on-point from the free throw line, dropping in 17 of 18 during the fourth quarter. “In the final quarter we didn’t hit the shots we needed to make,” said head coach Matt McPhie. “I give cr...
Thermopolis wrestlers came back to earth at the Lander Valley Invitational Friday and Saturday. Finishing eighth of 19 teams was not what they had in mind, but on the other hand they were by far the leading 2A team at the tourney, outscoring seven 3A teams in the process. Scoring 73.5 pts. for the Bobcats was Austin Ireland, 21 pts.; Chase White, 10; Jon Harvey, 4; Jon Hagen, 5; Riley Shaffer, 6; Chance Watt, 11.5; and, Logan Cole, 16 pts. Several Bobcats distinguished themselves by winning thei...
The seventh and eighth grade boys basketball teams went up against Worland and Lovell this past week. In the eighth grade matchups against Worland, the Bobcats came away with a 54-13 loss for the A team and a 34-18 loss for the B. Coach Ryan Shaffer said of the A game, “Although this was a tough matchup for us our boys put out a lot of effort, especially in the second half. The first half we were a little awestruck and frustrated as we couldn’t get much to fall. Ball movement wasn’t really there, spacing was a little tight, and we didn’t do wha...
Starting a busy week, Thermopolis wrestlers journeyed to Cody on Tuesday for a dual. Though the Broncs started with a lead at 16-9 on a couple of pins and a decision, the dual became much more interesting for the Bobcats when Jon Harvey put a brake on Cody's momentum with a first period pin of his own over the Broncs' Keaton Stone. Riley Shaffer followed that with an 11-1 first period and an early second period pin of Alex Vogt to give the Bobcats their first lead, but Cody quickly took it back...
The Lady Cats competed against Shosoni, Powell and Lander over the weekend at the Big Horn Basin Tournament hosted by Powell. The varsity team came out on top of Shoshoni on Friday with a 38-19 win. Sesi Jensen lead the team in scoring, dropping in 10 points while Tahja Hunt helped the offense with three assists. As a team, they had a total of 10 assists. On the defensive side, the team’s leading rebounder against Shoshoni was McKenna Bomengen with seven and Jensen, right on her heels with six. Defensively, the girls forced 22 turnovers. Later...
Last week the seventh and eighth grade boys basketball team kicked their season off with a two quads. The seventh grade played at Worland, while eighth was at Cody. The eighth grade A Team saw a 59-13 loss against Cody, and the B team had a 21-7 loss. Coach Ryan Shaffer said this was a rough start for the A squad, “as we played a very talented Cody team. We had a few issues with rebounding as we were a little intimidated by the height of their players. After the first quarter the boys settled d...
Duder Harvey makes a drive toward the basket during the Bobcats' game against Riverside Friday afternoon. The boys saw two victories last weekend, with a 49-22 win against Riverside and a 42-31 loss to Lovell on Friday, and a 48-33 win over Greybull on Saturday. At press time, the coach had not responded with stats or comments on the games....
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Eastside Wrestling Tournament in Casper on Sunday, Jan. 13. In Division 6U 48-51, Bain Lahoe placed fourth. In Division 8U 50-54, Briar Lahoe placed third. In Division 10U 81-90, Cannon Boren placed first. In Division 12U 72-79, Mack Buckner placed fourth. The club is scheduled to compete next on Jan. 20 in Billings....
On Tuesday, Jan. 8, the “froshmore” boys basketball team traveled to Meeteetse to take on their JV squad and come home with a 61-32 victory. Coach Dean Despain stated, “We continue to grow as a team and are figuring out how to really finish games. We started the game with great intensity and focus and jumped out to an early 10 point lead which we maintained for most of the game, we got lots of quality minutes from the bench and a lot of different kids got to see the floor for extended periods of time, which is crucial to our growth as indiv...
Hot Springs County High School’s Lady Bobcat basketball teams had nine games this past week- end, three for the varsity, three JV and three fresh- man games at the Pinedale Winter Classic and the Freshman Buffalo Tournament. The Varsity came out on top of Big Piney in the first round, 32-15, playing great defense and holding Big Piney to just one point in the first half. The Lady Cats forced 27 turnovers and played suffocating defense the entire game. Sesi Jensen lead the team with six r...
The high school boys basketball team came away with a 0-3 record as they took on Big Piney, Pinedale and Lyman this past weekend at the East/West Classic at Rawlins. Coach Shane Corpening said the encouraging thing was that the Bobcats saw some better competition, taking on some 3A teams, and played hard in every game in the fourth quarter. “The struggle for us was just getting together a whole game.” In the game against Big Piney, Thermopolis was down 30-17 at the half, then wound up out...
Thermopolis wrestlers opened 2019 at the Shane Shatto Memorial Invitational in Douglas on Friday with 23 other teams. The Bobcats were in a tight knit group of five teams separated by five points in 15th place with 68 team points. The tournament hosted nearly twenty 3A and 4A schools including two Nebraska schools - Alliance and Chadron - as well as Castle Rock, Colorado. Leading the Bobcats were senior Austin Ireland, finish- ing second in the 113 lb. class and earning 24 team points, and...
The freshman Bobcats took another road win Dec. 21, coming out 61-58 against Fort Washakie. Coach Dean Despain stated, “We played the high school basketball team for Fort Washakie; they don’t have a Varsity designation yet, so we played their entire team — Freshmen through Seniors — with our Froshmore Squad. The Fort Washakie team started hot, hitting their first two three-pointers and a couple bunnies, and jumped out to a 10-0 lead. We trailed for most of the game by right around 10 points,...
The freshmen boys basketball team came home with a 47-37 victory after facing Lander on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Coach Dean Despain stated, “Tuesday’s game against Lander was exactly how we should play and how I expect that group to play on a nightly basis. Our strengths are definitely our ‘in your face’ defense and effort, we fly around on defense and really make it a point to make the other team take care of the ball. “We have a large bench — when at full strength I have 13 kids suited up — and as a team we are improving week to week.” Top scorers f...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club is getting geared up for its 2019 season, and as of last Friday there are about 30 kids registered. Thrisha Myers stated she expects to see the number of kids closer to 45 by the beginning of the season and registrations are still open. Kids must turn four or be older in 2019 to be able to wrestle, and the club is open to both boys and girls. A parent night will by Jan. 8 at 6 p.m., at the middle school. Practices will be 6-7:30 p.m. in the middle school wrestling room for all kids Mondays and Thursdays; kids 10...
Freshman Kamry Bowman keeps the ball just out of reach as the freshman Lady Bobcats beat Lander on Tuesday, Dec. 18 31-28. Bronwyn Dobbins led the scoring with 12, followed by Julie Johnson with 10. Top rebounder was Layne Myers with eight....
Roedy Farrell came out the middle school champion at 135 lbs. on Saturday during the WAMA State Wrestling meet....
A depleted Greybull/Riverside wrestling team had a long ride home after a 62-0 shutout Thursday by the energized Bobcats. Only six of the visitors were available for mat action, and those six went down to defeat – four by way of pins and the remaining two by major decision (eight plus points). After two forfeits, Jon Harvey (170) started the parade of Bobcat victories with a pin at 4:46 over Shawn Erhart after dominating the second period. Following another forfeit, Chance Watt (195) started e...
The Lady Bobcat basketball team had a very successful weekend in Burlington with both the JV and varsity teams coming away with wins. Coach Matt McPhie said the varsity girls played very tough defense, forcing 29 turnovers and playing at a high level defensively. The Lady Cats held Burlington to single digits in each of the four quarters with a final score of 45-24. Leading the team in rebounds was Kaylee DeVries, pulling down five, including two offensive rebounds. She also led the team with...
It was a close game for the Bobcats last Saturday, though Burlington came up with the 31-29 win when the final buzzer sounded. Coach Shane Corpening said this was a tough game for the boys, though they showed improvement on defense. He noted they are still struggling to rebound and keep the opposing team to one possession, though they got better this game and he was pleased to see they kept Burlington to 31 points. “Really what it was,” Corpening said, “is the shots just weren’t falling...
So far this season, the freshmen boys basketball team has a 1-3 record with a win against Burlington on Dec. 11. The team travelled to Lovell Dec. 14 and 15 for their invite, where they played Cody, Burlington and Lovell Coach Dean Despain stated, “Friday night we played a good Cody squad to the wire, losing by four and then Saturday we lost to Burlington 22-12, and then lost to Lovell 41-9. We are continuing to develop as a team, learn the offense, and develop individual skills to help the kids later this season as well as down the road at t...
Thermopolis wrestlers started their season at the Powell Invitational Friday and Saturday on a high note. The twenty-team tournament featured an all-class make-up, and was led by Casper Natrona. The real story for the Bobcats though was leading all class 2A teams with 112 points and nine wrestlers in the top six of their weight bracket. Led by Jon Harvey, champion at 170, and Logan Cole, runner-up at 220, the Bobcats had their best tournament Saturday in a good long while. "I was not encouraged...
The Thermopolis boys basketball season saw a busy opener this past weekend, with games against Wright, Lusk, Glenrock and Rocky Mountain, coming home with a 1-3 record from the Herder Classic at Glenrock. The Bobcats’ first loss of the weekend came in their first game, with a final score of 67-46 against Wright. Coach Shane Corpening said he spoke to the Wright coach prior to the game and learned they were returning almost everyone from the past year, and they had been fairly successful in 2...
The Lady Cat basketball team opened up season play this past weekend at the Coal Miner Classic in Wright. The Varsity team had three contests, losing to Big Horn in the opener 49-25. “The girls struggled from the field and more specifically, they had difficulties protecting the basketball,” head coach Matt McPhie said. “The team settled down in the second half and played better basketball.” The team was led in scoring by Ashley McPhie with 10 points and McKenna Bomengen led the way rebound...
