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Hot Springs County's Special Olympics team did very well at both the Area 1 games and the state competition last week in Casper. Lauri Olsen coaches the team with a lot of help from her husband, Tom, who said this is one of the largest teams they've had in a long time, with three athletes from the Hot Springs County School District as well as six adult athletes. They competed in bowling in Area 1, which consists of Worland, Powell, Cody, Lander, Riverton and Thermopolis, coming away with two...
Beginning Oct. 17, the Hot Springs County Recreation District’s Adult Coed Volleyball League is officially into its playoff season. Games on Wednesday, Oct. 10 saw victories for TBD against Setting Ducks, 25-19, 25-13 and 2517. Benny and the Sets won their first game against How I Set your Mother 25-18, and though they lost the second match to How I Set 25-21, Benny game back to win the third game 25-20. Owl Creek Graphics won 25-20, 25-23 and 25-20 against Benny, and in the matchup between Gassed by Gottsche and Here 4 Exercise, Gassed won t...
The Thermopolis football team came home with a win after shutting out Newcastle 66-0 Friday night. Coach Matt McPhie said overall the team played well and definitely were more physical on the field. Though there were some injuries on the Newcastle side, which no coach likes to see, McPhie said it was also good to see our boys flying around the field and getting those hits. The coach noted it was also the first game the Bobcats played this season where they had no turnovers, and that is a...
Last Friday, middle school cross country students travelled to Powell for their conference meet, their final competition for the season. Coach Stephanie Metz said it was a great meet with a nice, flat course and the students are familiar with it for the most part. “We had some good races,” Metz said, noting Dazlynn Hunt’s keeping up with a Lander competitor and splitting a 6:03 in the first mile. Hunt took second in the competition with 12:57.53. “6:03 wasn’t what we were shooting for,” Met...
Last Saturday saw the Thermopolis Middle School’s final game this year, with a 34-16 win against Greybull. Coach Shane Corpening said the boys played really well and looked in good form, similar to their Sept. 29 game, and it was nice to play a lot of people. “I think everybody on our football team saw the field a lot. That’s always an important thing, I think, in the last game of the season.” Elijah Skelton played his best game, Corpening said, finding the end zone three times in the running...
Teams in the Hot Springs County Recreation District's Adult Co-ed Volleyball League finished their fourth week of games last week, with Gassed by Gottsche winning 27-25, 25-21 and 25-16 against TBD. Here 4 Exercise won their first game against How I Set Your Mother 25-16, but lost the remaining two 25-12 and 25-23. Here 4 Exercise was also bested by Owl Creek Graphics, 25-21, 25-13 and 25-23. In the final matchup, Setting Ducks won against Benny and the Sets by forfeit. The program is in Week...
Thermopolis Middle School volleyball players had a busy week last week with games on Tuesday and Thursday and then the eighth grade B tournament here in Thermopolis on Saturday. Head coach Aimee Kay said the A team got another win on Tuesday against Greybull. “It was really nice to see them put it all together,” she said. “They played solid, high level volleyball and hopefully saw their own potential. When they are all playing their best, they are a force to be reckoned with.” They took on Lovell and Rocky Mountain on Thursday. Kay said th...
All five of the varsity girls cross country team finished in the top 10 during the Bobcat Invitational Saturday morning at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Tahja Hunt won with a time of 21:41.00, followed by McKenna Bomengen at 22:01.00, a full 25 seconds ahead of third place. Olivia Weyer won fourth with a time of 23:11.00, followed by Aime Robinson in fifth with 24:35.00 and Hallie Martinez in sixth at 24:47.00. Rebekah Johnson placed 10th with 29:01.00. Coach Stephanie Metz said the times were...
The Thermopolis Bobcats fought hard against Wheatland at their Homecoming game, ending the night with a 28-14 loss. Coach Matthew McPhie stated, "We moved the ball efficiently on offense and were hamstrung by penalties all night. We had 15 penalties called against us and must do a better job in this area. "Offensively we were led by Logan Cole with 12 carries for 112 yards, and Chandler Maddock ran the ball 19 times for 88 yards. "The key play may have come with time winding down in the first...
Danni Jo Pebbles and Tatum Vialpando leap for the block during their home tourney last weekend. Information about the games was not available from the coach at press time....
The Thermopolis Middle School football team travelled to play at Lovell last Saturday, coming away with a 38-20 win. Coach Shane Corpening said he saw improvement on the team from when they played Worland on Sept. 20. “I thought, without a doubt, we played our best game of the year, our most complete.” Offensively, he said, the team played really crisp. Defensively, he added, there were times when they played solid and others where they missed a couple reads and tackles. Lovell, he said, als...
Teams in the Hot Springs County Rec District’s Adult Co-Ed Volleyball League saw action on the court on Wednesday, Sep.t 26, with the Setting Ducks winning 25-21, 25-18 and 25-16 against Here 4 Exercise. Owl Creek Graphics saw a 25-20 win against Benny and the Sets, though Benny took the second match 25-16 before falling 26-24 in the third. Owl Creek then beat out TBD 25-22, 25-17 and 25-20. The final matchup saw three victories for Gassed by Gottsche over How I Set Your Mother, 25-18, 25-20 and 25-23. Standings as of Tuesday were: Gassed 1...
The Hot Springs County Recreation District Adult Co-ed Volleyball League has started up for 2018, bumping, setting, spiking and digging at the high school court every Wednesday beginning at 6:30 p.m. Compared to last year’s six teams, Rec Director Anja Abbott noted there is seven this year. Among them are Benny and the Sets, Here 4 Exercise, Setting Ducks, Gassed by Gottsche, Owl Creek Graphics, How I Set Your Mother and TBD. Abbott explained this last name came from the team’s inability to dec...
Lady Bobcat volleyball was busy last weekend with two home games, Friday against Buffalo and Saturday against Douglas. Although they dropped both matches in three games, coach Shannon Hill said she saw a lot of positives coming off the weekend. "We focused a lot of our practices this week on serve/receive, therefore we struggled a little bit with our offense," she said. "Our unforced errors were what lost this match (Buffalo) for us. "We are very evenly matched with Buffalo, but could never...
This Saturday Thermopolis will be home to the Bobcat Cross Country Invite, beginning at 10 a.m. at the golf course. Coach Stepahnie Metz said this week the Bobcats have been focusing on the mental aspects of dealing with hills. The high school runners will have hills frequently, hitting the big hill once and then more throughout the course. It’s important, Metz said, for them to stay in the mindset they can do it and finish hard. For the middle school runners, she said, this course will be the l...
Though last Friday’s football game against Mountain View wound up with a 31-8 loss for the Bobcats, Coach Matthew McPhie is proud of the young men and the effort they put in against the defending state champ team. McPhie pointed out that just a few years back Thermopolis had a 45-0 loss against Mountain View, so they are definitely improving. The bobcats did well in the first half, McPhie said, keeping it a close, 7-2 game, though a costly turnover on the five-yard line kept them from taking t...
The Thermopolis Middle School football team had a bit of a rough start to the season, coach Shane Corpening said, with their first two games resulting in 40-point losses to Shoshoni and Lander. "After that," the coach said, "I felt like we had a turning point in our season, a complete 180-degree turnaround. We've been a different team." Part of that, he said, is having Roedy Farrell back and healthy to help the team. The Bobcats saw victory against Rocky Mountain on Saturday, Sept. 15, and most...
Thermopolis Middle School seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams are getting a lot of court time for both the A and B teams. Head coach Aimee Kay said the teams are continuing to work on a complicated system. “We are improving on transitioning from offense to defense,” she said. “My hope is that having a solid understanding of these concepts and skills will set them up for an easier transition to the high school level of play.” Kay added their serves are still a struggle and they don’t get a...
Several riders from Hot Springs County travelled to the Sweetwater Events Complex in Rock Springs for the Wyoming NBHA Finals, Sept. 22 and 23. The riders did well, with many placing in the top 10 — even the top 5 — in their divisions over the two-day event and Mesa Allen winning the Youth 2D division on Saturday with a time of 16.906. Additional results for Youth are: Saturday, 1D Kaitlyn Schmuck third, 16.428; Schmuck fifth, 16.522 Sunday, 1D Allen third, 16.127; Schmuck fourth, 16.220; Schmuck sixth, 16.279 Sunday, 2D Allen fifth, 17....
The THS Bobcat Golf Team attended the State 2A High School Golf Tournament last weekend in Newcastle and came home as the new State 2A Boys Champions. The scoring conditions were way harder than when they played there three weeks ago, but they were harder for everyone, and by the end of the tournament the Thermopolis boys team of Hardy Johnson, Jeffry Clark, Will Clark, Kyle Roessing and Lee Grimm came out with a hard fought win. Day one left the Bobcats in a three-way tie for second in the...
The Bobcats traveled to Moorcroft and got a road conference win this past weekend, shutting out the Wolves 52-0. Coach Matt McPhie stated, “The team took care of the ball early, and jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter. During the second quarter the team exploded for 38 points which included some great offense and defense to take a commanding 52-0 lead at half time.” McPhie noted the second half was played under the running clock rule. “Chandler Maddock scored 4 touchdowns and ran t...
The girls high school and middle school teams had a strong showing last Thursday at the Lander Invite, with each team taking third place. Coach Stephanie Metz was excited for the team finishes because of the size of the teams we have this season. Regarding the middle school girls, she said younger team members like Hanna Hill, Sofia Gerber and Kendall Bradshaw have really taken off and supported older members Jayda Griffin, Dazlynn Hunt and Elizabeth Peterson. The same is true of the high...
The Lady Bobcat volleyball team had their first conference match-up of the season last Friday against Newcastle at home. Coach Shannon Hill said the girls came out ready to play that night, started out leading and kept it that way the entire match. "I was really proud of the girls for keeping their intensity and not letting down, even in game three," Hill said. "We really focused on consistency in practice last week and our girls followed through and played the way they know how." The Lady Cats...
Jase Longwell breaks away from the Greybull defense during the JV game Saturday morning. A quick moving offense and strong defense gave the Bobcats a 38-6 win....
Thermopolis Middle School volleyball teams had their ups and downs this past week according to head coach Aimee Kay. The teams are playing well and Kay said the girls are getting more comfortable with running the 5-1 line and switching from offense to defense, but there is still room for improvement. Last week they were introduced to hitting defense and Kay is starting to see the girls get where they need to be when they need to be there. Their serves are improving, too, but they are still the...
