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Tis Spring, when a young man’s heart turns to baseball. Registration for Hot Springs County’s Recreation District youth baseball is running now, through May 4. Boys and girls, ages six and older may sign up. There is tee ball for the six and seven-year olds, coach pitch for the eight and nine year olds, minors for those 10-11 and majors for those 12 and older. A mandatory parent meeting will be held at the armory on May 8 at 6 p.m. If you have any questions about the upcoming baseball season, please call the rec office at 864...
According to high school golf coach Jacob Smith, spring golf is looking promising. For the first time, eighth grade golfers will be allowed to practice and compete at tournaments with middle school divisions this year. “This is really huge for the golf team,” Smith said, “because we start practice so early that without some prior contact and work, the freshman season could be a loss. If a freshman wants to come out for the team and waits until school starts, then they have missed 2/3 of our f...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club took to Worland this weekend, competing in the Worland Warriors Classic. The team placed third in folkstyle for total match points and first in freestyle. Folkstyle results: In PeeWee, Winston Hogue placed sixth in Division 50, Tanner Myers placed first in Division 45, and Talon Owsley placed first and Tucker Sayler placed second in Division 40. In Bantam, Ryker Sayler placed second in Division 43, Garret White placed first, Brayli Price placed second and Cameron...
Kids in the Hot Springs County Rec District soccer program take to the field Tuesday evening. Games will be on April 10 and 17, with the week of April 23-27 for any makeup games. The action starts at 6 p.m. at the ball fields next to the fairgrounds....
The Hot Springs County Track and Field kicked off last weekend, with the athletes travelling to Cody for the Yellowstone Sports Medicine Invitational. Though no team scores were recorded, a couple of the tracksters are already making new personal records, with Jarron Mortimore taking 16th in the high jump with a height of 5’4” and Kaylee Devries placing 26th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 31.98. Coach Ernie Mecca noted this was the team’s first meet, and about five students were missi...
Over 50 students from Thermopolis Middle School will compete this season in Track and Field. They've been hitting the track regularly last week and will pick things up again following spring break. Their first meet is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 7 at Burlington. Among those on the eighth grade team are girls Hallie Martinez, Caydence Becher, Mariah Brooks, Julie Johnson, Shelby Vincent and June Wedor. Eighth grade boys include Wyatt McDermott, Michael Slagle, Austin Barral, Matt Music, Aydan...
Members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Maddyx Fischer Memorial Tournament in Riverton on March 24, with the team taking 11th place in folkstyle and ninth place in freestyle. Folkstyle results: In PeeWee, Sawyer Wilson placed fourth in Division 34-35 and Winston Hogue placed second in Division 50-53. In Novice, Brody Potter placed second in Division 94-100. Freestyle results: In PeeWee, Winston Hogue placed second in Division 50-53. In Novice, Brody Potter placed fourth in Division 93-99. Members also competed at the 2018 Mont...
Hot Springs County Barrel Racers held a competition on Sunday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Results are (in order of finish): Open 1D: Nick Comes 15.552; Jerrie Slagle 15.691; Nick Comes 15.768 Open 2D: RaeLee Coyle 16.061; Kerry Smrekar 16.156; Jessi Knight 16.166 Open 3D: Nick Comes and Joey Agar (tie) 16.703; Dawna Barnett 16.846 Open 4D: Hayvn Morrison 17.560; Trina Wagers 17.70; Donna Daniels 17.947 Youth 1D: Elsie Campbell 15.790; Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.173; Kaitlyn Schmuck 16.215...
The 2018 Thermopolis High School Track and Field team has plenty of accomplished athletes returning to its ranks, with three-time letterer senior Cullen Becher, two-time letterer junior Ethan Becher and one-time letterer junior Kolby George. Rounding out the boys' roster are seniors Logan Meier and Jared Little, junior Sean Miller, sophomores Jarron Mortimore, Logan Shumway, Taydee Landrum and freshmen Logan Cole, Jesse Skelton, Jaxson Jensen and Chance Huffstetler. On the girls' team,...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club hosted its Wrestle-opolis tourney at Hot Springs County High School on Saturday, with matches in Folkstyle and freestyle wrestling. Thermopolis was first for team points. Folkstyle results for the club were: In PeeWee, Fletcher Lewis placed second in Division 35, Sawyer Wilson placed fifth in Division 35-37, Talon Owsley placed first, Tucker Sayler placed second and Archer Price placed third in Division 39, Alex McMartin placed sixth in Division 41-43, Tanner Myer...
It’s about three weeks before the playoffs begins for the Hot Springs County Rec District’s Adult Basketball League, and Red Rock Family Practice continues to lead with a 69-50 victory over One Hill of a Cizzle on March 14, bringing their record to 7-0 and One Hill’s to 5-2. Top scorers were Riley Whitt and Paul Collamer with 24 points each for Red Rock and Shane Corpening with 19 points for One Hill. Vicklund Pharmacy had a 72-51 win against Hoosier Daddy. The win brings Vicklund’s record to 4-3, while Hoosier is at 1-6. Top scorers were St...
The family of Bob Carey is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of the Bob Carey Memorial Award. This award is very prestigious as he was instrumental in giving the sport of girls' basketball the recognition it deserves in the state of Wyoming. This award is given to senior basketball players only. This award seeks to honor the outstanding girls' basketball player in the state of Wyoming, with one award in Class 1A/2A divisions and one award in Class 3A/4A divisions. In order to be nominated...
Hudson Roling was recently named as a 3A Boys’ Basketball All-Conference selection by the Wyoming Coaches’ Association. Coach Kevin Gerber stated, “I am very pleased to announce Hudson Roling receiving All-Conference for a second consecutive year. Hudson was an all around great player for us.” Roling was in the top 10 in the 3A East in the following categories: No. 10 in scoring with 11.7 points per game, tied No. 10 with 5.6 rebounds per game, No. 5 with 2.7 assists per game, No. 8 with tw...
Carquest came close to toppling Red Rock Family Practice this past week during the Hot Springs County Rec District’s Adult Basketball League, missing a victory by just one basket in the 51-50 matchup. Red Rock’s record remains untarnished, however, at 6-0, while Carquest is at 0-6. Top scorers were Kevin Simpson with 15 for Red Rock and Joe Mounts with 20 for Carquest. Merit added another victory with a 69-44 game against Hoosier Daddy, bringing their record up to 3-3. Hoosier stands at 1-5 Top scorers were Zac Wagon with 14 for Hoosier and...
Monday morning at Hot Springs county High School, three seniors signed letters of intent for college....
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club travelled to Powell and wrestled at a three-style tournament. This Saturday, March 17, the club will be at home hosting the Wrestle-opolis tournament at Hot Springs County High School. Folkstyle wrestling will start around 8 a.m. with freestyle will follow. In the Powell tournament, Freestyle results for the club were: In PeeWee, Tanner Myers placed first and Bain Lahoe placed third in Division 45. In Bantam, Brayli Price placed second in Division 43-45 and Logann Farrell placed fourth in Division 56-62. In...
The Thermopolis boys basketball team wrapped up its season last weekend in Douglas with a 65-50 loss against Newcastle on Thursday and a 57-43 loss against Douglas on Friday. Coach Kevin Gerber said they were both two good games, with the boys playing very well. Regarding the Newcastle game, Gerber said it was only four days since they last played the Dogies. The Bobcats matched them in the first quarter, fighting back and forth, and Hudson Roling hit a runner three-pointer at the buzzer to tie...
In spite of their best efforts, the Bobcat girls basketball team had a rough go-round at the Regional Tournament in Douglas last weekend. On Thursday, they were pitted against the host team, the Douglas Lady Bearcats, who are undefeated for their season. The Cats fell to the Bearcats, 23-62. Coach Cory Sova said, with the exception of a couple of girls, this was the first Regional Tourney experience for the entire team. "I thought the girls did a good job of attacking Douglas early in the...
The state tourney brought the end of Coach C.J. Scholl's fourth season at HSCHS. "We made some real progress this year. The team went from one state placer last year (Cullen Becher), to four this year, and our points total nearly doubled. For the smallest 3A school in the state, that's not bad." He continued, "There will be a hole where the four seniors were; their leadership and work ethic will be missed, but there are some good young wrestlers coming along to replace them." Tuesday at the end...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Buffalo Bill Showdown last weekend, placing fifth as a team. In PeeWee, Sawyer Wilson placed third and Aksel Polson placed fourth in Division 35, and Talon Owsley placed first and Tucker Sayler placed second in Division 40. In Bantam, Ryker Sayler placed third in Division 43, Brayli Price placed second and Cameron Martinez placed third in Division 45, Jack Toth placed sixth in Division 49, Samuel Johnson placed sixth in Division 52, Logann Farrell placed fourth in Division 56 and Trevin Shaffer...
The Hot Springs County Rec District Adult Basketball League had its fifth round of games on Feb. 28, with the Red Rock team maintaining its undefeated streak after a 63-52 victory over Vicklund Pharmacy. Top scorers were Paul Collamer with 24 points for Red Rock and Steth Daniels with 19 points for Vicklund. The day also saw the first victory for Hoosier Daddy, with a 52-28 win over Carquest. Top scorers were Jake Korte with 20 points for Hoosier and Joe Mounts with 13 points for Carquest. Also during the evening’s games, One Hill of a C...
Thermopolis sent eleven wrestlers to the 3A State Tournament in Casper, but after the first round of matches, only two remained in the championship brackets, junior Austin Ireland and freshman Logan Cole. Several came close. Jon Harvey was well ahead when a weak move opened the door for his opponent to turn him to his back for the pin. The Bobcats' only state placer from last year's state tourney, Cullen Becher, had mounted a strong comeback after being down by several points and gained control of his opponents legs on a "double leg shot" at a...
The Thermopolis Lady Cats had a busy weekend hosting Douglas on Friday and Newcastle on Saturday, the last home games of the season. Coach Cory Sova said they had received some scouting reports about the Douglas team – they're big and tall, strong, quick, aggressive and skilled – and the reports were true. "Our girls did a number of good things," he said, "but we couldn't keep the pace." The girls led 6-2 after the first few minutes, but Douglas immediately answered to lead by nine after the...
This weekend will see the Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team traveling to compete in the regional tournament. Their first game will be against Newcastle, an opponent they faced this past weekend. The Bobcats went up against Douglas on Feb. 23, coming away with a 57-49 loss, followed by a 69-41 loss against Newcastle on Feb. 24. Coach Kevin Gerber said the weekend was certainly interesting, as it was the boys' final regular season games and knowing for sure that they will see...
The boys JV basketball team finished up its season with a 49-45 win against Douglas last Friday and a 60-46 loss to Newcastle the next day. Coach Ryan Shaffer said the boys played well this weekend, keeping their intensity high on the defensive end. They caused 23 turnovers, had six blocks and 17 steals as a team. As for shooting, they made 33 percent from the three-point line and made 11 of 22 free throws. “Overall,” Shaffer stated, “we had a good team game against Douglas as we moved the b...
