Adult basketball starts

The 2019 season of the Hot Springs County Recreation District’s Adult Basketball League got off to a strong start with three games on Wednesday, Jan. 23

This season, the league has five teams competing for the title — Properties West, Two Hills of a Cizzle, Hot Parts, Red Rock and Merit Energy.

Properties West showed up on the court twice last Wednesday, with a 80-65 loss to Red Rock and a 79-59 win against Hot Parts. The third game resulted in a close 49-40 win for Merit Energy over Two Hills. The games set the opening records at 1-0 for Mert, Red Rock and Properties, and 0-1 for Hot Parts and Two Hills.

Games are every Wednesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Thermopolis Middle School, and Jan. 30 will see Properties against Two Hills, Merit against Red Rock and Two Hills against Hot Parts.

The regular season will end March 13, with playoffs March 20 and April 3, and the championship April 10.