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Before getting to the wild NBA trade deadline a few housekeeping items. First, whenever the Hear Me Out column isn't in the latest edition of the Northern Wyoming News, it will still be posted on the website at wyodaily.com. There will be weeks in which Worland, Ten Sleep and Thermopolis athletics dominate and bump the column, just like Jimmy Kimmel bumps Matt Damon after every Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show. Last week's column about the aftermath of Super Bowl VIII is up on the website now. Second,...
WORLAND - Even without top swimmer Zayne Cooper, who was out due to injury, competing at the 3A East conference meet in Newcastle last weekend, the Worland Warriors still scored enough points to take third place with 169 points. "It was a very exciting meet," said WHS boys swimming coach Jeff Bishop. "We held out Zayne as a precaution because he had hurt his shoulder. He should be ready to go for state next week." Freshman Traeten Quigley was the Warriors high point-getter with 73 points....
TEN SLEEP - As 1A girls basketball's top defense, the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers relied on their stingy defense to pick up two big 1A Northwest division wins during a two-game homestand against the Burlington Lady Huskies on Feb. 1 and the Meeteetse Lady Longhorns on Feb. 2. Holding opposing teams to an average of 27.9 points per game, the Lady Pioneers downed Burlington 44-32 and Meeteetse 34-22. Against the Lady Longhorns, Ten Sleep needed to rely on their defense to carry them through the 32...
THERMOPOLIS - Coming off their first-place finish at the Greybull Memorial Invitational on Feb. 2 at Greybull High School, the Hot Springs County High School wrestling team wants to use this final week of the regular season to make their final adjustments before the start of the postseason next week. In Greybull, 2A's No. 3-ranked Bobcats scored 174.5 points beating second-place Lovell by 5.5 points. Trailing the Bulldogs heading into the last three weight class finals, the 'Cats needed not only...
Sports Editor's Note: There will be some weeks "Hear Me Out..." won't fit into the physical print or online edition of the Northern Wyoming News. In those instances, the column will still be posted to the website. If Alanis Morissette did a remix of "Ironic" I think it'd go something like this: 32 NFL owners changed the rules To make high scores the rule of the land And during the NFL's biggest game of the year Two of the league's best offenses scored a combined 16 points Making it the lowest...
WORLAND - The postseason is finally here for the Worland High School boys swimming team, Friday and Saturday they will be in Newcastle competing in the 3A East conference meet. Last weekend, in their final meet of the regular season, the Warriors were in Gillette for a Friday and Saturday meet at the Campbell County Aquatic Center. All but four of the boys swimming programs in the state were in Gillette last week, as most teams were looking to get a feel for the same pool that is set to host...
LANDER - An attempted comeback from an 11-point deficit fell short for the Worland Lady Warriors Tuesday night. Down 53-42 to the Lander Lady Tigers with 90 seconds to play Tuesday night at Lander Valley High School, the Worland Lady Warriors girls basketball team went on a 9-0 run to cut it to 53-51 with 5.1 seconds left. With the ball at halfcourt, the Lady Warriors ran a play for sophomore forward Darla Hernandez but Hernandez was covered. Option No. 2 was sophomore guard Tymberlynn Crippen...
WORLAND — The Ron Thon wrestling tournament is Wyoming’s largest regular-season tournament, nearly every wrestling program in the state made their way to Riverton on Friday and Saturday to compete. The tournament offers bragging rights to the best wrestlers in the state in each weight class, regardless of school classification. For the Worland Warriors, it was a hard fought two days in Riverton as they only had two wrestlers place in the highly competitive tournament. “It’s definitely a tournam...
WORLAND - As shocking as it is, the final weekend to the Wyoming boys swimming regular season is here and today the Worland Warriors are in Gillette to close out the regular season strong and build momentum heading into conference next week. Leading up to the meet in Gillette, the Warriors were in Lander last Saturday and held their final home meet of the season on Tuesday at the Worland Aquatic Center "We saw some good times, no DQs and Andrew [Nelson] is still shaving some time. We're not...
Poor Saints fans, another bitter end to a promising season, at least the fans living in New Orleans can drown their sorrows in shrimp Po' Boys, gumbo and other delicious Cajun and/or Creole dishes. Those outside the city, it's going to be a terribly long offseason in which Drew Brees is a year closer to retirement. Now that feeling sorry for the Saints is out of the way with, this Saints martyrdom is getting out of hand. It was a bad call and without any embellishment, the worst missed penalty...
THERMOPOLIS - With a supportive home crowd backing them, the Hot Springs County Bobcats wrestling team went 2-0 during their home quad dual Thursday night at Hot Springs County High School, on senior night. The Bobcats took down two 3A teams Thursday night beating the Buffalo Bison and the No. 3-ranked Douglas Bearcats. "Those are big ones because I don't know if we have ever beat Douglas before," said HSCHS wrestling coach Travis McDermott. "We looked really good conditioning wise and I'm...
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WORLAND - As they enter the final stretch of the regular season the Worland Warriors wrestling team has gotten better and better with each week. If things continue on this upward trajectory the Warriors will be peaking right around the postseason. Last weekend Worland wrestled in the Lander Invitational, placing fourth as a team and having six wrestlers podium. Junior 113-pound Domanic Hartley took first in his weight class and did so in dominant fashion, getting a pin in all four matches. At...
CODY — Getting their seventh win of the season was not easy but on Tuesday night at Cody High School, but the Worland Warriors basketball team found a way leave Cody as the 55-45 victor against the hometown Broncs. “It felt like it was like us against the world out there as far as what we were up against. We had a lot of tough situations we had to fight through and we played great on the defensive end,” said WHS boys basketball coach Aaron Abel. [Cody’s] offense was out of rhythm all night a...
It has been a long time coming for former Worland native J.W. Kiser, the 40-year-old mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter is days away from battling in the biggest fight of his career. Kiser is set to fight on the main card in the heavyweight feature for Bellator 214 against former WWE star Jack Hager aka Jack Swagger, at the L.A. Forum in Inglewood, California, this Saturday. The narrative leading up to Kiser's fight at Bellator 214 feels like it could be a spinoff film from the Rocky franchise....
WORLAND — At first it looked like things were going to get really ugly for the Worland Lady Warriors in their 3A Northwest girls basketball contest against the Powell Lady Panthers, but the in the second half the young Lady Warriors grit and ground their way to make things a little closer. Ultimately, they fell 40-30 but their play in that second half could be a building block for their next set of games. “We needed to knock down more shots in the first half. We had one three in the first hal...
The Courageous Divisional round picks turned out better than the Wildcard picks, going 3-1 straight-up and, again, 2-2 against the spread. But that one loss in the straight-up record is a heavy loss. The Chargers went Chargers, doing what they do best and disappointing everyone. I'm sure even the Pats were disappointed, they put in two weeks of work, expecting a dogfight and LA doesn't even have the courtesy to play to their potential. Watching the rewind of that game it really looked like the...
THERMOPOLIS - It has been a good start to the new year for the Hot Springs County Bobcats wrestling team. Last weekend in Pavilion at Wind River High School, the Bobcats placed second with 195 points during the Don Runner Memorial tournament. "Our kids are just improving week after week," said HSCHS wrestling coach Travis McDermott. "They're getting competitive in those weight classes and we've moved some of them around after the break and they're getting used to their weight classes. We had a...
WORLAND - The Wyoming boys swimming season has reached the midseason point and with the conference and state meets quickly approaching, the next few weeks are going to be crucial to the Worland Warriors success in the pool and on the diving board. "If you can swim close to your best time at this point in the season that's really good because we've got a lot of meets and we'll be in our harder part of our practices," said WHS boys swimming assistant coach Justin Howe. Coming off a three-meet...
WORLAND - The Worland Warriors were not playing in the game they would have liked Saturday afternoon but they did close out the Pinnacle Bank Big Horn Basin Classic boys basketball tournament with a win. The Warriors bested their 3A Northwest rival, the Powell Panthers 66-59 at Worland High School. Defensive consistency eluded the Warriors (5-4) for most of the weekend, even in their win against Powell the miscues were there. But for all their struggles the Warriors found a way to victory,...
WORLAND - In what felt like a repeat of Thursday night's loss to Green River, the Worland Warriors struggled with in-game adversity against the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies. Hosting the Pinnacle Bank Big Horn Basin Classic boys basketball tournament, the Warriors cruised to a 67-24 win over 2A Shoshoni but during the final game of the night on Friday at Worland High School, fell to the 2A Grizzlies 60-57. "It was a very frustrating game, our defense is what bothered me," said WHS boys basketball...
It was an ugly Wildcard weekend for my most courageous picks. The Chargers saved me from going 0-4 on the weekend and the Seahawks improbably helped me go .500 on my against the spread picks. No time to waste though, I have to try and right the ship for the Divisional round, let's get to it. INDIANAPOLIS AT KANSAS CITY (-5.5) All of the conventional wisdom and numbers point in favor of the Colts winning this game. The Chiefs have a historically bad defense and can't stop anyone. The Colts have...
WORLAND — The end result was the same for the Worland Lady Warriors Thursday night at Worland High School, the Lady Warriors in an interclass girls basketball matchup against the 4A Green River Lady Wolves, fell 64-39. But while Worland did fall to 0-6 on the season, they showed promising signs that their first win of the season isn’t far off. “We talked about our energy, effort and enthusiasm, those are three things we can control and it doesn’t matter who we’re playing. I thought we did a bet...
WORLAND - The Worland Warriors wrestling team got 2019 started off on the right foot as they took first in the silver bracket of the Thoman Soda Ash Memorial dual tournament last weekend in Green River at Green River High School. Coming off the Christmas break WHS wrestling coach Josh Garcia was cautiously excited for his team to get back to competing. The way things worked out this year with wrestlers having to go on family vacations during the break, Garcia wasn't able to have his team...
THERMOPOLIS - In the midst of a six-game losing streak, the Hot Springs County boys basketball team is hoping this weekend's home tournament, the Pinnacle Bank Big Horn Basin Classic, will be what gets them out of their early-season rut. Last weekend the Bobcats were in Rawlins for the East-West Classic and got three more games under their belt. Unfortunately for them, those three games resulted in three losses that pushed their losing streak to six. The 'Cats lost to Big Piney 48-46, Pinedale 5...