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WORLAND - The mission was simple for the Worland High School football team, win and they were in the playoffs, lose and the season ends in Pinedale next week. When the clock hit zero Friday night at Worland High School the Warriors had accomplished their mission with a 14-0 win over the Evanston Red Devils. Not only did the Warriors do away with the eight-year playoff drought, that hung over the program like a dark cloud, they did it in convincing fashion, playing their best game of the season...
If you haven't heard by now, on Tuesday night the United State Men's National Team lost 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, a country with a smaller population than Montana and Wyoming combined. It was an embarrassing loss, but to make matters worse it knocked the U.S. out of the 2018 World Cup. This is the first time the U.S. hasn't qualified for the World Cup since 1986. (Hey that was the year before I was born!) Everywhere you read or watch, Tuesday was an absolute disaster. FiveThirtyEight is declar...
BUFFALO - The struggles continue for the Worland High School volleyball team, this time on the road against rival Buffalo High School. The Lady Warriors dropped a tightly contested match to the Lady Bison Thursday night, falling 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 27-25). Worland fought all match but could not find a way over the hump. Starting the match the Lady Warriors came out strong, building a commanding lead at 19-8, forcing the Lady Bison into calling a timeout. However, out of the timeout, Buffal...
WORLAND - The cross-country postseason is finally here and for the Worland High School cross-country team's they are ready to make the last two weeks of the season memorable. Coming off strong performances at the Powell Invitational last week, Worland gears up for the 3A East regional meet in Thermopolis Friday afternoon. In Powell, the Warriors and Lady Warriors finished second behind both Cody teams. "Overall I was ecstatic with our performances. You can see that their workouts are paying...
Lady 'Cats prepare for tough conference matches against Worland and No. 1 Rawlins HSCHS host the Lady Warriors today at 7 p.m. By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor THERMOPOLIS - Consistency and confidence has been a focal point for Hot Springs County High School volleyball coach Shannon Hill in talking with her team this season. The Lady Bobcats have battled through some ups and downs but, last week, with matches against Buffalo and Newcastle, the team showed Hill's message is beginning to take root. The...
WORLAND - A loss is a loss whether it's by 20 points or seven, but the close losses feel as if they stick with you more, and at times can feel like an extra loss when looking back on the missed opportunities. The Worland Warrior football team finds themselves in that scenario after Friday's 14-7 homecoming loss to the Cody Broncs, but coach Ryan Utterback is not going to let his team dwell on the defeat. The message after the game was, back to work on Monday. "I told the guys it's always going...
WORLAND - Taking down the best team in the state leaves little room for error and for the Worland High School volleyball team, Thursday night had too many errors for them to pull off the upset. The Lady Warriors (1-3 3A East-West division, 14-7 overall) hosted 3A East –West division foe the No. 1-ranked Rawlins Lady Outlaws (4-0 3A East-West division, 20-6 overall) at Worland High School and fell 3-0, (25-13, 25-19, 25-21). Going into the match the Lady Warriors knew if they were going to take d...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County cross-country team finished their homecoming week with a bang. Hosting the Bobcat Invite on Sept. 30, the Lady Bobcat sophomore trio of McKenna Bomengen, Tahja Hunt and Olivia Weyer finished first, second and third respectively. "It was pretty good. I thought we could finish in the top five, but went one, two three instead. It was a huge surprise for Olivia to finish third, which was awesome, but definitely overall it was an awesome meet for us," said HSCHS...
Bobcats take charge of their playoff destiny with 34-20 victory over No. 5 Moorcroft HSCHS prepares to host No. 1 Glenrock Friday at 7 p.m. By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor THERMOPOLIS - Friday night's game against the Moorcroft Wolves was not a must-win game for the Hot Springs County High School football team, in terms of making the playoffs, but if they dropped another 2A East conference game. It would greatly shrink their margin of error for making the playoffs. With that in mind, not only did...
WORLAND - As the cross-country season draws closer to the conference and state meets, the Worland High School cross-country team has been taking strong strides forward during that time. Saturday in Thermopolis for the Bobcat Invitational, the Warriors and Lady Warriors swept the meet taking first place on the same course that will host the 3A East conference meet on Oct. 13. "Overall, Thermop is a tougher course, so our focus wasn't so much on our times but our positioning and team standing....
THERMOPOLIS - The mission for the Hot Springs County High School volleyball team Saturday was to improve after a tough showing against Worland earlier in the week. Ultimately, the Lady Bobcats did show improvement, unfortunately, it would not be enough as they went down to the Rawlins Lady Outlaws 3-0, (25-18, 25-8, 25-15). "That first game I told them this is how good they could be when it comes together. That second game we lost that one point and it turned on us and we could never gain it...
That's right it's time to talk about the crazy underrated early '90s TV show "Quantum Leap", a time traveling show staring Scott Bakula as the protagonist Dr. Sam Beckett. Beckett was a part of a time traveling experiment gone wrong and throughout the show he's trying to get back to his time. But every time he "leaps" he's in someone else's body and has to right a wrong during that time. After each leap, when he realized he wasn't in his body or time, he uttered his catch phrase "Oh boy!" This...
JACKSON - The past three weeks have been tough for the Worland High School football team with losses to Buffalo, No. 2-ranked Green River and No. 1-ranked Star Valley. Friday night at Jackson Hole High School the Warriors took out all their frustrations on the Jackson Broncs to halt their three-game skid The Warriors (2-3) 49-14 victory over the Broncs (0-5) was setup by winning the battle in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Offensively, by controlling the line of scrimmage, the Warriors...
WORAND - The Worland-Thermopolis rivalry added another chapter Thursday night and in the end it was the Lady Warriors volleyball team coming out on top against the Lady Bobcats 3-0. The Worland High School gymnasium was rocking as the WHS student section went back and forth with the Hot Spring County student section, cheering on their respective teams. The Lady Warriors were victorious 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-13) and looked sharp in executing their game plan. "We had a ton of energy and I want to...
THERMOPOLIS -Splitting last week's matches with a win against Wheatland 3-1 (18-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-24) and a loss to Torrington 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 26-24), the Hot Springs Count High School volleyball team learned that if they speed things up on the court they play much closer to their potential. "I thought we did well. Our serve/receive is something we struggle with but we did much better against Wheatland. Wheatland improved a ton from when we last saw them during the Bobcat Invite. In Game 2...
WORLAND - After all the rain Friday morning the weather held out long enough for the Worland Invite to take place and while it might have been cold for the spectators, it was perfect a temperature for the Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School cross-country runners out at the Green Hills Golf Course. The hard work is beginning to pay off for both Warrior and Lady Warrior teams this season, as they begin to see the benefits of those grueling workouts. The Warriors had three...
WORLAND - With family and friends, as well as the best swimming teams in 3A, watching the Worland High School girls swimming team made history Saturday morning during the Worland Invitational. The 200-yard individual medley relay team of Ellyse Russell, Juli Warren, Kristen Collingwood and Macy Trombley broke the Worland High School record of 2:00.47 with a time of 1:59.96. The team finished three seconds ahead of second-place finisher Lander and also is the first 200 medley team to record a...
TEN SLEEP - With six underclassmen and only two upperclassmen the 2017 volleyball season has been about growing together on the court for the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers, and Saturday it all came together for the young squad. Combining their volleyball skill with teamwork and communication the Lady Pioneers were able to weather adversity and take down the Arvada-Clearmont Lady Panthers 3-0, (25-18, 26-24, 25-19) at Ten Sleep High School. "That was fun, that's the team I knew was in them. That's...
WORLAND - Worland High School gym was a lively and, for a matter of fact, loud as the Worland High School volleyball team hosted the Buffalo Lady Bison Friday night. The atmosphere felt like that of a match during the 3A state tournament, and the play matched that high level as well. It was a battle between the two 3A East-West division rivals with plenty of win an inch, give an inch happening. Unfortunately, the No. 3-ranked Lady Warriors gave too much as they fell to the Lady Bison 3-2,...
Big weekend ahead for Lady Warrior swimmers Worland Pre-Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday, Worland Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND -After defeating Powell in a dual last Thursday and winning the Newcastle Invite the following Saturday, the Worland High School girls swimming team keeps gathering steam, which could not come at a better time as Worland will host their biggest meet of 2017 Friday and Saturday at the Worland Aquatic Center. "This week is our big home...
WORLAND - The Worland High School cross-country team had a strong showing at the Lander Invitational last Thursday and one they look to keep building off of as they get ready for the Worland Invitational at the Green Hill Golf Course Friday. The Lady Warriors ran five runners at Lander recording their first team score of 2017 as they finished third behind, Riverton, second, and Lander, first. "We were short a couple of our top runners and even missing runners I felt as a team we had a lot of...
THERMOPOLIS - While hosting the Bobcat Invitational on Friday and Saturday the Hot Springs County volleyball team learned a lot about their game. If they're out there for themselves and their play reflects that, the team struggles, but if they are of one mind. focused on executing their game plan. their ceiling gets much higher. It was an up and down Invite for the Lady Bobcats but during their final game of the tournament, in the silver bracket, they discovered just how well they can play....
WORLAND - Less than 24 hours after suffering a humbling 3-0 loss to the No. 1-ranked Rawlins Lady Outlaws in Rawlins Friday night, the Worland High School volleyball team bounced back with a vengeance against the Newcastle Lady Dogies Saturday afternoon. The Lady Warriors defeated the Lady Dogies 3-0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-7) in their first home match of the 2017 season at Worland High School. "I was really proud of them because they could have walked into the gym lethargic and tired, but they came...
WORLAND — There are some games where things don’t go your way, whether it is the other team playing at a higher level, miscues or a combination of both. It’s a frustrating experience and where it feels like you came up a few plays short. That was the kind of night the Worland High School football team experienced as they hosted the No. 2-ranked Green River Wolves Friday. The Warriors battled the Wolves on a cold and wet night at Warrior Stadium and while the scoreboard showed a one-sided game...
The MLB has quietly gone through one of its better seasons. The money-maker franchises (Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox) are all World Series contenders, new superstars are emerging and there have been incredible recorded-breaking streaks. The ebbs and flows of the season seem to be more volatile than in recent seasons too. At the start of the season the Brewers' Eric Thames was on pace to hit a billion home runs, but along comes Aaron Judge who looks like he'll hit a billion and one HRs, but...