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During my sabbatical for the winter sports postseason, I missed out on a few stories that would have been fun to talk about, and I also had a few random thoughts and observations. To get it out of my mind, I’m writing about everything (Maybe not all but 800-plus words worth) in this column. So, in no particular order, here we go. Aaron Rodgers returned from his darkness retreat and learned on that journey that he’d like to play for the New York Jets. I don’t know what’s more on brand, Aaron Rodgers bragging about going to a darkness retreat or...
If you had to surmise the Worland Warriors 2023 basketball season in one word, it would be resiliency. The Warriors resiliency guided them through a revenge tour of sorts and on their way to winning the 3A State championship for the second time in three seasons. With their 37-35 win over the Lyman Eagles in the 3A State championship game on March 11 at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, the Warriors capped their incredible 23-3 season by bringing home the program's fifth state championship....
WORLAND - After several hard-fought battles, one of which was a double-overtime game, the Worland Warriors were crowned the 2023 3A West boys basketball regionals championship in Mountain View last weekend. Playing at the 3A West tournament in Mountain View on March 2-4, the Warriors put together three wins to bring home the 3A West regional title. The Warriors wins did not come easy, though. In the quarterfinals, they got off to a slow start against Mountain View before winning 64-62. In the...
WORLAND - The 2023 wrestling season came to a close for the Worland High School team, which proved to be an eventful season for the program. Wrestling at the 3A State tournament and girls State tournament on Feb. 23-25 in Casper, the Warriors and Lady Warriors closed out the season with one state champion, three runners-up and four other placers. Warrior senior Nathan Harper won the 3A 195-pound weight class with a pin of Buffalo's Lance Rabel in the championship round. It was the first state ti...
WORLAND - The highly competitive 3A State boys swimming and diving meet was as billed, and while the Worland Warriors didn't bring home hardware or an individual champion. They competed has they only know how to, by giving it their absolute all. "I was 99% happy with how state went," said WHS boys swimming and diving coach Justin Howe. "We came up short on a couple of races, but like I told the boys, that's life sometimes." Competing at the 3A State Meet in Gillette on Feb. 16-17, the Warriors...
WORLAND - For the fourth consecutive season, the Worland Warriors basketball team won the 3A Northwest division. The No. 2 Warriors clinched the 3A Northwest and a No. 1-seed at the 3A West regionals with road wins over No. 3 Powell, 60-43, on Feb. 10 and Lovell, 54-44, on Feb. 11. Last week's wins improved Worland to 14-3 on the season. "The thing that impressed me the most, if you look at the first game against Powell, it was a high-scoring game. Powell shot 64% from the field the first time,"...
WORLAND - The 3A North boy swimming and diving conference meet was as competitive as billed, and the Worland Warriors scraped their way to a fourth-place finish. The Warriors finished fourth at the 3A East conference meet held at the Worland Aquatic Center on Feb. 2-3, scoring 206 points and tying with Riverton. "After the prelims, I scored the rest of the meet, and they were three points ahead of us. So we made up those three points but just need one more," said WHS boys swimming and diving...
THERMOPOLIS - The Ron Thon is the toughest regular-season wrestling tournament in Wyoming, and placing is a grind. The Hot Springs County wrestling team had four wrestlers place at the Ron Thon in Riverton on Jan. 27-28. For the 'Cats, Roedy Farrell finished second in the 160-pound weight class, and 126-pounder Will Ward was sixth. Farrell's 5-1 loss in the championship to Sheridan's Dane Steel was his second loss of the season. Both of Farrell's losses this season have been to Steel. "Roedy...
WORLAND – Going 2-1 at the Big Horn Basin Classic held at Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School on Jan. 13-14, the Worland Lady Warriors grabbed their first wins of the season. The Lady Warriors defeated the 2A Wind River Lady Cougars, 57-46, and 2A No. 2 Rocky Mountain Lady Grizzlies, 36-31, on Jan. 13 at WHS. The wins over Wind River and Rocky Mountain won Pool A for Worland and pitted them again Lovell, the winner of Pool B, on Jan. 14. Unfortunately for the Lady Warriors, a...
WORLAND - Coming off a disappointing dual in Buffalo on Dec. 29, 2022, the Worland Warriors bounced back in a strong way during last week's dual and meet in Powell. "We brought six guys, and it was the worst meet we've ever had," said WHS boys swimming coach Justin Howe. "We were so flat, and it was like a practice. We worked extra hard the next week and last week went 10 times better." Led by senior Gage Stanek, the Warriors had one of their best weeks of practice after that Buffalo dual. "The...
WORLAND - Starting their season on an excellent note, five Worland Warrior swimmers qualified for the 3A State meet in February during the first weekend of the season. Swimming at the Powell quad on Dec. 9 and the Cody Pentathlon on Dec. 10, Warriors Trae Bennett, Walker Cooper, Canton Green, Gage Stanek and Wyatt Whitlock punched their ticket to state. "Wyatt Whitlock was awesome in the 200 IM," said WHS swimming and diving coach Justin Howe. "Gage was second in the 100 back, and it's probably...
WORLAND - After surprising everyone at the 3A West regional volleyball tournament, the Worland Lady Warriors kept it rolling on their way to a fourth-place finish at last week's 3A State tournament in Casper Nov. 3-5. Entering the tournament as the No. 4-seed out of the West, the Lady Warriors took on the 3A East champions and No. 1-seeded Wheatland Lady Bulldogs. After dropping the first two sets, 20-25 and 17-25, the Lady Warriors rallied after some adjustments by WHS volleyball coach Becky...
WORLAND - For the fourth-straight season, the Worland Warriors football season ended at Cody High School as the Broncos eliminated the Warriors from postseason play. Traveling to Cody on Oct. 28, the Warriors took on the two-time defending 3A state champion and No. 1-seed Cody Broncs. While the Warriors fought to the bitter end, ultimately, the Broncs prevailed 63-14. "We wanted to play some hard football," said WHS football coach Patrick Sweeney. "They did some good things and didn't quit and...
WORLAND — The postseason got off to an excellent start for the Worland Warrior cross-country teams. Racing at the 3A East conference tournament in Torrington on Oct. 13, the Worland Warriors won the 3A East team title, Jack Bishop won the 3A conference championship, and a combined total of eight Worland runners earned all-conference. “We knew it was going to be a dogfight with Buffalo. It was a gut check fighting for their varsity positions. They were able to shift that focus to battling for conference positions. They just got after it early, a...
WORLAND - It was a double gut-punch for the Warriors last Friday. During the game's second series, all-state QB Kade Weber left the game due to injury. Afterward, the Warriors suffered their third loss of the season. With the 3A East No.2-seed in the balance, the Warriors (3-3) fell to the Buffalo Bison 49-7 at Warrior Stadium on Oct. 7. It was a bitter loss for the Warriors. After Weber's injury, the Warriors did strike first on the scoreboard going up 7-0 on a Brock Douzenis 44-yard pass to...
WORLAND - Coming off a strong tournament in Casper the previous week, last week was a letdown for the Worland Lady Warriors volleyball team. Yet, while last week might have been a setback, the Lady Warriors look to get back on schedule at this weekend's 3A West conference duals. The Lady Warriors played three games last week, traveling to Rawlins on Sept. 27, hosting Lander on Sept. 29 and hitting the road to face Buffalo on Oct. 1. Worland went 1-2 in their three games last week, defeating...
WORLAND - Running on their home course on Sept. 22 at the Green Hills Golf Course, the Warrior and Lady Warrior cross-country teams turned in some quality times in front of their family and friends. The Warriors finished third at the Warrior Invitational, scoring 76 points. Buffalo was second with 74 points, and Cody won the meet with 58 points. Trajn Swalstad was the Warriors top runner at home, crossing the finish line at 17:14.10 and finishing fourth. The next Warriors to place were Jack...
WORLAND — The Chief Nation Invitational in Ethete on Sept. 9 served as a state preview of sorts, allowing runners to get a feel for the state course come October. Along with seeing the layout of the state course, last week showed that the Warriors are among the top teams in 3A. The meet in Ethete was scored differently than usual, with the top four runners counting toward a team’s score rather than the top five. The Warriors finished fourth with 81 points. Third was 4A Natrona County with 64 points, second was 3A Mountain View with 50 points, a...
THERMOPOLIS — A few adjustments here and there, and the Hot Springs County volleyball team had one of their best weekends yet, coming off the Rawlins Invitational tournament in Rawlins on Sept. 9-10. The Lady Bobcats dropped all three games in pool play in their final pool match against Douglas. HSCHS volleyball coach Shannon Hill went back to an old formation and moved outside hitter Lexi Overfield to the middle. While they still lost to Douglas 2-0 (21-17, 21-18), the play from the Lady’ Cats was highly encouraging. Overfield was still abl...
WORLAND - For the first time this season, the Worland Lady Warriors are hosting their first home meet. With so many swimmers and divers close to qualifying for state, this weekend could be where Worland has multiple athletes punch their ticket to state. The Lady Warriors quad meet will see them compete against Buffalo, Pinedale and Powell on Friday at 5 p.m. Worland closes out the week in Powell at the Powell invitational. "We have a bunch of girls that are right on the edge of qualifying for...
WORLAND — Four new members are set to be inducted into the Warrior Hall of Fame during next week’s homecoming festivities at Worland High School. The 2022 Warrior Hall of Fame class members are John Davis, Rondo Fehlberg, Patrick Gentzler and Kristie Hill-Mortimer. Created in 2019, the Warrior Hall of Fame represents the best that Washakie County School District No. 1 has had to offer. Whether that be students, teachers, administrators, others who have worked in the district or those who have made philanthropic support to students or the dis...
WORLAND — The motto for the Worland High School cross-country team this season is “Rise Above.” In their first meet of the season, that motto was tested and held true as the Worland runners battled a wild array of weather. Competing at the Billings Invitational on Aug. 26, the Warriors and Lady Warriors had to run through a wild stretch of weather filled with a downpour of rain and hail with multiple delays due to lightning and hail. Even with the weather testing them as much as the competition on the course, the Worland runners still poste...
WORLAND — Week 1 of the Worland Warrior football season kicks off against the Powell Panthers next week. But before then, the Warriors close out their training camp with a Week 0 scrimmage against the Hot Springs County Bobcats tomorrow at Warriors Stadium. Hosting the Bobcats for tomorrow’s Week 0 scripted scrimmage gives the Warriors a chance to correct some things that came up during the team’s inter-squad scrimmage last Saturday. “We just want to fix those things from the inter-squad scrimmage,” said WHS football coach Patrick Sweeney....
At long last, the moment has come. We’re four weeks out from the kickoff of the NFL season, which means it’s time to release the most courageous 2022 NFL predictions. I’ve looked at the roster moves for all 32 teams, crunched the numbers and have arrived at the most accurate prediction for the 2022 NFL season. These predictions are so precise that there’s no need to check if they come true. (Same with last year’s, no need to go back and look…please don’t go back and look.) As is tradition, I’ve broken the most courageous 2022 NFL predictions...
WORLAND - The Worland Warrior golf team opened their season with a second-place finish at the Park County Shootout on Aug. 11-12 at the Powell Golf Club. The Warriors shot 345, 353-698 and finished second behind Lovell, who shot 348, 343-691. Winning the boys individual tournament was Warrior Landen Gilmore. The senior shot a 78-77 to finish first. Gilmore was joined in the top 10 by teammates Jackson Dunham, who finished sixth (90-81), and Tyshon Swalstad, who finished ninth (83-90). Sam...