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By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND - Worland Middle school soccer teams achieved yet another historic mark Saturday afternoon as all three teams soundly defeated Buffalo Middle School. The Lady Braves won 8-0, the seventh-grade Braves won 6-0 and the eighth-grade Braves won 7-2. While the scores do reflect the dominant performances, what they don't show is the concentration, determination and all-out effort all three teams had for the full lengths of the matches. All three teams had things to...
STAR VALLEY- After their 3-0 win against Pinedale on Friday night the Worland Warriors went to Star Valley for a Saturday afternoon match and at the end of the 80 minutes walked off the pitch with a 4-1 victory. The Warriors have netted seven goals in their last two competitions which is quite the turnaround when you consider two weeks ago the team was getting quality looks but was not able to convert. "The team chemistry has been improving with each game, which has resulted in a better focus...
STAR VALLEY - The Worland Lady Warriors defeated the Star Valley Braves 3-2 in a match filled with dramatics Saturday afternoon. Worland would play well in the first half and kept the pressure on Star Valley taking a 1-0 lead into halftime. "We came out strong and got the first goal, then we had a few breakaways that we couldn't convert on," said coach Danielle Warren. In the second half Star Valley would come alive turning up the intensity on Worland scoring two goals, to take a 2-1 lead....
WORLAND-New golf professional, Mike Propp, sees great potential in Green Hills Golf Course and is excited for the future of the course. He's no stranger to golf, he's been involved with the game for most his life. Whether it was finding ways to get in a round during his baseball playing days at the University of Wyoming or as the head golf professional at the Casper Country Club, his experience and passion for the game and industry show. Having worked at golf clubs in Arizona, Nevada and Wyoming...
PINEDALE— The Worland High School soccer teams traveled to Pinedale yesterday for late afternoon matches and both teams walked away the victors. The Lady Warriors offense took longer than usual to get going but when it did they kicked it into high gear. Senior Haley Schneider got her team on the board with a goal in the fifth minute. Thirty minutes later Schneider would pick off an errant Lady Wrangler pass and make them pay for the mistake. Notching her second goal of the match in the 35th m...
Raise your hand if you're annoyed/tired with Deflategate? Since we unanimously agree that this is the Freddy Kruger of stories, let's talk about Deflategate. As it broke Monday afternoon, Tom Brady will have to serve the original four-game suspension handed down to him by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, for his role in deflating footballs in the 2015 AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts, after the appeals court in Manhattan voted 2-1 in favor of the NFL. When you look at the...
WORLAND- Three track meets remain until regionals in Buffalo on May 13-14 and the Worland High School track team continues to put in the hard work needed for a run at the championship. Worland has two meets scheduled for this week and first up will be the Buffalo Twilight Invite today at Buffalo, weather permitting. Competing alongside Worland will be Ten Sleep, Arvada-Clearmont, Buffalo, Campbell County, Douglas and Sheridan. After Buffalo, the Warriors were scheduled to travel to Casper for...
Jackson Mule Deer Poacher Sentenced JACKSON- A Jackson man was recently convicted of charges relating to the illegal shooting and abandoning of a trophy mule deer buck on private land north of Jackson last fall. Travis Gros pled guilty to illegally shooting a mule deer on private land without permission, failure to tag big game and wanton waste of the animal. Teton County Circuit Court Judge James Radda handed down a sentence of $1,320 in fines, loss of hunting privileges for two years and...
JACKSON- The Lady Warriors and Warriors soccer teams were both defeated by the Jackson teams in Jackson Saturday afternoon. The Lady Warriors battled with the Lady Broncos for all 80 minutes. Matching them goal for goal and at one point had the lead. But a few defensive miscues led to Jackson scoring twice in the match's final 10 minutes for the 5-3 final score. "We had a few lapses that resulted in a breakdown on defense and Jackson jumped on the opportunity and made us pay," said coach Daniell...
WORLAND- History was made on Saturday, April 23 as the Worland Middle School Braves soccer teams hosted their first soccer matches against Gillette's Twin Spruce and Sage Valley middle schools. For their first game the Lady Braves tied 6-6 versus Twin Spruce and held the lead for most the game until in the final minutes of the match when Twin Spruce snuck in two goals for the tie. In their second game Worland Middle School lost 5-1 against Sage Valley. While the score may say different, the...
WORLAND – A coach's job never stops off the field, and often coaches become lifelong mentors to players. It's under that understanding Coaching Boys to Men was created in 2011 with the core mission of "briefing players with weekly activities that address themes such as personal responsibility, respectful behavior and relationship abuse," according to their national website. "It's a program aimed at young people ... and directed at getting coaches involved in mentoring young men about heathy rela...
WORLAND— The Worland Lady Warriors ran wild over the Powell Lady Panthers 8-1 Thursday afternoon at Worland High School. The Lady Warriors wasted little time to get the rout started as Casey Wassum scored in the eighth minute. Then in the 13th minute Kylie Armstrong would score from distance with a strong kick to make it 2-0. The long kick by Armstrong wouldn’t be the only long distance goal by Worland as Megan Molitor had one of her own in the 21st minute that was truly a beautiful shot. She...
WORLAND- With the recent success and overall success of the Worland High School soccer programs one would assume the Worland Middle School soccer program has been a great feeder for the Lady Warrior and Warriors teams. That assumption would be wrong as 2016 will be the inaugural soccer season for the Worland Middle School Braves. Girls coach Vanessa Keller and boys coach Jesus Davila are both ecstatic at building the program from scratch with the goal to establish Worland as a perennial soccer...
Fish Stocking WORLAND- The Wyoming Fish and Game has begun their restocking efforts for the spring and summer. Firehole rainbow, Yellowstone cutthroat and brown trout from the Ten Sleep Hatchery, Clark's Fork Hatchery and Tillett Rearing Station will be used to fill Horseshoe Reservoir, Beck Lake, South Worland Pond, South Fork Dike Pond and Irma Mitigation Pond. Below is the stock information (Location, numbers, species and length) Horseshoe Reservoir, 495 firehole rainbow, length 12.23 Beck La...
WORLAND- Saturday morning didn't go as planned for the Worland Lady Warriors. In their semifinal matchup against Rock Springs in Pinnacle Challengers Cup the Lady Warriors lost, 3-1, suffering their first loss of the season. Rock Springs scored two early goals in the first half to put the Lady Warriors on the ropes. After settling down Worland aggressively attacked the Rock Springs defense for the remainder of the first half. They'd take multiple shots on goal but couldn't capitalize and head...
GREEN RIVER-To open Silver Bracket play Saturday morning at the Southwest Soccer Invitational in Green River, the Worland Warrior soccer team faced off against fellow No. 1-ranked soccer team Jackson. This match would be the first loss of the season for the Warriors as they would fall to Jackson 3-0. "The team played well and we possessed the ball for longer than we normally do against Jackson. We just made a few mistakes defensively and with a team like Jackson, as good as they are, they took...
WORLAND- The Worland Lady Warriors soccer team marched into the semifinals with two shutout victories Friday. For their first game of the Pinnacle Challengers Cup the Lady Warriors faced off against the Newcastle Lady Dogies and won 4-0. From start to finish Worland would impose their will and dictate the pace against Newcastle. The Lady Warriors were aggressive on both sides of the ball as offensively they were unrelenting, smoothly moving the ball around the field setting up numerous shots on...
WORLAND- Worland will be hosting the Pinnacle Challengers Cup Girls Soccer Tournament today and tomorrow with games taking place at the East and West High School Fields, Middle School Field and the Worland Community Center Field. Along with Worland the teams participating in the Challengers Cup are two Jackson teams, Buffalo, Evanston, Powell, Lander, Pinedale, Green River, Douglas, Newcastle, Torrington, Star Valley, Rawlins, Cody and Rock Springs. The winner will be determined by a 16-team bra...
WORLAND - The Worland Warriors boys soccer team will head to Green River this weekend for the Southwest Soccer Invitational. The Southwest Soccer Invitational will have a different setup from the Pinnacle Challengers Cup Tournament here in Worland. To start with, the 14 teams participating will be separated into four groups. Group A will have Green River, Pinedale, Worland and Buffalo; Group B Rock Springs, Lander and Douglas; Group C Jackson, Cody and Torrington; Group D Evanston, Rawlins,...
Wednesday Night was a terrific night for the NBA. Utah and Houston were fighting for the final playoff spot in the West, Kobe Bryant's final game and the Golden State Warriors going for an NBA record of 73 wins. Houston would win ending Utah's season before their game against Kobe and the L.A. Lakers. Against the Jazz in his final NBA game Kobe dropped 60 points and the Warriors would do the unthinkable by winning 73 games out of a possible 82. The two headliners of the night were the Warriors...
WORLAND- The Worland Wildfires girls fast pitch softball teams have started practicing for the 2016 campaign. There are 22 girls signed up for this season and with these numbers head coach Dave Coronado will split the girls into two teams, half will play on the 14 year-old and under team and the other in the 10 year-old and under team. Fielding two teams is a first for coach Coronado who started the program and has been coaching for the last four years, "Up until now we've had 12-and-unders and...
POWELL- The Worland Warriors track team traveled to Powell over weekend to compete in the L.A. Kohnke track meet Saturday. Along with Worland, 11 other schools took part in the day's events including, Burlington, Cody, Greybull, Lovell, Meeteetse, Powell, Riverside, Riverton, Rocky Mountain, Ten Sleep and Thermopolis. While the Warriors didn't bring the full team as there were scheduling conflicts with prom and other events, coach Tracey Wiley still said the team did well, "Typically when you...
WORLAND - During their home meet Thursday, Worland had five track athletes automatically qualify for the state meet next month. Bryanna Mickelson automatically qualified for state in discus with a throw of 100-06, Emmy Dykman ran a 13.01 in the 100-meter automatically qualifying her for state in the 100m and the girls 4x100 relay team (Sierra Borovatz, Rachel Drake, Kylah Mills, Emmy Dykman) automatically qualified for state with a time of 53.57. Top 10 individual finishers and top five relay...
WORLAND- Members of the Ten Sleep/Hyattville Scrappers represented Team Wyoming at the National Middle School Dual Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, over Easter weekend. Team Wyoming would go on to take first place in the silver bracket. Seventh graders Lane Mcbee, Luke Goncalves, and eight grader Daniel Weyrich, all from Worland, travelled to Des Moines, after having successfully qualified for the event at the state qualifier in Green River. The boys would wrestle in eight matches against other...
WORLAND- The Worland boys took first place ahead of Powell at yesterday's D & D Invitational, while the Worland girls took second just behind Powell. When asked on her team's performance, Coach Tracey Wiley said, "The team did really well, we had a lot of personal records and some possible automatic qualifiers." Coach Wiley also talked strategy for yesterday's meet, "We wanted to use this meet as a conditioning day. We loaded up the events to get the kids in better shape, so come time for...