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MEETEETSE - Ninety teams braved the cold Saturday and Sunday on the Sunshine Reservoirs for the annual Meeteetse Ice Fishing Derby with a Powell team bringing home top prize. Teams could be one, two or three members. They had to submit a total of six fish caught any time during the two-day derby. Saturday fishing was in the upper reservoir and Sunday was in the Lower Sunshine. Results for the team placings are as follows: First place went to a Powell team of Don Adams, Milford Hanson Jr. and...
WORLAND - The 3A East regional wrestling tournament is underway Friday and Saturday in Rawlins at Rawlins High School and as the defending 3A East champions the Worland Warriors have the opportunity to retain their crown. Defending their 3A East title is a goal for the Warriors but more importantly, they want to start the tournament with a sense of urgency. The regular season is in the rearview mirror and with only two weeks remaining in the wrestling season, the time to swing for the fences is... Full story
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County High School wrestling team capped their final week of the regular season with impressive dual performances against 3A No. 4-ranked Worland High School and Glenrock High School. The Bobcats lost 40-30 to the Worland Warriors on Feb. 7 at Worland High School lost to the Glenrock Herders 48-36 at Glenrock on Feb. 8. Against the Warriors, HSCHS wrestling coach Travis McDermott was very impressed with his team's effort. Even though they lost to the Warriors, the... Full story
TEN SLEEP - This season has been a struggle for the Ten Sleep High School boys basketball team, with only two seniors on the roster and the rest underclassmen they have taken their game in and game out. But last week the switch might have flipped for this team. The Pioneers started the week scoring a season-high 60 points to beat the Dubois Rams 60-57 in Dubois on Feb. 8. Following that game they bested their 60-point mark scoring 78 in a 99-78 home loss to the St. Stephens Eagles. Now as odd... Full story
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,... Full story
On senior night, the Worland Warriors wrestling team closed out their final home dual of the season with a 40-30 win over the Hot Springs County Bobcats on February 7. Worland basketball wasn’t able to pick up wins this week against Rawlins High School; the Lady Warriors fell to the Lady Outlaws 48-28, and the Warriors lost 52-50 to the Outlaws. The Warriors and Lady Warriors are back in action Tuesday night road games against the Powell Lady Panthers and Powell Panthers, with game times starting at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively. Both B... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
Parents of high school student-athletes who regularly criticize, harass and abuse contest officials were put on notice in January thanks to the blunt message delivered in an editorial by NFHS Executive Director Karissa Niehoff and state association leaders: "Dear Mom and Dad, Cool it." The message comes as a response to the shrinking number of high school officials, creating a shortage of those who remain an integral part of the interscholastic experience. A recent survey by the National... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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 - Rebounding from losses on Friday to 3A Northwest conference rival Powell, the Worland Warriors and Lady Warriors basketball teams picked up important wins against the Lovell Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs, Saturday night at Lovell High School. The Warriors won 45-34 and the Lady Warriors downed the Lady Bulldogs 46-45. Today, both teams are back in action against the 4A Cody Broncs and Fillies at Cody High School. Tipoff for the Lady Warriors-Fillies is at 5:30 p.m. and the...
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...
Redding charged in Dec. 9 incident LARAMIE – University of Wyoming men's basket-ball player Nyaires Redding has been charged with one count of simple battery and one count of simple assault for his alleged involvement in an altercation Dec. 9 in downtown Laramie. The charges, both misdemeanors, were filed earlier this week in Albany County Circuit Court. Both charges are punishable by fines, but Redding could face up to six months in jail if convicted on the battery charge. Redding is s...
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...