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Lady Warriors looking to keep it rolling at Rawlins tournament By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor WORLAND - A week after an uneven start in Riverton, the Worland Lady Warriors showed how quick a study they are during the Border Wars in Cody on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Going 2-4 during their preseason tournament in Riverton the previous week, the Lady Warriors went 3-1 at the Border Wars beating Glendive 3-2 (25-16, 20-25, 23-25, 25-15, 15-9), Sidney 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-22) and Laurel (25-15, 25-22,...
WORLAND - Both Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School got their seasons underway at the Billings Invitational last Friday. WORLAND Warrior senior Porter Harman finished second in Billings with a time of 16:07.74, both his time and placing were personal records for that course. "Overall it was an amazing meet and I walked away a proud coach. It was a huge meet for Porter, he ran a 16:07 for second place. For him to PR by so much is awesome and it's also a good confidence builder,"...
The NFL season kicksoff tonight and it's time to reveal my playoff picks for this season. Let's get to it! Each team's over/under win total is in parentheses next to their team name as well as each team's best fantasy player and a player to avoid. PLAYOFF TEAMS No. 6-SEEDS AFC KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (8.5) Ridiculously advanced computer prediction: 9-7 A lot of the criticism Andy Reid gets is his own doing. He gets too cute and somehow hasn't learned clock-management this deep into his career. That...
WORLAND - The Worland High School boys golf team picked up their second win of the fall season Friday in Buffalo. The Warriors shot 325, 322-647, to win the tournament by 63 strokes, and placed four of their five golfers in the top 10. 4A's Sheridan Broncs were the next closest with 710 and the next closest 3A team was the Douglas Bearcats with 723. Freshman Karsten Simmons won his third-straight high school tournament posting a score of 74, 71-145. This was also Simmons' largest margin of...
LARAMIE – The running back situation for the University of Wyoming may have become a little more uncertain. UW lost senior co-captain and leading rusher Nico Evans to injured ribs early in the third quarter in its 41-19 home-opening loss to Washington State this past Saturday at War Memorial Stadium. Evans led the team with 18 carries for 89 yards, but the Cowboys gained just 52 yards of total offense the rest of the game after Evans' injury. Fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl didn't know after t...
WORLAND - The Worland/Powell rivalry never disappoints. Friday night's season opener at Worland High School against the Powell Panthers saw the Warriors come out on top 14-7, in a matchup between the two 3A football rivals. The Warriors were far from perfect in the win but when the game was at its most critical, they made the biggest plays. "We had a lot of young kids stepping, and even some of the older guys were stepping, into new roles. So we had some of the first game jitters," said WHS...
I had to expand the “Most courageous 2018-19 NFL season predictions” to a four-parter. You’re welcome. This week is the almost playoff teams, the teams that are going to be on the outside looking in. They’re all talented in some respect but just don’t have the pieces or too many flaws to play January football. But say one of the playoff teams falter or has a soul-crushing injury, this group stands to benefit. Each team’s over/under win total is in parentheses next to their team name as well as...
TEN SLEEP - In an early 1A Northwest volleyball conference matchup the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers hosted the St. Stephens Lady Eagles Thursday night at Ten Sleep High School. The results went in favor of the Lady Eagles, as they downed the Lady Pioneers 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-18) but there were signs of improvement on Ten Sleep's part. For starters, the Lady Pioneers' tenacity was on display by never giving up on a ball until a whistle was blown. Several times throughout the match Ten Sleep was able...
WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors swimming team got off to a fun and exciting start in Lander on August 24-25. Seniors Juli Warren and Kyra Klinghagen wasted little time in showing why they are among the top athletes in the pool. During the pentathlon in Lander, Warren automatically qualified in five events (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard breaststroke) for the 3A State meet in Laramie on November 2-3. Before Warren AQ'd, Klinghagen...
WORLAND - The Worland Warriors met the Buffalo Bison on the gridiron Saturday afternoon for a controlled football scrimmage between the two rivals at Worland High School. Both schools, whether it was the starters, JV or freshmen, turned in highlight-worthy plays during the two-hour scrimmage. The Warriors showcased their athleticism and speed on offense, while on defense that same speed and athleticism allowed them to swarm the Bison ball carriers. "Some of the highlights were the boys playing W...
Before we get to Part II of the "Most courageous 2018-19 NFL season predictions" a few thoughts on Ohio State coach Urban Meyer. Meyer is an official member of the Pitino Club. Named after college basketball coach Rick Pitino, the Pitino Club is an exclusive club where college coaches who ramble on and on about being molders of men and upstanding father figures get caught in a scandal and show their true cowardly colors as they navigate through the muck and mire. Meyer made a mistake by keeping...
WORLAND - Last weekend the Worland Warriors golf team cruised to a dominant win in the home tournament at the Green Hills Golf Course on August 17-18. Freshman standout Karsten Simmons won the first tournament of his career shooting 72,71-143 and beating out Thermopolis' Hardy Johnson by one stroke. The four other Warrior varsity golfers finished in the top 10; JT Klinghagen was fourth (77, 77-154), Jose Galarza fifth (76, 82-158), Logan Foote sixth (84, 76-160) and Konnor Macy ninth (84, 80-164...
Nico Evans' Twitter handle is @NextUp_Nico. That's fitting, as Evans is next up to be the University of Wyoming's leading running back. The fifth-year senior earned the starting job during fall camp, and will start in UW's season-opener Saturday night at New Mexico State. "It feels great, but the job is not over," Evans said. "This whole season is going to be a competition, so I can't relax. I have to do all the things I have been doing to keep this spot." On top of that, Evans was elected as...
WORLAND - Week 1 for the Worland Warrior football team kicks off against the Powell Panthers on August 31 but before that matchup the Warriors host the Buffalo Bison at 1 p.m. in a Week 0 scrimmage at Worland High School. The scrimmage will be a controlled scrimmage in that each team will get 10 downs, redzone offense transition from possession and other situational scenarios. More importantly WHS football coach Ryan Utterback is wanting to get as many reps as possible for his players, from...
THERMOPOLIS - Winners from the Thermopolis demolition derby are as follows. Winners Heat 1, Travis Long, $4,000 and trophy 2, Zack Larson, $1,000 and trophy 3, Cory Bowman, $700 and trophy 4, Pat King, $500 and trophy Truck Derby 1, Brad Becerra, $1,500 2, William Kawlewki, $750 3, Alan Woodward, $500 Women's Derby 1, Taylor Sprigg, $500 2, Chelsie Flinn, $250 3, Heather Bowman, $150 Heat #1 winners Dusty Watts, $75 Wyatt Ramsey, $75 Heat #2 winners Cory Bowman, $75 Pat King, $75 Heat #3...
WORLAND - The 2018 baseball season turned out to be the best season to date for the Worland 13U Baseball team. Not only did the team take excellent, and at times jaw-dropping, strides forward, they also accomplished quite a bit and played their best baseball of the season during their final four weeks. Worland's impressive run started during the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball Firecracker 24-team tournament on June 29-July 2, in Heber City, Utah. A year after several humbling losses at the sam...
The most courageous 2018-19 NFL season predictions: The Bums By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor The NFL season is right around the corner and it is time to release the most courageous predictions for the 2018-19 season. Coming up with these predictions is unbelievably complex, there's a ton of research, firing from the hip, interviews, gut-feelings and running simulations through ridiculously advanced computers. These computers are so advanced, Elon Musk has made a few calls asking if he could borrow th...
LARAMIE (AP) - The task that faced Tyree Mayfield, Austin Fort and Josh Harshman last season was a simple but unenviable one: make up for Jacob Hollister's production. Hollister, now a tight end with the New England Patriots, caught 32 balls for 515 yards and seven touchdowns in 2016 en route to first-team all-Mountain West honors. As a unit, the Wyoming tight ends caught 40 balls for 598 yards and seven scores that year. Last season, those numbers dipped to 33 catches, 363 yards and three touch...
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kasey Kahne announced Thursday that he will retire from full-time racing in NASCAR and plans to focus on the sprint car team he owns. Kahne said in a Twitter post that he is at ease with the decision after 15 years racing in NASCAR. Kahne, from Enumclaw, Washington, made it to NASCAR via sprint car racing and his Kasey Kahne Racing team competes in the World of Outlaws series. KKR driver Brad Sweet won the prestigious Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals last weekend and the 38-year-old Kahne was present for the victory. "I'm not s...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bill Callahan, Bo Pelini and Mike Riley have come and gone the last 14 years, none able to return Nebraska to its traditional place in the college football hierarchy. Enter Scott Frost, the back-to-the-future hire hailed from border to border in a state where football is the year-round passion. The hottest coach in America came home in December and announced he would return the program to its roots by bringing back much of the master plan Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne devised to pile up wins at a dizzying rate from the 1960s...
HAWTHORNE, N.Y. (AP) — Amid the serene graves at Gate of Heaven Cemetery sits the one where visitors leave baseballs and bats instead of bouquets, tributes to a baseball superstar who still outshines others seven decades after his death. It's the resting place of Babe Ruth, the indelible slugger and larger-than-life personality who died Aug. 16, 1948. Considered by many the greatest player in baseball history, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox legend set home run records — 60 in one season, 714 in his career — that stood for decad...
WORLAND - For those Jeep enthusiast the 10th Big Horn High Mountains 2018 Jeep Jamboree is happening today and tomorrow at the Elk View Inn at Burgess Junction. Today a visual of registration for attendees will be at 5 to 7 p.m. Tomorrow the attendees will take to the trails at 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The 10th Big Horn High Mountains 2018 Jeep Jamboree is a part of the annual Jeep Jamboree USA and is an annual off-road weekend of adventure that brings the outdoors, down-to-earth people and their...
LARAMIE – Trey Woods is switching positions – again. The University of Wyoming sophomore is moving from running back to defensive end, fifth-year coach Craig Bohl said after Tuesday's practice. Woods was recruited to UW in 2017 as a linebacker, but switched to running back at the start of last season. Woods led the Cowboys with 493 rushing yards in 2018. "We think he has some really good athleticism, we think he has great promise (at defensive end) and also I think it is an indication of som...
WORLAND - While most of the Worland High School fall sports teams started practice Monday, WHS golf saw their first tournament action of the season last Thursday and Friday. Taking part in the Park County Shootout at Olive Glenn Golf and Country Club in Cody and the Powell Golf Club in Powell, the Warriors and Lady Warriors battled against 12 other teams, from classes 2A to 4A, during the two-day tournament. As a team, the Warriors finished third shooting a 643, only trailing second-place 3A...
WORLAND - Of the many great things about athletics is the confrontation with failure. Every athlete, from the amateur to the pro ranks, has dealt with failure and it's how each athlete deals with failure that will determine their future success. Worland powerlifter Alejandra Rice ran into failure while competing at the USPA National Powerlifting Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 13. The Worland High School junior failed her second squat attempt, a first for her, and later on, failed...