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WORLAND - The Worland High School golf team spring season is underway and last Thursday they hosted a tournament at the Green Hills Golf Course. Competing against golfers from Cody, Kemmerer, Lander, Lovell, Powell, Riverton, Sheridan and Thermopolis, the Warriors placed fourth out of seven, shooting a 387, and the Lady Warriors were fourth out of four, shooting a 337. Warrior Logan Foote shot a team-best 90, teammates Jose Galarza, Karter Dunham and Ivan Perez shot 95, 97 and 105,...
POWELL - On March 27 the Powell Lady Panthers handed the Worland Lady Warriors a 5-0 defeat. On Monday at Powell High School the Lady Warriors returned the favor with a 3-1 win over the Lady Panthers in a matchup between the two 3A Northwest soccer rivals. "The girls played so well, the little things we're working on are starting to come together. Like understanding defensive triggers, when to step back, when to step forward. Overall, the girls played so hard and played their hearts out," said...
WORLAND - It only took two weeks but the Wyoming weather held long enough for Worland High School track and field team to host their annual D&D Invitational Thursday night at Worland High School. "We were glad to have the meet this week because the weather at the start of the week wasn't looking too good. I teased Mr. Mortimer our AD about not canceling anything and we were going to run it no matter what. And it ended up being a really nice meet. "There were only five teams but it does take a...
I know winning the Master's was an incredible achievement for Patrick Reed last weekend. But Reed slipping on the green jacket was the second most impressive highlight at Augusta National, the first belongs to Tony Finau. What's so impressive about a guy that finished tied for 10th you ask? Well, Finau played all four rounds on a severe high ankle sprain after he dislocated his ankle during the Par-3 Contest the day before the Master's started. Finau dislocated his ankle, popped that sucker...
RIVERTON - This week's new WyoPreps soccer rankings had a new No. 1 with the Worland Warriors rising to the top spot. The new ranking could have set up a potential letdown match against the Riverton Wolverines on Thursday. Instead, the Warriors took care of business and left Riverton High School with a 3-0 victory. "I thought we played really well tonight. It was cold and windy and we didn't let that bother us. We worked on different patterns and ways to attack and it's always good to see when...
TEN SLEEP - Just like the Worland High School track and field team, the Ten Sleep High School track and field team has been cooped up the past few weeks, as the weather has spoiled a couple meets. "We've gone with the flow. We keep practicing and reassuring the kids that they will get their chance. You just have to be flexible," said TSHS track and field coach Desiree Egger. Practicing without the payoff of a meet has made the Pioneer and Lady Pioneer athletes a bit restless. Egger understands...
WORLAND - Weather has spoiled the Worland track and field team's past two meets, with meets in Buffalo and Powell canceled due to snow, but this Thursday Worland will be back in action as they host the D & D Invitational. "It's been frustrating not having meets, but everyone else is in the same boat. Every team has gone through it but with four meets in the coming weeks should help out and where we need to shuffle the kids around too," said WHS track and field coach Tracey Wiley. The D & D...
WORLAND - The second day of the Pinnacle Challengers Cup girls soccer tournament did end in a win of the Worland Lady Warriors, just not in the match they wanted. The No. 5 Lady Warriors defeated the Evanston Lady Red Devils 3-2 in the Challengers Cup third-place match Saturday at Worland High School. The Wassum sisters, senior Casey and sophomore Kate, were responsible for Worland's three goals. Kate logged one goal, while Casey scored two, with the second turning out to be the game-deciding...
The college basketball season came to an end on Monday with the Villanova Wildcats raising the trophy. I for one was happy that ‘Nova won, not because of the “At least we lost to the champs” defense but that their 18 3-pointers against my Kansas Jayhawks were not for nothing. And to be honest, I’m still shell-shocked from that loss. 18 3-pointers in one game. The Jayhawks scored nearly 80 points and lost. I started getting worried around the seventh and eighth Wildcat 3. Not so much that they were going in but how they were made. Each shot wa...
WORLAND - After a tough loss last week the Worland Lady Warriors soccer team showed resiliency Friday afternoon at Worland High School with two convincing victories to put them in the Pinnacle Challengers Cup semifinals. The No. 5-ranked Lady Warriors downed Pinedale 6-0 in the first round, and in the quarterfinals controlled No. 4 Douglas on their way to a 2-0 win to set up a semifinal match with the No. 1-ranked Cody Fillies today at 11 a.m. "We were a thousand times better than we were agains...
WORLAND - The show must go on. Snow is forecasted to fall today during the start of the Pinnacle Challenger's Cup. The best 3A and 4A girls soccer have to offer will battle it out to see who is left standing over the course of the two-day, 14-team tournament. Matches for the tournament will be played at Worland High School on the east and west fields, Worland Middle School and the Worland Community Center Complex. Also, matches will consist of two 30-minute halves, no overtime with all ties...
WORLAND - Worland High School's Jacob Newell has been invited to participate in the 2018 Down Under Sports program on July 7-16 for track and field in Queensland, Australia. High school athletes from across the world and in multiple sports have been invited to take part in the Down Under Sports games. Athletes in football, cross-country, golf, track and field, basketball, wrestling and volleyball travel to Australia and compete for international bragging rights. Newell plans to compete in the 40...
WORLAND - Since weather canceled last week's meet in Buffalo the Worland High School track team is ready to go for Saturday's meet in Powell, after the extended layoff. "We had practice but it was crazy because we were in shorts and T-shirts and were wishing we could have hosted it. Looking over at the mountain it was black and knowing that just on the other side Buffalo had gotten eight inches of snow," said WHS track coach Tracey Wiley. "We did have a good workout and I gave them Friday off to...
WORLAND - Worland's gymnastics club, the 307 Twisters, went head to head against the best Wyoming had to offer on March 16-18 in Gillette. And to their credit, the Twisters held their own against the bigger gyms from Casper and Gillette. Of the nine Twisters competing at the 2018 Wyoming State Gymnastics meet, all nine podiumed in the vault, bars, beam, floor or all-around. The highlight for the team was Samantha Keller finishing fourth in the all-around, scoring a 35.450 in the XG level,...
The sneaky good part about one of the best stretches in sports By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor From March to the end of April is one of the best times on the sports calendar. There's the NCAA tournament and today the Final Four gets underway, then Monday a National Champion will be crowned (*Fingers crossed* hopefully it's the Jayhawks). The Masters is next weekend, which could be huge this year with a possibly resurrected Tiger Woods. The NBA playoffs start the following week, and what looked like...
Fullback position still evolving, developing for Cowboys LARAMIE – Mike Bath wants three but, right now, he only has one. The University of Wyoming fullbacks/tight ends coach wants three fullbacks who can play in games for the Cowboys this season. The departure of four-year starter Drew Van Maanen left a rather large gap at that position. Junior Jaylon Watson is the fullback on the roster with game experience, but even that is limited to roughly 40 snaps. Along with Watson, four other players g...
WORLAND - Now that the worst of winter is behind us, Worland's Karsten Simmons is back out on the golf course, and competed in his first tournament of 2018. As part of the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour, Simmons traveled to Gilbert, Arizona, to play in the Kokopelli Classic at the Kokopelli Golf Club on March 17-18. Simmons battled it out in the 16- to 19-year-old age division and got his season in the RMJGT off to a nice start, shooting 81, 82 – 164 to finish in third place. Not only was t...
WORLAND - Worland youth Court Gonsalez won his second Region Eight Elks Hoop Shoot free throw contest in Denver on March 17, and will be heading to Chicago, Ill., to compete in the National Finals on April 21. Gonsalez went 21 of 25 and 4 of 5 in the tiebreaker round to win the boys 12-13 age division for Region Eight, which consist of the state winners from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming. In 2013 Gonsalez won Region Eight in the 8- to 9-year-old division to make his first trip to the na...
High-octane offense powers No. 2 Warriors to win over Powell By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor WORLAND - When given the option of receiving bad news or good news first, take the bad news first that way the good news softens or eliminates the bad news. The bad news for the Worland Warrior soccer team was they allowed their first goals of the season as the Panthers found the back of the net twice. The good news for the Warriors, they too put the ball between the goal post and did so 11 times in their...
Worland track braves the wind and cold at Cody meet By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor CODY - The spring sports season in Wyoming isn't complete without some rain, snow, cold or wind, and on Saturday at Cody High School the Worland High School track and field team experienced two of the four. But even with the cold and windy weather the WHS athletes went out and performed their best. "The kids did really well. The weather was pretty good until about noon, then it was windy and terrible cold conditions....
WORLAND - A 1-0 victory may not look like a dominating win, but the Worland Warriors soccer team did just that Friday night at Worland High School. Matching up against 3A's defending state champions and 3A Northwest division foe the Cody Broncs, the Warriors controlled most the match and had plenty of shots on goal but, to use a basketball term, the shots were not falling. Fortunately for the Warriors, with less than two minutes remaining in the match, junior Rylan Mocko struck in the...
After a wild first and second round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, there's been some handwringing over the state of college basketball. We finally had a 16-seed drop a 1-seed (I feel bad for the University of Virginia fans, but I was slightly relieved someone other than my Kansas Jayhawks took that bullet) and another 1-seed failing to make it to the second week of the tournament. Some in sports media were saying college basketball is in official crisis mode Whether you were watching...
Rice takes girls overall award during Heavy Metal Classic WORLAND - In the third annual Heavy Metal Classic powerlifting competition held at Worland High School last weekend, WHS lifter Alejandra Rice was awarded the overall champion in the girls division. Between the squat, bench press and deadlift, Rice lifted a combined 745 pounds (squat - 280 pounds, bench press - 150 pounds, deadlift – 315) and along with being named the overall champion, won her 198-pound weight class as well. Rice s...
WORLAND - Worland High School senior Saige Jones signed her letter of intent to play volleyball and continue her education for the Sheridan College Generals. "I'm super excited because I love volleyball and I'm thankful for the opportunity to play for another two years," said Jones. During her Worland Lady Warriors volleyball career, Jones was a part of the 2015 3A State championship team as a reserve and was a reserve on the 2016 team that lost in the semifinals. In her senior season, Jones...
TEN SLEEP - As one of the smaller schools in 1A, Ten Sleep track and field coach Desiree Egger is used to getting one or the other, in terms of the athletes she has out for the team. It's either mostly girls with one to two boys or vice versa. Egger won't have to worry about having either/or because for the 2018 season, Ten Sleep has 12 athletes out, six boys and six girls. "I can't even remember having six boys in my tenure here," said Egger. Last year the Lady Pioneers finished third at the...