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WORLAND - The postseason for Wyoming 1A and 2A basketball teams is underway today as teams battle it out to qualify for the state tournament next week. The 1A West boys and girls regional tournament will be in Lander while Riverton hosts the 2A West boys and girls regional tournament. Two top-ranked Big Horn Basin teams, the No. 1 Burlington Huskies and No. 2 Greybull Lady Buffs, start their respective tournaments as the No. 1-seeds and have the inside track to extend their season one more...
rTHERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs Lady Bobcats had their resilient spirit, a trait of this team all season, show once again last Friday against the Rawlins Lady Outlaws. Coming off a rough 73-34 loss to Buffalo three days earlier, the Lady Bobcats gave the Lady Outlaws a game but fell just short in a 50-46 loss. "Girls responded with the first six points of the fourth quarter to close the gap to 37-34. We later made it a one-point game but couldn't quite finish. The girls battled hard and I was...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County Bobcats wrestling team may have finished eighth out of eight in the tough 3A East regional tournament, but by no means does that mean the weekend was a lost cause for them. The Bobcats brought 14 wrestlers to the tournament and 11 of them advanced to the 3A State tournament in Casper this Friday and Saturday. "That's what we're trying to build on. That's the most we've had, even when we were in 2A since I've been coaching. I was really happy with all of our...
WORLAND - It was close but by the end of the 3A East regional wrestling tournament Saturday afternoon at Worland High School, the Worland Warriors stood all alone at the top of the hill. Maintaining their 14-point lead from the previous day, the Warriors had six wrestlers in the championship round but coasting was not an option for them, because Douglas, who sat in second place, also had six wrestlers in the final round of the tournament. Making things more interesting between the first- and...
WORLAND - So far, so good for the Worland Warriors wrestling team. On the first day of the 3A East regional tournament, the Warriors took care of business Friday night at Worland High School, advancing 11 wrestlers to the semifinals and ending the night in first place with 84 points. "We had a pretty good day today, I'm excited where we are at and I'm proud of the kids for a job well done. It's fun and exciting and right now we want to make sure we don't have a letdown. We want to continue to...
Warriors fall to No. 2 Bison 54-42 By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor WORLAND - Thursday night ended in a loss for the Worland Warriors basketball team, falling to No. 2 Buffalo 54-42 at Worland High School. The loss may look like just another loss but considering the last time these two teams met when it was a 31-point victory for the Bison on Jan. 26, Worland has shown things are looking up With a new starting lineup, the Warriors played one of the better games of the season against the Bison, one of...
THERMOPOLIS - Having their Friday games against Buffalo High School postponed for Tuesday, the Hot Springs County boys and girls basketball teams each had tough nights against their 3A East: West division foes at Hot Springs County High School Tuesday night. The Lady Bobcats fell to the No. 4-ranked Buffalo Lady Bison 73-34, while the Bobcats went down 69-25. LADY BOBCATS A bad first half of basketball proved to be the difference for the Lady 'Cats, with the buckets not falling and lights-out sh...
WORLAND - At long last, the postseason is here for the No. 2-ranked Worland Warrior wrestlers. All the season's hard work will be for these final two weeks of the 2017-18 season. The 3A State tournament is the ultimate prize but first, the Warriors will need to lock-in on the 3A East regional tournament, to which they are hosting this Friday and Saturday at Worland High School. Last week the Warriors went 2-0 during the Bobcat Invitational dual but had their senior night match vs. Buffalo...
TEN SLEEP - Adversity has been a part of the Ten Sleep Pioneers basketball 2017-18 campaign all season long. Having only seven players on the roster was tough enough, then the team was hit with the injury-bug that caused them to forfeit a few games in January. Jump ahead a few weeks and the Pioneers are back in business with a healthy roster. Friday, with all seven players suiting up, the Pioneers grabbed their first win of 2018 since December 2017 by defeating the Dubois Rams 72-51. "It helps...
RAWLINS - It was hard fought with some tense moments but the Worland Lady Warriors were able to collect their third straight win with a 45-40 win over the Rawlins Lady Outlaws Friday night at Rawlins High School. Senior Jaycee Page led the Lady Warriors in scoring with 13 points and junior Payton McEndree had eight points off the bench. Holding a 10-point lead at 42-32 with 1:45 remaining the Lady Warriors fought off a fierce Lady Outlaws comeback. But free throws from Kate Wassum, Alexa...
Since last Saturday the sports world has had plenty of buzz and entertaining stories flying around. Picking one for this week’s column is tough and I’m not feeling a column buffet this week, per se. So it comes down to finding one good story to write about. There was the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots in which Eagles head coach Doug Pederson outmaneuvered Pats head coach Bill Belichick at every turn. Nah, that’s been talked about enough and there isn’t much to say about the Super Bowl, other than if you...
WORLAND - The focus for the Worland Lady Warriors basketball team this week in practice and for their games was consistency. Coming off a season-high 74 points against Wheatland the Lady Warriors continued rolling as they beat the Hot Springs County High School Lady Bobcats 51-27 Thursday night at Worland High School. Junior McKenna Butte had a double-double on the night, leading the Lady Warriors (5-9 overall, 1-3 3A East: West division] in scoring with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Saige J...
WORLAND - Going eight deep the Worland Warriors boys swimming team went toe-to-toe with their conference rivals during the 3A East Conference meet last Friday and Saturday in Buffalo. Going against much larger teams the Warriors were able to finish third with 213.5 points, had two swimmers named swimmers of the year and had four of their swimmers earn All-Conference honors. Worland head coach Jeff Bishop and assistant coach Justin Howe were thrilled by their team's results and even noted they...
THERMOPOLIS - On the road last week for games against Wheatland and Torrington, the Hot Springs County Lady Bobcats basketball team ended the weekend with a 1-1 spilt. The Lady Bobcats (7-9 overall, 1-2 3A East: West division) defeated Wheatland 58-31 Friday but lost to Torrington 46-40 the next day. LADY BOBCATS 58, WHEATLAND 31 The quad group of senior Haley McDermott and sophomores McKenna Bomengen, Sesi Jensen and Ashley McPhie combined to score 53 of the Lady Bobcats 58 points. Bomengen...
LARAMIE – The roles are reversed as the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team hosts Utah State at 7 p.m. today at Arena-Auditorium. On Jan. 20, UW was coming off a bye week as it headed into its game at Utah State. Thanks to a strong first half and a resilient second half, UW escaped with an 85-77 victory. Heading into tonight’s game, Utah State (13-11 overall, 6-5 Mountain West) is riding a three-game winning streak and hasn’t lost since that home setback to UW. The Aggies also are coming off a bye week. For UW (15-8, 6-4) to avoid c...
WHEATLAND - Not every win is going to be pretty. Some wins come on bad nights when nothing goes right, but those types of wins where a team finds the mental strength to power through can be the catalyst for something greater. The Worland Warriors basketball team found themselves in such a situation Saturday at Wheatland High School. Playing poorly on both ends of the court, the Warriors used a 22-10 fourth quarter to defeat the Bulldogs 50-48. For the young team, it was a big win, especially...
Awards season for the motions pictures is in full swing and last week the Oscar nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced. Disappointingly, there wasn’t a ton of backlash to the nominations. Usually, you have a bunch of people up in arms over movies they’ve never watched, this year everyone seemed pretty chill. There was the push to have “Wonder Woman” as an Oscar snub, which was a stretch. Awesome superhero movie? No doubt. One of the most entertaining movies of 2017? 100 percent. Made Marvel look foolish for never greenli...
TORRINGTON - The Worland Lady Warriors have been looking to find their offensive flow most of the season and during this week's practice that mission was dealt a setback with an injury to starting sophomore guard BreAnna Parra, the team's leading scorer at 7.3 points per game. Friday night in Torrington the Lady Warriors (3-9 overall, 0-3 3A East: West division) played in their first game without Parra against the Lady Trailblazers. The game started well for Worland scoring 12 points in the...
WORLAND - Months of hard work is about to pay off for the Worland Warrior boys swimming team, The grueling practices are behind them now, it's about bringing home some medals as they prepare for the 3A East boys swimming conference meet in Buffalo today and tomorrow. Last week the Warriors put in their hardest workout of the year and traveled to Gillette for the Gillette Invite. Having a small team and competing against 15 other schools, 11 of which were 4A programs, WHS head coach Jeff Bishop...
TEN SLEEP - Trusting the process can be difficult, especially when it does not equate to wins, and for the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers girls basketball team they are keeping their heads down, working hard and looking for anyway to snag a W. The senior-less Lady Pioneers (6-7 overall, 0-4 1A Northwest) suffered a pair of defeats last week, losing to conference foe the No. 4-ranked St. Stephens 46-35 and to Arvada-Clearmont 24-19. Against St. Stephens (11-2, 3-0), the Lady Pioneers stuck with Lady...
WORLAND - Battling among 39 schools, from classes 4A to 2A, at the Ron Thon wrestling tournament in Riverton last weekend, the No. 2-ranked Worland Warriors showed they can hang with the best as they placed 13th, scoring 87 points. The Warriors had three wrestlers place in the highly contested tournament, 285-pound senior Morgan Tigner finished third, 182-pound senior JR Hofmann was fourth and 145-pound freshman Luke Goncalves came in fifth. "Overall, I am ecstatic where we placed as a team....
WORLAND - Coming off a stinging 67-36 loss to No. 1-ranked Buffalo the night before, the Worland Warriors basketball team had to regroup Saturday as they hosted the Powell Panthers. After not cracking the 40-point mark the past two games the Warriors offense came alive as they routed the Panthers 68-41. The theme of Saturday's victory for Worland (4-7 overall, 1-2 in 3A East: West division) was their defense lifting up their offense. The Warriors forced the Panthers (4-8, 0-3 in 3A East: West...
Football is dead to me. Life is meaningless. All there is to existence is the forsaken black abyss. That clinically depressed donkey from "Winnie the Pooh" nailed the human experience. ... ... ... Blah. Shaking out of it. My beloved Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20 loss to the Patriots still stings. So close to the Super Bowl, if two plays go the Jags way we're having a different conversation and my happy-go-lucky disposition is back. But to quote one of my favorite shows of all-time, "The Wire,"...
BUFFALO - The fourth quarter demons came back to haunt the Worland Lady Warriors Friday night in a 3A girls basketball matchup with the No. 3-ranked Buffalo Lady Bison that ended in a 39-35 loss, at Buffalo High School. "Defensively, we were really, really good. We nearly executed our defensive game plan to perfection. We defended against one of the better point guards in 3A, in Kaydin Davis, I thought we did a good job of closing out on her and not giving her any good looks. Offensively, for th...
THERMOPOLIS - The night before the Ron Thon the Worland Warriors picked up a momentum boost before heading into the largest wrestling tournament of the regular season. The Warriors, 3A's No. 2-ranked team according to wyowrestling.com, traveled to Thermopolis Thursday night to take on the No. 6-ranked Douglas Bearcats as part of the Bobcat Quad. The early matches started slowly for the Warriors as they trailed the Bobcats 10-3. But 106-pound freshman Kein Anderson flipped the script in favor of...