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WORLAND - Bad performances are bound to happen to everyone, but it is how a player responds to the adversity of a bad game, or outing, that determines what type of competitor they will be. Worland youth golfer Karsten Simmons had one of that tournament where things never broke his way at the Optimist Junior World Qualifier tournament in Denver, CO last weekend. Not only was Simmons battling against top-tier competition but also the tough weather conditions. Simmons kept battling, putting...
PINEDALE — It is not how you start, it’s how you finish. That was certainly the case for the Worland High School football team Friday night in Pinedale. What could be described as a trap game, the Warriors did not find their rhythm until the fourth quarter to grab their fourth win of the season. “I think we had the mindset of looking ahead to the Torrington game. We were trying to do some different things with personnel and play-calling, with the bigger goal of getting better and improving going...
WORLAND - For their final home match of the season, the Worland High School volleyball put on a show in a drama-filled, tightly contested match against the No. 5-ranked Cody Fillies at Worland High School Tuesday night. Falling behind 0-2 on senior night, the Lady Warriors clawed their way back to force a Game 5, but, unfortunately, fell 16-14 in the fifth and match-deciding game, losing 3-2, (25-18, 25-23, 23-25, 14-25 16-14). "We had the opportunities to swing and just didn't, we were playing...
Lady Warriors cap week with excellent showing in Gillette By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor WORLAND - Closing out the regular season with three-straight meets tested the Worland High School swimming team both physically and mentally. "It was an interesting weekend of swimming for us," said WHS girls swimming coach Mike Blissett. "The only thing I knew for sure with our three days in a row of competition was that we'd probably not see any time drops on Friday in Buffalo." With the Worland Triangular on...
Warriors three-peat, Harman repeats as 3A East champion By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor THERMOPOLIS - Up for grabs at the 3A East regional cross-country meet were the boys and girls team championships, two individual championships and two coach of the year awards. The Worland High School cross-country program took five of the six in an incredible showing and overall amazing day for the team. The Warriors three-peated as the 3A East champs, the Lady Warriors earned the 3A champ title, junior Porter...
WORLAND - The mission was simple for the Worland High School football team, win and they were in the playoffs, lose and the season ends in Pinedale next week. When the clock hit zero Friday night at Worland High School the Warriors had accomplished their mission with a 14-0 win over the Evanston Red Devils. Not only did the Warriors do away with the eight-year playoff drought, that hung over the program like a dark cloud, they did it in convincing fashion, playing their best game of the season...
If you haven't heard by now, on Tuesday night the United State Men's National Team lost 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, a country with a smaller population than Montana and Wyoming combined. It was an embarrassing loss, but to make matters worse it knocked the U.S. out of the 2018 World Cup. This is the first time the U.S. hasn't qualified for the World Cup since 1986. (Hey that was the year before I was born!) Everywhere you read or watch, Tuesday was an absolute disaster. FiveThirtyEight is declar...
BUFFALO - The struggles continue for the Worland High School volleyball team, this time on the road against rival Buffalo High School. The Lady Warriors dropped a tightly contested match to the Lady Bison Thursday night, falling 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 27-25). Worland fought all match but could not find a way over the hump. Starting the match the Lady Warriors came out strong, building a commanding lead at 19-8, forcing the Lady Bison into calling a timeout. However, out of the timeout, Buffal...
WORLAND - The cross-country postseason is finally here and for the Worland High School cross-country team's they are ready to make the last two weeks of the season memorable. Coming off strong performances at the Powell Invitational last week, Worland gears up for the 3A East regional meet in Thermopolis Friday afternoon. In Powell, the Warriors and Lady Warriors finished second behind both Cody teams. "Overall I was ecstatic with our performances. You can see that their workouts are paying...
Lady 'Cats prepare for tough conference matches against Worland and No. 1 Rawlins HSCHS host the Lady Warriors today at 7 p.m. By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor THERMOPOLIS - Consistency and confidence has been a focal point for Hot Springs County High School volleyball coach Shannon Hill in talking with her team this season. The Lady Bobcats have battled through some ups and downs but, last week, with matches against Buffalo and Newcastle, the team showed Hill's message is beginning to take root. The...
WORLAND - A loss is a loss whether it's by 20 points or seven, but the close losses feel as if they stick with you more, and at times can feel like an extra loss when looking back on the missed opportunities. The Worland Warrior football team finds themselves in that scenario after Friday's 14-7 homecoming loss to the Cody Broncs, but coach Ryan Utterback is not going to let his team dwell on the defeat. The message after the game was, back to work on Monday. "I told the guys it's always going...
WORLAND - Taking down the best team in the state leaves little room for error and for the Worland High School volleyball team, Thursday night had too many errors for them to pull off the upset. The Lady Warriors (1-3 3A East-West division, 14-7 overall) hosted 3A East –West division foe the No. 1-ranked Rawlins Lady Outlaws (4-0 3A East-West division, 20-6 overall) at Worland High School and fell 3-0, (25-13, 25-19, 25-21). Going into the match the Lady Warriors knew if they were going to take d...
THERMOPOLIS - The Hot Springs County cross-country team finished their homecoming week with a bang. Hosting the Bobcat Invite on Sept. 30, the Lady Bobcat sophomore trio of McKenna Bomengen, Tahja Hunt and Olivia Weyer finished first, second and third respectively. "It was pretty good. I thought we could finish in the top five, but went one, two three instead. It was a huge surprise for Olivia to finish third, which was awesome, but definitely overall it was an awesome meet for us," said HSCHS...
Bobcats take charge of their playoff destiny with 34-20 victory over No. 5 Moorcroft HSCHS prepares to host No. 1 Glenrock Friday at 7 p.m. By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor THERMOPOLIS - Friday night's game against the Moorcroft Wolves was not a must-win game for the Hot Springs County High School football team, in terms of making the playoffs, but if they dropped another 2A East conference game. It would greatly shrink their margin of error for making the playoffs. With that in mind, not only did...
WORLAND - As the cross-country season draws closer to the conference and state meets, the Worland High School cross-country team has been taking strong strides forward during that time. Saturday in Thermopolis for the Bobcat Invitational, the Warriors and Lady Warriors swept the meet taking first place on the same course that will host the 3A East conference meet on Oct. 13. "Overall, Thermop is a tougher course, so our focus wasn't so much on our times but our positioning and team standing....
THERMOPOLIS - The mission for the Hot Springs County High School volleyball team Saturday was to improve after a tough showing against Worland earlier in the week. Ultimately, the Lady Bobcats did show improvement, unfortunately, it would not be enough as they went down to the Rawlins Lady Outlaws 3-0, (25-18, 25-8, 25-15). "That first game I told them this is how good they could be when it comes together. That second game we lost that one point and it turned on us and we could never gain it...
That's right it's time to talk about the crazy underrated early '90s TV show "Quantum Leap", a time traveling show staring Scott Bakula as the protagonist Dr. Sam Beckett. Beckett was a part of a time traveling experiment gone wrong and throughout the show he's trying to get back to his time. But every time he "leaps" he's in someone else's body and has to right a wrong during that time. After each leap, when he realized he wasn't in his body or time, he uttered his catch phrase "Oh boy!" This...
JACKSON - The past three weeks have been tough for the Worland High School football team with losses to Buffalo, No. 2-ranked Green River and No. 1-ranked Star Valley. Friday night at Jackson Hole High School the Warriors took out all their frustrations on the Jackson Broncs to halt their three-game skid The Warriors (2-3) 49-14 victory over the Broncs (0-5) was setup by winning the battle in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Offensively, by controlling the line of scrimmage, the Warriors...
WORAND - The Worland-Thermopolis rivalry added another chapter Thursday night and in the end it was the Lady Warriors volleyball team coming out on top against the Lady Bobcats 3-0. The Worland High School gymnasium was rocking as the WHS student section went back and forth with the Hot Spring County student section, cheering on their respective teams. The Lady Warriors were victorious 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-13) and looked sharp in executing their game plan. "We had a ton of energy and I want to...
THERMOPOLIS -Splitting last week's matches with a win against Wheatland 3-1 (18-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-24) and a loss to Torrington 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 26-24), the Hot Springs Count High School volleyball team learned that if they speed things up on the court they play much closer to their potential. "I thought we did well. Our serve/receive is something we struggle with but we did much better against Wheatland. Wheatland improved a ton from when we last saw them during the Bobcat Invite. In Game 2...
WORLAND - After all the rain Friday morning the weather held out long enough for the Worland Invite to take place and while it might have been cold for the spectators, it was perfect a temperature for the Worland High School and Hot Springs County High School cross-country runners out at the Green Hills Golf Course. The hard work is beginning to pay off for both Warrior and Lady Warrior teams this season, as they begin to see the benefits of those grueling workouts. The Warriors had three...
WORLAND - With family and friends, as well as the best swimming teams in 3A, watching the Worland High School girls swimming team made history Saturday morning during the Worland Invitational. The 200-yard individual medley relay team of Ellyse Russell, Juli Warren, Kristen Collingwood and Macy Trombley broke the Worland High School record of 2:00.47 with a time of 1:59.96. The team finished three seconds ahead of second-place finisher Lander and also is the first 200 medley team to record a...
TEN SLEEP - With six underclassmen and only two upperclassmen the 2017 volleyball season has been about growing together on the court for the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers, and Saturday it all came together for the young squad. Combining their volleyball skill with teamwork and communication the Lady Pioneers were able to weather adversity and take down the Arvada-Clearmont Lady Panthers 3-0, (25-18, 26-24, 25-19) at Ten Sleep High School. "That was fun, that's the team I knew was in them. That's...
WORLAND - Worland High School gym was a lively and, for a matter of fact, loud as the Worland High School volleyball team hosted the Buffalo Lady Bison Friday night. The atmosphere felt like that of a match during the 3A state tournament, and the play matched that high level as well. It was a battle between the two 3A East-West division rivals with plenty of win an inch, give an inch happening. Unfortunately, the No. 3-ranked Lady Warriors gave too much as they fell to the Lady Bison 3-2,...
Prior to fall camp, fourth-year University of Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl said he expected a handful of true freshmen to play this season. Through UW's first three games, that number is 11. Six redshirt freshmen also have played, along with 17 sophomores. Three true freshmen and 11 sophomores have started games, and that will go up to 12 as sophomore Gavin Rush will start at left guard in place of injured senior Ryan Cummings (concussion) against Hawaii on Saturday night. Rush started all...