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CASPER - Again, repeating as state champions is one of the tougher things to do in sports, repeating with an entirely different starting five adds to that difficulty. Regardless, the Worland Warriors were still able to reach their third-straight championship game and were in position for back-to-back titles. Standing in their way in the 3A boys basketball championship were the Riverton Wolverines (28-1 overall). The Warriors were able to get on the scoreboard first by an Isaias Terrazas pull-up...
LARAMIE – If you have NFL players, it’s only reasonable to assume you’ll have NFL scouts at your pro day workouts. The University of Wyoming had plenty of both Thursday in Laramie. Thirteen Cowboys with professional aspirations worked out for 29 NFL scouts at the Indoor Practice Facility. UW had players ranging from likely NFL draft picks Brian Hill and Chase Roullier to players looking for a free-agent deal go through the normal tests (40-yard dash, standing high jump, bench press, etc.) while also doing individual workouts for their posit...
CASPER - The Worland Lady Warriors are 32 minutes away from repeating as the 3A girls basketball state champions. All that stands in their way is a familiar foe, the Star Valley Lady Braves. Getting to their second-consecutive title game the Lady Warriors beat the Mountain View Lady Buffalos 57-43 Friday night in a filled-to-the-brim Thunderbird Gym at Casper College. "We were really good defensively all night and like I was telling the girls between the quarters, it's not a defensive issue but...
CASPER - The Worland Warriors need only one more box to check in their title defense checklist and this championship defense will be a success. The Warriors will play in their third-straight 3A boys state championship game and will need to get by the Riverton Wolverines to keep the state championship trophy in Worland. Getting to the title game the Warriors used what has fueled them throughout their run incredible run, their defense. Worland's stingy defense made a rough go of things for the...
CASPER - One game down, two more to go. The Worland Lady Warriors took another step closer to defending their 3A state championship Thursday night as they beat the Cody Fillies 44-22 in the quarterfinals of the 3A State tournament at the Casper Events center. Worland used their soul-crushing press to wreak havoc on Cody all night long. "I thought our defense really carried us today. We got a lot of tipped passes that led to turnovers and we really took Cody out of their rhythm," said WHS girls...
CASPER - Coming off a loss to Douglas in the 3A East Regional championship game, the goal for the Worland Warriors this week was to improve the ball movement and get it down low to senior big man Cody Baumstarck. Mission accomplished for one game, now two more to go. "Credit goes to the unselfishness of our guards, the game plan was to move the ball and get it inside. Cody (Baumstarck) didn't start out finishing well inside but he was able to get his own board and clean up. He dedicated himself...
WORLAND-After battling through a tough regular season and 3A East regional tournament, the Worland Warriors and Lady Warriors enter the last leg of their 3A state championship defense today during the quarterfinals of the 3A state tournament. Both Worland teams are serious title contenders and will be out to make history. If both the Warriors and Lady Warriors repeat, Worland basketball will join an elite class in Wyoming basketball history. In the current class system only two basketball...
BUFFALO - The Worland Warriors had their 14-game winning streak snapped Saturday night vs. the Douglas Bearcats in the 3A East regional championship at Buffalo High School. As the score gives away the Warriors fell 40-35 in overtime to the Bearcats in a hard-fought, defensive battle. After scoring a total of four points in the first quarter the Warriors clawed their way back into the game with their defense. They even held Douglas scoreless for a 10-minute stretch from part of the second...
BUFFALO - The third time was the charm for the Worland Lady Warriors as they took down rival Douglas High School 56-40 for the 3A East regional championship Saturday night at Buffalo High School. In their previous two meetings Douglas had won 48-43 and 42-41. In the third outing the Lady Warriors jumped all over the Lady Bearcats with a 19-4 first quarter. "We got off to a really good start by hitting some outside shots early," said WHS girls basketball coach Ben Hofmann. "After one it was 19-4...
CASPER - Four-straight championships for the Burlington Huskies. Four. Straight. Championships. Saturday night at the Casper Events Center the Burlington boys basketball team made history with their fourth-straight championship in a 66-43 win over the Little Snake River Rattlers in the 1A boys state championship game. "I'm really proud of all of them," said BHS boys basketball coach Matt Davidson. "I'm really proud of Dallin (Davidson), he played through the stomach flu and just got out of bed...
BUFFALO - Playing in front of a hostile crowd and Buffalo Bison team that fed off their energized fans. The Worland Warriors were able to absorb Buffalo's best punches as they went on to win 70-68 in the 3A East regional semifinal game Friday night at Buffalo High School. "We finished it off the way we knew how. We made clutch free throws, especially Isaias (Terrazas), down the stretch. That was pretty critical," said coach WHS boys basketball coach Aaron Abel. At first it looked as if the Warri...
BUFFALO -With starting junior guard Jadon Swalstad nursing an injury, reserve guard Elijah Leyva got the start in the Worland Warriors 3A East quarterfinals game vs. the Newcastle Dogies Thursday night at Buffalo High School. Leyva, a sophomore, did not let his first career start go to waste as he scored a team high 20 points and was lights out from beyond the arc with six made 3-pointers, helping his team to a quarterfinal victory. "I thought Elijah did a great job of responding, at least on...
WORLAND - Before defending their 3A state title, the Worland Lady Warriors will be out to repeat as the 3A East regional champions today in Buffalo. The Lady Warriors (15-4 overall, 6-0 3A East: West conference) start the 3A East quarterfinals vs. the Newcastle Lady Dogies (6-14 overall, 1-5 3A East: East conference). Last Friday, in the regular season finale, Worland beat the Lady Dogies 48-35 at Newcastle High School. Today's matchup will have higher stakes attached but WHS girls basketball...
WORLAND - The wrestling season did not end as planned for the Worland Warriors but even falling short of their postseason goals there were positive strides made to carry into next season. At the 3A state wrestling tournament in Casper the Warriors finished ninth overall with 103 points. "I think the way this season ended will be good motivation for next year as those guys returning," said WHS wrestling coach Josh Garcia about his team's ninth-place finish, "but we did have a lot of positive...
WORLAND -Worland Warrior diver Caleb Truman successfully defended his diving title from last season, making it back-back titles for the Worland High School senior and the fifth diving title in six seasons for WHS boys swimming team. "Last year he scored a 347 and this year scored a 436," said WHS boys swimming coach Danielle Warren. "It shows how much he's improved and he also got an All-American consideration which is pretty cool too. There's a lot to be said from where he was last year to...
NEWCASTLE - The Worland Lady Warriors closed out their regular season schedule with a 48-35 win over the Newcastle Lady Dogies Friday night at Newcastle High School. The Lady Dogies ran a zone in an attempt to take away the Lady Warriors athleticism and slow down their offense. "They played in a zone that slowed the game down quite a bit," said WHS girls coach Ben Hofmann. "Offensively it didn't come as naturally and we didn't attack the zone like we wanted to. The game was slower paced because...
NEWCASTLE - The Worland Warriors extended their winning streak to 12 straight wins vs. the Newcastle Dogies Friday night at Newcastle High School. The Warriors took down the Dogies 57-46 and while the Warriors did not send the message to Newcastle that WHS boys basketball coach Aaron Abel had hoped for; there were still positives to gather from the game. "No but that's OK," said Abel about sending Newcastle a messag. "We accomplished some other things that we needed to learn tonight. We learned...
WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors took care of business vs. the Powell Lady Panthers on senior night at Worland High School Thursday night. Taking down the Lady Panthers 50-31 would not come easy, especially in the first half, but in the second half, and more specifically in the fourth quarter, the Lady Warriors were able to bend Powell to their will. "I thought we executed in the first half but just didn't finish. We missed a lot of easy shots that we normally make. We got a lot of easy...
LANDER - Today the 1A West regional tournament tips off in Lander and for the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers and the Burlington Huskies and Lady Huskies the chase for a state title begins now. TEN SLEEP LADY PIONEERS The Lady Pioneers snapped their three-game losing streak last week with back-to-back wins over the Rocky Mountain JV and the Burlington Lady Huskies. "I think we weren't focused and a bit mentally fatigued, but we kept at it and had some team building things. Then we laid it all on the...
RAWLINS - The wins have not come as expected for the Hot Spring County Lady Bobcats this season but for this proud group they've kept battling through the adversities, improving inch by inch. The Lady Bobcats dedication and refusal to quit paid off Friday night at Rawlins High School as they downed the Lady Outlaws 58-51. Snapping their 10-game skid was not easy for the Lady 'Cats (6-14 overall, 1-5 3A East: West conference), midway through the third quarter they found themselves in a 10-point...
RAWLINS - A common struggle this season for the Hot Springs County Bobcats has been stringing together four consecutive quarters of basketball, often times with a single quarter hurting their chances at victory. While the Bobcats have taken positive steps this season to correcting that problem, against Rawlins last Friday, it creeped up again as they fell 69-54. "It was another one of those games that slipped out of our hands, unfortunately. We started off slow but once we got on the board we...
WHEATLAND - Starting the final day of the 3A East regional tournament in Wheatland, the Worland Warriors were sitting in first place and within reach of checking off their goal of a regional championship. Having 10 wrestlers in the semifinals, the Warriors were in excellent position but things would not break their way as Worland would finish fourth. To make matters worse, and what might have been a bad omen, the Warriors also lost 113-pound freshman Daniel Weyrich to injury during warmups. "We...
WORLAND - Over two months ago the Worland Warriors opened their season against Douglas in what turned out to be an embarrassing 77-35 loss. Since that time the Warriors have gone through their trials and tribulations of the season, grown together and over the last five weeks have continued to play some of the best basketball in 3A. Friday night would be a test of that growth and improvement as the Warriors hosted the same Douglas team that ran them out of the gym two months ago. The Warriors...
BUFFALO - Heading into Thursday night's game vs. Buffalo the Worland Warriors had already clinched the 3A East: West conference and a No. 1-seed at the 3A East regional tournament. So a loss would not have mattered but for the Warriors it was an opportunity to win the conference in convincing fashion as well as log a third-straight season with an undefeated conference record. Worland (13-5 overall, 6-0 3A East: West conference) took care of business, defeating Buffalo (10-8 overall, 3-3 3A...
GREYBULL - After playing back-to-back-to-back and all vs. conference opponents last week, the Greybull Buffs went 1-2 but may have found a strength to lean on heading into the final game of the season. Hosting Lovell, Rocky Mountain and Shoshoni, the Buffs (8-11 overall, 3-4 2A Northwest) fell to the Bulldogs 58-48 Thursday night, lost to the Grizzlies 54-45 Friday and Saturday won 37-34 vs. the Wranglers. "We had hoped to end the week 2-1 but it didn't play out like that," said GHS boys...