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Hot Springs County High School's speech and debate team started their varsity season off with a bang, bringing home first place in 1A2A at the Kelly Walsh Tournament in Casper last weekend. The Cats garnered 27 points during the meet, far surpassing the second place team, Saratoga, who scored just nine points and third place, Kemmerer, who managed two points. In fact, the team outscored 3A teams Worland, Douglas, Lander, Rawlins and Laramie as well as 4A Natrona. "This was a fabulous way to...
Hayden Overfield answers one of the questions about the geography of the United States during the Thermopolis Middle School Geography Bee on Tuesday....
Students from Ralph Witters Elementary presented their annual Christmas program last week to the delight of a packed auditorium. Here the kids did their own rendition of "Baby Shark" except it was "Baby Trees", complete with the baby, mommy, daddy, grandma and grandpa Christmas tree.... Full story
Ralph Witters Elementary students performed their Christmas program in the auditorium on December 19.... Full story
The Hot Springs County High School speech and debate team traveled to Cheyenne last weekend for the Cheyenne East Holiday Classic Tournament to start out their season. The Holiday Classic is one of the largest tournaments in the state with 1,000 participants representing 28 schools from both Wyoming and Colorado. Senior Breeze Petty worked her way through the competition to break into Super Congress, the top 16 at the tournament. Petty competed last summer in student congress at the National Tournament and is continuing her run as a legislator...
Amy Ready's four-year old Pre-K class had a barrel of fun during their Christmas program last week. Top left features Maycie Ciz, CJ Erk and Aurora Gevas. Bottom left is Brailan Whitt and Meadow Modine while on the right, DeAnna Myers and Beau Dorman are showing off some fancy footwork.... Full story
Thermopolis Middle School girls basketball teams finished off their seasons this last weekend with the seventh grade team taking on Worland at home and the eighth grade team on the road to Worland to take on Cody and Burlington. The 7A girls fought hard against Worland on Friday but just couldn’t get there, losing 13-25. Unfortunately, it was a single elimination tournament, so the girls were finished for the weekend. “Even though we lost, this was our best game against Worland,” coach Ashle...
Thermopolis Middle School and Hot Springs County High School students presented two evenings of wonderful holiday music. Each of the choirs at both schools performed on one night while the bands had the stage to themselves the following evening....
The Hot Springs County High School Drama Club recently participated in the Wyoming State Thespian Festival (previously named Wyoming State Drama Competition) and returned as State Champions in 1A/2A for the second year in a row. Twenty-four students went to the festival and were entered into 15 different categories. They brought home 18 AllState Medals and 11 Honorable Mention Certificates. The following students received a Superior rating and an AllState Medal: David Armstrong for 1st Year... Full story
Hot Springs County High School’s Robotics teams recently competed at the Helena, Montana State Qualifier Tournament. According to coach London Jenks, Team 4273 ended the qualifier matches in fourth place with a 4-1 record. Team 7283 ended their qualifiers in ninth place with a 4-1 record. Team 4273 competed in the semi-finals on the third place alliance and finished their day there. They were previously qualified for the Montana State Championship from the Butte Tournament a couple of weeks ago. Team 7283 was selected by the fourth-place t...
Two Hot Springs County High School seniors applied to the National College Match program through QuestBridge over the summer, Hannah Hu and Breeze Petty. The two applied to their top 12 college choices with the chance to receive full ride scholarships to one of the premier educational facilities in the U.S. High school counselor Elisa Daniels said this is the first time any of our students have applied to the program. It is an intricate process filled with a ton of essays by the applicants, but... Full story
Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team started their season off very early with a trip to the Worland Novice Tournament on Saturday. According to coach Cindy Glasson, a novice-only tournament gives the newest members of the team a chance to see what everything is all about without the pressure of a major tournament. “Since these are all novices they can come in and compete on their own level first thing,” she said. “Its very hard to just toss them into a full varsity tournament in January without getting their feet wet first....
Hot Springs County High School added several new names to the list of National Honor Society members during a special ceremony Monday evening. Pictured are, l-r. Hayden Little, Ashley Brawley, Taydee Landrum, Aime Robinson, Hailie Weber, Emme Norsworthy, Maddie Stam, Sesi Jensen, Rebekah Johnson, Reagan Severance, Elisa Weber and Dakota Leonhardt....
Ralph Witters Elementary students and staff alike showed off their costumes on Halloween as they walked the halls. The parade also took them to Hot Springs County High School....
Tymber Eckley, Jayssie Owsley, Hayden Overfield and Lexi Overfield show off their awards as intermediates in horses....
Hot Springs County 4-H held their annual Achievement Night at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds on Saturday evening, honoring participants and volunteers with the 2019 program. First Year members: Ann Allen, Sheridan Allmaras, Wyatt Balius, Hackett Becker, Jayden Boren, Tyler Brooks, Wyatt Buck, Trysten DeVries, Logann Farrell, Aiden Flores, Kylie Fredrick, Ammon Gevas, Teancum Gevas, Carter Hughes-Becerra, Milli Johnson, Miriam Johnson, Morgan Jones, Paige Jones, Shayanne Jones, Kacey Mackay, Conner Mayes, Baer McPhie, Julia Quintanilla,...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) encourages Wyoming students in grades 3-9 to enter a poster contest aimed at increasing awareness about radon and radon testing. “We know there is a lot of creativity out there among Wyoming youth. We want them to use their ideas and skills to help tell the story of radon and its risks,” said Star Jones, outreach and education supervisor with the WDH Wyoming Cancer Program. Radon is an invisible, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas found in the soil that can sometimes reach dangerous levels in homes. The U...
Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar, as well as Deputy Casey Freund, stopped by Ralph Witters Elementary last week to pass out treat bags to students. In addition to some candy, students were given glow sticks and necklaces, and some Halloween safety tips....
Students at Thermopolis Middle School had a terrific time during their Voices program last Friday morning. They not only turned each other into mummies, they had a couple of games using candy corn and sticky notes....
The Hot Springs County High School’s Bobcat Marching Band has been working toward one goal for the past couple of months, a good showing at the State Marching Band Competition. The work paid of last weekend as the band traveled to Casper to the Events Center to perform their half-time show, participating with 20 other 3A and 4A marching bands from across the state. “As a director, it was incredible to sit back and watch the growth from the first rehearsals in August all the way till now,” said director Drew Brown. “The Bobcat Marching Band ca...
Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team got their season underway on Monday evening with their first organizational meeting for the year. Thirty students gathered for the first night and if all who attended the meeting remain with the team, the numbers will be double what they were for the last two seasons. And it isn’t just freshmen who are coming out, there are some upper classmen that have decided to join the team and all of last year’s members are back again for what should be an epic year for the varsity team. “We have a...
The Bobcat Jazz Big Band was among the groups taking the stage Tuesday evening at the Band and Choir Fall Showcase. Other bands performing were the fifth, sixth, and combined seventh and eighth grade. Choir performances came from the sixth grade, combined seventh and eighth grade, and high school....
In addition to their public performance last Friday, Golden Gates Dancers help educate students about the Ukraine through their music, song and dance. Students were selected to join the dancers on stage an learn a few moves. Later, the troupe had student learn a few of the instruments including spoons, tambourines and washboards. While in Thermopolis, the dancers enjoyed a dip in the hot springs and a tour of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center....
Practices are well underway for the Fall Drama Showcase, which will be presented by the Hot Springs County High School Drama Club. The showcase will be shown three nights, November 19, 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Featured pieces will be what the students will be performing at the Wyoming State Thespiean Festival in Laramie in December. The evening will be filled with monologues, duets, group scenes, musical solos, musical group numbers and the one act play, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Luella McMahon. The one act is an adaptation of the...
Teacher Steve Soderstrom, Logan Shumway, Chance Huffstetler and Bronwyn Dobbins were among those hunting for gum in plates full of whipped cream as Riley Shaffer, Ally Taylor, Rebekah Johnson and Remington Ferree cheer them on. The competition was one of three ag-based games for Bobcat Pride last Friday at the high school....
