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The Lady Cats varsity volleyball team competed at the 2A Regional Championships in Lander on November 1 and 2 last week and punched their ticket to the 2A State Championships in Casper this week. On Friday, the Lady Cats played Big Piney – who had finished the regular season in second place in the 2A Southwest. Playing with determination and skill, the Lady Cats swept Big Piney in three games, winning 25-13, 25-20 and 25-15. The Lady Big Piney Punchers defeated Wind River on Friday afternoon, and defeated Kemmerer on Saturday morning. P...
Capping off an outstanding cross country season, two Bobcat harriers finished in the top ten at the 2A State Championships in Cheyenne and for their efforts each received All-State Honors. After finishing in second place at regionals, outstanding junior Jadeth Elder was proclaimed state champion, finishing the course with a time of 17:43.80. Elder also had a first place finish at the Wyoming Indian event, earlier in the season. For Elder, it is his second straight year to be named All-State. Fellow junior Cole Keller finished in ninth place at...
The Wyoming High School Cross Country State Championships were held in Cheyenne on October 26. Following up his second place finish at regionals the week before, outstanding junior athlete Jadeth Elder finished the Little America championship course in first place with a time of 17:43.80 to earn the 2A State Championship title and take his place at the top of the podium. Elder finished in third place at the 2023 2A State Championships, with a time of 18:01.50, behind champion Howard McNiven of...
The Lady Cats varsity volleyball team traveled to Cowley last Friday to face off with the Lady Grizzlies of Rocky Mountain High School. Thermopolis had hoped to gain a little ground on the talented second place team. Unfortunately, however, it was not to be. The Lady Cats lost the match in three straight games: 25-20, 25-22 and 25-10. Coach Shannon Hill said, "We dropped the first game, but then lead most of game two. We missed a string of serves in that second game, and that allowed Rocky...
The Bobcat varsity football team’s season came to close in Pinedale on Friday, October 26. Even with their win over Pinedale, the Cats finished the season with a record of 5 and 3 overall, and 4 and 3 in West Conference – sitting in fifth place, just out of earning a playoff spot. They came in just behind fourth place Worland by a mere tie breaker. Because the Cats had lost to Worland earlier in the season, the Warriors hold the tie breaker, and will move on to the playoffs as the number 4 seed in the 2A West Conference – behind Mountain View,...
The Bobcat varsity football had a tough assignment last weekend – take down the number one ranked Mountain View Buffalos. In what would prove to be a challenging, yet rewarding game at Leroy Hayes Field, the Cats emerged victorious on Friday night. With significant contributions from up and down the roster, the Bobcats came away with a 13 to 6 victory. The Buffs came into Thermopolis with an undefeated record, having pretty much sailed their way around the 2A West Conference, and were looking t...
The Lady Cats volleyball team faced off with Shoshoni (8-18-1, 0-5) this past Friday in Shoshoni, and then played at home against 1st place Greybull (17-10-3, 4-1) on Saturday. Both matches were conference games. The Lady Cats had defeated Shoshoni earlier in the season, and had fallen previously to Greybull by two games to one. In a near repeat of the earlier contest, the Lady Cats, again dominated Shoshoni – going 3 and 0 (25-13, 25-18 and 25-15). Shannon Hill coach said, “The games in Shoshoni were good for us. We found some consistency in...
The Hot Springs County High School cross country team hosted a 2A Regional meet at the Thermopolis Golf Course last Thursday. The Cats finished in second place, with a team score of 47 – just 13 points back of the team from Wyoming Indian High School. Once again, the Bobcats had seven runners entered. Junior Jadeth Elder finished in 2nd place, with a time of 18:15.08 – just behind Howard McNiven of Burlington. McNiven was the 2023 state champion. Junior Cole Keller finished 7th, with a time of...
The Bobcat varsity football team loaded on the bus early last Friday, October 11 for a four plus hour ride to the Bridger Valley of Wyoming. The team was set to play the Lyman Eagles that afternoon, in what coach Boone Bowker had called a “must win game.” While the Eagles sit in last place in the West Conference, they are in no way a team to be overlooked. And, it was a good thing the Cats went into the game with that thought in mind. Before the game, coach Bowker had said the team needed to come away with a win in Lyman to have any shot at...
In their final race before the conference finals, the Hot Springs County High School Cross Country Team competed in the Powell Invitational on Thursday, October 10. In one of the largest events of the season, teams from eleven schools were at the Powell Golf Course to compete. Outstanding senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 15:40.14, leading the Worland Warriors to the team championship, with a combined score of 37. Kinley Cooley of Powell was the girls champion, with a time of 18:26.80. The team from Cody...
The Lady Cats Volleyball team traveled to Lander on Thursday, October 8 to meet the Lady Tigers for a second time this season. They faced off with Lander at home on September 5 and came away with a win of three to two. The rematch in Lander would, again, prove successful for the Lady Cats. As the Lady Cats gear up for the final couple of weeks of the season, they played matches in Lander on Thursday, and followed up with a home court event against Worland on Saturday, October 10. Both Lander and Worland are 3A teams, and served as some tough...
The Bobcat varsity football team geared up for their homecoming game last week, facing a tough opponent in the #5 ranked Cokeville Panthers. While the first half of the game was a battle for field position – and points – the second half of the game got away from the home team. The final score showed the visiting team as winners, 38 to 22. Both teams were 2 and 2 coming in to the contest, and appeared to be evenly matched in both the offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Still, the Cats were up against a well-coached and disciplined tea...
The Lady Cats hosted the third place Lady Grizzlies from Rocky Mountain last Friday for volleyball action. Playing before a supportive home crowd, the junior varsity team made quick work of their counterparts from Cowley – winning the set by two games to one. The varsity team got off to a good start in their matchup – winning the first game, 25 to 18; and following up with a win in game two by a score of 25 to 19. At that point, things looked promising for the Lady Cats, however, games three and four went to the Lady Grizz – by scores of 25-18...
The Hot Springs County High School golf team had a very successful fall season this year. Several of the standout golfers were recently name to the list of All-State Golfers for 2024. The Bobcats finished as champions at this year’s state tournament on September 2. Following up on their own state championship outing last year, the Lady Cats finished in second place at state this year. Three Lady Cats were recently named to the All-State Team. Junior, Lilly Johnson was named All-State for the second year in a row. Lilly finished in fourth place...
The Bobcat cross country team hosted the Bobcat Invitational last Thursday at the Thermopolis Golf Course for middle school and high school runners. Although the course presents some interesting challenges and thus the race has been one that teams like to attempt to tackle, scheduling conflicts this year resulted in a rather good showing of middle school teams but no appearances by any high school teams. Since the Bobcats do not have any female runners this year, the eight members of the boys te...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats football team faced off with the Bulldogs in Lovell last Friday. After coming away with an hard-fought win in Kemmerer the week before, the Cats were looking to extend a win streak. The Bulldogs, however, had other plans. After going down 13 to nothing in the first quarter, the Cats came roaring back, to put up two touch-downs in the second period, and were up 14 to 13 with the halftime clock about to run out. A late touch-down pass, and a successful PAT, however, left Lovell up 20 to 14 at half-time....
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country team competed in the Warrior Invitational on Thursday, September 26. Teams from nine schools were in attendance. Senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 15:57.6. Buffalo won the boys team event, with a combined score of 38. The Cats had six runners entered. Junior, Jadeth Elder, finished in 14th place with a time of 17:49.1; junior Cole Keller ran 19:17.5; freshman, Trevin Shaffer, ran 20:11.0; sophomore, Teancum Gevas, ran 20:55.1; freshman, Clayton Keller, ran...
The Lady Cats Volleyball team faced off with Shoshoni (6-13-1) this past Friday, and then played Greybull (13-9-3) on Saturday. Both matches were conference games. The ladies were dominant against the team from Shoshoni – going 3 and 0 (25-15, 25-17 and 25-16). Against Greybull, the Lady Cats won the first game by two points (27-25), and then proceeded to drop two close games, by scores of 26-24 and 28-26, respectfully. Flashing their skill level, the ladies evened things up by winning the f...
The Bobcat boys and girls golf teams were in Sheridan last weekend to compete in the State 2A Golf Championships. The tournament was played over two days, Friday and Saturday, at the Kendrick Golf Course. Kendrick is a public course - comprising 18 holes, with a par of 72. The boys brought home a State Championship, the girls came in as runner up State Champions and senior Hayden Overfield was the 2A individual boys State Champion. Outstanding senior, Hayden Overfield, finished the tournament as...
The varsity Bobcats football team made the long 4 hour bus ride over South Pass to Kemmerer last Friday and came away with a tough win against the home team. The Rangers had been undefeated coming into the contest and proved to be a tough opponent on their home field. The game was low scoring, with the two defenses working hard to limit their opponents yardage. In the first quarter, punting from their own side of the field, the Kemmerer kicker missed the ball on the kick, resulting in a turn-over to Thermopolis on the Kemmerer 35 yard line....
The Lady Cats played host last weekend to one-half of the Western Wyoming Volleyball Challenge Tournament. This newly formed tournament saw 1A and 2A teams from all over the state compete at two venues, Thermopolis and Greybull. Playing at home on September 20, the Lady Cats faced off against 2A Big Piney in the opening round of the tournament, and came away with a 2 to 1 win (24-25, 25-9, and 15-7). Then came the number 4 ranked 2A team from Riverside. Although the ladies battled in each game, Riverside came out on top 2 to 0 (25-22 and...
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country Team traveled to Lander on Thursday, September 19 to compete in the Lander Invitational Meet. Teams from sixteen schools were in attendance to take on a new course laid out in Lander. While the new course did away with the dreaded hill of the previous lay out, it also added an even tougher hill – which hardly seems cricket. But, as Coach, Stephanie Metz, says: “That’s cross-country running.” Senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 16:21.90. Kelly Walsh won the boy...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats varsity football team played host to long-time rival Worland on Friday, September 13. After many years playing at different levels, this year's realignment of schools, has the Bobcats and the Warriors, once again, competing in the 2A West. The Cats have not enjoyed a win against Worland since 1998 - and unfortunately, they will have to wait a while longer for that happy event. The #4 ranked Warriors came into Thermopolis hard off a loss to 3A Powell...
In a tune-up for this week’s State Championship Tournament, the Hot Springs County High School golf teams competed in a dual match with Kemmerer on Friday, September 13. The event was played on neutral ground at the Lander Golf Course. Both the Bobcats, and the Lady Cats secured tournament championships in the event, with the Bobcats finishing with a team score of 351 to Kemmerer’s team score of 358. The Lady Cats put up a team score of 301. For the boys, Hayden Overfield was tournament champion – carding a very respectable score of 80 over...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats varsity volleyball team was on the road in Sheridan last week to compete at the Big Horn Tournament. Thirteen 2A schools were in attendance at the event - which covered two days, and pitted the Lady Cats against some of the top teams in the division. Before ever arriving to play at the tournament, the Lady Cats faced difficult odds. After an early 4 a.m. wake-up, the girls were early on the bus to Sheridan, and played their first match at 9 a.m. Over the course of the long Friday, the Lady Cats...
