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Last Saturday, the Hot Springs County School District played host to the 2024 Big Horn Basin Conference Wrestling Championships. After months of planning and coordination, and with the aid of more than twenty individuals, the Conference Championships were widely attended – resulting in a great success for the district, and for the home teams. With ten schools sending teams to compete at the event, the high school gym was packed to the rafters with parents, grandparents, friends and family - a...
On Thursday, December 5, the Thermopolis Middle School Eighth Grade "A" Team played their final game of the regular season. The contest was held at the TMS gym, and was well attended by the faithful Thermopolis fans. Facing Worland for the second time this season, the win was never in doubt for the outstanding eighth graders. The team had defeated Worland on October 29 by a score of 53 to 4. And, last week's game ended with Worland scoring better the second time around, but still not coming...
On November 26, 2024, District Court Judge, Bill Simpson, entered an Order Following Bench Trial, which sets forth the Court’s ruling upon the issues that were before the Court at the Hearing held in the Fifth Judicial District at Hot Springs County, on June 17-18, 2024. The Order brings to a close, at least at the District Court level, the dispute between plaintiff’s Michele and Michael Stevens, doing business as The Tipi Retreat, L.L.C., and defendant, Hot Springs County. The recent order imposes a total fine in the sum of $40,250 upon The...
While the focus this fall has been upon all of the athletic prowess of the high school teams – all of whom had excellent seasons this year – the Thermopolis Middle School “A” girls basketball team has quietly put in an undefeated season. The team is coached by assistant head coach, TJ Owsley, and is composed of eight eighth graders, and two seventh graders. The girls have played together for three years, and have gained a level of skill and determination that one usually looks for at the high school level. Head coach, Ashley Cleare, views t...
With the high school football season being now complete, last week the Wyoming Coaches Association released its list of football honors for the 2024 season. Head coaches across the state came together to vote for the players each coach considered most deserving of recognition, for their contributions to their team’s success, in the long and difficult season. In order to be considered for 2024 All-State Honors, a player must first be recognized as All-Conference in the 2024 season. Each classification, All-Conference and All-State, has a l...
The Lady Cats volleyball team delivered an outstanding effort this season, finishing third in the Class 2A Northwest Quad - with an overall record of 15 and 18, and an in-conference record of 3 and 3. The team finished just one game back in the quad, behind Greybull and Rocky Mountain, who were tied for first place. After their very successful season, the Lady Cats received some significant honors this past week. With their second place finish at the regional tournament in Lander, four team members were recognized as Class 2A All-Conference...
After finishing regionals as runner-up champs the week before, the Lady Cats volleyball team had punched their ticket to the State Championships in Casper last weekend. At the Ford Center, in Casper, on Thursday, November 7, the Lady Cats were the West number two seed, and faced off with Pine Bluffs. The Lady Hornets had finished their regular season in third place in the 2A East, and were the East third seed for the State Championships. After dropping the first game 25-19, the Lady Cats came back against the Lady Hornets, and won game two by...
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...
