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As we head in to the holiday season, it is a good time to take a look back at the many triumphs of Hot Springs County High School in the fall sports programs. The Bobcats and Lady Cats competed in golf, cross country, volleyball and football - with each team hitting new highs, and bringing home new hardware for the trophy case. In golf, the Thermopolis golf teams had garnered state championships in the two preceding years. The Lady Cats were state champs in 2023, and the Bobcats were state champs in 2024. With those wins, and with the Lady...
Last week, the Thermopiles Middle School wrestling team had back to back tournaments in Shoshoni on Friday and Lander on Saturday. Both the boys and girls teams once again brought home team championships with nine teams in attendance it both tournaments. In Shoshoni, the boys scored 292.5 points to Glenrock in second with 204.5 points. The girls scored 99.5 points over second place Greybull with 81 points. In Lander, the boys teams ended with 98 points over Lander with 89 points and the girls team finished with 71 points to Riverton’s 52 p...
The Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team had a packed schedule last week starting off with their home quad last Thursday with Thermopolis taking on Lander and Riverton. Dual results were unavailable. On Friday, the team traveled to Greybull where both the boys and the girls team finished in first place. The boys racked up 231.5 points to second place Shoshoni with 120.5 points. The girls team scored 81.5 points to beat Greybull with 48 points. On Saturday, the team was in Powell with 11...
After battling their way to a 6-1 record in the 2A Northwest Division, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats were set to battle it out in the playoffs. After winning a decisive victory over the Burns Broncs on their home field on Halloween, the Cats headed to Big Horn for a round two game, which the school had not experienced for many years. Big Horn is a big team, having the advantage of drawing upon a large pool of players from several towns in northwest Wyoming. They are a well-coached...
At the regionals in Lander, the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats volleyball team put on a remarkable show of strength and endurance. Surprising many in the stands, and around the state, the Lady Cats played their best volleyball of the season – punching their ticket to the state championships, which were held in Casper last weekend. Thermopolis would be the number four seed from the West. On Thursday, November 6, Thermopolis faced Sundance, who came into the tournament as the number one seed from the East. It was the first round of the...
It was a full week for the Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling team starting off with a triangular with Worland and Greybull last Tuesday in Basin followed by the Glenrock Team Duals on Friday and the Riverton Invitational on Saturday. For the Glenrock team duals, the Thermopolis boys went 4-0 in pool B, beating Saratoga (74-9), Burns/Pine Bluffs (87-24), Herders (89-32) and Lusk (88-16) and putting them into the fist place dual with Thermopolis coming out on top over Glenrock Intermediate Middle School. Individual results from Basin and...
Last Friday night was Halloween, and there was a lot going on in Thermopolis. The Burns Broncs were at Leroy Hayes Field looking to defeat the Bobcats on their home turf. At games end, however, the Broncs would head home – sans treat, and with their season coming to a screeching halt. In Friday night’s round one play-off game, Burns came in as the number 3 seed from the 2A East, with a season record of 7-2, and 5-2. The Bobcats finished their season at 7-1 and 6-1, and stood as the number 2 seed from the 2A West, and the number 3 ranked tea...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats volleyball team was in Lander last weekend, to compete in the West Regional Tournament. Four teams from the Northwest quad, were joined by four teams from the Southwest quad. Each team needed two wins, over the course of the two-day tournament, in order to punch their ticket for a trip to play in Casper this weekend, at the state tournament. On Friday morning, October 31, the first round of the tournament got under way, with Shoshoni defeating Kemmerer by 3 sets to 1. Then Wind River went down to...
The Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team traveled to the Worland Middle School Invitational last Saturday, competing with nine other schools. The boys A Division brought home first place with 153.5 points, beating second place Powell (141.5 points) and third place Lander (11.5) points and crowning six champions. The girls team tied for first place with Powell, each with 153 points, well ahead of third place Worland with 112 points. The girls brought home seven championships. For the B division, the boys finished in fourth place with 154.5...
On Friday, October 24, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats polished off their remarkable regular season with a convincing win over the Wranglers of Pinedale. On Senior Night, the Pink Out Game was played before a vocal and supportive crowd at Leroy Hayes Field. Last week, the Cats were faced with their only loss of the season in an afternoon affair at Mountain View, where the Buffaloes have had a number two ranked season. Shrugging off the loss, the Cats put 321 yards of offense on...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats cross country teams traveled to Cheyenne last weekend to compete in the Class 2A State Finals. Last September, the harriers season had begun at the Wyoming Invitational in Cheyenne and the teams were looking to better their previous times on the course at Little America. Both teams finished in third place at the conference finals and the Bobcats again finished third as a team at state. The competition in cross country has been stiff all season and the state finals were just as tough. In...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats have had a challenging season on the court. Although they have, at times, played at a very respectable level – reverse sweeping Lander at the Big Horn Tournament in September – at other times, the team has struggled to find its focus. Heading into last week's two series, the Lady Cats sat at the bottom of the 2A Northwest quad with a 5-19 record and winless in the Northwest. The season record, however, really does nothing to demonstrate the phy...
The Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team kicked off the season last Saturday at the Cody Middle School tournament with seven other teams gathering to compete. The girls team brought home first place with 166.5 points, ahead of the second place Powell girls with 136 points. The boys “B” division placed second with 109.5 points, only 11 points behind first place Riverton while the “A” division came in at third place with 131.5 points to second place Worland (14.5 points) and first place Powell (173.5 points). Next up, the wrestlers will tr...
On Friday, October 17, in a game which would determine the first place standing in the 2A West and would also determine the number one seed in the upcoming play-offs, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats faced off against the Buffaloes in Mountain View. Both teams entered the contest undefeated on the season. Both teams had ranked defenses, with the Bobcats ranked #3, and Mountain View ranked #4. The match up resulted in the Bobcats suffering their first loss of the season....
Last week, the Hot Springs County High School varsity volleyball team played two in-conference matches – one at home and one on the road. On Friday, the Lady Cats hosted the Lady Blue of Shoshoni. The two teams were fairly evenly matched. However, Shoshoni came away win a 3-0 win (26-24, 25-13, and 25-20). As has been the case for nearly the entire season, the Lady Cats were without their full complement of players. Although not suited up, senior Jayssie Owsley, was active on the bench - taking care of her teammates, making sure they all s...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat and Lady Cat cross country teams traveled to Ethete last Saturday to face off in the 2A West 5 Rivers Conference Finals. Both the Bobcats and the Lady Cats finished third in the team standings at the event and carried home some new hardware for the high school’s trophy case. For the Lady Cats, freshman Jakae Elder finished in second place with a time of 23:08. Mimi Johnson finished with a time of 26:32; and Lilly Johnson ran a time of 30:23. Shaving more than a minute and a half off of her previous p...
Following on a trend, the Hot Springs County High School volleyball team played away and home games last week, facing the Lady Bulldogs in Lovell on Thursday, and then the Cougars of Wind River for Homecoming on Saturday. Going into the match, Lovell was ranked number three among Class 3A teams, and their level of play displayed how they come by their ranking. The team carries a lot of height, and displays a good deal of talent and skill. Lovell took the first two sets from Thermopolis (25-8 and 25-14). In the third set, however, the Lady Cats...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat and Lady Cat cross country teams traveled to Powell last week to compete in the Pinnacle Bank Powell Invitational. The event will serve as a final tune-up for the conference finals, which will be held at Wyoming Indian on Friday. In Powell, the team continued to set some remarkable splits times, reflecting that the athletes are hitting their season peak physical condition at just the right time. Senior Jadeth Elder, finished the event in 7th place, turning in a time of 17:08, which was his best time...
The Thermopolis Middle School boys and girls cross country teams wrapped up their season last Thursday at the Pinnacle Bank/Powell Invitational held at the Powell Golf Club. The boys team brought home fourth place and the girls finished in 5th place with nine middle school teams competing. For the boys team, eighth grader Apollo Jenks ran a 12:18 in the 3200 meter race to earn a fourth place finish, while brother and sixth grader Archer finished in 14th place with a final time of 12:48. Other individual results from Powell include: Girls -...
On Friday night the Lyman Eagles rolled into town to challenge Hot Springs County at Leroy Hayes Field. It was Homecoming week and the Bobcats were looking to extend their win streak. Sporting their all purple uniforms, the Cats put on a great show for the home town faithful, and secured a 14-7 win over the Eagles. Lyman won the toss, and elected to defer to the Bobcats. Coach Anderson of Lyman displayed a bit of trickery on the opening kick-off, sending an on-sides kick just across the fifty yard line, which was covered by one of the Lyman pla...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat and Lady Cat cross country teams hosted their annual Bobcat Invite on Friday, October 3. Scheduling conflicts with an event being held in Cody the same day caused just one other varsity team to appear for the event in Thermopolis. Nonetheless, there were many middle school teams who did appear that day, and who all were able to partake of the fine, sunny weather in Thermopolis. As a bonus to the exquisite weather, the restricted field of runners allowed...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats traveled to Cokeville last Friday, for an afternoon game against the newly fifth-ranked Panthers. In the time that Thermopolis and Cokeville have found themselves competing in the Class 2A West Conference, the Bobcats had yet to take a win against Cokeville – but Friday changed that. With no lights on the field in Cokeville, the game was played in the early afternoon, following a very early morning bus ride for the Cats. There had been some light rain in the area earlier in the day, and at g...
Seven middle school teams gathered in Thermopolis last Friday for the Bobcat Cross Country Invitations held at the Thermopolis Golf Course with the TMS boys team placing 4th and the girls finishing in sixth place. In the last regular meet of the season and with home field advantage, multiple runners posted personal records. Seventh grader Amelia Johnson and eighth grader Kylie Geis both shaved minutes off last year's time with Johnson leading the girls team with a time of 13:51 and a ninth place...
Last week, the Hot Springs County High School volleyball team, once again, played home and away matches. On Friday, October 3 the team met up with the Lady Grizz of Rocky Mountain and then traveled on Saturday to Powell to face off with a very talented Class 3A team in the Lady Panthers. Coming into the match, the Lady Grizz held a record of 14-8, and sat in second place in the 2A Northwest quad standings. In practice, Coach Kylie Corpening had the team working on some new combinations, which she was eager to try out against their 2A Northwest...
Last week, the Hot Springs County High School varsity volleyball team played away and home games against two of their Class 2A North West rivals. Although there were periods of sustained and skilled performance, the team continues to struggle with the, not unexpected, growing pains of a new head coach and new offensive and defensive schemes. On Tuesday, September 25, the team traveled to Shoshoni to take on the Lady Blue. Both teams seemed to struggle a bit in the early sets and although the Lady Cats played four really close games they could...
