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Thermopolis Wrestling Club had another outstanding performance at the Worland Wrestling Tournament last Saturday bring home the team championship with a total of 958 points, well ahead of second place Riverton with 693.5 points. Nineteen total teams were in attendance. Individual placers include: 6U 43 - Ridge Deromedi, 2nd 6U 49 - Ryker Paxton, 5th 8U 40-43 - Rylee Donahoo, 1st 8U 45 - Konnor Simpson, 2nd; Levi Gard, 4th 8U 49 - John Ryan, 3rd; Konnor Simpson, 5th 8U 53 - Tytus Bowker, 1st; Caden Metz, 5th 8U 56 - Greyson Hill, 3rd 8U 62 -...
After defeating Shoshoni and Greybull the week before, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team climbed into the #1 ranking among class 2A teams in Wyoming. Sporting a 12-4 overall record (3-0 in the Northwest Quad) the Bobcats were ready for a couple of home contests. On Friday night, 2A Southwest Big Piney were in town. The Punchers have had a challenging season, with a record of 6-10, and proved to be no match for the Bobcats. The Cats led after every period and won by a...
The Hot Springs County High School boys and girls wrestling team competed in Greybull last weekend. Both teams came in third in the team standings - with the girls taking 66 points and the boys raking in 132 points. On the girls side, there were twelve schools in competition. With just four Lady Cats competing it was clear there had been a good deal of exceptional wrestling to place third in the team standings. Sophomore Izzy Hetzel was crowned champion and was also named as the Outstanding Wrestler of the event. Juniors Lilly Quintanilla and...
Lady Cats basketball faced off with two West Conference opponents last weekend and came away with two important wins as the team grinds toward regionals at the end of the month. Both games were played at home to an appreciative crowd of local supporters On Friday night, February 6, the Punchers of Big Piney came calling. The Punchers brought a 4-12 record into the contest and have not figured in the coaches rankings this season. Still, Big Piney is not a team that can be overlooked. The game...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members were once again in Casper last weekend at The Summit at 5150 tournament hosted by Eastside United Wrestling Club. With 23 kids competing, Thermopolis brought home 9 championships and 3 runner-up titles. No team scores were available. Individual placers include: 6U Girls 37-41 - Noel Ryan, 1st; Zakyrah Palu, 4th 10U Girls 67 - Cooper Enis, 2nd 14U Girls 95 - Hayden Robinson, 1st 14U Girls 115 - Kiowa Pruitt, 3rd 16U Girls 105-120 - Hailey Robinson, 1st 8U 45 - Konnor Simpson, 1st 8U 49 - John Ryan, 4th 8U 53 -...
Bobcat wrestling was busy last week with a dual at home on Thursday and then a trip to Riverton on Friday and Saturday for the annual Ron Thon Memorial Tournament. Last Thursday night the team hosted the first of their two home duals of the season, matching up with the Panthers of Powell. The Cats are thin in numbers this year and consequently they give up a lot of open weights in a dual. Against Powell, those open weights amounted to nine matches, which led to 54 team points for Powell - enough to win the dual. The Cats, however, won all five...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cat wrestlers headed to Riverton last week to match up in the annual Ron Thon Memorial Tournament. The Ron Thon is a huge tournament, drawing forty teams in competition this year and operates on an all class basis meaning wrestlers compete in their weight class against opponents from all levels of schools in Wyoming. Although the Lady Cats team is thin this year with just five wrestlers, Thermopolis had three placers in the finals and a tournament...
Bobcat Tanner Delay won his match against Powell's Forest Kleinfeldt during a dual held at the high school on January 29....
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats were on the road last weekend facing 2A Northwest foe Rocky Mountain on Friday night, and then matching up with Class 3A Lovell on Saturday. The Grizz of Rocky Mountain came into the game with a five hundred overall record of 8-8 (compared to the Cats 11-3 record), but were 2-0 in the 2A Northwest quad just like the Bobcats. The Cats played a very aggressive defense throughout the game, which led to some fouls but which did not result in any foul outs. Although Thermopolis was up by just three points...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats basketball team played two games to the north last weekend - a conference game against Rocky Mountain on Friday and then a non-conference match up with 3A Lovell on Saturday. The team played exceptionally well on Friday night but repeating a pattern of late, they suffered a let up on Saturday. For the first time since last season’s state championships in Casper, on Friday night the Lady Cats met up with the Lady Grizz of Rocky Mountain. No doubt both teams went into the game with memories (either g...
The Lady Cats basketball has seen some ups and downs this season, however, the "downs" have never been allowed to stand in the way of the "ups". Led by senior Jayssie Owsley, the team has battled competitively in each and every outing on the court. On Friday, Owsley led her team to a new level - one that is a personal accomplishment, certainly, but also, an accomplishment for her team. Kicking off conference play, the Lady Cats hosted the Lady Blue of Shoshoni on Friday and began the game...
The #2 ranked Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team has spent the first half of the 2025-26 season competing in non-conference action with teams from around the state. As the second half of the season got under way last weekend, the Cats were finally pitted against some of their in-conference opponents. As the Cats work to defend their state title, every Class 2A clash becomes increasingly significant at this point in the season. On Friday, January 23, the unranked Wranglers of Shoshoni came calling - carrying with them an...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling team competed in the Lander Invite Tournament last weekend - placing two grapplers, with another three of their teammates finishing just one win away from placing. In the team standings, Thermopolis placed 11th out of 27 teams competing, and finished in the top three among the 2A teams appearing at the event. Junior Cannon Boren continued his effort to dominate the 144 lb. weight class, pinning his way through another tournament including a one-minute pin in the championship round. Fellow...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cat wrestlers traveled to Lander last weekend for the two-day Lander Invite Tournament. Twenty-six teams from around the State of Wyoming were joined by the Thunder Ridge team from the State of Idaho. Cody won the team competition with 216.5 team points. With a team of just four competitors, the Lady Cats put three into the semi-final round and finished the event with two individual championships. The Lady Cats placed 11th in the team standings, with 76.5 team points, just one-half point ahead of Lyman....
Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Windy City Winter War held in Casper last weekend in a three-style tournament offering folkstyle, freestyle and greco divisions. Thermopolis brought home third place in the team standings with 738.5 points, behind two teams from Casper. Windy City Wrestling Club was first with 774.5 points and Casper Wrestling Club was second with 751.5 points out of the 30 teams in attendance. Competing at the Border Battle at Torrington tournament was Kannon Bomengen who placed 2nd in the 12U, 52-58 lbs. division....
The #2 ranked Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team has spent the early weeks of the 2025-26 season competing in non-conference action around the state. Last weekend, together with Worland, Thermopolis co-hosted the Big Horn Basin Classic and for a change of pace, faced off with four non-conference opponents on their home court. To kick-off their tournament schedule, the Cats met up with the unranked Wind River Cougars on Friday. The Cougars have had a rough go of it in recent...
Last weekend, the #5 ranked Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats basketball team faced off with some talented teams from Class 3A, and met up with the #1 ranked Class 1A team from Burlington at the Big Horn Basin Classic. The tournament was co-hosted by Rocky Mountain and Powell, and sported ten teams from around the Big Horn Basin. On Friday, the Lady Cats began their tournament playing the #4 ranked 3A team from Lovell. Like their fellow boys team, the Lady Bulldogs are a high-quality team with a number of very talented players. Still,...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling team was in Shoshoni last weekend to compete at the Clash at the Crossroads Tournament. Finishing in third place in the team standings (out of fourteen teams) the Cats had a productive weekend, bringing home two individual championships and placing six of the team’s seven varsity wrestlers. Cokeville carried the team championship with 163 team points. Juniors Dyllan Myers and Cannon Boren each dominated the field in their respective weights, winning all their matches by pin, including both c...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club team members won the Rocky Mountain Nationals Wild West Championships Tournament last weekend in Casper with a total of 310 points. Coming in second in the team standings was Black Fox Wrestling Academy from Colorado with 296 and Ridge Wrestling Club also from Colorado with 272.5 points placed third. Wrestlers from 196 teams across 15 different states met in Casper to battle it out on the mats. Thermopolis brought home 11 individual championships along with five...
After dividing the team to compete at three different locations the week before, the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats wrestling team was reunified last weekend for the Clash at the Crossroads Tournament in Shoshoni, where all members of the team were able to place in the event. As a team, the Lady Cats were dominant in Shoshoni, going 16-4 in their matches, and garnering two championships for the squad. Thermopolis finished in fifth place in the team standings (out of ten teams) with 102 team points - just behind Big Piney, with 122.5...
Ro "The Dawg" Dominguez of Thermopolis stepped into the ring on Saturday, January 10, in Sheridan, Wyo., competing in the main event of the Blood of Heroes – The Blood of One Saved Us All Saturday Night Fights. Dominguez faced undefeated Sheridan heavyweight Cutter "Cutthroat" Silcox in a highly anticipated bout that went the distance. Silcox, standing 6-foot-5 and weighing 230 pounds, presented a significant size advantage over Dominguez, who stands 5-foot-8 and weighed in at 223 pounds. D...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling team met opponents at venues across the state last week. With a dual in Glenrock on Thursday, the Shane Shatto in Glenrock on Friday and Saturday, and finally, hosting their own tournament at home on Saturday, the squad was split up into smaller segments in order to test metal in each event. Junior Cannon Boren was the squad's lone representative at the Shane Shatto Invite in Douglas over the weekend. Having an outstanding outing, Boren came...
Splitting the squad, the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats wrestling team competed at three different venues this past week. On Thursday night part of the team was in Glenrock for a dual. Matching up in only two weight classifications, sophomore Izzy Hetzel pinned her opponent early in the second period while junior Lilly Quintanilla moved up a level and found some tough competition taking on the 4th ranked wrestler at 125 lbs. Being ever impressed with his young multi-champion, Coach Travis McDermott said, “Lilly dominated her match, g...
Several Thermopolis youth wrestlers participated in the HAVOC in the Heights tournament held last Sunday in Billings, Mont., giving them the opportunity to see new competition in our neighbors to the north. With 18 teams in attendance and only 13 wrestlers representing Thermopolis, the team placed 8th with a total of 249 points. Thermopolis brought home five individual champions: Carter Enis (8U 60), Erik Polson (10U 50), Gabriel Ryan (12U 70), Trenton Enis (14U 130-140) and Briar Lahoe (16U & 19U Girls 130-135) and two runners-up: Konnor...
The #2 ranked Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team kicked off the 2026 side of their 2025-26 season last week at Wyoming Indian. As in too many past years, the Chiefs are once again fielding a quality team in 2A basketball, and came into the contest ranked #1 among Class 2A teams. Playing in the sometimes unfriendly confines of Wyoming Indian High School, the Cats led the scoring through the first three quarters of the game. In the final seconds of regulation and with the score tied at 50 apiece, the Bobcats pulled down a...
