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Thermopolis Middle School track kicked off their season last Saturday in Burlington. All four teams finished the event in 4th place in the team standing with the eighth grade girls with 53 points, the 6th/7th grade girls with 80 points, the 8th grade boys with 55 points and the 6th/7th grade boys with 72 points. Individual results are: 8th Grade Girls 100 meter - Piper Trujillo, 15.39; Aliyah Deere, 17.06; Annabelle Weyer, 17.28 200 meter - Peighton Vargas, 3rd, 31.90; Dayton Basse, 5th, 31.94; Annabelle Weyer, 36.49; Aliyah Deere, 37.60 400...
Mother Nature continued to provide some fine spring-like weather for the Hot Springs County High School track team as they competed in Cody last week. The meet was smaller than the season opener in Wind River the week before, however, the competition continued to be top-notch. With seven schools sending teams to the event, the girls from Thermopolis finished in seventh place with 27 team points. The boys team finished in third place with 106 team points. The girls from Powell won the event while the host team from Cody took the boys team...
Following their superb fall season, the Hot Springs County High School golf team will kick off their spring season this week, hosting the Thermopolis Invite on Thursday, April 2 at the Thermopolis Golf Course. The Lady Cats team garnered state championships in 2023 and 2025, with all five of the Lady Cats finishing in the top ten in last fall’s state tournament. Add to that success, the Bobcats’ team state championship in 2024 and a second place finish in 2025, and that’s three consecutive years of state titles for the vaunted Therm...
With 37 wrestlers competing in the Montana Open wrestling tournament last weekend in Billings, Thermopolis Wrestling Club came home with the team runner-up honors scorning 263.5 points, just 5.5 points shy of winning the tournament. This year was the highest ever placing for Thermopolis Wrestling Club members at the large tournament.The club also had six wrestlers win the coveted Buffalo Skull trophy, the most ever won by the club. The Montana Open is one of the premier youth wrestling...
Patches of green are showing up at the Thermopolis Golf Course as a hole flag flutters in strong winds beneath sweeping clouds and Roundtop Mountain in the background....
The Hot Springs County High School track and field team kicked off their spring season in Pavillion last Saturday. Unusually warm temps, azure skies and a slight breeze, combined to make the Wind River Ice Breaker a bit of a misnomer. While the venue was small, the event was anything but. Seventeen schools sent teams to match up at Wind River - making the meet feel both a bit crowded and more than a bit challenging for the competitors. While the thinclads lined up on the track, parents and other family members shed layers of clothing in the...
Member of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club once again split ways last weekend, with some attending the Showdown at the Casper Classic 3-style tournament while the majority of the team participated in the North Big Horn Rams Rumble Freestyle/Folkstyle Tournament held in Lovell. Next weekend will be the long-awaited annual Montana Open, where wrestlers from across the country meet in this highly competitive tournament to battle it out for the Bison Head trophy. For others choosing to stay closer to home, tournaments will also be held in Pavilion,...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members split way last week, with some members traveling south to the Lander Legacy Classic while the majority of the team participated in the Buffalo Bill Showdown in Cody. Both tournaments offered Folkstyle and Freestyle competition. With limited numbers competing in Lander, Thermopolis won three individual championship, had two runners up and a third place. In Cody, Thermopolis ended the day in 4th place with 1,124 points, coming in behind Cody (1,458 points), Greybull (1,375.5 points), and Powell (1,237.5...
Following up their success in the state championships in Casper last month, the Hot Springs County High School boys and girls wrestling teams have spent the past two weekends competing at the Junior State Tournament here in Wyoming, and then traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, for the USA Folkstyle Nationals. Two boys and three girls wrestled in both freestyle and greco at the Junior State Tournament two weekends ago. Lilly Quintanilla and Cannon Boren each captured Triple Crowns, by winning state...
Once again, the calendar has rolled around to the season of high school spring sports in Wyoming. Practices kicked off last week for the Bobcat track team who look to capitalize on the highly successful season which the team had last year - culminating in a regional championship and a second place finish at state. With over forty students on the team roster this year, the team will hit the pitch joined by returning state triple-jump champion Logann Farrell and last year’s 800 meter champion, Cole Keller, both of whom will be looking to r...
Another fantastic season has come to a close for the Bobcat and Lady Cat basketball teams. Both teams were crowned regional champions in Riverton last month, and then both teams ground their way into the championship games at state in Casper. The Bobcats finished their highly successful season with an overall record of 24-4, and went undefeated in the 2A Northwest quad. And, oh yeah, there was also that back-to-back state championship hardware the Cats brought home from Casper. To say it was a spectacular season hardly does the team justice....
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat basketball team earned their way into the state tournament with a regional championship in Riverton two weeks ago. They went into the final challenge in Casper last weekend as the number one seed from the west and the number one ranked team in 2A basketball. After going undefeated in the west conference in the regular season, the Cats now had to take on some of the top teams from the east to win a shot at another state championship. Up first were the...
Thermopolis opened its doors to wrestling enthusiasts last weekend, hosting the annual Wrestle-Opolis event at the high school. Teams came from all over the Big Horn Basin and some came from much farther away - Newcastle for example. Parking was at a premium and wait times were influenced at local restaurants - but that didn't seem to dappen anyone's good time. And why would it - what could be more Wyoming, than a family outing to a wrestling tournament on "307 Day"? With the influx of grapplers...
There is a tongue-in-cheek line in an old song from the seventies, which laments that "all good things must come to an end." And, it's the same for the remarkable 2025-26 Lady Cats basketball season. While the outcome at the Wyoming High School Basketball 2A Championships wasn't what the Lady Cats would have preferred, their season was a huge success for the team, their coaches and for the school. After qualifying as the number one seed from the West Regional Tournament, the Lady Cats went into...
Boren, Myers bring home state championships The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling team has battled their way through a long and grueling season. With each match, however, the team has made significant strides toward competing at last weekend's State Championship Tournament in Casper. In the team standings, the Bobcats completed their successful season with a seventh place finish, securing 121.5 team points. Cannon Boren and Dyllan Myers were each named All-State for their efforts...
Lady Cats win in final game against Lady Chiefs The Thermopolis Lady Cat basketball team was in Riverton last weekend to compete in the 2A West Regional Tournament. Coming into the event as the number one seed from the Northwest, the Lady Cats were positioned to do great things. At last year's tournament, Thermopolis lost in the championship game to the Lady Grizz of Rocky Mountain. This year would be different. On Thursday, in the opening round the Lady Cats faced off with Kemmerer and won...
Last Sunday, Thermopolis Wrestling Club members competed at the annual Casper Showdown Tournament. In a field of 48 teams, Thermopolis, placed fourth, scoring 417 team points behind the much larger Casper teams who took home the top 3 spots. This weekend the club will host their annual Wrestle-opolis event with wrestling to take place at the high school on Friday evening and Saturday. Greco will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, Folkstyle will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday and will be followed by freestyle Saturday afternoon. Individual placers from...
Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling team has had a remarkable season this year and rolled into the 2A West Regionals at Rocky Mountain High School in Cowley last weekend looking to qualify wrestlers for this week's state championships in Casper. In what can only be called a successful outing, the Cats finished third in the team standings and will send ten grapplers to Casper this week. Five Bobcats made it to the championship rounds where two were crowned regional champions. Returnin...
It has been a long season for the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cat wrestlers, a season which has seen a wealth of success for the team’s five grapplers. Last weekend, the team was in Powell for the 2A West Regional Tournament, an event to determine which wrestlers would qualify to compete this week at the state championships. As a team, the Lady Cats finished 12th (out of 24) in the team standings and brought home an individual championship. Considering the gravity of the regional tournament, coach Travis McDermott said, “The Lady Cat...
Bobcats face Wind River in Riverton on Thursday The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats wrapped up their regular season last week with two big wins over Wind River and Rocky Mountain. Both games proved easy for the Cats - with wins by 48 points and by 38 points, respectively. With that, the Cats head into the 2A West Regional Tournament this week being undefeated in conference play and being the #1 Seed from the northwest. Wind River has been working its way through some tough seasons of late, and again, proved no match for the red hot...
Members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club split the weekend with some members going to Glenrock for the King of the Rock Folkstyle Tournament, while other traveled to Wheatland for the Brady Read Memorial Tournament where they wrestled folk style, freestyle and greco. Team scores for each tournament were unavailable. The wrestling club will host their annual Wrestle-opolis next weekend with greco on Friday, March 6 and folkstyle and freestyle being wrestled on Saturday at the high school. Individual results were: King of the Rock in Glenrock 6U...
The Thermopolis Middle School boys eighth grade A basketball team won their conference championship last week in Greybull. Pictured are coach Ryan Roybal, Cal Epperson, Logan Stewart, Braxton Egger, Apollo Jenks, Soren Webber, Oliver Strenger, Cameron Martinez, Bo Dafoe, Jackson Skelton, William Garrison and coach Jaci Garrison....
The Hot Springs County High School boys and girls wrestling team hosted the Worland Warriors last Thursday night for a dual on senior night and then traveled to Buffalo on Friday for some duals for the boys and some matches for the girls. Against Worland, the Lady Cats won the dual 11-0, while the Bobcats won their dual by a score of 29-6. For senior night, Haeden Blair and Alix Sorensen were each recognized for their four years of contributions to the Bobcat wrestling programs. Haeden ended...
As they near the end of a long season, the Lady Cats Basketball Team faced off with two of their 2A Northwest Conference opponents last week. On Friday night, Thermopolis faced the Lady Blue in Shoshoni, and then on Saturday afternoon the team hosted the Lady Buffs of Greybull. Both games were rematches of games played just two week prior. Having defeated the Lady Blue at home in the prior game by a thirty point spread, the Lady Cats knew Shoshoni would be looking to even-up. Shoshoni has not had a great season, having won just one game in the...
