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Cole wins third conference championship

Coach looks to improve defense by Mark Dykes tinually beat by 30 or more points.
The JV and freshmen boys basketball teams took Scoring against Worland were: Justin Jeffs
by Mark Dykes Lander in the semis, but lost in the consolation seminals. on Worland on their home court Thursday, and 13; Cade Zupan 12; Jaxon Davis 10; Liam
The Thermopolis Middle by a 4-2 decision against Eli- In the same division, Tan- were at Buffalo Friday. Both teams struggled to Aaron 7; Sean Miller 2; and Sterling Ger-
School wrestling team hit the jah Hernandez of Riverton in ner Jensen placed fourth and nd wins over the two-day stretch, with JV falling ber 1
mats Saturday for their con- the rst place match. scored 10 team points. Jensen to Worland 63-45 and to Buffalo 63-33. The fresh- Scoring against Buffalo were: Davis 14; Aar-
ference at Powell, taking 109.5 In A Division 105, Roedy lost by a 2:14 fall to Lamb in men lost to Worland 65-42 and to Buffalo 44-35. on 7; Zupan 7; Jeffs 3; and Miller 2
team points. Farrell placed rst and scored the quarternals, but won by a Looking at the JV games, Coach Ryan Shaffer As for the freshmen, Shaffer wants them to
Coach Toby Emery ex- 23.5 team points. Farrell re- 27-second fall over Jacob Bash noted the goal this past week was to increase the keep the same idea of keeping their opponents
pressed congratulations to ceived a bye in Championship of Cody in Consolation Round defensive output for the teams, specically look- to 10 points per quarter. The 38 points Worland
eighth grade wres- 1 and by a 3:32 ing at keeping opponents to 10 points or less per scored in the rst half didnt reect this, he not-
tler Logan Cole, fall over Beckman quarter. ed. Similar to the JV game against Worland, the
who won a third in the consolation Shaffer further added if the Bobcats can keep Thermopolis freshmens 42 points wouldve won
straight conference semis. He lost by a opposing teams to within 35 or 40 points, we can them the game.
championship in 1:54 fall to Lamb take the game. Shaffer said its important to get the team real-
the A division. in the third place Worland came out shooting well, Shaffer said, izing their defense is just as important at the start
Wresting in A match. hitting nine three-pointers in the rst half and and during the game as it is in the last quarter.
Division 220, Cole In B Division taking a 34-18 lead at the half. In the third quar- Shaffer has also been working with the players
scored 24 team 84, Sean Johansen ter, Thermopolis was able to outscore Worland 18- Its nice to see the guys not just rely on the
points. He took did not place and 16. Shaffer said it was good for them to win the three-point, Shaffer said, to actually be aggres-
three victories by scored two team quarter, as they had a whole different mentality sive and take the ball in. We did that at Buffalo.
fall over his oppo- points. He won coming into the second half. The Bobcats actually had Buffalo tied at 23 at
nents 27 sec- by 8-7 decision Ending the game with 45, Shaffer again noted halftime, though Shaffer noted turnovers really
onds against Trey against Hunter if they had kept Worland to 10 points each quar- hurt them in Fridays game. He further pointed
Wright of Worland Peterson of River- ter they wouldve won. out the defense kept Buffalo at 13 points in the sec-
in the quarternals, ton in Champion- We have to be better. We cant let a team score ond, 12 in the third but only ve in the fourth, so
1:29 against Blake ship Round 1, but 63 points, Shaffer said. He further added the JV on average they were just about there with keep-
Walters of Riverton lost by a 3:47 fall are not a high scoring team, making 40 or 50 points ing them to 10 points or less per quarter.
in the semis and to Justin Womack a game, so to win games they have to keep their Shaffer said it makes a huge difference in the
2:22 against Tate of Lander in the opponents from getting to the basket. boys attitude when theyre within one or two points
Clutter of Greybull/ quarternals. Jo- As for the game against Buffalo, Shaffer said of winning rather than 20 or more. He was excit-
Cloud Peak in the le photo by Mark Dykes hansen received they started off a bit slow, which was also a det- ed about what he saw on the court, and is hope-
rst place match. Matt Music locks wrists as he rolls an oppo- a bye in Consola- riment. However, Thermopolis did win the fourth ful the boys have made it over this bump when it
Emery further nent onto his back. tion Round 2, and quarter 16-11. Shaffer said the last few minutes of comes to defense.
stated, The boys lost by a 29-second the game seemed to be when the boys step things Scoring against Worland were: Dustin Harvey
had a strong showing at con- Round 1, and won by a 3:25 fall fall to Keldon Boettcher of up a bit, something clicked and their ball handling 12; Oran Coyne 11; Logan Shumway 10;
ference this year. Six of our ten over Trey Draper of Riverton Rocky Mountain in Consola- and scoring improved. Sterling Gerber 7; and Jarron Mortimore 2.
wrestlers placed. There were in the quarternals, by a 4-1 tion Round 3. Shaffer said its encouraging when the team is Scoring against Buffalo were: Shumway 9;
some close matches through- decision against Keefer Thom- In B Division 115, Matt Mu- recognized for not giving up. He pointed out the Harvey 7; Mortimore 7; Gerber 6; Cade
out the day; some went our as of Powell in the seminals sic placed third and scored 16 players on the court in the fourth were the main McLean 4; and Chase Snooks 2.
way, and some did not. Ei- and by a 15-0 tech fall over team points. In Championship JV players rather than freshmen, as he wants The freshmen were scheduled to play at Grey-
ther way, the boys battled Dawson Rogers of Worland in Round 1, Music received a bye. them to show they want those spots on the team. bull Tuesday evening, and both teams will be at
every match, win or lose, and the rst place match. He lost by a 56-second fall to He was encouraged to see the boys drive, and for Rawlins Friday. Freshmen will play at 2:30 p.m.,
thats what counts! I was very In A Division 120 - Jarek Asher Nicholson of Lovell in taking on the attitude they arent going to be con- with JV at 4 p.m.
pleased with our teams per- Sorensen did not place and the quarternals, but won by a

Young Lady Cats nish regular

formance. scored no team points. Soren- 2:35 fall over Bryce Wofnden
In A Division 91 - Carson son lost by a 21-second fall to in Consolation Round 2, by a
Williams did not place and Tyler Grenz of Cody in the 40-second fall over Ryan Nunn
scored no team points. Wil- quarternals, received a bye of Lovell in Consolation Round
liams received a bye in Cham- in Consolation Round 1 and 3, in sudden victory over Jude
pionship Round 1, and lost by lost by a 10-2 majority deci- Eppler of Riverton in the con-
a 1:38 fall to Paxton Rees of sion against Colton Wofnden solation semis and by a 2:08
season games with 8-7 record
Riverton in the quarternals of Worland. fall over Kade Fitzgerald of The freshman/sophomore with 14 points, McPhie had an ultimately improve their game.
and by a 12-4 decision against In B Division 77, Charlie Cody in the third place match. Lady Cats basketball team n- impressive 13 and Kelly John- Every player has become better.
Lucas Talich of Cody in Con- Sandberg did not place and In B Division 175, Austin ished their regular season with son added 11 to the nal score. Mecca added that when roles
solation Round 2. scored three team points. Barral placed rst and scored an 8-7 record for the year. That performance continued change everyone gets better if
In A Division 98, Wyatt Mc- Sandberg lost by a 9-8 decision 16 team points. Barral took his The past two weeks have the next week as the Lady Cats they accept and embrace their
Dermott placed second and against Treven Beckman of win in the rst place match by seen them 2-2, winning against avenged an early season loss to roles.
scored 18 team points. Mc- Rocky Mountain in the quar- a 2:13 fall over John Haley of Wheatland (44-31) as well as Worland. The competitiveness in the
Dermott won by a 47-second ternals, but won by a 3:22 Greybull/Cloud Peak. school rivals, Worland (42-27). Johnson led the pack, scoring varsity practices greatly in-
fall over Jake Schlattmann of fall over Kamden Hinkle of Ri- The boys will round out They had a tough loss to Tor- 12 points, with Jensen and Mc- creased after the role changes
Greybull/Cloud Peak in the verton in Consolation Round their season with the Riverton rington (45-50) and finished Phie adding another 10 points and the varsity players and team
quarternals and by a 26-sec- 1. He lost by a 43-second fall Spartan Invite this Saturday, things up with a loss to a tal- each. has improved as well, he said.
ond fall over Connor Carey of to Shawn Lamb of Riverton beginning at 10 a.m. ented Buffalo team on Satur- This is a testimony of how The freshman girls will not
day, 21-49. well all of the players on this have another game until the
Ashley McPhie led the girls young team have developed freshman tournament in Wor-
in scoring against Wheatland since the change in their roster land on Feb. 25.

USA wrestlers fair well at Sheridan Shootout

Several members of the Ther-
mopolis USA Wrestling Club
traveled to Sheridan Saturday
to participate in the Sheridan
Shootout.
Placings include:
Pee-Wee: 30-35 Ryker Sayler, second;
40A Cameron Martinez, second; 40B Tan-
ner Myers, third; 40C Brayli Price, third;
45C Brogan Little, fth.
Bantam: 55A Dyllan Myers, rst; 55B
Trevin Shaffer, fth; 55C Christian Seidel,
fth; 55D Alec Martinez, fourth; 65 Can-
non Boren, third.
with 14 points. after the rst weekend in Janu- Only freshmen can partici-
Coach Ernie Mecca said the ary when McKenna (Bomengen) pate in that tournament, Mec-
team had their most balanced and Sesi (Jensen) were moved up ca said, so well go with a small
dy Sorensen, third.
scoring effort of the season after earning varsity positions, squad of six, but possibly all eight
against Torrington, with three Mecca said. Their absence gave freshmen, depending on the JV/
Freestyle girls racking up double gures. the other girls the opportunity to varsity game situation in New-
Pee-Wee: 35-40 Cameron Martinez, Aspen Jensen led the eld step up, take on new roles and castle the same day.
rst; Tanner Myers, fth.
Bantam: 55A Christian Seidel, fourth;
55B Alec Martinez fth; 55C Dyllan My-
ers, rst.

Folkstyle
Pre PeeWee: 35 Archer Price, fth;
Tucker Sayler, second.
Intermediate: 65B Mack Buckner,
fourth; 87 Brody Potter, second; Blevins
Little, rst.
Novice: 75 Ty Peterson, fourth; 80 Bro-
Plenty of inventory at
Intermediate: 70 Colter Price, sixth; 87
Brody Potter, rst; 87 Blevins Little, second.
Novice: 70 Dalton Price, fth; 75 Ty
Peterson, fourth; 80 Daniel Blair, fourth.

TMS girls basketball winding down McKinnon Flooring

The girls basketball teams at
Thermopolis Middle School are
down to their nal two weeks and
both 7th and 8th grade teams
have had successful seasons ac-
cording to coaches Katie Despain
and Kent Hessenthaler.
According to Hessenthaler,
the 7th grade A squad current-
ly has a 3-7 record and the B
squad is sporting a 4-5 record.
This season has been lled
with adversity and great efforts
by our girls, Hessenthaler said.
We started the season with just
nine girls on the team, but due to
the u-bug we have played most
games with just seven girls.
Hessenthaler said there were
even some games where they
were down to just six players due
to illness, making it extremely
difcult when they often play
four games in ve hours.
But our girls are really
tough, he said. We have steadi-
ly improved, winning most of our
games in the second half of the
season against teams that beat
us easily in our rst meeting.
As a coach, Hessenthaler
feels good that they are playing
better at the end of the season
than at the beginning. He add-
ed that probably their best win
was against Worland in Worland
last week.
With our tournament just
around the corner, he said, I
hope to get the u-bug behind us
and make a great run at bring-
ing home some hardware.
Despain, the 8th grade coach,
said overall, the season has been
fun with the girls.
The girls have been improv-
ing game to game, she said. I
to choose from.
More items added daily.
am excited to watch the girls
next year at the high school level.
They have a lot of potential
and will become even better ath-
letes moving forward.
The B squad has won all of
their games so far this season
and Despain is condent they
should be able to continue the
pattern throughout the rest of
the week.
We go to tournaments the
weekend of the 25th, she said,
and then our season is wrapped
up. I could not have asked for
a better bunch of girls to coach
this year.
I will most certainly miss
them next year!

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This program is offered for all kids ages 3-5 years old. This is a noncompetitive, one-on-one with TIME IS
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for any or all of the sports offered during the 1st registration period. Important dates and times are
listed below for each individual sport. You can register online at hscrecreation.com or at the Armory
building during normal working hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday). Participant space is limited
to 20 children per program and is on a rst come, rst serve basis.

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