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After three quarters of an evenly matched game, Encampment's Lady Tigers pushed forward near the end of Saturday's game to crush conference rivals Farson-Eden 48-31. The game against the Lady Longhorns also saw a top scorer in Konnar Knotwell, who tied for the most points with Alyssa Barkhurst. Both girls scored 17, while Cassidy Little followed with eight, and McKenzie Powell finished with two. Knotwell also made a huge step up from Friday's conference game against Cokeville, in which she...
Instead of letting Friday's conference loss to Cokeville slow them down, the Encampment Tigers pulled ahead to a huge 71-46 win over Farson-Eden in their second conference game of 2013-14. The Tigers seemed to own the fast-paced Saturday game from the get-go, and stayed ahead by six or more points at the end of the first and second quarters. Once Encampment led 49-35 at the end of the third, it seemed unlikely that Farson-Eden would catch up or take over. The fourth quarter is when the Tiger...
Council member Leroy Stephenson informed the Riverside Town Council at their regular town council meeting Thursday that Heidi Sifford was named the new coordinator of the South Central Wyoming Emergency Services (SCWEMS). This is a paid position, Stephenson told the Saratoga Sun in a later interview. Members of the town council were reminded of the Encampment/Riverside dog clinic taking place in February at Encampment Town Hall. Riverside Town Clerk Jan Cook said the dog clinic would take place...
With local holiday season festivities all wrapped up, Encampment Town Council members were looking forward to more winter fun with the Sierra Madre Winter Carnival. Earlier in Thursday’s town council meeting, council members discussed and approved the prize money for the carnival’s events. Also approved, and brought up by Doreen Harvey, was an agreement signed with Bill Saulcy, which would release him of liability if something happened during the snow sculpture contest. The Sierra Madre Win...
After a 19-point loss to Little Snake River last month, Saratoga's Lady Panthers fought back with a vengeance to take down the Lady Rattlers Saturday with a close 50-47 score. The Lady Panthers previously lost 33-52 in their Dec. 20 game against the Lady Rattlers, making Saturday's victory a most welcome comeback in Panther territory. The win was also a nice addition to the Lady Panthers' 2013-14 record, after a six-game losing streak that included Friday's 51-70 conference loss against Burns....
It was an exciting weekend of wrestling for the Saratoga Panthers, as four of them made top-five placements at the 2014 Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament in Douglas. Panthers Thomas Ingleby and Trey Ingleby competed in the junior varsity division, and both secured first place at the two-day tourney, which took place Friday and Saturday. Coach Jared Mason said he was proud of both Inglebys and the varsity wrestlers for their efforts on the mat. "Thomas and Trey, both of whom finished in first...
Encampment High School's varsity boys' basketball team is on a roll this season, winning their seventh game of the season with a 61-52 victory over the Dubois Rams. The Tigers now have a 7-1 non-conference record for 2013-14. Their only season loss came from last month's game against the Saratoga Panthers, who won 80-60. Monday's fast-paced game at Dubois was a close matchup during the first half, with the Tigers on top 14-13 at the end of the first quarter, and the Rams leading 30-27 at the hal...
The Saratoga Middle School Girls Basketball season is now underway, with winning games played against Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) and Little Snake River. The A Team kicked off the season with a big 45-7 win over HEM. The girls played HEM Friday and Little Snake River last Saturday, in what were their first two game days of the 2014 season. “The team was shooting the lights out right away in the first quarter with 17 points, and at halftime the score was 23-2 with the Panthers in the l...
Saratoga High School's varsity boys' basketball team suffered another home loss Saturday, with a 52-66 bite from Little Snake River's Rattlers. With Saturday's loss and Friday's 35-59 loss against Burns, the Panthers are now at 8-5 (non-conference) and 0-2 (conference). Saratoga's junior varsity team also lost to the Rattlers Saturday, with 19-47. It was a close matchup for most of Saturday's varsity game, with the Panthers leading 22-17 at the end of the first quarter, and the Rattlers leading...
After an even matchup in the first half, Encampment's Lady Tigers proved their power Monday to eventually crush the Dubois Lady Rams for a second time 52-28. The first half of the game at Dubois saw back-and-forth scoring from both teams, with neither getting too far ahead or behind the other. The score was tied 11-11 at the end of the first quarter, and 18-16, Dubois' favor, at the end of the second. However, once the game moved into the third quarter, the Lady Tigers got on a wild scoring...
For her efforts as Powell High School's assistant volleyball coach, Saratoga High School graduate Charli Fluty was named the 2013 Assistant Coach of the Year for the Wyoming Coaches Association. Fluty (nee Youngberg), a 2007 SHS graduate, will receive the Assistant Coach of the Year award at a Wyoming Coaches Association Clinic banquet and ceremony, scheduled to take place this summer in Casper. Since 2011, Fluty has been Powell High School's assistant volleyball coach and teacher for physical e...
Museum purchases historic downtown building A new historic home is now on the horizon for the Carbon County Museum in Rawlins. Carbon County Commissioners and the Carbon County Museum finalized the purchase of the Hugus-Ferguson Building, located at 406 West Cedar St. in downtown Rawlins, on Dec. 30, 2013. The building, which first had construction work done in 1895, will serve as the new home for the Carbon County Museum and Research Center. The Carbon County Museum is currently located at 904...
After 15 years of selling real estate, the doors are closing at Double R Land Company. Owner Richard Rakness, who will be 82 years old this year, began working in real estate 25 years ago after closing his ranch. He sold real estate for Bill Saulcy and then Laurie Forster at Town and County Real Estate, before opening Double R at its 116 W. Bridge St. location. Double R's New Year's Day closing marked exactly 15 years of business, and Rakness said his good health helped keep him going strong...
Saratoga’s varsity boys’ basketball team managed a second-place ranking at the Fremont County Shootout, after succumbing to a 60-point loss from the unstoppable Wyoming Indian. The Panthers won two of the four games they played Dec. 27 and 28 in Ethete, with successes over Ten Sleep (71-58) and Wind River (82-65). However, their two losses both came from Wyoming Indian’s Chiefs, who stomped the Panthers 89-52 and 95-35, with the latter score being for the championship game. The Panthers are n...
Five Saratoga wrestlers scored top five placings at the West Grand Invitational wrestling tournament last month. Jacob Wells was the top placer, with second place in the 285 pound division. Bradley Bifano, Chaze Wiant and Hunter Mason all secured third place in their divisions, and Tate Stinson made fourth place. The invite took place in Kremmling, Colo. Dec. 21, following the Quadrangular tournament at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow High School Dec. 19. Coach Jared Mason said his team...
Encampment’s varsity boys’ basketball team scored another win last month, making a 54-46 triumph over the Rock River Longhorns. The Dec. 20 victory puts the Tigers at a 4-1 (non-conference) season record, with their only loss being against Saratoga. Scorers included Luke Pantle with 23 points, Guy Erickson with 10, Harold Jackson with nine points and David Flauding and Jared Stewart with six points each. “Rock River was a good test for us and the game was close throughout,” said coach Clint B...
I don’t know about you, but I am completely blown away by the fact that it is already 2014. We are already officially 14 years into the 21st Century, and 14 years past the highly-anticipated, millennium-changing year of 2000. Being a 90s kid, I still constantly look back on my childhood and say things like, “Did that really happened 15 or 20 years ago? It seemed like only yesterday!” In addition to being surprised at how quickly time as flown by and how many years have passed, I’m also surpris...
With only their second try and a creative recipe on hand, two young chefs from Encampment School won the Taco John's Culinary Competition held in November. Students Matthew Jarrett and Brett Ralston revamped their entry from last year to submit their "fiery cornbread bites" for the competition, which took place Nov. 20 at the Taco John's restaurant headquarters in Cheyenne. Their teacher, Cheryl Munroe, and fellow student Harold Jackson were also present at the competition. Taco John's Vice Pres...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) joined the BLM Rawlins Field Office at the Platte Valley Community Center Dec. 17, to present more information regarding the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project. Nearly 40 people came to the PVCC that evening, where officials from the BLM and USWFS gave presentations, took questions from the audience and guided people through the project plan. Representatives from Power Company of Wyoming (PCW) were also present at the meeting to address...
After Saratoga Elementary School students donated 188 pounds of books for Moore, Okla. tornado victims, the lack of money to mail them had been a lingering problem until a few weeks ago. Barb McArthur, who was working as a Saratoga Elementary library aide during the spring, said she came up with the idea for the book drive while cleaning her kids' bookshelves, near the time of the 2013 Moore Tornado's strike on May 20. "It was like a week after the tornado happened, and I happened to be...
A motion by the Carbon County Commission to recommend the denial of Medicine Bow Fuel and Power’s (MBFP) request for more time to start DKRW construction failed at the Dec. 17 Carbon County Commissioners Meeting. MBFP’s specific request was for an additional 30 months to begin construction on DKRW, but it failed with an split 2-2 vote from the commissioners. Presenters at the meeting were DKRW Executive Vice President Wade Cline and DKRW Attorney Mary Throne, who were seeking an amendment to buy...
The Saratoga varsity Panthers suffered their first loss of the 2013-14 season, with a close 68-74 takedown from the Pine Bluffs Hornets. The Saturday game was not only the Panthers' first losing one out of seven season games played so far, it was also their first conference matchup of the season. The 2013-14 Panther record now stands at 6-1 (non-conference) and 0-1 (conference). The Panthers put up a solid neck-and-neck fight throughout the game against the hornets, maintaining a tie or one...
After a massive 56-28 win over Saratoga earlier this month, Encampment’s Lady Tigers fell with a 26-36 loss against Rock River’s Lady Longhorns last Friday. The defeat from Rock River brought Encampment to a varsity non-conference record of 3-2. During the game, Cassidy Little scored 10 points and snagged 10 rebounds, Alyssa Barkhurst scored eight points, Konnar Knotwell had six points on the board and Jenny Morgan sank two points. Coach Amy Clay said the girls could have done better with sho...
Saratoga's varsity Lady Panthers lost their first conference game of the season Saturday, with a 48-72 sting from the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets. The loss was the Lady Panthers' second of the weekend, after losing 33-52 to Little Snake River Friday. The girls' season record now sits at 3-4 (non-conference) and 0-1 (conference). Saratoga's junior varsity Lady Panthers also lost to Pine Bluffs with 64-38 earlier in the day. Coach Matt Love said his varsity girls could have done better with shots or...
The Riverside Town Council had a quick meeting Thursday meeting, which included talk of the 2014 Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM) Winter Workshop. Town Clerk and Treasurer Jan Cook notified the council of the WAM Winter Workshop scheduled to take place early next year. The event is Feb. 26-28 at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne. “I have a tentative agenda and room reservations if anyone is interested in going,” Cook said. “Just let me know and I’ll make reservations for you.” T...