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In only her second year of coaching, Mary Hohnholt was voted assistant coach of the year by her peers in the Wyoming Coaches Association. Although she is new to the official title, Hohnholt has been around the Saratoga cross country program for years. Her husband, Rex is the head coach. “Rex is an awesome coach, and I’m lucky to coach under him,” Hohnholt said. “We talk about running and I have seen how he coaches, so I think we have the same style of coaching.” Hohnholt...
The transition from sixth grade to seventh grade is tough. The level of difficulty and amount of work means students must spend more time and be more organized. In the past, many students have had to deal with those changes on their own, but thanks to the new STARS program, Encampment seventh graders know a handful of students, and a teacher, will always have their back. “A lot of students were going home to places where no one was asking them what is going on, and so there was no accountability,” Leslie McLinskey, Enc...
Lionzo Escobedo is one of just two seniors on Saratoga’s wrestling squad, and the only returning state placer, so head coach Jared Mason is going to lean heavily on him for leadership. “Lionzo steps in and fills that role as a natural leader, there isn’t a kid that works harder than him,” Mason said. “He’s willing to help show the younger kids ... he’s not just a senior saying I’m going to thump on you.” Escobedo and the Panthers will have their work cut out for them after losing standouts Corson Kerbs, Anthony Samson an...
Freshman Thatcher Spiering led Saratoga’s youngest wrestlers to some success at the Evanston Invitational over the weekend, earning an individual championship out of the gate and boosting the freshmen to a fifth place finish. “It was a good start, it may not look it for how many placed at varsity, but I thought we did some good things,” head coach Jared Mason said. “We weren’t at the caliber of those 4A schools we ran into.” Spiering pinned Oscar Marrufo, of Riverton, and Trenton Eldridge, of Cheyenne East, on the way to...
Saratoga men’s basketball is trading in their set offense geared toward a short bench and big post players for a shiny, new game plan that relies on quickness and chemistry. “It’s not easy going from a set offense to a motion offense because there’s no set rules,” head coach Josh Sandlian said. “The kids are working hard to overcome that right now ... they’re getting pretty frustrated, but I think it’s going to be beneficial to them.” Big men Zach Miller and Thomas Koenig bot...
Top-ranked defense and three big men can once again put them in regionals and, hopefully, propel them past the likes of 1A Southwest conference foes Little Snake River and Cokeville. Last year, the Tigers started hot, winning seven of their first nine. Encampment’s only losing streak of the season came in the last three games against statebound Little Snake River, Ten Sleep and St. Stephens. Little Snake went on to win their second state title in a row. “Expectations are the h...
With three of six seniors back on the Saratoga women’s basketball team for their final season, the Lady Panthers have the experience, chemistry and individual talent now for a deep run into the regional tournament - if they can put it all together. Saratoga’s offense will once again run through guards Taylor Smith, senior, and Justine Fourman, sophomore, this season. The two combined for 19.8 points per game last year, just under two-thirds of Saratoga’s points. “We’re definit...
Encampment head coach Amy Clay lost last year’s entire starting lineup and then some, and a short bench means four freshman are going to get a trial by fire. “They’re going to get thrown into starting roles,” Clay said. “I think it’s going to be tough in the beginning, but in the years to come, they are going to benefit.” Junior Jennifer Morgan is the only Tiger who saw court time last year, so her leadership is going to be key for the young team. Showing Encampment Sc...
At about 9 a.m. Friday morning, Saratoga graduate Shaylee Burgess walked out of her classroom in the Wold Physical Science Center at Casper College to meet up with her mother at the campus library. About 10 minutes later, police believe, Christopher Krumm, 25, of Vernon, Conn., allegedly walked into a nearby classroom, shot his father, James Krumm, 56, in the head and stabbed himself to death with a knife. “She was in class two doors down from where it happened, she had class from 8 to 9,” Tanya Stolns, Shaylee’s mothe...
For the last couple summers, my girlfriend, Sheila, and I have been putting up cyclists in our home thanks to a website called WarmShowers.org that connects people riding around the world with people who think that sounds like an amazing adventure. The cyclists we met came from every point on the globe - Brazil, Sweden, Ireland, Australia, Canada - and most of them came to the United States to tour the country via the TransAmerica route, which meanders coast to coast from Oregon to Virginia. For many cyclists, Saratoga is... Full story
The most challenging, and rewarding, part of Abbey Jones job is dealing with people from different cultures and from different countries, but her small-school experience at H.E.M. left her well prepared. “The biggest part of it was being in a small school and involved in so many extra curricular activities,” Jones said. “FFA, student council, sports ... I don’t think if I had been able to be part of so many clubs, I would be able to have the skills to interact with so many di... Full story
Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees looked into a couple different ways to keep the wheels on their buses going round and round at their November meeting Monday, first by talking about offering some drivers benefits, and then by mulling hiring a district mechanic to do the maintenance and repair work on their fleet. “We always have a need for bus drivers,” Superintendent Bob Gates said. “(We) have been talking about ways to expand the number of bus drivers. T... Full story