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The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners are living proof winning isn't everything to have a successful season. The Miners have literally been down to six men to play six-man. The team has even had to forfeit at times because three players were out at the same time making it impossible to field a team. This adversity has not dampened the teams' spirit and it shows when they get on the field. Brady Oltmans, editor of the Sublette Examiner and the Pinedale Roundup,...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers hosted the Meeteetse Longhorns and pulled off another win although, according to Rattler Head Coach Jack Cobb, it was a defensive battle. “I knew this game was going to be tough,” Cobb said. “I never doubted we were going to have our hands full.” The 1st quarter saw both teams put up 8 points on the board. The Longhorns put up the first score and then the Rattlers answered. The next quarter had Meeteese get 15 points and the Rat...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner were able to bring eight players to the game last week against the Encampment Tigers in their homecoming game. This is two more players than against Midwest. The game ball was delivered by Classic Air. A volleyball was given to Charla Widdison and Dylan Romero received the football. Seniors Joseph Borah and Romero were recognized with their families before the game started. The Tigers didn't take long to score after an...
The regular season for six-man football is winding down as the playoffs approach and the Encampment Tigers appear to be heading forward with plenty of momentum. That momentum continued on Saturday as they were hosted by the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners. The Tigers would deal a homecoming heartbreaker to HEM with a final score of 58-12 which saw the Miners go scoreless the entire first half. "It was good to get a game in this week," said Head Coach Kegan...
The Saratoga High School Panthers went to Southeast High School in Yoder where the Panthers lost the game. The 1st quarter the Cyclones scored twice. “We started slow and gave up the first two touchdowns,” Head Coach Logan Wright said. “We threw a pick six in the first half.” The 2nd quarter didn’t go the Panthers way, much, but they did score 8 points. The Cyclones scored 21 making the half-time score 36-8. “We ended the first half on one of our patented long lasting dri...
A handful of games remain in the regular season and the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers have been able to stay at the No. 2 spot for most of it. Last week, LSRV was hosted by the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners for a 3-1 non-conference win and by the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns for a 3-0 conference win. While those are good wins to get under the belt as the season nears the regional tournament, Head Coach Jenny Evans still sees room for impro...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners played twice this week at home. The first game against Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers went four sets, but the Lady Miners did not come out with a win. The 1st set was close the entire time. The Lady Miners kept their poise until the end, winning 26-24. The next set, the Lady Miners did not get their rhythm until the Lady Rattlers had a fairly insurmountable lead. LSRV won 25-12. The 3rd set...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers played two games over the weekend instead of the scheduled three. Southeast High School canceled due to multiple games on their schedule. The Lady Panthers started their weekend off Thursday night facing the Encampment Lady Tigers and finished the weekend against the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns on Saturday. Playing seven sets over the course of the weekend, the Lady Panthers went 1-1. Saratoga vs. Encampment The Saratoga Lady Panthers' home game agai...
The Encampment Lady Tiger netters faced off against three teams last week returning home with one win. With all three games away the Lady Tigers hit the road. Playing a total of 12 sets, the Lady Tigers have been busy. Encampment vs. Walden First up, the Encampment Lady Tigers faced the North Park Wildcats Tuesday night. Playing a total of four sets, the cat fight ended with the Lady Wildcats taking home the win. The first set ended with only a two point difference. North...
The regular season for Saratoga Cross Country came to an end this weekend as they competed in the Leroy Sprague Invite in Cheyenne on October 8. While there, both the men’s and women’s varsity runners continued to see decent placings as they prepare for the 2A State Championship in Ethete. Women’s Varsity Marilee Williams led the women’s team in Cheyenne, finishing with a time of 21 minutes, 13 seconds and placing 17th. Maddie Teichman followed with a time of 22 minutes...
The Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) met on September 27 at Michael’s Big City Steakhouse in Rawlins. The board approved the agenda and regularly scheduled meeting July 12. The financials were approved next. Yvonne Johnson, Director of CCEDC gave her report. She said the office operations changed on August 2. Johnson said when they switched from CenturyLink to Spectrum, the CCEDC website was lost because CenturyLink owned the domain and email. A p...
The past few weeks I have been privileged to meet so many interesting people in the Platte Valley. From people who have lived their entire lives here to people born in countries overseas who have found the Valley somehow. Every community, no matter what size it is or how long it’s been around, has its influential people. The ones here just feel extra special. Many folks have hidden talents here, not to mention hearts of gold. There are volunteer opportunities always a... Full story
Medicine Bow National Forest fire personnel are hoping to conduct prescribed burns in the northwest portion of the Sierra Madre Range in the coming weeks. The targeted burns will improve vegetation conditions and wildlife habitat. The burns will also reduce fire danger by mitigating fuel loading to reduce future fire hazard. The primary burn units this will include approximately 430 acres near Forest Roads 435 and 456, between Jack Creek Campground and the National Forest boundary. The burning operations are part of the...
On October 1, the Hanna Marshal's office received two Individual Patrol Officer Kits (IPOK) from the Wyoming Central Healthcare Coalition (HCC). "The Central Wyoming Health Care Coalition received 150 of them and we distributed them around the area of the state that we cover," Melissa Sikes, a charter member and representative of the Central region of HCC said. "I got six for the Hanna Marshal office, two for Medicine Bow Marshal office and two for the Sheriff's office for...
The discussion of affordable housing returned to the chambers of the Saratoga Town Council on October 5 as Reverend Steven Niccolls addressed the governing body on behalf of the Platte Valley Ministerial Association. During the September 21 town council meeting (see “Determining the need” on page 1 of the September 29 Saratoga Sun), Councilmember Ron Hutchins raised the subject under council comments and asked if anyone in town had any information. Primary among the que...
Flooding is not often a concern of Saratoga's in the fall months, as it is usually low water season. On the night of October 5, however, the Saratoga Town Council called a brief recess because water was literally flooding Spring Street in front of town hall. The culprit was a broken water main running from River Street to 1st Street. As council members and town hall staff moved their vehicles from the front of the town hall, it almost seemed like a small-scale disaster movie....