Saratoga and Encampment basketball teams will face off on Thursday of this week for the Platte Valley rivalry.
The games will happen at the Encampment School gyms.

The Rawlins Outlaws came to Encampment (1-6), (0-2) last Tuesday night and the Lady Tigers turned their season around with a strong 44-32 win. Although the Tigers are still working kinks out of their game plan, the team has started to mesh. Every player contributed to the success on Tuesday.
Head coach Amy Clay said, “They are all working hard and doing what I ask.”

Saratoga won 15 matches in a Quadrangular meet Thursday night at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) in the first of two meets. Saratoga, HEM and North Park competed in the match.
Although the meet was more of a practice session, this was a chance for the wrestlers to get more experience under their belts.

The Panther (2-4), (0-2) basketball team took two difficult losses away from this last weekends’ conference play in Lusk (9-0), (7-0) on Friday, and Pine Bluffs (4-3), (2-2) on Saturday.
Although the Panthers were confident about competing in their first game, coach Sandlian said, “We have to compete for the whole game.”

The 3A Rawlins Outlaws came to play the 1A Encampment Tigers (6-1), (2-0) last Tuesday night in a game that proved the Tigers could hang with anyone. Rawlins is a much bigger school than Encampment but that didn’t phase the Tigers.
“It’s always the same,” head coach Dan Kraft said before the game. “We’ve got to play defense and rebound. It’s our strength and we’ve got to keep doing it every game.”

mission meeting, the board approved a motion to require a special or conditional use permit to cut and sell firewood on residential property.
The town’s zoning ordinances already require a conditional use permit for many such business-type activities in residential areas, but zoning officer Chuck Bartlett asked the board’s opinion on what should be done about people cutting and selling firewood in town.

The Riverside Town Council appointed two new members to the Sierra Madre Joint Powers Board to fulfill expiring terms at their meeting Thursday.
Councilman Leroy Stephenson nominated Riverside resident Ed Golden to fill a three-year term.
Councilwoman Helen Weiland nominated Bill Walters to fill the one-year position.

Encampment Fire Department Chief Cory Nuhn asked the Encampment Town Council at its meeting Thursday if it could look at creating an ordinance that would levy a fine or something similar to individuals that light controlled burns within town limits without notifying the fire department.
Nuhn said his department had been paged to respond to controlled burns that are not called in before lighting.

Joe Elder, reporter for the Saratoga Sun, has been promoted to editor with the departure of Tom Dixon.
“Joe has done a great job for us,” general manager Liz Wood said. “I look forward to working with him as our new editor.”
Brian Trautwein, of Cheyenne, has been hired as the sports reporter for the Saratoga Sun.
Trautwein, who has a degree in Communications from the University of Wyoming, began with the Sun Dec. 10.