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LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 14, 2023) – The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team closes regular season play this week with a pair of home matches as they look to battle their way into the Mountain West Tournament. The Cowgirls host Air Force at 6:30 p.m., Thursday and New Mexico at 5 p.m., Saturday for Senior Night. Wyoming (18-9, 7-9 MW) currently sits in eighth in the conference standings but can get into the top-six in the league to qualify for the tournament with two wins this week and with a little bit of help from the teams just above it. The C...
Awealthy ranch owner wants a federal appeals court to overturn a Wyoming judge’s ruling that corner crossing is legal, arguing it relied on a 1914 court decision that is “not binding, persuasive or even good law.” Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman made that argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in papers filed Monday by his attorneys. The appeal counters Wyoming Chief U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl’s ruling from earlier this year that federal law prevents Eshelma...
The Encampment Tigers’ nearly undefeated season came to a heartbreaking end on Friday as they were dealt a loss by the Burlington Huskies in the semifinal round of the 1A Six-Man Playoffs. A mere 7 points separated the Tigers and Burlington. “Our game against Burlington was a shootout as anticipated,” said Kegan Willford, head coach of the Encampment Tigers. “Burlington has a great team and they execute very well. Our team played hard and fought all game to try and gain the advantage but, in...
Laramie, Wyo. (Nov. 3, 2023) -- It was another one for the ages in the 115th Edition of the Border War between the Wyoming Cowboys and Colorado State Rams on Friday night in Laramie as the Cowboys came away with a 24-15 victory over the Rams. It was the third consecutive win in the series for Wyoming and the seventh UW win in the last eight Border War meetings, earning the Cowboys the right to retain the Bronze Boot traveling trophy in Wyoming for another year. UW improved to 6-3 overall for... Full story
It was a brisk, but beautiful, day for football on October 27 as the No. 2 Encampment Tigers hosted the No. 3 Meeteetse Longhorns for the quarterfinal round of the 1A Six-Man Playoffs. With the postseason now in full swing, the Tigers had no issue dominating their home field against Meeteetse, though the Longhorns came out charging for a playoff win. “Meeteetse started out strong, like any playoff team should, but we knew we had to stick to our game plan,” said Kegan Willford, head coach of the...
The season has come to an end for the Encampment Lady Tigers, who were knocked out of the 1A West Regional Tournament in two matches over the weekend. Last Monday, October 23, the Lady Tigers punched their ticket to the regional tournament in Riverton after taking down the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns in three sets. That win, while getting them into the regional tournament, also put them against the No. 1 ranked Riverside Lady Rebels who were 8-9-2 for the season and 4-0 in conference play. For...
The Lady Panthers of Saratoga High School traveled to Riverton last weekend for the volleyball Regionals. The team opened the tournament with a 3-1 win against Dubois. Unfortunately they just could not find their rhythm during the tournament and dropped the next match to Cokeville 0-3. They then faced Burlington, a team they had defeated twice over the course of the season. Throughout the sports world, at all levels of competition, they say beating the same team three times in a season is very...
Last week was a busy one for the Lady Panthers volleyball team, with three matches in the span of four days. They played an away match with Hanna Elk Mountain on Tuesday, October 17th, hosted Little Snake River Valley at SHS on Thursday and then traveled to Niobrara County the next day for a 1:00p match. The Lady Panthers won their matches with HEM and Niobrara County, and although LSRV won that contest Coach Lisa Teichman noted “that was our strongest defensive match of the entire season”. She...
Saratoga High School cross country travelled to Cheyenne on Saturday, October 21, for the 2A State Championship. Panther runner Marilee Williams finished in 3rd place overall in the Women’s Varsity event. That finish placed Marilee on the All-State team for the fourth straight year. The top Panther in the Men’s Varsity was Bennett Keel finishing in 14th place. Senior runner Tyler Greenberg took 22nd in his last cross country meet for SHS. The team achieved a 6th place finish in Wyoming 2A. Coa...
It was a tough end to the regular volleyball season for the Encampment Lady Tigers as they were dealt two losses on Thursday and Saturday while on the road. On October 19, the Lady Tigers were hosted by the Rock River Lady Longhorns where they went 1-3. Two days later, on October 21, they were hosted by the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers where they fell in three sets. Despite those losses, Head Coach Janice Peterson felt positive about how the girls played. “Overall, the girls pl...
The regular six-man football season came to an end this past weekend for the Encampment Tigers, who ended their final game in spectacular fashion. Hosted by the Midwest Oilers on October 21, the Tigers drilled down to completely shut out Midwest. “It was good to end the regular season where our younger players were able to get a lot of playing time,” said Kegan Willford, head coach for the Encampment Tigers. Much like other games this season, the Tigers wasted no time in dominating the gridiron...
Lingle-Fort Laramie high school brought an undefeated football team to face off with the Saratoga Panthers last Friday night. If they had any ideas of a walk through against the 2-5 Panthers they would soon learn, like every other opponent Saratoga has faced this season, that the team plays with purpose between the lines. The Panthers used their solid power running game to drive the opening possession down the field after the opening kickoff. Throwing only one pass on that drive they controlled...
No matter how many years a player participates in any given sport, or even what level of play they might ascend to, they will look back at very few, if any, undefeated seasons. The Saratoga Middle School Panthers accomplished the rare feat this Fall completing a perfect 7-0 record. Their schedule included five away games. After opening away at Burns, the team had back-to-back home games, then moved through four road games in a row. Very impressive for young players, like this, to travel well and...
Though high school volleyball may be approaching the end of its season, the Lady Panthers of Saratoga Middle School have ended theirs with a 13-1 record and a championship win. The only loss they suffered over their season was when they were hosted by a Laramie team. Other than that, they went through their nearly undefeated season dispatching the opposing teams in just two sets. “This group of girls played incredible together,” said Head Coach Jamie Lee. “They did also beat Laramie in two w...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers are sitting at the No. 3 spot in the 1A Southwest Conference after going 2-1 last week across three conference matches. On October 12, Saratoga was hosted by the Encampment Lady TIgers where they went 3-1. The Lady Panthers were then hosted by the Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns and the Cokeville Lady Panthers on October 14 where they went 1-1 on the road. “We confidently handled Encampment and Farson, all who stepped onto the court played well,” said Lisa Teichman, hea...
The Encampment Lady TIgers have secured a pigtail game for themselves as the regular season draws to a close with only one conference game remaining. Last week, Encampment went 1-2 as they played three conference games. On Thursday evening, the Lady Tigers hosted the Saratoga Lady Panthers and were hosted by the Cokeville Lady Panthers and Farson-Eden Lady Pronghorns on Saturday. Lady Tigers vs. Saratoga When the Lady Panthers had hosted Encampment earlier this season, it had taken five sets...
The Encampment Tigers secured another win for themselves in their final home game of the regular season as they hosted the Casper Christian Mountaineers. The victory for the Tigers came a week after their loss on the road to the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers. “I feel like we responded well from our loss last week to Snake River by playing a pretty solid game,” said Kegan Willford, head coach for the Encampment Tigers. The Mountaineers are the newest six-man team in Wyoming, having jo...
Saratoga High School football travelled to Yoder for a Friday night contest with Southeast High School. The Cyclones were able to control the home turf on a cold, breezy, night and claim the W 44-20. SHS Coach Todd Weber said “ We are proud of the effort from the team. They never quit, and didn’t this night. While they played hard, we just had too many turnovers. On the road against a good team you can’t do that.’. The Panthers committed five turnovers, three fumbles and two interce...
In the 2000 film “Remember the Titans,” Coach Boone—played by Denzel Washington—reminds his team of their namesake, telling them “The titans were greater even than the gods. They ruled their universe with absolute power” referring to their home field. On Saturday afternoon, it was a clash of the 1A six-man titans in Baggs as the two undefeated teams in the conference faced off on the gridiron. The Encampment Tigers, who had dispatched conference and non-conference foes alike this season, wer...
Saratoga Middle High School cross country teams ran in the Cheyenne Leroy Sprague Invitational on Friday, October 6 in Cheyenne. The meet results for the Panthers are listed here: Women’s Varsity Results Marilee Williams — 18th Place — 20:38 Men’s Varsity Results Bennett Keel — 41st Place — 19:47 Tyler Greenberg — 44th Place — 20:16 Zane Butler — 47th Place — 21:28 Men’s JV Results Douglas Anderson — 29th Place — 20:14 Elijah Williams — 36th Place — 20:29 Decker Sipe — 49th Place — 21:08 Dylan Greenberg — 88th Place — 26:31 Middle School Gi...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers participated in the 1A Jamboree in Riverside last weekend. Coach Lisa Teichman reported that the team had a great weekend. According to the Coach, “We came out with some nice wins on Friday. Saturday we had something of a slow start, but played better throughout the day.”. Coach Teichman was especially proud of the way the team competed in their match with Riverside, battling through a 5 set match. They were behind 1-8 in the final but, led by Captain MaKenna King the...
A battle of the top six-man teams in the North and the South played itself out at Tiger Nation on September 29 as the Encampment Tigers hosted the Kaycee Buckaroos. Both teams sat at No. 1 in their respective conferences as they met on the gridiron. In the weeks prior, the Tigers had dealt devastating conference losses to the Farson-Eden Pronghorns, 63-6, and the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners, 77-6. They had also secured a win over the Dubois Rams with a 33 point lead, 65-32....
The Saratoga High School Lady Panthers participated in the Thermopolis Invitational last weekend, finishing with a 2-2-1 record. The team had a tough week of preparation with several players dealing with illnesses, that effected practice time. Coach Lisa Teichman noted, “Despite limited practices the girls played with all they had. We plan to come back strong this week at the 1A Jamboree!”. That tournament will be held at Riverside High School, Basin WY, on October 6 & 7. Exact times of the gam...
Marilee Williams, Bennett Keel, Sihauna Sanchez, Kelsea Raymer and Jett Arney finished in the top ten at the Wheatland Invitational. Marilee Williams became the first Saratoga Woman since 2007 to be an invitational champion at a meet. Saratoga Middle High School Head Coach Rex Hohnholt said, “As we head to the Leroy Sprague Invitational in Cheyenne this week it will mark the end of our middle school season and the last regular season tune up for the high school before the State Cross Country Cha...
In the Homecoming game, the previous week, the Saratoga Panthers exploded for 54 points against visiting Guernsey. Last Friday night in their game played at Wright they only scored 6. But 6 was enough. The smothering Panthers defense shut their opponent out to secure a 6-0 win. Saratoga forced four turnovers on the night. Defensive standout Hazen Williams had a fumble recovery. Allyster Ingraham recovered two balls forced away from Wright ball carriers. Griffin Barlett added an interception....