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Saratoga's wrestlers competed at the Don Runner Memorial this last Saturday. Several young men showed their skills and gave their competition a run for their money. Following are the results of that competition. 113 Josiah Stockwell (15-4) placed 4th and scored 9.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Josiah Stockwell (Saratoga) 15-4 won by fall over Joziah Sevenski (Big Piney) 1-10 (Fall 0:21) Semifinal - Jackie Meador (Big Piney) 12-5 won by decision over Josiah Stockwell (Saratoga)...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School girls basketball team went on a road trip that produced two wins in a row. Given the Lady Rattlers had a rough start in the beginning of the season, dropping their first three games, the back-to-back wins against two 2A Colorado teams made Head Coach Mark Gillies happy. “Both of these teams had some pretty good size and some excellent athletes,” Gillies said. “But the girls would look for the best shot, take it and the girls...
Encampment's Lady Tiger Basketball team started out a little slow on Friday, losing the first half to Saratoga's Lady Panthers. The loss must have set off a spark in the girls because they came out fighting for the second half and took it to the win. Kyenna Johnson scored 16 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Cora Schroeder added 15 points to the scoreboard and latched on to 6 rebounds while she was out there. Allison Bromley gave the team 9 points with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miner High School basketball team faced the leader in the Southeast conference and did not quite match up to the Southeast Cyclones.The score was 50 to 20.This victory put the Lady Cyclones with a record of 12 to 2 and undefeated in the conference. The Lady Miners are now 0-6.HEM will play Saratoga on January 10....
The Lady Panthers basketball players hit it hard and fast on Friday, winning the first two quarters with at least a seven point lead. However, in the last two quarters the Encampment Lady Tigers struck hard and clean leaving the final score at 51-43, Tigers. Anna Peterson led the scoring with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. Whitney Bennett scored 10 points with 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Olivia Everett scored 8 points and Allie Condict brought 2 points to the score board...
“The Shane Shatto Tournament was very good,” Head Wrestling Coach Robert Riddle for Hanna, Elk Mountain, (HEM) High School said. “ All the kids wrestled well.” HEM went up against 28 teams with boys wrestling and 26 teams in girls wrestling. Riddle was happy to see his wrestlers do well against the tremendous competition which came together on January 6 and 7. “Jared Nelsen advanced in the bracket but came up a few matches short for the placing round,” Riddle said. “Samu...
“This is just my opinion, and there are certainly contenders which might prove me wrong, but I believe the top four teams in 1A basketball right now are Burlington, Saratoga, Southeast and Upton,” Cliff Jones, the head coach for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner boys basketball team said. “The season thus far, we will have played three out of the four teams by the end of Tuesday night.” The Miners have played Burlington twice this season so far. Southeast is the...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School Rattler basketball team went across the border to play two 2A Colorado teams. The first game on January 6 went well for the Rattlers as they beat Hayden by about 20 points. “We got behind early, then we got close and then we pulled away,” LSRV Head Coach Jack Cobb said. “It was a good win and we learned more about ourselves as a team.” The next night, playing against Meeker didn’t go so well. “They had a kid who was shooting and...
The Valley saw the clash of two Carbon County rivals on January 6. Although Encampment started out strong in the beginning, it was not long before the Saratoga Panthers overwhelmed them. Saratoga won 61 to 34. "It was close during the 1st quarter and even some of the early 2nd quarter and then we started pulling away," Saratoga's Head Basketball Coach Jason Williams said. "We started making some 3-pointers and then we started to get further ahead. "Half-time the score, which...
The Lady Panthers traveled to Shoshoni for the Wrangler Invite where they were challenged by three teams, Shoshoni's Wranglers, Dubois' Rams and the Riverside Rebels. Coach Heather Bartlett said "Shoshoni was a great game for us, we were really able to get into our fast break and we were shooting well Rhiwan Williams led the way scoring 18 points and 8 rebounds, Olivia Everett had 11 points, Whitney Bennett had a double–double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, she also had 7 a...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattler basketball team made their head coach Jack Cobb happy this past weekend. “I came off this weekend pretty pleased,” Cobb said. “You know I said deep down in my heart, if we win two out of three, I will be really satisfied. If we win one out of three, we accomplished something and if we go zero and three, well that is disappointing.” The first game against the Burlington Huskies on Friday did not go well for the Rattlers. “Burlin...
The Saratoga Panther High School basketball team is proving they are a team to watch as the season unfolds. Thursday night the team went to the Shoshoni Tournament and faced the host team first. “The Shoshoni game was a really good game for us,” Head coach Jason Williams said. “We only had three practices before that game and played them on their home court. The Wranglers have some pretty good athletes and we knew that going in.” Williams said he was pleased how the Panthers c...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner High School basketball team faced one of the strongest basketball teams in the state for their first game of the season. The Burlington Huskies beat the Miners in a convincing manner. The HEM team didn’t get a lot of time to get more experience under their belts before meeting again on December 15. “Difficult start to the tournament opening up with Burlington again on Friday,” HEM head basketball coach Cliff Jones said. “We p...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner wrestling team went to Saratoga on Thursday and head coach Robert Riddle was pleased with how they did, although Tom Wagner, a senior wrestling in the 144 weight class was absent. “Tom needed to pass on this weekend and rest so he will be better once the break is over,” Riddle said. “The wrestlers looked strong and all the kids got matches and wrestled tough,” He said it was a good start for the weekend. On Friday the team ha...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miner girls basketball team had a rough go of this past weekend. The team went to the Shoshoni tournament and the first team the Lady Miners played was a team the Lady Miners had played a week before where they only scored 4 points. The second meeting didn’t go better on Friday.“We started the Shoshoni Tournament against a tough Burlington team and we had a tough time getting our offense rolling,” HEM head girls baske...
Anthony Campbell (106 lbs) 3-0 Won by Fall over Wes Clark, HEM Won by Fall over Anthony Solaas, HEM Won by Fall over McKaylee Widdison, HEM Josiah Stockwell (113 lbs) 3-0 Won by Fall over Quinten Fletcher, North Park Won by Fall over Adam Tutt, Laramie Won by Fall over Dylan Kleven, Laramie Tuker Carricato (126 lbs) 3-0 Won by Fall over Zaden Seibel, Laramie Won by Fall over Jayden Dailey, North Park Won by Fall over Darius Seager, HEM Skyler Wood (126 lbs) 3-0 Won by Fall...
Anthony Campbell (106 lbs) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Anthony Campbell received a bye Semifinal - JJ Medina (Buena Vista ) won by decision over Anthony Campbell (Dec 4-0) Cons. Semi - Anthony Campbell won by fall over Tucker Langelier (Clear Creek) (Fall 1:00) 3rd Place Match - Anthony Campbell won by fall over Anthony Solaas (Hanna Elk Mountain ) (Fall 3:22) Josiah Stockwell (113 lbs) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Josiah Stockwell won by fall over Mathew Lujan (West Grand)...
Saratoga Middle High School Senior Whitney Bennett reached a remarkable milestone in her high school sports career by scoring her 1,000th point in basketball. The countdown started when Bennett entered her freshman year. She played both volleyball and basketball and left nothing on the court. Bennet scored the landmark 1,000 in the first half of the last game this last weekend against Burlington's Lady Huskies. She said she felt some pressure to make it, and was fairly sure...
The Encampment Lady Tigers basketball team came out swinging in their first conference games of the season. Coach Clint Bromley said, "With one win and two losses you are disappointed, but you get to reflect on what improvements you need to make before the conference season begins. We were fortunate to get a win over Dubois 55-52, Cora Schroeder and Kayla Smith scored 17 each and Eckerley Pickett had 9. We were not as fortunate versus Burlington in a 67-39 loss. Kyenna...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers warmed up after the first game of the Carbon County Classic was behind them, winning the second game. For the third game they faced Burlington's Lady Huskies, but the girls couldn't make it happen. "We played three games this weekend and improved significantly with every game. I was proud of the girls and how they stepped up their effort every game we played this weekend," said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. "Our first game was against Rock River. We s...
The Encampment Tigers headed into the season with a young team, said Head Coach Jake Johnston. The first game against Midwest ended in a wide point spread with the Tigers walloping the Midwest Oilers 66-26. Three hours later the Tigers faced the Dubois Rams and left them in the dirt with a win of 52-44. Coach Johnston said he felt "the weekend went well." He was able to play different combinations of players and see what they need to work on. Saturday morning was a downer for...
The Burlington Huskies went to Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School to prove they are a team to watch this year. The first game the Huskies faced HEM. The younger, smaller Miner team played hard, but it did not take Burlington long before they had control of the game. At the half, the score was 36 to 6 in favor of the Huskies. The HEM team did manage to get into double digits, but the Huskies were also able to score another 36 points. The final outcome was 72...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers had a successful first weekend according to Head Coach Jack Cobb. “I was happy with the weekend,” Cobb said. “We took a little time off after winning the championship and then Thanksgiving, so I feel we were a week or so behind other teams who had been practicing.” On December 9, the Rattlers faced the Kemmerer Rangers and lost 66 to 51. “They had one big kid we just didn’t have an answer to,” Cobb said. “Early in the season, it...
The Carbon County Classic tournament featured seven teams, three from Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) and saw the Saratoga High School Panthers go undefeated. The Burlington Huskies impressed people attending the games as they handled their opponents. The Dubois Rams, a team which went to the State Championship last year, gave the Carbon County teams tough games, although they lost to both Encampment and Saratoga. The Rams met the Panthers on December 9 in...