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Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
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The Encampment Lady Tigers faced off with the Hanna Lady Miners on Friday, August 26. The Lady Tigers came out with a win in three games. Coach Robin Brown said she was very pleased with their positive attitude and how the girls jived as a team. Brown said this is a young team, with five freshman/sophomores and three seniors. "They overcame their first game jitters, and worked hard. We are still working out some kinks and learning to play a softer pace offense, but overall...
The Little Snake River Rattlers finished out the track season with the state track meet in Casper. Wyoming weather made for a difficult meet for all the athletes with a chill in the air during the three day meet. The Rattlers competed with passion in all 18 scored events. Hadley Myers took 1st place in the 300 meter hurdles and 2nd place in the boys 110 meter hurdles. The boys 4x100 meter relay team also took a 2nd place spot. The girls 1600 sprint medley came in 4th place. Th...
The Encampment Tiger Track team had a harsh meet in Casper for the State finals. With colder weather making the three day event more fidget than usual. Quade Jordan was able to secure 1st place in both throwing events. Making Jordan a two time State Champion for the Encampment Tigers. This was the final event for the Encampment Tiger track team with more progress to be made next spring. “The weather made it tough for two of the three days of state, but in the end we still h...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner High School field and track left State in a great mood after digging out a 1st place win in the girls 4 X 800 relay race. Justine Widdison, T’lyssa Solaas, Rainey Wilson and Avery Scott ran their way to all state honors. Head field coach Jackie Jones was elated. “Fortunately we had the team pre-qualified before regionals, because we didn’t have T’lyssa at regionals,” Jones said. “It was a blessing and we decided to run the 4 X...
Saratoga Panther High School track and field head coach Rex Honholt admits he is not surprised the girls team took 1st at State. "I'd be lying to see I didn't see the potential," Honholt said. "I saw the versatility and work ethics of so many of these kids and I knew where their heart was. So many were willing to dig deep and I can't deny I saw it coming." The Lady Panthers garnered 128 points. Southeast who came in 2nd accumulated 104 points. Hohnholt said although he felt...
The small but mighty Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) track and field team traveled to Newcastle for the 1A East Regional Tournament over the weekend. Both the boys and girls did well, with the girls team placing 6th and the boys team placing 8th. A number of individual placings also highlighted the weekend for the Miners. HEM Girls at Regionals Beginning with the 100 Meter Dash, Avery Scott took 4th place as she finished with a time of 13.45 seconds. Rainey Wilson...
If their weekend in Shoshoni at the 1A West Regional Tournament was any indication, the Saratoga Panther track team may do very well at the 1A State Championship in Casper this weekend. Especially considering the girls team came away as regional champions. “I thought both groups performed at a really high level. We’re prepared, for the moment. To take a regional championship away from Burlington or Cokeville is a pretty good feat in itself,” said Head Coach Rex Hohnh...
The Little Snake River Rattler track team had their regional meet over the weekend at Shoshoni high school. The Lady Rattlers scored a total of 44 total team points and the boys had 100.5 total team points. Regina Herrera took second place in girls discus. Kannadis Peroulis took 1st place in the boys triple jump. Hadley Myers took second place in both the 110 meter hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles. The state track meet will be held Thursday May 19-21 in Casper. Girls...
The Encampment Tiger track team took their skills to regionals over the weekend. Returning with multiple regional champions and even a new regional record set by Quade Jordan in shot put. Multiple athletes qualified to participate in the state track meet starting Thursday May 19 in Casper and continuing through Saturday May 21. Head Coach Kegan Wilford said, “I thought we had a pretty successful regional meet. We had 12 athletes qualify for the state meet and are looking f...
The regular track and field regular season just finished this weekend for the Saratoga Panther High School track and field team after competing in meets in Lander and Thermopolis. Head coach Rex Hohnholt has to make some hard decisions for what events his athletes have to compete in when he goes to regionals. Athletes can only compete in four events and some have pre-qualified for state in as many as seven. "There are some decisions that have to be made, so I tried to put the...
The Encampment Tiger track team traveled to Torrington for the Wiseman Invite over the weekend. Twelve teams total participated in the event. The Jordan siblings left their mark in shot put. Quade Jordan placed 1st in shot put and Kristie Jordan Placed 2nd in girls shot put for the Tiger team. Girls Results Cora Schroeder had a distance of 30 feet in shot put. Schroeder also had a distance of 68 feet and 1 inch in the discus. In the high jump Schroeder had a height of 4 feet...
The Little Snake River Rattlers traveled to Lander for the Shane Brock Invitational on May 7. The Rattlers were one of 14 teams to attend the event. The Lady Rattlers prequalified with their sprint medley relay. The boys 4x800 relay team also prequalified for regionals. Kannadis Peroulis sprang into action winning the triple and long jump. Hadley Meyers lept over the competition taking 2nd place in both 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles. Girls Results In the sprint...
by Mike Armstrong The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners went to the well-attended Bobcat Invite in Thermopolis and had a good showing. There were 28 teams from around the state and 506 athletes competing. A top 20 showing by any athlete was going to be a good result much less a top 10. HEM had two athletes place in the top five. Avery Scott came in 5th in the 100 meter dash and the 400 meter dash. T’lyssa Solaas came in 5th 100 meter hurdles. “I thought both gir...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner High School Track and Field team went the Scott Hardy Memorial track meet in Wright on April 29. The weather was a bit challenging for the athletes head coach Jackie Jones said. “It was windy, it was rainy and it sleeted for a bit of time, typical track in Wyoming,” Jones said. “At times I had kids bribing me to come home, but we all survived and it turned out to be a decent day for us.” Justine Widdison and T’lyssa Solaas had...
The Encampment Tiger Track team traveled north to Riverton Saturday to participate in the Roy Peck invite. Koye Gilbert and Kaben Pickett prequalified for state along with the boys relay team. The large track meet hosted 18 teams from around the state. Girls Results Kristie Jordan placed 7th in shot put with a distance of 35 feet 9 inches. Jordan scored a distance of88 feet 3.5 inches in discus. In the 100 meter hurdles Jordan had a time of 18.6 seconds and in the 300 meter hu...
“We want our kids to be racing the best kids in the state,” said Rex Hohnolt, Saratoga track and field head coach. “It was nice that it was a decent day in Riverton.” Hohnholt is talking about the Panther team going to Roy Peck Riverton Invite on April 30. There were 18 teams competing. He said the team did well, with Whitney Bennet having an excellent showing. “Whitney ran her best times ever in the 100 Hurdles (she placed 2nd at 16.92) and had personal bests,” Hohnholt said....
The Little Snake River track team had two meets planned over the weeked. The Friday meet was canceled due to snow. However the Rattlers still headed to Steamboat Springs for the Steamboat Springs Track and Field Invitational. Head coach Norman Yoast said, “We had pre-qualifying times with our 4x100 team of Myers, Cheatham, Valles and Peroulis. Kannadis Peroulis also improved his pre qualifying score in the long jump. Jaziel Giron Prequalified in the long jump. Hadley Myers imp...
Conor McGraw, a graduate from Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School was a standout athlete along with his twin brother Shane. The HEM football team went to the state championship and in basketball the two were nicknamed the McGraw Machine. However, it was track where the two were individual stars. Shane had won state for the 400 meter three times and was hoping for a 4th time his senior year, before Covid-19 restrictions canceled the season. Conor was also...
The Encampment Tiger track team traveled north to Rawlins on Friday for the Nancy Steinberg Invite. After the previous week of canceled meets, the Tigers seemed hungry for results. Encampment returned home with pre-qualifying scores, personal bests and a new school record. "It was good to get a track meet this week after last week's meet was canceled. We had a lot of personal bests and a couple of more athletes pre-qualified for state. It was great to see Quade break our schoo...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers doubled their track meets over the weekend, with one in Wyoming and one in Colorado. LSRV first travelled to Rawlins on Friday to compete in the Nancy Steinberg Invite before traveling south to Rangely, Colorado on Saturday. The Rattlers track and field team had student athletes pre-qualify for the State Track and Field Meet in both meets in different events. “We had a smaller group in Rawlins due to the art symposium,” said Hea...
by Mike Armstrong The Saratoga Panther’s track and field team competed in the Nancy Steinberg Invite in Rawlins, coming in 2nd in both boys and girls events as they competed against seven schools, with five from Carbon County including Saratoga. Not only were there were some surprising placings, but a nearly 20 year school record was broken over the weekend. Head Coach Rex Hohnholt was pleased with how the Panthers did in Rawlins. “This was a good meet, because it has bee...
Mother Nature was kind as far as temperatures went for Friday's Nancy Steinberg Track and Field Invite in Rawlins, but she still tested the athletes with strong wind conditions. "The conditions were challenging for our kids as they went for times," Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner Head Coach Jackie Jones observed. "But the conditions are the same for every athlete. Weather is almost always a factor at events like this." Avery Scott came in 2nd in the 100 meter...
The Burt Willford Memorial Track Invitational had all of Carbon County School District No. 2 high school varsity teams in attendance. The Panthers came in 1st place 11 times between the boys and girls teams. Head coach Rex Hohnholt was pleased with how well the team performed given they were short members. “Some kids were gone for the FFA and I thought our kids that were there did really well,” Hohnholt said. “I was tickled with their performances and I thought they did really... Full story
The Little Snake River Rattlers track team slithered their way into Rock Springs for the Ted Schroeder Track Invite. Hosted by the Rock Springs high school. The Rattlers competed against 14 teams at the meet. With a small group of 11 athletes the LSRV track team ran into the Ted Schroeder invite over the weekend. Girls Results: Iesha Martinez placed 46th in the 100 meter dash with a time of 16.09 seconds. Martinez placed 28th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 34.17... Full story