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The Saratoga Track and Field team ran off to Pavillion over the weekend to compete in the Wind River High School Invitation on March 19. While there, the girls team would place 2nd out of 14 teams with the boys team placing 8th. A number of the girls athletes also got their pre-qualifications for State Track and Field Meet out of the way early. Girls In the Girls 800 meter run, Madison Teichman placed 1st with a time of 2 minutes, 43.59 seconds and was followed by Rhiwan...
The Little Snake River Valley Rattlers attend their first meet of the season at the Rifle Bear track meet. The Rattlers sank their teeth into the competition and set many personal records as well. Rattler Hadley Myers pre-qualified in the 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles. “I was very proud of the freshmen in their first meet,” said Head Coach Normand Yoast. Girls In the 100 meter dash Banessa Saenz ran15.09 and placed 33rd. Iesha Martinez ran 16.64 and placed 59th. In...
“It went really well,” said Jackie Jones, head coach for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) track and field. “Especially since we had very little practice time before it.” She said it was a first for a lot of the kids. “It was the first time Justine (Widdison) had been on a runway, so I feel we did really well,” Jones said. “I would say it was a very successful meet. Overall there were 15 teams there and our girls came in 6th.” She said there were pre-qualifiers for the State Meet already. Rainey Wilson, T’lyssa Solaas,...
The Saratoga Panthers have ended their season as one of the top three teams in Wyoming following the 1A State Basketball Tournament in Casper this weekend. Facing off against three teams—including the eventual State Champions—the Panthers were able to end their season with a win. “I am very proud of the boys and the weekend that we had,” said Head Coach Jason Williams. “We came home with a 3rd Place Trophy and they worked very, very hard to get that trophy.” To get that tr...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers were able to play three games at the 1A State Basketball Tournament this weekend. Unfortunately, those three games did not all go the Lady Rattlers’ way as they went 1-2 to end their season. “We knew that when you get to State that we would have to put three solid games together and, unfortunately, we weren’t able to do that this weekend,” said Head Coach Mark Gillies. The Lady Rattlers faced off against the Upton Lady Bo...
The season came to an end for the Saratoga Lady Panthers on March 4 as they were dealt their second of two losses at the 1A State Basketball Tournament in Casper. “State did not turn out exactly how we had hoped, but we are very happy to have made it to state nonetheless,” said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. “It is always a very big accomplishment to make it to state and I am beyond proud of the girls for making it there.” The Lady Panthers faced the Southeast Lady Cyclone...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners played their last game of the season on February 22 in a pigtail game against the Rock River Longhorns, a team they lost to by three points and a team they beat by three points earlier in the season. The game was decided by three points, but not in the Miners favor. The score ended 39-36. Head Coach Cliff Jones wasn’t unhappy with how the season ended for his five man team. “It was a game that we could not quite reach the win,...
Going into the the 2021/2022 season, Encampment Tigers Head Coach Duane Gilbert knew it would be a battle for any team in the 1A Southwest Conference to get to the 1A West Regional Tournament. That battle came about on February 21 as the Tigers faced off against the Cokeville Panthers in Cokeville for a pigtail play-in game. The game marked the last of three games which brought an end to Encampment's season. They had been hosted by the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV)...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers will be headed to the 1A State Basketball Tournament this weekend after taking 3rd at the 1A West Regional Tournament in Lander. Working their way through a total of four games, the Lady Rattlers worked matched up against the Dubois Lady Rams, the Burlington Lady Huskies, the Encampment Lady Tigers and the Saratoga Lady Panthers. This will be the first trip to the state tournament for the LSRV girls with Head Coach Mark...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers will be making their second trip to the state tournament since 2005. It also marks the second time the Lady Panthers will be going to the 1A State Basketball Tournament since entering the 1A Conference in 2017. "We are very excited to be going to the state tournament! It was an exciting weekend with many close games for us," said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. "I am very proud of the girls and their efforts in all of the games this weekend. They had...
The Saratoga Panthers have officially punched their ticket to the 1A State Basketball Tournament, returning to Casper for the third year in a row. The Panthers' will enter the state tournament and will return to the Ford Wyoming Center as the No. 2 West Seed. That placing came after Saratoga dealt losses to the Ten Sleep Pioneers and the Farson-Eden Pronghorns before falling to the Dubois Rams in the championship round. "Our goal for the regional tournament was first and...
The season has come to an end for Saratoga Panther Wrestling as they competed in the 2A State Wrestling Tournament in Casper this weekend. The Panther grapplers took seven wrestlers to the Ford Wyoming Center and three of them saw individual placings while the team landed in the middle of the 2A rankings in 11th place with a score of 61.5, between Greybull/Riverside and Big Piney. 106 Class Representing the 106 weight class for Saratoga, Brain Smith placed 5th at the state tou...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miner won their pigtail against Guernsey/Sunrise Lady Vikings on February 22, 46-16, in a game which showed the Lady Miners deserved to go to the 1A East Regional Tournament. Their first game on February 25 was against the No. 1 Northeast Upton Lady Bobcats. The Lady Miners’ six players did their best and played their hearts out according to Head Coach Jackie Jones, but came up short against this powerful team. The Lady Miners l...
Robert Riddle, head coach of the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) miner wrestlers, left the State Tournament pleased with the outcome. “Tom (Wagner) ended up placing 5th in the 145 division,” Riddle said. “He did really well. He lost to the kid who ended up taking 1st place. Tom wrestled that kid really tough. He just didn’t quite have the experience this boy did and there were moves Tom hadn’t seen before and didn’t know how to get out of them.” There was also a to...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers started out at the Regionals beating a tough Meeteetse Longhorn team. “They jumped out on top in the 1st quarter 15-4 and I think the Rattler fans thought it has been a good run, but it is done,” Head Coach Jack Cobb said. “I challenged the boys going into the 2nd quarter to step up on defense and by half-time we were up, 17-15.” Cobb said the Rattlers played great defense the last three quarters, keeping the Longhorns from sc...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miner basketball team went to Guernsey-Sunrise in a conference contest on February 18 and came out on top by a resounding 32 points. The Lady Miners beat the Guernsey Lady Vikings 53-21. "We had a great all around game to be quite honest," said Head Coach Jackie Jones. "We had three girls in double figures which hasn't happened for us this season." Jones had praise for all the girls on the six player squad. She said it was a tru...
The Saratoga Panthers are heading into the 1A West Regional Tournament as the No. 1 Southwest Seed following a tight game with the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers on February 11 in the Panther Den. While the Panthers were nearly undefeated in conference wins as the regular season came to a close, nothing in the 1A Southwest Conference is guaranteed. On a nearly weekly basis, the rankings of the conference can see drastic changes as top teams fall to the bottom. "We k...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers hosted their final home game of the season on February 18 as they faced off against the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Lady Rattlers. The matchup between the Lady Panthers and LSRV was more than just a conference game, however, as regional seeding was on the line. "This was a big conference game for us," said Head Coach Heather Bartlett. "Had we won we would have tied for 2nd in the conference. However, we came up a little short and lost. This was...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners faced two opponents who were not scared to run their press all game long against the team of five. Head Coach Cliff Jones has no issue with a team who will run up scores. With five players he reiterates, the season is not based on win or losses but on how well the Miners improve week to week. The first game of the week was on February 18 against the Guernsey-Sunrise Vikings. "The game against Guernsey was not one of our best...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers did exactly what head coach Jack Cobb wanted them to do. The Rattlers faced three conference teams that are all extremely tough and his team came away with two wins. "Even my loss made me happy," Cobb said. "I think the boys overall did well against a team that is number one in the conference and arguably playing some of its best basketball right now." Cobb is talking about the Saratoga Panthers. Before the Rattlers faced...
“Regionals went very well. I was very pleased with our outcome,” Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School wrestling head coach Robert Riddle said. “We had four of our five wrestlers qualify for State.” The HEM wrestler who didn’t make it was Howard Bame who is in the extremely tough weight class of 132. Bame has been out for almost all the season for injury and has only been back the last two weeks. “Howard had only had three or four matches before going into...
The Saratoga Panther grapplers will be taking seven members to the 2A State Wrestling Tournament this weekend after some decent placings at the 2A East Regional Tournament. Only two members of the nine member team will not be hitting the mats in the Ford Events Center in Casper. 106 Class In the 106 weight class, Brian Smith earned his trip to Casper as he came in 2nd place in the regional tournament. Smith started off with a bye in the quarterfinal round before winning by...
The Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) Rattlers went to Colorado over the past weekend to face two 2A Colorado teams. Head Coach Jack Cobb said these teams tested his boys in a positive way, getting them ready for the race in the Southwest Conference where one excellent team will be left behind when going to regionals The race just got tighter as Encampment beat Cokeville over the weekend raising LSRV to the number two spot, right behind Saratoga. Cokeville beat Saratoga...
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners played the Wheatland Bulldogs sophomore basketball team on February 8 and won 47-28. “The kids played well against Wheatland,” Head Coach Cliff Jones said. “This year our goal has been to show improvement when we meet a team a second time. Generally they send a more competitive team to us if we win the first time and if we lose, they adjust their team to be more competitive that way.” Jones said, in the first half, the Bul...