When Scott Bokelman was charged with nominating players for a state-wide athlete award, the choices were clear.
Bokelman, head coa ch of the Saratoga Panthers, nominated Waddie Love and Ben Gates for the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award.

Saratoga Middle School wrestling coach Brandon Ray reported tournament results for the Shoshoni tournament.
Earning first place was Thomas Ingleby followed by Jeremy Detterer and Alex Ziegler taking second in their weight classes. Wyatt Carricato, Morgan Rempel and Colton Jones earned third place. Javin Vailette earned fourth place.

The Encampment Tigers lost their chance to compete in the state championship Saturday. They lost 29-42 against Little Snake River Valley Rattlers at the 1A West Regional Boy Basketball Tournament in Lander.
Thursday night, the Tigers faced Dubois Rams and lost the game 43-55.
“This was a key game for us,” head coach Dan Kraft said. “I didn’t have the kids ready for low post.”

Saratoga Panther, Thatcher Spiering, and Hanna-Elk Mountain- Medicine Bow (HEM) Miner, Justin Irene, both wrestled their way into the finals this past weekend. Both wrestlers earned second place in their weight classes at the state wrestling tournament. Saratoga took 11th out of 21 teams in class 2A.

Among a group of young outriders was a man who has been working the Chariot Races longer than the other four riders have been living.
Larry Gomez has been working the Chariot Races for 33 years. He started when he was 33, and has missed only one race and that is when his brother-in-law died.
Being an outrider is not an easy job. They sit in the wind, dust beating their faces, waiting for the next race.

Improving his time on the track by 49 seconds, Wade Swingle, with his team, Deuces Wild, took home the Dave Pennock “Good Times” Trophy and the Interstate Traveling Trophy for the second year in a row from the Donald E. Erickson Memorial Chariot Races.
Swingle’s team clocked 22.88 seconds on Saturday and 22.08 seconds on Sunday with a combined time of 44.96