Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students with an athletic drive can soon prepare for action on the football field this fall.
According to head coach Matt Shelby, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday students in grades sixth-through-eighth can sign up and check out equipment at Saratoga Middle/High School. The first practice is 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Saratoga Elementary School practice field.

Preseason practice for the Saratoga High School girls volleyball team begins Monday morning, with seven practices to follow throughout the week.
The team practices twice on both Monday and Tuesday, and only once for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Next week’s practice schedule is as follows:
Monday, Aug. 19, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

A small group from the Saratoga Ladies Golf Team played “Stableford” July 11, with Lila Worden winning first place in first flight.
In Stableford, special points are given for birdies, pars, bogies and double bogies. One prize was given for first flight, as there were only two players.

Young horse riders from all over Carbon County trotted their stuff at the 2013 Encampment-Riverside Lions Club Horse Show, held Saturday at the Encampment-Riverside Lions Club Arena.
Child and teenage riders in five different age divisions participated in events such as western pleasure competition, reigning, barrel racing, keyhole racing and pole bending. The list of results are shown below.

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A number of local athletes competed and received several medals at the 2013 Wyoming Senior Olympics in Casper July 10-13.
Saratoga resident Armand Zahn, 77, took home six first-place wins in the track and field events at the senior olympics. Zahn, a competitor in the senior olympics for more than 10 years, received gold medals in the javelin throw, standing long jump, softball throw, discus throw, shot put and high jump.

A small group from the Saratoga Ladies Golf Team played “Stableford” Thursday, with Lila Worden winning first place in first flight.
In Stableford, special points are given for birdies, pars, bogies and double bogies. One prize was given for first flight, as there were only two players.