The varsity boys and girls Encampment Tigers basketball teams fell to the Little Snake River Rattlers on the road Friday and the Southeast Cyclones in the Tiger Den on Saturday.

The Tigers will have to juggle hosting in-conference competition, Farson-Eden on Friday and Cokeville on Saturday, along with all the festivities to go with homecoming this weekend.

The Saratoga Panthers earned themselves a morale boost last week as they secured a win over a conference rival at home and notched an interclass win while on the road.

On January 31, the Panthers hosted the Fort Washakie Eagles for a 21-point win. Then, on February 1, they sunk their claws into the 2A Wind River Cougars for a 25-point victory.

Saratoga vs. Fort Washakie

Encampment senior Kyenna Jackson will continue her basketball career at the collegiate level after committing to North Platte Community College last month.

Jackson, a rebounding staple in the Lady Tiger lineup, will be terrorizing the paint for the Knights in Region IX of the National Junior College Athletic Association next season.

She is grateful for the encouragement she has received through her playing career.

When asked about the wrestling results from Riverton, coach Rusty Arnold had an understatement when he said, ‘Ron Thon 2025 was a tough one.’ His assessment of the tournament is that ‘it is one of the toughest tournaments in the country for high school wrestling’ and that ‘it is a tournament that I look forward to all year long probably even more than state.’ As a whole, the SMHS team did not have a lot of success at the tournament, but that i