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Otto Rattlers show improvement despite losses as Little League season ends

The Otto Major and Minor League teams struggled last week, failing to pick up a win against three opponents to end the regular season.

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Ranch Rodeo returns to Basin next weekend

The Basin Ranch Rodeo returns to Basin for the second straight year, this year sponsored by the Basin Ranch Rodeo Committee.

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Riverside Rebels Wood, Vigil medal at State Track Meet

By KARLA POMEROY
Both Riverside athletes attending the State Track Meet for the first time placed in at least one event last weekend in Casper.
Coach Steve Olson said the weather was typical of the season, cold and windy at times.

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Huskies win regional title, 26 athletes head to state

By MARLYS GOOD
Coach Albert Henderson and 26  Husky tracksters (16 boys, 10 girls) are headed to the 1A State Track Meet  in Casper that opens Thursday (today).

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Rebels tune up for regionals at Thermop

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RHS thinclads improving

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside arrived in Meeteetse Friday with the weather windy and cold. After one event, the rain began pouring down and the meet was cancelled so Coach Steve Olson scrambled to make sure several of his athletes could compete in Lovell on Saturday.

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Neves AQs in 300-hurdles; four to compete at Track Classic

By MARLYS GOOD
It has to be a ho-hum day on the track for the Burlington tracksters when just one athlete meets state qualifying standards. But that is what happened in Lovell Saturday. Paige Neves met the AQ mark in the 300-meter hurdles, which makes three (other two are pole vault and 100-hurdles) state events for the senior.

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Vigil qualifies at home meet

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside High School couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for their first track meet in 15 years as the weather seemed near perfect Friday afternoon.

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Host of Huskies meet AQ standards in weekend action

By MARLYS GOOD
Chalk up 14 more automatic qualifying (AQ) events for the Burlington thinclads following weekend invitationals in Basin and Powell.

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More state qualifications for Huskies

By MARLYS GOOD
Three Burlington Huskies, Anson George clearing 5-8 in the high jump, Jacob Mancuso with a 20-1 mark in the long jump and Eric McNiven with a first-place time of 2:02.11 in the 800-meters, automatically qualified (AQ) for state during the Warrior Twilight Invitational in Worland Friday. Also meeting AQ time was the 400-meter relay team.

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Young RHS thinclads continue progress

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside track team found success at the D&D Twilight Meet last Tuesday in Worland, although times were not as good against the wind as in the first meet of the season.

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Anderson perseveres through injury, illness

Wyoming’s 2009 scholar-athletes were honored recently in Laramie.
The top prep football Scholar-Athlete for 2009 hails from Sheridan High School. Austin Woodward collected the honor and $2,400 in scholarships from the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at the organization’s 16th annual banquet Saturday, March 20 in Laramie.

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Teamwork and sacrifice keys to success

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Lady Huskies repeat as state champions

By MARLYS GOOD
Conference, regional and state championships. Three goals set by the Burlington Lady Huskies at the start of the 2009-2010 season — and with a 43-40 victory over Kaycee in the 1A title game Saturday at the Casper Events Center — mission accomplished.

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Huskies survive injuries on way to title

By NATHAN OSTER
The Burlington Huskies did not blink when they faced adversity at last weekend’s Class 1A West Regional.

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Lady Huskies come from behind
for wins in semifinal and title games

By MARLYS GOOD
Second mission accomplished. The 1A West Regional Girls Basketball championship trophy is in the hands of the Burlington Lady Huskies, thanks to a 61-51 victory over Meeteetse  Saturday afternoon in Lander. Their third and final mission, the 1A State Championship, lifts off this morning at 9 a.m. at the Casper Events Center where the Lady Huskies will meet Upton. 
Sharing the bracket with Burlington and Upton are Cokeville and Hulett. Coming up the other side are Kaycee, Snake River, Meeteetse and Arvada-Clearmont.

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Rebels season ends as Riverside falls in play-in game

By KARLA POMEROY
The season for the Riverside Rebels ended Thursday just as it had started, with a loss to the Big Piney Punchers. Riverside opened the season with a loss to Big Piney at home as part of the Big Horn Basin Shootout, 61-31. On Thursday, in the play-in game for the 2A West Regional Tournament in Riverton, Riverside fell, 57-33.

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Behind 11 placers, G-R ends Cokeville’s reign in 2A
By Nathan Oster
After a 15-year drought, Greybull-Riverside is once again the toast of the Class 2A wrestling world.

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Lady Rebels make dramatic comeback over Shoshoni, take third in conference

By MARLYS GOOD
“I think we can beat them …” said Coach Michael McGuire last week looking forward to the Shoshoni game Friday. Coach McGuire had no idea that “beating them” would come from a 28-point scoring surge in the fourth quarter that propelled his team to the 44-33 victory.

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Lady Huskies begin quest of regional title today

BY MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies set some definite goals before the basketball season began. First was winning the conference championship, a goal they attained last week by ending the regular season undefeated.

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Huskies win final tune-ups before regional tournament
By NATHAN OSTER
The Burlington Huskies will head to Lander and the Class 1A West Regional as one of the favorites after putting the finishing touches on a 19-2 regular season with wins over Ten Sleep and Riverside last week.

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Rebels drop close contest with Grizzlies

By KARLA POMEROY
In one of their best performances of the season the Riverside Rebels gave the visiting Rocky Mountain Grizzlies all they could handle in a 45-40 loss Saturday night.

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Lady Huskies staying on a roll

By MARLYS GOOD
It was a ho-hum week for the Burlington Lady Huskies they handily disposed of conference foes St. Stephens 53-20, and Dubois 74-41 in back-to-back games. The upside in addition to the conference wins was that Coach Jerry Patrick could play his entire squad, and did so, giving all almost equal playing time.

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Huskies secure conference’s top seed for regional

By NATHAN OSTER
After an off night in Pavillion, the Burlington Huskies bounced back in a big way on Friday on their home floor, running away from St. Stephens in the second half in a matchup of two of the top ranked teams in Class 1A.

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Lady Rebels edge Lady Buffs, fall to Lady Chiefs

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels traveled to Greybull Thursday and snuck away with a 38-33 victory to solidify third place in the conference.

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Despite losses Rebels show improvement

By KARLA POMEROY
With just two weeks left in the regular season, the Riverside Rebels are looking for signs of improvement and they saw some signs in a 99-36 loss to No. 1-ranked Wyoming Indian Saturday.

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Huskies top Midwest, Meeteetse
By NATHAN OSTER
With so many teams struggling with numbers, the Burlington Huskies have had to get creative with their schedule, adding Big Horn, Midwest and Wind River to provide competition in the run-up to the Class 1A West Regional.

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Lady Rebels lose close conference game to Shoshoni
By MARLYS GOOD
“It was not a good weekend,” said Riverside Coach Michael McGuire of his Lady Rebel’s double losses last weekend. The Lady Rams throttled Riverside 43-15 in a game in Big Horn Friday, but the loss to the Lady Blue in Shoshoni, 47-41 Saturday, was the toughest to take.

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Big Horn wins battle of No. 1s, Lady Huskies rebound with convincing wins

By MARLYS GOOD
The battle between the best of 2A versus the best in 1A — Big Horn against the Burlington Lady Huskies went to the 2A team last Thursday.

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Wrestlers fall to 3A Powell, but top field at Thermopolis tourney

By NATHAN OSTER
When Greybull-Riverside faced Powell Thursday night in Basin, it was a matchup of the top-ranked 2A and 3A teams in the state. The tilt lived up to the hype, as the teams squared off in 12 weight classes and all but five of them went the full three periods.

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Huskies continue dominance

By NATHAN OSTER
With the exception of the Greybull game, which was tight throughout, the Burlington Huskies have hardly broken a sweat during the month of January — and that is a concern heading into a key stretch of games this week.

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Rebels see positives in two losses
By KARLA POMEROY
Several positives came in two losses over the weekend for the Riverside Rebels including handling the pressure better against Greybull and scoring a season high 45 points against Tongue River.

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G-R claims victory at Don Runner

By NATHAN OSTER
Nathan Hetzel, Clay Cundall and Wes Ridgway won their weight classes while 11 of their teammates placed among the top six to lead Greybull-Riverside to the title at last weekend’s Don Runner Memorial.

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Lady Rebels beat rival Greybull; thumped by Tongue River

By MARLYS GOOD
In a game of height versus quickness, quickness paid off as the Riverside Lady Rebels dispatched the Greybull Lady Buffs 56-31 in a home stand Friday.

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Lady Huskies overpower Meeteetse, Dubois

By Marlys Good
The Burlington Lady Huskies, who have dominated 1A and 2A opponents thus far this season, kept up the pace last weekend with a 60-45 road victory at Meeteetse, and a yawner, 78-15, win over Dubois in Burlington Saturday.

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Huskies roll to opening conference wins
By NATHAN OSTER
In a stark contrast to their intense Jan. 9 game in Greybull, the Burlington Huskies got to ease into their Class 1A Northwest Conference schedule last weekend by playing Meeteetse and Dubois, both of which are struggling with numbers.

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Lady Rebels on wrong side of lop-sided scores against Gillette, WIHS

By MARLYS GOOD
It was back to the court for the Riverside Lady Rebels last weekend, and Coach Mike McGuire saw some good things from his squad, despite the losses to the Gillette JV, 56-42 Thursday and a lop-sided loss to the Lady Chiefs in Ethete Saturday, 65-33.

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Rebels thumped by No. 1-ranked Chiefs, No. 4 Greybull next

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels struggled to keep up with the quick feet and the strong pressure by the No. 1-ranked Wyoming Indian Chiefs at Ethete last Saturday as they fell 106-30.
Coach Brent Winters said while losing by that much is never good, he saw some good things in his players in their first game back after a three-week break. “It was a good experience for us. I knew they were going to pressure us. They backed off the pressure in the second half. At times we were able to break their press,” he said.

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Huskies sweep county rivals, open conference play

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington opened 2010 with a bang, crushing district rival Rocky Mountain 53-35 on Friday and then handing Greybull its first loss of the season with a 44-41 decision Saturday on the Buffs’ home floor.

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ady Huskies overcome poor play to beat Rocky Mtn. and Greybull

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Lady Huskies’ three titles named top sports story

The Basin Republican Rustler has selected the top five sports stories from numerous sports achievements and trials during the past year. Topping the list was several championships by Burlington teams.

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By NATHAN OSTER
With a new coach and new offensive and defensive sets to learn, the Burlington Huskies have been a work in progress, and some of that early-season rust showed Dec. 15 against a Greybull team that had already played — and won — eight games.

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Rebels improve on defense against Burlington Huskies

By KARLA POMEROY

Riverside Coach Brent Winters went into last Friday’s game at Burlington with a focus on defense. The Rebels were able to hold the Huskies to the second lowest points allowed this season, 59.

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Lady Rebels no match for Burlington

By MARLYS GOOD

The Riverside Lady Rebels spotted Burlington a 14-point lead in the first quarter Friday night,  and it was too deep a hole to dig out of as they lost to the 1A Lady Huskies 57-35 in a game played in Burlington.

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Riverside Rebels continue to struggle against full-court press

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels continued to struggle offensively with pressure from Ten Sleep and Tongue River spelling trouble for the young squad. They fell to the Pioneers on the road Friday 72-37 and to Tongue River at home Saturday 75-35.

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TR Lady Eagles take Lady Rebels to the wood shed

By MARLYS GOOD

“It’s a tough place to play and a big challenge for us,” said Riverside Lady Rebel Coach Michael McGuire last week, as he looked ahead to his team’s trip over the mountain to play Tongue River Saturday. When the Lady Eagles ripped off an 18-3 first-quarter lead, McGuire and his team knew it was going to be a long evening. Tongue River went on to win by 40 points (60-20).

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Matmen ready for new season

By NATHAN OSTER

From the hunter to the hunted.

That is what seems to have happened to the Greybull-Riverside wrestling team — at least if you put any stock in preseason polls like the one currently appearing on wyowrestling.com, a site devoted to all levels of the mat science in the Cowboy State.

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Riverside shutout by Southeast

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels post season run ended with a 42-0 thrashing at the hands of the Southeast Cyclones Saturday afternoon.

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Swimmers finish in 13th place

By NATHAN OSTER
While they didn’t score many points, Greybull-Riverside coaches and team members came away from the State 3A Swimming and Diving Championships feeling good about the experience.

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Lady Rebels 0-2 at state tournament

By MARLYS GOOD
Youth and experience finally caught up to the Riverside Rebels at the 2A State Tournament in Casper last weekend as they were ousted in two matches.

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Lady Huskies win fourth state volleball title

By Marlys Good
The 1A State Volleyball Championship was something the Burlington Lady Huskies had set their eyes on from the first practice in August, and what the Lady Huskies wanted, they got, but it didn’t come easy.

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Tough Wind River 'D' stifles Rebels run game

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels hung close for three quarters but two fourth-quarter touchdowns spelled trouble as Riverside fell to the Wind River Cougars on the road last Thursday 28-7 to end the regular season 5-3 overall and 4-4 in the conference.

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By MARLYS GOOD
The upstart Riverside Lady Rebels, forced to play a pigtail match to earn a fourth-seed berth in the 2A West Regional Volleyball Tournament in Lander last weekend, are on their way to the 2A State Tournament in Casper this weekend thanks in part to an upset of top-seeded Wind River in the tournament opener. Riverside then topped Kemmerer in a state-qualifying game Saturday morning.

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By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Jenn Simmons didn’t get the performances she was looking for from the members of her Greybull-Riverside swim team at last weekend’s Class 3A Absaroka Conference meet in Buffalo.

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Lady Huskies win regional championship

By MARLYS GOOD
Two down and one to go for the Burlington Lady Huskies. After claiming the conference championship at the conclusion of the regular season, and the 1A West Regional Volleyball Tournament championship with a three-set 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 victory over Cokeville Saturday in Lander, the Lady Huskies have their eyes set on the 1A state title in Casper this weekend.

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Huskies go down quietly

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington’s season ended in quiet fashion Friday in Cokeville.
The Huskies made the long trip, needing a win to secure a berth in the Class 1A football playoffs. What they got was their worst defeat of the season, as the Panthers erupted for 31 second-quarter points en route to a 44-0 victory.

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By NATHAN OSTER
Greybull-Riverside will head to its conference swim meet still in search of that one breakout performance.

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By MARLYS GOOD
There were cheers and tears in the Riverside gym at the conclusion of the 2A West Regional play-in volleyball match Monday night. The good news was the cheers were for the Lady Rebels who beat the Greybull Lady Buffs in three sets, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 to advance in the West Regional Tournament in Lander this weekend.

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By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Mike Aagard called it a “must win” game — and his Burlington Huskies played like it.

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By MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies head to Lander and the 1A West Regional Tournament as the top seed from the Northwest, and open play against Hanna Friday at 11:30 a.m. in the Auxiliary gym.

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By Marlys Good
Last week was not a good one for the Riverside volleyball team as the Lady Rebels lost three straight conference matches.

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By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels dominated the second half and dominated the line of scrimmage in its 27-6 conference win Friday night over Saratoga.

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By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Jennifer Simmons has spent the year focusing on individual improvements, but last week came a success story for her team.

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By MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies swept two conference opponents in action last week, beating Meeteetse Thursday, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19 and Ten Sleep Friday, 25-10, 25-17, 25-23, and closed out action by sweeping 2A Shoshoni in four sets, 25-12, 24-26, 25-8, 25-5 on the Lady Blue’s home court Saturday.

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By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington ran into a buzzsaw Friday in Pavillion, falling to unbeaten Wind River 35-0 in a game that damaged the Huskies’ playoff hopes.

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Huskies ride new-look defense to 22-7 win

By NATHAN OSTER

After being shellacked by Riverside, the Burlington Huskies went back to the drawing board on defense, revamping their scheme in the hopes that it would allow them to put more pressure on opposing quarterbacks.

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Rebels offense on a roll in win over Shoshoni

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels offense continued to roll, scoring nine touchdowns against Shoshoni Friday night on the road, while the defense allowed just one score, the first in eight quarters.

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Lady Huskies go 3-1 at weekend duals

By MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies went 3-1 at the Greybull-Riverside duals last weekend, needing just six sets to defeat Saratoga, 25-15, 25-13, Lovell, 25-19, 25-18 and Moorcroft, 25-19, 25-15. Then they ran up against the fired-up Lady Eagles, whom they had beaten twice earlier this season. Tongue River was more than ready and stuck Burlington, 25-17, 26-28, 13-15.

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Swimmers struggle over weekend

By NATHAN OSTER

With the season’s finish line in sight, Coach Jennifer Simmons spent the first three days of last week pushing her Greybull-Riverside swimmers to the max in their evening workouts.

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Lady Rebels play inspired volleyball in weekend duals

By MARLYS GOOD

A tragic accident that left Riverside Lady Rebel setter Dakota Darling in the intensive care unit at a Billings hospital propelled her teammates on to an inspired performance at the Greybull-Riverside Dual tournament last weekend.

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Bettencourt shines in weekend action

Buffs drop dual to Powell, finish ninth at Worland Invite

By NATHAN OSTER

After a shaky performance against Powell Friday night in their home pool, the Greybull-Riverside swimmers were back on point at Saturday’s Worland Invitational, as all six team members cut time in individual events.

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Rebels shut out Huskies as offense scores four TDs

By KARLA POMEROY

After scoring just one touchdown in its previous eight quarters, the Riverside Rebels came out of their offensive slump in a 28-0 thumping of county rival Burlington Friday afternoon on the Huskies home field.

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Lady Huskies on a roll; overpower four opponents

BY MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies powered their way to four match wins last weekend, knocking off conference opponents Dubois and St. Stephens and tacking on victories over 2A Riverside and Rocky Mountain.

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Lady Rebels below par in three set loss to Burlington

By MARLYS GOOD

When the Riverside Lady Rebels went head-to-head with Burlington last Thursday night, Riverside Coach Lindsey Schaffner had looked at it as “a match where we could work on improving; it didn’t affect our over-all record,” but she probably didn’t expect quite the workout her team got.

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Huskies top Shoshoni, face Riverside at home Friday

By NATHAN OSTER

With just 13 players, and 12 healthy ones by game’s end, the Shoshoni Wranglers didn’t have the firepower to match the Burlington Huskies.

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Swimmers face tough Class 4A competition

By NATHAN OSTER

Greybull-Riverside was no match on paper for the field of Class 4A teams assembled at Saturday’s Riverton Invitational, scoring just eight points on the day.

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Lady Huskies go the distance with Meeteetse; fall to Laramie in tournament finale Saturday

By MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies had to come from 1-2 set deficit to defeat the Lady Longhorns, 25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-9, 15-8, in a  hard fought conference volleyball match played in Meeteetse Sept. 17.

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Lady Rebels down Shoshoni; boost conference record to 3-1

By MARLYS GOOD

The Lady Rebels have given notice to conference opponents that they are a team to be reckoned with. Considered “underdogs” going in, Riverside has reeled off victories over Greybull, Rocky Mountain and Shoshoni, boast a record of 3-1 and are just one game behind Lovell.

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Riverside shut out in Homecoming loss to Rocky

By KARLA POMEROY

The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies spoiled Riverside’s Homecoming celebration by shutting out the Rebels Friday night, handing the home team a 24-0 loss.

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Lady Huskies tops in pool play; lose to Big Horn in championship

BY Marlys Good

The Burlington Lady Huskies took on all comers at the Big Horn Invitational and brought home second place in the Maroon (winner‘s) Bracket, losing to Big Horn in two sets,  18-21, 17-21,  in the championship match.

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Huskies win conference opener, 18-7 in Saratoga

By NATHAN OSTER

Shawn Christiansen ran for three touchdowns and the Burlington Huskies amassed nearly 500 yards of total offense in an 18-7 win over Saratoga on Friday.

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Rebels thumped by Cokeville in conference opener

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels fell to 1-1 in the 2009 season with a 49-6 thumping by the Cokeville Panthers in the first conference game of the season.

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Swim team encouraged by individual improvements

By NATHAN OSTER

It was a busy weekend for the Greybull-Riverside swimmers, who faced Worland in a dual Friday night before heading to Powell Saturday for the Gene Dozah Invitational.

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Lady Rebels whip Greybull;

boost conference record to 2-1

By MARLYS GOOD

After a first set 13-25 drubbing at the hands of rival Greybull Sept. 10, the Riverside Lady Rebels took the home court much more relaxed and played steady ball in the next three sets to beat the Lady Buffs, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16. The victory over their arch rivals left Riverside with a 2-1 conference record, and dropped the Lady Buffs to 0-2.

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G-R swimmers show signs of improvement

By NATHAN OSTER

The home opener for the Greybull-Riverside swim team was a productive one, even though the fact that the team came out on the short end of a 98-38 final would seem to suggest otherwise.

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Lady Rebels 1-1 in conference; host Greybull tonight

By MARLYS GOOD

It was a good weekend for the Riverside volleyball team as they went 1-1 in conference matches. They lost to a strong Lovell team at home Thursday, 24-26, 7-25, 18-25, then managed to out-play the Lady Grizz in Byron Friday in four sets, 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24. Coach Lindsay Shaffner has to be pleased with her young, inexperienced squad.

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Lady Huskies setting the tone; beat Ten Sleep in conference opener

By MARLYS GOOD

The trail to what hopefully leads to the top of the 1A heap, started Friday for the Burlington Lady Huskies as they swept conference foe Ten Sleep in three games, 25-20, 25-17, 25-15, in a match played on the Lady Pioneer’s home court

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Huskies fall to Big Piney in opener

By NATHAN OSTER

With no Week 0 game or scrimmage on the schedule, the Burlington Huskies showed signs of rust in their season opener — just as they did last year in a highly anticipated showdown with Rocky Mountain.

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Turnovers help lead Rebels to victory

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels opened the 2009 season edging Class 2A Pinedale 13-12 at home Friday night with turnovers and a point-after-kick proving to be the difference.

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Patrick finalist for National Volleyball Coach of the Year
By Marlys Good

Anyone who follows the sport of volleyball knows just how successful the Burlington High School Lady Huskies program has been for the past two decades. Championship banners, regional and state, are in abundance, and are something that have come to be expected.

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McGuire ready to take reins of Lady Rebels hoops team

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside Rebels Football Coach Michael McGuire realizes he has some big shoes to fill when he replaces Cory Sova on the hardwood this year to coach the Lady Rebels basketball team.

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Babe Ruth Rattlers sweep Worland

The Otto Babe Ruth Rattlers picked up two wins in a double header with Worland last Thursday, while conflicts with other events short-handed the Rattlers Saturday so the double header with Cowley was cancelled.

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Otto Babe Ruthers split with Greybull

By KARLA POMEROY
The Otto Babe Ruth team split their doubleheader with Greybull last Saturday, picking up the win in game one 9-3, but falling 7-6 in game two.

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Otto Babe Ruth team wins three

The Otto Babe Ruth team split a double-header with Greybull last Friday, winning the first game 11-7 but getting edged in the second game 11-9.
Tyler Burke started on the mound for Otto and went the distance.

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Rattlers fall to Worland; play Basin tonight

In games rescheduled from Tuesday, the Otto Rattlers Minor and Major League teams lost to Worland on Saturday, according to Coach Janalee Call.

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Otto Rattlers split double-header with Greybull

By KARLA POMEROY
The Otto Rattler baseball teams began the Babe Ruth season with a double-header in Greybull last Saturday.

Lady Rebels take fourth, relay teams win state titles

By KARLA POMEROY
The fearsome six Lady Rebels raced to fourth place in the 2A State Track and Field Meet in Casper last weekend, bringing home two titles, two second-place finishes, three third-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes.

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Burlington thinclads bring home twin crowns

By MARLYS GOOD
“We were pleased; we had a good weekend,” said Burlington track coach Albert Henderson, in what could be called the understatement of the year, after both his boys and girls teams won the 1A state track and field championships in Casper last weekend.

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Lady Rebels finish third; Longshore wins two individual, two relay titles at regional meet

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Lady Rebels, all six of them, captured third place at the 2A West Regional Track Meet in Lander last Friday and Saturday.

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Huskies, Lady Huskies win regional track titles

By MARLYS GOOD
Four hundred five and one-half  — that’s the staggering number of combined points put up by the Huskies and Lady Huskies as they powered their way to their respective 1A West Regional Track & Field championships last weekend in Lander.

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Riverside thinclads head to regional meet; relay, Getzfreid post AQ times

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside thinclads were few but mighty at the Thermopolis Bobcat Pre-Regional meet last Friday afternoon and at the Greybull Relays last Tuesday with one runner and a relay team qualifying for state.

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Huskies have 35 state qualifiers; head to regionals Friday

By MARLYS GOOD
Going into the 1A West Regional Track meet this weekend the Burlington Lady Huskies already have 17 automatic state qualifiers covering 11 track and field events and the Husky boys have 18 qualifiers covering 10 events — and the total of 21 events does not include the AQ relay teams. So what more could Coach Albert Henderson and his athletes want? Well, more state qualifiers. Henderson said they had a few athletes who could qualify by finishing in the top eight in individual events, and in the top four relays at regionals.

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Sova resigns; will teach/coach  in Rock Springs

By MARLYS GOOD
Next year will be a year of big changes for Cory Sova, who has resigned as  Title  I Reading and math teacher/director for Big Horn County School District No. 4, and head girl’s basketball coach at Riverside High School, to accept a position as special education instructor and head boy’s basketball coach at Rock Springs High School.

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More AQs for the Huskies; Fabricius sets school record

By MARLYS GOOD
Todd Davidson, Spencer Flores, Michelle Fabricius, Alisha Wardell and Brandy Bullinger met automatic qualifying marks for the 1A State Track and Field meet in Casper May 21-23. The AQs came at meets held in Thermopolis Friday and Meeteetse Saturday.

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