Last weekend was a mixed bag for the Burlington Lady Huskies. Low in numbers this year, the Huskies were split up at different tournaments, which complicated things quite a bit.
Eight returning lettermen are back to anchor the 2021 Riverside Lady Rebel volleyball team. The eight include seniors Valeria DeNiz, Jersey Streitz and Dailyn Zierolf; all-conference/all-state juniors Caroline Schlattmann and Vaidyn VanderPloeg plus Hailee McClure and Laila Davis. Rounding out the eight is sophomore Dakota Cervantes
Coach Ryan Olson knew that the route to the 1A boys track and field championship would be a hard-fought, close, down-to-the wire battle. And a battle it was. When the dust had cleared Saturday evening, the Huskies had topped runner-up Cokeville by just two points, 110-108, and stood on the podium as the 1A champs.
The Huskies claimed their third consecutive regional championship at the West Regional in Shoshoni last weekend and the Lady Huskies finished second – their highest finish in six years.
The small but mighty Rocky Mountain wrestling squad finished ahead of eight teams at the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament Thursday in Casper despite having just five wrestlers battling on the mats.
Burlington High School senior Gideon George has been selected by Farson-Eden and Team Wyoming head coach Trip Applequist to compete in the Wyoming-Nebraska six-man All-Star Game, scheduled for Friday, June 4, at Chadron State University in Chadron, Neb.
