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Boys bring home

second from
Worland golf invite

by Lara Love
Bobcat golfers made a strong showing at the Worland
Invite Thursday and Friday
The Bobcat boys nished in second place overall, falling
short of rst by only four strokes to Worland. Hudson Roling brought home a second place nish, while Jake Maksin tied for third, Caleb DeCroo came in sixth and Logan
Bartholomew brought home ninth place.
For the girls, Mya Holman set a personal record with
a 102 and recorded her rst top ten nish. They placed
fth overall.
Scores for the Thermopolis boys are as follows: Hudson
Roling 82-78, total 160; Jake Maksin 86-81, total 167;
Caleb DeCroo 88-85, total 173; Logan Bartholomew
89-92, total 181; and Colton Dobbins 99-101, total 200.
The Bobcats team score 345-336, total 681.
Scores for the Thermopolis girls are as follows: Mya
Holman 121-102, total 223; Kaylee Smith 121-118, total 239; and. Kaili Johnson 124-118, total 242. The girls
team score 366-338, total 704.
This Thursday and Friday the golfers head to the 3A
conference in Buffalo.

Hard fought battle

photo by Dennis Nierzwicki

Makayla George battles at the net in Lady Cats volleyball action at home against Rawlins Tuesday.

Lady Cats get win against Pinedale

by Lara Love
The Lady Bobcats traveled to Rawlins for
volleyball action Friday and Saturday. Head
Coach Shannon Hill was unable to make the
trip because it was a little bit too far away from
home with her pregnancy due date being just
around the corner. She still was able to stay
on top of the game action and will continue to
coach throughout the season.
Friday saw the Lady Cats in pool play
matched up with Douglas, Lander and Powell.
It was a rough rst day as we lost all in
pool play, but it gave us a chance to get used
to a new rotation and work out some kinks
before Saturday, said coach Hill.
Scores were (with the Lady Bobcats listed
rst): Douglas 10-21, 9-21; Powell 13-21, 1921 and Lander 17-21, 13-21.
On Saturday, the Lady Cats were seeded in
the silver bracket. The girls started off playing Rawlins and lost in two, 10-21 and 19-21.
We were starting to gure things out in the
second game. It came down to unforced errors

at the end of the second game that in turn lost

the match for us, said Hill.
Makayla George and Lizzy Lonk led the
Lady Cats in kills with three a piece. George
also had 2.5 blocks at the net and Maggie Ryan
added three aces.
The girls rallied and won in three against
Pinedale, 13-21, 21-11 and 15-10.
Lonk, George and Mary Ryan led in kills
with ve, four and four. Maggie Ryan led in
aces and digs with six and 12 respectively.
George was huge at the net with six blocks.
In the Lady Cats' last game of the weekend
they again played Lander, losing in two games
15-21 and 16-21. George and Maggie Ryan led
in kills with six each and George added three
blocks at the net. Lonk added eight digs on
defense for the Lady Cats.
It wasnt a great showing for us at the Rawlins tournament but again we have some growing pains with girls being put in new positions
and our team stepping up to play at a higher
3A level. We have had some really great indi-

vidual games the past couple weeks, its just

putting it all together, where we are all playing well at the same time, that will get us a
win, said coach Hill.
The Lady Cats lost in four to Rawlins at
home Tuesday evening. Scores include: (with
the Lady Bobcats listed rst): 23-25; 21-25;
14-25 and 18-25.
We had moments of greatness and moments of weakness tonight. We would have
the momentum and then we would give it
right back to Rawlins. The girls need to nd
a way to keep their momentum and stay consistent, said Hill.
Lonk led with nine kills and Maggie Ryan
followed closely with eight kills. Lonk and
Shaynie Bauer led defense with 14 and 13 digs.
George and Mary Ryan were huge again at
the net with six blocks for George and 4.5 for
Mary Ryan. Haley McDermott had 24 assists
and two aces for us tonight as well.
The girls will be playing at home in the
Bobcat Volleyball Invite Friday and Saturday.

photo by The Bomb Photography

Heading to the finish

Stacy Lewis keeps her focus as she runs for the nish line during the Michelle Ludwig Invite.

Cross country team

sees strong finishes
by Mark Dykes
The high school and middle school cross country teams
headed to Sheridan on Saturday to compete in the Michelle
Ludwig Invite. Among the action were several high placings, including a second place nish of 19:04 from Jules
Ward.
Other results from the meet include:
Varsity boys Sean Miller, 65th, 20:11
Varsity girls McKenna Bomengen , 19th, 21:27; Tahja
Hunt, 27th, 21:38; Olivia Weyer, 69th, 24:21; Stacy Lewis,
72nd, 24:38; Erica Meier, 85th, 26:44
JV girls Elizabeth Rhodes, 69th, 26:28
MS boys Ryan Miller, 91st, 11:51; Karsten Hart,
142nd, 13:33; Josiah Butler, 154th, 14:59
MS girls Hallie Martinez, 33rd, 11:38.32; Sadie Burr,
34th, 11:38.71; Emme Norsworthy, 44th, 11:58.07; Dayna
Sandburg, 58th, 12:13; Jasmine Collins, 80th, 12:32
The team will next compete at the Berry Bryant Invite
at Riverton on Thursday, beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Ready to play

photo by Phillip Harnden/Glenrock Independent

Bobcats get on the scrimmage line as they wait for the snap, during their game against Glenrock last week.

Rally behind the Bobcats Friday

by Mark Dykes
The Thermopolis High School football team
is still looking for that rst W of the season,
having lost 63-0 at their Friday game against

Glenrock.
This Friday, the Bobcats will take on Wheatland. Both teams are 0-2 for the season so far,
and will be battling for their rst victories. As

it is the Bobcats rst home game of the season, the town is encouraged to come out in full
force to cheer their team all the way to a win.
Kick off is scheduled for 6 p.m.