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Right now, he isn't feeling nervous. "Magic" Mike Hamel's daily routine consists of training at the gym three times a day, with breaks between sessions consisting of time spent with his wife and his two dogs. "I'm chill," the mixed martial artist said. Come Friday, Hamel admits it will be different story as soon as his entrance music starts. Hamel, a former Green River resident, will be fighting at Bellator 243 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Bellator is the second largest...
Along with a schools being open to students Aug. 19, the Wyoming High School Athletics Association plans to host fall sports competition as well. An announcement from the WHSAA last week confirmed the fall season for all six sports: football, volleyball, tennis, cross country, golf and girls swimming. Practices are set to start Aug. 10 for 4A football, tennis and golf while practices for cross country, 1A-3A football, girls swimming and volleyball begin Aug. 17. “We are excited for our s...
The Green River Knights baseball team has been tearing up the fields as they compete this season. Starting the season with a loss against the Jackson Giants, scoring seven to six, the Knights started the season in slump. However, the team continued to fight hard as they made their way through their competition season. The COVID-19 pandemic threw several curveballs at the team. According to Ben Lail, the head of the Knights baseball program, the team had to start their season a month and a half late. Due to the delay, a lot of the coaching had...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently received a $10,000 donation to support access for hunters and anglers through the Access Yes program. This donation comes from the Williams Foundation, through the WYldlife Fund. Access Yes is a program that facilitates the partnership between private landowners, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and hunters and anglers to create free public hunting and fishing access on private land and inaccessible public land. These include walk-in fishing and hunting areas, hunter management areas and other...
Wyoming’s white sucker state record has been broken for the first time since 2011. The new record white sucker was caught in the Wind River on March 20. Riverton angler Patrick Edwards set the new record with a fish that weighed in at 5 pounds 6.45 ounces. Edwards’ fish was 22-inches long with a girth of 13.5 inches. Edwards was looking to get himself and his kids out of the house during their COVID-19 isolation and had been wanting to try pickling white sucker ever since hearing about it from Jim Zumbo on Patrick’s RadCast Outdoors podca...
Officials from Sweetwater County School District No. 2 decided not to appeal a decision that stripped the State 4A wrestling title from Green River High School, giving it to Kelly Walsh. During the 2020 State wrestling tournament, GRHS was originally named the state champions, but a scoring error was discovered that allowed Kelly Walsh to leave with the title. After meeting with officials from the Wyoming High School Athletics Association, the district announced it would file an appeal. According to a press release from the district, administra...
In an unusual year that saw the cancellation of the State boys and girls basketball and State speech and debate tournaments in March and multiple postponements to the springs sports season, the Wyoming High School Athletics Association announced the cancellation of the 2020 spring sports season last week. Boys and girls soccer, as well as outdoor track and field, will not take place for Green River High School’s athletes. “Due to the continuing influence of COVID-19, we are not able to pre...
From the Wyoming Game and Fish Department The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is announcing the emergency process to register new black bear bait sites for 2020. New sites will now be registered through an online application process. These changes to the registration process creates a priority ranking that will be used to allocate open bait sites while minimizing contact between people. “We appreciate the public’s patience as we changed this process to align with CDC recommendations to protect customer and employee health. Our employees wil...
From the Wyoming Game and Fish Department The Wyoming Game and Fish Department aquatic invasive species (AIS) inspection stations are resuming seasonal operations across the state. All boaters must stop when coming upon an AIS inspection station, and should expect new protocols at checkstations due to state guidelines related to COVID-19. “AIS check stations will be open and operational,” Josh Leonard, AIS coordinator, said. “Inspectors will be taking extra efforts to social distance, so please give them space for their health and yours as they...
From the Wyoming Game and Fish Department The Wyoming Game and Fish Department continues to work to conserve wildlife and serve people this spring. While the way work is conducted has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Game and Fish is still carrying out the charge of wildlife management for the state. “Our priority is the health and safety of our employees and the public. We strive to balance this with our duty to Wyoming to care for the wildlife resource,” said Brian Nesvik, Game and Fish director. One of the duties Game and Fish con...
From the Wyoming Game and Fish Department The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging all hunters, anglers, boaters and other recreationists to enjoy the outdoors responsibly. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to be extra vigilant to recreate safely and follow state directives. “Being outside is good for your health and with nicer weather, we know you are itching to get out and enjoy it,” Brian Nesvik, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, said. “However, you must do so responsibly and protect the health of Wyomi...
From the Wyoming Game and Fish Department Harvest surveys from 2019 hunts are finalized and available to help plan fall hunts. Reports for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, elk, deer and pronghorn are posted on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website. Wyoming hunters saw varied success in 2019. Moose hunters, on average, saw 92% harvest success. Pronghorn was also notably high at just over 90%. Elk hunter harvest success averaged 42 percent, which is typical for the species. Many factors contribute to harvest success rates for hunters....
From the University of Wyoming The 2019-20 Wyoming Cowboy Golf season was one of the best in school history despite it being cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic. Wyoming as a team and the Cowboys as individuals reached a number of milestones, including multiple Top 5 team tournament finishes, school records and an individual tournament title. Team Accomplishments The Wyoming Cowboys placed among the Top 5 teams in 4 of 8 tournaments That included a season best second-place showing out of 17...
The Wolves football program will have a new head coach next season. Tony Beardsley, athletics director for Sweetwater County School District No. 2, announced the selection of Kevin Cuthbertson as the new head coach. The selection will be finalized at the next school board meeting. “We look forward to working with Kevin as our new GRHS head football coach,” Beardsley said in a press release. “Kevin has put in a great deal of time in the past as one of our assistant coaches, as well as a physical education and social studies teacher within Sweetw...
Spring activities have been suspended until April 20 according to the Wyoming High School Athletics Association. This move follows an extended school closure order from Gov. Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Department of Health. “Due to the continuing influence of COVID-19 we are not able to predict when it will be safe to resume spring sports. We will continue to be guided by the Government of Wyoming, including the Wyoming Department of Health and the State Department of Education,” a release from the WHSAA states. Initially, activities were can...
Wyoming high school seniors will have a chance to show their soccer skills one last time after the Wyoming Coaches Association approved All-Star games for both the girls and boys teams. The initiative was unanimously approved Wednesday. “I just felt it was long overdue that the soccer players, coaches and officials be recognized for their hard work and dedication to the game,” Chris McMackin, head boys soccer coach in Campbell County, said. The games are intended to recognize graduating athletes who demonstrate sportsman-like attitudes, as wel...
From the University of Wyoming University of Wyoming head basketball coach Jeff Linder announced Tuesday the addition of Ken DeWeese to the Cowboy coaching staff. He spent four seasons with Linder at Northern Colorado helping the Bears record 20-plus wins in the last three seasons. “I’m very excited to be at the University of Wyoming,” DeWeese said. “Being at a program like Wyoming in such a great league as the Mountain West is something you can’t beat. Coach Linder and I have gotten to know each other very well over the last four years and...
From Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College Athletics had an exciting weekend two weeks ago. The men's basketball team won the Region IX tournament, which qualified them for the NJCAA national tournament originally scheduled for March 16-21. Mustang Wrestlers won the National Academic Team of the Year, and finished in sixth place at nationals. Western's Mustang Basketball team has had an outstanding season under the leadership of Head Coach Steven Soza, who was...
After arriving in Casper last week, the Green River High School boys and girls basketball teams face a situation no one could have predicted: the cancellation of the State basketball tournament. Concerns of spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus resulted in officials canceling the basketball tournament Thursday. Also cancelled was the State speech and debate tournament in Green River. “The 3A/4A State Basketball Tournament will not take place this year,” a release from the Wyoming High School Athletics Association states. “We understand the treme...
From the University of Wyoming University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Tuesday the hiring of Jeff Linder as head coach of the Cowboy Basketball Team. Linder is the 22nd head coach in Wyoming history. He led Northern Colorado to three-straight 20-win seasons. “Jeff (Linder) turned around the basketball program at Northern Colorado and developed his team into one of the premier programs in the Big Sky Conference.” Burman said. “Jeff possesses many important qualities I was looking for in a new head coach for Cowboy Baske...
The Green River Wolves Girls and Boys Indoor Track team took the long journey north this past week to the Campbell County Recreation Center Field house in Gillette to participate with 23 other teams in the State indoor track championships. Leading the way for the Lady Wolves as they have done in previous meets this season were senior Mariah Brady and junior Muriel Jones. Brady established her season’s best time in the 55-meter dash by taking 15th out of a field of 70 sprinters in 7.74. Brady also recorded her best time of the season in the 5...
From the University of Wyoming University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Monday that head men’s basketball coach Allen Edwards will not be retained as coach of the Wyoming Cowboys. Edwards will be paid for the one year of base salary currently remaining on his contract. That base salary is $220,008. Edwards has served in his current position as head coach of the Cowboys for the past four seasons (2016-17 through 2019-20). “I appreciate the contributions that Coach Edwards has made to Wyoming Basketball as a head coach and pr...
