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The Green River High School boys swimming and diving team are working hard to make a splash in their final year of 4A competition. The Wolves will compete in 3A next year. The group, consisting of 29 competitors, has a few returning seniors on the team. This group includes state qualifiers from last season, Dade Lucero and Trevor Moser. While head coach Colleen Seiloff has a number of swimmers returning to the team, she said almost half the group is made up of freshmen. "We're young this year,"...
Following a fifth-place finish at state last year, the Green River High School girls basketball team looks to improve and build on its previous successes. Now in his 26th year as a head coach at GRHS, Rick Carroll said his staff is trying to cover everything in the early season practices, ranging from basic conditioning to improving the players' skills. Carroll said he's watching the players closely to see which levels they're playing at. "We're really busy trying to hit everything we can,"...
The Green River High School wresting team will hit the mat for the first time this weekend at an invite in Evanston and a varsity meet in Reno, Nev. According to head wrestling coach Josh Wisniewski, his team is busy bringing the team into wrestling shape. "It's going to take a couple weeks, but usually our wrestlers get into pretty good shape," he said. "We will knock the rust off." The coach said it takes both practice and live competition to get them into shape, saying wrestling is a grind...
Two members of the Green River High School varsity football team were listed All State, according to information released by the Wyoming Coaches Association. The two All-State selections are Thomas Harvey and Payton Tucker, while Sophomore Dylan Taylor joins the duo on the All-Conference list. Harvey was a defensive lineman, while Tucker played as a linebacker and Taylor served as a wide receiver for the team. Tucker is the top defensive player in 3A football according to Wyopreps.com. Throughout the season, he accomplished 127 tackles,...
It wasn’t until 1955 when hunters could harvest the historic wild turkey in Wyoming. Hunters’ interest has continued to gain momentum since. With both fall and spring seasons to chase gobblers, hunters’ stealthy pursuits provide excellent food for their families and mementos of feathers, beards and spurs to commemorate the hunt long after. It all started in 1935, when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department swapped sage grouse with New Mexico for 15 Merriam’s turkeys – nine hens and six toms. The imports were released on the George Waln Ranch on...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met in Powell for their November meeting. At the meeting, the Commission voted to approve $560,000 for ten projects to support mule deer populations across Wyoming. These are habitat and migration projects developed through the Statewide Mule Deer Initiative. This funding advances the initiative that has been ongoing for over a decade. The projects slated for the coming year would benefit nine herds of mule deer and improve 1.2 million acres. The commission continued discussions about employee housing in...
Wildlife managers with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Green River Region, are hosting a public meeting to gather input on multiple regulations. Regulations pertaining to Chapter 3, Black Bear Hunting Seasons, Chapter 32, firearms and archery equipment, and Chapter 61, collection of shed antlers and horns, will be discussed Dec. 10, at the Green River Region Office, 351 Astle Ave., and beginning at 6 p.m. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission hearing to take action on these regulations shall be at the January 2020 meeting in Cheyenne. In...
For the second time in her career, she was named to the All-Conference list. Madelyn Heiser, a Green River High School senior, was recently named to the Wyoming Coaches Association All-Conference list for 4A Division volleyball. All-Conference honors are voted on by the head coaches in each conference. Heiser was the only Green River Lady Wolf receiving the honor this year. "It's an honor to receive All Conference," Heiser said. "I have put a lot of time and effort into a sport that I love. It...
A strong defensive effort in the first half by the Wyoming Cowboys and an outstanding first half by redshirt sophomore Hunter Maldonado, who led all scorers with 14 points, had the Cowboys within seven points at 40-33 at halftime. But Maldonado was held to only four second-half points and at the 7:20 mark of the second half he fouled out with 18 points and five rebounds. The score was 74-50 in favor of the Beavers at the time Maldonado went out of the game, and Oregon State went on to an 83-63 road win. The Cowboys are now 1-3 on the season. Or...
The Cowgirls trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter before cutting Colorado’s lead down to five, but UW couldn’t quite close the gap in its 66-56 loss to the Buffaloes. Colorado (3-0) was strong on the glass against Wyoming (2-2) on Sunday afternoon. Wyoming was forced to foul the Buffs multiple times in order to stop the clock with the game winding down, but UW could not convert on the offensive end to make up the deficit. “They got more aggressive and more physical,” said head coach Gerald Mattinson. “We were worried with thei...
The annual Border War game between the Wyoming Cowboys and Colorado State Rams will kick off Friday night this week from War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. The 111th edition of the Border War will be featured in a nationally-televised game on ESPN2 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The first 5,000 fans will receive a special Wyoming branded Alpine Hat. Not only will it be the 111th meeting in the series between the two border rivals, but for the 52nd consecutive year the two teams will battle for the Bronze Boot traveling trophy. The Wyoming Cowboys hold a...
For the second year in a row, the Lady Wolves swimming team has come home with a second place trophy from State. The Lady Wolves went into State with the goal of placing in the top three and were happy to accomplish that goal again. Laramie High School took first place for a third year in a row, which was expected, due to how dominant they had been throughout the season. "Everybody was excited about getting second," head coach Colleen Seiloff said. "We knew we'd have to work hard at it to beat C...
A passion for basketball has turned into an opportunity to play college basketball for one Green River student. Madelyn Heiser, a Green River High School senior, recently signed her letter of intent with Sheridan College to play basketball for them next year. Heiser started playing basketball in the third grade. "My brother played basketball and I wanted to be just like him, so my dad started a basketball team," Heiser said. Even though it has been a long time, Heiser can still remember her...
The Lady Wolves Volleyball team's season came to an end this weekend at Regionals. Despite the Lady Wolves growing as a team and improving, they did not advance to State this year. On Friday, the Lady Wolves once again had to play the Rock Springs Lady Tigers for a chance to advance in the bracket. They lost in three sets, 30-28, 25-12, 25-19. This loss put the Lady Wolves in the consolation bracket where they took on Cody Saturday morning. They won in five sets, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 18-25,...
With the regular season coming to an end, the Lady Wolves swimming and diving team is preparing for State. State takes place this week in Gillette and the Lady Wolves know Laramie High School is the team to beat. All season long, the team has seen Laramie dominate the competition, but they are still setting their sights on a top-three finish. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said the team would like to bring home a State trophy. Seiloff said Cheyenne Central and Campbell County will also be tough...
Hailey Uhrig's schedule is tight. Most mornings start at 4:40 a.m., long before the sun peeks above the eastern horizon. Practice begins at 5:30 a.m., and is divided between three days of weight lifting and two in-pool mornings. After a full day of classes at the Green River High School, a second practice starts at 3:30 p.m., and ends at at 5:45 p.m. After dinner and homework, she goes to bed by 9:30 p.m., to do it all over the next day. Hailey's dedication to competitive swimming has paid...
The Lady Wolves swimming and diving team took second at conferences, while picking up another state qualifier. The Green River High School Lady Wolves recently traveled to Laramie to take on seven other teams at conferences to take second. Head coach Colleen Seiloff said she felt good about where the team placed saying they came in right behind Laramie, which is the top team in the state. Going into conference competition, the Lady Wolves knew Laramie was going to be strong and the team to...
In a close contest that was in doubt up until the last minute of the game the powerful 6-1 Cody Broncs came into Green River and in a defense-dominated game defeated the 2-5 Wolves who played hard and had a chance up to the end, to take the No. 2 seed into the State playoffs. The Wolves came up short though, and their season ended with a 17-10 loss. The Broncs only offensive touchdown of the game did not come until 9:30 in the forth quarter as the Wolves defense gave up 200 yards on the ground,...
The Green River High School cross country team’s season wrapped up at the State meet in Star Valley over the weekend. Overall, the boys finished 11th out of 13 teams, scoring 299 points. The team finished ahead of Cheyenne South and Thunder Basin. The top finisher for the boys was junior Greg Sherwin, who has led the Wolves’ times throughout the season. He took 17th with a time of 17:34.57. Other Wolves competing were freshman Ezekiel Reading, taking 46th at 18:26.39; freshman Hale Iwen, who placed 77th with a time of 19:35.29; freshman Sha...
The Lady Wolves volleyball team lost one on the road and won a game at home this past week. Last Thursday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Evanston to take on the Lady Red Devils and lost in in five sets, 25-27, 25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 15-8. In the Jackson game, which took place Saturday at home, the Lady Wolves showed they are a force to be reckoned with and won in three sets, 25-12, 25-17, 25-18. Head coach Rikki Shantz said in their game against Evanston the Lady Wolves came out fired up and ready...
The Powell Panthers closed the door on any opportunity the Green River Wolves had at securing a playoff game this year. The football teams clashed Friday night in Powell, ending with a victory for the Panthers, 26-14. Green River struggled with pushing the ball into the endzone, scoring two touchdowns despite four opportunities. This season, Green River has been unable to score more than 14 points a game. Green River's woes started early in the first quarter, where a fumble two plays into the ga...
The Lady Wolves swimming and diving team came home in third place out of 17 teams. Last Friday and Saturday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Gillette for one of the biggest competitions they’ve been in all season long and to see where they stacked up against the other teams. “Gillette’s always nice because it’s got a lot of people from all over the state,” head coach Colleen Seiloff said. This was the last meet in the regular season and Seiloff was hoping to pick up a few more state qualifier...
With the 14-7 win over Evanston, the Wolves are still in the running for a possible playoff game. The Wolves started off receiving the ball and Isaac Ruiz brought the ball out for a 21-yard return, but the Wolves were three and out quickly. The Red Devils got the ball and were in a fourth and 13th situation when they went for it, but they were 3 yards short. The Wolves took over the ball, but had to punt. A big defensive play by Wolves Tayler Jensen and Payton Tucker created a big stop making...
