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  • Cody Broncs dominate the Wolves

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Oct 6, 2022

    The Green River Wolves took the five-hour, 300-mile trip north this past Friday to take on the two-time defending State champion Cody Broncs, who are 4-0 this season, on their home field on homecoming night. Cody had by far the largest contingent of football players in 3A on their roster with 105 players out this year, giving them a very experienced deep squad. The Wolves kicked off to Cody and caught a break right away as it was a short kick and the Wolves recovered what appeared to be an...

  • Boys and Girls Cross Country competes in Evanston

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Oct 6, 2022

    The Green River High School boys and girls Cross Country teams competed at the Evanston Invitational this past weekend against teams from Evanston and Lyman and a few competitors from Manila, Utah. There were 33 runners in the girls field and 52 in the boys. Head Cross Country Coach Craig Leavitt noted that Evanston has a large team and he felt the girls "got in there and competed." Leavitt pointed out that Evanston moved from being one of the better 4A teams to now being 3A, so we will be...

  • Homecoming Game

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 29, 2022

    After what was reported in pregame as one of their best weeks of practice, the Wolves took on the always tough Powell Panthers for the Wolves Homecoming game. The Wolves returned to opening kick off to the 37 yard line and with good field position the Wolves went mostly to their running game. The Wolves got good blocking from their offensive line and seven carries from their leading ball carrier Bracken Miller. A good run and reception from Jackson Mitchell and Miller scored on a run and the...

  • Cross Country girls take home first place at Saratoga

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 29, 2022

    This past Friday the Green River High School’s Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams traveled to Saratoga. They competed in the Shanna Ward Memorial Invitational Cross Country meet at the Saratoga Inn Golf Course against teams from Burns/Pine Bluffs, Cheyenne South, Glenn Rock, Saratoga/Encampment, Rock Springs, Ft. Washakie, Rock River, Wheatland, Torrington, Rawlins, Mountain View, Kelly Walsh, and Manila, Utah. The boys team finished 5th out of the fifteen schools in the meet. Leading the way for the all Seniors boys team for the Wolves in t...

  • Boys and Girls Tennis team ends season at State

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 29, 2022

    The Green River Wolves Girls and Boys tennis teams traveled to Gillette last week for the three day State Tennis Tournament to conclude their fall season. There were three days of play Thursday through Saturday at three different court locations in Gillette. Teams participating include; Green River, Cheyenne South, Laramie, Cody, Jackson, Rawlins, Natrona, Powell, Central, Torrington, Thunder Basin, Kelly Walsh, Campbell County and Rock Springs. The format for state championships is the same for...

  • Tennis boys are Regional champions

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 22, 2022

    This past weekend the Green River Boys and Girls Tennis teams competed in the South Regionals for seeding position for the State meet to be held this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Gillette. The veteran, more-experienced boys team took first place in Regionals, getting favorable seedings for State. The boys No. 1 Doubles team of Zach Friel and Taylon Tirrell and the No. 2 Doubles team of David Ross and Chris Wilson both took first place, coming away as Regional champions. The No. 3 Doubles team of Theran Archibald and Michael Nielsen came in...

  • Cross Country persevered through tough conditions

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 22, 2022

    The Green River Wolves Girls and Boys Cross Country teams participated in the Lander Invitational this past week in between rain storms on a muddy cross country course at the Lander Golf and Country Club against ten other local teams. Head Cross Country Coach Craig Leavitt commented that it was "a slick race with lots of kids slipping and falling in the mud on the hills." Coach Levitt felt that it would be likely that "our kids will be ordering spikes this week as those that did not have them...

  • Wolves hit the road for first away game against Worland

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 22, 2022

    After starting the season with three straight home games, including a 48-0 win over Rawlins, the Green River High School Wolves football team traveled north to take on the Worland Warriors in their annual homecoming game. Worland kicked off to the Wolves, who started with a 23-yard pass completion from senior quarterback Caleb Lake to fellow senior Jackson Mitchell. Several runs by Bracken Miller and the Wolves were moving the ball, with their offensive lines providing some good blocking, but...

  • Wolves score big over Rawlins, win 48-0

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 15, 2022

    Last Friday the Green River Wolves celebrated their first win in two years. The Wolves played host to the visiting Rawlins Outlaws, who were fresh off a big 39-7 win over Pinedale. To start the game, Rawlins won the coin toss but deferred, electing to kick off the ball to the Wolves. The Wolves wasted no time in moving the ball behind some fine blocking from their offensive line. The Wolves' Jackson Mitchell ran the ball twice for 10 yards, and Jaxxson Gomez carried twice for seven yards, with...

  • Tennis teams improving with busy week

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 15, 2022

    The Green River Girls and Boys Tennis Teams concluded a busy week as they traveled to Rock Springs Tuesday for a make up meet, took on Torrington High School in Laramie Wednesday, and played Cheyenne South in Cheyenne Friday before having two meets Saturday in Cheyenne with Cheyenne East and Cheyenne Central postponed until next week. The meets will now take place some time before Regionals in Rock Springs, which is scheduled for Friday and Saturday. During the week, the young,...

  • Cross Country competes in regional meet

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 15, 2022

    The Green River Cross Country boys and girls teams competed this past Saturday at the Chief Nation Invitational Cross Country Meet in Ethete, Wyoming against twenty teams with approximately 200 runners from schools from across the state. Ryanna Smith of Rawlins won the girls division in the 5,000 meter race with a time of 19:17.8, with Natrona taking home the team title. Owen Burnett of Mountain View won the boys 5,000 in 16:11.5, with Star Valley winning the boys title. For the girls, Green Riverss top finisher was Isabelle Murdock in...

  • Wolves take on strong Lander team

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 8, 2022

    This past Friday the Green River Wolves hosted the 1-0 Lander Tigers who were fresh off a 54- 0 home win over Pinedale. The Tigers kicked to the Wolves with the ball going deep out of the end zone, preventing any return. The Wolves' offense was unable to move the ball on their first series and got off a short punt to the tigers. Lander then ran three plays on the ground before their experienced senior quarterback threw an 18-yard strike for the first score of the game. With the P.A.T. kick good,...

  • Tennis teams take on opponents at home

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 8, 2022

    The boys and girls tennis teams took on the visiting Rawlins Outlaws team at the Green River High School courts this past Thursday. The young girls team continued to improve as they defeated Rawlins 3-2, while the senior-dominated boys team continued to roll as they shut out Rawlins 5-0. The teams then took on the visiting Laramie team at home Saturday. The girls team had some competitive matches with close scores and matches that went to three sets before falling to Laramie 5-0, while the boys team continued to roll as they also shut out...

  • Cross country team gains experience

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 8, 2022

    Green River’s girls and boys cross country teams traveled this past weekend to Soda Springs, Idaho for a huge cross country regional meet with 40 schools and over 300 competitors from Southwest Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. This meet included some of the top high school runners, providing a great competitive experience for area schools. Wyoming schools competing included Evanston, Mountain View, Rock Springs, Jackson, Star Valley, Lyman and Green River. The Lady Wolves were led by junior Madison Murdock, who finished the 5,000 meter course in a t...

  • Wolves take hard loss to Uintah

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 1, 2022

    Last Friday night the Green River Wolves took on the 0-2 Uintah Utes at Wolves stadium and came away with a 42-7 defeat. Uintah had the advantage of having already played two games and had about an equal number of upperclassmen. Uintah's defense was able to put pressure on the Wolves' quarterback throughout the night, and their offense controlled the line of scrimmage a good portion of the game, which enabled their offense to make some big plays both in the passing and running game. Uintah got...

  • Tennis teams takes on opponents

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 1, 2022

    The Green River Wolves Boys and Girls Tennis teams traveled to White Mountain Junior High in Rock Springs for a “home” meet against teams from Casper who were also playing Rock Springs teams this past Friday. Green River helped out by traveling back and forth for the Casper teams and conducted their “home play” on the Rock Springs courts. The young Lady Wolves girls team was shut out by Kelly Walsh 5-0, with the No. 2 team from Green River of Shania Flores and Lilly Harris putting up the closest scores, losing 6-4 and 7-5. The continu...

  • Cross country girls almost perfect score

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Sep 1, 2022

    The Green River Girls and Boys Cross Country teams hosted their rivals from Rock Springs in their first home meet of the season at the Rolling Green Country Club Golf Course west of Green River on a 5,000 meter race course this past Friday. The boys team lost to Rock Springs with a team point total of 21 for Rock Springs to 34 for Green River. In cross country, the lowest point total wins. Rock Springs junior Ethan Sholey won the race with an excellent time of 18:26.81 while Green River’s senior Nathan Stevenson also ran a fine race to take s...

  • Tennis team keeps swinging

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Aug 25, 2022

    After falling to a strong Jackson team in their first meet of the season, Green River's girls and boys tennis teams took the long bus ride north to Gillette to take on Thunder Basin and Campbell County high schools. The girls were swept by Thunder Basin, though they had a couple of close doubles games. Against Campbell County the Lady Wolves #3 doubles team of Raygan Cochrun and Jocelyn Peterson won a close match 7-6 (7-4 tiebreaker) and 7-5. The boys swept their matches with both Campbell...

  • Tennis team starts the season at home

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Aug 18, 2022

    The Green River High School boys and girls tennis teams kicked off their season Saturday morning on a beautiful sunny day against a very good, seasoned Jackson team. Jackson's older, more experienced squad, which included a defending State champion on the boys team, won both the girls' and the boys' matches. The young Lady Wolves team was shut out by Jackson, who won all their matches, while the Green River boys #1 and #2 doubles team defeated Jackson in two competitive matches, with Jackson...

  • Regional track champions crowned in Casper

    Pete Rust, Contributor|May 19, 2022

    The Green River High School track teams competed at Casper Natrona High School in the West 4A Regionals last week, giving the top eight finishers qualifying a chance to go back to Casper this week for the Wyoming State Track Championships at Kelly Walsh High School. The Lady Wolves’ regional team consisted of two seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and eight freshmen. The two seniors led the way by both winning their specialty events. Kaelea Gibson was the region 4A champion in the high jump, clearing 5-04 inches, while teammate Lillian M...

  • Track team hits season-best times in Cody

    Pete Rust, Contributor|May 12, 2022

    Green River’s track team headed north last Thursday to compete with a new group of teams including the host Cody, Powell, Worland, St. Stephens, and Sheridan. In the sprints for the Lady Wolves, seven sprinters were entered, all of whom will be returning next year for the young Green River team. In the 100-meter dash, Rylee Rosas led the Lady Wolves finishing 14th, followed by Eva Murray in 22nd, Ericka Robinson at 28th and Laynie Fundell in 32nd. The 200 meters was also led by Rosas and Murray in 11th and 16th respectively, followed by Mikayla...

  • Track team aims high at home

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Apr 28, 2022

    The Wyoming weather played havoc with the spring track season as the week prior to the second Green River Invite most meets throughout the state were canceled. The Puncher Invite in Big Piney and this week’s home invite were started a little early Friday morning in an attempt to beat the wind and rain, but the meet did not make it as several events were canceled. The Wolves were also scheduled to compete in Morgan, Utah Saturday, but canceled their attendance at that meet as the weather predicted was filled with more wind and rain. However, m...

  • Track team fares well at Rock Springs meet

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Apr 14, 2022

    ​On a blustery wind chilled day in early spring, the Green River girls and boys track teams took the short drive to Rock Springs Saturday to compete with 13 other Southwest Wyoming track teams used to this unpredictable April weather to compete in the annual Ted Schroeder Invitational, named for the school’s former track coach. Times and distances were impacted due to the strong winds and the accompanying wind chills. While this was generally the case, there were some exceptional efforts especially considering weather conditions. The girls tea...

  • Track team stays competitive at Alpha Invitational meet in Utah

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Apr 7, 2022

    The Green River High School track team traveled south this past Thursday and Friday to compete with 30 other high schools in Orem, Utah. With as many as 150 competitors in some events, the huge two-day Utah Regional Track Meet was the stage where many Green River competitors showed improvements in times and distances from the previous week. The teams were also split up for this meet as the mostly younger track competitors stayed home for a junior varsity meet in Lyman Thursday. In a large field...

  • Track team sees success at home

    Pete Rust, Contributor|Mar 31, 2022

    Green River's Girls and Boys Track Teams performed well in their Green River Invitational Track Meet Friday at Wolves Stadium. In a field which included Rock Springs, Lander, Saratoga, HEM (Hanna/Elk Mountain), Encampment, Rawlins, Big Piney, the Wolves women took first place while the boys took second to Rock Springs. The Wolves had a number of excellent performances both in individual events as well as a few individuals that scored at the top in multiple events, earning big team points. For...

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