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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Wolves completed a very tough schedule with a one-sided loss to the always tough Star Valley to finish the season 0-8 despite playing hard and never giving up all season. The Braves got 221 yards rushing from their top running back and had no less than 23 players on the team with an offensive stat as they spread the ball around and played error-free ball with no turnovers. The Wolves had a respectable 310 yards in total offense including six receptions to senior wide receiver Dylan Taylor, who set the all-time single-season pass receiving...
Green River hosted the Cody Broncs, falling to the No. 1 ranked and undefeated defending 3A State Football Champions, 48-20 Friday night. Considering how Cody has dominated every opponent to date, the Wolves may well have played their best game of the season without the services of three of their top players on offense and defense. Cody won the coin flip to start the game and elected to receive. After a good kickoff return Cody ran the ball seven times, showing why they lead the State in that...
Despite coming off two straight losses to the two top ranked teams in 3A, the Powel Panthers head coach in a pre-game interview indicated that his fourth ranked team was at its healthiest it has been all season and just had their best week of practice which turned out to not be good news for the visiting Wolves, who had some key injuries and were looking for their first win of the season. The game was played in cold temperatures with wind and pouring rain on Powell’s artificial turf field. The Wolves won the coin toss to start the game, but d...
Green River traveled north to take on the powerful 4-0 Jackson Broncs last week, suffering another loss at the end of the night. Jackson wasted no time in their first possession as they opened up their strong passing attack and took a quick 7-0 lead. The Wolves took over and ran six plays with the help of a 15-yard personal foul against Jackson, but Dylan Tayor ended up punting to the 35 yard line with Hayden Roberts making the tackle on Jackson’s receiver. Jackson would soon extend its lead to 13-0, unable to capitalize on a P.A.T., f...
Green River hosted the Worland Warriors on Hall of Fame night before a large home crowd, but were unable to secure a win in the high-scoring game. The Warriors came into Wolves Stadium with the largest contingent of players in the school's history, which included a number of experienced seniors on the roster. The Warriors appeared to have the advantage in team speed while the Wolves had the size advantage. Green River's coach Kevin Cuthbertson said Worland had a very athletic team and ran the RP...
The Green River Wolves took the long bus ride north Friday to take on the 1-0 Buffalo Bison. Learning from their defeat in Lander, theWolves showed significant improvement from the previous week with 316 yards of total offense, 261 yards of which came through Green River’s passing game. The Wolves had eight passes of more than 20 yards and picked up an additional 55 yards on the ground. The other significant improvement from week one was the Wolves took better care of the ball, having only one turnover throughout the night. The Wolves won t...
By PETE RUST Contributor The Wolves hit the road Friday to play a tough Lander squad and taking their first loss of the season. The Lander Tigers have made the playoffs the last couple of years and started with the home field advantage and one game under their belts: a 51-6 domination of Pinedale. Lander won the coin toss to start the game, but deferred and allowed the Wolves to start the game on offense. Lander's defense, which proved formidable throughout the game, stopped the Wolves on three...
The Green River High School track teams traveled to Casper to compete in the Wyoming High School Track Championships at Kelly Walsh High School this past Thursday through Saturday, earning one state title at the end of the event. For the Lady Wolves, there was only one competitor to finish in the top eight. Junior Lillian Munoz ran the fastest 300-meter hurdle time at state in any class to win with a time of 45.71 and finish as the state champion. Also competing for the girls was junior Kalea Gibson, who took ninth in the high jump at 4-10 and...
The Wolves had several track athletes on both the boys and girls teams travel to Riverton for the second time this season to compete in the 4A West Regional track meet Friday and Saturday. A number of the young Wolves athletes improved their times and distances, setting personal records and showing promise for the coming years, but only the first eight finishers qualified for State, along with some that had achieved the marks in previous meets to pre-qualify. The Lady Wolves have qualifiers in...
On the final week of the season for the Wolves, the junior varsity meet featured an opportunity for the underclassman to compete prior to Regionals. One exception for the Boys was senior distance runner Greg Sherwin, who ran away from the competition and took first place in the 3,200-meter run in 10.42.17. In the 100-meter dash for the girls, Olivia Sheets, a sophomore, took seventh in 14.56, took 12th in the 200-meter dash at 31.69 and took sixth in the triple jump at 28-5.00. Also for the girls, Morgan Owens took 18th with a throw of...
The Green River High School Wolves track team traveled to Pinedale to participate in what was represented as a junior varsity meet with competitors from Cokeville, Kemmerer, Pinedale, Big Piney, Farson, H.E.M., and Jackson. The Wolves took a smaller contingent of competitors, mostly sophomores and freshman with a few juniors and seniors, knowing that they had a big varsity meet in Riverton the next day. There were a lot of personal records made throughout the day as the Wolves had one of their f...
On another chilly windy spring day, Green River hosted a a large group of high schools Friday, many they have been competing with throughout season. The larger schools included neighboring Rock Springs, Evanston, Jackson, Riverton and Lander. The smaller schools were Mountain View, Kemmerer, Lyman, Pinedale, Big Piney, Little Snake River and Manila, Utah. There were more than 110 competitors in some of the individual events and the wind and the cold caused many of the times and distances to be...
The weatherman predicted high winds for the Ted Schroeder Invitational Track Meet In Rock Springs and to no ones surprise, the cold winds were howling by mid morning. The Green River track team took the short journey east to compete with much of the same teams they have gone against in all their meets to date. The new team this week was Riverton who competed with the host Rock Springs, Evanston and Green River along with Mountain View, Cokeville, Pinedale, Big Piney, Kemmerer, Farson,...
On the last day of March, during a still, chilly spring day, the Green River track team took the short trip west to Mountain View to join with the larger schools from Rock Springs, Evanston and Lander, as well as small schools Farson-Eden, Manila, Lyman, Big Piney, Cokeville and private school Franklin Central to compete with the hosting Mountain View team. In team scoring, the girls had 41 points to finish ninth while the boys scored 74.5 points to take sixth place. Top finisher for the boys on the day was a distance runner, sophomore Nathan...
On a chilly spring day, Green River hosted 14 schools anxious to get started with their track season after the first meet of the season, the Lyman Invitational, was canceled the previous week. With 13 other schools, there were almost 100 competitors in some of the events. For the Lady Wolves those finishing in the top eight places and scoring points for their team included Jayleigh Wright, finishing second in the 3,200-meter run in 14:01.48, Lillian Munoz placing third in the field of 18 in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.18 and taking second in...
With the celebration of one of our most important holidays fast approaching, and the recent explosion of a second wave of COVID-19 cases, I feel it is very important as your mayor to express my thoughts regarding the various issues involved. During a recent meeting, several of our local doctors and their various support staff from Memorial Hospital, Castle Rock Medical Center, and county health expressed their tremendous concern for the huge spike in new COVID-19 cases in our community, and discussed how it was overwhelming our health care...
In a game that was much closer than the score indicates, the Star Valley Braves pulled away from the Wolves for the victory, eliminating the Wolves from the playoffs. The Wolves moved the ball initially on their first possession, but an interception ended the drive and Star Valley mounted a long drive on the ground before scoring on a short pass. A P.A.T., failed, but Star Valley had a quick 6-0 lead. The Wolves then mounted a six-play drive, with the big play and 31-yard run by senior running...
The Green River Wolves made a long road trip last Friday to take on the highly-ranked Cody Broncs, who were solid on both offense and defense throughout the night and moved their record to 6-1 on the season while the Wolves fell to 2-5. The Broncs, who have not given up more than 6 points to an opponent all season, scored their second shut out despite the Wolves forcing four Cody turnovers. The Broncs used seven different running backs to wear down the Wolves and rack up a season best 455 yards in total offense. The Wolves’ James King was b...
The always tough, second-ranked Powell Panthers traveled to Green River for a senior night homecoming game Friday and with a big fourth quarter, were able to pull away from the Wolves. The Wolves played the Panthers tough for most of the night as Powell held a slim one-point lead at the half and were up by only 28-20 to end the third quarter, but wore the Wolves down in the forth to prevail 44-20. The Wolves got the ball to start the game and were three plays and out. Despite a bad snap, punter...
