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Practice started last Monday, March 4, for the Green River High School Girls and Boys Outdoor Track and Field participants, right after the end of the Indoor Track season. Many of the Indoor Track athletes were joined by new athletes that participated in other winter sports. This season, according to Head Track Coach Dan Hansen, the team has 58 kids out, with the number of boys and girls split down the middle. Coach Hansen believes this is a good balance for both squads. The biggest class is...
The Green River High School Boys and Girls Indoor Track team participated this past week in the Wyoming Indoor State Track and Field Championships hosted by Campbell County High School in Gillette. Both the young boys and girls teams finished 13th out of the 18 teams participating. Green River had seven participants make the finals for the boys and girls. The top finisher overall for the Wolves was Junior Lillian Allison, who finished second in the girls Shot Put to receive All State honors. Two of Green River’s boys pole vaulters broke the sch...
The Green River Wolves capped a very successful wrestling season by capturing the 2024 3A State Boys Varsity Wrestling Championship for the second year in a row. In the field of seventeen teams, the Green River High School Wrestling team scored 242 points, putting them 30 points ahead of a very strong second-place Pinedale team. The Wolves had 20 wrestlers qualifying for State, with thirteen of those competitors finishing in the top five for their weight class. The Wolves were led by one of...
The Green River High School Boys and Girls Indoor Track team competed this past week at the Laramie Invitational. For many of Green River's Indoor Track team competitors, it was only their third meet of the season, despite the fact that it was also the last meet before State. This was due to the fact that they could not make it to a number of meets due to the winter weather. However, the team had many personal bests recorded as they qualified 20 competitors for the State meet. State will take...
This past week the Green River Wolves Boys and Girls Varsity Wrestling teams competed in Riverton at the 3A Regional Championships. The Boys competed with eight other teams from the west including Pinedale, Cody, Powell, Evanston, Riverton, Lyman, Lander and Mountain View. The boys came away the Regional Champions with six individual champions. They defeated second-place Pinedale, finishing 246 to 209, with Pinedale having three individual champions. The boys qualified a total of 20 wrestlers...
Green River’s Indoor Track team traveled to Pocatello, Idaho this past week to compete in one of the top high school Indoor Track meets in the nation, the Simplot Games. The team headed to the ICCU Dome, formerly the Holt Arena, on the campus of Idaho State University along with 21 other teams from Wyoming, as well as teams from many states and some foreign countries. There were as many as 300 competitors in some events. Green River’s top performance was from their girls throwers as Junior Lillian Allison finished fifth in the weight thr...
On Tuesday, January 30, the Green River Wolves Indoor Track Throwers competed in an unscheduled throwers-only meet at Evanston High School’s new Bubble Facility against throwers from Evanston, Rock Springs and Mountain View. Below are the results from this impromptu meet. The Indoor Track team had a makeup meet scheduled for Saturday, February 10 at Natrona County High in Casper. However, due to a scheduling problem, the Wolves did not attend the meet. Head Coach Dan Hansen mentioned the team is excited to be traveling to Pocatello, Idaho this...
This past Wednesday, the Green River Wolves Boys Varsity and Junior Varsity Wrestling teams returned to the friendly confines of Wolves Gym on Senior Night to take on the Evanston Red Devils. The Varsity team defeated Evanston 62-12. Evanston did not bring a girls team, so the Lady Wolves had the night off. The meet marked the return of Green River’s three-time State champion senior, Kale Knezovich, who has been sidelined until now by an early-season injury. The Wolves Boys and Girls Wrestling teams then traveled to Rock Springs on Thursday t...
This past Thursday, the Green River High School Boys Varsity and Junior Varsity traveled to the Star Valley High School in Afton to take on the always-formidable Star Valley Braves Wrestling teams. The Wolves Varsity defeated Star Valley 43-25 while the Junior Varsity scored a 62-50 win over the Braves. After the meet, Head Wrestling Coach Josh Wisniewski commented that they were very happy with how the team competed in Star Valley. "It's always tough to wrestle them in their gym or anywhere...
The Green River Boys Varsity and Junior Varsity and the Girls Varsity Wrestling teams competed this past weekend in the Ron Thon Memorial Wrestling Tournament in Riverton along with a large contingent of more than 30 other teams, all from Wyoming. The two-day event included Boys Varsity and JV and Girls Varsity. The Boys Varsity took third and the Junior Varsity finished in first. The girls team, missing one of their veteran wrestlers, finished in 21st place. For the girls, Brianna Uhrig led...
The Green River High School Girls and Boys Indoor Track team competed last weekend at the Weber State University High School Indoor Track Meet in Ogden, Utah. They competed with athletes from 42 schools and hundreds of additional athletes competing "unattached," meaning they were not with a school team. Top finishers for the Wolves included, once again, Junior Lillian Allison for the girls, who took first place in the huge field of competitors, winning the shot put with a fine early-season throw...
The Green River High School Boys and Girls Wrestlers competed this past weekend at the 2024 Lander Invitational Wrestling Tournament. They went up against 26 other Wyoming teams, coming away with the boys taking first place in the team standings and the girls taking sixth. The Wolves wrestlers will be competing with many of the same teams this weekend as they travel north again, this time to Riverton to compete in the Ron Thon Invitational Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27. Head Wrestling...
With the start of a shortened seven-week Indoor Track season, the Green River High School Boys and Girls Indoor Track team traveled south this past week to Provo, Utah for the BYU Invitational. They competed with a huge field of over 1,000 competitors, including four other Wyoming teams with Evanston, Mountain View, Pinedale and Star Valley taking part. There were well over 200 competitors in some of the events. Two Green River competitors, one each for the girls and boys, finished in the top eight, scoring points for their team. For the...
The 2024 Thoman Soda Ash Memorial Wrestling Tournament was hosted this past Friday and Saturday by Green River High School. The tournament format included Boys Varsity Duals, Boys J.V., Girls teams, and the Best of the Best Competition. The Wolves competed as one of the twenty-three high schools from Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The Green River Boys Wrestling Varsity team competed in Pool A in dual meets against teams from Laramie, Big Piney, and Cokeville, Wyoming; Roosevelt, Colorado; and...
The Green River Wolves Boys and Girls Wrestling teams, both Varsity and Junior Varsity, competed this past week on Friday and Saturday in one of the long-running, prestigious regional wrestling meets in this area. The 52nd Annual Tournament of Champions in Vernal, Utah had teams from Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. The Varsity boys team finished fifth out of 34 teams and had six of their 16 wrestlers place in the top eight. The top finisher in the tourney for the boys was James Herwaldt, who took...
The Wolves Varsity Wrestling team traveled to Reno, Nevada this past weekend on December 15 and 16 to compete in one of the toughest high school meets in the nation - the Reno Tournament of Champions. Green River competed along with teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The team gained excellent experience, competing with many of the best high school wrestlers in the nation. Green River...
The Green River High School Boys Wrestling team got their 2023/24 wrestling season under way this past week, competing in the very tough Wasatch Duels in Heber, Utah. The tournament hosted 15 other teams from Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. The meet had competition in both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions. The Wolves competed against eight other teams, including Fruita Monument, Colorado, and two perennial powerhouse teams from Utah — Mountain Ridge and Wasatch. Green River finished the two day tourney with a 5-3 team record. One of the l...
The Green River High School Girls Wrestling program kicked off the 2023/24 wrestling season this past Thursday in Afton. The Star Valley High School Girls Wrestling program hosted the Star Valley Lady Braves Brawl with Star Valley, Evanston, Green River, Jackson, Kemmerer, Lyman and Rock Springs invited. "The girls competed well in Star Valley this past Thursday," Head Coach Josh Wisniewski said of the meet. Last year was the first year for girls wrestling in the state of Wyoming. This year...
The Green River High School Boys and Girls Indoor Track Team will start their indoor season at the start of the new year, with their first day of practice on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The team’s first meet will be in Casper at the Natrona Invitational on Saturday, January 13. The team will then compete in two large regional meets in Utah, heading to the BYU Invitational in Provo on Friday, January 19, and the Weber State Invitational in Ogden on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27. In February they will compete in Gillette, going back to N...
Green River's Head Wrestling Coach Josh Wisniewski indicates he is "very excited to get the 2023/24 wrestling season started" as the team is "returning a great group of young men and women." Wisniewski notes that "the wrestlers have been working hard during open mat to get their minds and bodies ready for the season." The goal for this year, "just like every season, is for the team to get better every day," the coach added. The Wolves wrestlers are expected to get better in the classroom, in...
This past week during a Thursday night home game, the Green River Wolves hosted the Evanston Red Devils, knowing that if they could not only get the win but win by at least 12 points they could still get into the playoffs. Head Coach Blaine Christensen expressed in his pre-game interview that he felt the Wolves had practiced hard and were ready to play but they needed the offense to get going early. The Wolves had 12 seniors playing their last game while Evanston had 18 seniors and many more...
The Green River Wolves took on the new number one ranked football team in 3A, the Star Valley Braves, this past Friday. The Braves beat the previously undefeated number one ranked Cody Broncs 41-14 before taking on the Wolves. Prior to the game, Green River's Head Football Coach Blaine Christensen characterized Star Valley as filled with strong, fast, physical players, but the Wolves played probably their best game of the season before falling to the Braves 47-6. The Wolves had a minimum of...
The Green River Wolves traveled to Jackson Hole to play in what was characterized as a "must win" game for either team as the Wolves came in with a 1-4 overall record and Jackson was 2-4. Jackson had the number one rated quarterback and number one rated receiver in #3A, as well as a potent passing game, averaging over 300 yards passing per game. The Wolves held them to just 129 yards passing, but Jackson changed gears and came up with an effective running game, rushing for 179 yards to the Wolve...
This past Friday at the Wolves' Homecoming varsity football game, Green River played host to the number one team in 3A, the undefeated perennial power Cody Broncs. Cody is dominating the state statistics in virtually all areas - offense, defense and special teams. The Broncs wasted no time as they ran and passed the ball for 437 yards in the first half to establish a 62-0 score by half time. Cody has 84 players on their roster compared to the Wolves' 44, and also has the first, second and third...
The Green River High School Girls and Boys Tennis teams competed with 16 other teams at the Wyoming High School State Tennis Championships in Gillette this past Monday and Tuesday. The more experienced girls team finished in 10th place while the boys were 13th in the16-team field. Head Coach Phil Harder has commented that he is proud of the way his team worked very hard in practice and how hard they played in the games. Coach Harder went on to comment that "it was a building year for the...
