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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... Full story
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...
The Wolves took the long bus ride to Powell this past week to take on the number three team in 3A, the perennial powerhouse Powell Panthers. Powell had outscored their opponents 189-31 to achieve their 4-0 record prior to their game with Green River. The Panthers had a number of players ranked high in a number of categories, both offensively and defensively. Playing on their home field, they were able to dominate the Wolves, gaining their fifth win of the season to remain undefeated with a 44-3...
On a beautiful late summer evening this past week, the Green River Wolves, with a record of 1-2, took on the visiting Worland Warriors with a similar 1-2 record. The special night was also the "Hall of Fame Game." There was a huge crowd on hand for the celebration and to watch the Wolves and the Warriors. The game started with Green River receiving the kickoff, but three plays later the Wolves had failed to pick up a fist down and they had to punt. Worland then got the ball, but after the Green...
This past week the Wolves Boys and Girls Tennis teams traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the 3A South Regionals on Friday and Saturday, September 15-16. The more experienced, older girls team finished fourth out of the seven teams competing, while the young boys team was sixth out of eight teams. All of the boys and girls team members will be competing next week at State in Gillette with their seeding based on where they finished at Regionals. The brackets for State are set and Head Coach Phillip Harder looks for his team to continue their...
Fresh off a first-game victory over Lander, the Green River Wolves hit the road for their second game of the season, taking on the Rawlins Outlaws this past Friday night. The game matched two teams with similar size and numbers, though Rawlins had a few less players on their varsity roster. Rawlins kicked to the Wolves to start the game, and the good kick put the Wolves deep in their own territory to start the game at the 10-yard line. However, things only got worse as on the first play from scrimmage Rawlins’ do-everything-back Zach Covolo i...
The Green River Girls and Boys Tennis teams had an extremely busy week this past week. They played Rock Springs at home Tuesday, traveled to Laramie Thursday to play Torrington, then came back to Green River to play Cheyenne South Friday, Cheyenne East Saturday morning and Cheyenne Central Saturday afternoon. In their first meet of the week, the girls defeated Rock Springs in the teams scores 4-1, while the younger boys team was defeated by Rock Springs 4-1, with their lone win coming from...
This past week the Green River Wolves hit the road to take on 3A rival the Lander Tigers in their conference opener for the 2023 season. The teams have a lot of similarities, including having new head coaches, both of whom have experience coaching 3A football. Lander's coach comes from coaching in Evanston, while Green River's Coach Blaine Christensen comes from Rock Springs. The teams also have similar numbers of players out for football, a good balance in the number of experienced and new...
This past week the Wolves Tennis team was on the road with mixed results. On Thursday, August 31 they traveled to Rawlins. The girls beat the Lady Outlaws 3-2. The Lady Wolves’ #1 and #2 Singles players and #1 Doubles team all won their matches, while the #2 and #3 Doubles teams lost. The boys also succeeded in their team competition, winning 4-1, with the only loss coming in a close #1 Singles three-set match. The teams then traveled to Laramie on Saturday to take on a strong Plainsman contingent in both the boys and girls matches. Green River...
With a new head coach, an almost completely new staff, a lot of new faces on the new turf field, and a new player at the key quarterback spot, the Wolves kicked off their 2023 football season. The Green River High School football team was up against the always-tough Mountain View Buffalos, who are ranked third in 2A. An unusual starting time and day marked the first game of the season as the two teams faced off on a beautiful Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Wolves Stadium. A good crowd of...
A new era in Green River Football started with arrival of new Head Coach Blaine Christensen and an almost completely new group of mostly younger assistant coaches. Many of the assistant coaches played football for and graduated from Green River High School and then went on to play, and in one case coach, college football. Matt Freeze is the only holdover coach from the last staff, and he brings a lot of knowledge and passion to the game according to Christensen. The three coaches who played for...
The Green River High School Boys and Girls Tennis teams' season got underway Monday, August 8 with the start of practice under veteran Head Coach Phil Harder. The varsity teams will have fourteen regular season matches against their Wyoming rivals, with six of the matches being home games and eight away games. All fourteen of the regular season matches will be completed by September 9, with Regionals scheduled to take place September 15 and 16 at Cheyenne South High School. State will take...
The Wolves Girls and Boys Track and Field teams competed in the Wyoming High School Track Championships this past weekend at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper. They were up against 13 other 4A schools, almost all of which have significantly larger enrollments. The largest contingent of athletes for Green River, both for the girls and boys, are sophomores, followed by juniors, freshman and seniors, which bodes well for the Track Program in the next few years if the athletes stick with track and work hard in the off season. Head Track Coach Dan...
