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By KARLA POMEROY
Editor
The Riverside Rebels opened the 2011 season with a win at home against the 2A Pinedale Wranglers, 30-14 last Friday.
Coach Adam Tri was pleased to pick up a win to start the season and to see some improvement from the scrimmage with Greybull the week before. He said Riverside was able to run the ball effectively against Pinedale.

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The Otto Minors split their games last week, falling to Greybull 14-2 but defeating Basin 16-9.
Coach Janalee Call said, offensively, Jacob Cook, scored in the first and David Wardell scored in the third.

The Otto Babe Ruth Rattlers struggled last Saturday with a 12-0 shutout at the hands of Thermopolis.

The Otto Majors picked up a 6-3 and 10-5 wins over Thermopolis on Tuesday, June 21 and then played three games at the Worland Invitational last weekend.

The Otto Babe Ruth Rattlers dropped two games last week, dropping a 13-7 contest to the Worland Indians on June 10 and then getting edged June 11 by Thermopolis, 13-12.

The Otto Rattlers Minor League Club went 2-1 in recent games, according to Coach Janalee Call.
On June 2, the team fell to Greybull, 4-3, but rebounded on June 3 to defeat Worland 14-6 and 10-6.

By Marlys Good

Staff reporter

Burlington’s Ben Mancuso set a new state record with his first-place clearing of 6-5 in the high jump, and senior Lyndsey Wardell joined an elite group of athletes who have won state titles in the same event four times with her first-place time of 48.04 in the 300 hurdles.

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

After an impromptu non-qualifying meet in Cody last Tuesday the Riverside track and field team posted some strong times and distances at the Bobcat Pre-Qualifiyng Meet in Thermopolis last Friday.

By KARLA POMEROY
Editor
Despite some windy conditions, the Riverside Invitational went well and included some season-best performances and a state qualifying jump.

By MARLYS GOOD
Editor
The Burlington Lady Huskies out-ran, out-jumped and out-threw all opponents to take first place at the Riverside Invitational track meet in Basin April 14.

Three lead Lady Huskies to fifth-place finish in Lovell Invitational

By Marlys Good
Staff reporter
Deja Garza, Lyndsey Wardell and Sadie Neves scored all of Burlington’s 31.5 points to power the Lady Huskies to a fifth-place finish at the Lovell High School Invitational track meet April 9.

Riverside set to host home meet today

By KARLA POMEROY
Editor
The Riverside track team struggled against weather conditions at the Lovell track meet Saturday but a few athletes still posted season best times.

Wood, Vigil capture firsts

By KARLA POMEROY
Editor
Riverside junior Brynnt Wood opened the 2011 Track and Field Season with an automatic qualifying throw in the discus, winning the event with a throw of 139-10 at Saturday’s Bill Gerrard Memorial Track Meet in Greybull. The toss was four inches more than needed for a qualifying mark.

Golfers move rivalry to Arizona

By Marlys Good
Staff reporter
For years Susan VandenBoom and Helen O’Boyle were friendly competitors on the Midway Golf Course. They are still “friendly competitors” but this year they switched from Midway to a Troon Golf Course in Surprise, Ariz., where they went head-to-head for the club championship — which Helen won on the 18th hole.

Burlington Lady Huskies sent home without trophy

By Marlys Good
The door to the 1A Girls Basketball State Championship was wide open, according to Burlington Lady Husky Coach Jerry Patrick last week after Snake River and Burlington finished one, two, respectively, at the West Regional Tournament.

Huskies defeat Cokeville for third-place trophy

By KARLA POMEROY
The Burlington Huskies placed third at the state tournament in Casper last weekend, rebounding after a semifinal pounding at the hands of the St. Stephens Eagles.

Riverside Rebels play well, but fall to Chiefs, Punchers

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels came into the 2010-2011 season with new coaching staff and new goals — to be competitive, to avoid the pigtail game and qualify for the regional tournament.

Huskies come back after semifinal loss to qualify for state

By KARLA POMEROY
The 2010 regional and state champion Burlington Huskies fell short of defending the first title when they fell in the semifinal game at the 1A West Regional Tournament in Lander to the No. 1 ranked Little Snake River Rattlers but came back on Saturday to defeat Ten Sleep for a bid to the state tournament.

Lady Huskies fall to Snake River in title game

By marlys good
The Burlington Lady Huskies eked out wins over Encampment and Cokeville but got de-railed by Little Snake River, 36-24, in the 1A West Regional Championship game Saturday in Lander.

Wrestlers take second at regionals

By nathan oster
After a season in which they faced every type of adversity imaginable, from the loss of a teammate to injuries that have held back some of their top scorers, the Greybull-Riverside wrestlers will head to Casper this week looking to defend their Class 2A title.

Season-high offensive output gives Rebels third place

By KARLA POMEROY
In 2008, the Riverside Rebels finished in third place in the 2A Northwest Conference. On Friday they solidified the same spot with a convincing 81-66 win at Shoshoni.

Huskies finish second in conference

By KARLA POMEROY

The Burlington Huskies, after avenging one of their losses two weeks ago at St. Stephens, avenged two more losses at home to end the regular season at 11-9 defeating Ten Sleep on Friday 58-42 and edging Riverside Saturday 51-46.

Lady Huskies defeat Kaycee and
Riverside, head to regional tournament

By marlys good
The Burlington Lady Huskies, unbeaten in conference play, head into the West Regional tournament in Lander as the top seed from the Northwest and will take on Encampment, the No. 4 seed from the south at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in the Auxiliary gym in Lander. (See bracket on page 12 for complete schedule.)

Lady Rebels miss regional tournament with loss to GHS

By Marlys Good
It could have just been Greybull’s home court advantage, or it could have been that the Riverside Lady Rebels came out a little anxious. Whatever it was, Riverside let the Lady Buffs take an early lead and then “couldn’t muster enough to make a comeback,” said Coach Sam Buck on his team’s 40-30 loss to rival Greybull in the pigtail game Monday night.

RHS student wins gold at Winter Special Olympics
By JENNIFER BULTER
Earlier this month Riverside High School student Matthew Franken of Basin traveled to Jackson Hole to compete in the annual Special Olympics Wyoming Winter Games. Franken competed in giant slalom, slalom, and super G categories. He proudly achieved a gold medal in the super G race, silver medal in the giant slalom, and a bronze in the slalom.
Franken competed with the Washakie County team because Big Horn County does not have a team formed. According to Barbra Anderson, Franken’s grandmother, she wanted a team to be formed in this county because of the benefits the Special Olympics offers to the competitors. There are 27 team members from Worland that competed with Franken in Jackson Hole.
The three-day event started at the Jackson High School with the opening ceremony. The next day competitors started competing in the afternoon continuing to the next morning. Franken said, “It was a really hard race, I was against five different kids.” 
Franken said competing in the slalom was the most difficult part. “It was really hard getting down with the flags,” he said. But his favorite part of the weekend was just being able to ski and have fun.
Anderson said Franken practiced weeks in advance to prepare for the Olympics, even traveling to Worland every Wednesday.
According to Anderson, Franken has not always competed in skiing; having competed previously in bowling and swimming. Franken had only started skiing with the assistance of the couch Dr. James Gilman, a dentist out of Worland.
Franken was really proud of his fellow team members. He said, “It was fun! The team did great. A lot of the team members got first and second places.” Anderson said her favorite part was watching the competitors support one another and how they are excited to cheer each athlete who received a medal or a ribbon. She said, “They are all so accepting, nonjudgmental, and cohesive between one another. “
Anderson said, “It is very important for the community to get involved and volunteer with the Special Olympics. Once you are around special needs children it can change your life just from the hugs and smiles you receive. It also changes the athletes. It brings good self-esteem, solid relationships, and helps them mature to their fullest potential.”
Franken had a great and successful time at the Special Olympics Wyoming Winter Games and is planning to compete in the Special Olympics Wyoming Summer Games coming up in a few months.

Lady Huskies win conference title at St. Stephens
By KARLA POMEROY
The Burlington Lady Huskies won the 1A Northwest Conference Championship last weekend, going undefeated in the conference.

Lady Huskies to wrap up conference schedule

By Marlys Good
The Burlington Lady Huskies held on to the top spot in the conference with a 44-29 victory over Meeteetse Friday, using the double-digit scoring of Jessica Stanworth and Sadie Neves, 11 and 10 points, respectively, and the nine points of Jessie Flores to compensate for the team’s 27 turnovers.

Getzfreid layup beats the buzzer, Buffs

By KARLA POMEROY

In a complete turnaround from the game in Greybull, that was a blow out in the first half, the Riverside Rebels had a large lead and won the second game with the Buffs on a buzzer beater.

Two Buffs place at Ron Thon Tourney
By nathan oster
Ben Anson and Clay Cundall were Greybull-Riverside’s only varsity placers at the high-powered Ron Thon Memorial Tournament last weekend in Riverton.

Huskies pick up conference win

By KARLA POMEROY
The Burlington Huskies improved their conference record to 3-2 with a 68-32 win Friday night at Meeteetse, despite being without two starters. On Saturday, the Huskies fell to a tough Shoshoni team on the road by one point, 62-61.

Buffs go 2-0 in duals, but place third in home tournament

By nathan oster
If two days of wrestling at Buff Gym proved anything, it’s that the gulf between the top 2A teams in the state is razor thin heading into the final weeks of the season.

Huskies nearly upset No. 2 St. Stephens

By KARLA POMEROY
After falling to No. 5-ranked Ten Sleep on Thursday 65-45, the Burlington Huskies gave No. 2-ranked St. Stephens all they wanted in Burlington Saturday, but fell just shy of an upset 56-48.
Defense and rebounding were two keys to staying with the Eagles, Coach Matt Davidson said. The Eagles shot just 11 percent from 3-point range, hitting one of nine and shot 52 percent from two-point range.

Lady Rebels suffer two tough losses

By Marlys Good
The hyped-up and long awaited rival game between the Riverside Lady Rebels and their counterparts from Greybull Friday night, fell fall short of what fans expected. The Lady Buffs outscored Riverside in all four quarters, and won the game 32-23.

Lady Huskies fall to Greybull, 30-27

By MARLYS GOOD
Burlington and Greybull squared off for the final game of the 2010 portion of the hoop season, and when the dust had cleared, the Lady Huskies found themselves on the short side of the 30-27 final.

Wrestlers make all the ‘Wright’ moves

By NATHAN OSTER
Greybull-Riverside closed out the December portion of its schedule by winning all five of its duals and capturing first place Saturday at a dual tournament in Wright.

Lady Rebels lose heart breaker to Burlington

By MARLYS GOOD
“It was obviously disappointing,” said Riverside Lady Rebel Coach Sam Buck of his team’s 35-28 loss to Burlington last week. “I thought we were going to win. The girls worked hard and it was closer than most people thought it would be.”

G-R wrestlers third at Montana tournament

By NATHAN OSTER
Greybull-Riverside — the top-ranked 2A team in Wyoming — discovered it also stacks up pretty well against the top teams from Montana during a 19-team bracketed tournament held Friday and Saturday in Forsyth, Mont.

Rebounding hurts Lady Rebels against TR

By Marlys Good
It was a battle of the boards, and unfortunately the Lady Rebels lost that battle hands down and were defeated 52-22 by the Tongue River Lady Eagles Saturday.

Rebels fall to Eagles, face Ten Sleep, Huskies next

 By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels dropped their second game of the season at Tongue River last Saturday in a 69-42 loss.

Wrestlers battle Warriors to a tie, capture fourth at Powell invite

By Nathan Oster
The reigning 2A champions from Greybull-Riverside showed that they could still run with the big dogs in the opening weekend of the 2010-11 season.

New RHS coaches debut at Big Horn Basin Shootout

By KARLA POMEROY AND MARLYS GOOD
Riverside fans get their first look at the Rebels and Lady Rebels under new head coaches Kermit Sweeny and Sam Buck this weekend at the Big Horn Basin Shootout.

Riverside Rebels new coach gets back to the basics

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels boys basketball program began a new era this week with three new coaches taking the reins.

Huskies fall in Lusk in first-round of playoffs

By NATHAN OSTER
With a roster of 16 players, the Burlington Huskies got a quick ouster from this year’s Class 1A playoffs, losing 47-0 to the Lusk Tigers, the No. 1 seeded team from the eastern half of the state, in opening round action Friday evening in Lusk.

Lady Rebels head to state, face No. 1 Wright first

By MARLYS GOOD
The Riverside Lady Rebels are on their way to the 2A State Volleyball Tournament in Casper where they will square off against Wright at 7:30 tonight (Thursday).

­Passing attack leads to 26 unanswered points for third win of season

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels made the final regular season game worth the watching with an exciting nail-biter finish Friday night in Basin as they edged Wind River 26-25.

 Lady Huskies second at West Regional

Lady Rebels heading to regionals

By MARLYS GOOD
It all came down to a pigtail game Monday night. Could Riverside beat the Greybull Lady Buffs for the third time this year and earn a slot in the 2A West Regional Volleyball Tournament in Lander this weekend?

Rebels officially eliminated from playoffs after loss at Dubois

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels were officially eliminated from the playoff picture Friday night after a 66-24 road loss to Dubois.

After loss to Rocky, Huskies No. 4 seed from West

By nathan oster
The Burlington Huskies know their playoff fate after their disappointing 27-6 loss to Rocky Mountain Friday afternoon in Cowley.

Lady Huskies on hunt for regional crown after winning conference

By MARLYS GOOD
Burlington closed out conference action Saturday with wins at Dubois, 25-19, 25-10, 25-11, and St. Stephens, (no scores available), and kept a tight hold on first place in conference sta

Lady Huskies get even with Lovell; finish 3-1

By MARLYS GOOD
Just about two weeks ago the Burlington Lady Huskies got trampled by Lovell and it didn’t set easy. It took a while, but Burlington got even Saturday when they went head-to-head with the Lady Bulldogs in the Greybull/Riverside dual opener and won in two close games, 25-18, 26-24.

Huskies plays spoiler during Homecoming Week

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels outgained the Burlington Huskies 319 yards to 285 yards but the most important statistic showed on the scoreboard Friday night as the Huskies spoiled Homecoming with a 40-14 win.

Lady Rebels fall in three to Lady Huskies; host Greybull tonight

By MARLYS GOOD
Tonight (Thursday) the Riverside Lady Rebels begin their second go-round in conference competition, and they know it will be an uphill battle for them to stay away from a regional challenge match between the two low teams on the conference totem pole.

Lady Huskies win four matches in three days

By MARLYS GOOD
Last week was a pretty good one for the Burlington Lady Husky netters as they racked up four wins, two conference and two non-conference, over some pretty good opponents.

Rebels strike first but fall to Grizz

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels struck first at the Rocky Mountain Football Field in Byron Friday night, but the Rebels ended up falling to the Grizzlies 24-13, to go 0-2 in the conference.

Lady Rebels ace the service line, but lose to Lady Blue

By MARLYS GOOD
Excellent serving by the Riverside Lady Rebels was not enough to lift them past the Shoshoni Lady Blue in a conference match played in Shoshoni Sept. 16.  Riverside lost the five-game match, 25-20, 15-25, 25-17, 23-25, 10-15, and dropped to 1-3 in the conference standings.

Lady Huskies overcome sub-par performance to beat Meeteetse

By MARLYS GOOD
Despite a sub-par performance the Burlington Lady Huskies notched a conference win over Meeteetse Thursday, 25-17, 25-21, 25-13.

Lady Huskies run out of steam at Big Horn

By MARLYS GOOD
A weekend of excellent volleyball play at the Big Horn Invitational Saturday ended with the Burlington Lady Huskies running out of steam and losing to Wright in the semifinals of the bracketed tournament, 21-8, 21-11.

Rebels coaches learn from Cokeville loss, prepare for Rocky

By KARLA POMEROY
“Learn from it and forget about it,” were Riverside Coach Adam Tri’s words of wisdom following the Rebels 61-6 thrashing at the hands of the Cokeville Panthers.

Lady Rebels notch first conference win

By MARLYS GOOD
It was a long time coming, but the Riverside Lady Rebels put everything together and downed the Lady Buffs in five games, 22-25, 25-11, 25-21, 12-25, 15-6 to record their first conference win of the season in Greybull Thursday night.

Huskies top Saratoga for first win of 2010

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington picked up a big conference win and some much-needed momentum with a 12-7 win over Saratoga on Friday afternoon.

Rebels defeat Pinedale to open official season

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels made the long haul to Pinedale Friday night and came away with a 23-20 victory to open the 2010 campaign.

Injuries, missed tackles hurt Rebels against Buffs

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels battled injuries and a tough rushing game from the Greybull Buffaloes Friday night at the Riverside High School Football Field, falling 40-7, in the zero week game, which doesn’t count in standings.

Lady Rebels give notice in opening tourney, host Rocky Friday

By MARLYS GOOD
The Riverside Lady Rebels have given notice that they will be a team to be reckoned with this year.

Burlington Lady Huskies open strong at North Big Horn tournament

By MARLYS GOOD
No one knew quite what to expect to see from the Burlington Lady Husky volleyball team.

by nathan oster
In the eyes of the Wyoming High School Activities Association, it’s an exhibition game.

Otto Rattlers show improvement despite losses as Little League season ends

The Otto Major and Minor League teams struggled last week, failing to pick up a win against three opponents to end the regular season.

Ranch Rodeo returns to Basin next weekend

The Basin Ranch Rodeo returns to Basin for the second straight year, this year sponsored by the Basin Ranch Rodeo Committee.

Riverside Rebels Wood, Vigil medal at State Track Meet

By KARLA POMEROY
Both Riverside athletes attending the State Track Meet for the first time placed in at least one event last weekend in Casper.
Coach Steve Olson said the weather was typical of the season, cold and windy at times.

Huskies win regional title, 26 athletes head to state

By MARLYS GOOD
Coach Albert Henderson and 26  Husky tracksters (16 boys, 10 girls) are headed to the 1A State Track Meet  in Casper that opens Thursday (today).

Rebels tune up for regionals at Thermop

RHS thinclads improving

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside arrived in Meeteetse Friday with the weather windy and cold. After one event, the rain began pouring down and the meet was cancelled so Coach Steve Olson scrambled to make sure several of his athletes could compete in Lovell on Saturday.

Neves AQs in 300-hurdles; four to compete at Track Classic

By MARLYS GOOD
It has to be a ho-hum day on the track for the Burlington tracksters when just one athlete meets state qualifying standards. But that is what happened in Lovell Saturday. Paige Neves met the AQ mark in the 300-meter hurdles, which makes three (other two are pole vault and 100-hurdles) state events for the senior.

Vigil qualifies at home meet

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside High School couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for their first track meet in 15 years as the weather seemed near perfect Friday afternoon.

Host of Huskies meet AQ standards in weekend action

By MARLYS GOOD
Chalk up 14 more automatic qualifying (AQ) events for the Burlington thinclads following weekend invitationals in Basin and Powell.

More state qualifications for Huskies

By MARLYS GOOD
Three Burlington Huskies, Anson George clearing 5-8 in the high jump, Jacob Mancuso with a 20-1 mark in the long jump and Eric McNiven with a first-place time of 2:02.11 in the 800-meters, automatically qualified (AQ) for state during the Warrior Twilight Invitational in Worland Friday. Also meeting AQ time was the 400-meter relay team.

Young RHS thinclads continue progress

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside track team found success at the D&D Twilight Meet last Tuesday in Worland, although times were not as good against the wind as in the first meet of the season.

Anderson perseveres through injury, illness

Wyoming’s 2009 scholar-athletes were honored recently in Laramie.
The top prep football Scholar-Athlete for 2009 hails from Sheridan High School. Austin Woodward collected the honor and $2,400 in scholarships from the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame at the organization’s 16th annual banquet Saturday, March 20 in Laramie.

Teamwork and sacrifice keys to success

Lady Huskies repeat as state champions

By MARLYS GOOD
Conference, regional and state championships. Three goals set by the Burlington Lady Huskies at the start of the 2009-2010 season — and with a 43-40 victory over Kaycee in the 1A title game Saturday at the Casper Events Center — mission accomplished.

Huskies survive injuries on way to title

By NATHAN OSTER
The Burlington Huskies did not blink when they faced adversity at last weekend’s Class 1A West Regional.

Lady Huskies come from behind
for wins in semifinal and title games

By MARLYS GOOD
Second mission accomplished. The 1A West Regional Girls Basketball championship trophy is in the hands of the Burlington Lady Huskies, thanks to a 61-51 victory over Meeteetse  Saturday afternoon in Lander. Their third and final mission, the 1A State Championship, lifts off this morning at 9 a.m. at the Casper Events Center where the Lady Huskies will meet Upton. 
Sharing the bracket with Burlington and Upton are Cokeville and Hulett. Coming up the other side are Kaycee, Snake River, Meeteetse and Arvada-Clearmont.

Rebels season ends as Riverside falls in play-in game

By KARLA POMEROY
The season for the Riverside Rebels ended Thursday just as it had started, with a loss to the Big Piney Punchers. Riverside opened the season with a loss to Big Piney at home as part of the Big Horn Basin Shootout, 61-31. On Thursday, in the play-in game for the 2A West Regional Tournament in Riverton, Riverside fell, 57-33.

Behind 11 placers, G-R ends Cokeville’s reign in 2A
By Nathan Oster
After a 15-year drought, Greybull-Riverside is once again the toast of the Class 2A wrestling world.

Lady Rebels make dramatic comeback over Shoshoni, take third in conference

By MARLYS GOOD
“I think we can beat them …” said Coach Michael McGuire last week looking forward to the Shoshoni game Friday. Coach McGuire had no idea that “beating them” would come from a 28-point scoring surge in the fourth quarter that propelled his team to the 44-33 victory.

Lady Huskies begin quest of regional title today

BY MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies set some definite goals before the basketball season began. First was winning the conference championship, a goal they attained last week by ending the regular season undefeated.

Huskies win final tune-ups before regional tournament
By NATHAN OSTER
The Burlington Huskies will head to Lander and the Class 1A West Regional as one of the favorites after putting the finishing touches on a 19-2 regular season with wins over Ten Sleep and Riverside last week.

Rebels drop close contest with Grizzlies

By KARLA POMEROY
In one of their best performances of the season the Riverside Rebels gave the visiting Rocky Mountain Grizzlies all they could handle in a 45-40 loss Saturday night.

Lady Huskies staying on a roll

By MARLYS GOOD
It was a ho-hum week for the Burlington Lady Huskies they handily disposed of conference foes St. Stephens 53-20, and Dubois 74-41 in back-to-back games. The upside in addition to the conference wins was that Coach Jerry Patrick could play his entire squad, and did so, giving all almost equal playing time.

Huskies secure conference’s top seed for regional

By NATHAN OSTER
After an off night in Pavillion, the Burlington Huskies bounced back in a big way on Friday on their home floor, running away from St. Stephens in the second half in a matchup of two of the top ranked teams in Class 1A.

Lady Rebels edge Lady Buffs, fall to Lady Chiefs

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels traveled to Greybull Thursday and snuck away with a 38-33 victory to solidify third place in the conference.

Despite losses Rebels show improvement

By KARLA POMEROY
With just two weeks left in the regular season, the Riverside Rebels are looking for signs of improvement and they saw some signs in a 99-36 loss to No. 1-ranked Wyoming Indian Saturday.

Huskies top Midwest, Meeteetse
By NATHAN OSTER
With so many teams struggling with numbers, the Burlington Huskies have had to get creative with their schedule, adding Big Horn, Midwest and Wind River to provide competition in the run-up to the Class 1A West Regional.

Lady Rebels lose close conference game to Shoshoni
By MARLYS GOOD
“It was not a good weekend,” said Riverside Coach Michael McGuire of his Lady Rebel’s double losses last weekend. The Lady Rams throttled Riverside 43-15 in a game in Big Horn Friday, but the loss to the Lady Blue in Shoshoni, 47-41 Saturday, was the toughest to take.

Big Horn wins battle of No. 1s, Lady Huskies rebound with convincing wins

By MARLYS GOOD
The battle between the best of 2A versus the best in 1A — Big Horn against the Burlington Lady Huskies went to the 2A team last Thursday.

Wrestlers fall to 3A Powell, but top field at Thermopolis tourney

By NATHAN OSTER
When Greybull-Riverside faced Powell Thursday night in Basin, it was a matchup of the top-ranked 2A and 3A teams in the state. The tilt lived up to the hype, as the teams squared off in 12 weight classes and all but five of them went the full three periods.

Huskies continue dominance

By NATHAN OSTER
With the exception of the Greybull game, which was tight throughout, the Burlington Huskies have hardly broken a sweat during the month of January — and that is a concern heading into a key stretch of games this week.

Rebels see positives in two losses
By KARLA POMEROY
Several positives came in two losses over the weekend for the Riverside Rebels including handling the pressure better against Greybull and scoring a season high 45 points against Tongue River.

G-R claims victory at Don Runner

By NATHAN OSTER
Nathan Hetzel, Clay Cundall and Wes Ridgway won their weight classes while 11 of their teammates placed among the top six to lead Greybull-Riverside to the title at last weekend’s Don Runner Memorial.

Lady Rebels beat rival Greybull; thumped by Tongue River

By MARLYS GOOD
In a game of height versus quickness, quickness paid off as the Riverside Lady Rebels dispatched the Greybull Lady Buffs 56-31 in a home stand Friday.

Lady Huskies overpower Meeteetse, Dubois

By Marlys Good
The Burlington Lady Huskies, who have dominated 1A and 2A opponents thus far this season, kept up the pace last weekend with a 60-45 road victory at Meeteetse, and a yawner, 78-15, win over Dubois in Burlington Saturday.

Huskies roll to opening conference wins
By NATHAN OSTER
In a stark contrast to their intense Jan. 9 game in Greybull, the Burlington Huskies got to ease into their Class 1A Northwest Conference schedule last weekend by playing Meeteetse and Dubois, both of which are struggling with numbers.

Lady Rebels on wrong side of lop-sided scores against Gillette, WIHS

By MARLYS GOOD
It was back to the court for the Riverside Lady Rebels last weekend, and Coach Mike McGuire saw some good things from his squad, despite the losses to the Gillette JV, 56-42 Thursday and a lop-sided loss to the Lady Chiefs in Ethete Saturday, 65-33.

Rebels thumped by No. 1-ranked Chiefs, No. 4 Greybull next

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels struggled to keep up with the quick feet and the strong pressure by the No. 1-ranked Wyoming Indian Chiefs at Ethete last Saturday as they fell 106-30.
Coach Brent Winters said while losing by that much is never good, he saw some good things in his players in their first game back after a three-week break. “It was a good experience for us. I knew they were going to pressure us. They backed off the pressure in the second half. At times we were able to break their press,” he said.

Huskies sweep county rivals, open conference play

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington opened 2010 with a bang, crushing district rival Rocky Mountain 53-35 on Friday and then handing Greybull its first loss of the season with a 44-41 decision Saturday on the Buffs’ home floor.

ady Huskies overcome poor play to beat Rocky Mtn. and Greybull

Lady Huskies’ three titles named top sports story

The Basin Republican Rustler has selected the top five sports stories from numerous sports achievements and trials during the past year. Topping the list was several championships by Burlington teams.

By NATHAN OSTER
With a new coach and new offensive and defensive sets to learn, the Burlington Huskies have been a work in progress, and some of that early-season rust showed Dec. 15 against a Greybull team that had already played — and won — eight games.

Rebels improve on defense against Burlington Huskies

By KARLA POMEROY

Riverside Coach Brent Winters went into last Friday’s game at Burlington with a focus on defense. The Rebels were able to hold the Huskies to the second lowest points allowed this season, 59.

Lady Rebels no match for Burlington

By MARLYS GOOD

The Riverside Lady Rebels spotted Burlington a 14-point lead in the first quarter Friday night,  and it was too deep a hole to dig out of as they lost to the 1A Lady Huskies 57-35 in a game played in Burlington.

Riverside Rebels continue to struggle against full-court press

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels continued to struggle offensively with pressure from Ten Sleep and Tongue River spelling trouble for the young squad. They fell to the Pioneers on the road Friday 72-37 and to Tongue River at home Saturday 75-35.

TR Lady Eagles take Lady Rebels to the wood shed

By MARLYS GOOD

“It’s a tough place to play and a big challenge for us,” said Riverside Lady Rebel Coach Michael McGuire last week, as he looked ahead to his team’s trip over the mountain to play Tongue River Saturday. When the Lady Eagles ripped off an 18-3 first-quarter lead, McGuire and his team knew it was going to be a long evening. Tongue River went on to win by 40 points (60-20).

Matmen ready for new season

By NATHAN OSTER

From the hunter to the hunted.

That is what seems to have happened to the Greybull-Riverside wrestling team — at least if you put any stock in preseason polls like the one currently appearing on wyowrestling.com, a site devoted to all levels of the mat science in the Cowboy State.

Riverside shutout by Southeast

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels post season run ended with a 42-0 thrashing at the hands of the Southeast Cyclones Saturday afternoon.

Swimmers finish in 13th place

By NATHAN OSTER
While they didn’t score many points, Greybull-Riverside coaches and team members came away from the State 3A Swimming and Diving Championships feeling good about the experience.

Lady Rebels 0-2 at state tournament

By MARLYS GOOD
Youth and experience finally caught up to the Riverside Rebels at the 2A State Tournament in Casper last weekend as they were ousted in two matches.

Lady Huskies win fourth state volleball title

By Marlys Good
The 1A State Volleyball Championship was something the Burlington Lady Huskies had set their eyes on from the first practice in August, and what the Lady Huskies wanted, they got, but it didn’t come easy.

Tough Wind River 'D' stifles Rebels run game

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels hung close for three quarters but two fourth-quarter touchdowns spelled trouble as Riverside fell to the Wind River Cougars on the road last Thursday 28-7 to end the regular season 5-3 overall and 4-4 in the conference.

By MARLYS GOOD
The upstart Riverside Lady Rebels, forced to play a pigtail match to earn a fourth-seed berth in the 2A West Regional Volleyball Tournament in Lander last weekend, are on their way to the 2A State Tournament in Casper this weekend thanks in part to an upset of top-seeded Wind River in the tournament opener. Riverside then topped Kemmerer in a state-qualifying game Saturday morning.

By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Jenn Simmons didn’t get the performances she was looking for from the members of her Greybull-Riverside swim team at last weekend’s Class 3A Absaroka Conference meet in Buffalo.

Lady Huskies win regional championship

By MARLYS GOOD
Two down and one to go for the Burlington Lady Huskies. After claiming the conference championship at the conclusion of the regular season, and the 1A West Regional Volleyball Tournament championship with a three-set 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 victory over Cokeville Saturday in Lander, the Lady Huskies have their eyes set on the 1A state title in Casper this weekend.

Huskies go down quietly

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington’s season ended in quiet fashion Friday in Cokeville.
The Huskies made the long trip, needing a win to secure a berth in the Class 1A football playoffs. What they got was their worst defeat of the season, as the Panthers erupted for 31 second-quarter points en route to a 44-0 victory.

By NATHAN OSTER
Greybull-Riverside will head to its conference swim meet still in search of that one breakout performance.

By MARLYS GOOD
There were cheers and tears in the Riverside gym at the conclusion of the 2A West Regional play-in volleyball match Monday night. The good news was the cheers were for the Lady Rebels who beat the Greybull Lady Buffs in three sets, 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 to advance in the West Regional Tournament in Lander this weekend.

By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Mike Aagard called it a “must win” game — and his Burlington Huskies played like it.

By MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies head to Lander and the 1A West Regional Tournament as the top seed from the Northwest, and open play against Hanna Friday at 11:30 a.m. in the Auxiliary gym.

By Marlys Good
Last week was not a good one for the Riverside volleyball team as the Lady Rebels lost three straight conference matches.

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Rebels dominated the second half and dominated the line of scrimmage in its 27-6 conference win Friday night over Saratoga.

By NATHAN OSTER
Coach Jennifer Simmons has spent the year focusing on individual improvements, but last week came a success story for her team.

By MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Lady Huskies swept two conference opponents in action last week, beating Meeteetse Thursday, 25-17, 25-16, 25-19 and Ten Sleep Friday, 25-10, 25-17, 25-23, and closed out action by sweeping 2A Shoshoni in four sets, 25-12, 24-26, 25-8, 25-5 on the Lady Blue’s home court Saturday.

By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington ran into a buzzsaw Friday in Pavillion, falling to unbeaten Wind River 35-0 in a game that damaged the Huskies’ playoff hopes.

Huskies ride new-look defense to 22-7 win

By NATHAN OSTER

After being shellacked by Riverside, the Burlington Huskies went back to the drawing board on defense, revamping their scheme in the hopes that it would allow them to put more pressure on opposing quarterbacks.

Rebels offense on a roll in win over Shoshoni

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels offense continued to roll, scoring nine touchdowns against Shoshoni Friday night on the road, while the defense allowed just one score, the first in eight quarters.

Lady Huskies go 3-1 at weekend duals

By MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies went 3-1 at the Greybull-Riverside duals last weekend, needing just six sets to defeat Saratoga, 25-15, 25-13, Lovell, 25-19, 25-18 and Moorcroft, 25-19, 25-15. Then they ran up against the fired-up Lady Eagles, whom they had beaten twice earlier this season. Tongue River was more than ready and stuck Burlington, 25-17, 26-28, 13-15.

Swimmers struggle over weekend

By NATHAN OSTER

With the season’s finish line in sight, Coach Jennifer Simmons spent the first three days of last week pushing her Greybull-Riverside swimmers to the max in their evening workouts.

Lady Rebels play inspired volleyball in weekend duals

By MARLYS GOOD

A tragic accident that left Riverside Lady Rebel setter Dakota Darling in the intensive care unit at a Billings hospital propelled her teammates on to an inspired performance at the Greybull-Riverside Dual tournament last weekend.

Bettencourt shines in weekend action

Buffs drop dual to Powell, finish ninth at Worland Invite

By NATHAN OSTER

After a shaky performance against Powell Friday night in their home pool, the Greybull-Riverside swimmers were back on point at Saturday’s Worland Invitational, as all six team members cut time in individual events.

Rebels shut out Huskies as offense scores four TDs

By KARLA POMEROY

After scoring just one touchdown in its previous eight quarters, the Riverside Rebels came out of their offensive slump in a 28-0 thumping of county rival Burlington Friday afternoon on the Huskies home field.

Lady Huskies on a roll; overpower four opponents

BY MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies powered their way to four match wins last weekend, knocking off conference opponents Dubois and St. Stephens and tacking on victories over 2A Riverside and Rocky Mountain.

Lady Rebels below par in three set loss to Burlington

By MARLYS GOOD

When the Riverside Lady Rebels went head-to-head with Burlington last Thursday night, Riverside Coach Lindsey Schaffner had looked at it as “a match where we could work on improving; it didn’t affect our over-all record,” but she probably didn’t expect quite the workout her team got.

Huskies top Shoshoni, face Riverside at home Friday

By NATHAN OSTER

With just 13 players, and 12 healthy ones by game’s end, the Shoshoni Wranglers didn’t have the firepower to match the Burlington Huskies.

Swimmers face tough Class 4A competition

By NATHAN OSTER

Greybull-Riverside was no match on paper for the field of Class 4A teams assembled at Saturday’s Riverton Invitational, scoring just eight points on the day.

Lady Huskies go the distance with Meeteetse; fall to Laramie in tournament finale Saturday

By MARLYS GOOD

The Burlington Lady Huskies had to come from 1-2 set deficit to defeat the Lady Longhorns, 25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-9, 15-8, in a  hard fought conference volleyball match played in Meeteetse Sept. 17.

Lady Rebels down Shoshoni; boost conference record to 3-1

By MARLYS GOOD

The Lady Rebels have given notice to conference opponents that they are a team to be reckoned with. Considered “underdogs” going in, Riverside has reeled off victories over Greybull, Rocky Mountain and Shoshoni, boast a record of 3-1 and are just one game behind Lovell.

Riverside shut out in Homecoming loss to Rocky

By KARLA POMEROY

The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies spoiled Riverside’s Homecoming celebration by shutting out the Rebels Friday night, handing the home team a 24-0 loss.

Lady Huskies tops in pool play; lose to Big Horn in championship

BY Marlys Good

The Burlington Lady Huskies took on all comers at the Big Horn Invitational and brought home second place in the Maroon (winner‘s) Bracket, losing to Big Horn in two sets,  18-21, 17-21,  in the championship match.

Huskies win conference opener, 18-7 in Saratoga

By NATHAN OSTER

Shawn Christiansen ran for three touchdowns and the Burlington Huskies amassed nearly 500 yards of total offense in an 18-7 win over Saratoga on Friday.

Rebels thumped by Cokeville in conference opener

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels fell to 1-1 in the 2009 season with a 49-6 thumping by the Cokeville Panthers in the first conference game of the season.

Swim team encouraged by individual improvements

By NATHAN OSTER

It was a busy weekend for the Greybull-Riverside swimmers, who faced Worland in a dual Friday night before heading to Powell Saturday for the Gene Dozah Invitational.

Lady Rebels whip Greybull;

boost conference record to 2-1

By MARLYS GOOD

After a first set 13-25 drubbing at the hands of rival Greybull Sept. 10, the Riverside Lady Rebels took the home court much more relaxed and played steady ball in the next three sets to beat the Lady Buffs, 25-18, 25-22, 25-16. The victory over their arch rivals left Riverside with a 2-1 conference record, and dropped the Lady Buffs to 0-2.

G-R swimmers show signs of improvement

By NATHAN OSTER

The home opener for the Greybull-Riverside swim team was a productive one, even though the fact that the team came out on the short end of a 98-38 final would seem to suggest otherwise.

Lady Rebels 1-1 in conference; host Greybull tonight

By MARLYS GOOD

It was a good weekend for the Riverside volleyball team as they went 1-1 in conference matches. They lost to a strong Lovell team at home Thursday, 24-26, 7-25, 18-25, then managed to out-play the Lady Grizz in Byron Friday in four sets, 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 26-24. Coach Lindsay Shaffner has to be pleased with her young, inexperienced squad.

Lady Huskies setting the tone; beat Ten Sleep in conference opener

By MARLYS GOOD

The trail to what hopefully leads to the top of the 1A heap, started Friday for the Burlington Lady Huskies as they swept conference foe Ten Sleep in three games, 25-20, 25-17, 25-15, in a match played on the Lady Pioneer’s home court

Huskies fall to Big Piney in opener

By NATHAN OSTER

With no Week 0 game or scrimmage on the schedule, the Burlington Huskies showed signs of rust in their season opener — just as they did last year in a highly anticipated showdown with Rocky Mountain.

Turnovers help lead Rebels to victory

By KARLA POMEROY

The Riverside Rebels opened the 2009 season edging Class 2A Pinedale 13-12 at home Friday night with turnovers and a point-after-kick proving to be the difference.

Patrick finalist for National Volleyball Coach of the Year
By Marlys Good

Anyone who follows the sport of volleyball knows just how successful the Burlington High School Lady Huskies program has been for the past two decades. Championship banners, regional and state, are in abundance, and are something that have come to be expected.

McGuire ready to take reins of Lady Rebels hoops team

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside Rebels Football Coach Michael McGuire realizes he has some big shoes to fill when he replaces Cory Sova on the hardwood this year to coach the Lady Rebels basketball team.

Babe Ruth Rattlers sweep Worland

The Otto Babe Ruth Rattlers picked up two wins in a double header with Worland last Thursday, while conflicts with other events short-handed the Rattlers Saturday so the double header with Cowley was cancelled.

Otto Babe Ruthers split with Greybull

By KARLA POMEROY
The Otto Babe Ruth team split their doubleheader with Greybull last Saturday, picking up the win in game one 9-3, but falling 7-6 in game two.

Otto Babe Ruth team wins three

The Otto Babe Ruth team split a double-header with Greybull last Friday, winning the first game 11-7 but getting edged in the second game 11-9.
Tyler Burke started on the mound for Otto and went the distance.

Rattlers fall to Worland; play Basin tonight

In games rescheduled from Tuesday, the Otto Rattlers Minor and Major League teams lost to Worland on Saturday, according to Coach Janalee Call.

Lady Rebels take fourth, relay teams win state titles

By KARLA POMEROY
The fearsome six Lady Rebels raced to fourth place in the 2A State Track and Field Meet in Casper last weekend, bringing home two titles, two second-place finishes, three third-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes.

Burlington thinclads bring home twin crowns

By MARLYS GOOD
“We were pleased; we had a good weekend,” said Burlington track coach Albert Henderson, in what could be called the understatement of the year, after both his boys and girls teams won the 1A state track and field championships in Casper last weekend.

Lady Rebels finish third; Longshore wins two individual, two relay titles at regional meet

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside Lady Rebels, all six of them, captured third place at the 2A West Regional Track Meet in Lander last Friday and Saturday.

Huskies, Lady Huskies win regional track titles

By MARLYS GOOD
Four hundred five and one-half  — that’s the staggering number of combined points put up by the Huskies and Lady Huskies as they powered their way to their respective 1A West Regional Track & Field championships last weekend in Lander.

Riverside thinclads head to regional meet; relay, Getzfreid post AQ times

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside thinclads were few but mighty at the Thermopolis Bobcat Pre-Regional meet last Friday afternoon and at the Greybull Relays last Tuesday with one runner and a relay team qualifying for state.

Huskies have 35 state qualifiers; head to regionals Friday

By MARLYS GOOD
Going into the 1A West Regional Track meet this weekend the Burlington Lady Huskies already have 17 automatic state qualifiers covering 11 track and field events and the Husky boys have 18 qualifiers covering 10 events — and the total of 21 events does not include the AQ relay teams. So what more could Coach Albert Henderson and his athletes want? Well, more state qualifiers. Henderson said they had a few athletes who could qualify by finishing in the top eight in individual events, and in the top four relays at regionals.

Sova resigns; will teach/coach  in Rock Springs

By MARLYS GOOD
Next year will be a year of big changes for Cory Sova, who has resigned as  Title  I Reading and math teacher/director for Big Horn County School District No. 4, and head girl’s basketball coach at Riverside High School, to accept a position as special education instructor and head boy’s basketball coach at Rock Springs High School.

More AQs for the Huskies; Fabricius sets school record

By MARLYS GOOD
Todd Davidson, Spencer Flores, Michelle Fabricius, Alisha Wardell and Brandy Bullinger met automatic qualifying marks for the 1A State Track and Field meet in Casper May 21-23. The AQs came at meets held in Thermopolis Friday and Meeteetse Saturday.

Regular season ends at Thermopolis

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside Lady Rebels Ashley Vigil and Chelsea Longshore represented their school well at last Friday’s Wyoming Track Classic in Casper.
Coach Steve Olson reported that Vigil finished third among the competition of the best in the state, with a season-best time of 1:01.92. Longshore was eighth in the 200 at 28.36.

Hoffman places in four events; weather cooperates at Lovell meet

By KARLA POMEROY
Riverside Rebel senior Phillip Hoffman had a strong day at the Lovell Invitational Track Meet last Saturday, placing in all four events he entered.
Hoffman took first in the high jump, third each in the 100-meter dash and 200, and fifth in the triple jump.

Good results but no new AQ or school records for Huskies

By MARLYS GOOD
It was the same old story for the Burlington Huskies Saturday at the Lovell Invitational Track Meet — not a full roster; seniors away on their annual Senior Trip, others gone to attend a wedding. Even head Coach Albert Henderson was conspicuous by his absence, which was a bit out of the ordinary.

Wind aids, frustrates runners

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside long-distance runners battled the windy conditions Saturday at the Powell LAX Invitational, but the win appeared to help the sprinters, Coach Steve Olson said.

Three more AQs for Huskies; teams fare well at Powell Invitational

By MARLYS GOOD
Brandy Bullinger, Michelle Fabricius and Justin Preator met automatic qualifying times for the state meet in the 800- and 100-meters respectively at the L.A. Kohnke Invitational in Powell Saturday.

Huskies hope to add more State qualifiers

By MARLYS GOOD
Coach Albert Henderson took a small contingency of athletes to Lovell April 7 for a quadrangular track meet that included Lovell, Greybull, Rocky Mountain and Burlington.

High school rodeo spring season under way

By KARLA POMEROY
The Wyoming High School Rodeo spring season got under way in Thermopolis last weekend with five area students competing.

Huskies finish third overall at D&D Invitational in Worland

By Marlys Good
The Burlington Huskies and Lady Huskies combined for 277.5 points at the Worland Track and Field D&D Invitational, and after all the results tabulated, and added together, Burlington finished third overall in the school totals. The Lady Huskies came in second with 146 points and the Huskies ended up in third with 131.5.

Wind and cold don’t hamper Rebels at Cody

By KARLA POMEROY
Despite the cold and wind, some Riverside athletes shaved off seconds in their respective events in the second meet of the season at Cody Saturday.

Preator, Christiansen, Neves qualify for state
By MARLYS GOOD
Neither sleet, nor snow nor threat of rain deterred the Burlington Huskies at the Yellowstone Sports Medicine Track meet in Cody Saturday. Burlington was derailed, at least on the varsity side, by the absence of a host of their Lady Huskies, who were attending the State FCCLA convention.

Huskies dominate at opening meet; six meet state qualifying standards

By MARLYS GOOD
The Burlington Huskies opened the 2009 track season at the Bill Gerrard Invitational in Greybull Saturday and the 16-teams competing sat up and took notice of the 1A teams.

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Bullinger signs to run for Cowgirls

By KARLA POMEROY
Having worn black and orange for the Lady Huskies, blue and white for the Lady Bulldogs and brown and gold for the Lady Grizzlies, over the past four years in high school, Burlington senior runner Brandy Bullinger chose the brown and gold of the University of Wyoming to keep running competitively.

Track season starts in Greybull; 27 out for Riverside

By KARLA POMEROY
The Riverside High School track team has a nice new track to practice on this season with hopes of hosting a qualifying meet next year, according to Coach Steve Olson.

Lady Huskies begin defense of State title; boys team has the numbers,  should be strong

By MARLYS GOOD
The track season officially opens this Saturday with the annual Bill Gerrard Invitational meet in Greybull Saturday, but the Burlington Huskies will be sending just a minimal number of athletes to the competition. Not that they don’t have the numbers, 25 boys, 17 girls, the most they have ever had, according to Coach Albert Henderson, but Henderson gave his athletes a break between the 1A State basketball tournament and the first track practice.

Lady Rebels go 1-2 at state tournament

By MARLYS GOOD
The Lady Rebels quest for the 2A State basketball championship went up in smoke Thursday when they fell to Burns 41-37 in the state tournament opener in Casper. Riverside dug itself a 17-1 hole in the first quarter (down 17-5 at the buzzer), and it was too much to overcome.

Southeast derails Burlington title hopes
By NATHAN OSTER
Burlington’s quest for its first state boys basketball championship since 2006 and seventh overall ended in disappointing fashion Saturday afternoon on the floor of the Casper Events Center.

Rebels season ends with tough losses to Fremont County teams

By Karla Pomeroy
Offensively the Riverside Rebels brought their best game of the season to the 2A West Regional Boys Basketball Tournament in Riverton. Unfortunately, the two teams they faced early in the tournament also had their “A” game on and Riverside’s post season run ended Friday morning in the Riverton Middle School Gym.

Lady Rebels lose to Mountain View in championship game;
face Burns in State 2A opener at Casper College today

By Marlys Good
The Riverside Lady Rebels had to settle for second best at the 2A West Regional Tournament in Riverton last weekend when they got throttled by a good Mountain View team 56-31 in the championship game Saturday afternoon. Ending with a sub-par performance was not the way Coach Cory Sova would have scripted it, but that’s the way it played out.

Goton wins, team impresses in Casper
By NATHAN OSTER
Greybull-Riverside put three wrestlers through to the finals, including eventual 160-pound champ Chayce Goton, en route to its best finish since 2003 at last weekend’s State 2A Wrestling Championships in Casper.

Huskies win regional, face Midwest in state opener
By NATHAN OSTER
With a late flourish against a formidable Ten Sleep team, the Burlington Huskies got not only the Class 1A West Regional title they coveted, but also one of the top seeds for this week’s State 1A Basketball Championships in Casper.

Lady Huskies champs at West Regionals;
quest for State Title begins today in Casper

By MARLYS GOOD
The Lady Huskies took their No. 1 seed into the 1A West Regional Tournament and bowled over three straight opponents to win the championship Saturday afternoon in Lander.

Three wrestlers win region titles
Team in hunt for second place at state meet
By Nathan Oster
Greybull-Riverside claimed third place in the team standings and saw three of its wrestlers claim weight class titles last weekend at the Class 2A West Regional tournament held in Pavilion.

Huskies overwhelm Ten Sleep, clinch conference title
By NATHAN OSTER
The final weekend of the regular season was a productive one for the Burlington Huskies, who clinched the Class 1A Northwest Conference title Friday with a 45-32 win over Ten Sleep and then routed rival Riverside 72-34 in a “throwback” game Saturday.

Lady Huskies on hunt for regional crown; as top seed will face Encampment first

By MARLYS GOOD
It’s full bore ahead for the Burlington Lady Huskies, the top seed from the Northwest going into the 1A regional tournament in Lander this weekend, as they enter the hunt for the regional crown, a berth at the 1A State tournament, and perhaps the 1A State title, which would be like finding gold at the end of the rainbow.
Burlington will face Ten Sleep, the winner of the pigtail game with Encampment, Thursday (today) at 2:15 p.m. The teams share a bracket with Snake River and Meeteetse with Cokeville, St. Stephens, Farson and Ft. Washakie coming up the other side.

Riverside ekes out overtime victory at Shoshoni

By Karla Pomeroy
The Riverside Rebels had to fight in overtime to stave off the home standing Shoshoni Wranglers Friday and be able to host Monday’s pigtail game against the same Wranglers team for advancement in the 2A West Regional Tournament.

Clutch free throws nail down
conference championship
By Marlys Good
Two clutch free throws by Wacey Triplett with  seven seconds left to play gave the Riverside Lady Rebels a 50-49 victory over Thermopolis and nailed down the conference championship for Riverside.

Wrestlers thump Cody in tune-up before regionals

By Nathan Oster
Greybull-Riverside cruised to a 41-18 win over Cody in its final tune-up before the Class 2A West Regional, which will unfold this weekend in Pavillion.

Rebels fighting for home-court advantage in Monday’s pigtail game

By Karla Pomeroy
After suffering two more conference losses to push their record to 1-6, the Riverside Rebels’ focus this week is on Friday’s final conference game at Shoshoni.

Lady Huskies wrap up conference championship
with 68-53 victory over St. Stephens

By Marlys Good
The Burlington Lady Huskies wrapped up the conference championship with a victory over challenger St. Stephens, 68-53, Friday, and returned home and dominated Dubois 74-34 Saturday.

Huskies eke out win at St. Stephens, handle Dubois
By Nathan Oster
It was another perfect weekend for the Burlington Huskies, who extended their winning streak to 17 games with Class 1A Northwest Conference wins over St. Stephens, 64-58, and Dubois, 80-28.

Craft now an Eagle, signs to play at Chadron State

By Karla Pomeroy
Class 2A West Conference Player of the Year Matt Craft, who ended his four-year football career at Riverside in November, will be continuing his play at the collegiate level after signing a national letter of intent with Chadron State College last Wednesday.

Vavra lights it up to lead Lady Rebels over Greybull

By Marlys Good
When the Riverside Lady Rebels needed fire power Thursday night they knew who to call on and Nicole Vavra responded with 27 points to lead Riverside over rival Greybull, 44-37, in an important conference rematch. The senior hit from the inside, outside and at the free-throw line and the Lady Buffs couldn’t find an answer.

Rebels struggle in final home games

By Karla Pomeroy
A three-game home stretch for the Riverside Rebels proved anything but friendly as the struggling Rebels fell to Greybull 62-27 Thursday, 70-34 to Ten Sleep Friday and 87-38 to Wyoming Indian Saturday.

Lady Huskies derail Meeteetse, Shoshoni

By Marlys Good
The Lady Huskies gave up a total of two points in the first quarter of games against Meeteetse and Shoshoni (those two by the Lady Blue) and went on to dominate the Lady Longhorns, 51-35, and 2A Shoshoni, 44-22.

Huskies roll past Meeteetse, Shoshoni
By Nathan Oster
Before they took the floor Saturday in Shoshoni, the Burlington Huskies got a message that was short, sweet and to the point from their coach, Dan LaRose, who was still a little miffed by their lackadaisical approach to a game the night before against Meeteetse.

Ridgway only varsity placer at Ron Thon
By Nathan Oster
With many of the top 3A and 4A teams in attendance, the Ron Thon Memorial Invitational provided the Greybull-Riverside matmen an opportunity to see how they stack up against the top wrestlers in the state.

Rebels grab convincing win over Shoshoni
Vollan pours in 25 points

By Karla Pomeroy
The Riverside Rebels broke their 15-game losing streak Saturday with a convincing win over Shoshoni in Basin 63-42. The win also gave the Rebels an important conference win.

Big Horn knocks off Riverside; Rebels rebound to beat Lady Blue

By Marlys Good
It was a weekend of contrasts for the Riverside Lady Rebels. Big Horn knocked them from their first place perch in 2A state ranking Friday, as they took charge in the second quarter on their way to the 54-33 victory but it was a different story Saturday with the Rebels taking no prisoners on their way to a lopsided 69-34 conference victory over the Lady Blue of Shoshoni.

Lady Huskies dominate three conference opponents; win title
By Marlys Good
The Lady Huskies swept the table and tacked three more conference wins onto their record by beating Ft. Washakie 79-48, Ten Sleep, 50-20 and St. Stephens 69-47 last weekend. The victories almost sealed up the conference title for Burlington as the season heads into its final three weeks.

Huskies survive test from Ten Sleep

By Nathan Oster
The showdown between the top two teams in the Class 1A Northwest Conference lived up to its billing, as Burlington and Ten Sleep battled tooth and nail Friday before the Huskies emerged with a three-point win, 46-43.

Lady Huskies bury Kaycee after slow start

By Marlys Good
The Lady Huskies overcame a sluggish start, and got their act together in the second half to beat Kaycee 62-43 in a non-conference game played in Burlington Saturday. Burlington managed to fashion a three-point lead (11-8) at the first quarter stop, and were up by just four, 23-19 at halftime. Eight of Kaycee’s 19 points came from the foul line, which was not in Patrick’s game plan.

Huskies about to enter tougher waters
By Nathan Oster
One by one, the challengers to the top-ranked 1A team in the state have fallen.
But this weekend, the Burlington Huskies might get their toughest test to date from a 1A opponent when they travel to Ten Sleep to face the Pioneers, who have yet to lose a game this season.
It’ll be a match-up of No. 1 versus No. 3 — and to make it even more intriguing, Burlington Coach Dan LaRose will be in search of his 100th career victory at Burlington to go along with 17 losses.
By any measuring stick, it’s a big game.