Sports

Father, son make WCA history

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 2:15pm

In 2009, Tom Urbach, who coached the Greybull High School Buff wrestling team for 18 years, was induced into the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Relay teams posts wins at Shoshoni

Published by admin on Thu, 04/08/2021 - 3:12pm

The fact that they were technically off for spring break didn’t prevent a group of about 15 Greybull High School athletes from competing at a meet in Shoshoni on Thursday, April 1.

Coach Nolan Tracy had declared it an “optional” meet and the fact that so many logged practice time and made the trip was seen “a very good sign” of the dedication of this year’s team, which is heavy on freshmen and sophomores.

“And we’d have had a few more go, too, had it not been for some nagging injuries,” he said.

GHS opens track season

Published by admin on Wed, 03/24/2021 - 2:05pm

Coach Nolan Tracy is expecting 11 or 12 teams and more than 200 athletes to converge on Greybull Saturday for the Bill Gerrard Invitational.  For many of them, it will serve as the opener of the 2021 track and field season.

Field events start at 10 a.m., with the running events to follow at 11 a.m.

“It’s been two years since we had a meet, so just to be able to host one again is great,” said Tracy.  “I was talking to (senior) Gaven (McColloch) about the fact that the last time he and our other seniors competed, they were sophomores.

Track season underway at GHS

Published by admin on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 1:01pm

Weather permitting, the Greybull Buff track team will make its season debut on Saturday at the Wind River Invitational.  

Buffs drop two at state, finish 7-15

Published by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 1:45pm

Greybull’s first appearance in the State 2A Basketball Championships since 2016 didn’t go as planned, as the Buffs were overwhelmed by 2A East champ Sundance 55-36 in Friday’s opening round and bounced from the tournament with a 47-40 loss to Big Horn on Saturday.

“We didn’t play our best basketball, that’s for sure,” said Coach Logan Burningham. “With an inexperienced team going to state for the first time, there was some state shock.  I think we experienced that a few times during the weekend.”

Buffs sweep conference foes

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 11:23am

The Greybull Buffs picked up a pair of important Class 2A Northwest Conference wins last week, handling Riverside 56-33 on Thursday and using a buzzer beater to stun Shoshoni 54-52 on Friday before seeing their three-game win streak end in a 77-58 defeat to Tongue River on Saturday.

Greybull heads into the final week of the regular season with a 5-10 record, but with the arrows pointing up.  The Buffs didn’t top 50 points in any of their first nine games, but have now done so in five of their past six, going 4-2 over that stretch.

Lady Buffs slip by Meeteetse 57-51

Published by admin on Wed, 02/10/2021 - 11:39am

The Lady Buffs had a different look to them when they took the court against Meeteetse for a non-conference game last week, a game they won 57-51. The Longhorns are a talented 1A team that gave the Buffs all they could handle. 

“What a crazy week,” said Coach Kyndra Goton, as she explained that with three of her regular starters out on quarantine, she had to “reach down” and pull some of her younger, less experienced players up a level.  Torrey Sanford and Kinley Hunt got starting nods and Kennedy Craft and Rylee Peasley saw additional minutes.  The four combined for 13 points.

Tough sledding for Buffs against Rocky

Published by admin on Thu, 02/04/2021 - 3:11pm

By Nathan Oster

Just when the Buffs thought their offense was trending in the right direction, along came top-ranked Rocky Mountain.

The Grizzlies won the first meeting of the season between the long-time rivals Friday night in Cowley, smothering Greybull 73-21 to remain perfect in Class 2A Northwest Conference play and drop the Buffs to 2-9 overall, 1-2 in the conference.

The stats didn’t paint a pretty picture.  

Individual wins highlight Moorcroft trip

Published by admin on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 3:05pm

In a normal year, Greybull-Riverside would have seen just about every 2A wrestling team in the state by now.  But with COVID-19 wiping usual in-season tournaments off the schedule, that hasn’t been the case in 2020-21.

Teams have had to hunt for matchups, and with each weekend, Coach Tom Harrington and his team are getting opposed to new squads.  Last weekend gave G-R its first look of the season at the reigning state champion Moorcroft Wolves.  On Friday, they’ll see Saratoga.  But time is running out.  The state tournament is now less than a month away.

Buffs held down in losses to Burlington, Wind River

Published by admin on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 2:26pm

The Greybull Buffs were unable to get on track in their first two games of the new year, as they continued to be plagued by a sputtering offense in a 65-43 loss in Burlington Thursday night and a 68-44 setback in their home opener against Wind River Saturday afternoon.

Greybull took a 1-5 record into its game Tuesday night in Thermopolis, and with the start of Class 2A Northwest Conference play on the horizon, time is starting to run out in the search for answers to what ails the Buffs.