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GMS track teams capture team titles in Burlington

Published by admin on Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:52am

With a strong tailwind at their backs and a malfunctioning timing system, local athletes produced some truly eye-popping stats at Friday’s Burlington Invitational.   
Coach Becky Eichelberger put less stock in the numbers that the timing system produced than the individual and team finishes of her athletes.
And on that count, it was a very successful day for GMS.
The following athletes qualified for next week’s Best of the Best competition in Lander:
• Alan Burgos, in the 200 meters
• Jayden Marchant, in the long jump
• William Harlow and Elijah Rice, in the discus
• Triston Gross, in the 100-meter hurdles
• Reagan Vigil, in the 100-meter hurdles
• Lovely Araiza, in the 100 meters.
GMS also fared well as a team, with the eighth-grade girls and the sixth- and seventh-grade boys topping their divisions, which included Rocky Mountain, Meeteetse, Burlington, Riverside and Ten Sleep.

Freshman Henson AQs in triple jump

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2024 - 1:26pm

After enduring a cold, windy Friday in Shoshoni, Greybull High School freshman Marlee Henson took advantage of more favorable weather conditions Saturday in Lovell where she bettered the state qualifying standard in the triple jump.
Henson’s leap of 32 feet, a personal record, was the best of the day by a 2A jumper.  The top four placers in the event were black-and-orange clad 3A competitors who hailed from Powell and Worland.  The winner went 35-5 1/2.
Henson has become the team’s top point scorer.  With her AQ in the triple jump, she’s now qualified for state in two events — the 100 meters being the other — and is close in a third.  She ran the 200 in 28.42 in Lovell, placing third.  The 2A girls qualifying standard is a 28.14.
Rounding out the scoring for the girls team were Chaise Benasky, who placed third in the 100-meter hurdles; and Julia Paul-Blazquez, who took seventh in the 100 meters.

SBH Little League numbers strong as new season begins

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2024 - 1:23pm

Participation in the South Big Horn County Little League baseball program continues to be strong, with 129 players signed up to play on 12 teams starting next month.
While those numbers are down from last year’s record participation of 136 players and 13 teams, they still top the 2022 and 2021 seasons.
The league has formed four T-ball teams — Brewers, Pirates, Red Sox and Diamondbacks — and four coach-pitch teams — Royals, Astros, Rockies and Cardinals.
At the upper level, there are two minors teams — one sponsored by Kustom LLC, the other by High Country Gardens — and two majors teams — one sponsored by The Shack, the other by Big Horn Federal.
The Big Horn Federal majors team and the High Country Gardens minors team are each scheduled to host doubleheaders with Lovell on Thursday, May 2.  Start times are 5:30 and 7 p.m.

GMS rolls in relays, adds Best of the Best qualifiers

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2024 - 1:21pm

Greybull Middle School athletes won two relays, set several PRs and added five new Best of the Best qualifications last weekend in Shoshoni.
The meet was larger than anticipated, attracting close to 20 teams including a number of 3A schools.
“It was good to see some other competition that challenged our athletes,” said Coach Becky Echelberger. “With that came personal records for many on our team.”
Greybull’s wins came in the relays.
Cody Myer, Cruz Sorenson, Xavier VanderPloeg and Riley Wiggins teamed up to win the 1,600-meter relay.
Josey Whaley, Amelia Emmett, Julie Garcia and Lydia Rios took top honors in the 400-meter relay.
Adeline Kunkel, Lovely Araiza, Reagan Vigil and Ashley Chacon cruised to victory in the 800-meter sprint medley relay.

GHS adds four new state qualifiers meet

Published by admin on Thu, 04/18/2024 - 1:09pm

By Nathan Oster

GBAC enjoys successful trip to state tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 04/18/2024 - 1:07pm

The Greybull-Basin Athletic Club concluded its season at the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association’s state tournament last weekend in Casper with two of its team members claiming state titles and nearly everyone winning at least one match.
Kaislee Nyberg and Maythe Garay produced the biggest wins for GBAC, capturing freestyle and folkstyle titles in their respective weight classes.  Nyberg wrestled in the 10-and-under girls division, Garay in the 12-and-under girls division.
GBAC entered 13 wrestlers in folkstyle, 12 in freestyle and four in Greco.  
WAWA FOLKSTYLE
8 AND UNDER BOYS — Hunter Frazier went 2-2, did not place at 53; Sawyer Hetzel went 2-2, did not place at 56.
10 AND UNDER BOYS — Leo Cheng went 1-2, did not place at 77.
12 AND UNDER BOYS — Kaysen Nyberg went 1-2, did not place at 77; Quaide Houchin went 0-2, did not place at 92.

GMS adds six more AQs at weekend meet in Lovell

Published by admin on Thu, 04/18/2024 - 1:05pm

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Greybull Middle School athletes produced six more Best of the Best qualifying performances at Saturday’s Lovell Invitational.
Cody Myers qualified in the high jump, Elijah Rice and Josey Whaley qualified in the shot put, Ella Keisel and Cruz Sorenson qualified in the discus and Riley Wiggins qualified in the 1,600.
For Sorenson and Keisel, it was their second AQ of the season. Each of them qualified in the shot put at the April 5 meet in Greybull.
Eleven GMS athletes have now punched their tickets to the season-ending competition in Lander.
“Everyone has been working hard throughout the week and it is really showing in competition,” said Coach Becky Eichelberger. “We head to Shoshoni on Saturday with the hopes of having a few more athletes qualify.”

Three GHS relay teams earn points in Worland

Published by admin on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 12:02pm

With the Bill Gerrard Memorial cancelled due to the expectation of rain, the Greybull Buffs and other track teams were last-minute additions to the field for the D&D Invitational April 4 in Worland.
The four 3A teams in attendance, including the host Warriors, Powell, Lovell and Thermopolis, dominated the team score. Only the Riverside girls, who placed fourth, prevented them from sweeping the top four places in the boys and girls divisions.
For the young Buffs, the measure of success has become personal improvement.  Lacking in numbers, they placed ninth in the boys division with 14 points and 10th in the girls with 3.5.
All 14 of the Greybull boys’ points came in the relays thanks to third-, fourth- and sixth-place finishes by combinations of the following freshmen and sophomores:  Jesse Brown, Cord Edeler, Shawn August, Caiden Sorenson, Kamryn Gorski, Anthony Chacon and Clayton Didrickson.

Boys’ teams wins divisions at home meet

Published by admin on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 12:01pm

Greybull Middle School opened the track and field season on a high note, winning the seventh- and eighth-grade boys divisions at its annual home meet Friday afternoon.  The GMS girls teams also contended for team titles before finishing second to Lovell.
Three Greybull athletes, Josephine Boyer, Triston Gross and Ashlyn Chacon, won individual events.
Seven qualified for the season-ending Best of the Best competition, including Liam Wisehart, Adeline Kunkel and Caitlyn Hunt in the triple jump and Gross, Cruz Sorenson, William Harlow and Ella Keisel in the shotput.
GMS also fared well in the relays, winning five times on the afternoon.
“It was a great first meet,” said Coach Becky Eichelberger. “It was so fun to see them all out there competing and cheering on their teammates.”

From a Buff to a Battling Bear

Published by admin on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:58am

McColloch commits to play volleyball at Rocky Mountain