Editor’s note: The following information was put together by “Stat Rat” Jim Craig, a longtime follower of Wyoming high school sports, as part of his ongoing research into Wyoming high school basketball. Mr. Craig has spent numerous hours researching Wyoming high school basketball, and I’m proud to share his research here. Thanks to the “Stat Rat” for putting in the time to expand the knowledge base of Wyoming high school basketball!
Noteworthy Events of the 1970-1971 Season
1. What Were They Thinking?—Some radical changes were instituted for the 1970-71 hoops campaign that encompassed all classifications. The biggest—and, as it turned out, the most unpopular—was only allowing the No. 1 and 2 teams from each region into the state tourney. Teams losing their opening Thursday game were automatically eliminated from state tourney consideration and moved into consolation play. Friday losers in the regional semifinals were eliminated as well, season over. As a result, the state tourney brackets were halved from eight to four (16 to eight in Class B). The state tourney was moved to two sites: Rock Springs for Classes A and B; Lander for Classes AA and C. It marked the first time since the 1942-43 season, when Okie Blanchard organized an invitational state tourney—also in Rock Springs—for teams unencumbered by WWII voluntary travel restrictions. Understandably, the attendance was down as were the gate receipts, what with the number of qualifiers cut in half. Also lost in the changes was the experience of Laramie at state tourney time: 40 teams in one town, three days of hoops instead of two (or four days instead of three for Class B), exposure to the UWyo campus, etc. etc. (Things reverted back to Laramie for the next year with eight-team brackets for AA and A; a 12-team bracket for B; and a four-team bracket for Class C, hit hard by school consolidations all over the state.)
2. A Super Tourney of the Four Champions— The frosting on this dessert of changes was a Super Tourney held the weekend after the four state champions were crowned. The champions squared off in a four-game event: On Friday, the Class AA champion played Class B while Class A battled with Class C. On Saturday, Friday’s winners were paired against one another as were the losers. The event harkened back to a much earlier time in Wyoming prep hoops, the 1929-’30 season, when legendary Class A champ Wheatland defeated Class C champ Lyman and Class B king Lingle (which had defeated Class D titleist Veteran) for state bragging rights. Planning for the new Super Tourney proved to be somewhat problematic as the powers-that-be had trouble determining a site for the event, even as the four state tourneys were in session. It was finally decided to hold the tourney in Rock Springs, quite the advantage for the two Sweetwater County state champs and less so for distant Burns and Deaver-Frannie. Rock Springs enjoyed the home cooking and won the tourney, defeating Burns and county foe Green River.
All Super Tourney Super Team
Burns—Craig Anderson
Green River—Mike Butcher
Rock Springs—Jack Adams; Terry Marietta; Duane Robinson
3. Rock Springs Shines—The WHSAA made some drastic changes as well to the Class AA groupings, opting for an East/West split in the state instead of a North/South one. The East had both the Casper and Cheyenne schools, Rawlins, Laramie, AA newbie Campbell County and Sheridan. The West was comprised of the Rock Springs and the Big Horn Basin teams: Cody, Lander, Lovell, Powell, Riverton, Thermopolis and Worland. Sheridan was the strongest of the East teams, winning the regular-season conference honors over runners-up Natrona and East. Rock Springs found play in the BHB to its liking as the Tigers finished the regular season undefeated. Fremont County foes Riverton and Lander finished second and third respectively. Regional action played out similarly, with Sheridan besting Casper Natrona in the finals while Rock Springs eked out a two-point win over Riverton. In Lander, Sheridan and Rock Springs both racked up close wins in their Friday openers. Saturday, Rock Springs had an easier time of it against Sheridan winning by 15 for the Tigers’ 10th hoops state championship. There will be more to follow soon…
4. Class AA all-state tourney selections—
Casper Natrona—Ron Orr; Wayne Jones
Riverton—Mike Brown; Ron Porter
Rock Springs—Terry Marietta; Duane Robinson; Jack Adams
Sheridan—Rick Green; Pat Flanigin; Roger Newman
5. Green River Makes it Two Sweetwater County Champions—It’s easy to see why Green River’s state championship run was unexpected. During the regular season, Green River had tied with Star Valley and Evanston for SW conference bragging rights. The Wolves’ two losses to the Braves during the regular season and split with Evanston had Green River totally out of the pollsters’ minds, unranked and unappreciated. In the East, Buffalo reigned supreme, posting an undefeated Absaraka Conference season over second-place Lusk and third-place Torrington. The Bison took the East Regional with a finals win over Torrington. Green River luckily drew a bye for the West regional and then solved Evanston in the semis. The Wolves played surprise finalist Jackson (which had upset Star Valley) and took West regional honors with an easy W. In Rock Springs, Green River edged Torrington by a single point and faced Buffalo for all the marbles. Green River won by seven and hung its second state championship hoops banner for all to see.
6. Class A all-state tourney selections—
Buffalo—Randy Ziemer; Myron Brooks; Phil Marton
Green River—Mike Butcher; John Bingham
Jackson—Gene Ferrin
Torrington—Gerry Keller; Randy Arp; Todd Peterson; Dave Koza
7. Burns ends Byron’s reign— Class B had its usual four regional tourneys, but some interesting if not questionable seeding benefitted Texas Trail Conference teams. Glenrock and Glendo played in the NE regional in Gillette, which bumped Big Horn and Tongue River into the NW regional in Thermopolis. This proved unfortunate for No. 1 Big Horn, which entered tourney time as the only undefeated team in the state and meant that they’d play NW powers Dubois and Byron (both ranked in the top three or four, depending on the poll). Hanna and Saratoga were moved to the SW regional in Kemmerer. Unranked Burns topped Huntley for SE honors, Glenrock took the NE, and Hanna won the SW. Two-time defending champs Byron eliminated Dubois on Friday and posted Big Horn’s first loss of the season in a two-point pants-wetter. (Some call the Big Horn/Byron game the unintended state championship game, just played a week early. Of course, my friends in Burns would disagree.) Of the eight teams at the state tourney in Rock Springs, four were from the Texas Trail, and three made the semis: Burns (winning by two over hard luck Big Horn), Hanna and Glenrock along with two-time defending champ Byron. Byron made the finals again as did unranked Burns. The Eagles held a sizable halftime lead but the Broncs battled back to win by six, Burns’ second state hoops championship.
8. Class B all-state tourney selections—
Big Horn—John Brohard
Burns—Craig Anderson; Rich Steege
Byron—Sid Hetlund; Chad Petrich; Allen Petrich
Glenrock—Randy Usry; Darrell Reinhardt
Hanna—Randy Borrego
Huntley—John Jones; Mike Hood
Mt. View—Bob Brisko
9. Deaver-Frannie Trojans Shine in Class C—In the north, three teams were worthy of consideration for the small-school state title. Meeteetse won the regular season by one game over Deaver-Frannie and two games over defending champ Ten Sleep. What with the smaller state tourney brackets, only two of this trio got to visit Lander. In the south, Encampment was undefeated in conference play by two games over Rock River. Only Medicine Bow managed a .500 mark for third place; the others were below the break-even mark. At the South regional in Rawlins, Encampment continued its run through conference foes, winning easily over Rock River in the finale. Up North, Meeteetse and Deaver-Frannie battled it out in the finals after the Trojans had eliminated Ten Sleep on Friday. The result was a Meeteetse win by three in overtime. The state tourney proved tough going for the No. 1 seeds. Encampment was edged by Deaver-Frannie while Meeteetse met the same fate in a lopsided Rock River W. The Trojans won the next day by 11 over Rock River, Deaver-Frannie’s first state title.
10. Class C all-state tourney selections—
Deaver—Dennis Irion; Jim Gomendi; Dave Weaver; Dan Zwemer
Encampment—Dave Burgess; Don Woelfle
Meeteetse—Randy Shepard
Rock River—Matt Huckfeldt; Tony Reeves; Darrel Curry
11. AP all-state teams (no UPI all-state team compiled)—
Class AA first team
Casper Natrona—Ron Orr
Cheyenne Central—Marshall Gadlin
Rock Springs—Jack Adams (named MVP)
Sheridan—Pat Flanigin; Roger Newman
Class AA second team
Cheyenne East—Henry Bailey
Cody—Bob Moore
Laramie—Dave Wilson
Riverton—Mike Brown
Rock Springs—Duane Robinson
Class A first team
Buffalo—Randy Ziemer (MVP); Myron Brooks
Green River—Mike Butcher
Jackson—Gene Ferrin
Lusk—Monte Fosher
Class A second team
Green River—John Bingham
St. Mary’s—Vince Restivo
Star Valley—Kevin Croft
Torrington—Todd Peterson; Gerry Keller
Class B first team
Big Horn—Alan Dow; Joe Mackey; John Brohard (MVP)
Burns—Craig Anderson
Glendo—John Wood
Class B second team
Burns—Rich Steege
Byron—Sid Hetlund
Glenrock—Randy Usry
Huntley—John Jones
Upton—Randy Stanton
Class C first team
Deaver—Jim Gomendi; Dennis Irion
Meeteetse—Randy Shepard; Mike Talbott
Rock River—Darrell Curry (MVP)
Class C second team
Burlington—Jim Thomas
Encampment—Don Woelfle
Manderson—Steve Paumer
Meeteetse—Mike Snyder
Ten Sleep—Linn Terry
12. Final polls Class AA/A—
UPI
1. Rock Springs
2. Sheridan
3. Buffalo
4. Cheyenne East
5. Lander
6. Star Valley
7. Casper Natrona
8. Riverton
9. Evanston
10. University Prep
AP
1. Rock Springs
2. Sheridan
3. Buffalo
4. Riverton
5. Evanston
6. Cheyenne Central
7. Star Valley
8t. Lander
8t. Cheyenne East
10. Casper Natrona
13. Final polls Class B/C—
UPI
1. Big Horn
2. Dubois
3. Mt. View
4. Byron
5. Huntley
6. Encampment
7. Meeteetse
8. Midwest
9. Pinedale
10. Glenrock
AP
1. Big Horn
2. Dubois
3. Byron
4. Meeteetse
5. Encampment
6. Albin
7. Glenrock
8. Rock River
9. Midwest
10. Hulett
14. Moving Up or Down—The biggest change in Class AA was Campbell County moving up to the largest schools’ ranks. Greybull replaced Campbell County in the Class A Absaraka schedule, ending a few years of independent scheduling by the Buffaloes. In class B, LaGrange moved into Texas Trail play from Class C, while Kaycee did the opposite moving from Class B into Class C play with mostly Big Horn Basin small school squads. Ft. Laramie was no more, as the Pioneers were consolidated with Lingle.
15. Four Overtimes—On a road game to Weston County in mid-February, St. Mary’s played a little extra basketball against Newcastle, four overtimes’ worth to be exact. The Gaels had tied the Dogies, 52-all by the end of regulation. The two teams—each having fouled out six players by the final horn—pretty much had to rely on reserve players to step up, and the role players did so admirably, as the Gaels notched 24 points to their hosts’ 20 during the four extra stanzas. A box score of the contest shows 70 fouls being whistled in the marathon. No doubt it was a happy but tired St. Mary’s crew on the bus ride back to Cheyenne.
16. Greybull’s head coaches—Greybull’s high school coaching staff all resigned by the end of the 1970-71 season. The athletic director, who was also head coach for both football and track; Jim Grammar, the head basketball coach; and the head wrestling mento, all submitted their resignations as the winter sports season ended. The assistant basketball coach, Brad Moon, also resigned his position. Friction between the coaching staffs and the board of trustees was cited in an article in the Greybull paper under the title of “Varsity Coaching Staff Quits; ‘lack of cooperation.’” The Buffaloes’ move to Absaraka Conference play proved unpopular and unwieldy, given the addition of new opponents and increased distances on the road. The community missed the traditional Big Horn Basin opponents and weren’t quite as supportive of losing conference records: 2-5 in football and 2-18 in hoops. Grammar and Moon remained within the Greybull system, keeping their teaching positions.
17. Ziemer or Zeimer?—Buffalo’s all-stater Randy Ziemer is a name this scribe has misspelled several times during his stellar career as a Thundering Herd backcourter. “I before E except February which has 28 in fine” or something like that. But don’t blame me for all the misspellings, as the Buffalo Bulletin was afflicted with the same penchant for misspelling his last name. My apologies and sympathies to my friends Ross Diercks and Patrick Schmiedt.
18. Chugwater—Good luck trying to find the name of the Chugwater coach or some of the Buffaloes’ scores. This scribe did his darndest but apparently the powers-that-be didn’t want them published. This happens every now and then—and I’ve gathered 40-plus years of hoops results from the 1929-1930 season on—and when it happens, it most always involves a subpar season and I suspect, coaches’ sensitive egos. I always feel sorry for kids who played under such circumstances, anonymously as it turns out in this instance. Coaches are always willing to share details of a championship season, with footnotes and a bibliography, if needed. Granted, a scarcity of Class C teams in SE Wyoming—caused by consolidation of many small schools—led to Chugwater scheduling games versus JV and freshman squads of bigger schools. Still, a result is just a phone call away from the wire services or largest town’s newspaper. (The Platte County Record carried Chugwater doings, but their rural scribe apparently wasn’t interested in anything but the town’s social [!?] doings.) Chugwater’s one and only win—I believe— was at regionals in Rawlins, a double-digit win over Farson-Eden. That’s certainly a highlight for the team, one to savor as the years pass by and grads reassemble at class reunions. Maybe the coach and his ego weren’t at fault in this case—Chugwater resided in a newspaper void at this time—but still, it must be frustrating to compete when so little acclaim is meted out.
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Northeast
(If you’re looking for Campbell County, Sheridan, Buffalo, or Newcastle they’re listed in the SE District. If you’re looking for Arvada or Clearmont, check the NW District.)
Big Horn romped through the regular season undefeated in the Powder River Conference, followed by second-place Hulett, with Midwest and Upton tied for third. Oddly enough, the WHSAA saw fit to include Big Horn and Tongue River in the NW regional in Thermopolis, replacing those teams with Glenrock and Glendo from the Texas Trail for the NE gathering in Gillette. Big Horn fared well in Hot Springs County making the final against NW powerhouse Byron. Although the Eagles ended the Rams’ 23-game win streak, Big Horn still qualified for state with the narrow 65-63 loss. Tongue River fared well in Thermopolis as well, winning two of three games, bumping its season’s win total to five. In Gillette, Glenrock dispatched Glendo, Midwest (in ot) and faced surprise finalist Moorcroft, which had upset Hulett and Upton on Thursday and Friday. The Wolves were no match for the Herders, losing by 20, but were also qualifiers for play in Rock Springs. At state, Big Horn had the best showing, dropping a close game to eventual champs Burns by two, then rebounding with two W’s for consolation honors. Moorcroft dropped both of its tourney games, the second to conference foe Big Horn, ending its tourney run.
Class B
Powder River Conference Standings
Big Horn 14-0
Hulett 10-4
Midwest 9-5
Upton 9-5
Clearmont 5-9
Moorcroft 4-10
Sundance 4-10
Tongue River 1-13
Big Horn Rams (90)***George Schamber
12/4 99 Shoshoni 62 W UPI J Mackey 26
12/12 92 Sundance 55 W UPI W Daly 20
12/18 81 Big Piney 48 W BgHrnYbk R Gates 23; J Mackey 21
12/19 81 at Hulett 71 W UPI A Dow 37
1/8 79 Hulett 63 W UPI R Gates 21; R Hanslip 21
1/9 63 Midwest 46 W UPI
1/16 51 Upton 44 W UPI
1/22 72 at Clearmont 63 W UPI J Brohard 20
1/23 85 at Tongue River 44 W UPI J Brohard 20
1/29 82 at Moorcroft 60 W UPI
1/30 93 Hulett 72 W UPI J Mackey 21
2/6 91 at Sundance 68 W BgHrnYbk
2/12 61 at Upton 44 W UPI
2/13 83 Meeteetse 53 W UPI J Brohard 30
2/19 78 Tongue River 43 W UPI
2/20 85 Clearmont 55 W UPI
2/26 109 Moorcroft 70 W UPI J Brohard 31
2/27 66 at Midwest 64 W UPI J Brohard 25
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 70 Tongue River 57 W UPI J Brohard 21
3/5 88 Basin 64 W UPI J Brohard 22; R Hanslip 21
3/6 63 Byron 65 L (2nd) UPI J Brohard 22
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 85 Burns 87 L wyo-bkb.com J Brohard 35
3/12 70 Moorcroft 51 W wyo-bkb.com J Brohard 24
3/13 76 Mt. View 64 W (cons)wyo-bkb.com
Record: 22-2 Pct: .917
Clearmont Panthers (32)***Wayne Roadifer
12/4 67 Moorcroft 60 W UPI W Landrey 22
12/5 76 at Hulett 85 ot L ClrmntYbk W Landrey 28
12/12 66 at Kaycee 72 L UPI L Drake 21; W Landrey 21
12/18 74 at Midwest 94 L UPI L Drake 20
12/19 64 Tongue River 57 W ClrmntYbk
1/8 61 at Upton 71 L UPI L Drake 21
1/9 72 Sundance 54 W UPI L Drake 25
1/12 56 at Buffalo B 63 L ClrmntYbk
1/15 78 Kaycee 51 W UPI
1/16 70 at Sundance 82 L ClrmntYbk W Landrey 25
1/19 67 at Sheridan So. 66 W ClrmntYbk W Landrey 29
1/22 63 Big Horn 72 L UPI
1/29 70 Midwest 63 W UPI L Drake 25; W Landrey 24
2/5 49 Upton 65 L UPI W Landrey 21
2/12 65 at Tongue River 48 W UPI W Landrey 27
2/20 55 at Big Horn 85 L UPI
2/26 77 Hulett 79 L UPI
2/27 63 at Moorcroft 66 L UPI W Landrey 21
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 74 Upton 80 ot L UPI W Landrey 20
3/5 73 Hulett 76 L SP W Landrey 38
Record: 7-13 Pct: .350
Hulett Red Devils (89)***Roland Halvorsen
12/5 85 Clearmont 76 ot W ClrmntYbk
12/8 69 at Sundance 65 W HlttYbk
12/11 74 at Moorcroft 70 2ot W HlttYbk
12/12 62 Tongue River 58 W UPI E Willson 25
12/18 75 at Gillette So 71 W HlttYbk
12/19 71 Big Horn 81 L UPI E Willson 20
1/8 63 at Big Horn 79 L UPI W Aberg 20
1/9 93 Kaycee 80 W UPI E Willson 26
1/15 82 Midwest 75 W UPI E Willson 28; W Aberg 23
1/22 72 at Kaycee 65 W UPI
1/23 69 at Upton 56 W UPI W Aberg 20
1/29 81 Sundance 60 W HlttYbk S Storie 21
1/30 72 at Big Horn 93 L UPI S Storie 20
2/5 91 at Tongue River 68 W HlttYbk D McAmis 24
2/12 63 at Midwest 93 L UPI D McAmis 20
2/13 46 Upton 50 L UPI
2/18 72 Moorcroft 64 W UPI
2/26 79 at Clearmont 77 W UPI
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 73 Moorcroft 75 L UPI D McAmis 22
3/5 76 Clearmont 72 W UPI E Willson 27
3/6 64 Glendo 76 L UPI
Record: 14-7 Pct: .667
Midwest Oilers (126)***Hal Loghry
12/4 60 Glenrock 76 L CST
12/12 60 Upton 50 W CST
12/18 94 Clearmont 74 W UPI D Rogers 32; C Coleman 20
12/19 68 Moorcroft 45 W UPI
1/8 48 Tongue River 37 W UPI
1/9 46 at Big Horn 63 L UPI
1/15 75 at Hulett 87 L UPI S Stratman 22
1/16 64 at Moorcroft 58 W UPI
1/22 66 at Tongue River 58 W SP
1/23 57 Kaycee 37 W UPI
1/29 63 at Clearmont 70 L UPI
1/30 94 at Kaycee 49 W UPI F Kagie 23; G Gilbert 21
2/5 65 at Sundance 60 W UPI
2/12 93 Hulett 63 W UPI G Gilbert 23; C Coleman 23
2/13 74 Sundance 50 W UPI G Gilbert 20
2/20 65 at Glenrock 64 W UPI
2/26 56 at Upton 69 L UPI
2/27 64 Big Horn 66 L UPI
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 70 Glendo 68 W UPI G Gilbert 24; C Coleman 23
3/5 65 Glenrock 70 ot L UPI C Coleman 25
Record: 13-7 Pct: .650
Moorcroft Wolves (131)***Richard Haglund
12/4 60 at Clearmont 67 L UPI
12/5 46 at Kaycee 58 L UPI
12/11 70 Hulett 74 2ot L HlttYbk
12/12 35 Douglas 64 L UPI
12/18 46 at Upton 45 W UPI
12/19 45 at Midwest 68 L UPI
12/29 43 at Douglas 75 L UPI
1/8 40 at Sundance 46 L UPI
1/9 59 at Tongue River 57 W SP
1/16 58 Midwest 64 L UPI
1/23 64 Sundance 69 L CST
1/29 60 Big Horn 82 L UPI
1/30 64 Tongue River 49 W UPI
2/6 56 Upton 62 L AP
2/13 74 Kaycee 35 W UPI C Jespersen 28
2/18 64 at Hulett 72 L CST C Jespersen 23
2/26 70 at Big Horn 109 L UPI K Duvall 29
2/27 66 Clearmont 63 W UPI C Jespersen 21; K Duvall 20
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 75 Hulett 73 W UPI C Jespersen 26
3/5 55 Upton 49 W UPI
3/6 62 Glenrock 82 L (2nd) UPI
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 51 Hanna 85 L wyo-bkb.com
3/12 51 Big Horn 70 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 7-16 Pct: .304
Sundance Bulldogs (173)***Bob Beaudoin
12/4 50 New Undrwd, SD 62 L UPI
12/8 65 Hulett 69 L HlttYbk M Hughes 26
12/11 50 at Tongue River 64 L UPI
12/12 55 at Big Horn 92 L UPI
1/8 46 Moorcroft 40 W UPI
1/9 54 at Clearmont 72 L UPI
1/16 82 Clearmont 70 W ClrmntYbk A Bailey 25; M Hughes 21
1/19 68 at Upton 72 L SP M Hughes 20
1/22 69 at Moorcroft 64 W CST
1/29 60 at Hulett 81 L HlttYbk
2/5 60 Midwest 65 L UPI A Bailey 24
2/6 68 Big Horn 91 L BgHrnYbk M Hughes 31
2/12 73 Kaycee 50 W UPI A Bailey 21
2/13 50 at Midwest 74 L UPI
2/19 58 Upton 74 L UPI A Bailey 22
2/20 65 Tongue River 56 W SP
2/26 at Kaycee—cancelled, blizzard conditions
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 41 Glenrock 81 L UPI
3/5 63 Glendo 88 L ST A Bailey 23
Record: 5-13 Pct: .278
Tongue River Eagles (142)***Sandy Michelena
12/4 44 at Ten Sleep 45 L UPI
12/11 64 Sundance 50 W UPI
12/12 58 at Hulett 62 L UPI D McCarthy 20
12/19 57 at Clearmont 64 L ClrmntYbk
1/8 37 at Midwest 48 L UPI
1/9 57 Moorcroft 59 L SP
1/15 54 at Upton 85 L UPI
1/22 58 Midwest 66 L SP
1/23 44 Big Horn 85 L UPI
1/29 56 Upton 82 L UPI
1/30 49 at Moorcroft 64 L UPI
2/5 68 Hulett 91 L HlttYbk
2/6 70 at Kaycee 60 W UPI
2/12 48 Clearmont 65 L UPI
2/13 50 Byron 78 L UPI
2/19 43 at Big Horn 78 L UPI
2/20 56 at Sundance 65 L SP
2/27 87 Kaycee 40 W UPI
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 57 Big Horn 70 L UPI
3/5 62 Cowley 61 W UPI
3/6 73 Wind River 40 W UPI
Record: 5-16 Pct: .238
Upton Bobcats (158)***Kent Morgan
12/5 47 Edgemont, SD 46 W WCG
12/11 66 at New Undrwd, SD 72 L UPI
12/12 50 at Midwest 60 L CST
12/18 45 Moorcroft 46 L UPI
1/8 71 Clearmont 61 W UPI R Stanton 34
1/9 42 at Edgemont, SD 55 L AP
1/15 85 Tongue River 54 W UPI R Stanton 31
1/16 44 at Big Horn 51 L UPI
1/19 72 Sundance 68 W SP
1/23 56 Hulett 69 L UPI
1/29 82 at Tongue River 56 W UPI R Stanton 28
2/5 65 at Clearmont 49 W UPI
2/6 62 at Moorcroft 56 W AP R Stanton 23
2/12 44 Big Horn 61 L UPI
2/13 50 Hulett 46 W UPI R Stanton 25
2/19 74 at Sundance 58 W UPI R Stanton 29
2/20 77 Hill City, SD 39 W UPI
2/26 69 Midwest 56 W UPI R Stanton 20
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 80 Clearmont 74 ot W UPI R Stanton 25
3/5 49 Moorcroft 55 L UPI
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
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Southeast
(This should probably be entitled “East District” since it encompasses teams traditionally placed in the SE and NE, as well as a couple of outliers, namely Rawlins and Greybull.) In Class AA, eight teams comprised the east portion of the state’s largest schools. This included both the Casper and Cheyenne high schools, Sheridan, Laramie, Rawlins and newcomer Campbell County. As the regular season played out, Sheridan racked up three more wins than Natrona for conference honors. What with the state tourney bracket being reduced to four teams, the East regional in Casper only qualified two teams. Sheridan faced Cheyenne Central in the regional semis as did Natrona with Cheyenne East. The games were close, Central even forced overtime, but the championship would be Cheyenne-less. On Saturday, Sheridan defeated Natrona by seven for the No. 1 seed. At the state tourney in Lander, Natrona lost by three to Rock Springs while Sheridan squeaked by Riverton by two. On Saturday, Natrona lost to Riverton and Sheridan lost to Rock Springs to finish second, the Broncs’ second consecutive year as Class AA bridesmaids.
In Class A, Greybull was allowed to play a full Absaraka Conference schedule, replacing Campbell County what with the Camels’ move to Class AA. Buffalo, which took regular-season honors the year before, was equally tough in 1970-71, breezing through the conference slate undefeated. The Thundering Herd’s only loss was to AA powerhouse Sheridan, and the Bison were ranked No. 3 at season’s end in the AA-A polls. Seven of the nine Absaraka schools met at the East regional in Buffalo; Greybull and University Prep were sent to the West regional in Kemmerer. During the regular season, Lusk and Torrington finished in second and third place and split home wins with one another, each a likely candidate to qualify for state. That semifinal was not to be, as St. Mary’s upset Lusk in the regional opener. The Gaels almost upset Torrington on Friday, losing by one. Buffalo enjoyed the home cooking and won over Torrington on Saturday by seven points. At the state tourney in Rock Springs, Buffalo got by Jackson while Torrington lost to Green River. On Saturday night, Torrington defeated Jackson for third place while Buffalo fell to Green River, winning the runners-up trophy.
Twelve teams vied for honors in the tough Class B Texas Trail Conference. Six teams posted +.500 marks: east champ Albin, Huntley, Burns, west champ Glenrock, Hanna and LaGrange. Four teams from the conference played in different regionals, however. Glenrock and Glendo were moved to the NE regional in Gillette while Hanna and Saratoga battled in the SW regional in Kemmerer. That still left four strong teams to duke it out in the eight-team SE regional in Torrington. Only two advanced to the state tourney in Rock Springs. All four teams won their Thursday opener and Friday’s semis had Albin against Burns while Huntley faced LaGrange. Burns ended Albin’s season while Huntley eked out a one-point W over LaGrange. Burns topped Huntley on Saturday night for the No. 1 seed. In the NE regional, Glenrock took the regional championship while out west Hanna did likewise. The Class B state tourney bracket had been halved as well—from 16 to eight teams—and the Texas Trail did well. Burns, Hanna and Glenrock all won their Thursday games—Huntley fell to Glenrock and was ousted from the tourney on Friday—and the Texas Trail had three semifinalists. On Friday, Burns edged Hanna by one while Glenrock lost to Byron. Saturday, Hanna topped Glenrock for third-place honors. Burns won it all with a come-from-behind win over reigning Class B champs Byron, its second state championship. Oddly enough, the Broncs were never ranked anywhere in either final B-C poll. The following weekend, Burns squared off against Class AA champion and host Rock Springs in round one of the “Super Tourney,” losing 78-56. Saturday night, Burns dispatched Class C title-holder Deaver by six.
What with LaGrange moving to Class B play and Ft. Laramie consolidating with Lingle, the SE was only left with two Class C schools. Of the two, Carpenter had the better season than Chugwater, besting its neighbor three times during the season. The two teams played in the South regional in Rawlins against Encampment, Medicine Bow, Rock River as well as Snake River and Farson. Neither school had any luck against teams from that area during the regular season, posting a collective 0-12 mark, but Chugwater did manage its season’s first win against Farson in the consolation portion of the regional. The Buffaloes lost to Carpenter in the consolation finale and neither team made it to the state tourney.
Class AA East Region
Standings
Sheridan 12-2
Cheyenne East 8-4*
Casper Natrona 9-5
Laramie 7-5*
Cheyenne Central 8-6
Casper Kelly Walsh 5-9
Campbell County 4-10
Rawlins 1-13
*East and Laramie did not schedule one another
Campbell County Camels (1250)***Ron Kouri
12/4 65 Lovell 59 W UPI R McGuire 26
12/5 61 Cody 52 W UPI
12/11 64 at Kelly Walsh 47 W UPI
12/12 55 at Natrona 45 W UPI
12/18 60 Lovell 62 L UPI (at Powell)*
12/19 43 at Cody 41 W GNR*
1/8 68 Rawlins 56 W UPI
1/9 66 Laramie 67 L UPI R McGuire 20
1/15 54 Chey Central 58 L WE
1/16 77 Chey East 71 W UPI R McGuire 29
1/23 59 Sheridan 82 L UPI
2/5 50 at Rawlins 60 L UPI A Anderson 22
2/6 62 at Laramie 72 L LDB
2/12 49 at Chey Central 81 L UPI
2/13 77 at Chey East 83 L UPI A Anderson 22
2/19 61 Natrona 63 L UPI
2/20 54 at Sheridan 91 L UPI
2/26 73 Kelly Walsh 76 L UPI
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 54 at Natrona 59 L UPI A Anderson 20
3/5 63 at Kelly Walsh 77 L UPI
*Park County holiday tourney
Record: 7-13 Pct: .350
Casper Kelly Walsh (1115 10th-12th)***Bob Bolles
12/4 65 Lander 66 L UPI D Jackson 24
12/5 62 at Riverton 63 L UPI T Williams 30
12/11 47 Gillette 64 L UPI
12/12 55 Sheridan 65 L UPI T Williams 24
12/19 62 at Lander 58 W UPI
12/22 77 at Natrona 68 W UPI T Williams 36
1/8 55 at Chey East 90 L UPI
1/9 64 at Chey Central 96 L UPI T Williams 26
1/15 62 at Laramie 83 L UPI D Jackson 20
1/16 55 at Rawlins 54 W UPI D Jackson 25
1/22 56 Natrona 71 L UPI
1/29 70 Chey Central 82 L UPI
1/30 85 Chey East 97 L UPI T Williams 25; S Farnes 25
2/5 73 Riverton 72 ot W UPI D Jackson 28; T Williams 25
2/12 79 Rawlins 59 W UPI
2/13 68 Laramie 65 W UPI T Williams 22
2/19 63 at Sheridan 86 L UPI D Jackson 23; T Williams 21
2/26 76 at Gillette 73 W UPI T Williams 31
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 63 Cheyenne East 75 L UPI
3/5 77 Gillette 63 W UPI D Jackson 32
3/6 76 Laramie 82 L UPI T Williams 37
Record: 8-13 Pct: .381
Casper Natrona Mustangs (1612 10th-12th)***Harvey Moore
12/4 65 Riverton 56 W UPI
12/5 54 Lander 58 L UPI
12/11 79 Sheridan 65 W UPI W Jones 26; R Orr 21
12/12 45 Gillette 55 L UPI
12/22 68 Kelly Walsh 77 L UPI
1/8 50 at Chey Central 46 W UPI S Collins 23
1/9 72 at Chey East 81 L UPI R Orr 26; W Jones 23
1/15 75 at Rawlins 70 W UPI G Roseburr 27
1/16 57 at Laramie 54 W UPI T Reese 23
1/22 71 at Kelly Walsh 56 W UPI
1/29 60 Chey East 73 L UPI R Orr 20
1/30 85 Chey Central 48 W UPI G Roseburr 30
2/5 47 at RCity Stevens, SD 56 L UPI
2/6 25 at RCity Cntrl, SD 52 L UPI
2/12 74 Laramie 62 W UPI W Jones 21
2/13 72 Rawlins 61 W UPI R Darling 20
2/19 63 at Gillette 61 W UPI R Orr 24
2/26 60 at Sheridan 62 ot L UPI R Orr 28
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 59 Gillette 54 W UPI
3/5 68 Chey East 65 W UPI R Orr 25
3/6 51 Sheridan 58 L (2nd) UPI
State AA tourney in Lander
3/12 57 Rock Springs 60 L wyo-bkb.com
3/13 57 Riverton 67 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 12-11 Pct: .522
Cheyenne Central Indians (1317 10th-12th)***Jim Storey
12/4 51 at Scottsbluff, NE 44 W UPI
12/18 77 RCity Stevens, SD 67 W UPI
12/19 64 RCity Central, SD 48 W UPI
12/22 62 at Greeley Cntrl, CO 80 L WE L Nielsen 26
12/30 67 Rawlins 58 W WE M Gadlin 23
1/8 46 Natrona 50 L UPI M Gadlin 20
1/9 96 Kelly Walsh 64 W UPI
1/15 58 at Gillette 54 W WE
1/16 73 at Sheridan 78 L UPI M Gadlin 24
1/22 71 at Laramie 68 W WE
1/29 82 at Kelly Walsh 70 W UPI M Gadlin 21
1/30 48 at Natrona 85 L UPI
2/5 58 at Chey East 68 L WE M Gadlin 26
2/12 81 Gillette 49 W UPI M Gadlin 20
2/13 67 Sheridan 79 L UPI L Nielsen 27
2/19 72 Laramie 75 L UPI
2/20 70 at Rawlins 67 W UPI
2/26 87 Chey East 64 W UPI M Gadlin 36
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 75 Laramie 73 W UPI
3/5 79 Sheridan 83 ot L UPI L Nielsen 22
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
Cheyenne East Thunderbirds (1347 10th-12th)***Jack Bryant
12/5 46 Boulder Fairview, CO 67 L UPI
12/12 71 at Longmont, CO 75 L UPI
12/18 68 at Greeley West, CO 67 W WE ot
12/19 57 at Sterling, CO 64 L UPI
1/2 at Loveland, CO W
1/8 90 Kelly Walsh 55 W UPI J John 22; R Lewis 21; H Bailey 20
1/9 81 Natrona 72 W UPI B Kopsa 23; H Bailey 21
1/15 70 at Sheridan 72 L UPI H Bailey33
1/16 71 at Gillette 77 L UPI
1/23 76 Rawlins 66 W RDT H Bailey 22
1/29 73 at Natrona 60 W UPI
1/30 97 at Kelly Walsh 85 W UPI H Bailey 26; B Kopsa 21
2/5 68 Chey Central 58 W WE B Kopsa 24
2/12 72 Sheridan 76 L UPI H Bailey 20
2/13 83 Gillette 77 W UPI
2/19 74 Scottsbluff, NE 73 W UPI B Kopsa 22; J John 21
2/26 64 Chey Central 87 L UPI H Bailey 30
2/27 65 at Rawlins 63 W UPI H Bailey 24
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 75 at Kelly Walsh 63 W UPI H Bailey 24
3/5 65 at Natrona 68 L UPI J John 24
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
Laramie Plainsmen (1169)***Bob Robertson
12/5 77 Scottsbluff, NE 45 W UPI D Wilson 21
12/11 61 Ft. Cllns Poudre, CO 55 W UPI
12/12 51 at Lander 52 L UPI
12/18 86 Rock Springs 73 W UPI J Erickson 20
1/8 77 at Sheridan 78 L UPI
1/9 67 at Gillette 66 W UPI D Wilson 29
1/15 83 Kelly Walsh 62 W UPI D Wilson 24
1/16 54 Natrona 57 L UPI
1/22 68 Chey Central 71 L WE D Wilson 25
1/29 84 at Rawlins 53 W UPI D Wilson 26
1/30 71 at Ft. Collins, CO 77 L LDB D Wilson 28
2/5 85 Sheridan 73 W WE D Dunivent 20; J Erickson 20
2/6 72 Gillette 62 W LDB
2/12 64 at Natrona 72 L UPI
2/13 65 at Kelly Walsh 68 L UPI
2/19 75 at Chey Central 72 W UPI J Pacenka 20
2/26 67 Rawlins 58 W UPI D Wilson 22
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 73 Chey Central 75 L UPI
3/5 68 Rawlins 57 W UPI
3/6 82 at Kelly Walsh 76 W UPI
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
Rawlins Outlaws (637)***Warren Loendorf
12/5 62 Green River 68 L UPI
12/12 45 at Rock Springs 75 L UPI
12/18 40 at Riverton 66 L UPI
12/30 58 at Chey Central 67 L WE
1/8 56 at Gillette 68 L UPI
1/9 53 at Sheridan 80 L UPI
1/15 70 Natrona 75 L UPI D Peterson 23
1/16 54 Kelly Walsh 55 L UPI
1/23 66 at Chey East 76 L RDT B Franks 25
1/29 53 Laramie 84 L UPI
1/30 59 Rock Springs 73 L UPI
2/5 60 Gillette 50 W UPI
2/6 61 Sheridan 73 L ShrdnYbk D Michie 21
2/12 59 at Kelly Walsh 79 L UPI
2/13 61 at Natrona 72 L UPI
2/20 67 Chey Central 70 L UPI
2/26 58 Laramie 67 L UPI
2/27 63 Chey East 65 L UPI
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 48 Sheridan 86 L UPI
3/5 57 Laramie 68 L UPI
Record: 1-19 Pct: .050
Sheridan Broncs (1118)***Clyde Stewart
12/4 84 Cody 53 W UPI P Flanigin 32; R Green 24
12/5 86 Powell 62 W UPI P Flanigin 26
12/11 65 at Natrona 79 L UPI
12/12 65 at Kelly Walsh 56 W UPI P Flanigin 29
1/8 78 Laramie 77 W UPI P Flanigin 21
1/9 80 Rawlins 53 W UPI R Green 20
1/15 72 Chey East 70 W UPI P Flanigin 37
1/16 78 Chey Central 73 W UPI P Flanigin 22; R Green 20
1/22 43 RCity Cntrl, SD 54 L ShrdnYbk
1/23 82 at Gillette 59 W UPI P Flanigin 29
1/29 80 Buffalo 72 W UPI P Flanigin 23; R Green 22
2/5 73 at Laramie 85 L ShrdnYbk P Flanigin 27
2/6 73 at Rawlins 61 W ShrdnYbk P Flanigin 26
2/12 76 at Chey East 72 W UPI R Green 32
2/13 79 at Chey Central 67 W SP P Flanigin 30
2/19 86 Kelly Walsh 63 W UPI P Flanigin 31
2/20 91 Gillette 54 W UPI P Flanigin 36
2/26 62 Natrona 60 ot W UPI
East AA regional in Casper
3/4 86 Rawlins 48 W UPI P Flanigin 27
3/5 85 Chey Central 79 ot W UPI P Flanigin 24; R Newman 21
3/6 58 at Natrona 51 W (1st) UPI
State AA tourney in Lander
3/12 73 Riverton 71 W wyo-bkb.com P Flanigin 26
3/13 60 Rock Springs 75 L (2nd) wyo-bkb.com P Flanigin 26
Record: 19-4 Pct: .826
Class A East Region—Absaraka Conference
Standings
Buffalo 16-0
Lusk 12-4
Torrington 11-5
University Prep 10-6
Newcastle 6-10
Douglas 6-10
St. Mary’s 5-11
Wheatland 5-11
Greybull 1-15
Buffalo Bison (379)***Jack Rafferty
12/4 74 St. Mary’s 59 W UPI M Brooks 20
12/5 59 University Prep 49 W UPI
12/11 79 at Torrington 43 W UPI R Ziemer 27
12/12 76 at Wheatland 54 W UPI R Ziemer 21; M Brooks 21
1/8 77 at Lusk 56 W UPI R Ziemer 30
1/9 63 at Douglas 52 W UPI R Ziemer 20
1/16 73 at Newcastle 36 W BfflYbk
1/22 92 Greybull 50 W UPI R Ziemer 23
1/29 72 at Sheridan 80 L UPI R Ziemer 31
1/30 67 Newcastle 62 W UPI R Ziemer 22
2/5 86 Lusk 68 W UPI
2/6 62 Douglas 54 W UPI
2/12 91 at St. Mary’s 67 W UPI
2/13 70 at University Prep 69 W UPI
2/19 91 Torrington 75 W UPI R Ziemer 31
2/20 92 Wheatland 55 W UPI
2/26 73 at Greybull 59 W UPI P Marton 25
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 Bye
3/5 100 Douglas 51 W UPI P Marton 28
3/6 59 Torrington 52 W (1st) UPI
State A tourney in Rock Springs
3/12 61 Jackson 58 W wyo-bkb.com
3/13 67 Green River 74 L (2nd) wyo-bkb.com R Ziemer 25
Record: 19-2 Pct: .905
Douglas Bearcats (282)***Mel Sonneman
12/4 63 Wheatland 52 W UPI
12/5 40 at Lusk 56 L UPI
12/12 64 at Moorcroft 35 W UPI
12/18 42 at Newcastle 62 L UPI
12/29 75 Moorcroft 43 W CST
1/8 71 Greybull 53 W UPI
1/9 52 Buffalo 63 L UPI J Griffin 24
1/15 60 at St. Mary’s 63 L UPI
1/16 54 at University Prep 65 L LDB
1/23 77 Torrington 69 W UPI J Griffin 28
1/29 77 University Prep 86 L UPI
1/30 50 St. Mary’s 49 W UPI
2/5 64 at Greybull 53 W UPI
2/6 54 at Buffalo 62 L UPI
2/12 56 at Wheatland 70 L CST
2/13 51 Lusk 70 L UPI
2/26 64 Newcastle 53 W UPI
2/27 59 at Torrington 69 L UPI K Miskimins 22
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 63 Newcastle 50 W UPI
3/5 51 at Buffalo 100 L UPI J Griffin 24
Record: 9-11 Pct: .450
Greybull Buffaloes (223)***James Grammar
12/4 40 at University Prep 83 L UPI
12/5 52 St. Mary’s 50 W UPI
12/11 50 at Wheatland 81 L UPI D Horton 25
12/12 53 at Torrington 82 L UPI
12/18 62 Pinedale 69 L UPI
12/19 72 Big Piney 64 W UPI D Horton 24
1/8 53 at Douglas 71 L UPI
1/9 56 at Lusk 87 L UPI B Kennedy 22
1/15 53 Newcastle 68 L UPI
1/22 50 at Buffalo 92 L UPI
1/29 51 at Newcastle 77 L UPI
2/5 53 Douglas 64 L UPI B Kennedy 20
2/6 53 Lusk 76 L UPI
2/12 41 at University Prep 83 L UPI
2/13 57 at St. Mary’s 91 L UPI
2/19 63 Wheatland 100 L UPI
2/20 53 Torrington 92 L UPI
2/26 59 Buffalo 73 L UPI
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 55 Star Valley 88 L UPI B Kennedy 21
3/5 56 University Prep 84 L UPI
Record: 2-18 Pct: .100
Lusk Tigers (225)***Dick Price
12/4 45 at Torrington 71 L UPI
12/5 56 Douglas 40 W UPI C Fosher 20
12/11 51 at University Prep 55 L UPI
12/12 55 at St. Mary’s 45 W UPI
12/18 56 Wheatland 50 W LH
1/8 56 Buffalo 77 L UPI
1/9 87 Greybull 56 W UPI
1/15 73 at Wheatland 66 W PCR M Fosher 22
1/16 56 at Hot Springs, SD 48 W UPI M Fosher 22
1/22 46 Newcastle 39 W UPI
1/30 73 Guernsey 55 W UPI C Fosher 24
2/5 68 at Buffalo 86 L UPI J Schutterle 27
2/6 76 at Greybull 53 W UPI
2/12 62 Torrington 61 W UPI
2/13 70 at Douglas 51 W UPI
2/19 76 University Prep 64 W UPI M Fosher 33
2/20 80 St. Mary’s 67 W UPI
2/27 59 at Newcastle 50 W UPI
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 58 St. Mary’s 82 L UPI
3/5 69 Wheatland 44 W UPI M Fosher 22
3/6 73 Newcastle 53 W UPI M Fosher 21
Record: 16-5 Pct: .762
Newcastle Dogies (375)***Rudy Sanford
12/5 56 Torrington 42 W UPI J Prell 23
12/11 56 at St. Mary’s 62 L UPI
12/12 49 at University Prep 76 L NwcstlYbk
12/18 62 Douglas 42 W UPI
12/19 50 at Hot Springs, SD 31 W UPI
12/30 52 Hot Springs, SD 53 L NwcstlYbk
1/9 44 Wheatland 38 W UPI T Tunnell 20
1/15 68 at Greybull 53 W UPI T Tunnell 20
1/16 36 Buffalo 73 L NwcstlYbk
1/22 39 at Lusk 46 L UPI
1/29 77 Greybull 51 W UPI
1/30 62 at Buffalo 67 L UPI
2/6 60 at Wheatland 68 L NwcstlYbk
2/13 53 at Torrington 63 L UPI T Tunnell 20; J Prell 20
2/19 72 St. Mary’s 76 4ot L UPI
2/20 61 University Prep 52 W UPI J Prell 22
2/26 53 at Douglas 64 L UPI
2/27 50 Lusk 59 L UPI T Tunnell 20
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 50 Douglas 63 L UPI
3/6 53 Lusk 73 L UPI
Record: 7-13 Pct: .350
St. Mary’s Gaels***Jim Endicott
12/4 59 at Buffalo 74 L UPI
12/5 50 at Greybull 52 L UPI
12/11 62 Newcastle 56 W UPI
12/12 45 Lusk 55 L UPI
12/19 74 Chugwater 52 W LDB
1/8 70 at Torrington 78 L WE
1/15 63 Douglas 60 W UPI C Hernandez 21
1/22 58 at University Prep 68 L WE
1/29 57 Wheatland 55 W UPI
1/30 49 at Douglas 50 L UPI V Restivo 26
2/5 65 Torrington 72 L WE V Restivo 24
2/6 at Chugwater W
2/12 67 Buffalo 91 L UPI V Restivo 20
2/13 91 Greybull 57 W UPI L Grant 21
2/19 76 at Newcastle 72 4ot W UPI
2/20 67 at Lusk 80 L UPI V Restivo 22
2/26 76 University Prep 84 ot L UPI V Restivo 23
2/27 56 at Wheatland 65 L UPI
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 82 Lusk 58 W UPI V Restivo 23; M Weldenback 20
3/5 62 Torrington 63 L UPI V Restivo 20
Record: 8-12 Pct: .400
Torrington Trailblazers (563)***Jerry Pierantoni
12/4 71 Lusk 45 W UPI T Peterson 24,24rb
12/5 42 at Newcastle 56 L UPI
12/11 43 Buffalo 79 L UPI
12/12 82 Greybull 53 W UPI R Arp 28
12/18 43 at Gering, NE 55 L UPI
1/8 78 St. Mary’s 70 W WE
1/15 61 at University Prep 47 W UPI
1/16 74 Gering, NE 62 W TT T Peterson 22, 25rb
1/22 85 Wheatland 54 W PCR T Peterson 30, 25rb
1/23 69 at Douglas 77 L UPI R Arp 23
1/30 65 University Prep 62 W LDB
2/5 72 at St. Mary’s 65 W WE
2/12 61 at Lusk 62 L UPI
2/13 63 Newcastle 53 W UPI
2/19 75 at Buffalo 91 L UPI T Peterson 23
2/20 92 at Greybull 53 W UPI T Peterson 31
2/26 85 at Wheatland 81 W UPI T Peterson 24; G Keller 23
2/27 69 Douglas 59 W UPI R Arp 22
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 63 Wheatland 57 W UPI G Keller 23
3/5 63 St. Mary’s 62 W UPI G Keller 21
3/6 52 at Buffalo 59 L (2nd) UPI
State A tourney in Rock Springs
3/12 74 Green River 75 L wyo-bkb.com
3/13 79 Jackson 77 W (3rd) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 15-8 Pct: .652
University Prep Buckaroos***Lloyd McCullough
12/1 57 Deadwood, SD 60 L WE
12/4 83 Greybull 40 W UPI
12/5 49 at Buffalo 59 L UPI
12/11 55 Lusk 51 W LH
12/12 76 Newcastle 47 W LDB D Duncan 26
1/15 47 Torrington 61 L UPI
1/16 65 Douglas 54 W LDB D Duncan 22
1/22 68 St. Mary’s 58 W LDB
1/23 67 at Wheatland 58 W UPI D Duncan 22
1/29 86 at Douglas 77 W UPI H Bovee 26
1/30 62 at Torrington 65 L LDB
2/5 67 Wheatland 51 W LDB
2/12 83 Greybull 41 W UPI
2/13 69 Buffalo 70 L UPI
2/19 64 at Lusk 76 L UPI
2/20 52 at Newcastle 61 L UPI
2/26 84 at St. Mary’s 76 ot W UPI D Duncan 25; C Lilley 22
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 64 Jackson 66 L UPI
3/5 84 Greybull 56 W UPI D Duncan 23
3/6 54 at Kemmerer 43 W UPI
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
Wheatland Bulldogs (320)***Lee Beidleman
12/4 52 at Douglas 63 L UPI
12/11 81 Greybull 50 W UPI
12/12 54 Buffalo 76 L UPI J Bowman 21
12/18 50 at Lusk 56 L LH
1/9 38 at Newcastle 44 L UPI
1/15 66 Lusk 73 L PCR J Laird 24
1/16 88 at Morrill, NE 63 W PCR
1/22 54 at Torrington 85 L PCR
1/23 58 University Prep 67 L UPI
1/29 55 at St. Mary’s 57 L UPI
2/5 51 at University Prep 67 L LDB
2/6 68 Newcastle 60 W NwcstlYbk J Laird 29
2/12 70 Douglas 56 W CST D Holcomb 22; J Laird 20
2/13 83 Morrill, NE 74 W UPI T Lenz 24
2/19 100 at Greybull 63 W UPI
2/20 55 at Buffalo 92 L UPI
2/26 81 Torrington 85 L UPI J Laird 26
2/27 65 St. Mary’s 56 W UPI D Holcomb 20
East A regional in Buffalo
3/4 57 Torrington 63 L UPI
3/5 44 Lusk 69 L UPI
Record: 7-13 Pct: .350
Class B SE District—Texas Trail Conference
Standings East
Albin 12-4
Huntley 12-4
Burns 11-5
Lingle 5-11
Pine Bluffs 3-13
Goshen Hole 2-14
West
Glenrock 13-3
Hanna 11-5
LaGrange 9-7
Glendo 8-8
Guernsey 7-9
Saratoga 3-13
Teams played two games against area group; one game versus foes from the other group
In five cases, teams played two other group games; but only the second game counted in the standings.
In regional play, Hanna and Saratoga played in the SW B; Glendo and Glenrock in the NE B.
Albin Wildcats (49)***Joe Glenn
12/11 42 Guernsey 34 W UPI
12/12 59 at LaGrange 39 W UPI
12/18 59 at Glenrock 58 ot W UPI
12/22 77 at Harrisburg, NE 50 W PBP
1/2 65 LaGrange 30 W PBP G Freeburg 25
1/8 50 at Huntley 70 L UPI
1/9 63 Pine Bluffs 42 W UPI
1/15 72 Goshen Hole 39 W UPI D DeBruyn 22
1/16 56 at Burns 90 L PBP
1/22 79 Saratoga 63 W PBP D DeBruyn 26
1/23 55 Hanna 57 L UPI
1/29 67 at Lingle 47 W LG
1/30 60 Burns 59 W PBP
2/6 86 Lingle 42 W LG D DeBruyn 26
2/13 68 at Glendo 70 L UPI D DeBruyn 26; G Freeburg 24
2/20 56 at Pine Bluffs 47 W UPI G Freeburg 21
2/26 60 Huntley 58 W UPI
2/27 97 at Goshen Hole 65 W PBP D DeBruyn 24; G Freeburg 22
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 69 Pine Bluffs 37 W UPI
3/5 63 Burns 84 L UPI
Record: 15-5 Pct: .750
Burns Broncs (70)***Dave Gorman
12/4 66 at LaGrange 54 W UPI
12/11 81 at Saratoga 69 W PBP C Anderson 27
12/12 75 at Hanna 97 L UPI D Hemennover 21
12/18 69 LaGrange 77 L PBP
12/19 67 Glendo 68 L PBP
1/8 83 at Goshen Hole 54 W PBP
1/9 48 at Merino, CO 49 L PBP
1/15 68 at Pine Bluffs 56 W UPI
1/16 90 Albin 56 W PBP
1/23 62 at Lingle 47 W UPI C Anderson 21
1/29 78 Huntley 75 W PBP C Anderson 22; R Black 20
1/30 59 at Albin 60 L PBP C Anderson 21
2/6 65 at Guernsey 56 W PBP C Anderson 23
2/12 99 at Goshen Hole 66 W PBP C Anderson 30
2/13 85 Glenrock 71 W UPI C Anderson 29
2/19 81 Pine Bluffs 65 W UPI
2/20 74 at Huntley 79 L UPI R Steege 24
2/26 73 Lingle 62 W UPI C Anderson 20
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 85 Lingle 46 W UPI C Anderson 30
3/5 84 Albin 63 W UPI R Black 23; C Anderson 22
3/6 83 Huntley 70 W (1st) UPI C Anderson 29; R Black 21
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 87 Big Horn 85 W wyo-bkb.com C Anderson 30
3/12 69 Hanna 68 W wyo-bkb.com C Anderson 23
3/13 83 Byron 77 W (1st) wyo-bkb.com C Anderson 31
State Super Tourney in Rock Springs
3/19 70 at Rock Springs 86 L RSDR C Anderson 25
3/20 65 Deaver 59 W (3rd) wyo-bkb.com C Anderson 24
Record: 19-7 Pct: .731
Glendo Eagles (71)***Maurice Twiss
12/4 53 at Huntley 71 L PBP J Wood 31
12/11 43 Glenrock 65 L UPI
12/12 43 at Guernsey 53 L UPI J Wood 23
12/18 47 at Pine Bluffs 39 W UPI
12/19 68 at Burns 67 W PBP J Wood 33
1/8 64 at Saratoga 58 W UPI J Wood 32
1/9 33 at Hanna 72 L UPI
1/15 58 Huntley 57 ot W UPI J Wood 22
1/16 59 at LaGrange 60 L PBP J Wood 22
1/22 68 at Glenrock 75 L UPI J Wood 36
1/23 49 Guernsey 54 L UPI
1/29 53 Goshen Hole 60 L UPI J Wood 24
1/30 68 Pine Bluffs 55 W UPI J Wood 39
2/5 68 Saratoga 43 W UPI J Wood 34
2/6 54 Hanna 53 W UPI J Wood 26
2/13 70 Albin 68 W UPI J Wood 29
2/20 58 at Lingle 62 L UPI J Wood 35
2/27 72 LaGrange 59 W PBP J Wood 34
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 68 Midwest 70 L UPI J Wood 34
3/5 88 Sundance 68 W UPI J Wood 41
3/6 76 Hulett 64 W UPI J Wood 39
Record: 11-10 Pct: .524
Glenrock Herders (180)***Burt St. John
12/4 76 at Midwest 60 W PBP R Usry 30
12/11 65 at Glendo 43 W UPI R Usry 25
12/18 58 Albin 59 ot L UPI R Usry23
12/19 67 Huntley 56 W UPI
1/8 57 at Hanna 53 W UPI R Usry 20,20rb
1/9 66 at Saratoga 46 W UPI
1/16 72 at Goshen Hole 48 W GI
1/22 75 Glendo 68 W UPI
1/23 82 LaGrange 58 W UPI
1/29 58 at Guernsey 49 W UPI R Usry 21rb
1/30 66 at LaGrange 56 W PBP D Reinhardt 23
2/5 68 Hanna 64 W UPI D Reinhardt 24
2/6 92 Saratoga 80 W UPI
2/12 63 at Pine Bluffs 67 L UPI
2/13 71 at Burns 85 L UPI
2/19 76 Lingle 49 W UPI D Reinhardt 23
2/20 64 Midwest 65 L UPI
2/27 56 Guernsey 55 W UPI D Hatfield 21
NE B regional in Gillette
3/4 81 Sundance 41 W UPI R Usry 26
3/5 70 Midwest 65 ot W UPI R Usry 26, 23rb; D Reinhardt 22
3/6 82 Moorcroft 62 W (1st) UPI D Hatfield 23
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 72 Huntley 60 W wyo-bkb.com
3/12 70 Byron 79 L wyo-bkb.com R Usry 23
3/13 70 Hanna 82 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 18-6 Pct: .750
Goshen Hole Spartans (77)***Carl Mirich
12/4 36 at Lyman, NE 71 L TT
12/11 52 at LaGrange 71 L UPI
12/12 47 at Huntley 59 L PBP
12/18 52 Hanna 102 L UPI
12/19 60 Saratoga 73 L SS
1/8 54 Burns 83 L PBP J Zvoraka 24
1/9 43 at Lingle 53 L UPI
1/15 39 at Albin 72 L UPI
1/16 48 Glenrock 72 L GI
1/22 44 at Pine Bluffs 52 L PBP
1/29 60 at Glendo 53 W UPI
2/5 66 Guernsey 91 L PBP
2/6 60 Huntley 88 L PBP
2/12 66 Burns 99 L PBP
2/13 48 Lingle 46 W PBP
2/26 53 Pine Bluffs 70 L PBP
2/27 65 Albin 98 L UPI
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 57 Huntley 90 L UPI
3/5 52 Guernsey 53 L UPI
Record: 2-17 Pct: .105
Guernsey Vikings (123)***Bill Gerrard
12/4 57 at Lingle 39 W UPI
12/11 34 at Albin 42 L UPI
12/12 53 Glendo 43 W UPI
12/19 46 Pine Bluffs 40 W PBP
1/8 61 at LaGrange 53 W UPI
1/9 42 at Huntley 43 L UPI
1/22 65 Lingle 47 W UPI
1/23 54 at Glendo 49 W UPI
1/29 49 Glenrock 58 L UPI
1/30 55 at Lusk 73 L UPI
2/5 91 at Goshen Hole 66 W PBP
2/6 56 Burns 65 L PBP
2/12 57 at Hanna 69 L UPI
2/13 63 at Saratoga 60 W UPI L Balzan 21
2/19 60 Hanna 68 L UPI
2/20 68 Saratoga 69 L UPI B Gorman 23
2/26 63 LaGrange 70 L UPI
2/27 55 at Glenrock 56 L UPI
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 51 LaGrange 67 L UPI G Troudt 20
3/5 53 Goshen Hole 52 W UPI
3/6 59 Pine Bluffs 61 L UPI B Gorman 21
Record: 9-12 Pct: .429
Hanna Miners (71)***Ed McAtee
12/4 72 Rock River 59 W UPI R Borrego24
12/5 65 at Encampment 54 W SS
12/11 68 Pine Bluffs 61 W UPI
12/12 97 Burns 75 W UPI R Borrego 27; C Jones 20
12/18 102 at Goshen Hole 52 W UPI G McKenzie 22
12/19 52 at Lingle 40 W UPI
1/8 53 Glenrock 57 L UPI
1/9 72 Glendo 33 W UPI
1/22 51 at Huntley 56 L PBP
1/23 57 at Albin 55 W UPI
1/29 74 at Saratoga 51 W UPI G McKenzie 20
2/5 64 at Glenrock 68 L UPI
2/6 53 at Glendo 54 L UPI
2/12 69 Guernsey 57 W UPI G McKenzie 24
2/13 85 LaGrange 60 W UPI
2/19 68 at Guernsey 60 W UPI M Shurter 24
2/20 85 at LaGrange 98 L PBP C Jones 21
2/27 83 Saratoga 76 W UPI
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 80 Saratoga 57 W UPI
3/5 62 Pinedale 54 W UPI R Borrego 22
3/6 67 Mt. View 59 W (1st) UPI S Palaniuk 21
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 85 Moorcroft 51 W wyo-bkb.com R Borrego 20
3/12 68 Burns 69 L wyo-bkb.com R Borrego 25
3/13 82 Glenrock 70 W (3rd) wyo-bkb.com S Palaniuk 20
Record: 18-6 Pct: .750
Huntley Cardinals (53)***Ron Moore
12/4 71 Glendo 53 W PBP J Jones 20
12/11 67 at Lingle 53 W PBP J Jones 22
12/12 59 Goshen Hole 47 W PBP M Hood 23
12/19 56 at Glenrock 67 L UPI
1/8 70 Albin 50 W UPI J Jones 28
1/9 43 Guernsey 42 W UPI
1/15 57 at Glendo 58 ot L UPI J Jones 22
1/16 73 Pine Bluffs 41 W PBP
1/22 56 Hanna 51 W PBP
1/23 91 Saratoga 62 W UPI
1/29 75 at Burns 78 L PBP J Jones 20
1/30 61 Lingle 53 W PBP
2/5 75 LaGrange 68 W PBP J Jones 22
2/6 88 at Goshen Hole 60 W PBP
2/12 58 at Lyman, NE 60 L TT
2/20 79 Burns 74 W UPI J Jones 25
2/26 58 at Albin 60 L UPI
2/27 63 at Pine Bluffs 49 W UPI D Miller 21
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 90 Goshen Hole 57 W UPI J Jones 25; M Hood 22
3/5 58 LaGrange 57 W UPI M Hood 20
3/6 70 Burns 83 L (2nd) UPI J Jones 27
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 60 Glenrock 72 L wyo-bkb.com J Jones 24
3/12 62 Mt. View 64 L wyo-bkb.com M Hood 34
Record: 15-8 Pct: .652
LaGrange Longhorns (52)***Doug Chamberlain
12/4 54 Burns 66 L UPI D Johnson 21
12/11 71 Goshen Hole 52 W UPI D Johnson 28
12/12 39 Albin 59 L UPI
12/18 77 at Burns 69 W UPI C Meier 20
1/2 30 at Albin 65 L PBP
1/8 53 Guernsey 61 L UPI
1/15 65 at Lingle 48 W UPI
1/16 60 Glendo 59 W PBP
1/23 58 at Glenrock 82 L UPI S Dunn 22
1/29 60 Pine Bluffs 56 W UPI
1/30 56 Glenrock 66 L PBP D Johnson 20
2/5 68 at Huntley 75 L PBP C Meier 20
2/12 74 at Saratoga 47 W UPI D Johnson 28
2/13 60 at Hanna 85 L UPI D Johnson 28
2/19 81 Saratoga 54 W UPI
2/20 98 Hanna 85 W PBP D Johnson 33; S Dunn 26
2/26 70 at Guernsey 63 W UPI S Dunn 24
2/27 59 at Glendo 72 L PBP S Dunn 29
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 67 LaGrange 51 W UPI
3/5 57 Huntley 58 L UPI K Talbert 22
Record: 10-10 Pct: .500
Lingle Bulldoggers (144)***Roger Fuss
12/4 39 Guernsey 57 L UPI
12/11 53 Huntley 67 L UPI B Hill 21
12/18 56 Saratoga 54 ot W UPI
12/19 40 Hanna 52 L UPI
1/8 57 at Pine Bluffs 46 W UPI
1/9 53 Goshen Hole 43 W UPI
1/15 48 LaGrange 65 L UPI
1/22 47 at Guernsey 65 L UPI
1/23 47 Burns 62 L UPI P Martin 22
1/29 47 Albin 67 L LG
1/30 53 at Huntley 61 L PBP
2/5 45 Pine Bluffs 36 W PBP
2/6 42 at Albin 86 L LG
2/13 46 at Goshen Hole 48 L PBP
2/19 49 at Glenrock 76 L UPI
2/20 62 Glendo 58 W UPI
2/26 62 at Burns 73 L UPI
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 46 Burns 85 L UPI
3/5 70 Pine Bluffs 73 L UPI B Steidley 25
Record: 5-14 Pct: .263
Pine Bluffs Hornets (131)***Dennis Talich
12/11 61 at Hanna 68 L UPI
12/12 48 at Saratoga 54 L PBP
12/18 39 Glendo 47 L UPI
12/19 40 at Guernsey 56 L UPI
1/8 46 Lingle 59 L PBP D Gade 20
1/9 42 at Albin 63 L UPI
1/15 56 Burns 68 L UPI
1/16 41 at Huntley 73 L PBP
1/22 52 Goshen Hole 44 W PBP
1/29 56 at LaGrange 60 L UPI
1/30 55 at Glendo 68 L UPI
2/5 36 at Lingle 45 L PBP
2/12 67 Glenrock 63 W UPI D Stevens 22
2/13 64 Chugwater 31 W UPI
2/19 65 at Burns 81 L UPI
2/20 47 Albin 56 L UPI
2/26 70 at Goshen Hole 53 W PBP
2/27 49 Huntley 63 L UPI
SE B regional in Torrington
3/4 37 Albin 69 L UPI
3/5 73 Lingle 70 W UPI D Gade 25
3/6 61 Guernsey 59 W UPI
Record: 6-15 Pct: .286
Saratoga Panthers (138)***Bill Vasey
12/4 57 Encampment 56 W UPI
12/11 69 Burns 81 L PBP
12/12 54 Pine Bluffs 48 W PBP
12/18 54 at Lingle 56 ot L UPI
12/19 73 at Goshen Hole 60 W SS
1/2 53 at Encampment 67 L RDT
1/8 58 Glendo 64 L UPI B Johnston 21
1/9 46 Glenrock 66 L UPI
1/22 63 at Albin 79 L PBP B Johnston 22
1/23 62 at Huntley 91 L UPI
1/29 51 Hanna 74 L UPI
2/5 43 at Glendo 68 L UPI
2/6 80 at Glenrock 92 L UPI B Johnston 28
2/12 47 LaGrange 74 L UPI
2/13 60 Guernsey 63 L UPI
2/19 54 at LaGrange 81 L UPI B Johnston 25
2/20 69 at Guernsey 68 W UPI
2/27 76 at Hanna 83 L UPI J Gaspari 24; B Johnston 20
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 57 Hanna 80 L UPI
3/5 72 Big Piney 71 W UPI B Johnston 22
3/6 58 Cokeville 71 L UPI
Record: 5-16 Pct: .238
Class C SE
Carpenter Coyotes (28)***Tom Frickell
12/4 37 at Medicine Bow 65 L UPI
12/5 41 at Rock River 67 L PBP P Poelma 20
12/11 84 Chey East JV 43 W WE
12/12 39 at Encampment 88 L RDT
12/18 at Chugwater W
12/19 50 Briggsdale, CO 53 L PBP
1/8 at Torrington B W
1/15 68 Chugwater 47 W WE
1/16 52 Torrington B 46 W RR
1/22 61 Encampment77 L RDT Z Leininger 23; M Poelma 21
1/23 52 Pine Bluffs B 44 W PBP
1/30 at Briggsdale, CO L
2/5 at Chey East JV L
2/6 49 at Pine Bluffs B 44 W PBP Z Leininger 20
2/26 47 Rock River 58 L LDB
2/27 52 Medicine Bow 48 W UPI
South C regional in Rawlins
3/4 51 Snake River 67 L UPI
3/6 90 Chugwater 52 W UPI
Record: 9-9 Pct: .500
Chugwater Buffaloes (36)***
12/4 40 Chey East Sophs 68 L SSH
12/5 36 at Medicine Bow 58 L RDT
12/11 38 at Rock River 72 L UPI
12/12 42 at Walden, CO 46 L AP
12/18 Carpenter L
12/19 52 at St. Mary’s 74 L LDB
1/9 28 Medicine Bow 54 L UPI
1/15 47 at Carpenter 68 L WE
1/22 42 Rock River 71 L LDB
1/23 43 Encampment 73 L RDT
1/29 Torrington B L
1/30 32 at Encampment 66 L RDT
2/6 St. Mary’s L
2/13 31 at Pine Bluffs 64 L UPI
South C regional in Rawlins
3/4 46 Medicine Bow 59 L UPI
3/5 55 Farson 43 W UPI Rawlins paper mentioned first win
3/6 52 Carpenter 90 L UPI
Record: 1-16 Pct: .059
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Northwest/West
Rock Springs enjoyed the switch from Class AA South competition to a Big Horn Basin slate and fairly breezed through the regular season, winning most all of its games by double digits. Riverton gave the Tigers their closest game, playing to within five points at home in Fremont County and finishing second by the end of February’s play. For the rest, only Lander and Cody could post +.500 regular-season records within the region, and it looked like the regional in Powell would mean smooth sailing for Rock Springs, ranked atop both polls by season’s end. It was anything but, a typical BHB “Battle Royale.” No. 1-ranked Rock Springs did escape with the regional trophy, but it took two tight games after the Tigers easily ousted the hosts in the opener. In the semis, Rock Springs topped Cody by four points, and in the finals, the Tigers eked out a W by two over Riverton (which was ranked No. 4 in one poll). At state in Lander, No. 2 Sheridan bested Riverton by two points while Rock Springs squeaked by No. 8 Casper Natrona by three. On Saturday, Riverton took third-place with a win over Natrona, while Rock Springs took home championship honors over Sheridan. Rock Springs was named host for the Super Tourney and easily won both games, the first from Class B champion Burns and the second from Sweetwater County neighbor, Class A king Green River.
Class A Greybull (data included in the SE/East compilation) played an Absaraka Conference schedule. For its regional, Greybull was included in the SW/West regional in Kemmerer where the Buffs lost two games, the opener to Star Valley and the other to University Prep.
As the school had been for the past few years, Byron had been a mainstay at the state tourney since 1966 and the Eagles were looking for their third straight Class B championship. Byron started the opening week with several of their hoopsters recovering from injuries sustained during football season. A loss to Meeteetse the opening weekend ended a regular-season win streak against BHB foes stretching back to February of 1969. However, the Eagles got healthier and the Ws started adding up through the rest of December and all of January. A loss at Dubois in February meant the No. 2-ranked Rams tied No. 3 Byron for regular-season BHB honors. At the regional in Thermopolis, the Eagles easily dispatched Wind River and waylaid Dubois by 14 in the semis. Undefeated and top-ranked Big Horn—an addition to the regional along with Tongue River—and Byron squared off in what many claim to be the unofficial (albeit early) state championship. Byron won over the Rams by two points for the regional title. At state in Rock Springs, Byron coasted through two easy wins to make the finals against upstart (and unranked) Burns. Byron built a sizable lead—14 points at the half—but in the second half Burns seized momentum and the dream of three banners in a row for Byron was not realized. Still, the three-season run of excellence stands at an impressive 65-7 for the Eagles, with two firsts and one second place.
The Class C portion of the BHB was the purview of three teams: Deaver, Meeteetse and defending state champion Ten Sleep. None of the other teams was able to break above the .500 mark versus their small-school foes. As the season progressed, only Meeteetse received any love from the pollsters, ranked No. 4 or No. 7 depending on the poll of combined Class B and C teams. That love was justified as the Longhorns won the regular-season title over Deaver by one game and Ten Sleep by two. At the regional in Worland, two tight semifinal games had Deaver topping Ten Sleep while Meeteetse did likewise to Manderson. Saturday night, Meeteetse won in overtime over Deaver. At the state tourney in Lander, Deaver edged Encampment by one point while Rock River spanked Meeteetse. Deaver rang up state championship No. 1 (there’ll be another soon) and played the next weekend in the Super Tourney as the Class C champ. The going there was tough for the Trojans as they dropped their first game to Green River and the second to Burns.
Class AA West Region
Standings
Rock Springs 14-0
Riverton 11-3
Lander 10-4
Cody 8-6
Thermopolis 6-8
Worland 4-10
Lovell 3-11
Powell 0-14
Cody Broncs (574)***C. R. ‘Spike’ Vannoy
12/4 53 at Sheridan 84 L UPI B Moore 20
12/5 52 at Gillette 61 L UPI C Friedley 24
12/18 41 at Powell 57 L CE*
12/19 41 Gillette 43 L UPI (at Cody)*
1/8 59 Lovell 46 W UPI
1/9 80 at Worland 52 W UPI
1/15 64 at Riverton 74 L UPI B Moore 29
1/16 78 at Thermopolis 70 W UPI B Moore 30
1/22 59 Rock Springs 70 L UPI B Moore 23; C Friedley 20
1/23 58 Lander 61 L UPI
1/30 49 Powell 47 W UPI
2/5 72 at Lovell 68 W UPI C Friedley 23
2/6 68 Worland 56 W UPI
2/12 65 Riverton 60 W UPI
2/13 51 Thermopolis 61 L UPI C Friedley 26
2/19 59 at Rock Springs 69 L UPI C Friedley 23
2/20 42 at Lander 44 L UPI
2/27 70 at Powell 49 W UPI P McGary 20
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 61 Thermopolis 58 W UPI B Moore 22
3/5 58 Rock Springs 62 L UPI
*Park County holiday tourney
Record: 9-11 Pct: .450
Lander Tigers (811)***Bob Carey/Tom Massey
12/4 65 at Kelly Walsh 64 W WSJ
12/5 58 at Natrona 54 W UPI
12/11 37 at Rock Springs 53 L UPI
12/12 52 Laramie 51 W UPI
12/19 58 Kelly Walsh 62 L UPI
1/9 71 at Thermopolis 59 W UPI
1/15 64 Worland 50 W UPI
1/16 68 Lovell 52 W RR
1/22 72 at Powell 46 W UPI
1/23 61 at Cody 58 W UPI B Shaeffer 24
1/30 53 at Riverton 71 L UPI
2/6 56 Thermopolis 51 W RR
2/12 76 at Worland 67 W UPI B Shaeffer 21
2/13 65 at Lovell 58 W UPI M McDonald 20
2/19 49 Powell 45 W UPI
2/20 44 Cody 42 W UPI
2/26 55 Rock Springs 72 L UPI
2/27 63 Riverton 70 L UPI
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 72 Lovell 63 W UPI B Shaffer 21
3/5 48 Riverton 54 L UPI
Record: 14-6 Pct: .700
Lovell Bulldogs (289)***Rich Yeaman
12/4 59 at Gillette 65 L UPI
12/12 44 Riverton 54 L UPI
12/18 62 Gillette 60 W UPI (at Powell)*
12/19 55 at Powell 45 W CST (at Cody*
1/2 55 at Red Lodge, MT 54 W NWDN
1/8 46 at Cody 59 L UPI
1/9 65 Powell 58 W UPI
1/15 65 at Rock Springs 95 L CST B Despain 22
1/16 52 at Lander 68 L RR
1/23 75 Thermopolis 79 L UPI R Welch 21
1/28 60 at Worland 61 L UPI
2/4 69 at Powell 53 W CST
2/5 68 Cody 72 L UPI
2/12 50 Rock Springs 67 L UPI
2/13 58 Lander 65 L UPI
2/19 76 at Riverton 82 L UPI B Despain 26; K Engleking 21
2/20 53 at Thermopolis 86 L UPI
2/26 75 at Worland 73 W UPI
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 63 Lander 72 L UPI B Despain 20
3/5 60 Worland 62 L UPI
*Park County holiday tourney
Record: 6-14 Pct: .300
Powell Panthers (697)***Don Nelson
12/5 62 at Sheridan 86 L UPI
12/18 57 Cody 41 W CE* D Carmon 22
12/19 44 Lovell 55 L CST (at Cody)*
1/8 59 Worland 70 L UPI D Carmon 20
1/9 58 at Lovell 65 L UPI
1/15 52 Thermopolis 57 L UPI
1/16 47 at Riverton 59 L UPI
1/22 46 Lander 72 L UPI
1/23 53 Rock Springs 74 L PT
1/30 47 at Cody 49 L UPI
2/4 53 Lovell 69 L UPI
2/5 60 at Worland 64 L NWDN
2/12 51 at Thermopolis 62 L UPI D Lewis 23
2/13 71 Riverton 85 L UPI D Lewis 20; D Carmon 20
2/19 45 at Lander 49 L UPI
2/20 52 at Rock Springs 88 L UPI
2/27 49 Cody 70 L UPI
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 36 Rock Springs 71 L UPI
3/5 69 Thermopolis 57 W UPI
3/6 53 Worland 60 L UPI C Brown 20
*Park County holiday tourney
Record: 2-18 Pct: .100
Riverton Wolverines (934)***Bill Strannigan
12/4 56 at Natrona 65 L UPI M Brown 20
12/5 63 Kelly Walsh 62 W UPI
12/12 54 at Lovell 44 W UPI
12/18 68 Rawlins 40 W UPI M Brown 25
1/9 44 Rock Springs 49 L UPI
1/15 74 Cody 64 W UPI M Brown 21
1/16 59 Powell 47 W UPI
1/23 62 at Worland 59 W UPI M Roden 22
1/29 73 Thermopolis 54 W UPI R Porter 21, 23rb; M Brown 20
1/30 71 Lander 53 W UPI R Porter 20
2/5 72 at Kelly Walsh 73 ot L UPI
2/6 53 at Rock Springs 65 L UPI
2/12 60 at Cody 65 L UPI
2/13 85 at Powell 71 W UPI M White 22
2/19 82 Lovell 76 W UPI
2/20 91 Worland 57 W UPI M Roden 20
2/26 68 at Thermopolis 67 W UPI M Brown 21
2/27 70 at Lander 63 W UPI M White 20, 16/22ft
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 68 Worland 57 W UPI P Christensen 21
3/5 54 Lander 48 W UPI
3/6 54 Rock Springs 56 L (2nd) UPI
State AA tourney in Lander
3/12 71 Sheridan 73 L wyo-bkb.com M Brown 22
3/13 67 Natrona 57 W (3rd) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 16-7 Pct: .696
Rock Springs Tigers (957)***Spiro Varras
12/4 62 Green River 51 W UPI
12/11 53 Lander 37 W UPI
12/12 75 Rawlins 45 W UPI
12/18 73 at Laramie 86 L UPI
1/8 77 at Thermopolis 55 W UPI J Adams 20
1/9 49 at Riverton 44 W UPI B Johnson 21
1/15 95 Lovell 65 W UPI J Adams 27
1/16 72 Worland 63 W UPI J Adams 20
1/22 70 at Cody 59 W UPI J Adams 27
1/23 74 at Powell 53 W PT J Adams 27rbs
1/30 73 at Rawlins 59 W UPI J Adams 26
2/5 69 Thermopolis 61 W UPI
2/6 65 Riverton 53 W UPI
2/12 67 at Lovell 50 W UPI
2/13 81 at Worland 45 W UPI B Johnson 22
2/19 69 Cody 59 W UPI
2/20 88 Powell 52 W UPI
2/26 72 at Lander 55 W UPI J Adams 22
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 71 at Powell 36 W UPI J Adams 20
3/5 62 Cody 58 W UPI
3/6 56 Riverton 54 W (1st) UPI
State AA tourney in Lander
3/12 60 Natrona 57 W wyo-bkb.com
3/13 75 Sheridan 60 W (1st) wyo-bkb.com J Adams 21
State Super Tourney in Rock Springs
3/19 86 Burns 70 W RSDR
3/20 78 Green River 56 W (1st) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 24-1 Pct: .960
Thermopolis Bobcats (399)***Fred Diehl
12/11 65 at Green River 49 W UPI
12/12 51 Star Valley 60 L UPI (at Green River)
12/18 53 Green River 45 W UPI
12/19 38 Star Valley 45 L TIR
1/8 55 Rock Springs 77 L UPI
1/9 59 Lander 71 L UPI M Carter 24
1/15 57 at Powell 52 W UPI M Carter 20
1/16 70 Cody 78 L UPI
1/23 79 at Lovell 75 W UPI M Carter 21
1/29 54 at Riverton 73 L UPI
1/30 69 Worland 52 W UPI M Carter 29
2/5 61 at Rock Springs 69 L UPI
2/6 51 at Lander 56 L RR
2/12 62 Powell 51 W UPI M Carter 22
2/13 61 at Cody 51 W UPI M Carter 21
2/20 86 Lovell 53 W UPI
2/26 67 Riverton 68 L UPI S Novakovich 20
2/27 56 at Worland 66 L UPI
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 58 Cody 61 L UPI
3/5 57 at Powell 69 L UPI
Record: 8-12 Pct: .400
Worland Warriors (544)***Jim Fassler
12/11 59 Star Valley 71 L NWDN (at Green River)
12/12 46 at Green River 70 L UPI
12/18 66 Star Valley 67 L UPI
12/19 55 Green River 66 L UPI
1/8 70 at Powell 59 W UPI
1/9 52 Cody 80 L CE
1/15 50 at Lander 64 L UPI
1/16 63 at Rock Springs 72 L UPI
1/23 59 Riverton 62 L UPI
1/28 61 Lovell 60 W UPI D Hembroff 26
1/30 52 at Thermopolis 69 L UPI
2/5 64 Powell 60 W NWDN
2/6 56 at Cody 68 L UPI
2/12 67 Lander 76 L UPI D Hembroff 26
2/13 45 Rock Springs 81 L UPI
2/20 57 at Riverton 91 L UPI
2/26 73 at Lovell 75 L UPI
2/27 66 Thermopolis 56 W UPI D Hembroff 30
West AA regional in Powell
3/4 57 Riverton 68 L UPI
3/5 62 Lovell 60 W UPI D Hembroff 20
3/6 60 at Powell 53 W UPI
Record: 6-15 Pct: .286
Class A
Greybull Buffaloes (played Absaraka Conference slate; participated in West District tourney with UPrep)
Class B
Standings
Byron 9-1
Dubois 9-1
Basin 6-4
Cowley 4-6
Shoshoni 1-9
Wind River 1-9
Basin Bobcats (110)***Terry McKone
12/5 63 at Manderson 48 W GS J Johnson 24
12/11 70 at Deaver 63 ot W CST J Johnson 25
12/12 48 at Meeteetse 54 L UPI J Johnson 22
12/18 60 Absarsokee, MT 59 W GS* M Lewis 22
12/19 57 Rapelje, MT 54 W GS*
1/8 67 at Shoshoni 61 W ShshnYbk C Hopkin 21
1/9 54 Deaver 49 W UPI
1/15 53 Dubois 58 L DbsYbk
1/22 70 Wind River 43 W GS
1/23 68 Manderson 63 W UPI J Johnson 23
1/29 87 Cowley 77 W UPI J Johnson 24
1/30 58 at Byron 77 L UPI
2/6 81 Shoshoni 67 W ShshnYbk
2/12 51 at Dubois 72 L UPI
2/13 63 at Wind River 53 W RR
2/20 52 Byron 75 L UPI
2/26 77 at Cowley 69 W GS B Russell, 26; J Johnson 22
2/27 72 Ten Sleep 65 W UPI
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 66 Cowley 63 ot W UPI
3/5 64 Big Horn 88 L UPI
*Columbus, MT Invite
Record: 14-6 Pct: .700
Byron Eagles (59)***Bob Doerr
12/4 79 Burlington 53 W PT C Deaton 24
12/5 45 at Meeteetse 59 L UPI
12/11 57 at Ten Sleep 50 W UPI S Hetlund 24
12/12 69 at Manderson 40 W AP A Petrich 20
1/2 68 at Ldg Grass, MT 70 L PT C Petrich 21
1/9 64 Dubois 61 W DbsYbk C Petrich 25; S Hetlund 20
1/15 87 Shoshoni 53 W UPI S Hetlund 23
1/16 69 Wind River 37 W UPI
1/22 84 at Cowley 56 W UPI C Petrich 22; S Hetlund 20
1/23 60 at Deaver 51 W UPI S Hetlund 22
1/30 77 Basin 58 W UPI
2/5 76 at Wind River 59 W RR S Hetlund 22
2/6 58 at Dubois 75 L DbsYbk
2/12 70 at Bridger, MT 52 W RR S Hetlund 23
2/13 78 at Tongue River 50 W UPI C Deaton 21
2/19 76 Cowley 60 W UPI S Hetlund 20
2/20 75 at Basin 52 W UPI S Hetlund 24; A Petrich 20
2/26 87 at Shoshoni 64 W ShshnYbk A Petrich 21
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 66 Wind River 55 W UPI S Hetlund 31
3/5 56 Dubois 42 W UPI C Petrich 20
3/6 65 Big Horn 63 W (1st) UPI S Hetlund 22
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 71 Mt. View 54 W wyo-bkb.com
3/12 79 Glenrock 70 W wyo-bkb.com
3/13 77 Burns 83 L (2nd) wyo-bkb.com S Hetlund 24; B Lindsey 20
Record: 20-4 Pct: .833
Cowley Jaguars (61)***Jim Hannahan
12/4 64 Bridger, MT 46 W UPI
12/5 29 Deaver 44 L UPI
12/11 50 at Meeteetse 66 L CST
12/12 45 at Ten Sleep 50 L UPI
12/19 57 at Burlington 59 L UPI
1/8 62 Dubois 87 L UPI
1/9 51 at Shoshoni 47 W ShshnYbk
1/15 74 Wind River 63 W UPI T Frost 20
1/16 68 at Manderson 74 L GS
1/22 56 Byron 84 L UPI D Strom 24; K Wilson 20
1/29 77 at Basin 87 L UPI R Strom 23; D Strom 22
2/5 93 Shoshoni 75 W UPI D Strom 27; T Frost 26; R Strom 20
2/6 71 Manderson 54 W UPI D Strom 24
2/12 58 at Wind River 54 W RR D Strom 23
2/13 51 at Dubois 69 L DbsYbk T Frost 21
2/19 60 at Byron 76 L UPI D Strom 22
2/20 61 at Deaver 63 ot L UPI
2/26 69 Basin 77 L GS
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 63 Basin 66 ot L UPI
3/5 61 Tongue River 63 L UPI
Record: 6-14 Pct: .300
Dubois Rams (100)***John McDougall
12/4 60 at Pinedale 59 ot W UPI
12/5 62 at Big Piney 49 W UPI
12/12 46 at Jackson 59 L UPI
12/18 73 Burlington 33 W UPI J Marrou 32
1/8 87 at Cowley 62 W UPI J Marrou 27
1/9 61 at Byron 64 L DbsYbk J Marrou 22
1/15 58 at Basin 53 W DbsYbk J Marrou 22
1/16 69 at Ten Sleep 53 W UPI J Marrou 22
1/22 96 Shoshoni 69 W DbsYbk J Marrou 31; R Holten 21
1/23 70 Pinedale 51 W DbsYbk
1/29 57 at Wind River 47 W UPI J Marrou 20
1/30 66 Deaver 46 W DbsYbk
2/5 57 Jackson 40 W DbsYbk R Holten 20
2/6 75 Byron 58 W DbsYbk
2/12 72 Basin 51 W UPI
2/13 69 Cowley 54 W DbsYbk R Holten 23
2/19 94 Big Piney 53 W UPI J Marrou 22
2/20 87 at Shoshoni 65 W UPI
2/26 80 Wind River 51 W UPI R Holten 21; M Tutton 20
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 85 Shoshoni 60 W UPI J Marrou 26
3/5 42 Byron 56 L UPI
Record: 18-3 Pct: .857
Rat Droppings: I’m not totally sure how Dubois got away with playing 19 regular season games.
Shoshoni Wranglers (99)***T. L. Brooks
12/4 62 at Big Horn 99 L UPI
12/5 69 at Sheridan B 63 W ShshnYbk
12/8 49 Lander B 63 L ShshnYbk
12/11 57 at Big Piney 65 L ShshnYbk
12/12 49 at Pinedale 84 L UPI
12/18 40 at Lyman 58 L ShshnYbk
12/19 45 at Mt. View 99 L ShshnYbk
1/5 38 Riverton B 75 L ShshnYbk
1/8 61 Basin 67 L ShshnYbk G Medow 27
1/9 47 Cowley 51 L ShshnYbk
1/15 53 at Byron 87 L UPI
1/22 69 at Dubois 96 L ShshnYbk
1/30 66 at Wind River 65 W ShshnYbk
2/5 75 at Cowley 93 L UPI G Medow 34
2/6 67 at Basin 81 L ShshnYbk G Maxson 20
2/19 60 Wind River 61 L ShshnYbk
2/20 65 Dubois 87 L UPI G Maxson 20
2/26 64 Byron 87 L ShshnYbk G Medow 20
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 60 Dubois 85 L UPI
3/5 53 Wind River 56 L UPI
Record: 2-18 Pct: .100
Wind River Cougars (127)***Chuck Frost
12/4 49 Manderson 56 L UPI
12/5 48 Ten Sleep 62 L RR
12/11 46 at Pinedale 75 L UPI
12/12 61 at Big Piney 78 L UPI
12/18 46 at Mt. View 58 L RR
12/19 40 at Lyman 45 L RR
1/8 33 Riverton B 44 L UPI
1/15 63 at Cowley 74 L UPI
1/16 37 at Byron 69 L UPI
1/22 43 at Basin 70 L GS
1/29 47 Dubois 57 L UPI
1/30 65 Shoshoni 66 L ShshnYbk V Harris 20
2/5 59 Byron 76 L RR
2/12 54 Cowley 58 L RR
2/13 53 Basin 63 L RR
2/19 61 at Shoshoni 60 W ShshnYbk
2/26 51 at Dubois 80 L UPI
Loss??
NW B regional in Thermopolis
3/4 55 Byron 66 L UPI
3/5 56 Shoshoni 53 W UPI M Williams 22
3/6 40 Tongue River 73 L UPI
Record: 2-18 Pct: .100
Class C
Standings
Meeteetse 9-1
Deaver 8-2
Ten Sleep 7-3
Kaycee 2-2
Burlington 4-7
Manderson 4-7
Arvada 0-12
Arvada Pirates (19)***Earl Tupps
12/4 39 at Kaycee 96 L UPI
12/11 50 at Buffalo B 65 L BB
12/12 27 at Sheridan B 58 L SP
12/18 48 Buffalo B 71 L UPI
12/19 58 Kaycee 86 L SP M Buckley 21
1/8 38 at Manderson 81 L GS M Buckley 20
1/9 37 at Meeteetse 88 L UPI
1/15 46 Burlington 58 L GS
1/16 40 Deaver 69 L AP M Buckley 25
1/22 27 at Ten Sleep 85 L UPI
1/29 28 Gillette B 58 L UPI
1/30 45 Sheridan B 63 L SP M Buckley 30
2/5 47 at Burlington 75 L UPI M Buckley 22
2/6 33 at Deaver 93 L UPI
2/12 40 Meeteetse 109 L UPI
2/19 44 Ten Sleep 84 L UPI
2/26 32 Manderson 79 L UPI
2/27 33 at Gillette B 54 L GNR
North C regional in Worland
3/4 63 Deaver 76 L UPI
3/5 48 Kaycee 73 L UPI
Record: 0-20 Pct: .000
Burlington Huskies (71)***Harold Portlock
12/4 53 at Byron 79 L PT
12/5 86 at Belfry, MT 69 W GS S Jones 28
12/11 70 at Kaycee 63 W CST S Vialpando 22
12/12 45 at Cody B 68 L GS
12/18 33 at Dubois 73 L UPI
12/19 59 Cowley 57 W UPI
1/8 51 at Deaver 69 L UPI
1/15 58 at Arvada 46 W GS
1/16 50 Meeteetse 88 L UPI J Thomas 25
1/22 83 Manderson 80 W UPI S Jones 23; J Thomas 20
1/29 49 at Ten Sleep 61 L UPI
2/5 75 Arvada 47 W UPI C Raper 20; J Davidson 20
2/12 65 Deaver 72 L LC J Thomas 23; S Vialpando 20
2/13 75 Belfry, MT 59 W UPI
2/19 57 at Meeteetse 73 L MttsYbl
2/20 62 at Manderson 80 L GS J Thomas 21
2/26 57 Ten Sleep 62 L CST J Thomas 24
North C regional in Worland
3/4 43 Manderson 57 L UPI
3/6 53 Kaycee 58 L BB
Record: 7-12 Pct: .368
Deaver Trojans (49)***Gary Johnson
12/5 44 at Cowley 29 W UPI
12/11 63 Basin 70 ot L CST D Irion 22
12/18 55 Rock River 65 L UPI
12/19 67 Medicine Bow 30 W UPI (at Ten Sleep)
1/8 69 Burlington 51 W UPI
1/9 49 at Basin 54 L UPI
1/15 53 Ten Sleep 52 W UPI
1/16 69 at Arvada 40 W AP
1/22 44 at Meeteetse 56 L UPI
1/23 51 Byron 60 L UPI
1/29 57 Manderson 41 W UPI J Gomendi 25
1/30 46 at Dubois 66 L DbsYbk D Weaver 20
2/5 38 at Ten Sleep 51 L CST
2/6 93 Arvada 33 W UPI
2/12 72 at Burlington 65 W LC J Gomendi 23
2/19 68 at Manderson 54 W GS J Gomendi 24
2/20 63 Cowley 61 ot W UPI D Irion 21
2/26 61 Meeteetse 42 W UPI
North C regional in Worland
3/4 76 Arvada 63 W UPI
3/5 46 Ten Sleep 43 W UPI
3/6 51 Meeteetse 54 ot L (2nd) MttsYbk
State C tourney in Lander
3/12 60 Encampment 59 W wyo-bkb.com
3/13 63 Rock River 52 W (1st) wyo-bkb.com D Irion 30
State Super Tourney in Rock Springs
3/19 61 Green River 81 L wyo-bkb.com
3/20 59 Burns 65 L wyo-bkb.com D Weaver 20
Record: 15-10 Pct: .600
Kaycee Buckaroos (55)***Wendell Neard
12/4 96 Arvada 39 W UPI L Lohse 20; D Hansen 20
12/5 58 Moorcroft 46 W UPI
12/11 63 Burlington 70 L CST
12/12 72 Clearmont 66 W UPI W Elm 23
12/18 53 Manderson 72 L UPI D Hansen 24
12/19 86 at Arvada 58 W SP
1/9 80 at Hulett 93 L UPI L Lohse 25; W Elm 21
1/15 51 at Clearmont 78 L UPI 58-79?
1/22 65 Hulett 72 L UPI
1/23 37 at Midwest 57 L UPI
1/30 49 Midwest 94 L UPI
2/6 60 Tongue River 70 L UPI
2/12 50 at Sundance 73 L UPI
2/13 35 at Moorcroft 74 L UPI
2/19 52 at Medicine Bow 63 L UPI
2/20 63 at Rock River 84 L UPI
2/26 Sundance—cancelled, blizzard conditions
2/27 40 at Tongue River 87 L UPI
North C regional in Worland
3/4 51 Ten Sleep 71 L UPI
3/5 73 Arvada 48 W UPI
3/6 58 Burlington 53 W BB
Record: 6-14 Pct: . 300
Manderson Demons (50)***Glen Revelle
12/4 56 at Wind River 49 W UPI
12/5 48 Basin 63 L GS S Paumer 21
12/12 40 Byron 69 L AP
12/18 72 at Kaycee 53 W UPI S Paumer 22
1/8 81 Arvada 38 W GS Nelson 20
1/9 60 Ten Sleep 72 L GS S Paumer 23
1/15 56 at Meeteetse 84 L UPI
1/16 74 Cowley 68 W GS S Paumer 30
1/22 80 at Burlington 83 L UPI S Paumer 28
1/23 63 at Basin 68 L UPI S Paumer 24
1/29 41 at Deaver 57 L UPI S Paumer 20
1/30 56 Meeteetse 68 L DbsYbk
2/6 51 at Cowley 74 L UPI
2/13 45 at Ten Sleep 61 L UPI
2/19 54 Deaver 68 L GS
2/20 80 Burlington 62 W GS S Paumer 23
2/26 79 at Arvada 32 W UPI
North C regional in Worland
3/4 57 Burlington 43 W UPI S Paumer 31
3/5 54 Meeteetse 58 L UPI C Neeley 20
Record: 7-12 Pct: .368
Meeteetse Longhorns (74)***Jim Gibbs
12/5 59 Byron 45 W UPI R Shepard 23
12/11 66 Cowley 50 W MttsYbk
12/12 54 Basin 48 W UPI
12/19 48 Pinedale 60 L UPI
1/8 59 at Ten Sleep 44 W UPI
1/9 88 Arvada 37 W UPI
1/15 84 Manderson 56 W UPI
1/16 88 at Burlington 50 W UPI R Shepard 24; G Fernandez 20
1/22 56 Deaver 44 W UPI
1/23 61 Ten Sleep 52 W UPI R Shepard 20
1/30 68 at Manderson 56 W MttsYbk R Shepard 28
2/12 109 at Arvada 40 W MttsYbk
2/13 53 at Big Horn 83 L MttsYbk
2/19 73 Burlington 57 W MttsYbk G Fernandez 20
2/20 47 at Absarokee, MT 49 L MttsYbk/BG
2/26 42 at Deaver 61 L UPI
North C regional in Worland
3/4 Bye
3/5 58 Manderson 54 W UPI R Shepard 29
3/6 54 Deaver 51 ot W (1st) MttsYbk
State C tourney in Lander
3/12 52 Rock River 75 L wyo-bkb.com R Shepard 22
3/13 56 Encampment 67 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 14-6 Pct: .700
Ten Sleep Pioneers (61)***Matt Minch
12/4 45 Tongue River 44 W UPI
12/5 62 at Wind River 48 W RR
12/11 50 Byron 57 L UPI
12/12 50 Cowley 45 W UPI
12/18 61 Medicine Bow 50 W UPI R Moses 21
12/19 46 Rock River 54 L UPI
1/8 44 Meeteetse 59 L UPI
1/9 72 at Manderson 60 W GS Terry 24
1/15 52 at Deaver 53 L UPI
1/16 53 Dubois 69 L UPI
1/22 85 Arvada 27 W UPI
1/23 52 at Meeteetse 61 L UPI
1/29 61 Burlington 49 W UPI
2/5 51 Deaver 38 W CST
2/13 61 Manderson 45 W UPI
2/19 84 at Arvada 44 W UPI
2/26 62 at Burlington 57 W CST Compton 20
2/27 65 at Basin 72 L UPI R Moses 23
North C regional in Worland
3/4 71 Kaycee 51 W UPI R Moses 20
3/5 43 Deaver 46 L UPI
Record: 12-8 Pct: .600
+++
Southwest
The Class A regular season was a three-way race. Star Valley streaked out to a comfortable lead in the SW, winning all its games through the first week of February. However, Evanston’s loss to Star Valley in mid-January had the Red Devils just a notch below the Braves. Green River took a backseat to the top two, but posted three conference wins in February to merit a tie for first place as Evanston and Star Valley stumbled somewhat in the final weeks. Unranked Green River drew the bye for the regional—which would also include Greybull and University Prep—in Kemmerer then dispatched No. 5 (or No. 9) Evanston in the semis. Last-place Jackson stunned No. 6 (or No. 7) Star Valley in the semis as well and Green River took the regional crown on Saturday with an easy W. At state in Rock Springs, Green River edged Torrington by one point while Jackson lost by three to Buffalo. On Saturday, Torrington squeaked by Jackson for third place while Green River took Class A bragging rights defeating Buffalo, the top-ranked team in Class A, the school’s second hoops title. A week later, Green River dispatched Class C champ Deaver-Frannie in the Super Tourney’s opener, then lost the next night to Class AA king Rock Springs.
The five SW Class B schools waged a close regular season campaign with Mt. View winning the top spot by one game over Pinedale and two games better than Cokeville. The SW regional in Kemmerer featured two outliers in the tourney, Texas Trail members Saratoga and Hanna-Elk Mountain. Luckily for the SW teams, the two Carbon County teams faced each other on Thursday with the Miners winning. Friday’s semis had Hanna defeating Pinedale while Mt. View bested traditional foe Lyman. In the championship, Hanna won easily by eight over Mt. View. At the state tourney in Lander, both teams lasted all three days. Mt. View lost its opener, edged Huntley in the consolation semis and lost to Big Horn in Saturday’s game for the consolation championship. Hanna easily dispatched Moorcroft on Thursday, lost a one-point heartbreaker to eventual champ Burns, then rebounded with a double-digit win over Glenrock for third place.
Encampment and Rock River pretty well owned the Class C south. Encampment won the regular season by two games over Rock River, posting wins both home and away against the Longhorns. The regional tourney in Rawlins also featured the two SE small schools, Carpenter and Chugwater. Medicine Bow and Snake River made the semifinals versus Rock River and Encampment, respectively, but the favorites won, setting up the Longhorns/Tigers finale. Encampment won easily over Rock River and the two teams headed to state. In Lander, No. 5 (or No. 6) Encampment was upset by eventual champion Deaver-Frannie. No. 8 (or unranked) Rock River upset No. 1 north seed (No. 4 or No. 7) Meeteetse in an easy win. Encampment bested Meeteetse on Saturday for third place. Rock River lost to Deaver for second place, possibly a small consolation for the Longhorns who had lost three times to the Tigers during the season.
Class AA (Rawlins is included in the SE/East region; Rock Springs is in the NW/West region)
Class A
Standings
Green River 5-3
Star Valley 5-3
Evanston 5-3
Kemmerer 3-5
Jackson 2-6
Evanston Red Devils (378)***Brent Williams
12/4 62 at Morgan, UT 68 L UPI
12/11 82 Mt. View 71 W UPI D Dean 23; T Barker 21
12/12 58 at Montpelier, ID 48 W UPI D Dean 30
12/18 71 Montpelier, ID 62 W UPI D Dean 25
12/19 62 Morgan, UT 49 W UPI
12/29 55 Randolph, UT 42 W UPI (at Cokeville)*
12/30 81 Laketown, UT 67 W UPI (at Cokeville)*
1/8 51 Jackson 47 W UPI
1/15 44 at Kemmerer 39 W UPI
1/16 66 Ogden, St. Joe’s, UT 36 W UPI
1/22 51 at Star Valley 54 L UPI
1/29 65 Green River 52 W UPI
2/5 67 Kemmerer 45 W UPI
2/6 80 at Lyman 65 W LymnYbk A Holt 21
2/13 81 at Ogdn, St. Joe’s, UT 78 W UPI A Holt 22
2/20 51 at Jackson 58 L UPI
2/26 78 Star Valley 68 W UPI A Holt 20
2/27 61 at Green River 68 L UPI
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 56 at Kemmerer 43 W UPI
3/5 53 Green River 67 L UPI
*Cokeville Invite
Record: 15-5 Pct: .750
Green River Wolves (425)***Larry Clause
12/4 51 at Rock Springs 62 L UPI
12/5 68 at Rawlins 62 W UPI
12/11 49 Thermopolis 65 L UPI
12/12 70 Worland 46 W UPI J Bingham 21
12/18 45 at Thermopolis 53 L UPI
12/19 66 at Worland 55 W UPI M Butcher 27
12/29 55 Kamas, UT 46 W UPI M Butcher 25
1/8 57 Kemmerer 31 W UPI M Butcher 21
1/15 55 Star Valley 66 L UPI
1/16 63 at Jackson 49 W UPI R Krmpotich 20
1/23 41 Randolph, UT 40 W GRS
1/29 52 at Evanston 65 L UPI
2/5 56 at Star Valley 65 L UPI L Durrans 21
2/6 75 Vernal, UT 65 W UPI J Bingham 25
2/12 37 Jackson 36 W UPI
2/13 55 at Randolph, UT 65 L GRS
2/19 55 at Kemmerer 51 W RSDR
2/27 68 Evanston 61 W UPI J Bingham 22; P Kalivas 21
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 Bye
3/5 67 Evanston 53 W UPI M Butcher 29
3/6 54 Jackson 46 W UPI
State A tourney in Rock Springs
3/12 75 Torrington 74 W wyo-bkb.com M Butcher 29
3/13 74 Buffalo 67 W (1st) wyo-bkb.com M Butcher 24
State Super Tourney in Rock Springs
3/19 81 Deaver 61 W wyo-bkb.com J Bingham 20
3/20 56 at Rock Springs 78 L (2nd) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 16-8 Pct: .667
Jackson Broncs (368)***Paul Kraft
12/4 62 at Big Piney 47 W UPI
12/5 53 at Soda Springs, ID 49 W UPI
12/11 58 at So. Fremont, ID 48 W CST
12/12 59 Dubois 46 W UPI G Ferrin 28
12/18 53 Soda Springs, ID 46 W UPI G Ferrin 21
1/8 47 at Evanston 51 L UPI G Ferrin 22
1/15 80 Big Piney 55 W UPI G Ferrin 24
1/16 49 Green River 63 L UPI
1/22 41 at Kemmerer 48 L UPI
1/29 39 Star Valley 47 L UPI G Ferrin 23
2/5 40 at Dubois 57 L DbsYbk
2/6 60 Mt. View 43 W UPI G Ferrin 30
2/12 36 at Green River 37 L UPI
2/13 63 at Mt. View 48 W JHG G Ferrin 26
2/19 64 So. Fremont 39 W UPI
2/20 58 Evanston 51 W UPI
2/26 39 Kemmerer 46 L UPI
2/27 55 at Star Valley 47 W UPI
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 66 University Prep 64 W UPI G Ferrin 30
3/5 60 Star Valley 57 W UPI G Ferrin 23
3/6 46 Green River 54 L (2nd) UPI
State A tourney in Rock Springs
3/12 58 Buffalo 61 L wyo-bkb.com
3/13 77 Torrington 79 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 13-10 Pct: .565
Kemmerer Rangers (287)***Paul Kulinsky
12/4 32 at Montpelier, ID 46 L KG
12/5 52 at Mt. View 53 L UPI
12/11 59 Montpelier, ID 52 W CST D Lamborn 24rb; D Diedrichs 23rb
12/12 54 at Soda Springs, ID 64 L UPI D Lamborn 21
12/19 53 Soda Springs, ID 51 W UPI
1/8 31 at Green River 57 L UPI
1/9 41 Star Valley 62 L SVI
1/15 39 Evanston 44 L UPI
1/22 48 Jackson 41 W UPI
1/23 60 Big Piney 52 W UPI
1/29 47 at Mt. View 53 ot L CST
1/30 39 at Pinedale 52 L UPI
2/5 45 at Evanston 67 L UPI
2/12 60 at Star Valley 56 W UPI
2/19 51 Green River 55 L RSDR
2/20 59 Pinedale 52 W UPI
2/26 46 at Jackson 39 W UPI
2/27 73 at Big Piney 56 W UPI D Lamborn 21; M Rawlings 20
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 43 Evanston 56 L UPI M Rawlings 22
3/6 43 University Prep 54 L UPI
Record: 8-12 Pct: .400
Star Valley Braves (480)***Jerry Hart
12/4 63 Randolph, UT 36 W UPI
12/5 61 Driggs, ID 49 W UPI
12/11 71 Worland 59 W (at Green River)
12/12 60 Thermopolis 51 W UPI (at Green River)
12/18 67 at Worland 66 W UPI
12/19 45 at Thermopolis 38 W UPI
1/8 66 at Randolph, UT 52 W UPI
1/9 62 at Kemmerer 41 W SVI
1/15 66 at Green River 55 W UPI
1/22 54 Evanston 51 W UPI
1/23 67 So Fremont, ID 43 W UPI
1/29 47 at Jackson 39 W UPI
2/5 65 Green River 56 W UPI K Croft 22
2/12 56 Kemmerer 60 L UPI
2/13 59 at So. Fremont, ID 54 W SVI K Croft 21
2/19 71 Driggs, ID 61 W UPI
2/26 68 at Evanston 78 L UPI A Wray 20
2/27 47 Jackson 55 L UPI
West A regional in Kemmerer
3/4 88 Greybull 55 W UPI G Humpherys 23
3/5 57 Jackson 60 L UPI
Record: 16-4 Pct: .800
Class B
Standings
Mt. View 6-2
Pinedale 5-3
Cokeville 4-4
Big Piney 3-5
Lyman 2-6
Big Piney Punchers (128)***Rick Costello
12/4 47 Jackson 62 L PR
12/5 49 Dubois 62 L UPI
12/11 65 Shoshoni 57 W ShshnYbk
12/12 78 Wind River 61 W UPI
12/18 48 at Big Horn 81 L BgHrnYbk
12/19 64 at Greybull 72 L UPI
1/8 59 Cokeville 76 L UPI
1/15 55 at Jackson 80 L UPI J Ball 21
1/22 56 at Mt. View 81 L PR
1/23 52 at Kemmerer 60 L UPI
1/29 59 at Pinedale 71 L UPI M Thornsby 22
1/30 58 Lyman 57 W UPI M Thornsby 22
2/5 85 at Cokeville 56 W PR M Thornsby 23
2/12 64 at Lyman 59 W UPI
2/19 53 at Dubois 94 L UPI
2/20 54 Mt. View 73 L UPI
2/26 64 Pinedale 72 L PR J Ball 22
2/27 56 Kemmerer 73 L UPI
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 51 Pinedale 62 L UPI
3/5 71 Saratoga 72 L UPI J Ball 21; M Thornsby 20
Record: 5-15 Pct: .250
Cokeville Panthers (71)***Scott Nielson
12/5 49 Manila, UT 51 L GRS
12/17 52 at Morgan, UT 90 L OSE
12/18 67 Bancroft, ID 73 L UPI
12/29 57 Laketown, UT 64 L UPI L Birch 21
12/30 56 Randolph, UT 51 W UPI
1/8 76 at Big Piney 59 W UPI J Bird 23; R Petersen 21
1/15 60 Mt. View 65 L UPI J Bird 28; R Petersen 21
1/16 42 at Bancroft, ID 55 L ISJ
1/22 77 Pinedale 59 W UPI J Bird 33; R Petersen 23
1/29 81 at Lyman 69 W UPI J Bird 30; R Petersen 22
1/30 79 at Manila, UT 43 W KG J Bird 24
2/5 56 Big Piney 85 L PR
2/12 49 at Mt. View 75 L UPI
2/19 57 at Pinedale 69 L UPI J Bird 29
2/26 72 Lyman 66 W UPI R Petersen 23; J Bird 22
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 59 Lyman 62 ot L UPI J Bird 21
3/6 71 Saratoga 58 W UPI J Bird 32
Record: 7-10 Pct: .412
Lyman Eagles (96)***Mark Nielson
12/4 53 at Manila, UT 51 W LymnYbk
12/5 48 at Laketown, UT 61 L LymnYbk
12/18 58 Shoshoni 40 W LymnYbk
12/19 45 Wind River 40 W LymnYbk
12/21 62 at Park City, UT 50 W LymnYbk
12/30 65 Int. Indian Sch Brigham, UT 48 W UPI
1/4 45 at Int. Indian 63 L LymnYbk
1/8 53 Laketown, UT 63 L UPI
1/9 51 Park City, UT 47 W UPI
1/15 79 at Pinedale 69 W LymnYbk C Bluemel 32
1/23 100 Mt. View 80 W LymnYbk P Vercimak 36
1/29 69 Cokeville 81 L UPI
1/30 57 at Big Piney 58 L UPI
2/5 63 Pinedale 65 L LymnYbk
2/6 65 Evanston 80 L LymnYbk
2/12 59 Big Piney 64 L UPI
2/19 54 at Mt. View 76 L UPI
2/26 66 at Cokeville 72 L UPI C Bluemel 24
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 62 Cokeville 59 ot W UPI P Vercimak 22
3/5 62 Mt. View 84 L UPI J Fackrell 21
Record: 9-11 Pct: .450
Mt. View Buffalos (121)***Tony Windis
12/5 53 at Kemmerer 52 W UPI B Brisko 21
12/11 71 at Evanston 82 L UPI B Brisko 20
12/12 74 Coalville, UT 82 L RSDR
12/18 58 Wind River 46 W RR
12/19 99 Shoshoni 45 W ShshnYbk
12/23 at Coalville, UT L
1/9 59 Pinedale 53 W UPI
1/15 65 at Cokeville 60 W UPI K Halford 21
1/16 70 Manila, UT 35 W RSDR
1/22 81 Big Piney 56 W CST B Brisko 22; G Rash 21
1/23 80 at Lyman 100 L LymnYbk B Brisko 26
1/29 53 Kemmerer 47 ot W CST
2/6 43 at Jackson 60 L UPI
2/12 75 Cokeville 49 W UPI G Rash 20
2/13 43 Jackson 60 L UPI
2/19 76 Lyman 54 W UPI R Davis 20
2/20 73 at Big Piney 54 W UPI B Brisko 22; D Micheli 20
2/27 53 at Pinedale 55 L UPI B Brisko 23
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 Bye
3/5 84 Lyman 62 W UPI B Brisko 25
3/6 59 Hanna 67 L (2nd) UPI B Brisko 23
State B tourney in Rock Springs
3/11 54 Byron 71 L wyo-bkb.com
3/12 64 Huntley 62 W wyo-bkb.com B Brisko 30
3/13 64 Big Horn 76 L wyo-bkb.com
Record: 13-10 Pct: .565
Pinedale Wranglers (162)***Doyle Coats
12/4 59 Dubois 60 ot L UPI T Heydt 24
12/11 75 Wind River 46 W UPI T Heydt 25; D Hanson 25
12/12 84 Shoshoni 49 W UPI D Hanson 31; M Kerback 22
12/18 69 at Greybull 62 W UPI D Hanson 23; M Kerback 20
12/19 68 at Meeteetse 48 W UPI
1/9 53 at Mt. View 59 L UPI
1/15 69 Lyman 79 L LymnYbk D Hanson 30
1/22 59 at Cokeville 77 L UPI T Heydt 25
1/23 51 at Dubois 70 L DbsYbk
1/29 71 Big Piney 59 W UPI T Heydt 22
1/30 52 Kemmerer 39 W UPI
2/5 65 at Lyman 63 W LymnYbk
2/13 67 Provo St. Frncs, UT 51 W UPI D Hanson 26
2/19 69 Cokeville 57 W UPI T Heydt 22
2/20 52 at Kemmerer 59 L UPI
2/26 72 at Big Piney 64 W PR D Hanson 27; T Heydt 20
2/27 55 Mt. View 53 W UPI M Kerback 25
SW B regional in Kemmerer
3/4 62 Big Piney 51 W UPI D Hanson 21
3/5 54 Hanna 62 L UPI T Heydt 21
Record: 12-7 Pct: .632
Class C
Standings
Encampment 12-0
Rock River 10-2
Medicine Bow 6-6
Snake River 3-5
Carpenter 3-5
Chugwater 0-8
Farson 0-8
Encampment Tigers (40)***Gary Harper
12/4 56 at Saratoga 57 L UPI
12/5 54 Hanna 64 L SS R Robbins 23
12/11 88 Walden, CO 38 W RDT R Robbins 23
12/12 88 Carpenter 39 W RDT R Robbins 29
12/18 90 at Walden, CO 58 W RDT D Woelfle 38
1/2 67 Saratoga 53 W RDT D Woelfle 26; R Robbins 24
1/7 82 Rawlins So 59 W SS D Woelfle 32
1/9 109 Farson 49 W RDT D Woelfle 34; R Robbins 28
1/15 69 at Medicine Bow 54 W RDT D Woelfle 27
1/22 77 at Carpenter 61 W RDT B Burgess 22; R Robbins 21
1/23 73 at Chugwater 43 W RDT R Robbins 20
1/29 68 Rock River 60 W LDB R Robbins 21
1/30 66 Chugwater 32 W RDT R Robbins 21
2/5 83 at Farson 65 W RSDR R Robbins 25, D Acord 22
2/6 62 at Snake River 60 W UPI R Robbins 25; B Burgess 21
2/12 71 Medicine Bow 64 W RDT
2/13 74 Snake River 54 W UPI D Woelfle 24; R Robbins 24
2/19 67 at Rock River 65 W LDB B Burgess 21; D Woelfle 20
South regional in Rawlins
3/4 Bye
3/5 79 Snake River 59 W UPI R Robbins 34; D Woelfle 21
3/6 84 Rock River 70 W (1st) UPI R Robbins 27
State C tourney in Lander
3/12 59 Deaver 60 L wyo-bkb.com D Woelfle 21
3/13 67 Meeteetse 56 W (3rd) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 19-3 Pct: .864
Farson Pronghorns (40)***John Barrus
12/11 52 at Manila, UT 59 L RDT G Smith 22
12/12 70 Manila, UT 67 W RDT G Smith 41
12/15 46 at Lander B 54 L WSJ
1/5 61 Rock Springs Fr 78 L RSDR T Jones 22
1/8 48 at Snake River 85 L UPI
1/9 49 at Encampment 109 L RDT G Smith 20
1/12 60 at Big Piney B 73 L PR
1/15 47 Rock River 79 L UPI
1/16 67 Pinedale B 39 W NWDN
1/22 56 Medicine Bow 71 L RDT G Smith 21
1/23 40 at Rock Springs Fr 50 L RSDR
1/27 Big Piney B
2/5 65 Encampment 83 L RSDR
2/6 at Pinedale B
2/12 68 at Rock River 84 L LDB G Smith 25
2/13 63 at Medicine Bow 64 L UPI T Jones 26
2/19 67 Snake River 79 L UPI G Smith 21
South regional in Rawlins
3/4 49 Rock River 74 L UPI
3/5 43 Chugwater 55 L UPI
Record: 2-15 Pct: .118
Medicine Bow Wranglers (61)***Dario Soto
12/4 65 Carpenter 37 W UPI L Padilla 23
12/5 58 Chugwater 36 W RDT L Padilla 21
12/18 50 Ten Sleep 61 L UPI (at Deaver)
12/19 30 Deaver 67 L UPI (at Ten Sleep)
1/8 50 Rock River 57 L UPI L Padilla 23
1/9 54 at Chugwater 28 W UPI
1/15 56 Encampment 84 L CST
1/22 71 at Farson 56 W RDT L Padilla 23
1/23 59 at Snake River 71 L UPI L Padilla 20
1/29 58 Snake River 56 W UPI L Padilla 31
1/30 66 Walden, CO 53 W UPI
2/5 49 at Rock River 77 L LDB
2/12 64 at Encampment 71 L RDT
2/13 64 Farson 63 W UPI B Cooper 27
2/19 63 Kaycee 52 W UPI L Padilla 20
2/27 48 at Carpenter 52 L UPI
South regional in Rawlins
3/4 59 Chugwater 46 W UPI
3/5 51 Rock River 61 L UPI
Record: 9-9 Pct: .500
Rock River Longhorns (33)***Bud Milliken
12/4 59 at Hanna 72 L UPI
12/5 67 Carpenter 41 W LDB
12/10 84 Laramie So 50 W LDB D Curry 32; T Reeves 23
12/11 72 Chugwater 38 W UPI T Reeves 21
12/18 65 at Deaver 55 W UPI
12/19 54 at Ten Sleep 49 W UPI
1/8 57 at Medicine Bow 50 W UPI
1/15 79 at Farson 47 W UPI D Curry 36
1/16 68 at Snake River 58 W UPI
1/21 56 at Laramie So 68 L LDB
1/22 71 at Chugwater 42 W LDB M Nelson 22
1/29 60 at Encampment 68 L LDB
1/30 81 Snake River 48 W UPI
2/5 77 Medicine Bow 49 W LDB D Curry 25
2/12 84 Farson 68 W LDB M Huckfeldt 20
2/19 65 Encampment 67 L LDB
2/20 84 Kaycee 63 W LDB D Curry 29
2/26 58 at Carpenter 47 W LDB
South regional in Rawlins
3/4 74 Farson 49 W UPI T Reeves 26
3/5 61 Medicine Bow 51 W UPI T Reeves 22
3/6 70 Encampment 84 L (2nd) UPI D Curry 20
State C tourney in Lander
3/12 75 Meeteetse 52 W wyo-bkb.com
3/13 52 Deaver 63 L (2nd) wyo-bkb.com
Record: 17-6 Pct: .739
Snake River Rattlers (59)***John Daulton
12/5 Hayden, CO L RDT
12/12 87 Craig, CO B 46 W UPI
12/18 52 at Hayden, CO 66 L RDT
12/19 66 Rawlins B 58 W UPI M Adams 20
1/6 54 at Craig, CO B 26 W RDT
1/8 85 Farson 48 W UPI
1/16 58 Rock River 68 L UPI
1/22 74 at Rawlins B 67 W UPI
1/23 71 Medicine Bow 59 W UPI J Miller 31
1/29 56 at Medicine Bow 58 L UPI
1/30 48 at Rock River 81 L UPI
2/6 60 Encampment 62 L UPI
2/12 74 at Hayden, CO 76 ot L UPI R Montgomery 21
2/13 54 at Encampment 74 L UPI
2/19 79 at Farson 67 W UPI R Montgomery 23; J Miller 21
South regional in Rawlins
3/4 67 Carpenter 51 W UPI R Montgomery 21
3/5 59 Encampment 79 L UPI J Miller 23
Record: 8-9 Pct: .471
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1970-1971 Records
NE Boys Record Percentage Coach
Class B
Big Horn 22-2 .917 George Schamber
Clearmont 7-13 .350 Wayne Roadifer
Hulett 14-7 .667 Roland Halvorsen
Midwest 13-7 .650 Hal Loghry
Moorcroft 7-16 .304 Richard Haglund
Sundance 5-13 .278 Bob Beaudoin
Tongue River 5-16 .238 Sandy Michelena
Upton 12-8 .600 Kent Morgan
SE/East Boys Record Percentage Coach
Class AA
Campbell County 7-13 .350 Ron Kouri
Casper Kelly Walsh 8-13 .381 Bob Bolles
Casper Natrona 12-11 .522 Harvey Moore
Cheyenne Central 12-8 .600 Jim Storey
Cheyenne East 12-8 .600 Jack Bryant
Laramie 12-8 .600 Bob Robertson
Rawlins 1-19 .050 Warren Loendorf
Sheridan 19-4 .826 Clyde Stewart
Class A
Buffalo 19-2 .905 Jack Rafferty
Douglas 9-11 .450 Mel Sonneman
Greybull 2-18 .100 James Grammar
Lusk 16-5 .762 Dick Price
Newcastle 7-13 .350 Rudy Sanford
St. Mary’s 8-12 .400 Jim Endicott
Torrington 15-8 .652 Jerry Pierantoni
University Prep 12-8 .600 Lloyd McCullough
Wheatland 7-13 .350 Lee Beidleman
Class B
Albin 15-5 .750 Joe Glenn
Burns 19-7 .731 Dave Gorman
Glendo 11-10 .524 Maurice Twiss
Glenrock 18-6 .750 Burt St. John
Goshen Hole 2-17 .105 Carl Mirich
Guernsey-Sunrise 9-12 .429 Bill Gerrard
Hanna-Elk Mountain 18-6 .750 Ed McAtee
Huntley 15-8 .652 Ron Moore
LaGrange 10-10 .500 Doug Chamberlain
Lingle-Ft. Laramie 5-14 .263 Roger Fuss
Pine Bluffs 6-15 .286 Dennis Talich
Saratoga 5-16 .238 Bill Vasey
Class C
Carpenter 9-9 .500 Tom Frickell
Chugwater 1-16 .059 ???
NW/West Boys Record Percentage Coach
Class AA
Cody 9-11 .450 C. R. ‘Spike’ Vannoy
Lander 14-6 .700 Bob Carey 8-2/Tom Massey 6-4
Lovell 6-14 .300 Rich Yeaman
Powell 2-18 .100 Don Nelson
Riverton 16-7 .696 Bill Strannigan
Rock Springs 24-1 .960 Spiro Varras
Thermopolis 8-12 .400 Fred Diehl
Worland 6-15 .286 Jim Fassler
Class B
Basin 14-6 .700 Terry McKone
Byron 20-4 .833 Bob Doerr
Cowley 6-14 .300 Jim Hannahan
Dubois 18-3 .857 John McDougall
Shoshoni 2-18 .100 T. L Brooks
Wind River 2-18 .100 Chuck Frost
Class C
Arvada 0-20 .000 Earl Tupps
Burlington 7-12 .368 Harold Portlock
Deaver-Frannie 15-10 .600 Gary Johnson
Kaycee 6-14 .300 Wendell Neard
Manderson 7-12 .368 Glen Revelle
Meeteetse 14-6 .700 Jim Gibbs
Ten Sleep 12-8 .600 Matt Minch
SW Boys Record Percentage Coach
Class A
Evanston 15-5 .750 Brent Williams
Green River 16-8 .667 Larry Clause
Jackson 13-10 .565 Paul Kraft
Kemmerer 8-12 .400 Paul Kulinsky
Star Valley 16-4 .800 Jerry Hart
Class B
Big Piney 5-15 .250 Jerry Costello
Cokeville 7-10 .412 Scott Nielson
Lyman 9-11 .450 Mark Nielson
Mt. View 13-10 .565 Tony Windis
Pinedale 12-7 .632 Doyle Coats
Class C
Encampment 19-3 .864 Gary Harper
Farson-Eden 2-15 .118 John Barrus
Medicine Bow 9-9 .500 Dario Soto
Rock River 17-6 .739 Bud Milliken
Snake River 8-9 .471 John Daulton