By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Both Carbon County School Districts have reason to be happy with their wrestling programs.

Saratoga and Rawlins High School wrestling teams went to Ron Thon, the biggest tournament in Wyoming and faced 38 girls wrestling teams and 39 boys wrestling teams.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Boys

Encampment

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Boys

Encampment

The Tigers lost their rival Valley team on January 15 at Encampment. The Saratoga team won 54 to 31. Then, the next home game, the Tigers lost to Southeast Tornadoes 18 to 54. The season has not been easy for Encampment and their next game will be tough. They face Cokeville on January 23.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Miner wrestling team had two wrestlers win it all at the Don Runner Memorial, which is a large tournament consisting of nine teams.

Head Coach Jesse Solaas was pleased with the results.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Saratoga’s wrestling team was sidelined this week as illness ran through the lineup.

Head Coach Rusty Arnold said most of the team was out with the flu, forcing the Panthers to sit out the competition.

The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) girls team did make the trip to Glenrock on Jan. 9 for the Shane Shatto Tournament.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Boys

Encampment

The Tigers lost to Ft. Washakie on January 10 by a score of 28 to 39. A couple of days later, the Encampment faced HEM on January 13 on their home turf. This game was also a loss for the Tigers. The score was 40 to 53 with the Miners taking home the win.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The Saratoga High School wrestling team has already gone to matches in the new year. But before January 3, the team wrestled in mid-December.

Head wrestling coach Rusty Arnold said, “So we wrestled in Kemmerer December 19 and 20. We had a great tournament with a lot of matches.”

He pointed out that Ace Arnold and Poppy Anderson both won the tournament. 

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Boys

Encampment

The Tigers lost to Southeast on December 19 by a score of 46 to 55 at the Goshen County Tournament and won later against Guernsey-Sunrise 60 to 28. On December 20, the Encampment team had to forfeit their next two games against Lingle-Ft. Laramie and Niobrara County. The Tigers are 3 and 5 overall.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

The wrestling season has started and teams from different schools are starting to attend tournaments. The Saratoga Panther coach Rusty Arnold is very excited with the season beginning 

“We started our season off in Lusk for the Tiger Invitational. We wrestled a pretty solid tournament,” Arnold said. “We brought eight boys and five girls.”

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Boys

Encampment

The Tigers lost to Burlington on December 12 by a score of 40 to 24. Later in the day, they won against Ft. Washakie 45 to 24. On December 13, the Encampment team lost against St. Stephens Indians 54 to 39. Later in the day, they won against Dubois 59 to 36.

By Mike Armstrong   

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Jack Cobb, head coach for the Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School football team, knew he had a strong athletic group of players when he saw many at football camp over the summer.

He was correct and the Rattler football team proved it on November 15, in Laramie by beating Burlington 67 to 17 in the State Championship for 6-man football.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Jack Cobb, head coach for Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School football, had said at the beginning of the season, the Burlington team that had lost so badly to Encampment in the beginning of the season, would probably not be the same team that would be finishing the season.

By Mike Armstrong

Reporter, Carbon County Comet

Little Snake River Valley (LSRV) High School teams had a good season this year, but for one of them, it is over. Although they didn’t win the State Championship, the Lady Rattlers still proved to be a great team.

They lost their last game of the season to Cokeville on October 25, but were still a number one seed going into the championship.