The Rawlins Pentathlon on Saturday required athletes to complete five events – the 100-butterfly, 100-backstroke, 50-freestyle, 100-breaststroke and 100-freestyle – to place.
The three-day event, running from Dec. 8-10, pitted Pinedale against 3A Conference rivals Rawlins and Powell and 4A opponent Riverton.
Pinedale’s team is young this year, with 12 freshmen and three sophomores.
Pinedale beat the defending 3A West Conference Champion, Powell, 58-55. The Wrangler sideline erupted. Pinedale’s starting lineup had just overcome a significant hurdle and found redemption after falling to the Panthers the previous two seasons.
The Lady Wranglers blazed a trail at the Evanston Invitational on Friday, Dec. 9, winning gold in their first competition as a team, tallying 69 points across nine brackets. The boys’ team beat nine schools from Wyoming and Utah to earn second place with 151 points.
The action opened with the Glaciers scoring a resounding 9-0 victory over Casper-Douglas on Saturday afternoon. Pulling out all the stops on Sunday morning, the Glaciers trounced the Oilers, 16-0.
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Approaching 76, Thompson said as a member of the AQHA national board of directors, he’d long thought about making his way to this huge show but never really had time – until he made it.
Pinedale High School (PHS) senior Ethan Jensen earned 2A All-State and 2A West All-Conference honors. Juniors Jake Hammer and Dustin Larsen each achieved 2A West All-Conference recognition.
Money raised at the event will be split between the boys’ and girls’ basketball programs to help purchase team gear, basketballs and equipment.
The Glaciers 19U girls’ team hosts Casper on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4. The 19U travels to play Casper and Laramie on Dec. 10-11. On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10, the Glaciers 18U team plays a pair of away games against Jackson. The Glaciers return to the
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Antonino snagged 19th place out of 157 athletes in the girls’ championship race, clocking in at 18 minutes, 38.60 seconds. The 2022 All-State honoree was the first Wyoming runner to cross the finish line, beating the state champion, Cheyenne Central High School senior Sydney Morrell, by more than 25 seconds.
Pinedale High School seniors Haylen Sandner and Sara Kunard both earned 3A West All-Conference honors. Kunard also snagged 3A All-State recognition.
“I feel honored to be part of the All-State group,” she said.
Four athletes on Sublette County’s young team qualified to compete at the State Tournament this year – seniors Morgan Grossman and Rayne Wheeler in swimming events and seniors Rhonda Auradou and Lilly Joseph in diving.
Antonino flew across the finish line in second place, posting a time of 18 minutes, 40.13 seconds. Morrell crossed the line less than 11 seconds ahead of Antonino and Antonino beat Forry by nearly 45 seconds.
Pinedale entered Regionals as the No. 4 seed in the 3A Southwest Quadrant and squared off against the Powell Lady Panthers, ranked No. 1 in the Northwest, for the first game on Friday, Oct. 28.
“Our Last Chance Meet was one of the most joyful meets I have been to in my 30-plus years of competitive swimming and coaching,” said Co-Head Coach Kelsey Harder. “The amount of laughter and celebration over every aspect of the meet is one that I will always remember. It was encouraging to hear the freshmen, sophomores and junior girls already planning how they are going to prepare for next season by training in the offseason. Sending our seniors off to State in the manner we were able to is absolute perfection. I’m so excited for what this season has been and what is to come.”
Pinedale and Cheyenne battled to a 3-3 draw on Saturday evening. Sunday’s game remained close with Cheyenne pulling ahead by a single goal to score the win, 6-5.