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County athletes turn out solid performances at Rock Springs

Apr 16, 2013 - By Randy Tucker, Sports Writer:  The Ted Schroeder Rock Springs Invitational was originally scheduled for just a few local teams and the schools on the I-80 corridor, but weather-related ... [more]

Weather cancels Riverton - Lander varsity soccer

Apr 16, 2013 - Staff:  The Riverton vs. Lander varsity soccer matches scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, (today) have been cancelled because of weather. No makeup dates have been ... [more]

Weather affects early week RHS activities

Apr 15, 2013 - Staff:  Riverton High School has canceled the track meets scheduled for Tuesday. It may be rescheduled for April 30, according to RHS activities director Jeremy Hill. ... [more]

RMS track competes at home

Apr 14, 2013 - Staff:  Jaitlyn Petitt won her heat in the girls low hurdles during the Riverton Middle School Invitational track meet Saturday at Wolverine ... [more]

RHS boys earn first Class 4-A West win

Apr 14, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Riverton boys soccer team gave up three first half goals en route to a 4-1 setback against the Green River Wolves on Friday in Green River, but the players ... [more]

RHS girls finish weekend with soccer split at home

Apr 14, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine and Bruce Tippets, Staff writers:  With a refocus of their offensive attack, the Riverton Wolverines gained a weekend home split with Class 4-A West foes Green River and Evanston on ... [more]

RMS track teams still waiting for first meet

Apr 12, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  The Spartans already have had two track meets cancelled by weather but will host one on Saturday at Wolverine Track.

Riverton Middle School track ... [more]

Riverton to host big USA wrestling tournament

Apr 12, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  The Riverton USA wrestling club hosts the two-day Rumble at the Rendezvous tournament Saturday and Sunday at Wolverine Gym.
Wrestlers compete Saturday in the ... [more]

RHS soccer teams get back in action with weekend matches

Apr 11, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Both the Riverton Wolverines boys and girls soccer teams are scheduled to return to Class 4-A West action this Friday and Saturday, with games scheduled ... [more]

Wolverine golfers hope snow melts in time for Friday's invitational

Apr 11, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  The spring snowstorm Monday and Tuesday has put the Riverton Invitational golf tournament in jeopardy after dumping a foot of snow on the golf course.
The ... [more]

Riverton eighth-graders go 19-0 on hardwood

Apr 10, 2013 - From staff reports:  Eight Riverton eighth-graders finished their basketball season with a 19-0 record. This spring, Riverton won tournaments in Billings, Mont., Gillette, ... [more]

Shakeup in RHS football coaching ranks puzzling

Apr 9, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  It's fourth and long for the Riverton Wolverine football team.
Continuing with a gridiron metaphor, it seems like the program -- after a successful regular ... [more]

Big day for Leisy with three wins on home track

Apr 7, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Ashtyn Leisy recorded the best performance of her career, winning three individual titles Saturday during the annual Roy Peck Invitational track and field meet ... [more]

White scores two for RHS in loss to Mustangs

Apr 5, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  CASPER - Close counts in horseshoes. But not in soccer.
With a regenerated offensive attack, the Riverton Wolverines generated solid shots on goal but hit the ... [more]

Fillies step up in second, defeat RHS 3-0

Apr 5, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Riverton High School defender pulls hamstring in the first half and is forced to sit out the second.

Riverton High School kept Casper Natrona ... [more]

RHS athletes ready to take spotlight at Roy Peck meet

Apr 4, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Events begin at 9 a.m. and should be finished by 5 p.m. at Wolverine Field.

The Wyoming high school track and field season is less than a month old, ... [more]

RHS alumna enjoying fast-pitch club at UW

Apr 3, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Hannah Soll developed a passion for playing on the diamond when she was on the Riverton U.S. Energy girls fast-pitch team in high school.
Soll, now a ... [more]

RHS coming off losses to play Casper Natrona

Apr 3, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Although most Riverton High School students are on spring break, the RHS boys and girls soccer teams have been on the pitch and are set to play Thursday.
The ... [more]

Wolverine mentor is boys Coach of the Year

Mar 31, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Dick Quayle, who led the Riverton Wolverine boys basketball team to the most single-season wins in school history, has been named the Fremont County boys ... [more]

Riverton big man is Player of the Year in boys hoops

Mar 31, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  By all accounts, Riverton Wolverine Seth Quayle was one Wyoming's top basketball big men this season.
The 6-foot-5 senior led the state in rebounding and ... [more]

Wolverine boys suffer first loss of soccer season, 1-0 to Gillette

Mar 29, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Riverton stands 1-1-2 on the soccer season

Playing without much enthusiasm Thursday afternoon against a quality team, the Riverton High School boys ... [more]

Speedy Gillette girls down Riverton 2-0 in Thursday soccer match

Mar 29, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Riverton Lady Wolverines made a long, one-day trip to Gillette and fell Thursday to the Lady Camels 2-0 in a Class 4-A non-conference soccer match.
With ... [more]

RHS track teams best Lander in early dual meet

Mar 28, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  The meet was Riverton's second of the season, Lander's first.

Ashtyn Leisy captured three individual track and field titles to pace the Riverton ... [more]

Stauffenberg places third at regional Hoop Shoot contest

Mar 27, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Demi Stauffenberg has the eye of a top-notch free throw shooter.
The Riverton 9-year-old recently won the local and state Elks Hoop Shoot contest to advance ... [more]

RHS girls fall 3-0 to Kelly Walsh on road

Mar 27, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Kelly Walsh Lady Trojans scored three times in the first half, twice from distance, to beat Riverton 3-0 and give the Lady Wolverines (1-1-1, 0-1 Class 4-A ... [more]

Wolverines frustrated by tie with Kelly Walsh

Mar 27, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Moments after Riverton's Tuesday evening boys soccer match with the Kelly Walsh Trojans, RHS head coach Erly Cornejo gathered his players on the pitch and told ... [more]

Wolverine girls down Worland 2-0 on home field

Mar 25, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Riverton Lady Wolverines soccer team gave new head coach Tanya Santee her first-ever win Friday afternoon with a dominating 2-0 victory over the Worland ... [more]

RHS boys down Worland 2-0

Mar 25, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Sandhofer and Buitargo had the Riverton goals Friday

Call it Riverton's foreign connection.
Jannik Sandhofer and Juan Buitargo, both exchange ... [more]

Gillette game 'can never be taken away' from Wolverines

Mar 22, 2013 - Felicia Mallore Denver:  Editor:
I was in Casper on March 15 and watched the Riverton Wolverines play the Gillette Camels for the semifinals in the Class 4-A state basketball ... [more]

Full roster taking shape for Wolverine girls track team

Mar 21, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  Two state qualifiers return, and a promising group of freshmen excites coach Jorah Griffith.

Jensyn Pettit and Ashtyn Leisy are the top returning ... [more]

Wolverines host Worland soccer teams Friday, then hit Rock Springs Saturday

Mar 21, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Class 3-A Worland boys team (2-0-1) is ranked fourth in the first week of statewide media polling and are coming off a successful home jamboree last ... [more]

RHS boys see late goal erased, settle for 2-2 tie in opener

Mar 17, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Playing in their season-opening match in Sheridan, Riverton Wolverine soccer players Tristan White and Logan Hartbank each scored goals, and White nearly added ... [more]

Soccer marathon ends in 0-0 tie for Wolverine girls

Mar 17, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Starting her first varsity game of the new season, freshman goalkeeper Natalie Lymburner made three athletic saves in overtime to preserve a 0-0 non-conference ... [more]

First meet Saturday for Wolverine track athletes

Mar 15, 2013 - By Bruce Tippets, Sports Editor:  The pieces are there for Riverton High School track and field co-head coaches Tawn Gopp and Jorah Griffith to mold the Wolverines into a competitive team in ... [more]

Wolverines hit soccer fields this weekend

Mar 14, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Clear the courts, and get the pitch ready.
Just days after the winter basketball season ended, the Riverton Wolverine boys and girls soccer teams battle ... [more]

Quayle, Webb all- state for Wolverines

Mar 14, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Riverton Wolverine seniors Seth Quayle and Xavier Webb have been named to the Wyoming Coaches Association all-state boys basketball first team.
Webb and ... [more]

Riverton cheer squad second at state

Mar 13, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Riverton Wolverines boys basketball team was not the only RHS squad to come back to Riverton from Casper with hardware last week.
The Riverton High School ... [more]

Say it here and now: This was the best RHS hoops team ever

Mar 12, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  There is a rule somewhere that cheering is strictly forbidden in the writers area on press row. Those who know me understand that I can overlook that rule from ... [more]

Before Saturday, the RHS semifinal victory was an all-timer

Mar 12, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  The Wolverines took down top-ranked Gillette on the strength of an 18-2 fourth quarter, handing the Camels their first loss to a Wyoming team this season. ... [more]

Wolverines denied 4-A title

Mar 10, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff Writer:  Riverton boys defeated by Evanston for state BB crown

CASPER -- The Riverton Wolverines, owners of the most wins in school history, wished they could ... [more]