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Panthers strong at state indoor track meet
Sullivan wins high jump, hurdles titles
Kyle Sullivan won both the high jump and the 55-meter hurdles and Powell athletes brought home a total of 12 medals from the Wyoming Indoor Track and Field championships over the weekend.
"Kyle was taken to the wire (in the high jump)," said Panther track coach Scott Smith. "If he hadn't cleared the bar at 6'6", the Kelly Walsh kid that took second would have won on misses. He really came through when it counted and easily cleared."
PHS boys fall short of state
Panther heartbreak
What happened?
That's the question that could haunt Powell High School head coach Mike Heny and the members of his Panther boys' basketball team this off-season. It was the question Panther fans were asking after a mind-numbing 24-hour period saw the team go from the verge of a regional title game appearance to being left out of the 3A state tournament field altogether.
Pohlman named Trappers' new volleyball coach
Comes to NWC from Dodge City
Northwest College has announced the hiring of Shaun Pohlman as the new head coach of the Trappers' volleyball program on Wednesday. Pohlman comes to Powell from Dodge City Community College in Kansas, where he served as the head coach for four seasons.
Helena rattles Quake hockey
NORPAC playoffs open in Cody
Heading into the first round of the NORPAC playoffs, head coach Craig Furstenau knew his team had a challenge ahead in its best-of-five series against the 48-2 Helena Bighorns. On Tuesday night, he saw just how tall that challenge was.
"You cannot make a mistake against those guys," Furstenau said following a 9-0 Helena victory. "Any little error on your part and they're able to jump on it."
Panther wrestlers finish third
Three come home with state titles
Twelve Panthers came home with medals, three of them gold, and Powell finished a strong third in the Wyoming state wrestling tournament.
Jessee Craig, Jimmy Seckman and Olie Olson all finished the season as state champions, and Charles Wittick came within a point of joining them but had to settle for second. Robert Friday, Colt Nix, and Randy Andrews all finished third, and Waylon Bays finished fourth. Kurt Bullinger, Trevor Griffeth and Clay Saldana finished fifth and Tyler Patterson sixth.
Petersen proves them right
NWC's 184-pounder scores national title
Northwest College sophomore Nick Petersen spent most of wrestling's regular season ranked atop the 184-pound weight class. On Saturday in Spokane, Wash., he finished his junior college career the same way.
Petersen capped a stellar Trapper career with a 4-1 victory over Austin Moorehead of Rend Lake College to become national champion. It also helped pace the Trappers to an eighth-place finish at the 2011 national tournament.
Trappers shut down by Sheridan
Men denied sub-region title, women fall
The Northwest College Trappers suffered a sweep by Sheridan on their home court Tuesday evening. The men dropped the de facto sub-region championship game by a 67-62 final count. The Trapper women fell 84-77.
Meeker's jersey joining Panther Hall of Fame
Tribute to women's sports pioneer will be Friday
Powell High School will pay tribute to not only one of its most storied athletes, but to a trendsetter in the field of women's athletics this Friday when it retires the jersey of Dale Ann Meeker during a ceremony at the Powell-Cody basketball games.
Trappers prepare for nationals
Brackets released, rankings updated in advance of tourney
For the seven national tournament qualifiers from the Northwest College wrestling team, the brackets have been set. Competitors now know the identity of their first-round opponents and can begin to scout a possible path through the brackets.
For Trapper head coach Jim Zeigler though, this stage of the game is all about taking things one step at a time.
NWC Trapper volleyball coach finalists named
The list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Northwest College head volleyball coaching position has been pared to three people. Those individuals will visit campus later this month to complete the interview process.
"We feel pretty strongly about the candidates," said Northwest College athletic director Andy Ward. "I look forward to meeting each one in person and getting to know a little more about them and their coaching styles."