Women’s soccer wins wild Region IX opener

Northwest College battled through multiple rain and lightning delays, a venue change and a determined Western Wyoming side to post a 2-1 double-overtime victory in the Region IX opener for both teams on Wednesday.

“It was pretty wild,” NWC women’s soccer coach Kaylin Olivas said of her team’s victory.

Mustangs win 2-1 on late goal

The Northwest College men’s soccer team fell 2-1 to Western Wyoming last Wednesday in the Region IX opener for both teams. The game’s scheduled 5 p.m. start was delayed more than four hours due to lightning and severe weather in the region.

Broncs, Fillies take round 1

The Powell High School cross country teams finished behind Park County rival Cody in the first competitive action of the 2011 season. The teams competed at Cody’s Beck Lake course in a lightly attended meet last Friday.

Despite the team result, Panther coach Cliff Boos indicated he was pleased with how the year began for his squad.

Daddy’s Little Princess turned 3 this past week. My how time flies. It seems like only yesterday that I was teaching her how to post up in the lane against her baby brother. Now she’ll be heading off to preschool before I know it.

Can the scholarship offers be far behind? They’d better not be. As I write this, I’m staring at a news story announcing that a year of day care costs more than a year of college tuition in 36 of 50 states.

Lady Trappers defeat Jayhawk foes

The Northwest College women’s soccer team matched its win total from last year on the opening weekend of the 2011 season. The Trappers defeated Garden City 5-0 on Saturday to open the year, then defeated tournament host Barton by a 3-1 count on Sunday.

“We played extremely well, the girls battled for everything,” said Trapper women’s interim coach Kaylin Olivas. “It was truly an outstanding weekend for us. We just played our game, didn’t let them get into our heads and came out on top.”

Two late TDs give Miles City victory

A disastrous second half that barely saw the Panthers’ offensive unit on the field finally came back to haunt Powell. Miles City, Mont., scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to escape from Powell on Saturday with a 21-20 victory in Week 0 football action.

Experienced Powell eyes playoff return

Mel Gibson would be right at home leading the Panthers’ football program onto the field for the 2011 season. Powell, ranked No. 5 in Class 3A to begin the season, will need to be road warriors in every sense of the word if they hope to return to the playoffs.

The Panthers’ schedule features trips to Torrington, Star Valley and Green River. The “closest” away game is at Buffalo. Altogether, it adds up to more than 2,200 miles in travel time, a figure that’s extreme even by Wyoming prep standards.

Experienced Powell eyes playoff return

Mel Gibson would be right at home leading the Panthers’ football program onto the field for the 2011 season. Powell, ranked No. 5 in Class 3A to begin the season, will need to be road warriors in every sense of the word if they hope to return to the playoffs.

The Panthers’ schedule features trips to Torrington, Star Valley and Green River. The “closest” away game is at Buffalo. Altogether, it adds up to more than 2,200 miles in travel time, a figure that’s extreme even by Wyoming prep standards.

By RANDAL HOROBIK

Tribune Sports Editor

As Northwest College soccer prepares to enter its sophomore season of existence, the Trapper women’s program is already undergoing an identity change. After just two wins last season, head soccer coach Rob Hill held over just four players and brought in a crop of 19 new faces this fall.

“It’s a completely brand new team basically,” Hill said of the women’s team. “It’s a really, really strong team as proven by the results they had in the exhibitions. It’s really night and day.”

Plenty of new faces for Trapper women

Northwest finished 1-1-1 in its three scrimmages, a notable improvement over the 0-3 showing the previous year.

The changes are pretty much all over the field. Morgon Cox, a native of Perth, Australia, will stand in goal for the Trappers. Ahead of her on defense is a unit that has Hill raving.

Just when I thought I’d seen everything the sporting world had to offer, the results of Powell’s first golf tournament came in. At first, I have to admit being taken aback — either the numbers were some of the worst 18-hole totals I’d seen since covering a regional tournament in 40-50 mile an hour winds in Nebraska, or the 36-hole Lander event must have been moved to the nearest miniature golf course because the scores were that low.