Powell Tribune

Powell Pioneer Ryan Cordes slides home safely to score a run in the fourth inning of the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Ed Lynn Memorial Field. Cordes put the Pioneers ahead for the first time in the game with an RBI single, later scoring on a hit by Keaton Rowton. The team won, 12-9.

Doubleheader split: Pioneers rally for second game win over Riverton

A perfect evening of baseball wasn’t wasted by the Powell Pioneers Tuesday at Ed Lynn Memorial Field. But it took a second game turn-around to earn the Pioneers a split of the twin bill with … more

By Dave Bonner | 6/4/20

Powell athlete completes global health training for Special Olympics

MaryKate Herrera of Powell was one of only 10 athletes across the world selected to participate in a virtual Special Olympics Global Health Messenger Training. Herrera, 23, has been a member of … more

6/4/20

Cody Nite Rodeo slated for June 20 start date

After getting a green light from state health officials over the weekend, Cody Nite Rodeo leaders have announced that they plan to start the nightly rodeos on Saturday, June 20. Up to 600 … more

6/4/20

Powell Pioneer Jhett Schwahn makes contact with the ball in a scrimmage against the Lovell Mustangs last month. On Friday, the Pioneers won their first official game of the season, beating the Billings Halos 15-7 on the road.

Pioneers solid in 15-7 opening win

The 2020 season opener was a long time coming for the Powell Pioneers American Legion baseball team, but the outcome was satisfying. The Pioneers A team took a 15-7 win over the Billings Halos on … more

By Dave Bonner | 6/2/20

Collins adds guard to Trapper men’s team

“I love guards.” That’s a statement you’ll hear over and over from Northwest College men’s basketball coach Jay Collins. No surprise then that Collins’ … more

By Dave Bonner | 6/2/20

Northwest adds Utah state champ as wrestling signee

The network of former Trapper wrestlers is paying dividends again in the signing of a Utah state champion to wrestle at Northwest College in the fall of 2020. Gus Harrison of Uinta High School in … more

By Dave Bonner | 6/2/20

Good Old Boys, Week 2

In their second week of action at the Powell Golf Club, the Good Old Boys scored the two best net balls amid competing foursomes. In first place with a score of 131 was the team of Kevin Lineback, … more

6/2/20

Powell Pioneers lefty Colin Queen literally got the season started for the home team Wednesday. In his one-inning stint as opener, he threw an assortment of pitches and gave up one hit.

Pioneers come from behind to claim win in return of baseball

It was typical baseball in the month of May: cold and windy. But that’s the only thing ordinary about Wednesday night’s action at Ed Lynn Memorial Field in Powell. For starters, the … more

By Dave Bonner | 5/26/20

While the University of Wyoming has yet to announce what the fall sports season will look like, some student-athletes — including Cowboy football players — will return to campus for voluntary workouts next week.

Some of UW’s student-athletes to return to campus Monday

The University of Wyoming Athletics department announced on Wednesday that a portion of student-athletes from football and men’s and women’s basketball will return to campus on Monday, … more

5/26/20

Good Old Boys: Week 1, May 19

The Good Old Boys are officially back in action, as the weekly men’s golf group returned to the Powell Golf Club on Tuesday, May 19. The game for the first week of action was Six Six Six. … more

5/26/20

Quinton Hecker is in control as he rides his way to a victory for Lovell at 132 pounds. Hecker will wrestle for NWC in the fall.

Two Lovell Bulldogs commit to Trapper wrestling program

A pair of Class 2A state champion wrestlers from Lovell will join the Northwest College wrestling program this fall, Coach Jim Zeigler announced this week. They are heavyweight champion Coy … more

By Dave Bonner | 5/21/20

Powell Golf Club is weathering pandemic

It’s a tough golf course. Once drowning in debt, the Powell Golf Club fought its way back to operating in the black. Then came the pandemic — and it’s now weathering that storm, … more

By Kevin Killough | 5/21/20

Kalberer joins PHS wrestling staff

After serving as a volunteer, Cody Kalberer is officially joining the Powell High School wresting team’s coaching staff next season. Starting with the 2020-21 campaign, he’ll serve as an … more

5/21/20

Munger to assist with Panther football

Sean Munger has been added as an assistant to the Powell High School football program. When the football season gets going — hopefully this summer — the PHS science teacher will be … more

5/21/20

Powell Pioneers finally take the field against Lovell on Wednesday

It might be the first American Legion Baseball game played in Wyoming in this baseball season turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Or the first game played anywhere since social distancing … more

5/19/20

Kayla Kolpitcke, a cross country, hockey and soccer standout, is the Powell High School Senior Female Athlete of the Year.

PHS unveils year-end award winners

Although they didn’t get the pomp and circumstance of the traditional Athletic Awards banquet, a host of Panther athletes were recently honored for their accomplishments over the 2019-20 school … more

5/14/20

Powell bowler Ty Whiteman watches his ball head down the lane and toward his 12th and final strike to complete his perfect 300 game on Jan. 24 in Cody.

Before pandemic, Powell bowler was on a roll

The novel coronavirus interrupted what was a torrid stretch of bowling for Ty Whiteman. In December, the 24-year-old Powell resident became the youngest bowler to roll an 800 series at … more

By CJ Baker | 5/14/20

Luc Lombardy and Domenica Gomes, international student-athletes at NWC, went on to play professional basketball. They were married in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last year and will celebrate their one-year anniversary on June 9 while waiting out the COVID-19 sports stoppage.

Basketball united them at Northwest College

They found each other from continents apart as student-athletes at Northwest College. Luc Lombardy came to Powell from Villeurbanne, France — 4,985 miles away — to play basketball for … more

By Dave Bonner | 5/14/20

Little League season canceled

There will be no Little League baseball in Powell this summer. Canceling the 2020 season was “definitely a tough decision,” said Joe Gardner, president of the Little League … more

5/14/20

American Legion Baseball going forward

Baseball for boys 13 to 19 will be played this summer in Wyoming under the longstanding brand of American Legion Baseball. There was some question and a lot of back and forth about that in the … more

5/14/20