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Full house in Hanna
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Hanna Town Hall with all council members and mayor in attendance. There was also a public hearing for a special use permit application submitted...
Schnieder to Shrine
The beginning of the Panther football season had the team switch from a 1A team to 6 man. There were not enough numbers to field a team larger than 6 man, but, due to the population of Saratoga High S...
Gang of grapplers going
The entire Saratoga High School wrestling team is going to state after having all individuals earn at least a top eight finish at regionals on Feb. 15-16 in Wright. “As a group, this is the best we...
McGraws 'Grand'fathers of HEM basketball
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School boys basketball team had two reasons for celebration against Rock River on Feb 12. First, the team won decisively 70-44 at Rock River and second, Shane...
Lady Miners head to Douglas as No. 2 seed in 1A East Regionals
The last regular game of the season did not go as well as the Lady Miner basketball team would have liked. On Feb. 12 the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls basketball team...
Sending seven to state
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School is sending seven wrestlers to state this weekend. Head Coach Lyle Richardson was pleased with his grapplers efforts at the Regionals in Wright on Fe...
Dads and daughters cut the rug
"This is our second Daddy/Daughter dance which is sort of a combination Valentine dance and Sweetheart dance for fathers and their daughters," Hanna Recreation Center director Vivian Gonzales said on...
Prepping for water
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 5 at the Saratoga Town Hall with all council members and mayor in attendance. It was business as usual as the agenda and minutes for Jan. 15 were...
At Soto Court
Legendary is a word that is sometimes overused, but in the case of Dario Soto, Physical Education (P.E.) teacher at Medicine Bow Elementary (MBE) and Elk Mountain Elementary and Hanna, Elk Mountain,...
Tuning for Regionals
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) boys basketball team won one and lost one last week. On Feb. 5 the Miners beat the Wheatland Sophomores resoundingly in front of a home court. Head coach...
Lady Miners get scare in 2-1 week
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls basketball won two out of three contests the past week. Both the Wheatland Sophmores and Midwest lost to the Lady Miners. The Lady Miners...
Panther grapplers place two at CC Invite
The Saratoga Panthers hosted the Carbon Invite on Friday and Saturday where 18 teams put forth their best efforts as the season gets ready to close. The Panthers had six wrestlers compete and two...
No quit in HEM
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School wresting team went to Saratoga on Friday to compete at the Carbon County Invite that had 18 teams compete. The young Miner team scored some points...
Ringing in memories
On Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. at the Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBE) there was a ceremony presented by students and staff of the school honoring a bell that started ringing students to come to school 93...
Out of control
Life defining moments are sometimes easy to recognize as they are happening and other instances it takes a little time to realize they occurred. I just had an occasion where I had a life lesson that I...
Splitting the Valley
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) girls basketball team played two Valley teams this past week and the outcome was mixed. On Jan.29 the Lady Miners beat the Saratoga Lady Panthers and lost...
Cat-scratched Miners take Rams
By Mike Armstrong The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) boys basketball team had very similar experiences with three teams they have met before. They lost to the two Valley teams and...
Miner grapplers make headway
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) wrestling went to the Saratoga Quad on Friday and Rawlins Rumble on Saturday. Head coach Lyle Richardson was happy with his wrestlers' efforts this weekend. "We...
Injuries, attrition whittle wrestlers
The Saratoga Panthers wrestling team has been hit by injuries, health problems and attrition to a point that the team is down to seven grapplers. "We have seven individuals that, as long as health...
Not so elementary
The Carbon County School District Education No. 2 Board (Board) met at 2:30 p.m for a workshop and at 4 p.m. on Jan. 21 for a board meeting in Medicine Bow. Before the 4 p.m. board meeting, there was...
Lady Miners take two 'W's
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Lady Miners played one game this weekend due to Dubois forfeiting their game on Friday. The Lady Miners won against Rock River on Saturday 47-32. "We were...
Work after wins
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School boys basketball team faced Dubois at 3 p.m. on Friday in Dubois and Rock River at noon on Saturday at the HEM gym and came out on top in both...
Lady Miners use balance to beat Lady Vikings
The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls basketball team went to Guernsey to play the Lady Vikings on Jan. 19 and came away with a win 55-36. “The Lady Miners had a very...
Wresting with injuries
“Ron Thon tournament has the best of the best competing,” Saratoga Head Wrestling Coach Zach Schmidt said. “It was too bad we could only send 3 wrestlers into the tournament because we have been...
Shooting for the record
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School basketball player Conor McGraw hit a benchmark 1,000 points against Guernsey on Jan. 19 in a 52-27 Miners win. What makes this all the more...
