After undergoing several tough losses this season, the Saratoga Panthers snapped back with fierce competition Saturday to beat Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow 65-44.
The Panthers now sit at 9-7 (non-conference) and 0-4 (conference) in their 2013-14 season record. Saratoga's most recent conference game was Friday, in which the boys suffered a close 53-57 loss to Southeast.

The Saratoga High School Wrestling Team has been wiping the mat this season and returned with a second place trophy from the Dogger Invite in Lingle.
With only nine wrestlers competing against 18 teams, six of the nine Panthers scored team points. They competed against teams from all over Wyoming and Nebraska.

Instead of letting Friday's conference loss to Cokeville slow them down, the Encampment Tigers pulled ahead to a huge 71-46 win over Farson-Eden in their second conference game of 2013-14.

After three quarters of an evenly matched game, Encampment's Lady Tigers pushed forward near the end of Saturday's game to crush conference rivals Farson-Eden 48-31.
The game against the Lady Longhorns also saw a top scorer in Konnar Knotwell, who tied for the most points with Alyssa Barkhurst. Both girls scored 17, while Cassidy Little followed with eight, and McKenzie Powell finished with two.

Two Platte Valley middle school girls' basketball teams scored one win each in Friday's rival face-off at Saratoga.
Encampment's A Team beat Saratoga's A Team, 39-23, while Saratoga's B Team beat Encampment's B Team, 36-12. Encampment coach Kegan Willford said he saw his girls work well together on the court.

After last weekend’s victory over Little Snake River, Saratoga’s Lady Panthers fell to Lusk Saturday 37-58.
The loss puts the Lady Panthers at 4-9 (non-conference) and 0-3 (conference). The junior varsity Lady Panthers also lost 32-45.
Head coach Matt Love said the loss was disappointing because he felt the team had practiced hard in preparation for Lusk’s Lady Tigers.