The Lady Panthers played in the Fremont Tournament over the Christmas break and finished with one win and three losses. The Lady Panthers had good shots at the basket, but they would not fall for Saratoga.
“We definitely didn’t play our best basketball, as we must start making things happen in 2013,” head coach Matt Love wrote in an email.
Wind River was the first game of the tournament and the Cougars topped Saratoga 31-71.

Coming off a tough loss to their Valley rivals, the Encampment Tigers, the Saratoga Panthers’ men’s basketball team (3-7) (0-2) traveled to Ethete over the Christmas break and picked up three more games in the Fremont Tournament against teams that the Panthers wouldn’t normally play.

Encampment and Saratoga put their JV squads on the floor Thursday, and both the men and women had a chance to hone skills that will be featured on varsity teams in the coming years.

The Saratoga Lady Panthers took on a six-member Tiger (1-7), (0-2) team in Encampment Thursday night. With freshman Shawneka Sifford out, the Lady Tigers were left with only one sub on the bench against Saratoga (3-4), (0-2).
On the other side of the court, Saratoga was almost back to full strength after suffering from illness and injury, including coach Matt Love, who was battling the flu himself two weeks ago on the road.

In what turned out to be an exciting night of round ball on the hardwood, the Encampment Tigers (7-1), (2-0) hosted Valley rivals Saratoga (2-5), (0-2) on Thursday.
Assistant coach for the Encampment Tigers Kevin Pantle said, “You always look forward to these close mach-up games. You’re always a little bit excited, always nervous about the game.”

In only her second year of coaching, Mary Hohnholt was voted assistant coach of the year by her peers in the Wyoming Coaches Association.
Although she is new to the official title, Hohnholt has been around the Saratoga cross country program for years. Her husband, Rex is the head coach.