Campbell County High School had one wrestler place in the Ron Thon Memorial tournament over the weekend.

The Campbell County High School swim and dive team placed seventh in the Gillette Invite on Saturday.

The small but mighty Thunder Basin High School swim team continued to have a solid season with a positive showing at the Gillette Invite.

Thunder Basin High School track had a strong showing in the mini invitational the school hosted on Thursday, with top-three finishes in eight of 11 events.

Campbell County High School track had a strong week at the Basin Nation Invite with five athletes taking first in their respective events.

The start of the month couldn't have been shakier for the Gillette Wild.

The Gillette Grizzlies (8-4-4) are two weeks away from the Wyoming Amateur Hockey League Girls 19U State Tournament. What remains in the team’s path are just the two teams directly above them in the standings.

Rylee Hladky, a 2019 graduate of Campbell County High School, was named the Volleyball Player of the Year by the Sportswomen of Colorado this week.

The Gillette Community College District has filled three of its five open head coaching positions at Gillette College.

Thunder Basin High School (6-7) looked almost dead in the water halfway through the first quarter of Friday's win against Campbell County High School (4-10).

For the first time since the 2018-19 season, Campbell County High School girls basketball beat its cross-town rival Thunder Basin High School 68-62 on Friday.

The gymnasium at Thunder Basin High School buzzed as people from all around Gillette poured into its stands Saturday night. In the crowd, an overwhelming number of attendees wore the same shirt — a blue Thunder Basin basketball shirt with the last name Sorenson and the number 3 on the back.

When looking at the Thunder Basin girls basketball team, the strength of the team is hard to miss. Peiytyn Williams, Kyla Stremcha and Joelie Spelts all stand over 5 feet 10 inches tall.

The Gillette Wild swept the Badlands Sabres with a 4-1 win on Friday and a 5-1 win on Saturday to earn themselves a spot in the NA3HL playoffs.

Thunder Basin High School boys wrestling team took first place in the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer in Moorcroft over Friday and Saturday.

Campbell County boys wrestling placed seventh while the girls wrestling team placed ninth in the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer in Moorcroft over Friday and Saturday.

When Thunder Basin High School’s wrestling team competes, underclassmen on the team become predictable. While awaiting their own matches, their attention is often on junior Antonio Avila and senior Lane Catlin.

Coach Braidi Lutgen stood at half court of the Campbell County High School gym with a practice sheet in hand while the team stands in groups of three at the baseline. From there, she goes through a list of habits she wants the team to emulate. She gets to one about celebrating the team’s suc…

Thunder Basin High School girls basketball (10-3) started conference play 2-0 with wins against Natrona County High School and Sheridan High School on Friday and Saturday.

Thunder Basin High School (5-7) completed an emotional weekend with a 50-37 win over Natrona County High School and a 51-46 loss to Sheridan High School on Friday and Saturday.

Campbell County High School (8-5) girls basketball won its first two games of conference play after a 51-47 road win over Sheridan High School and a 72-49 home win against Natrona County High School on Friday and Saturday.

Campbell County High School boys basketball (4-9) split its first weekend of conference play with a 66-61 loss to Sheridan High School on Friday and a 56-52 win against Natrona County High School on Saturday.

The Gillette Wild are leading their division, are one point behind the best team in the North American Tier III Hockey League and are leading the league in goals scored.

The 2022-23 basketball season has not been a great start for the Campbell County High School boys team. The Camels started the season 1-8 with little going their way.

The Campbell County girls basketball team (6-5) dropped two games this weekend as the team depleted of some of its top players couldn’t maintain control of games.

Thunder Basin High School came in second in the Rust Buster Invitational indoor track meet in Gillette on Saturday, beating out Campbell County High School in both boys and girls.

Campbell County High School finished third in both boys and girls indoor track competitions at the Rust Buster Invitational in Gillette.

After an emotional Friday where Thunder Basin’s scheduled basketball games against Green River were canceled by Green River due to road conditions, the teams left for Rapid City to take on the Cobblers.

Campbell County girls wrestling finished fourth in the Thoman-Jackman girls tournament in Green River, while the boys struggled.

The Thunder Basin wrestling team had a déjà vu result from Friday and Saturday's tournament in Miles City, Montana. The Bolts came in second in the Cowboy Invitational behind first-places finishes from Antonio Avila and Lane Catlin — exactly like last weekend.

Thunder Basin's swim team of Carson Shear, Treyden Smith, Arthur Silveira-Cunap and Reid Pollick made strong individual performances in Cheyenne over the weekend.

The Campbell County High School boys swim team came second in a duals meet between Cheyenne Central and Thunder Basin on Friday and placed eighth of nine teams at the Cheyenne Invite on Saturday.

Janie Rayback moved to Gillette in 2019 to be the assistant coach under then women’s basketball coach Liz Lewis.

The Champions Indoor Football League Board of Directors announced a new rule involving the point after touchdown for this upcoming season. Teams will have the option to attempt a three- or four-point conversion in addition to the typical one- and two-point tries.

The Campbell County girls basketball team (6-4) dropped its fourth game of the year to Stevens High School of Rapid City, South Dakota, 67-48.

Green River High School canceled its basketball games scheduled for Friday against Thunder Basin due to road conditions.

The 2022-23 basketball season has not been a great start for the Campbell County High School boys team. The Camels started the season 1-8 with little going their way.

The wrestling season is still in its infancy with only three varsity meets completed. Yet, Thunder Basin High School’s second place finish at the Shane Shatto Memorial meet showed what coach Mikah Kadera believes to be a state-championship contending roster.

Thunder Basin High School finished third in a duals meet against Campbell County High School and Laramie High School and seventh in the Sheridan Invite over the weekend.

Campbell County High School competed in two swim meets, finishing second in a duals meet against Laramie High School and Thunder Basin High School on Friday and finishing fifth in the Sheridan Invite on Saturday.

Thunder Basin High School placed second in the Shane Shatto Memorial wrestling meet in Douglas behind first-place finishes from junior Antonio Avila and senior Lane Catlin.

Myah Hammerquist hadn’t planned on golfing in a competitive manner. She and her father, Tom, had played for several years together for fun at Bell Nob Golf Course, and she played on a junior high intramural team.

My name is David Rodish and I’m the new sports editor at the Gillette News Record. I took this job because storytelling is an incredible passion of mine, and the best stories are always in sports. The best place to find those great sports stories are in towns like Gillette.

The Campbell County girls basketball team returned from South Dakota with a couple of wins — including one by a last-second shot — and a loss to stiff competition at the Hoop City Classic last week.

The Gillette Wild junior hockey team picked up back-to-back wins against the Sheridan Hawks this weekend, outscoring the Hawks by 12 goals between both games and adding to Gillette’s first-place division lead.

The Thunder Basin High School girls basketball team came away with two wins — including a 67-point blowout — at the Hoop City Classic in South Dakota last week.

A total of 33 Gillette athletes have been recognized as all-state in their respective Class 4A fall 2022 sports.

The six-hour bus ride from Gillette to Mitchell, South Dakota, didn’t feel real.