Star Valley Independent

The Star Valley Community raised the roof at the Lincoln County Fair Grounds last week during the Jump, Jive and Jazz showcase. High school music students performed big band tunes and families filled the dance floor. “It bridges generations,” said Kurt Sand, high school music instructor. “You look out on the dance floor and see [...]

The Cody Fillies and the Jackson Broncs claimed the team titles in Powell over the weekend, with Star Valley finishing second in both the women’s and men’s points standings.  The Fillies finished with 198.0 team points while the Lady Braves were next with 142.33.  Powell was third in the women’s standings with 104.33.  The Braves [...]

Seven visiting teams along with Star Valley competed in a spring golf tournament at the Star Valley View course amid rainy conditions last Friday.  According to head coach, Kelly Fullmer, the team has been on the course for more than two weeks in April, the first time they have been able to take advantage of [...]

The Wyoming High School Activities Association recently met and voted on several notable items that will affect Star Valley High School in both the short and long term.  A five-classification proposal in all sports has been tabled for further discussion.  The current classification cycle was also extended from June of 2013 until June of 2014.  [...]

Rebel Rauterkus of Freedom, Wyo., a senior at Star Valley High School, will be presented with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection as one of Wyoming’s top two youth volunteers for 2012 in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.  The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. during [...]

After more than two weeks without a match, both the Braves and Lady Braves resumed their seasons on the pitch as they shut out Pinedale on their home field.  The ladies used four, second-half goals to roll to a 5-0 victory while the guys had one goal in each half for a 2-0 win. 

Despite an unprecedented amount of spending on education over the past decade, the State of Wyoming’s latest high school graduation rates are the lowest they’ve been since 2008 according to the latest numbers from the Wyoming Department of Education.  The Cowboy State reports a graduation of 79.7 percent, down from 80.4 percent in 2010 and [...]

The Lady Braves earned five event titles to claim their third place finish with 105.5 points this past weekend, while the Braves had just one championship but had the same team result with 85.25 points. Home team Rigby ran away with the meet team titles with the boys compiling 213.5 points and the girls finishing [...]

The Alpine Branch Library will hold activities throughout the week of April 2-6 as part of its ‘spring break’ schedule.  Tuesday, April 3 the library will host a craft day from 1-3 p.m.   “Kids of all ages can come do fun spring crafts,” said Draney. “We’ll be making cookie bugs, egg animals and windsocks.”  Wednesday, [...]

The Lady Braves matched their newly minted program record goals scored in a game with an 8-1 victory while the Braves collected their third shutout of the season with a 2-0 victory over visiting Pinedale Tuesday evening.  Both teams now stand at 3-0-1 and 1-0 in the 3A West.