School: North Big Horn
Nickname: Grizzlies
Colors: brown and yellow
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: none
Times worth remembering: A precursor to current-day Rocky Mountain High School, the North Big Horn team was a combination of Cowley and Deaver-Frannie. And the combo took a while to gel; in six years together before Byron joined the fold, the Grizzlies never had a season with fewer than three losses. Even so, the first NBH team in 1977 was probably the best — it posted three shutout victories, including one over future partner Byron 12-0.
Times worth forgetting: The Grizzlies’ toughest season was probably their last, 1982, not because of the number of the losses but because of the nature. The Grizzlies’ offense posted a respectable 20 points per game, but the defense gave up an average of 27 — and, consequently, the Grizzlies lost games by scores like 39-22, 16-12, 38-20, 36-22 and 32-22.
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School: Kaycee
Nickname: Buckaroos
Colors: blue and red
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: Kaycee’s first season went better than any other debut in recent history. The Buckaroos posted a 4-3 record in the 2009 regular season, but posted a pair of playoff victories on the road to advance to the state title game in its first season. The big loss to Guernsey-Sunrise in the title game, though, did little to diminish Kaycee’s impressive gridiron debut. Kaycee followed that up with a semifinal playoff appearance in 2010.
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School: Bow-Basin
Nickname: Wranglers
Colors: maroon and white
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Times worth remembering: In their nine-year history, the Wranglers had only one winning season, but it sure was memorable. After dropping its first two games, Bow-Basin won six in a row to cap a 6-2 season. Early losses to Lingle and Guernsey were all that kept the team from advancing to the playoffs.
Times worth forgetting: After the 6-2 season in ’78, the Wranglers stumbled toward the end of their program, going 2-6 in 1979, 1-6 in 1980 and 0-8 in the final season, 1981, before the program was dropped.