This is the last of the Five Minute Introductions — and they are all for teams that started and ended their programs before World War II. I hope you’ve enjoyed the past year-plus of these quick little look-ins at each of the state’s high school football programs! Now, on to the final seven:

School: Carpenter
Nickname: Coyotes
Colors: blue and white
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: The Coyotes won three games in two seasons of six-man football right before World War II. Carpenter beat Albin for its only victory in 1940 and beat Potter, Neb., and Burns for its two victories in 1941. Carpenter finished its two seasons a combined 3-12.

Carpenter team page.

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School: Fort Washakie
Nickname
: Indians
Colors
: Unknown
Stadium
: Unknown
State championships
: None
Times worth remembering
: In 26 tries over six seasons, the Fort Washakie school won just one game, a 32-13 victory over Pavillion on Oct. 24, 1941. However, in that final season in 1941, the Indians found a niche in six-man football and were consistently competitive. Like many small football programs in the state, though, World War II helped put an end to the program.
Times worth forgetting: Fort Washakie went five seasons — 1936-40 — without a victory, piling up a combined mark of 0-19-2 in that span. The Indians failed to score in 14 of those 21 games.

Fort Washakie team page.

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School: Gebo
Nickname: Miners
Colors: Unknown
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Times worth remembering: The 1932 season was Gebo’s lone winning season. The Miners went 5-3 and ended the season on a four-game winning streak. Gebo’s hallmark was defense; the Miners beat Basin, Shoshoni, Riverton and Ten Sleep twice — all by shutout.
Times worth forgetting: The Miners had three consecutive winless seasons from 1933-35, going 0-17-2 while playing the likes of Riverton, Thermopolis, Lander and Worland. The 1934 and 1935 teams both failed to score a point; at one point, Gebo went 13 consecutive games without scoring.

Gebo team page.

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School: Grass Creek
Nickname: Unknown
Colors: Unknown
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: The oilfield school northwest of Thermopolis has only one recorded game, a 45-0 loss to Thermopolis in 1926.

(Grass Creek doesn’t have a team page yet; its one game was played prior to 1930.)

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School: Heart Mountain
Nickname: Eagles
Colors: Unknown
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: The Heart Mountain Japanese internment camp team played for only two seasons, but in that time established a reputation as one of the state’s best teams. The Eagle varsity played seven games over two seasons, going 6-1. All six of the team’s victories were shutouts; the lone loss was a 19-13 defeat in a hard-fought game against Natrona. However, Heart Mountain was not a full-fledged member of the Bighorn Basin conference and many teams in the region refused to play the Eagles.

Heart Mountain team page.

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School: Monarch
Nickname: Unknown
Colors: Unknown
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: Monarch school, located north of Sheridan, has only one recorded game — a 34-6 loss to Dayton on Oct. 16, 1936.

Monarch team page.

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School: Valley
Nickname: Cowboys
Colors: Unknown
Stadium: Unknown
State championships: None
Short history: The Valley Prep school was best known as a high-end college preparatory academy, yet still played a hodgepodge schedule of Bighorn Basin squads. Even with little training and no home field, the Cowboys occasionally won and were always respected; the Cowboys beat both Cowley and Powell in 1930.

Valley team page.

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