Romney "delighted" with Wyo. win

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he's "delighted" with the results of Wyoming's county conventions.

Romney took seven Wyoming delegates last week and has mounted a legal challenge to get an eighth --Park County's delegate, which was awarded to Rick Santorum. In his Saturday evening statement, Romney made no mention of the pending challenge.

Here's the full text of Romney's statement, as put out by his press shop:

“I am delighted to have won the support of seven of the twelve national delegates selected at Wyoming’s County Conventions. Our campaign is on the move and today's victories in the island territories bring us one step closer to defeating President Obama and restoring American's promise. I am grateful to our extraordinary supporters in Wyoming and look forward to sharing my message of more jobs, less debt and smaller government with voters across the nation.”

PHS boys and girls open with regional wins

So far, so good for the Powell High School basketball teams: the Panthers and Lady Panthers each won their opening matches at the Class 3A West regional tournament in Jackson on Thursday.

The PHS girls came from behind late to claim a 29-24 overtime victory over Mountain View. They scored the last 12 points for the win. Powell, seeded fourth, advances to play Cody, the No. 1 seed, at 4 p.m. Friday. The Lady Panthers will be looking to avenge their narrow 51-45 loss to the Fillies last Saturday; they also played Cody oh-so-close in a 23-22 heartbreaker on Jan. 13.

Powell's No. 1-seeded boys, meanwhile, clobbered No. 8-seeded Pinedale 76-30 in Thursday morning action. They'll play Lyman, the No. 4 seed, at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Lyman and Powell split their two contests in the regular season, PHS winning a 51-48 decision on the road on Jan. 7, LHS nabbing a 53-52 win on Feb. 10.

Regional tournament brackets for the boys and girls are available at WHSAA.org.