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TJ Pholman placed 5th in the 113lb weight division at the Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament in Douglas the first weekend of January. The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestlers head to the Dogger Invite this weekend....
Devastation seems to creep into our lives at odd moments. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings came to our office via telephone, first a few dead. Then it seemed with each refreshing of our Internet browser the number grew. The final tally was incomplete by some standards, the press leaving out the shooter and his mother from the death count. As I sit at my desk preparing this column the news includes a story of a 12-year old being declared guilty of murdering his father. He was 10 years...
The Missoula Children’s Theatre made a return visit to Pine Bluffs last week, teaching students in Laramie County School District No. 2 the lines, stage direction and songs for “The Pied Piper”. The students were cast Monday, practiced all week and put on two performances on Saturday. Students participating in the play were Hyleigh Fornstrom(Pied Piper); Gillian Petsch (Sara); Kyle Adams (mayor’s son); Tyne Vialpando (mayor’s daughter); council members Tillie Heitoff, Dylan Sweeter, Tayah Cur...
The Burns Lady Broncs got off to a good start for the second half of the basketball season, recording a 54-31 victory over the Saratoga Lady Panthers on the road on Friday. The Lady Broncs hosted Lingle on Saturday and suffered a loss by a slim 40-45 margin. “At Saratoga we got off to a slow start and played pretty well in the second half,” said Burns head coach Barry Ward. The teams were tight in the first quarter, with Burns taking a one-point lead into the second period. Saratoga con...
The Burns Broncs can call the inaugural weekend of 2013 a resounding success. After heading over the summit to play Saratoga and returning with a 68-42 victory, the Broncs put out the welcome mat for Doggers. Burns sent Lingle packing after notching a 53-40 win. “We were very pleased with the weekend,” Broncs head coach Sean Patterson said. “The boys did a fantastic job of stepping up and competing at a high level. Saratoga is not a easy place to play and the kids came out prepared from the star...
rtion of their basketball season with a couple tough losses. On Friday, they traveled to Kimball where they experienced a 16-42 loss at the hands of the Lady Longhorns. Still on the road Saturday, the Lady Hornets scored just 29 points to the 42 the Lusk Lady Tigers entered in the books for Pine Bluffs’ second weekend loss. “It was a tough weekend for us,” Lady Hornets head coach Lindsey Forbes said. “We struggled offensively, which shows our youth and rust from the break over the holidays. We h...
Coming off a two-week winter break, the Pine Bluffs Hornets headed out on the road for their first two contests of 2013. On Friday, the Hornets went east to face off with the Kimball Longhorns. The Hornets got swatted, coming up on the losing end of a 35-56 score. Taking to the pavement again on Saturday, the Lusk Tigers played host, and squeaked out a one-point 36-35 win over the Hornets. Coming back to the court against Kimball, the Hornets took an early 13-12 lead, but lost it with a 6-20 sec...
Firefighters entered a dark room illuminated only by emergency vehicle lights outside the house. Thick smoke permeated the rooms plummeting visibility to near zero. Some smoke clears and the firefighters see an interesting sight — on a table burned on all sides is an unmarred circle. In the center of the circle is an open Bible, untouched by the flames, just covered a bit in ashes. This is a true story from a fire in the Pine Bluffs area a few years ago. That Bible safely sitting in the midst of...
The new year will bring a new church to the town of Burns. Blessed Hope Baptist Church will begin meeting on Jan. 6, at the Burns-Plex in Suite D. J. Nathaniel Ensley will pastor the new congregation. He is a 2004 graduate of Atlantic Baptist Bible College in Chester, Va. and holds a Bachelor Degree in Pastoral Studies from the college. The pastor and his wife, Ginger, are not new to Wyoming, having moved here in 2005. At that time Pastor Ensley was called to pastor a Baptist church in the north...
The Burns Lady Broncs took a road trip to South High School on Tuesday and came home with another win in the record books. The 53-41 victory brings their season record to 8-1. They are 1-0 in league play. “The kids forced a lot of turnovers with their defense and converted enough of them into points to get a win,” said coach Barry Ward. Half the ladies on the floor hit double digits in the game. Mckenzie Ward put 19 points on the board to lead the team. Mckayla Ward added 12 and Megan Marker tac...
The Burns Broncs will enter the start of the 2013 segment of the basketball season with a 4-5 record. This after a 54-60 loss at the hands of the South high squad Tuesday. The Broncs came out and posted eight points in each of the first two quarters of the game. South took control of the game combining 20 first period points with 11 in the second to go into halftime with a 31-16 lead. “We executed very poorly on offense to start the game, we had quick possessions that didn’t force the def...
The Pawnee Coyotes concluded the 2012 portion of the basketball season with a game against the Union Colony Prep Timberwolves on Tuesday. The visiting Coyotes gave their host a hard time, going home with a 66-48 victory. Pawnee now sits on a 4-2 record for the campaign. “We played hard again, and that is always our number one emphasis,” said Pawnee head coach Tim Brunelle. “We created many turnovers, didn’t always take advantage of them, but at least had opportunities.” Top scorers for the g...
Tuesday night the Pawnee Lady Coyotes took to the road for a match up with Union Colony Prep. The Lady Coyotes trounced the Lady Timberwolves 63-25 in the non-league bout. Pawnee took control from the outset of the game, shutting out the opposition 24-0 in the opening period of play. In the second canto, Pawnee posted another 12 points, while Union Colony managed to get a shot in for two. In the second half, the Lady Coyotes repeated with 12 points in the third quarter, and the Lady...
The braids are back. It’s a trademark of the Burns Lady Broncs basketball team, the starting five heads of hair tightly woven together. The links of locks, perhaps, keep the team together. The braids are traced to three seasons ago when the Lady Broncs took runner up at state. Whether it is easier to manage or looks better than a pony tail, the magic and tradition remains alongside the tradition of winning. And this season continues to be a success for the Lady Broncs, who tacked on two more win...
The Lady Coyotes continued their winning ways last weekend as they hosted Peetz for their first league game and won 52-40, then set their sights on Arickaree on Saturday. The Lady Coyotes posted another win, topping Arickaree 74-20 to preserve their perfect season record. “We had a bit of a slow start in the 1st quarter trailing by 2, but then our defense took over in the second, allowing us to score some easy baskets while nearly shutting Peetz out for the quarter and outscored them 24-2 g...
With victories over Lingle and Saratoga, the Pine Bluffs Hornets move to 6-2 on the season. The Hornets traveled to Lingle Friday where they posted a 46-39 victory. At the Hornets’ Nest Saturday, they took command of the court and assigned a 65-42 to the record book. “Another ugly win, but learning how to win ugly is a good thing,” coach Will Gray said of Fridays game. “Fundamentally we need to improve in a few areas, but we will take it one step at a time.” The Hornets and Doggers played a...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets lost a close contest Friday to their host the Lingle Lady Doggers, 45-44, then hosted the Saratoga Lady Panthers and sent them packing on the losing end of a 44-38 game. “We’re young and showed our inexperience Friday night in the first half,” coach Lindsey Forbes said of the loss. “ We dug ourselves a big hole before we started to play. We were down by 20 early in the third, but showed some grit battling back. We had some chances late in the game, but just didn’t...
It was a tough weekend for the Burns Broncs. On Friday on the road, Burns suffered a 47-36 defeat at the hands of Glenrock. At home on Saturday, the Broncs recorded another loss, that one to Lusk by a score of 58-49. “On Friday night, we dug ourselves way too big of a hole to climb out of,” said coach Sean Patterson. “We were proud of the way the kids battled back and kept fighting. They showed a lot of heart!” Travis Romsa was a key part of the fight, recording a double-double with 11 points...
The Pawnee Coyotes scored resounding victories at home this weekend, topping Peetz 64-50 and Arickaree 71-43. With the wins the Coyotes improve to 3-2 on the campaign. In Fridays contest with Peetz Pawnee led 20-16 in the first quarter. They tacked on 14, to the Bulldogs’ nine to go into halftime with a 34-27 lead. Peetz outscored Pawnee 21-15 in the third quarter, but was held to four fourth period points while Pawnee put up 15 to arrive at the 64-50 final score. “We got off to a good sta...
So, what do you think? Will the earth end on Dec. 21st? For some of you, reading this will prove the earth does not follow the supposed end of earth supposedly predicted by the Mayan Calendar — after all you got the paper on the 21st or later and are reading it. For others who get the paper before the 21st … well, you may still be wondering what will happen on Friday. Just exactly when will the end come on the 21st? Will it happen at noon in each time zone? All at once all over? I have to tel...
The Texas Trail Market held its annual meeting Monday night at the Historic Pine Bluffs High School complete with dinner and door prizes. General Manager Bill Cushing gave his annual report and Linda Coffman received a service gratitude award for 35 years of service to the store. In addition to the meal, goodie bags were handed out to all who attended....
The Burns Town Council meeting opened Monday night with discussion on the future of the planned dollar store in the former town hall building. Expecting to have renovations done on the interior, an asbestos study was done. That study revealed tile flooring containing asbestos. That news caused prospective store owner Sabrina Mathews to reconsider taking on the building lease. However, her additional plan to open an H&R Block tax service caused reconsideration. The tax service requires specific...
The Burns Lady Broncs opened the gym for the second Burns Winter Classic and at the hot hand of Mckenzie Ward came away with two wins in three games. The locals played two games on Friday against Central of Cheyenne and Shoshoni. They ended the day in a 1-1 split, before ending the classic with a win over Moorcroft. Mckenzie Ward set the scoring pace against Shoshoni with her high score of 13. Chelsea Engel found the net for nine points. Alex McCart had the team-high boards with seven. Despite... Full story
The Burns Broncs played host last weekend for the Burns Winter Classic and came away with two wins in three contests. “We were happy to pick up two more wins on the season, but realize we still have a lot of room for improvement,” coach Sean Patterson said. Travis Romsa hit the double-double in the teams’ games on Friday while helping his teammates post a 58-53 win over Shoshoni and a 50-38 victory over the Central Indians. His first DD came with 23 points and 12 boards against Shoshoni. The s...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling squad headed to Cheyenne for the Charlie Lake Memorial Tournament last weekend. Both varsity and junior varsity wrestlers competed, with the JV coming away with two firsts, a second and a third place finish. “Our varsity kids had a tough tournament this weekend,” coach Dan Clayson said. “We learned a lot, and will be better for it. Our junior varsity kids did really well.” For the varsity, all five Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestlers were defeated by pin.Those wrestle...
