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The Burns Broncs were on a winning streak. They had won their last two games and were on an emotional high as the headed into their homecoming game last Friday. The team was coming together and making plays and hitting their spots and stopping their opponents. Last Friday was their homecoming and morale was high as they faced off against the Big Horn Rams. The Rams were a bit tougher than the Broncs wanted and their winning streak came to an end. The Broncs lost the contest 49-7. It was a...
After their heartbreaking loss to the Lady Outlaws the Lady Broncs traveled to Torrington to face the Lady Trailblazers. The Lady Trailblazers are seated number 2 in the 3A conference and have a 13-6 seasonal record. The Lady Broncs put up a good fight in the first match losing 25-21 but could not keep up the pace and fell 25-14 and 25-12 in the next two matches to lose the game 3-0. The Lady Broncs are starting to show much improvement in their game play and will in time be putting marks in the win column. Mari Wiles led the team in the game w...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club must have made some kind of agreement with Mother Nature, as last Friday was another perfect night for roping. The temperature was not hot, no wind or rain and the arena was a bit dusty but great for roping. It was Burns homecoming and maybe some of the normal contestants might have been a bit pre-occupied. Still there were 15 ropers that showed up to test their skills. They were divided into 45 teams. As the teams each chased after the bovine target it was evident...
Over 40 bowlers traveled to the Cheyenne Red Lion for the Wyoming State Jamboree bowling tournament to compete for state titles. Two of the bowlers scored big. Tristen Zitek and Codel Charvat both won state titles. Codel Charvat, from Kimball, Nebraska bowls in a league at Pine Bowl here in Pine Bluffs. Charvat won the State Singles Scratch event championship. He received a nice plaque and bragging rights. Charvat bowled a 268, 266 and 264 totaling a 798 series for the singles championship....
The Burns Broncs football team will start to rebuild their team from the ground up. They have a new head coach Travis Romsa. Coach Romsa was the teams head coach a few years ago and was asked to come back and help rebuild the team. Coach Romsa did some recruiting from the school and hopefully got some good talent and personnel. It looks like the team will field about 40 players this year compared to the few that were there last year. With some returning players like Mason Terry, Hunter Munson, Mason Medley and Tagr Holmes Coach Romsa will have...
It’s hard to say that the Hornets football team had a disappointing season with a 6-3 record. However, being that they were undefeated in their first six games and were looking to go back to the state championship game, the end of the season was anything but satisfying. Head Coach Will Gray mentioned how disappointed he was with the end of the season and says that they will be going back to basics in the off-season. Hitting, tackling and blocking will be the focal points at practice. Coach Gray will have some pretty big shoes to fill on the t...
If you are an aviation enthusiast or just like to fly you have probably heard the name Richard Bastian of Bastian Aviation. Bastian has been flying since 1966 and has been very active in building aircraft and flying acrobatics. Bastian has won numerous trophies including placing second at Nationals that was held in Czechoslovakia. The Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame, in conjunction with the Wyoming Aeronautics Commission, named Richard Bastian the 2024 inductee into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team continued their winning ways and dominating play against the Wright Panthers. The Hornets traveled to Wright, Wyoming to face the Panthers last Friday night in a conference game. The Hornets are currently ranked 2nd in the East Conference with a 3-0 seasonal record and 2-0 conference record. Coached by Head Coach Will Gray the Hornets seem to be on a path to another undefeated season. However, there is still a lot of football to play. The Hornets defeated...
The Burns Broncs football team did something they couldn't do all last year. The Broncs have their second win of the season. After losing their first two games the Broncs have come back strong and won their last two games. Their latest victory came last Friday against the Glenrock Herders. It was a solid performance by the team. Coach Romsa said, "Our kids played hard and well. I'm proud of our effort and the way we came to play." He then added, "We forced a lot of turnovers and capitalized off...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club held another team roping competition last Friday evening. Although there were only 15 ropers the competition was fierce, and ropes were swinging. A total of 37 teams competed on the night. The cowboys and cowgirls were working hard on an absolutely beautiful evening with temperatures perfect and very little wind. Unbeknownst to the club a couple from England had driven from Cheyenne just to see the event. Mervin and Maxine Freeman from England were on vacation and...
The Lady Hornets are on the winning path to another showing at the state tournament. The Lady Hornets have won their seventh game in a row with a 2-3 win over the Mitchell Lady Tigers. The Lady Tigers put up a valiant battle, but the Lady Hornets would not break. After losing the first game 28-26 the Lady Hornets won the next two games decisively 13-25 and 19-25. The Lady Hornets had a brief lapse in concentration and let the Lady Tigers catch up and tie the game with a 25-22 loss. However, the Lady Hornets pulled themselves back together and...
The Lady Broncs continue to have problems on the court with another loss to the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs. The team traveled from Buffalo to Wheatland to face the Lady Bulldogs in a non-conference match. This moves the Lady Broncs to a disappointing 0-16 record on the season. The Lady Broncs just never seemed to get into the rhythm on the court. They lost the first game 25-6. Hopefully they were just waking up from the journey. However, the second and third games did not get much better. The Lady Broncs lost the second game 25-10 and the third...
The Lady Broncs volleyball team is still looking for that elusive first win of the season. The Lady Broncs are still trying to find that chemistry that combines six elements into a very strong and cohesive team. Coach McKinney is working with the team daily to see if they can find the right philosophy and techniques to combine the team into one. Their latest challenge was against the Buffalo Lady Bison last Friday. The Lady Broncs lost the game in three straight matches, 25-14, 25-16, and 25-23. The team kept working hard on the floor and was...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team took their talents to Alliance, Nebraska to compete in the Douglas Invite. The team was missing several of their members but still managed to have one runner make it to the podium. Coach Rousseau said this about the race. "We had one harrier on the podium today-JV Boys race, Sutter Allen was 9th. He earned his first medal and a season PR as well." JV GIRLS Morgan was our sole JV runner today and she demolished her time from last week by nearly 2 min...
The Lady Hornets had another hard-fought battle against the Moorcroft Lady Wolves last Saturday. Coming off the heated battle against the Lady Tigers the Lady Hornets were hoping for an easy win against the Lady Wolves but instead found themselves in another 5-match game. The Lady Hornets extended their winning streak to nine games with a 2-3 win over the Lady Wolves. After winning the first match decisively 17-25 the Lady Hornets fell to the Lady Wolves 25-21 in the second match. The Lady Hornets regrouped and came back in the third match to...
Burns/Pine Bluffs cross-country track team traveled across the state line to Kimball, Nebraska to run in the Kimball Invite. The weather was perfect for the event and the kids performed outstandingly. The meet only runs four races and according to head coach Ashley Rousseau, "It's always awesome to see the team's internal competition on courses like this. We had at least one harrier in each of the races make it to the podium!!! Our boys also beat Torrington and was a close SECOND PLACE behind...
Hornets football continues to dominate their opponents for their second win of the season. The Hornets traveled to Guernsey, Wyoming for their match up against the Vikings. The Hornets were coming off the dominating win against the Shoshoni Wranglers and wanted to keep the momentum going. The first quarter of the game looked like neither team could produce any points. After that the Hornets became dominant and stung the Vikings 6-70. The second quarter and for the rest of the game the Hornets...
The Burns Broncs football team scored a first win of the season against the Tongue River Eagles last Friday. The team traveled to Dayton, Wyoming to face the Eagles on the gridiron. The team started the game a bit down but fought back. Coach Romsa said this, "We started our first two offense plays with fumbles that TR recovered. Last year's team would have quit, and we would have gotten blown out. The way our kids responded and stepped up is what we have been preaching to them and they finally...
The Lady Hornets volleyball team competed in the Big Horn Tournament last weekend. The three-day event had the Lady Hornets hitting the court eight times against that many teams. The grueling tournament would test the Lady Hornets’ stamina and determination as they faced teams from all across the state. However, the Lady Hornets were up to the challenge and finished the tournament with a 7-1 record. The Lady Hornets currently are seated number one in the conference and have a seasonal record of 12-3. In their first game the Lady Hornets w...
The Lady Broncs volleyball team is still rebuilding and getting back to the championship level that they were at last year. Coach McKinney is still working hard with the girls and getting them comfortable in their positions and responsibilities. The team headed to the Rawlins invite tournament last weekend. They faced teams from Pinedale, Powel, Buffalo and the host Rawlins. The Lady Broncs did not fare well and came home with a 0-4 record from the tournament, a seasonal record of 0-12. In their first game against the Pinedale Lady Wranglers...
The Wyoming News Now team has selected Pine Bluffs' own Justin Lerwick as the week's Prep Athlete of the Week. Lerwick was last year's quarterback for the Hornets but has transitioned to wide receiver this year. Lerwick said that he and Carsten Freeburg had a battle to see who the starting quarterback would be, and Freeburg won. He brings a running game to the position that he did not. In an interview Lerwick said, "When you start your career playing quarterback, you really know what everybody's...
As if on cue the storm broke and the sun shone thru, 15 minutes before the team meeting. The Pine Bluffs Town council was able to walk into town hall without getting drenched or blown over. The lightning and rain stopped, and the sun showed its face as if to say, “Go ahead.” The town council met to cover numerous items needed to continue the town on its path to the future. Items approved included a 24-hour malt beverage permit for the Pine Bluffs Distilling, building permits for Johnson and Cross and some engineering items. Most of the mee...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team got the 2024-25 season off to a great start. The Hornets traveled to Shoshoni to face the Wranglers in a non-conference game. The Hornets started last season off with a 6-0 record but missed the last three games of the season knocking them out of the state championship. Coach Gray is not about to let that happen again and hit the basics hard in practice. At the end of the scrimmage two weeks ago Coach Gray said, "Tackle, hitting and blocking," hinting that...
The Lady Hornets traveled to Yuma, Colorado to take on the Yuma Lady Outlaws in a non-conference match-up. The Lady Hornets, coming off the disappointing loss to the Lady Doggers were looking to get back on the winning train and back on track for the state tournament. Like the loss to the Lady Trailblazers the Lady Hornets started off slow but came through in the end as they won the match 2-3. The Lady Hornets lost the first two matches to the Lady Outlaws but came back and won the last three including the tiebreaker. In what could only be call...
Last Thursday the Lady Broncs hosted the Torrington Lady Trailblazers in an inter-conference match up. The Lady Broncs are going through a rebuilding stage and getting the girls to become comfortable in their new roles. After losing nine seniors last year Head Coach Anndee McKinney has her work cut out for her fitting the team together. There are all new faces starting on the floor this year. Some were on the varsity squad last year and some moved up from the JV team. Now the ones that were on...
