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Pines Bluffs High School junior Kyle Steger has been recognized by the Wyoming High School Activities Association with a Good Sportsmanship Award for his outstanding conduct during the October 9 football game against Upton/Sundance. Although the Hornets lost 41-20 at home, the officials noted, "Kyle played the game with integrity and heart. He was respectful of the game, his opponent and the officials. He showed his true character by helping his opponents and his teammates off the pile, while...
Pine Bluffs senior netter Brooke Darden was recently named 2015 SEWAC Player of the Year and named to the 2015 2A Volleyball All-Conference, All-State and All-Southeast Region teams. Also named to the 2A All-Conference Team were fellow Lady Hornets Jayden Golding, Kammie Ragsdale and Sierra Shelit....
The Wyoming High School Activities Association has awarded Pine Bluffs volleyballer Azhane Bufford a WHSAA Good Sportsmanship Award for exemplary conduct shown October 23 vs. Niobrara County. “(She) offered encouragement to her teammates and when she would make a mistake, she would get right back into the game,” said WHSAA officials Debby Followell and Gene Hood on their nomination sheet. “She wouldn’t let the mistake take her down. She has a great smile and she smiled often to her teammates....
Burns High School senior Skylar Trembath was recently awarded a Good Sportsmanship Award by the Wyoming High School Activities Association for her excellent leadership shown during the Lady Broncs’ volleyball match versus Kimball on October 1. Said WHSAA official Debby Followell of Trembath’s conduct, “(She) worked hard and was encouraging and helping her teammates up. I thought she showed excellent sportsmanship throughout the game....
The Burns High School Lady Broncs volleyball team and coaching staff was recently given a Good Sportsmanship Award by the Wyoming High School Activities Association for their outstanding conduct against Lusk on October 17. “This was a close, hard-fought match with many long and intense rallies,” said officials Kathy Hamer-Smith and Robin Schainost. “A playoff spot was in jeopardy, but throughout the entire match, both teams and coaching staffs displayed outstanding sportsmanship....
Monday, Nov. 2 was "Wear Red Day" at Pine Bluffs Elementary during Red Ribbon Week. Wearing red as a pledge to stay "Bully And Drug Free" were students, from left, Kami Tangeman (6th grade), Jaden Shelit (6th grade), Abby Gray (5th grade), Enrique Garcia (4th grade) and Ty Sweeter (6th grade). Red Ribbon Week is the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program....
At Monday night’s Burns Town Council meeting, Burns Ambulance Service supervisor Brian Eveleth informed council he is looking into switching the service’s billing service in an effort to improve collection rates. “I have a couple options I am looking at,” said Eveleth. “I’m looking at AMR (American Medical Response) and a company out of Denver.” The company located in Denver is EMS Billing Services Inc. Eveleth informed council the recommendation on AMR is not favorable because of that company’s low collection rate, which currently is 35 to 38...
Last Friday, the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets traveled to Big Horn for the 2015 2A East Regional Volleyball Tournament as the number one seed from the southeast region. In the first round, they faced Tongue River, the number four seed from the northeast region. The Lady Hornets were unable to put together a cohesive attack, tallying over 50 hitting, blocking, and serving errors in the 3-1 loss (13-25, 16-25, 25-20, 19-25). "It's hard to win when your errors are double your positive points," said...
The Pawnee Coyotes steamrolled the Cotopaxi Pirates in six-man football play in Grover, Colo. last Friday. In just the first quarter of play, the Coyotes put 43 unanswered points on the board to put the game away early and had the Pirates walking the plank with a 63-12 victory. The Pirates avoided the shutout by scoring six points in the second quarter, while Pawnee padded their lead with an additional 14 points to take a 57-6 lead into the break. In the third quarter, the Coyotes added six points to go up 63-6. The Pirates put another six...
The Burns Lady Broncs went into the 2015 2A East Regional Volleyball Tournament last week as the number four seed in the southeast but they faced two opponents that proved to be too much for the varsity netters. In the first round, the Lady Broncs were swept by Wright, falling 0-3 (10-25, 11-25, 10-25). Despite the outcome of each game, Coach Christina Patterson said, “We played really consistent against a very strong Wright team.” Individual stats: Jessica Malm – 6 kills, 11 digs Madisyn Mirich - 4 kills Katie Norris - 1 kill, 12 digs Isabe...
As his high school running career wraps up, Pine Bluffs senior Jorge Garcia is certain of one thing; as personal bests and records are set in his wake, his future is right on track. Running has always come naturally to Garcia and his inspiration wasn't too far away. His cousin, Alejandro Garcia, was also a runner at Pine Bluffs High School and quickly became Jorge's mentor and role model. "He was the state champ his senior year," said Jorge. "He's pretty much my brother. He asked me if I would...
The Cheyenne Noon Rotary Club presented new dictionaries to Mrs. Theobald's third-grade class at Pine Bluffs Elementary School on October 29. Pictured in the front row with their new dictionaries are, from left, Travis Lerwick, Krysta Hawley and Sommer Bufford. Pictured in the back are Rotary Club members Ron Rabou, Sharon Fain-Steenbergen and Judy Marshall....
First-grader Jace Golding wears a horned lizard on his head as part of a presentation by Wild Man Phil at Pine Bluffs Elementary School sponsored by PB Buzz on October 20....
In a unanimous vote Monday night, Pine Bluffs Town Council voted to approve a resolution for a rate increase for the Pine Bluffs Day Care Center. The effective date of the increase is January 1, 2016. “With the changes proposed, if our enrollment stays as it did during the month of September, it would bring in approximately $17,000 more per year in added revenues,” said Pine Bluffs Treasurer Kimberly Patterson. Councilman Mark Fornstrom moved to approve the resolution with a second by Councilman Mike Ragsdale. The vote was unanimous with For...
Last Tuesday, October 20, The Burns Lady Broncs volleyball team hosted Southeast and beat the Cyclones 3-1 (25-17, 18-25, 25-23, 25-17). "We finally played a match where we put it all together," said coach Christina Patterson. "The girls played consistent and confident against Southeast." Individual stats: Malli O'Neal - 2 aces, 16 digs Rachel Kelly - 2 aces, 9 kills, 16 digs Willow Martin - 2 aces, 26 assists, 9 digs Jessica Malm - 16 kills, 22 digs Katie Norris - 11 kills, 13 digs Madisyn...
Like any good contest, both sides will trade jabs while trying to deliver the knockout blow. It was that way for the Burns Broncs Friday night as they sparred on the road with the Wright Panthers, still looking for that elusive first win of the season. In the end, it was not to be as the home team sent the Broncs home with a 30-21 loss to finalize their season record at 0-8. The first quarter was all Panthers as they put up 22 unanswered points. Then it was time for the Broncs to retaliate. With 10:22 on the clock in the second quarter, Burns...
On Friday, October 23, the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets faced the Lady Tigers from Niobrara County. They won in four sets (25-23, 23-11, 22-25, 25-22). Individual stats: Ashlyn Culp - 89% serving, 1 kill, 4 digs Azhane Bufford - 67% serving, 11 kills, 5 blocks, 2 digs Brooke Darden - 4 aces, 91% serving, 2 kills, 25 assists, 16 digs Jaclyn Davison - 100% serving, 1 dig Jadyn Golding - 80% serving, 1 kill, 18 digs Kammie Ragsdale - 1 ace, 56% serving, 1.5 blocks, 13 digs Kayla Thurin - 5 aces, 7 kills Kenzie Graves - 100% serving, 1 kill, 2...
Despite a late fourth-quarter surge, the Pine Bluffs Hornet football team ended their season Friday night with a 28-25 loss to Tongue River. With the loss, Pine Bluffs finishes the season at 3-4 in regional play and 4-4 overall. "I thought the kids gave us everything they had," said coach Will Gray. "We took a step forward this season to building a winning program." It was senior night for the football team. Seniors honored before the game were Trent Werner, Kyle Jeffres, Bryce Eastman and Taylo...
On October 16, the Lady Hornets volleyball team traveled to Burns to take on the Lady Broncs and come home with a 3-1 win (26-24, 25-15, 18-25, 25-20). "It was as very defensive match with several long volleys," said Coach Chris Nusbaum. "It took four sets to determine the winner, but eventually we came out on top." Individual stats Azhane Bufford - 4 kills, 6 blocks, 1 dig Ashlyn Culp - 100% serving Brooke Darden - 94% serving with 2 aces, 15 assists, 13 digs Jadyn Golding - 88% serving, 32...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets improved to 4-3 in pigskin action last Friday with a 36-21 stinging of the host Moorcroft Wolves. “The kids did a good job of staying focused during the long bus ride,” said Coach Will Gray. “Our secondary played much better.” Pine Bluffs totaled 396 yards of offense, 332 by the run, 64 by the pass. Leading the ground attack for the Hornets was Ruger Lewis, who picked up 180 net yards rushing, followed by Trent Werner with 90 yards, Isaiah Montanes with 19, Kyle Jeffres with 16 and Haize Fornstrom with 14 yards. Through...
The Lady Broncs dropped their match against Pine Bluffs 3-1 last Friday, but rallied with a 3-0 win vs. Lusk on Saturday. “Serving played an important role this week as we took one set from Pine Bluffs and won the match against Lusk”, said Coach Christina Patterson. “We also are starting to play more consistent.” On Saturday, the Lady Broncs swept Lusk 3-0, beating the Lady Tigers 28-26, 25-19, 25-19. Individual stats Jessica Malm - 6 aces, 4 kills, 18 digs Rachel Kelly - 3 aces, 3 kills Willow Martin - 4 aces, 2 kills, 8 assists, 6 digs Ka...
The Burns Broncs were no match for the undefeated visiting Wheatland Bulldogs last Friday, falling 61-6 in high school gridiron play. The Broncs tallied just 117 total yards in offense, 111 on the ground and six through the air on a total of 45 plays. Junior Klayton Clark lead the Broncs offense with 90 rushing years on 11 carries with one touchdown, followed by River Schroeder with 15 yards on five rushes, Austyne Zettler with seven yards on 16 attempts and Alex Pyle ran the ball twice for a loss of one yard. Roman Delgado had the lone...