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The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets played just one game last week but it was another big step toward defending their 2A state crown. The team traveled to Glenrock last Saturday and came away with a 50-36 win to improve to 11-0. Pine Bluffs got out to a 19-13 lead in the first quarter and took a 29-20 lead into halftime. Both teams scored 12 in the third and the Lady Hornets pulled away for good in the final quarter to get the win. Jadyn Golding and Kammie Ragsdale each scored 14 points to lead the Lady Hornets in scoring. Sierra Shelit had 8,...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets are showing everybody in Wyoming they are the real deal and the unanimous choice for the #1 spot in the 2A Southeast standings. Their 4-0 showing last weekend in Yoder was a prime example of a defending championship team determined to keep their crown. Last Friday, the boys started the day taking on Kaycee. The Buckaroos took an early 21-11 lead in the first quarter and led 30-26 at the break. The Hornets rebounded in the third, outscoring the Bucks 22-12 to take a 48-42...
The Burns Broncs have a 2-7 record after going 0-4 in Yoder last weekend. Last Friday, the Broncs took on the Big Horn Rams in the morning. The Rams led 11-10 in the first quarter and pulled away in the second to take a 29-14 advantage at halftime. It was all Rams in the second half, outscoring the Broncs 18-9 in the third and 14-1 in the fourth to come away with a 61-24 win. Sam Sharpe led Bronc scoring with 10 points, followed by Klayton Clark with 8 and Jack Ickes and Tyler Norris with 3 poin...
The Burns Lady Broncs stand at 2-8 on the season after a tough weekend that saw the squad go 1-3 in Yoder. After taking off for the Christmas break, the Lady Broncs opened the new year fighting and clawing for every win. Last Friday, the girls fell 48-23 to Big Horn and then lost 40-30 to Shoshoni later in the day. Saturday brought the girls a 63-36 loss at the hands of Tongue River, but the Lady Broncs able to defeat Kaycee 54-30 to come away with one win. Against Big Horn, Brittani Wilson had...
It looks like the Town of Pine Bluffs will soon be moving to the other side of the tracks - at least expanding. At the Dec. 19 meeting of the Pine Bluffs Town Council, Tom Cobb and Brad Emmons from AVI updated the town on the progress of the North Wells Land Use Project. "Since the last time we spoke, we talked a little bit about what we were going to do with the plan," said Cobb. "Now we've gone through, basically, two workshops and two steering committees. I'm here to report on the results of...
Coming off the first 1A state football championship in Pine Bluffs history, head coach Will Gray has been tapped to lead the South team in next year's Shrine Bowl in Casper. Gray's opposite will be Tongue River's John Scott, who coached the Eagles into the title game against Pine Bluffs earlier this year. "We are excited to have Coach Scott and Coach Gray as the head coaches of the 44th Annual Shrine Bowl Game," said John Cundall, Executive Director of the Wyoming Shrine Bowl. "It is always an...
One person is dead following a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 five miles west of Pine Bluffs on Wednesday, December 14. The accident occurred at approximately 1:25 p.m. when a 2016 Freightliner driven by Jaysen Thompson, 45, of Rigby, Idaho, rear-ended a 1993 Chevrolet Blazer driven by 24-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident Bryan Silverthorn. One of Silverthorn's passengers, Kacie Ketchum, 24, of Helena, Montana, was not wearing her seat belt and suffering fatal injuries at the scene of the...
Texas Trail Market General Manager Bill Cushing didn't mince words when he addressed the co-op membership Monday night. "We could lose this store," he said. "This past year has been kind of a disaster because we are still in the red. Our sales were down $124,000. Even with that loss, from the beginning of the third fiscal year on October 1, every week's been pretty much down in sales. So it's not looking very good." The store recently sent out surveys asking patrons what they would like to see...
One person is dead following a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 five miles west of Pine Bluffs on Wednesday, December 14. The accident occurred at approximately 1:25 p.m. when a 2016 Freightliner driven by Jaysen Thompson, 45, of Rigby, Idaho, rear-ended a 1993 Chevrolet Blazer driven by 24-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident Bryan Silverthorn. One of Silverthorn's passengers, Kacie Ketchum, 24, of Helena, Montana, was not wearing her seat belt and suffering fatal injuries at the scene of the...
On ordinary days, things go according to routine. On other days, if you find yourself in the right place at the right time, you can end up saving someone’s life. Laramie County Sheriff’s Deputy Char Madden had one of those out of the ordinary days on October 29. “Deputy (Ryan) Montgomery and I were out off County Road 228, about 30 to 35 miles out on US-85 just finishing up on a different unrelated call,” Madden said. “We were doing paperwork in the car when a couple gentlemen pulled up in a pickup. The driver got out and asked for help and he...
Members of the Pine Bluffs Police Department, Laramie County Fire Districts #1 and #5 and the Laramie County Sheriff's Office stepped up to be heroes for underprivileged kids last Saturday. Through private donations and inter-department funds raised, local heroes were able to make Christmas a little better for 13 Pine Bluffs kids. Each child was given $100 to spend at Walmart in Cheyenne and afterward, there treated to lunch at Pizza Hut by LCFD1. "We took 10 (kids) and we shopped for 13," said...
The 2A #1-ranked Pine Bluffs Hornets and Lady Hornets will be defending their dual state basketball titles starting today as high school basketball gets under way with the Burns Winter Classic tournament. Pine Bluffs will get things started Thursday starting at 4 p.m. with a girls match-up with Wyoming Indian. The boys will follow at 5:30 p.m. Burns will host Moorcroft on the opening night, with the girls playing at 7 p.m. and the boys playing the nightcap game starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday will...
Given their 4-4 finish last season, who knew what was in store for Hornet football fans in 2016? But it's odd how, the team that brought their season to a halt last year, Tongue River, was the same team team they beat to win the state title this year. Can it also be chalked up as coincidence that the two teams that beat Pine Bluffs during the regular season, Tongue River and Upton-Sundance, are the exact teams they re-matched with and beat during the playoffs to win it all? Some will say simply...
In a quote attributed to legendary University of Alabama football coach, the late Paul "Bear" Bryant, "Offense seels tickets, but defense wins championships." If you attended the Wyoming 1A state title game last Saturday in Laramie, then you know there's a lot of weight to that quote. In what can only be described as a battle of defense, the Hornets were able to edge the Tongue River Eagles 10-7 to take state for the first time in the school's history. A feat not lost on head coach Will Gray....
After all the posturing and politicing, the 2016 election season has come to a close and the unofficial results are in. On the national scene, Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton, earning 66 percent of the vote. In the battle for U.S. Representative, Republican Liz Cheney easily defeated Democrat challenger Ryan Greene with 64 percent of the vote. In statewide races, Republican Anthony Bouchard squeaked by Kym Zwonitzer by just a 31-vote margin...
The last time the Pine Bluffs High School football team played in a state championship game, none of the current players were alive, so this Saturday is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Hornets. Pine Bluffs has played for the title three previous times, the last in 1994 – they have never come out the victor. But 2016 is shaping up to be the year of championships in Pine Bluffs, so who's to say this isn't the football team's year. After taking down Rocky Mountain in the 1A q...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets' trip from Cowley last Friday was a lot better than the ride there, due mostly to the win the Hornets got over the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies to advance to the Wyoming 1A semi-final round this coming Friday against Upton-Sundance. "The kids were able to put the long bus ride and rain behind them," said head coach Will Gray. "I thought they did a great job of being locked in at game time. The first half was a battle, but we were able to get going in the second half. These...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets and the Pawnee Coyotes will both be on the road this weekend to face their respective opponents in the first round of high school playoffs. Pawnee will take on Cotopaxi in Canon City, Colo. this Saturday at 2 p.m. after pummeling Briggsdale last Friday, 61-6. On the Wyoming side, the Hornets will be heading to Cowley, Wyo. to take on undefeated Rocky Mountain on Friday night. Pine Bluffs ended the regular season with a win over Lusk (Niobrara County) to end the season at...
Shoppers who frequent Texas Trail Market will notice a significant change in store items over the next few weeks. The grocer’s current supplier, Affiliated Foods Midwest, has merged with Associated Wholesale Grocers. For shoppers, that means a switch from the Shurfine brand of products to AWG’s Best Choice brand. The merger goes into effect Oct 24. “While we make the change in suppliers, customers may experience some slight inconvenience as we phase out Shurfine and stock new items, but this will help us be more competitive and offer more...
Despite losing 28-14 to Tongue River last Friday, the Pine Bluffs Hornets secured a spot in the 1A playoffs. The Hornets were hindered without running back Ruger Lewis, who did not play due to a lower body injury and is questionable for this Friday. "We fought hard," said head coach Will Gray. "(We) made a few mistakes but this group of kids will fight back and correct them." With Lewis out, the Hornets relied on Kyle Steger to run the ball, totaling 110 yards on 26 carries. Quarterback Haize Fo...
The regular season wrapped up last Friday for the Pine Bluffs-Burns cross country teams as they took pat in the 2016 Leroy Sprague Invitational in Cheyenne. Out of seven girls teams at the meet, Pine Bluffs-Burns finished in sixth place. Erin Griese had the best performance for the girls, finished 22nd while Emily Keiter and Brittani Wilson finished 33rd and 34th respectively. Hallie Christofferson placed 42nd, while Gracie Keiter finished 44th, Kelsey Faircloth finished 50th and Sarah Love...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets improved their record to 5-1 with a shutout 32-0 win last Friday over Southeast in Yoder. "I thought the kids played well," said head coach Will Gray. "We were physical upfront and controlled the line of scrimmage." Senior quarterback Haize Fornstrom got Pine Bluffs on the board with a two-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The extra point by Andrew Fornstrom was good to give PB a 7-0 lead in the first. Ruger Lewis ran for a 20-yard TD in the second quarter and at...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets went 3-0 last week, sweeping the competition to improve to 15-4-1 on the year. They knocked off Lingle, 3-1 (25-23 25-18 22-25 25-17). Then they beat Leyton, 3-0 (25-17 25-17 25-19). To cap off the week, they handed Southeast a loss, winning 3-1 (25-17 25-16 24-26 25-18). "We had a great week of volleyball and played some good teams," said coach Lisa Gilbert. "We are doing a better job with consistency in our play and staying aggressive. As you can tell by the...
Several contracting crews, both local and regional, took advantage of the nice weather recently to take care of needed repairs....
Kimball Health Services in Nebraska is getting closer to inking a deal with the Town of Pine Bluffs that would have KHS take control of the building located at 117 East 4th Street, currently used by University of Wyoming/Tri-County Medical Center. Should everything proceed as planned, the new clinic which would be called “The Pine Bluffs (KHS) Health Clinic”, would start offering services the first Monday in January 2017. “It’s a three-part process,” said Ken Hunter, CEO of Kimball Health Services, as he updated Pine Bluffs Town Council o...
