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The Pine Bluffs Hornets capped off an impressive year with a third-place finish at the Wyoming High School State Track and FIeld Meet in Casper over the weekend. Lovell won the title with Pine Bluffs narrowly finishing behind Big Horn. Head Coach Dustin Lee said it's difficult to compete against Lovell at the state level given they're the largest 2A school in the state. In addition to contributing to a third-place overall finish, Tucker Norman won state in the discus throw with a a distance of...
Maddie Fornstrom capped off a stellar sophomore campaign with all-state honors in the pole vault at the Wyoming High School state track and field meet held in Casper over the weekend. Fornstrom vaulted to a height of 9-06.00. But that wasn't the only success the sophomore experienced during the three-date meet. In the 100-meter hurdles, Fornstrom placed fourth with a time of 17.19. She was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (50.53). The relay team of Amber Abrams, Jourdaine Cerenil, Maegan Madden...
The Burns Lady Broncs finished their 2018 track and field season with a fifth-place finish at the state meet in Casper held over the weekend. Malli O’Neal took fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.43. Sophomore Piper Perez was sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:30.18. In the same event, Layne Burnett finished eighth at 2:32.44. Burnett had better success in the 1600-meter run. She finished third with a time of 5:46.83. Perez also earned a top-eight in the 1600. She finished seventh at 5:52.36. In the 3200-meter run, B...
Larry Silvey got a pleasant surprise Tuesday afternoon. The Pine Bluffs resident was running errands when he drove by Veterans Memorial Plaza in Pine Bluffs. Silvey, the driving force behind the statues depicting service members at the plaza, has been working to install a mural at the plaza that shows famous American landmarks while also honoring veterans. Last week, Silvey told Pine Bluffs Town Council members that the mural was to be installed on Monday, but bad weather prevented that. So he...
Following second-place finishes at the Eastern Wyoming Track and Field Regional Meet over the weekend, the Pine Bluffs Hornets and Lady Hornets have reason to be optimistic. Just ask head coach Dustin Lee who said his team has a strong chance of bringing back some hardware. But things have to go the right way. It's not going to be easy though with a strong Lovell team predicted to be a front-runner at this year's state meet. "If Lovell has some bad things happen and we have some kids perform...
Town of Pine Bluffs department heads will revisit assessing fees at the public swimming pool following passionate pleas from concerned citizens at a regularly scheduled town council meeting Monday night. The council voted last month to assess $1 fees for youth and seniors and a $2 fee for adults. Speaking at Monday's meeting, two residents compared charging to use the pool would essentially turn it into a private pool and deprive the town's youth of a vital summer activity. "The pool is the...
Pine Bluffs track and field head coach Dustin Lee was pleasantly surprised in Glenrock last weekend. "The girls winning was a nice feather in our cap," Lee said. "I knew we could win, but it was going to take getting people in events they're not normally in and having some kids do better than normal. "And they did awesome. They won by a lot more points than I even anticipated." Lee said the win came from "a lot of kids stepping up." One example of that was an personal best performance in the...
The Lady Broncs gained a bit of momentum with a second-place finish at the Southeastern Wyoming Athletic Conference track and field meet over the weekend. Pipe Perez earned a win in the 800-meter run and placed in other events. Layne Burnett, a freshman, won the 1600-meter run just in front of Madison Thompson. Now, it’s just matter of seeing how the team performs this weekend at the Wyoming 1A/2A East Region meet in Torrington. Overall results follow: 100-METER DASH Malli O’Neal, second, 13.92; Rachel Kelly, seventh, 14.66 200-METER DASH Rac...
The Burns Broncs had a strong outing heading into the Wyoming Eastern 1A/2A Regional meet this weekend in Torrington. Wyatt Ebben continued an already strong season with a win in the 3200-meter run with a 12:01.60 effort. He also won the 1600-meter run. Burns 4X800-meter team of Kaden Lakin, Daniel Childers, Dakota Corman and Ebben also had an outright win. Team result follows: 100-METER DASH Matt Ashworth, fifth, 12.45; Daniel Jensen, seventh, 12.47 (SR) 200-METER DASH Daniel Jensen, eigth,...
LUSK - Saturday afternoon at Niobrara County High School in Lusk, Pine Bluffs junior Kendra Sloan was well on her way to winning the pole vault event and setting a personal record when the last call for 100-meter hurdles rang out. That was a problem for Sloan, as she hadn't finished competing in the pole vault when she was called to the hurdles, another event she excelled in Saturday. "She tweaked her knee on the third hurdle," head coach Dustin Lee said. "I didn't see it happen, but when she...
Several Burns Lady Broncs picked up wins at various track and field meets throughout last week. Heading into the final stretch of the season, team members traveled to and competed at two meets Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday, the a few Lady Broncs headed to the Best of the West invitational meet in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Piper Perez picked up a win in the meet which showcases the best track and field athletes from eastern Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle. Layne Burnett also managed a...
It's been a long and hectic week for the Pine Bluffs Hornets track and field team with portions of the team competing in three meets last week. It started Wednesday with a number of team members heading to the invite-only Best of the West meet in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. DUSTIN QUOX Then, on Friday, the team traveled to Casper for the Wyoming Track Classic. Finally, the Hornets headed to Lusk where they placed WHERE THEY PLACED. This week, the Hornets will compete in the Pine Bluffs Field...
The Burns Broncs had quite the week on the track and in the field last week. On Wednesday, several Burns Broncs headed up to Scottsbluff, Nebraska to compete in the Best in the West Invitational meet. The meet featured some of the stars from eastern Wyoming and Western Nebraska. Tyler Norris traveled to Casper to compete in the Wyoming Track Classic where he was fifth in the pole vault with a 13’01.00” effort. Saturday saw a larger team competing in Lusk, and there were several high points, including multiple top-two and three performances. Res...
Last week, the Wyoming Recreation and Parks Association held its annual workshop right here in Pine Bluffs. In the past the event has been held in Casper, but that changed last Thursday. The workshop was one of two annual events the association holds each year, the other being the annual conference. At the annual workshop, parks and recreation professionals networked and attended different seminars including event planning and marketing. Pine Bluffs Recreation Director Sonja Fornstrom, who is also a WRPA board member, said the event was an...
Several strong performances in Pine Bluffs landed Burns a third-place finish at the Pine Bluffs invitational track meet Thursday, April 19. Keenan Manlove was the only Bronc to outright win an event. His 10-07.00 effort in the pole vault carried him to first place in that event, ahead of Boe Clayson who finished with a 10-01.00 vault. However, because a number of Broncs chipped in to place and thereby earn points in other events, they were still able to walk away with third-place honors. The...
Entering the heart of the 2018 track and field season, the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets don’t seem to be losing any steam as they just edged out Burns last weekend here at home. The Lady Hornets bested the Lady Broncs with 107.5 points. The Lady Broncs earned 102 points, but that wasn’t enough as the Lady Hornets earned 102. Maddie Fornstrom put together several strong showings during Thursday’s meet, including a win in the 300-meter hurdles. The 4X800-meter relay team consisting of Hallie Christofferson, Kaetlin Paice, Shelby Thurin and Maega...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets continued a successful season last week when they hosted a home meet Thursday. Placing for the Hornets, by event were: 100-METER DASH Seth Tangeman, first, 12.22;Marvin Reza, sixth, 13.04 200-METER DASH Seth Tangeman, first, 24.68 ;Bradley Shmidl, sixth, 26.91 (PR) 3200-METER RUN Michael Shain, fifth, 12:09.37 (PR); Donte Jacobsen, sixth, 12:15.55 110-METER HURDLES Kyle Thurin, sixth, 19.65 300-METER HURLDES Kyle Thurin, fifth, 46.30 4X100-METER RELAY Ishmael DePaullite,...
Runners and field athletes from throughout western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming were in Pine Bluffs last Thursday for the Pine Bluffs track and field invitational. The Pine Bluffs Hornets and Lady Hornets both won the meet in their respective divisions. The Burns Lady Broncs earned second-place honors while the boys were third. Thursday’s meet marked a turning point in the season as the meets will begin to get “more serious” as the stakes are raised. This week, students from Pine Bluffs and B...
Operating a swimming pool is expensive. As an example, Pine Bluffs pays about $60,000 each year to operate its swimming pool, which is only open three months out of the year. That’s why council members voted Monday to assess fees at the swimming pool this summer. It will cost $1.50 to visit the swimming pool this summer. “A pop costs a dollar,” Council Member Donn Randall said. “We’re squabbling over a dollar.” In addition to $1.50 being nominal, Randall said the future fees will encourage p...
A Cheyenne woman faces more than a dozen charges after she was arrested following a high-speed pursuit that ended near Egbert last week. According to a Wyoming Highway Patrol press release, Natsha Jo Dawn Patnode, 29, was arrested late Tuesday night following a pursuit that originated in Cheyenne. The previous night, Patnode was observed traveling 104 mph in a posted 75 mph zone on Interstate 25. When troopers attempted to stop her, she fled into Colorado before the chase was terminated, the patrol alleges. Tuesday night, Patnode was observed...
Pine Bluffs academic challenge team members took sixth place at the state meet held in Riverton last week. Team members included Scout Pachel, Samuel Garcia, Taylor Crouse, Christina Yeley-Ritter, Greg Fornstrom, Reagan Pachel, Joey Romans, Diana Sanchez, Monica Sujka, Jose and Juliana Baca-Martinez and Twyla Butler. Eight teams competed in the tournament all-state tournament, held April 9 in Riverton. “I’m really proud of our kids,” PBHS coach Eric Kestner said in a written statement. “We missed out on the big prizes and scholarships but we...
BURNS - Four Pine Bluffs Hornets added to already impressive seasons last week with wins on the track and in the field at the Burns Invitational track meet last Thursday. Riding an outstanding year in the 100-meter dash, Seth Tangeman took home first-place honors in the event. For his 136-foot throw, Tucker Norman earned first place in the discus toss. Haize Fornstrom won the triple jump by nearly three feet with his 40-8.50 effort. And Ishmael DePaullite, who is also having quite a senior...
BURNS - Kendra Sloan might have earned the Lady Hornets' only event win last week at the Burns Invitational track and field meet, but several of her teammates put up strong performances to help the team take second-place. Sloan won the pole vault at 8-10.00, but a number of her teammates earned several top-four places. Head Coach Dustin Lee has referred to it as nickel and diming in the past. The team's diversity showed yet again this year as Lady Hornets were represented - and well - in events...
