Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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Come out to the "bluffs" on Tuesdays for a trek, refreshments and other activitiies. During a recent Tuesday trek, the youngsters had a great time climbing and then enjoying a scavenger hunt. According to Sonja Fornstrom, director "We had a great group on Tuesday and it was a beautiful day."...
Grover CO had its 97th annual PRCA rodeo this weekend. The Biggest Little Rodeo in The West. Because so many rodeos have been cancelled, there were several "big" PRCA champions competing. There were arena record breaking scores and event record breaking scores. This was a rodeo for the record books! 3 former NFR champions and one reserve champion competed in little old Grover CO! Mary Walker (2012 NFR Champion) won the barrel racing today at age 61! She also won Grover back in 2012, the same...
June 18 saw the first Pine Bluffs Recreation Pet Parade in the park. Hosted by recreation director Sonja Fornstrom, the small group was entertained by a dog named Tinkerbell and a feisty little rabbit courtesy of Diana Sanchez Everyone that attended was awarded a participation ribbon, and Tinkerbell the dog was able to show off her wardrobe. Diana Sanchez's bunny won a blue ribbon for being the most entertaining pet in attendance. A big thank you sent out to Desiree Johnson for bringing...
The Wyoming Rodeo Association came to Pine Bluffs this weekend to hold their annual small-town rodeo. This event occurs in many of the surrounding states in their small towns and the association is doing their best to ensure that the state of Wyoming and the rodeo remain synonymous. While the COVID situation was a factor in some of the entries, there were still plenty of participants for the two-day affair. Pine Bluffs local Charity Hoar was able to snag third place in the Breakaway event and wh...
Sheridan, Wyo.—Despite the annual Wyoming vs. Montana All-Star basketball games being cancelled, teams had been selected prior to the cancellation. The games were scheduled to take place on June 12 and 13 this year. The rosters for the Wyoming All-Star teams and the selection of Ms. Wyoming and Mr. Wyoming are: 2020 Wyoming Boys All-Star Roster: Gus Wright, Sheridan High School. Wright average 16.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game for the Broncs. Gus will play basketball at Colorado State University- Pueblo. Xavier McCord, Cheyenne East High S...
Wyoming Rodeo Association is bringing rodeo back to Pine Bluffs. “The WRA has been around for a long time,” states Gus Cross, President. Cross has been a member for eleven years and enjoys keeping the old west alive. Events for this coming weekend include:steer wrestling, break away roping, tie down roping, saddle bronce riding, team roping, mixed team roping, barrell racing and bull riding. WRA is open to all ages for membership and competition....
The chilly air in the rain did not keep some residents from attending the tailgate party at the Pine Bluffs Community Center this weekend. Sonja Fornstrom and the Recreation Department opened the Community Center parking lot to allow folks to barbecue and enjoy social distancing company. Katt Fornstrom was on hand to roll out the music including requests for loved ones and special friends. Several families gathered outside to help take part in the festivities, and a good time was had by all....
"We've made changes to both the 01 car and the 11 pickup. New and better parts. Working after work and all weekend to get them done. We have a new car getting built and can't wait to let everyone see it. We're all hoping everything gets over soon and we can get back to racing. Doug Fornstrom, Tim bland and I will be racing this season and be shooting for the championships." said Jesse Fornstrom of Fornstrom Racing...
Michael Shain signed his letter of intent to attend Dickinson (N.D) State University to continue his basketball career at home due to the shut down of schools. Signing in his parents home, he expressed his excitement to be playing for the Dickinson "Blue Hawks". "He is very excited and looking forward to playing basketball for them." said his mom, Shannon Shain. Michael Shain is the son of Bill and Shannon Shain of Pine Bluffs....
Schools not in session, sports are a no go thus we have exercising the hands with coloring for Easter. Children from around the Pine Bluffs Post area cut out pictures from the paper for the Easter Coloring Contest. The children had six different pictures to choose from, and over a week entries were brought in by proud parents. The winners of the contest were broken down into age groups. Ages 6-8 received seven entries. Ages 9-11 received five entries and ages 12-14 had two. Winner of the 6-8...
Pine Bluffs High School graduate 2017, Hunter Thompson is staying put in Wyoming. Speaking with dad, Todd Thompson, he confirmed the news about his son. "Hunter is excited to stay in Laramie. He has always taken his role of representing UW very seriously. The negativity swirling around the program has really hurt his heart over the past few years because he was all in with what his coaches were teaching. He truly believes that God might be sending him the people who help him achieve his goals,...
By Davis Potter Casper Star-Tribune LARAMIE — One of Wyoming’s own is staying put following the coaching change to the Cowboys’ basketball program. Sophomore forward Hunter Thompson announced Monday he’ll be returning to the team next season to play for first-year coach Jeff Linder. The Pine Bluffs native took to Twitter to make his intentions known. “Over the past few weeks I have spent time with my family and loved ones,” Thompson wrote in a series of tweets. “Despite all the pessimistic attitude towards Wyoming basketball I am happy to annou...
Local football player, track star, and all-around awesome kid, Keenan Manlove just found out that he has been accepted to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. With the way that the world is right now it's been hard to keep up with our local seniors, and as uncertain as everything is, it's hard to imagine that there would still be some positive news to report, but here in the Pine Bluffs, Burns, Albin, and Carpenter areas there are still some pretty incredible people out there making...
Nick Yelton, Social Studies teacher and coach at Pine Bluffs High School has rejoined a love of dirt biking. This time, he has taken it farther than a love to ride, but is now competing at races. His first race has shown him his talent is there. Out of forty some racers, Yelton finished in 12th place in the C2 class in Colorado's CORCS race. Yelton has been riding since college. He is a graduate of Dickinson College in North Dakota. Anna Butler, a senior at Pine Bluffs High School, has a...
Casper Showdown 2020 Folkstyle Tournament Sunday March 1st. 10 & Under Division 50- Jesse Gortney 1st Place 67- Jax Thurin 5th Place 72- Jax Thurin 5th Place 12 & Under Division 77- MaKenna Thurin 2nd Place Casper Showdown 2020 Greco Tournament Sunday March 1st. 10 & Under Division 50- Jesse Gortney 1st Place 67- Jax Thurin 1st Place 72- Jax Thurin 1st Place 12 & Under Division 77- MaKenna Thurin 2nd Place P2P Cowboy Kids Laramie Folkstyle Tournament Saturday March 7th. 4 & Under Division 31-...
There is no higher priority than the safety of our Scouts, Scouting families, volunteers and communities. Due to an abundance of caution and guidance from Longs Peak Council BSA, all pack activities and events between now and through April 6th are either cancelled or postponed. These are temporary measures in place so we can help limit the spread of the disease. With the rapidly escalating health concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the decision to cancel or postpone our events was not made lightly. We are...
The Hornets faced the loss of their championship dreams when they fell to Wyoming Indian on the first day of the 2020 2A Tournament Championship. The 72/68 loss for the boys took them out of contention for the title, but still left them with a chance to show out for the consolation game. The boys were able to sweep Kemmerer with a 70/59 win on Friday giving them a chance to move up to the next slot where they faced Rocky Mountain. The boys fought hard and gave up almost nothing, but in the end t...
The Lady Hornets came out strong in this years tournament games. The girls started the weekend with a 57/30 win over Kemmerer on Thursday. Not to be swayed by the big gym and the early time, the girls came out strong with winning on the brain. The ladies marched into the Friday semi-final game with that same spirit and managed a 63/27 resounding defeat over Niobrara County. Spirits high and an attitude to win, the Lady Hornets came into Saturday's championship game ready to fight. The Lady...
Our first game was against number one seed Buffalo who is a very good team. We played well and had the lead for most of the first half. They came out of half time on fire and we couldn't close the gap. Overall we played well it just wasn't enough. Our second game we played Thermopolis who is a very good team. We came out shooting well and never looked back. We ended up winning 55-39. The last game was against number one overall seed Wheatland. Wheatland shot the best they have all season and we...
The second weekend of the "Top Gun" bowling tournament was a handicap event at the Pine Bowl in Pine Bluffs.. Bowlers traveled from all over the tri-state area to compete in the Top Gun Handicap Tournament on March 7th and 8th.. Saturday, started off with 59 bowlers and would be narrowed down to the "Top 8" for Sunday. There were many strikes bowled and some very high scores, but only one perfect 300 games was accomplished. The bowler performing the perfect game was local bowler, Tristen Zitek....
Local resident Refugio Cerenil competed this weekend in the USA Powerlifting Championship in Casper, and while he wasn't able to bring home a medal, he was able to out perform two of his own personal best records. The championship consisted of three categories, bench press, squat and deadlift. When Cerenil competed in the Trojan Iron War back in December he had only competed twice, but was able to bring home second place including making the top ten for bench press in the whole state. Hoping to...
