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The Pine Bluffs' football team came away from Friday's home game against Tongue River with a near-perfect 51-6 beating on the visitors. The Hornets scored in nearly every way possible while putting the clampse on the Tongue River offense. "I thought we played well," said Coach Will Gray. "But we are still missing those big chunk plays. We haven't had many big plays on offense and we need to get that corrected." After Isaiah Montanes ran for a three yard touchdown and Andrew Fornstrom was good... Full story
The Pawnee Coyote Ladies hosted the Briggsdale Falcons Thursday September 21 and lost in three matches. Friday September 22 Pawnee hosted the Peetz Bulldogs. Coach Mary Burson said, "The Pawnee Coyotes came up short with the win against Peetz. Coyotes had a slow start and played hard to catch up and did come up with 2 sets but fell short to win the match. Seniors, Jaycie Hahn and Rhiannon Mowery along with Freshman, Shelby Hoffman, played the net well with many attacks. Coyotes will practice... Full story
The Burns football team was on the wrong end of a 28-0 score when they matched up against Moorcroft. After a scoreless first quarter, Moorcroft broke open the scoring with six yard touchdown and 2-point conversion. Five minutes later and just before halftime, Moorcroft scored again. With another 2-point conversion, the hosts were ahead, 16-0. "We're young and it's showing," said Broncs coach Marv Mirich. "We're playing a lot of sophomores and even have a freshman on the varsity team. Even our... Full story
A great team figures out how to win when it is in trouble. Such was the case for the Pine Bluffs Hornets Friday night. Down 14-0, the defending 1A state champions not only had a hill to climb, but atop that hill was Big Horn, last year's 2A state champion. With a shift in classifications, the two powerhouses are both in the 1A division this year. Heading into Friday night's game the Hornets were ranked third, while Big Horn owned the top ranking. After climbing into overtime, Big Horn struck...
The lady Coyotes traveled to Peetz Tuesday September 12 and the Coyotes came home with the victory. Coach Mary Burson said, "The girls played very well. Their serving was on the spot. The setters, Erin Ellis and Shelby Hoffman set the attackers and the attackers, Jaycie Hahn, Rhiannon Mowery, Malauriane Russell and Missy Cline used their good sets to make some kills in the game. I am very proud of the Coyotes on their win." Pawnee Peetz 25 21 25 27 25 19 25 20 3 1 Friday September 15, the...
We ended week 4 of this season with 2 losses. Potter-Dix was a hard hitting team with strong blockers. We came back in the 3rd set from a 13-1 deficit but ended losing the match in three with scores of 12-25, 13-25, 21-25. Our Homecoming match was against the Glenrock Herders. We came out strong and took the first set 25-17. The Herders made adjustments and took the second set 19-25. We ended up losing the last two sets 21-25 and 22-25. We had to make some adjustments to our starting line....
The Pine Bluffs Hornets put a big time sting into visiting rival Pine Bluffs Broncos Friday night, 31-0. After a scoreless first quarter, the Hornets hit paydirt in the second quarter when Isaiah Martinez scored from four yards out. With Andrew Fornstrom making good on the point after touchdown (PAT), Pine Bluffs led 7-0. Haize Fornstrom was next to score. This time it was two yard dive. Andrew Fornstrom was good again on the PAT and 14 points separated the teams. Marvin Reza made good on a 33...
The Pine Bluffs/Burns XC team traveled our shortest distance of the year to Kimball, Nebraska for our annual meet at the Four Winds Golf Course. Most of the harriers have run this course so this was an "old race" for them. This was a quick meet with only three races--all JH, HS girls, and ending with HS boys. We had a couple runners out sick this week, cold and flu season sweeps through most team sports. We are still knocking down our times each week. We have some runners cutting 35 seconds to...
It took not one but two overtimes for the Pine Bluffs Hornets to secure their victory, 20 to 14, over the Mitchell Tigers in Mitchell, Neb. on Friday on the first day of September. With 1:06 minutes remaining in regulation #12, Seth Tangeman intercepted a pass from Mitchell quarterback #12 Thyne on the 34 yard line in Tiger territory. The Hornets went for the end zone with their first play after the interception, but the pass fell incomplete. After another a running play which gained five...
The Pine Bluffs/Burns XC team had their first full team meet today in Gering, Nebraska--we are only missing one runner that hasn't met his 9 practices. With 6 races and over 30 runners we have a full day and lots of things to be happy about, but holy heck was it a scorcher today. This was the first time that our kids ran at the Five Rocks Amphitheater outside of Gering--it was a challenging course. Hills, trails, grass, switch backs, and even a beautiful jaunt around the cemetery. JH girls are...
The Burns Broncs took on the Lusk Tigers last Friday night in Burns, drawing first blood, twice, in the space of three minutes and 26 seconds in the first half. After scoring the first two touchdowns, however, the Broncs came up short, losing by a score of 26 to 12. #32 Tyler Norris, quarterback for the Broncs, hit #21 Alex Pyle for a 56-yard touchdown with 10:18 left in the first quarter. An attempted two-point conversion run by #34 Boe Clayson came up short. Minutes later, Norris hit Pyle...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team traveled to Yoder, Wyo. on Friday, September 1 to face the Southeast High School Lady Cyclones, recording their first loss in the Southeast Wyoming Athletic Conference (SWAC). The best three out of five match went the distance with the Lady Hornets taking two out of the five matches. The hometown girls took the first set in an easy 25-14 win. They came up just short in the second set with the Lady Cyclones edging the Lady Hornets by a score of 25-21....
With the Pine Bluffs Hornets Football set to begin the defense of their 2016 2A State Championship against the Mitchell Tigers this Friday, the team got in a little preseason scrimmage with the Glenrock Herders Friday, August 25. "Playing a team like Glenrock is good for us. They are big and physical. Their defensive line is the best we will see all year. It was a good test for where we are at and tells us where we have to improve," said Will Gray, seven year head coach of the Hornets. Gray is...
Traveling to Julesburg, Colo., the Pawnee Lady Coyotes volleyball team were set to play 1A Davids against the 2A Goliaths of the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs, Merino Lady Rams and the Sedgwick County Cougars in pool play. "They're not a young team, but they're a small team. We have seven players. These girls are all 2-A. . .So you know, this tournament, they did well in. they didn't win, but they still played really well. Like I said, they're all 2-A," said Mary Burson, coach of the girls for the...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets Volleyball team started play in the 2017 season at the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Dogger Invitational Tournament last Friday, August 25. The non-conference tournament pitted teams from southern Wyoming against those from the northern part of the state. The tournament has been hosted by the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Doggers since the high school at Albin closed. Albin had hosted the tournament for years until the closure and the Doggers jumped at the opportunity to fill the void....
The Burns Lady Broncos Volleyball team started play in the 2017 season at the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Dogger Invitational Tournament last Friday, August 25. The non-conference tournament pitted teams from southern Wyoming against those from the northern part of the state. The tournament has been hosted by the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Doggers since the high school at Albin closed. Albin had hosted the tournament for years until the closure and the Doggers jumped at the opportunity to fill the void. The Lady...
The Pawnee Coyotes Football team is on hiatus for the 2017 season. An attempt to field a team was in the end aborted when only eight players committed to play for the season. “Last spring we began working on this as we were concerned about the number of students that we would have committing to play football in the fall,” said Kathy Adams, Pawnee Athletic Director. “After talking with the boys, we had 8 boys say they would be going out for football. Discussions were held at public school board meetings looking at both sides of the issue in or...
There is nothing quite like spending a day swimming, biking and running with one's cousins. It often is those cousins, after all, who become a youngster's first close friends. This may be one of the big reasons the Perlinski and Graesser families and their children (cousins) look forward to the annual Mini (Me) Triathlon. If nothing else, the two related families get to spend time together. "This is the third year we have done this," said Andre Grasser. "This is something we can do as a family....
As part of the back to school activities at Burns Elementary School last week, members of the Girls on the Run (GOTR) program came to town as part of its expansion. With it being in most parts of the state, GOTR executive director Cindy Bradley said, "This is one of the last areas where we aren't active. Our program is open to girls in this area." "The basis of GOTR is to increase the ability to exercise and discover and use self-esteem in the lives of young ladies," Bradley said. What started...
Family Fun Day 2017 was a great success with more than 150 participants from the area. People of all ages enjoyed the day of activiites and education regarding their favorite weapon. From hand guns to archery and fishing, those in attendance were taught proper usage by local experts. Sponsors of the event where people were taught gun and archery safety included Pheasants Forever, Wyoming Game and Fish, 4-H Shooting Sports of Laramie County and the Sportsman Warehouse. "I hope it will grow each...
