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The Pine Bluffs Hornets competed in the Burns Winter Classic Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The team concentrated on using teamwork and came out winning all of their games. The Pine Bluffs Hornets' first game in the Winter Classic was Thursday afternoon against the Wyoming Indian Chiefs, grabbing the win by seven points. The fast-paced first quarter lead to Pine Bluffs trailing by one, 12-13. Going into halftime, the Hornets were still down but by five points, 27-32. Coming out in the third quar...
Bringing home wins this past weekend was the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets as they were able to defeat all their opponents in the Burns Winter Classic at the varsity level. According to Lady Hornets Head Coach Lindsey Forbes, the team started the season off with a super tough first game. The Lady Hornets had to play tough in the first game against the Wyoming Indian Lady Chiefs as they came away with the win by a six-point margin. During the first half Pine Bluffs came out ahead 32-28 at halftime....
The Pawnee Lady Coyotes had a busy week as they hosted two non-conference and one conference game at home. Pawnee took to the court Dec. 6 against Union Colony of Greeley and were defeated by 32 points. The Lady Coyotes had trouble containing the the Lady Timberwolves as they scored 15 points in both the first and second quarters. Halftime score was 30-11. Pawnee struggled the remainder of the game as Union Colony put another 13 points in the third quarter to the Lady Coyote's seven points and then continued to add 10 more points in the fourth...
The Burns Broncs basketball team won their first game of the season and then fell to Wyoming Indian, Wind River and Snake River during the Burns Winter Classic Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The Broncs faced the Moorcroft Wolves their first game of the season and came away with the win by 12 points. Burns trialed behind Moorcroft at the end of the first quarter 10-14, but fought hard in the second quarter to lead at halftime by five points, 26-21. Adding 12 more points on in the third quarter,...
The Burns Lady Broncs went one and three over the weekend as they hosted their own Winter Classic Thursday, Friday and Saturday. To kick off the season, the Lady Broncs competed against Moorcroft and lost a heart-breaking game by three points Thursday evening. Burns came out strong, leading at the end of the first quarter 9-7, but couldn't contain the Lady Wolves in the second quarter as they scored 13 points to the Lady Broncs' four points. Halftime score saw Moorcroft leading 20-11. Coming...
The Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestlers opened the season last week competing in the Charlie Lake Invitational at Cheyenne East High School. Although the squad was a few members short, coach Dan Clayson believes it was a good start to the season. "We had a good first weekend of wrestling," Clayson said. "We took our lumps on Friday in the dual portion, we were missing nine wrestlers, but we had some really solid performances on Saturday. I think that Darrell Goeckeler did an outstanding job on Friday go...
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...
The Burns Junior High girls basketball team couldn't have had a more perfect season then the one that ended Saturday as SEWAC basketball champions. Playing with determination, the team edged out Pine Bluffs 19-22 in the semi-final game Saturday morning. The championship game saw the team compete against Lusk for the third time as the Lady Broncs shut out the Lady Tigers 33-16. Winning both games during the SEWAC tournament, not only gave the Burns team the SEWAC title, but an impressive 13-0...
The Pine Bluffs Junior High Lady Hornets came up with a third place finish Saturday after defeating the Southeast Lady Cyclones in a tough game 22-21. Pine Bluffs Head Coach Nicole Horrocks said she was very proud of the team's effort at the SEWAC tourney. "It was a team effort and I thought they played their best all season." The Lady Hornets went up against the Burns Lady Broncs in the semi-final game. Playing tough, Pine Bluffs lost to Burns by a mere three points, 19-22. The "A" team of the...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets basketball team is coming off an excellent year of grabbing three state titles in basketball, track and football. However, with the start of a new season, the team knows they will need to work hard and focus on this season's opponents if they want to make it back to the state title game in Casper this year. The team will be lead by three returning starters of Haize Fornstrom, Hunter Thompson and Kyle Steger as well as an impressive 11 returning lettermen. Seniors on the...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets know what it feels like to come home as state championship title holders and working hard throughout the season will be on the team's agenda to hopefully lead back to a trip to Casper in March. According to fifth year head coach Lindsey Forbes, she is looking towards the six seniors to lead the 25-member team this year. There are eight returning letter winners to the team from last year. Forbes says their biggest goal is the same as last year. "It's to get better...
Both the Burns Broncs and the Burns Lady Broncs are looking for this year to improve their records as they will begin their basketball season today against Moorcroft. According to Burns Lady Broncs Head Coach Barry Ward, who begins his 21st year as coach, the team will bring back lots of experience with their nine returning letter winners, five of those coming back as seniors. The team has a total of 26 athletes that are playing this year. He expects the team to lead collectively to add more...
The season starts this Friday for the Burns-Pine Bluffs wrestling team as they take part in the Charlie Lake Invitational at Cheyenne East Friday and Saturday. Head coach Dan Clayson says returning experience on the squad will be inportant to getting off to a good start. "We are looking forward to this season. We have a great mix of returning starters and new freshman. Isaac Ronning (126) and Ruger Lewis (160) are returning state placers. Kestrel Medina (138), Roman Delgado (182), Harley Miller...
The Pawnee Lady Coyotes traveled to Ault, Colo., Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 to participate in the Highland Canine Classic. The team came home with two losses, but are looking forward to playing their next three games with home court advantage. Pawnee competed against the Highland Lady Huskies Friday and were defeated by 30 points. The Lady Coyotes put up three points in the first quarter as Highland put up 22 points. The Lady Huskies kept going strong in the second quarter, adding 13 points to Pawnee's...
Chadron State College senior Alejandro Garcia of Pine Bluffs concluded his cross county career on a high note last weekend in Florida. It was announced on Friday that Garcia was the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award, which goes to the runner at the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships with the highest cumulative grade point average. He has a GPA of almost 4.0 while majoring in health and physical education and earning nearly 150 credit hours. The only grade other than an A that he has...
Burns High School Senior Timber Kelly can be seen on the high school rodeo circuit most weekends throughout the year and soon, she'll be a force to be reckon with at college rodeos as she recently was offered a scholarship to join the Eastern New Mexico State University's rodeo team. A scholarship to do the thing she loves under a coach whom she holds in the highest regard...it was was an easy decision. "The school is rated third in the nation for rodeo," Kelly beamed as she told of her plans...
The Wyoming High School Activities Association recently announced All-State and All-Conference football selections as chosen by Wyoming high school football coaches. Klayton Clark from Burns High School was named All-State. He was also selected in 2015. Clark was also named All-Conference, as were his Broncs teammates Roman Delgado, Tyler Norris and Ben Banville. On the volleyball side of the net, Pine Bluffs’ Kammie Ragsdale was named All-State. She, along with her Lady Hornet teammates Kenzie Graves and Sierra Shelit, were also named A...
With practices for basketball just getting underway as Monday was the first day teams could officially practice for winter sports. With just having eight practices before the first games of the season begin, both Laramie County School District No. 2 high school basketball teams will need to have a mandatory practice sometime this weekend to be able to participate, according to Wyoming High School Activities Association guidelines. Nine teams will take to the courts during the three-day basketball frenzy including Burns, Pine Bluffs, Shoshoni,...
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...
Getting into the state title championship game isn't something that just happens overnight and this Pine Bluffs football team knows all too well the dedication, motivation and perseverance it takes to accomplish such a feat. But oh, it was well worth it when the Wyoming State 1A title was handed to the team after defeating Tongue River 10-7 Nov. 12. Many of the seniors who brought home the title started out as fourth graders, learning a new style of football through the Pine Bluffs Youth Tackle...
Pine Bluffs Senior Ruger Lewis was selected to the Casper Star Tribune's Super 25 team and was honored at a banquet Friday night at the Ramkota in Casper. This is the first time a Pine Bluffs player has made the team, which started in the early 90s. Also being selected for the 3rd Super 25 team were teammates Kyle Steger, Alex Graves, and Haize Fornstrom. Also recognized that evening was Pine Bluffs Hornets Head Football Coach Will Gray as he was selected as the Casper Star Tribune's Super 25...
The following are congratulatory remarks and thoughts on the Pine Bluffs Hornets football team winning the Wyoming 1A State title that were submitted to the Pine Bluffs Post. As I entered the stands last Saturday, a Big Horn fan, leaving their game asked me, “Is anyone left back in Pine Bluffs?” His joke says something about the tremendous turnout. This support was well deserved by an outstanding team and their coaches. The upperclassmen went through a lot of adversity to reach this achievement. Their success is an example of the reward for...
When the clock ran out of time at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie Saturday, Nov. 12 with the Pine Bluffs Hornets leading the Tongue River Eagles 10-7, the big one - the Wyoming State 1A Class Football Title - was finally coming home to rest in the halls of Pine Bluffs High School. And on the sideline were four very proud gentlemen. These gentlemen didn't want any accolades thrown at them, knowing full well the work and dedication the football players had put in, not only through the course of...