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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...
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....
Being a first-year swimmer for the Cheyenne South High School Swim Team didn't stop Burns High School (BHS) student Jakobi Mirich from becoming a contender in the 4A class swim division this year, nor did it stop her from qualifying for the state meet held in October. "Jakobi is a tremendous person. She contributed to our team in so many ways inside and outside the pool,"South High School Swim Coach Jason Garman said. "Even though she is only a freshman, she brought a lot of maturity to our...
Pine Bluffs Senior Sierra Shelit was honored by the Wyoming High School Activities Association recently for her displays of good sportsmanship. According to the press release, Shelit was recognized by the officiating crew Debby Followell and Jeanne Scheneman of the Cheyenne Volleyball Officials Association. During the game between Pine Bluffs and Southeast Sept. 16, Followell and Scheneman noted that Shelit offered encouragement to her teammates and when she would make a mistake, would get right back into the game. The press release also...
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...
Chadron State College senior Alejandro Garcia of Pine Bluffs will be competing in the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships at St. Leo, Florida, on Saturday, Nov. 19. Garcia earned the berth by claiming the third of the three at-large slots that are awarded to runners whose teams did not qualify for the national event during the South Central Regional Championships in Denver on Saturday, Nov. 5. Overall, Garcia finished 21st among the 193 men during the 10 kilometer race in...
After a long five years, the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team was able to make the trek to Casper to compete in the Wyoming 2A State Volleyball tournament last Thursday. Gaining valuable experience and a lifetime memories, the team came home going 0-2 in their matches. Pine Bluffs got the chance of competing in the state tournament after grabbing fourth place in the regional tournament. According to Junior Kenzie Graves, it was the team's goal. “This year at the regional tournament when the possible end of our season was right there, w...
