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A tough road loss to Kimball on Thursday did not demoralize the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball team as they finished the weekend coming on top of the Southeast Lady Cyclones on Friday. The Lady Hornets came out strong against the Kimball Lady Longhorns on Thursday. "We were firing on all cylinders to start the match and gave a very good team a run for their money in the first set, but eventually watched the set slip away 19-25," said coach Chris Nusbaum. Kimball dominated the remaining...
A tough weekend of play for the Burns Lady Broncs as they fell to both Potter-Dix and Saratoga last week. “This past week we struggled with playing consistent. We are looking for some players to step up. We hope to continue to improve as we head into our conference play,” said coach Christina Patterson. Potter-Dix 21-25, 26-28, 14-25 Jessica Malm- 11 kills, 12 digs Rachel Kelly- 8 kills Skylar Trembath- 16 assists Katie Norris- 9 digs Saratoga 16-25, 18-25, 23-25 Jessica Malm- 11 kills, 29 digs Katie Norris- 6 kills Willow Martin- 11 ass...
The Pine Bluffs-Burns Cross Country team took part in the 5K Torrington Invite last week with Jorge Garcia finishing in first place once again, and four of the girls finishing in the top 10 in both varsity and junior varsity. In the Girls' Junior Varsity Division Sarah Love, 24:23, finished first; Meghan Murphy, 25:35, third; Becca Smith, 27:47, eighth; and Mallory Ickes, 27:55, finished ninth. They were followed by Alex Roberts in twelfth place with a time of 29:26. The Pine Bluffs-Burns...
The Panhandle Senior Ladies Golf Association held their final outing of the year at Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering. Taking first place and shooting five birdies was the team of Vickie Nemnich, Claudia Benda, Judie Brighton and Margaret Lienemann. Second place with two birdies went to the team of Dee Vogel, Phyllis Greenwood, Donna Meier and Chris Lapaseotes. Third place with three birdies went to the team of Gina Briggs, Sally Plover, Sylvia Debus and Pat Rogers. Lynn Schukei, Betty Zeilinger, Donna Engleman and Nancy O'Connell took...
Duck and goose hunters are reminded to purchase the 2015-16 Migratory Waterfowl Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or federal “duck stamp.” The stamp, featuring a ruddy duck, is available at post offices and some Cowboy State sporting goods stores. “The federal duck stamp is one of the most efficient conservation programs in the country. Ninety-eight cents of every dollar spent goes to purchase habitat or acquire conservation easements for protection,” said Nate Huck, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s waterfowl biologist. “They are a vital...
During the license purchasing process, hunters have the option to provide the Wyoming Game and Fish Department with their email address. This allows Game and Fish to follow up with hunters by providing them harvest surveys in a much more cost effective manner. Hunter survey coordinator Gail Sheridan said each internet response saves approximately $2.50 compared to sending the survey through the mail. “This cost savings allows us to continue to provide other services for the public,” Sheridan said. “We will continue to mail out surveys to those...
What a beautiful day to run. Seventy-three degrees is much more enjoyable than 97 degrees, like last week in Gering. Our athletes times showed that difference too. Almost every athlete had a personal best! It also pays off that we are in week five of the season and the miles are getting easier and easier to manage. The high school boys took advantage of the cool weather. All but one athlete had a personal best time. Jorge Garcia finished "the cycle", earning first place this year. In his high...
The Panhandle Senior Ladies Golf Association held their latest outing at Four Winds Golf Course in Kimball. Winning first place and securing two birdies and one eagle was the team of Shelly Neinhueser, Deanna Funk, Shirley Crossman and Vickie Nemnich. Second place with two birdies went to the team of Terry Grosz, Londa Maron, Joy Eberhardt and Terry Korell. Lynn Schukei, Dee Vogel, Jane Holechek and Jeannette Fitzgerald took third place and scored one birdie. Finishing 4th, and scoring two birdies, was the team of Connie Booth, Daria Faden,...
The Burns Lady Broncs traveled north, last week, to compete in the Big Horn Tournament at Big Horn schools. Facing off against teams from all over the states, Burns won four of the 10 games they participated in. Day one saw the Lady Broncs squaring off against Thermopolis. Burns won the first game handily, 25-14. The second game saw the Lady Broncs fighting to hold on. Every time the Lady Broncs were able to tie the score, Thermopolis would break away. Thermopolis finished the second game with...
Hoping to ride the momentum of their victory last week, the Pine Bluffs Hornets hosted Lingle Ft. Laramie in their home opener on Friday. Despite scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter, the Hornets were unable to to topple the visiting team, falling 35-27. Of the team’s performance, coach Will Gray said, “I thought we played a very physical game. We gave up too many big plays, but the kids competed and gave us everything they had.” Lingle-Ft. Laramie scored in the first quarter with 3:28 left on the clock. It was followed with another score...
icked off on Friday, Sept. 11. Making the trek from Pine Bluffs, the Lady Hornets took on several teams from across the state winning their pool on Friday. According to coach Chris Nusbaum, games on Friday were pool play. Nusbaum said the Lady Hornets won their pool on tie breakers. The Lady Hornets opened their pool play against Wind River and ended up splitting the games 1-1. 17-25, 26-24. Against Rocky Mountain, the Lady Hornets swept, 25-14, 25-13. They followed the win against Rocky Mountain by splitting against Sundance, 20-25, 25-20....
A road trip up to Newcastle leave the Burns Broncs still searching for their first win of the season. Burns was able to get one touchdown in a 56-7 routing by the Dogies. Newcastle scored all of their points unanswered until late in the fourth quarter. Danny Jensen was able to break away for a 66-yard touchdown run. Newcastle scored 22 points in the first quarter off of runs by Ethan Schuessler, Cameron Quigley, and Triston Roberson. Scoring in the second saw Schuessler with two more rushing TDs...
It has been a long time coming, but the Pine Bluffs Hornets opened their season on a positive note against their biggest rival with a convincing 49-18 victory over the Burns Broncs (0-1) on the road Friday evening. The Hornets compiled 477 yards of total offense to 178 yards for the Broncs. Pine Bluffs benefitted from a strong performance by running back Ruger Lewis, who amassed 173 rushing yards on 18 carries. Isiah Montanes picked up 69 yards on 10 carries. Pine Bluffs quarterback, Haize...
The Pawnee Coyote football team traveled to Briggsdale to play the Falcons and came home victorious winning 48-28. Senior Luke Duggan led the Pawnee scoring effort with six touchdowns. Zach Hastings, Bryce Schnug, and Drew Ellis each had one. Duggan totaled 242 yards on the ground, Trent Holzworth had 72. Leading the Coyotes in receiving yards was Ellis with 57. He was followed by schnug with 37. “Obviously, it was good to get the win but we definitely have a lot to work on,” coach Doug Miller stated. “Overall our tackling was not very good...
After dropping the first two games to the Burns Lady Broncs 23-25, 23-25, the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets pulled out the match win Friday night at home. Analyzing the game, coach Chris Nusbaum was able to nail down the troubles with the first two games. “We got off to a very slow start and our lack of communication was an issue,” said the coach. The Lady Hornets were able to correct the problem though as they knocked down the next three games 25-16, 25-16, 21-19 for the match win. “I was very proud of the way the girls fought back and didn't back...
After starting out strong against the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets, the Lady Broncs couldn’t maintain the pace on Friday as they lost on the road, 26-23, 25-23, 16-25, 16-25, 19-21 “We had two tough games of back and forth volleyball!” said coach Christina Patterson. “We fell short and will learn from our mistakes,” she said. Ind. stats against Pine Bluffs Jessica Malm- 7 kills, 30 digs Katie Norris- 7 kills, 21 digs Rachel Kelly - 4 kills Skylar Trembath- 10 assists Willow Martin- 7 assists, 14 digs On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Lady Broncs were at h...
The Pawnee Coyotes hosted Merino Thursday, Sept. 3, for a non-league game, and lost in three matches against 26 players. On Friday, Sept. 4, they traveled to Briggsdale, and had only five girls playing against 17 on the Falcon team. They scored 18 points during one game, but could not hold the lead, and lost the three matches. Lady Coyotes who took part during the two-day game spree were seniors Amy Probst and Cynthia Ash; junior Brook Mercer; sophomores Jaycie Hahn, Rhiannon Mowery, Malauriane...
Every year as hunting seasons get underway, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s offices receive numerous questions about various game laws and what hunters can and cannot do while in the field. Some of the questions come from new residents who are not familiar with Wyoming law and how Wyoming laws may differ from other states. Most Wyoming laws are a matter of common sense, but there are some laws and regulations that are violated more frequently than others. The following is a list of five common violations that crop up every hunting s... Full story
Hunters now have an extra month to purchase preference points with the recent change of the preference point deadline from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31. The preference point deadline will be even longer this year – to Nov. 2 since Oct. 31 is on a weekend. When application deadlines fall on a weekend or holiday, the deadline is extended to the next business day. Preference points are available for qualifying big game hunters who did not apply for a moose or bighorn sheep license this year and non-resident elk, deer and antelope hunters who did not apply... Full story
For hunters looking for additional places to hunt this year, the 2015 Walk-in Hunting Atlas is now available on the Wyoming Game and Fish and Department’s website at https://wgfoapps.wyo.gov/plpwhmprogram/frmWalkinHuntingHome.aspx. The online atlas features hundreds of walk-in areas where hunters can access private lands for a variety of species. The Walk-in program has been responsible for providing more than a million acres of access to hunters annually. It is part of the overall Private Lands Public Wildlife program and is partly funded b... Full story
Even though many big game hunting seasons are still a few weeks to more than a month away, hunters can get the fall hunts started this week. Seasons open for a variety of small game and upland bird species on September 1. Blue and ruffed grouse, often referred to as mountain grouse season opened Tuesday. Blue grouse are found in most mountain areas throughout the state on both Bureau of Land Management and national forest lands. Ruffed grouse are found in western Wyoming in the Shoshone, Bridger-Teton and Targhee national forests. The season...
The Panhandle Senior Ladies Golf Association held their latest outing at Hillside Golf Course in Sidney. First place with three birdies went to the team of Terry Korell, Phyllis Greenwood, Jane Holechek and Vickie Nemnich. Alene Schilz, DeAnna Funk, Gail Magers and Myrna Carroll took second place and scored two birdies, while third place went to the team of Rose Jacoby, Norma Perkins, Dee Vogel and Peggy Eberspecher who had three birdies. The team of Janice DeBoer, Terry Espinoza, Beth Korell and Shelly Neinhueser had two birdies. The...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will meet in Torrington Sept 9-10 at Fire Station #1, 36 West Valley Road. The meeting will encompass a tour of the Downar Bird Farm and the Springer/Bump Sullivan Wildlife Habitat Management Area beginning at 8 a.m. The general public is invited, but will need to provide their own transportation. The regular open session meeting will begin later that day at 1 p.m. Agenda items include presentations by the Wyoming Board of Agriculture on animal damage management projects, grazing plans on the Red Rim Daley...
