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Homecoming is always a battle to show the world or at least the communities that the school is on top. It is a time to have the whole community support the school. Pine Bluffs High School, junior high, and elementary were determined to show the spirit of the Hornets. Every year the students do different activities for the week to support the sports teams. This year the theme of the homecoming was Wrestling-Mania. They battle each other throughout the week. On Monday the students started with...
Shawn Shmidl caught five passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns in the game against the Tigers on October 4th. In the win against the Lusk Tigers, Shmidl and the team let out fair warning that the Hornets are here to stay. Shmidl and Freeburg combined for a total of five completions and 190 yards against the Tigers and helped secure the 51-15 Victory. Three of those receptions Shmidl turned into touchdowns. Shmidl had a 40-yard catch and run for his first touchdown. Later he got a 58-yard...
The Lady Broncs put it all together and put together a winning combination and beat the Newcastle Lady Dogies by a score of 2-3. After a long line of unsuccessful attempts, the Lady Broncs have put it all together and played some very good ball. After winning the first set the Lady Dogies came back and won the next two. The Lady Broncs kept fighting and tied the game at two apiece in the fourth set. Then dominated the tiebreaker to win the match 2-3. In the first set the Lady Broncs were able...
The Lady Hornets had their last week off from play and will start again on Friday. The Lady Hornets will face the number one seeded Southeast Lady Cyclones in a non-conference match-up. The Lady Cyclones are seeded number one in the 1A Southeast conference with a 19-4 seasonal record and a 7-0 conference record. The Lady Hornets are 20-5 and are seeded number two in the 2A Northeast conference. With the new arrangement of the teams and conferences the Lady Hornets have only faced one team that is in their conference. Even though they are...
The Broncs fall back to a .500 seasonal record with a loss to the Newcastle Dogies last Friday. The Broncs traveled to Newcastle to face the Dogies in a neutral conference game on the gridiron. The Broncs put up a fight but fell just a bit short in the end. The Broncs fell 49-14 to the Dogies. The Broncs offense had a bit of trouble finding the seams in the Dogies defense while the Broncs defense had trouble stopping the potent offense of the Dogies. The Broncs could not get on the board until the third quarter. The Broncs drove the ball down...
Carsten Freeburg and the Hornets football team treated the number three team, the Saratoga Panthers, to a good ole fashioned butt whooping last Friday night. The Panthers were held scoreless until the last quarter while the Hornets flew around the field unmolested. The Hornets held on to their undefeated status in both the seasonal record of 6-0 and in conference play of 4-0. The Hornets won the game 7-63. The Hornets set the tone of the game in the first quarter. The Hornets defense held the...
The Burns Broncs hosted the 2-3 Upton/Sundance Bobcats last Friday. After losing their first two games the Broncs have gone 4-1 to be the number three seed in the conference. Their latest victory would come against the Bobcats and the Broncs wanted to make a statement, not to take them lightly. Quarterback Mason Medley completed six straight passes to take the Broncs from their own 37-yard line to the Bobcats one-yard line. They handed the ball off to Mason Terry who plowed through the Bobcats...
The Lady Hornets hosted the Glenrock Lady Herders last Tuesday in a non-conference match up. The Lady Hornets are on a four-game winning streak and headed to Regionals. With the new arrangement of team in the conference the Lady Hornets have only faced one other team from their conference and have a 1-0 conference record. They have an 18-4 seasonal record, but according to Head Coach Werner, "We really have not faced anyone from our conference yet to see how we match up." Right now, he is just...
Last Tuesday the Lady Broncs traveled to Rawlins, Wyoming to face the Lady Outlaws in a conference match up. The Lady Outlaws are seeded third in the 3A conference ahead of the Lady Broncs and have a lot to prove before Regionals. The Lady Broncs are looking for their first conference win and would like to come home with another mark in the win column. The Lady Broncs ended up falling to the Lady Outlaws in three straight sets 3-0. The Lady Broncs didn't play badly. They were able to stay with...
What is a triangle match? Basically, speaking, three teams get together and battle each other. There are no trophies or plaques, just the competition and bragging rights. Last Saturday the Lady Hornets competed against a couple of the best teams in the region. The Wright Lady Panthers and the Shoshoni Lady Wranglers. The Lady Hornets have a 19-4 record heading into the tournament and were looking to compete against a couple of the best teams and see where they stand. The first team they faced...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team faced off against the Niobrara County (Lusk) Tigers last Friday night. The team has a five-game winning streak going and since this was homecoming week, they did not want to disappoint their friends and family and especially their teammates. The Hornets played strong defense and had a very potent offense on the night. Carsten Freeburg threw for over 300 yards while Ryan Mohren ran for another 100-yard game. The Hornets beat the Tigers 15-51. The first...
The Niobrara County/Lusk Lady Tigers visited the Lady Hornets last Friday in a non-conference match-up. The Lady Hornets have won their last three games and since this was homecoming week were not about to let up now. With only four games left in regular season the Lady Hornets are headed to regionals seated in the top two seats. Currently the Lady Hornets have, out of the last 14 games a 13-1 record. The Lusk Lady Tigers had problems getting started and the Lady Hornets took full advantage of...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club closed out its 2024 team roping competition last Friday evening. It was a beautiful evening with temperatures in the high sixties and no clouds, a very light breeze and conditions that were almost perfect. The club had one of the largest pools of ropers this season with over 30 headers and heelers combined looking for that one final win of the season. There were 32 ropers that were paired up and formed 83 teams. Some of the familiars that were there like Haize Fornstrom, DJ Tidyman and Anna Murdoch were present....
As the Lady Broncs start the 2024-25 volleyball season they will have a new lineup. Head Coach Anndee McKinney will have to put together a new starting lineup for the Lady Broncs. Losing most of her varsity team from last year she will have to move up several of the younger players to fill the slots. There are a few of the varsity team members that will be there and they will have to step up and be the leaders. It should be a good season for the Lady Broncs even though they are rebuilding. Players like Brynn Bach and Josie Barrett will be...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team has been hitting the streets and hills getting ready for the 2024-25 season. Head Coach Ashley Rousseau and her coaching staff of Brooks Hoffman and Dustin Lee will be working the kids to get them ready for the season. According to Coach Rousseau, “Our HS girls’ team is the smallest we have ever been, but that includes a brand new to the sport Makayla from BHS.” Some returning harriers like Merina Theobald and Kaitlynn Schnell for the girls and Asher Lee and Xavier Wilson for the boys will help...
The Lady Hornets volleyball team is looking forward to the new season with great anticipation. With returning starters like Jessica Hoffman, Hattie Lerwick and Reese Graves the team is hoping for another trip to the state championship. Some of the younger players like Avery Gray, Avery Sweeter and Kadee Bruns will have to step up and fill some of the slots emptied by the graduating players. Most of the younger players got time on the court last year and gained some experience in the game. Now they will be starting and will need to help the...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team traveled to Saratoga, Wyoming to compete in the Shana Ward Memorial Meet. According to Coach Rousseau, "This is ALWAYS my favorite meet of the year. The fall leaves are turning, there is a little coolness in the air, the river flowing right through the course-and, of course, our team bonding at the HoBo Hot Springs after the races." She added, "We were missing a few of our harriers this week for illness and ineligibility-next week will be better I...
The Hornets had a chance to get some good practice in when they hosted a non-varsity team last Friday. The Cheyenne South Bison JV football team came to Pine Bluffs and took the field against the bigger and stronger Hornets. The game was reminiscent of the event, Custer trying to defend his troops against the Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn. The first half of the game the Bison never even crossed the 50-yard line. Towards the end of the game, they finally started to move the ball, but the Horne...
The Burns Lady Broncs volleyball team is starting to come together. It has been a long road and the team is starting to play as a unit and put some points on the board. The Lady Broncs took on the Rawlins Lady Outlaws last Friday just before they headed to Torrington on Home Coming week. The Lady Broncs played well and won one of the matches but was not able to put a win in the column. The Lady Broncs fell to the Lady Outlaws 2-1. Mari Wiles was powerful at the net with 18 kill shots while...
The Burns Broncs were on a winning streak. They had won their last two games and were on an emotional high as the headed into their homecoming game last Friday. The team was coming together and making plays and hitting their spots and stopping their opponents. Last Friday was their homecoming and morale was high as they faced off against the Big Horn Rams. The Rams were a bit tougher than the Broncs wanted and their winning streak came to an end. The Broncs lost the contest 49-7. It was a...
After their heartbreaking loss to the Lady Outlaws the Lady Broncs traveled to Torrington to face the Lady Trailblazers. The Lady Trailblazers are seated number 2 in the 3A conference and have a 13-6 seasonal record. The Lady Broncs put up a good fight in the first match losing 25-21 but could not keep up the pace and fell 25-14 and 25-12 in the next two matches to lose the game 3-0. The Lady Broncs are starting to show much improvement in their game play and will in time be putting marks in the win column. Mari Wiles led the team in the game w...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club must have made some kind of agreement with Mother Nature, as last Friday was another perfect night for roping. The temperature was not hot, no wind or rain and the arena was a bit dusty but great for roping. It was Burns homecoming and maybe some of the normal contestants might have been a bit pre-occupied. Still there were 15 ropers that showed up to test their skills. They were divided into 45 teams. As the teams each chased after the bovine target it was evident...
The Burns Broncs football team will start to rebuild their team from the ground up. They have a new head coach Travis Romsa. Coach Romsa was the teams head coach a few years ago and was asked to come back and help rebuild the team. Coach Romsa did some recruiting from the school and hopefully got some good talent and personnel. It looks like the team will field about 40 players this year compared to the few that were there last year. With some returning players like Mason Terry, Hunter Munson, Mason Medley and Tagr Holmes Coach Romsa will have...
It’s hard to say that the Hornets football team had a disappointing season with a 6-3 record. However, being that they were undefeated in their first six games and were looking to go back to the state championship game, the end of the season was anything but satisfying. Head Coach Will Gray mentioned how disappointed he was with the end of the season and says that they will be going back to basics in the off-season. Hitting, tackling and blocking will be the focal points at practice. Coach Gray will have some pretty big shoes to fill on the t...
