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The Burns Broncs football team was working on conditioning their intellectual level of the game Tuesday morning. Brain power is just as important as physical conditioning. If you can get a visual idea of what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong you learn and can fix it and or make it better. On this day the team was studying films in the morning after their physical conditioning practice. Exercising both the body and brain can only benefit for the individual and the team. Good luck Broncs and hope to see you in the...
Trail days are full of activities along with music throughout the time. There were four bands that performed for the weekend. The first band was at Pine Bluffs Distilling after the Toast to Trail Days with the Town Council. It was City Creek Band from Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming. They played country and rock & roll music. It ranged from Chris LeDoux, to Beyonce, and even Nirvana. If they don't t a song the members are willing to learn the music on the spot. They have opened for National...
Curt Gowdy State Park joined by Adaptive Adventures and the Cheyenne Veterans Administration presents a multi-sport day showcasing adaptive equipment for individuals with accessibility needs in the outdoors. This exciting event, scheduled for August 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will help guests with accessibility needs discover a community that can help them recreate outside. "Adaptive Adventures is excited to partner with Curt Gowdy State Park and the Cheyenne VA Medical Center to bring this incl...
Another sport that is taking the nation by storm is cornhole. Leagues and Tournaments are popping up all over the country and sponsors are scurrying to get involved. Maybe it's because you don't have to be any particular size, strength or gender to participate. Just be able to toss a small beanbag 30 feet across a field onto a short ramp. This is one sport you can throw with one hand and have your drink in the other. Pine Bluffs Trail Days organizers have had a cornhole tournament for the past...
Two of the Pine Bluffs local boys attended the Mike Traders Mid-America Basketball Camp this year held in Morrill, Nebraska. Asher and Judah Lee attended the camp held on July 17th thru the 19th. Asher Lee attends Pine Bluffs High School and is a member of the Hornets basketball team. The camp is organized for boys and girls ages 7-18. The aim of the Mike Trader's Mid-America Basketball School is to teach and develop individual skills and to have fun. The daily schedule includes league games...
One of the events in the Trail Days menu was the horseshoe throwing challenge. The weather was picture perfect for the event and was well attended. The event was held at the horseshoe pits just south of the pool. Spectators and competitors alike were enjoying the sun and outside temperatures, which was in the 80's. For this tournament Chris Mossberg and Caleb Cranmore from Cheyenne would take home the first-place position. Zach Fornstrom and Clint Fornstrom would take home second place and...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club continued its 2023 season last Friday after a two-week hiatus due to Cheyenne Trail Days. This event coincided with the Pine Bluffs Trail Days and had a season record 85 teams competing. Mother nature tried to put a damper on the event and dumped a bunch of rain early in the day. But the weather cleared, and the crew was able to get the arena in a condition that was able to let the rodeo run. The arena was a bit damp and the heelers were having a difficult time...
One of the more exciting and fun to watch events during Trail Days is the mud volleyball tournament. This year 21 teams signed up to compete and at the end there was not a clean competitor in the bunch. The morning was a bit chilly as the volleyballers jumped into the mud and water. The gentle breeze made the water seem colder than it was, but this did not sway the teams from giving it their all. There were teams from all over the area, Cheyenne, Kimball, Bridgeport and even some from Colorado....
The Trail Days committee believes a good run or walk for the day is a great start for the Saturday morning events for Trail Days. This is the 23rd annual 5K/ 1 mile Longhorn Stampede Fun Walk/Run. It started at 7:00 a.m. at the Pine Bluffs Community Center. The course is marked off throughout the town ending at the Community Center. Sonja Fornstrom gave the rules of the Walk/Run then she blow the horn. Of course, the runners were first off the starting line. There were 45 participants that were...
Stu Lerwick and Ryan Fornstrom were selected to play in the Wyoming Coaches Association North/South All-Star Basketball game held on the 22nd of July. Lerwick is a three-time All-State award winner and Fornstrom is a 2-time winner. Lerwick was able to score 11 points in the game. In a brief interview with Frank Gambino, Lerwick stated that, "I want to meet some new people and make some long-lasting friendships". He just wanted to play ball and have some fun. When asked what was in the future...
You sit in the stands and watch your daughter, granddaughter or niece jump, dive and run around a court. They will jump and hit a ball as hard as they can down to the floor on the other side of the net. They will dive and kick to prevent the ball from hitting the floor on their own side. Volleyball has become much more than what the creator of the game envisioned. For those who watch collegiate games they can watch the guys also play. The game was invented by William G. Morgan from Holyoke,...
A local clay target shooter, Bryce Humphrey participated in the USA High School Clay Target League (USAHSCTL) National Championship event July 5th – 9th. Humphreys has been shooting with the Cheyenne East team for the past couple of years. This year the Cheyenne team took top honors in their category for the state. Humphreys competed as an individual and with the Cheyenne East Team at nationals. Bryce Humphrey's mother said this about the team. "These kids are doing amazing. We have watched thes...
Bryce Humphrey is a 2023 graduate of Burns High School. He is also now a national ranked trap shooter. Humphrey qualified for the national competition during the 2022-23 year for the Cheyenne East Team. The Cheyenne East team finished seventh in the nation. Humphrey finished in the top 15% of all male shooters at the competition. Humphrey was out with a friend when he first picked up a shotgun. He shot a few rounds at a target and was hooked. Humphrey said, "I knew that this was something I...
The Wyoming Coaches Association annual North/South volleyball tournament was held on Saturday, July 22nd. Burns Broncs own Emma Norris was selected to participate in the event. Norris who was one of the standout players on the Wyoming State Champion Burns Lady Broncs Volleyball team took part in the week-long event. Norris said, "I got everything that I wanted out of the event." Norris was able to contribute 6 kills in the game. Norris said, "I got plenty of help from my teammates." The South...
One of the Burns Lady Broncs State Basketball Champions, Daljit Kaur participated in the Wyoming Coaches Association (WCA) annual North/South basketball tournament. Kaur was one of the leading scorers and a standout defensive player on the Lady Broncs team. Kaur showed her talents at the WCA game by scoring 12 points during the game. Unfortunately, the south ended up losing by a score of 77-69. Kaur, who wore #32 in the game, was all over the court. Making shots from the top of the key, passing...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club had their third roping competition Saturday, July 14th. The competition had 77 teams all vying for the jackpot payoff of over $1,000. The best "time" for the roping would receive a payout of over $400. On a Saturday evening that had Mother Nature trying to put a damper on the event over 40 riders showed up to compete. The arena was wet on top due to recent rains but dried out about an inch down. The horses didn't seem to mind as they were fast and nimble. It was...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets have a new head coach for the volleyball team. Travis Werner has been selected as the Lady Hornets Volleyball head coach. This will be Werner's first season as a head coach. He has been coaching the boy's C basketball team for 10 years and the football team for eight. This will be his first as a head coach. This is also the first time that he has coached volleyball. According to Werner "I played volleyball a lot in college for intramurals and for fun. So, I had to...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club is a family orientated organization. The club was organized in the 1960's and was one of the biggest rodeos in the area. It started out as a junior and senior rodeo but has trimmed back to just team roping. However talking to some of the ole timers, the younger generation is starting to really show an interest in the sport and it might be coming back to a full rodeo. One of the families that came to participate in the roping event last Saturday was the Lake Family....
The sky opened up and the sun was shining bright for the Hell on Wheels Rodeo Series on July 7th at 7:00 p.m. This summer the rodeo series is starting strong for the season. Before the rodeo there's time to enjoyy the chuckwagon dinner. It has very tasty brisket with all the fixings and little bit of sweets. It is always booked for the good food. After dinner the spectators can get a tour of the rodeo area. Visit Cheyenne and Hell on Wheels volunteers explain how rodeo got started and what the...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club held their second rodeo of the season. Since the club was not competing with the events and rodeos on the 4th of July there were more contestants than last week. The event had 62 teams competing for cash prizes and bragging rights. One of the ropers, Clay Stecklein has been roping for 25 years. Stecklein can rope either header or heeler but tonight he decided to just rope as a heeler. He has been part of the roping club for 12 years and enjoys coming to this type of...
One of the largest events for Albin Day was the softball tournament. 30 members from all ages and genders signed up for the game. Teams were selected at random and put into three teams. There was a Green team, Blue team and Orange team. The game was a one-pitch tournament with either a strike (out) or a ball (walk). You did get two foul balls before you were out. The game was won by the first team to get to or past five runs. First up would be a contest between the Green team and the Orange...
The town of Albin held its annual Albin Day last Saturday. The day was full of events and spectacles with fireworks concluding the day. From the start of the kid's parade, which was followed by the big parade the day could not have been more perfect. Even Mother Nature helped by keeping the clouds overhead making the temperature perfect for physical activities. After the parades the kids got the chance to show their running prowess by participating in short 25-yard sprints. Fletcher Hansen, an 1...
Of all the Albin Day events the biggest tournament was the Cornhole tournament. The competition drew 22 different teams. There was a winner's bracket and a loser's bracket. So if you lost a game you still had a chance to move up. The tournament started just after 4pm and lasted until 8:10. Some of the delay was due to the fact that some of the cornhole competitors were also playing in the horseshoe tournament. Cornhole is set up similar to horseshoes in the fact that the teams are at opposing...
The horseshoe tournament held at Albin Day was a success. Several of the competitors also threw in the cornhole tournament. Tossers like Pete Gasner, Ryan Steel and Brandi Miller have been throwing for years and enjoy the competition and game. There were about eight teams that took part in the tournament. When all was said and done the finals turned out to be a family affair. Three LeMaster brothers were in the finals. The team of Jerad and Chad LeMaster were on one team and their brother Corey...
The annual Tim Malm Jr. Rodeo is one of the highlights at Albin Day. Malm competed in rodeo most of his life in some form or another. He was a great roper in the days before his accident. That was when rodeo changed for Malm from the participation of competing to being the one putting on a rodeo. Malm and his family are kind hearted and determined to make the Jr. Rodeo a hit. Malm watches the kids every year and encourages them to do the best they can. The families of the contestants love to...
