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Nichole Fleming is a nine-year-old barrel racer. She has been racing for two years and really enjoys it. She especially likes riding horses. Fleming said "I enjoy barrel racing and want to stay with it for a while, maybe all the way into high school". Ava Neilan is one of the younger riders. She is only eight-years-old and has been barrel racing for only one year. She started when she was seven and has no intention of stopping. When asked what her favorite part of racing was she said, "Going...
To enjoy some lakes on the way up to the mountains a person can stop at Curt Gowdy State park. It is 24 miles west of Cheyenne.This place was established in 1971 with the city of Cheyenne and the Boys Scouts. It was named after Curt Gowdy because he was a sportscaster and outdoorman along with being a Wyoming native. This year Cheryl Gowdy helped out and built the Little House at the park. It is on the west side of the Visitors center. The place is for the kids to do some activities while at...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club started their 2023 season last Friday at the arena here in Pine Bluffs. The event planned was for team roping. Nineteen ropers from the local area competed in a Jackpot Roping Rodeo. There were 43 teams created all looking for the shortest time to rope the cow. Colter Wilson was one of the youngest ropers at the rodeo. He is a ninth grader from Carpenter and competes in team roping. In an interview with his mother, Christy Wilson, she said, "Colter loves to play hocke...
On June 22nd the annual "Wyoming Coaches Foundation North-South All-Star Games" announced the coaches and athletes that have been selected to participate in the games held in Casper. The games will be held on July 22nd at Casper College. The volleyball match starts at 1 p.m., followed by girls' basketball at approximately 3 p.m. and the boys' basketball at approximately 5 p.m. These games will come at the end of the Wyoming Coaches Association's annual Coaching Clinic, Hall of Fame Banquet, and...
One of the intangibles in athletics is emotion and sometimes those emotions can cross the boundary of good sportsmanship. Players and coaches can get thrown out of games, however, there are far more instances of players and coaches keeping their cool. The Wyoming High School Activities Association has published its annual list of schools that did not have an ejection in the 2022-23 season. The Pine Bluffs Hornets have made the list of schools that did not have an ejection during the 2022-23 sports season. Congratulations to the coaches and...
The Archer event center was full of vehicles and horse trailers. The place was packed for the evening for the Hell on Wheels Rodeo and Chuck Wagon dinner. The event is a place for the avid rodeo fan or people that have not seen a rodeo or tasted western food. People come from all over the county to have the experience of the western world. The food was great and the people loved the food. Some would love to have a second helping if they weren't so full from the first one. After the dinner a...
Bryce Humphrey, who placed ninth in the state in trap-shooting will be traveling to the national tournament. The national tournament will be held in Mason, Michigan at the MTA Homegrounds. Humphreys will be testing his talent against the nation's best high school shooters and teams. Since its inception in 2018 the USA Clay Target League National Championship has proven to be a huge success. Nearly 3,000 of the nation's best clay target shooters participate each year. The National Championship is...
Royce Breeden is a local high school rodeo champion and now he has made his mark in the state. Breeden and his teammate placed third in the team roping competition. Breeden with his roping partner will be headed to nationals to test their skills against the best in the country. Breeden is the header of the team, which means he throws first. His target is to rope the animal by the horns and his teammate must rope the two hind legs for it to be a complete event. If either one misses the game is a...
If you want to burn off some energy and have fun while doing it, the Frontier Trampoline Park in Cheyenne is the place to go. There are different activities for all ages to partake in. It opened in February of 2020 during the COVID pandemic but had to shut down a month later. They then had a soft opening with ten people being in the park in June of 2020. It took a long time to get up to full capacity with the fact of cleaning all the time (which is normal) and following the COVID rules. This...
The old west style is happening every month throughout the summer in Cheyenne. The event is "The Hell on Wheels" Rodeo and Chuck Wagon Dinner series featuring six rodeos and the award winning 3 Lazy R Chuck Wagon held at the Archer Event Center. Cheyenne has hosted a rodeo since the 1860's. They were overflowing with cowboys, railroad workers, and lawmen in Cheyenne at the time. Cheyenne Frontier Days was created to prove that the cowboys could tame wild horses and catch cattle at the same time....
It was an incredible sport year for the Pine Bluffs Hornets Sports program. For the year 2022-23 the Hornets earned two team state championships and several individual state championships. One team went undefeated the entire season and another repeated as state champions. The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team started off the season with wins over Shoshoni, Guernsey-Sunrise and Wright. The Hornets scored 135 points in the three games holding their opponents to 44. The Hornets defense shut out...
The Lady Broncs had an incredible season bringing home two state championships. The girl's basketball team brought home their first ever state championship in the history of the school. The girls qualified for state at regionals as the fourth seed. The girl's season record was 14-15. Just under .500 but they saved their best playing for when it really counted, the state tournament. This was only the second time in the history of girl's high school basketball that a state champion team had a...
People traveled from all over the world to attend the Earl Anderson Memorial Rodeo in Grover, Colorado. This year was a special one in that it was the 100th year of having this rodeo. The Anderson family started preparing the land in the 1920's. In 1923 the rodeo officially started with only a few events. There was horse racing, bronc riding, calf roping, spud racing, and the musical basket race. At the time there was no fenced in arena. All the events were done on the open prairie. In 1948 the...
A few weeks ago I covered the signing of Colby Smith. He is a rodeo star attending Burns High School. He plans on going to Casper State College to continue his education and rodeo career. Smith's dream is to become a professional rodeo cowboy. Smith competed in the State Finals in high school rodeo held in Rock Springs last week. Smith competes in saddle bronc and team roping. He placed third in the state in saddle bronc riding with a score of 166.5 and is now qualified for the national...
For those of you who still can't get enough football, the 50th annual Shrine Bowl was held on Saturday, June 3rd. Four local boys, two from the Burns Broncs and two from the State Champion Pine Bluffs Hornets were asked to play for the South team. When asked how long it took to agree to participate in the Shrine Bowl Hornets Schaefer said, "No time at all". Cody Hape and Cooper Lakin from the Burns Broncs and Dalton Schaefer and Diego Paniagua from the Pine Bluffs Hornets were treated to a week...
Burns Broncs Boys Basketball team has a new head coach. On June 5th the boys were introduced to Coach Shawn Mollett. Mollett will assume the reins of the boy's team for the 2023-24 season and beyond. He is looking forward to the season. Mollett has four years of coaching experience. He started in Rock Springs as the high school basketball head coach then moved to Cheyenne where he took over the Johnson Junior High team. His coaching staff will include assistant coaches Jason Siebert and Travis...
Two retired teachers from Burns Elementary and High School competed in the Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) World Pool Tournament. Craig and Midori Spatz traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to showcase their talents at the pool table against some of the best pool players around. Both Craig and Midori participated in the tournament but unfortunately only Midori was able to bring home any trophies this time. Midori competes in the Women's Classic Division. She has been shooting pool...
The Laramie County chapter of the 4-H club had their annual 4-H shooting meet last weekend the 9th and 10th of June. Teams and clubs from around the county meet at the Pine Bluffs Sportsman's Club range to test their skills in archery, shotgun, 22 pistol and rifle. Over the two-day event these young adults would shoot and fire close to 100 rounds of shotgun and 22 rounds at a series of targets. Scores would be tallied and awards given out at a later date. The 4-H club has been around for many...
Summer is here and that means that the kids are out in full force riding their bicycles to and from everywhere. The pool area, playground, store and just around the block. To help these young and future drivers with getting home safely the Pine Bluffs Recreation Center partnered with the Pine Bluffs Police Department to put on the Pine Bluffs Bicycle Rodeo. Sonja Fornstrom and Heather Eggli from the recreation center chaired the event. Officer Rodney Kemp and new Chief of Police Austin Smith...
In an interview with Stu Lerwick and Mitchell Birkhofer at the state meet, Lerwick spoke about his winning the triple jump competition and his future in sports. Congratulations on winning the triple jump competition and getting the gold medal. How does that feel? "Great" Asked, "This is your last high school sporting event for the Hornets. How do you feel about that?" Lerwick replied, "Crazy". He was then asked, "With all your accolades, All-State in multiple sports, All- Conference awards,...
Six of the Burns Broncs Boys Track and Field team have been awarded All-State Honors. This is the first time each of these athletes has won this award in track and field. Cody Hape who brought home two individual gold medals from the state meet has also won All-State Honors. Also being honored are Dylan Ashworth, Cooper Lakin, Hunter Munson, Ethan Norris and Cody Piasecki. Cody Hape won two state titles in the 200m and 400m runs. Hape set a new personal record of 48.46 seconds in the 400m and...
The Wyoming Coaches Association announced the All-State recipients for the boy's high school track and field season. For this award the winners are not voted on but the top two finishers in each event are selected as the recipients. For the Pine Bluffs Hornets boy's track and field team two athletes were so honored. Mitchell Birkhofer, a shot putter is one of the All-State winners. Birkhofer who is the state champion in the shot put tossed an incredible 46'10" at state. Birkhofer, who also...
Three of the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets track and field team has made All-State honors. Emily Haas, Jessica Hoffman and Alyssa Slade are All-State Award recipients. For Slade this is the third time in a row that she has won this honor in track and field. Slade is the state champion in the high jump. She originally set the record for her division at 5'4". She had to tie that record to win the state title. Slade has won All-State honors in 2021, 2022 and now in 2023. Emily Haas has also received...
The Panhandle Prep All-Star games, which brings together some of the top prep basketball players from Wyoming and Nebraska was held May 26th at Scottsbluff High School. Burns Lady Broncs head coach Barry Ward and Hay Springs' Ron Olson were selected to coach the girls red team. Pine Bluffs Hornets coach Tyler Kimsey and Potter-Dix's Cory Mickelman, coached the boys red team. Three of the Wyoming State Champion Pine Bluffs Hornets basketball team and one from the Burns Lady Broncs basketball...
Stu Lerwick, a member of the 2022 & 2023 State Basketball Champion Pine Bluffs Hornets has another accolade in his resume. The multi-sport All-State and All-Conference Award winner as well as State Triple Jump Champion has been selected to play in the Wyoming-Montana All-Star Basketball Series. Athletes are selected from schools all across the state and performances at the state tournaments. For the first time Gillette will host the two-day, four-game all-star action. The games will be held in...
