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Football is a rough and tumble game where a group of people throw and kick a ball across a field. The ball that is used for this game at one time was referred to as a pigskin due to the fact that they were originally inflated with the bladders of animals, including those from swine. However, on Bushnell Day that was no pigskin being tossed around the playing field as they had their first annual Cow Tongue Football games. First you have to wonder why (a cow tongue?) and again exactly how it was...
Welcome to the second annual Bushnell Day Truck Show. There were eight trucks ready for the critical eye of Bushnell Day attendees. Last year there were only three trucks for the showing. Each year it grows and so do the prizes. This year as big as it was everyone received a prize. All of the trucks were spit shined and polished and showing off all afternoon for the people to vote. The winners received a plaque and an item to go into the truck. At first people just loved looking at the trucks...
It was an almost perfect day for roping last Friday and the Pine Bluffs Roping Club took full advantage of the weather. The arena was a little dry and dust would hang in the air, but a slight breeze would come up and clear it out. As the sun set the temperature dropped and became perfect for roping. The club held their weekly team roping competition and it was well attended. A total of 44 cowboys and cowgirls signed up to compete. The computer selected 86 teams for the evening, the season's...
For the last 13 years the annual Covered Wagon and Bike show has been happening at Trail Days. Jeff Weller, coordinator of the event thought it was 14 years but he stood corrected. Time goes by fast like cars. Weller said, "I apologize for not getting the number right on the years." Every year the south street of the Knotty Pine Saloon and the parking lot is filled with cars, trucks, and motorcycles. There were some return competitors and a few new ones, too. This year there were six motorcycles...
The road to the state championship is long and hard. The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team started down that road this week. The team actually had a football camp the week after school let out but this is the first practice of the 2023/24 year. Coach Gray has high hopes for the team this year. "Lots of good kids are coming back this year. It is just a matter of finding out their strengths and putting them in the right spot." He also added, "Graduation hit a lot of the schools hard. The...
The Burns half of the cross-county team were out hitting the streets this week in preparation of the 2023/24 cross-country track season. Assistant Coach Robin Ramirez was out with the runners enjoying the morning. This is Ramirez's first year at Burns as a coach. She has coached in Cheyenne at a couple of schools for six years. She is looking forward to the season. Brook Hoffman is the head coach and this is his first year as head coach. Hoffman took over from Coach Clayson this year. Of this ye...
The Pine Bluffs/Burns cross country track team started their 2023/24 this week. The Pine Bluffs team practiced on the school track for warm-ups then hit the road for some mileage. Head Coach Ashley Rousseau said, "it will be individual accomplishments that will stand out this year. The conference that they are in is very competitive and schools are much larger." She has high hopes for some of the members that are returning. There are 12 seniors returning this year. Ten of them have been with...
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....
