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The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team continued their winning ways and dominating play against the Wright Panthers. The Hornets traveled to Wright, Wyoming to face the Panthers last Friday night in a conference game. The Hornets are currently ranked 2nd in the East Conference with a 3-0 seasonal record and 2-0 conference record. Coached by Head Coach Will Gray the Hornets seem to be on a path to another undefeated season. However, there is still a lot of football to play. The Hornets defeated...
The Burns Broncs football team did something they couldn't do all last year. The Broncs have their second win of the season. After losing their first two games the Broncs have come back strong and won their last two games. Their latest victory came last Friday against the Glenrock Herders. It was a solid performance by the team. Coach Romsa said, "Our kids played hard and well. I'm proud of our effort and the way we came to play." He then added, "We forced a lot of turnovers and capitalized off...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club held another team roping competition last Friday evening. Although there were only 15 ropers the competition was fierce, and ropes were swinging. A total of 37 teams competed on the night. The cowboys and cowgirls were working hard on an absolutely beautiful evening with temperatures perfect and very little wind. Unbeknownst to the club a couple from England had driven from Cheyenne just to see the event. Mervin and Maxine Freeman from England were on vacation and...
The Lady Hornets are on the winning path to another showing at the state tournament. The Lady Hornets have won their seventh game in a row with a 2-3 win over the Mitchell Lady Tigers. The Lady Tigers put up a valiant battle, but the Lady Hornets would not break. After losing the first game 28-26 the Lady Hornets won the next two games decisively 13-25 and 19-25. The Lady Hornets had a brief lapse in concentration and let the Lady Tigers catch up and tie the game with a 25-22 loss. However, the Lady Hornets pulled themselves back together and...
The Lady Broncs continue to have problems on the court with another loss to the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs. The team traveled from Buffalo to Wheatland to face the Lady Bulldogs in a non-conference match. This moves the Lady Broncs to a disappointing 0-16 record on the season. The Lady Broncs just never seemed to get into the rhythm on the court. They lost the first game 25-6. Hopefully they were just waking up from the journey. However, the second and third games did not get much better. The Lady Broncs lost the second game 25-10 and the third...
The Lady Broncs volleyball team is still looking for that elusive first win of the season. The Lady Broncs are still trying to find that chemistry that combines six elements into a very strong and cohesive team. Coach McKinney is working with the team daily to see if they can find the right philosophy and techniques to combine the team into one. Their latest challenge was against the Buffalo Lady Bison last Friday. The Lady Broncs lost the game in three straight matches, 25-14, 25-16, and 25-23. The team kept working hard on the floor and was...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team took their talents to Alliance, Nebraska to compete in the Douglas Invite. The team was missing several of their members but still managed to have one runner make it to the podium. Coach Rousseau said this about the race. "We had one harrier on the podium today-JV Boys race, Sutter Allen was 9th. He earned his first medal and a season PR as well." JV GIRLS Morgan was our sole JV runner today and she demolished her time from last week by nearly 2 min...
The Lady Hornets had another hard-fought battle against the Moorcroft Lady Wolves last Saturday. Coming off the heated battle against the Lady Tigers the Lady Hornets were hoping for an easy win against the Lady Wolves but instead found themselves in another 5-match game. The Lady Hornets extended their winning streak to nine games with a 2-3 win over the Lady Wolves. After winning the first match decisively 17-25 the Lady Hornets fell to the Lady Wolves 25-21 in the second match. The Lady Hornets regrouped and came back in the third match to...
Burns/Pine Bluffs cross-country track team traveled across the state line to Kimball, Nebraska to run in the Kimball Invite. The weather was perfect for the event and the kids performed outstandingly. The meet only runs four races and according to head coach Ashley Rousseau, "It's always awesome to see the team's internal competition on courses like this. We had at least one harrier in each of the races make it to the podium!!! Our boys also beat Torrington and was a close SECOND PLACE behind...
Hornets football continues to dominate their opponents for their second win of the season. The Hornets traveled to Guernsey, Wyoming for their match up against the Vikings. The Hornets were coming off the dominating win against the Shoshoni Wranglers and wanted to keep the momentum going. The first quarter of the game looked like neither team could produce any points. After that the Hornets became dominant and stung the Vikings 6-70. The second quarter and for the rest of the game the Hornets...
The Burns Broncs football team scored a first win of the season against the Tongue River Eagles last Friday. The team traveled to Dayton, Wyoming to face the Eagles on the gridiron. The team started the game a bit down but fought back. Coach Romsa said this, "We started our first two offense plays with fumbles that TR recovered. Last year's team would have quit, and we would have gotten blown out. The way our kids responded and stepped up is what we have been preaching to them and they finally...
The Lady Hornets volleyball team competed in the Big Horn Tournament last weekend. The three-day event had the Lady Hornets hitting the court eight times against that many teams. The grueling tournament would test the Lady Hornets’ stamina and determination as they faced teams from all across the state. However, the Lady Hornets were up to the challenge and finished the tournament with a 7-1 record. The Lady Hornets currently are seated number one in the conference and have a seasonal record of 12-3. In their first game the Lady Hornets w...
The Lady Broncs volleyball team is still rebuilding and getting back to the championship level that they were at last year. Coach McKinney is still working hard with the girls and getting them comfortable in their positions and responsibilities. The team headed to the Rawlins invite tournament last weekend. They faced teams from Pinedale, Powel, Buffalo and the host Rawlins. The Lady Broncs did not fare well and came home with a 0-4 record from the tournament, a seasonal record of 0-12. In their first game against the Pinedale Lady Wranglers...
Casper, Wyoming – Athletes, Unified Partners, and teams from around the state have been enthusiastically training for the State Fall Tournament in Casper from Wednesday, October 9th through Friday, October 11th, hosted by Special Olympics Wyoming. The tournament will feature Bocce, Bowling, Cycling and Soccer competitions. Events are scheduled in various Casper locations throughout the three-day event. Locations include El Marko Lanes, Natrona County High School, Boomtown Bowling, North Casper S...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team got the 2024-25 season off to a great start. The Hornets traveled to Shoshoni to face the Wranglers in a non-conference game. The Hornets started last season off with a 6-0 record but missed the last three games of the season knocking them out of the state championship. Coach Gray is not about to let that happen again and hit the basics hard in practice. At the end of the scrimmage two weeks ago Coach Gray said, "Tackle, hitting and blocking," hinting that...
The Lady Hornets traveled to Yuma, Colorado to take on the Yuma Lady Outlaws in a non-conference match-up. The Lady Hornets, coming off the disappointing loss to the Lady Doggers were looking to get back on the winning train and back on track for the state tournament. Like the loss to the Lady Trailblazers the Lady Hornets started off slow but came through in the end as they won the match 2-3. The Lady Hornets lost the first two matches to the Lady Outlaws but came back and won the last three including the tiebreaker. In what could only be call...
Last Thursday the Lady Broncs hosted the Torrington Lady Trailblazers in an inter-conference match up. The Lady Broncs are going through a rebuilding stage and getting the girls to become comfortable in their new roles. After losing nine seniors last year Head Coach Anndee McKinney has her work cut out for her fitting the team together. There are all new faces starting on the floor this year. Some were on the varsity squad last year and some moved up from the JV team. Now the ones that were on...
The Lady Hornets volleyball team has been undefeated in seasonal play in the early part of the 2024-25 Season. With returning players like the hard-hitting Jessica Hoffman, Hattie Lerwick and Avery Gray the Lady Hornets are looking to return to the state tournament. The Lady Hornets hosted the Lingle-Ft Laramie Lady Doggers in a non-conference game last Thursday. The Lady Hornets were able to defeat the Lady Doggers in their first match up but lost the next three sets to lose the match 3-1. It...
The Burns Broncs galloped to Rawlins, Wyoming to face the Outlaws on the gridiron last Friday. The Broncs are still looking for their first seasonal win and were hoping to find it in Rawlins. The Broncs are still building their team into a cohesive unit but are well on their way. Coach Romsa has a lot of new faces and has them starting to fire as a team. The Broncs offense was able to find pay dirt in the first and third quarters, but the defense was not able to contain the Outlaws offense as they put 34 points on the board. The Outlaws beat...
The Lady Broncs volleyball team is off to a slow start to the 2024-25 season. With a 0-5 record the team was headed to Gillette for the Gillette Invite tournament with the hopes of breaking their losing streak and putting some marks in the win column. Unfortunately, the team was not able to find the winners circle in any of their matches. Their first match that is recorded was against the Newcastle Lady Dogies. In the tournament the girls would play the best of three matches for the game. In an up and down game, the Lady Broncs lost the first...
The Pine Bluffs Roping Club held its weekly team roping competition last Friday. It was a perfect night for the event and Mother Nature was smiling down on the group. The arena could not have been much better as they watered the ground down just before the competition. The family and friends that gathered were having a great time watching their hero ride and rope. On this night a roper from previous events, Haize Fornstrom would put up his rope for a flag. Fornstrom would be the flagger for the...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs Cross Country track team headed to Gering, Nebraska to compete in the Gering XC meet. According to Coach Rousseau, “The first week left us with some kids out sick—oh germs in all the schools. Hopefully we will all be healthy and can compete next week at Kimball. This week we ran at the Five Rocks Amphitheater in Gering, Nebraska. In the junior varsity girl’s division Coach Rousseau said, “We only ran Katie Beavers at JV today since she missed out last week. She got her first HS race under her feet— 34:53.” In the JV boys...
The Lady Hornets volleyball team headed to Cheyenne for their third game of the week. Coming off the win against the Yuma Lady Outlaws the team was in high spirits and ready to put another notch in their belt. The Lady Cyclones are not in the same conference but still a strong and powerful team to face. The game was intensely close as neither team could overcome the other. At the end of four matches the sets were tied at two apiece, and needed to go into a tiebreaker. The final score in all four matches was exactly the same. The winner had 25...
Some people love to watch a good tractor pull. But not everyone has a big tractor to have a chance to pull in competition. But garden tractors are a little bit easier to get and some say a lot more fun. The garden tractors motors are good, but upping the power is even better. Some put motorcycle engines in the tractor to give it more power. Power is the key in all the pulls no matter if it is big or small like a garden tractor. Power pulls longer and more weight, which is the goal to the competi...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross-country team had their first meet on August 30th in Cheyenne at the Little America Golf Course. The team is a bit smaller than last year, but the kids are still as dedicated and excited to run. According to Coach Rousseau, “Our team has changed a bit. Our HS girls’ team is the smallest we have ever been, but that includes a brand new to the sport Makayla from BHS.” According to Coach Rousseau “Shanae had her work cut out for her today driving in the XC bus Olympics, we were a part of a logistical nightmare, but she...
