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The garden tractors were lined up to get ready to pull on Grover Day. The Colorado Garden Tractor Pullers come to Grover once a year to have their event. There were lots of classes to enter for all ages. There was even a girl the age of six in the garden tractor pull. The track or dirt road was wet down to have a great pull. Each track is different on dirt, weather, and moisture of the road. People were excited to see the pulling of the garden tractors. The only comment was it was hot and no...
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets volleyball squad took on the Lingle Doggers team last Thursday in Pine Bluffs. The C and B teams started the night off and they did pretty well. The C team beat the Doggers in two straight games to win the match. The Hornets beat the Doggers 25-15 in the first game and then 25-22 in the second. The B team didn't fare as well as they fell to the Doggers in two straight games. The Hornets were not going down easy as they were able to run off nine straight points in...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets football team started their road back to the state championship with a road trip to Shoshoni to face last years champions the Shoshoni Wranglers. It would be the #1 vs #2 ranked teams squaring off this evening. The Hornets were ranked #2 and were in the final 4 last year while the Shoshoni team were last year's champions. Both of these teams have talent and experience. The Hornets were the first to put points on the board with a 38-yard touchdown connection from Stu...
New head coach Travis Romsa had been working hard with the Burns Broncs football squad this year. He was looking to turn the tide and have a better season than the 2-7 season of last year. The team hosted the out of state Yuma, Colorado team last Thursday. It would be a disappointing outcome but many lessons were learned and the team will practice and improve on them. The Broncs defense had a problem containing the strong Yuma run game. They were able to hold the Yuma team to no points in the...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs cross country track team traveled to Gering last week to compete in the Gering Cross Country Invite held at the Five Rocks Amphitheatre. It was a great start for the team who’s roster is almost full. Coach Ashley Rousseau had this to say, “We almost have our entire roster of 55 (52 runners) competing this week–we still are nursing injuries, have had some sickness come through the team (I think the hot hot days aren’t helping), and had some families travel as well–so only 44 raced today—only 44?!?!?! We should have ALL race...
The Burns Lady Broncs varsity volleyball team had a busy week last week competing in several different meets. The largest was the Gillette Invite Silver Bracket Tournament held in Gillette. Before and after the team had meets with other teams that were also competing in the tournament. The Lady Broncs did well placing third in the tournament and winning other matches outside the tournament. To start off the week the Lady Broncs hosted the Scottsbluff Lady Bearcats. This was a non-conference and...
The volleyball was going back and forth over the net on Friday, September 2nd, which was the start of a month of volleyball games every week. Friday the girls played two teams. Each of the A and B teams took turns with the games getting a rest in between. The Burns Junior High Volleyball team did the best they could. It is the beginning of the season although the time will go fast. The A team for Burns did not have a great day. They lost to the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Lady Doggers in two sets. The...
Number Name Grade #1 Paighton Romsa 8th #2 Lauren Chechuck 8th #3 Kali Medina 8th #4 Avery Gray 8th #5 Lilli Peck-Krei 7th #6 Brynlee Loyd 7th #7 Lucero Serrano 7th #8 Brylee McCoy 7th #9 Kadee Bruns 8th #10 Keefer Fornstrom 8th #11 Ella Haas 6th #12 Meadow Loyd 8th #12 Tiffany Nunley 7th #13 Kadence Wheeler 6th #14 Karleigh Lukassen 6th #15 Nichole Sumare 8th #16 Caitlin Jessen 7th #17 Karli Person 8th #18 Alyssa Hoffman 6th #20 Gracie Reifschneider 7th #26 Kelbie Walls 6th #27 Kiersten Brown...
This year the town of Grover added four new horseshoe stakes and pits. There were 18 people that entered the horseshoe tournament. It went fast this year compared to last year. This was a one on one tournament as opposed to a team. No partner to help out, you were on your own. Scott and Doug Duggan have been competing for years taking turns on who wins. They have been playing horseshoes all their lives....
The Hornets played their first football game of the season on Friday, August 26th at home. It was a scrimmage game against Lingle and did not count toward their season record but was a good time to get the team back in the mindset of playing the game again. There were lots of personnel changes and coaches were there on the field to help the players in positioning and techniques. Scoring was not important as learning how to deal with the play and the players against you. In a quick interview with Stu Lerwick who wears #12 and plays quarterback...
The National Truck Driving Championships were held in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 16-19, 2022 where cones were strategically placed and the trucks were ready to roll. An honored Wyoming trucker came home a third place winner. The American Trucking Association hosted the National Truck Driving Championships for a competition for professional truck drivers. The event started in 1937 and was started to see how safe a driver is on the road. This year there were 400 drivers from fifty states. To...
The Burns Lady Broncs started off the volleyball season with the Douglas Tournament held in Douglas. The tournament hosted Wheatland, Southeast, Buffalo and Douglas last Saturday, August 27th. The Broncs did well and learned areas that they will need to improve on. The first game of the tournament was against the Wheatland Bulldogs. The Bulldogs proved to be too much for the Lady Broncs as they fell in the first two games. The first game was close and back and forth but the Bulldogs pulled it...
The smell of smoked meat was in the air at Grover Day. It was due to the fifth annual BBQ cook-off that raises money for the school in Grover. This starts around 11:00 p.m. with the first category. This year there were eight different teams competing. They were Smoka Sauruses, Barbie Q, Just Smokin, Star-B-Que, Stormin Bar-B-Que, Frank-n-Beans, Blowin' Smoke, and Bull-B-Que. Some of them were locals. There were four categories for the contestants to put into if they chose to do so. Not everyone...
PB/B XC Update August 26, 2022 AND we’re back!!! I am sure that you have missed my thesis style updates from the XC Team. This year they may increase in size due to the sheer volume of our roster. We have 52 harriers this year 6th grade-12th grade. It is so amazing. Quick hitters (for my people who need the twitter version) JH are running machines. HS teams are missing a few harriers this week, but they helped each other along the course and we have good base times moving forward. Top JH Girl: Tessa Bybee, Top JH Boy: Rutley Hansen, Top HS Girl...
Football season has started. Burns Junior High had their first football game with the honor of being first on the field this year. They played Glenrock. You never know how the team is until after the first game. In the first quarter the teams seemed to be pretty well matched. By the end of the first half however the score was Glenrock 14 and the Broncs eight with an injured player. For the second half Glenrock's offense was able to find the holes in the Broncs' defense to make several more...
The costumes were colorful and the feet were moving with the rhythm of the music. During Bushnell Days the Los Guadalupanos traditional Folkloric Dancers from Gering, Nebraska performed. This was the first time these dancers performed at Bushnell Days. Mary Ann Shockley is the director of the group. She explained the meaning of the outfits and the dances before there was performed. All the clothes were handmade. The designs are from different regions of Mexico. The dresses have 14 yards of...
The Laramie County Roping Association held its annual team roping competition over the 20th and 21st of August. The annual event is highly anticipated by the roping community and very well attended. This year there were 173 teams that signed up for the contest. Each team was able to have three rides in the first round and those with times were able to ride in the second round. The event is a memorial to Buzz Bradley. Folklore has it that he was a car dealer in the area that had a passion for the...
A young Arnold Palmer is developing here in Pine Bluffs. Tayten Zitek loves to golf. Unfortunately, neither Pine Bluffs nor Burns has a golf team. Young Zitek now golfs with the Cheyenne East High School golf team. And he is doing well. Over the weekend of August 11th and 12th Zitek competed in the Wheatland Invitational tournament in Wheatland, Wyoming. It was a two-day tournament that Zitek took second place in. The Cheyenne East Boys team took first out of eight teams. Zitek is the Grandson...
The boards were lined up and the bean bags were set and ready to be tossed. At Bushnell Days in the afternoon the cornhole tournament was underway. Eighteen teams competed in a double elimination bracket. Some of the teams had never played in a tournament before but were having fun. The competitors were challenging each other. Others put their tongues out to help them get the bean bag in the hole. It works most of the time. This sport is fast and fun and challenging trying the different boards....
The end of the Hell on Wheels Rodeo season is coming soon. The contestants have been working hard to get the best scores in the shortest times to earn the points and the money to win the series. Our locals had a tough time for the night. DC Carthcart was on bareback. His horse came out great for him to mark it. But the horse knows how to twist to the side sending him to the ground. Lacey Holeman was in the breakaway. The calf ran through her loop before she could get it around the neck. Colby...
The boards were set up and bean bags were laid down. On Sunday August 7th was the Second Annual Connor Graves-Tyler Morgan Cornhole Tournament. This tournament was set-up to honor Connor Graves that died from a bad accident. She grew up in the Pine Bluffs area and was very active throughout the community. Graves will always be in everyone's heart in the community. This tournament is to raise money for a scholarship in her name. This year there were 43 teams signed up. Players came from Denver,...
Cheyenne - The anticipation for hunters has been building for months, but the time has come or is rapidly approaching as seasons for big and small game are about to open across Wyoming. Some trends — good and bad — figure to hold true once again in 2022. Mother Nature will play a role in hunter success and animal survival, but how much? Whether you are after pronghorn along the plains, deer or elk in the mountains, bighorn sheep high in the mountains or birds along the flatlands and wetlands, check out the 2022 Wyoming Game and Fish Dep...
The street was blocked with cars of different makes and models at the Knotty Pine Saloon. August 6th after the Trail Days parade was the Covered Wagon Car and Bike Show. Jeff Weller started this event 12 years ago. There was never a car show at Trail Days. He figured since he was a global car guy, he'd start the car show. The name, Covered Wagon Car show was to fit in with Trail Days. At first it was a bit complicated getting the car show started. People did not know about it. So, Weller would m...
