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 By Grace Moore    Sports    March 16, 2023 

Boys' basketball ends season with gritty performances

Moorcroft’s boys’ basketball team, the smallest 3A school in the state, fought in the Regionals last week with determination and grit. Coach Nick Redden had two goals for this year’s Regionals: “To have people gain respect for Moorcroft...

 

Moorcroft Sports Schedule

HS BASKETBALL Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11 at State in Casper HS Wrestling Friday-Saturday, February 24-25 at State Tourney at Casper JH Boys Basketball Tuesday, March 7, 8 a.m. at Districts (Home)...

 

College Sports

UW Women’s Basketball Mountain West Championship: UW – 5, Colorado State – 56 UW – 60, UNLV – 71 Next: Fri., Mar. 17, 6:30 p.m. vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (WNIT) UW Wrestling Next: Thurs.-Sat., Mar. 16-18 at NCAA Championships, Tulsa, OK...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    March 9, 2023

Lady Wolves finish season 11-12

On Thursday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Torrington for the first round of the 3A Regional Basketball Tournament. Moorcroft’s first opponent was the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs. The game got off to a slow start and, although the game was back and...

 

Scoreboard

Boys Basketball played Torrington on 3/2 (lost 61-34), Rawlins on 3/3 (won 43-40), Wheatland on 3/4 (lost 48-29)...

 
 By Grace Moore    Sports    March 2, 2023

Wolves claim first women's champ

Moorcroft Wolf Rebecca Anderson has taken the Wyoming women's wrestling championship in the 106 lb class in the first year that the sport has been sanctioned. Anderson is no novice to wrestling; she...

 

Wrestlers take second at state

Dayne Humes is named 106 lb class champion at the state wrestling tournament. For more, see center pages....

 
 By Marci Allison    Sports    March 2, 2023

Wolves wrestling team bring home two champions

The Wolves wrestling team concluded their regular season competing against 21 teams at the Wyoming High School 2A state championship tournament this past weekend in Casper. Twenty-two qualified for...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    March 2, 2023

Bulldogs beat Wolves by the skin of their teeth

On Friday night, the Lady Wolves welcomed the Lady Bulldogs from Wheatland for the last game of the regular season. We knew going in that it was going to be a competitive game. The game got off to a good start with neither team able to pull away...

 
 By Grace Moore    Sports    March 2, 2023

Boys basketball goes to Regionals

The Moorcroft Wolves boys' basketball team have made it to Regionals this year and will play against Torrington or Rawlins in the three-seed bracket. As of the time of this report, these two remaining teams had not played due to inclement weather...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    February 23, 2023

Lady Wolves win against Eagles on home ground

On Friday, the Lady Wolves traveled to Buffalo to take on the Lady Bison. Buffalo came out quickly and jumped out to a 22-5 first quarter lead. The Lady Wolves were able to close the gap and found themselves down, 32-17 at halftime. Buffalo was able...

 

Wolves wrestle their way to State

The Wolves wrestling team wrestled in the Wyoming High School 2A East Regional tournament this past weekend for their chance to compete at the state tournament in Casper this Friday and Saturday. As a team, the Wolves placed first, came home with fou...

 

Scoreboard

Boys Basketball played Buffalo on 2/17 (lost 75-40) and on 2/18 vs Tongue River (lost 66-41)...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    February 16, 2023

Lady Wolves conquer Big Horn Rams

On Friday, the Lady Wolves welcomed the Doggies from Newcastle to the Wolves' Den. We knew going in that we would have to play solid defense and convert on the offensive end. The first quarter was a...

 

Nine points revenge over Dogies

The Wolves Boys Basketball team had a full weekend of games with Newcastle on Friday and Big Horn on Saturday.  The Junior Varsity set the tone Friday night with a nice win over the Newcastle Dogies, getting a little revenge from their previous...

 

Wolves wrestlers: champions in conference

The Wolves wresting team hosted the Powder River Conference Duals between Moorcroft, Wright, Sundance, Hulett and Tongue River last Thursday, February 9. The team won all their duals and placed first...

 

Scoreboard

HS Boys Basketball February 3, lost to Hulett in Hulett, 53-49...

 

Wolves Wrestlers fare well at Greybull

The Wolves wrestling team had a busy week of competition. On Tuesday, they traveled to Rapid City to dual Rapid City Central, where they came out on top, winning 52-21. On Friday, they went to Lovell...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    February 9, 2023

Wolves win in Hulett

On Friday, the Lady Wolves traveled cross county to take on the Hulett Lady Red Devils. Hulett got off to a quick start and led the Lady Wolves, 5-1 midway through the first quarter. The Wolves locked down defensively and were able to end the...

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    February 2, 2023

Lady Wolves take on Bulldogs and Buffalo

On Friday, the Moorcroft Lady Wolves took on a familiar opponent when the Lady Bulldogs from Sundance came to town. The Lady Wolves got off to an early 25 to 12 halftime lead. Sundance came back in the third quarter, outscoring the Wolves, 16-5 and...

 

Wolves wrestle in Belle Fourche Invitational

Both the boys’ and girls’ Wolves wrestling teams traveled to Belle Fourche, SD this past weekend to compete in the Belle Fourche Invitational. There, the boys competed against 222 wrestlers from 20 teams and the girls competed with 16 teams and...

 

Home champ

Dayne Humes is named champion at the Dylan Humes Memorial in the 106 lb bracket. Rebekah Anderson also placed first at the annual event. For more, see page 7....

 
 By Dusty Petz    Sports    January 26, 2023

Lady Wolves beat Herders

On Friday evening, the Lady Wolves traveled to Newcastle to take on the Dogies. The game was quick from the opening tip with Newcastle leading 12 to 5 after the first quarter. Newcastle stepped it up in the second and third quarters, holding the...

 
 By Nick Redden    Sports    January 26, 2023

Wolves don't back down

The Wolves Boys basketball had two great contests this past weekend with Newcastle on Friday and Glenrock on Saturday.  The boys JV came out a little slow against Newcastle, but made some gains in the second half, though not enough to pull out the...

 

Wolves place fourth at Dylan Humes Tournament

The seats were full and the applause was charged as the Wolves faced their opponents with courage and excitement at the 2023 Dylan Humes Tournament. At this year's memorial mixer, hosted at home in...

 

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