The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Girls The basketball teams put in some miles this past weekend, says Lady Wolves Coach Matthew Albertson. They were on the road for both Friday’s contest with the Bulldogs from Sundance and the Bison from Buffalo, on Saturday. “Both of these teams are well coached, and contenders for the state tournament this season. The girls played well on both days despite some sickness that has infiltrated the team, but that did seem to show itself on Saturday as we only had two subs for the game against the Lady Bison,” he says. According to Alber...
Moorcroft High School (MHS) senior Rebekah Anderson has been accepted to Dickinson College on a wrestling scholarship. Anderson is the second MHS female wrestler to receive a scholarship for this sport since girls wrestling was sanctioned in Wyoming in 2020. Charmayne DeLong took her dreams to Indiana Tech, according to long-time Wolves wrestling team writer Marci Allison. "I started wrestling in second grade," Anderson explains how she was introduced to the sport, "My brother had wrestled the y...
On Friday, the Lady Wolves faced Newcastle, followed by Glenrock on Saturday. Coach Matthew Albertson feels that Saturday's performance was a turnaround from the day before, when the girls struggled against their opponents. "Things started out well for the Lady Wolves defensively," he says of the game against the Herders. "We had a couple of stops, but the shots were not seeming to fall, despite only being down eight points at half. In the third quarter, we hit a wall and it was like being in...
The Moorcroft Wolves boys' basketball team put on a good showing against Newcastle and Glenrock, according to Coach Nick Redden, and is working to meet the challenges ahead of them. "Newcastle and Glenrock are two very well-coached teams with good players, top to bottom. We gave the best we had, but at any point in the season, you have to find that right chemistry," he says. "We have some injuries we're dealing with, but it doesn't take away from the fact that every player is literally giving ev...
The Wolves wrestling team hosted their annual Dylan Humes Memorial tournament this past weekend. The gyms were packed and many exciting matches were wrestled all for the chance to win the championship buckle. With 30 teams invited from Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana and Colorado, they competed in the varsity, junior varsity and girls' divisions. As a team, on the varsity side, they finished third under first place Sheridan and second place Thunder Basin High School. Individually, they had three in the finals, two champions and a few placers....
HS Boys Basketball Moorcroft – 65, Edgemont – 45 Moorcroft – 49, Newell – 45 Moorcroft – 32, Faith – 64 HS Girls Basketball Moorcroft – 57, Oelrichs – 31 Moorcroft – 29, New Underwood – 34 Moorcroft – 36, Newell – 48...
The Wolves wrestling team took the weekend off due to the cold temperatures. They were scheduled to compete in the Annual Cowboy/Cowgirl tournament in Miles City, MT, but canceled so as not to travel in the cold weather. They then scheduled to attend the tournament in Newcastle as the closer route, but last minute it was canceled, leaving them to take the weekend off. Coming up for the Wolves, this Friday and Saturday, is their home tournament, the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer. This tournament...
The Pine Haven Town Council recently discussed the possible advantage to hydro-seeding Harwood Baseball field. The site was hydro-seeded in its infancy, but the cost is significant. According to Councilman Rob Norton, he and Public Works Director Sean Glasser had discussed this issue and Norton offered their suggestions, "I don't know that we need to hydroseed, we might just over seed, spray it with fertilizer, kill the weeds off and see if it can regenerate." He noted that the director had...
The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Hettinger, ND this past weekend to compete in the Hettinger Classic tournament against fourteen teams. On Thursday, the team dualled New Salem, ND and Friday and Saturday, wrestled in the tournament. There, they placed second as a team, having one champion, three runners up and many placers. Thursday night dual: Moorcroft vs. New Salem- 40-27 Individual results for the tournament were: 107 Danner Wiseman went 2-5, making it to the placing match, where he...
Girls Coach Matthew Albertson talks about game six of the season, ringing in the new year. "This home match-up against the Lady Bobcats from Upton was our fourth time seeing a ranked team in this short season," he says. According to the coach, Elise Kuhbacher and Jadyn Lubkeman had tough draws, having to defend against two of Upton's bigger players in Sophie Louderback and Bella Keller. Natalee Scribner played her part in defending the guards from Upton. "The girls played well overall, but we...
(Below) Mike James and son Marcus James wrestle during the MHS Alumni Duals. (Above) Dad Steve Allred and Walker Allred....
Team members shone as the season hit its second week, according to Lady Wolves basketball Coach Matt Albertson. "Our second week of play was an inner-county clash with the Lady Red Devils of Hulett. Kaeley Hutchison started the game off with a nice lay-up to break the ice. This is also her first action of the season, as she was gone last week," he says. "Remember this group does not have a lot of time playing together, so we are trying to get as many reps as possible leading into the...
The Wolves wrestling teams had yet another busy weekend of tough competition competing in the Pat Weede duals on Friday and Saturday, the girls in the Pat Weede tournament and the team split on Saturday for the Wright duals. For the Pat Weede duals, the team went 4-4, wrestling some tough teams from Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Individual dual results were: Moorcroft vs. Star Valley - 32-43 Moorcroft vs. Campbell County - 48-19 Moorcroft vs. Sidney - 42-30 Moorcroft vs. Bisma...
Wolves basketball Coach Nick Redden candidly discusses the game against Hulett last weekend, saying, "They put us in some positions we had trouble dealing with and they got us by four but it's still early in the season." "It's always a pride thing to have the Hulett versus Moorcroft game, you always want to win that one. It didn't turn in our favor, but there are still a lot of ways we're learning right now, especially trying to bring our younger guys in," he continues. "My top five guys play 31.5 minutes every game so our schedules are based...
MHS Boys Nick Redden, Wolves basketball coach, says of the first games of the year, “In Burns, we played four games. We played against Burns, Thermopolis, Lingle and Tongue River; all very solid opponents across the board…We came out 0-4 - We had a tight one against Burns and lost in overtime. “Our JV ended up playing three games. I have 13 kids, they’re just awesome to be around and they work harder than most kids I’ve ever seen. When it comes down to it, there’s a lot of learning done. “The older kids are really being leaders and showing what...
The Wolves wrestling team started their season this past weekend in Cheyenne, at the Charlie Lake Duals on Friday, followed by the varsity girls and JV tournaments on Saturday. There, they faced very tough competition wrestling against 27 teams from all around Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Montana. Friday was the dual tournament where the Wolves went undefeated in the black pool, winning all five of their duals. The team wrestled five rounds of duals to place first. The dual results were:...
All Conference medals and certificates held proudly by Oliver Gorsuch, First Team; Chaz Dewey, Second Team; Wyatt Allred, First Team; and Braydenn Terry, who wrapped up the season with All Conference in First Team, an award for Good Sportsmanship at the Pine Bluffs game and All State. Terry later said of the awards he had received, "I set myself to a high standard and high goals so I was hoping I'd do good this year, I was hoping I'd get All Conference, but I definitely was not expecting All...
Moorcroft's Marcus James was among student-athletes selected as 2023 Wyoming Coaches Association All-State Cross Country....
The Moorcroft Lady Wolves wrapped up their volleyball season this past weekend as they hosted the 3A Northeast Regional Tournament on their home court. The girls first took the court against the Douglas Bearcats. The Bearcats came out on top, but the Wolves played hard, coming up with 12 kills and four aces. The Lady Wolves came up against the Newcastle Dogies in the second round of play and had one of their greatest games of the season. Moorcroft pulled out the win against the Dogies with...
HS Football Moorcroft – 31, Guernsey-Sunrise – 6 HS Volleyball Moorcroft – 0, Buffalo – 3 (18-25, 12-25, 18-25) Moorcroft – 0, Wheatland – 3 (9-25, 16-25, 21-25)...
Moorcroft's Marcus James placed ninth at state Cross Country with a time of 18:54.3....
Receiving All Conference honors, Marcus James finished in second place with the time of 18:53.02 in the 1A/2A Northeast Powder River Conference Championship high school boys 5000-meter race in Newcastle last weekend. Mikhail Reich took second place in the junior high school boys conference 3000-meter race with 10:35.75. In the junior high girls 3000-meter race, Rachel Burris earned sixth place, with a time of 12:55.36; Audrey Greathouse took 17th with 13:55.74; and Morning Barnum made 21st,...
Football Moorcroft – 6, Wright – 34 Volleyball Moorcroft – 0, Glenrock – 3 Moorcroft – 0, Newcastle – 3...
The Moorcroft/Rozet fifth and sixth grade football team finished their season off in second place in last week's championship....
Football Moorcroft – 18, Niobrara County – 27 Volleyball Moorcroft – 0, Sundance – 3 (13-25, 10-25, 5-25) Moorcroft – 1, Hulett – 3 (18-25, 15-25, 25-21, 21-25) The Moorcroft Lady Wolves went up against Hulett and Sundance this last weekend. Pink night was against the Hulett Devils and then Senior night was against the Sundance Bulldogs. During the games against the Sundance Bulldogs, the Moorcroft Secondary School took a moment to recognize the graduates of 2024. These athletes have worked...
