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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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...
In May, Rage team manager and spokesman Travis Arney approached the Moorcroft Council requesting permission to call Moorcroft home and was approved with the understanding that the group would be responsible for upgrading the upper baseball field in Westview Park, bringing the diamond to regulatory specifications on which their team could play. Arney, at the time, assured the council of the potential for money coming into town via the games and the increase of value by said upgrades, paid for by...
Over the weekend, Junior Varsity and Varsity had their Homecoming games. On Friday, JV played against Bighorn and took it to three sets, winning the first set, 27-25 and losing the two other sets, 16-25 and 15-25. Varsity lost in three sets against Bighorn, but didn't go down without a fight and ended with scores, 25-11, 25-12 and 25-19. Despite losing, the girls had really good plays and worked together as a team to score points against Bighorn. Between all three sets, Junior Elise Kuhbacher...
The Wolves fought a tough game last Friday. Two players were injured during the Homecoming game but are healing up now in hopes of finishing the season. Lingle-Fort Laramie bested the Moorcroft boys 35-26....
The 5th/6th grade Moorcroft/Rozet Bills had their final regular season game Sept. 26. They ended the regular season with one loss, their very first game, a one-point loss. However, they didn't let that stop them. They took that loss and let it propel them into an extraordinary season. They had games where they didn't allow a single first down and five games where they didn't allow a single point to be scored on them. The Bills went into the playoffs as the number one ranked team in the league,...
The Lady Wolves had a busy week of volleyball, traveling to Wright on Friday and hosting the Newcastle Dogies on Saturday. Our freshman team started off Friday on the right foot, splitting sets with the Panthers, scoring 16-25 and 25-21. The Wolves played hard and made some great gains throughout the game. The junior varsity Wolves wouldn't go down without a fight and came out just short of the W, taking Wright to three sets. Game scores were 19-25, 25-22 and 20-25. Some great lessons were...
The cross country Wolves traveled to Glenrock on Friday to run against that team on a beautiful fall day. Marcus James came in second place with 21:05.3 on the clock in the Men's 5000 and Mikhail Reich achieved first place in the Boy's Middle School Race with 10:11.4. Rachel Barnum came in sixth with 12:10.5; Audrey Greathouse brought in a time of 13:17.1 and Morning Barnum, 13:43.2 in the Girls Middle School Race....
MHS Football MHS – 0, Pine Bluffs – 46...
This weekend, Moorcroft had their first home games against Buffalo and Glenrock. On Friday, the Varsity played Buffalo; despite their best efforts, the girls unfortunately fell short with scores: 25-12, 25-12, and 25-7. On Saturday, Varsity played against Glenrock and the girls played hard and came close to a win with scores; 25-23, 25-14, and 25-19. On Friday, the Freshman team took the Bison to three sets and even though losing in the end, the girls had some good plays. The Bison beat JV in...
Friday night, the Wolves played against Southeast. They came up short of two touchdowns but fought harder than ever. Southeast won 24-12, but not without the wolf pack fighting back. Both teams are now preparing to take down whoever is next. This isn't the last we will see of the wolf pack! Coach Cameron Bradon had this to say about the games this weekend: "We played all four quarters of football and never gave up even though we were trailing most of the game. Defensively we played aggressively...
The Wolves traveled to the Newell Cross Country Invite on Friday. In the middle school 2000m, Mikhail Reich took second place with a time of 7:48.66 in the boys' race. In the girls' 2000m, Rachel Burris received third place with 9:09.48, Audrey Greathouse made eighth place with 10:13.48 and Morning Barnum came home in ninth with 10:17.68. Marcus James earned fourth place in the mens' 5000m with a time of 19:24.43....
The Moorcroft High School golf team will finish the fall season on Friday and Saturday at the 2023 Fall State Tournament that will be held at the Newcastle Country Club. We've seen overall growth in all aspects of the game, especially in the short game of chipping and putting, but the team has not played the Newcastle course this season so the first nine holes will be a new opportunity to learn and adjust their game. State golf is 36 total holes, with 18 holes played each day, which is mentally...
This weekend, the Lady Wolves played in the Rawlins Volleyball Tournament. Varsity started Friday off with games against Lyman, Rawlins and Thermopolis. Although falling short in their first game against Lyman, the girls played well as a team. In the games against Rawlins, Moorcroft lost the first set, but fought hard to win the second match, 21-17. Against the Outlaws, the Lady Wolves had an overall of six aces, nine kills and 31 digs. Junior Kiriana Martinez got nine digs and senior Rebekah Anderson had two kills with a helping assist by...
It was a long trip to Saratoga but the boys showed up to play football. We had a little bit of a slow start in the first quarter, but then came out swinging the rest of the game. Braydnn Terry rushed for 251 yards behind a senior led O-line that played fantastic. Our defense also played very well with Trenten Gray coming away with an interception and all the boys who played on defense made some big plays. All in all, we played very well as a whole team and we were pleased to have a long drive back home on a win!...
This weekend Moorcroft played in the Gillette Volleyball Tournament. On Friday, Varsity played Spearfish, Cheyenne Central and Kelly Walsh. Although falling short, the girls played with their all and improved their skills from the last tournament. On Saturday, the girls started off playing Sundance and took it to three sets with Sundance, winning 15-11. After a defeat with Glenrock, they got close with St. Thomas Moore, playing three sets, but unfortunately lost, 12-15. Junior Varsity started off on Friday morning, playing Spearfish and the...
High School Football Moorcroft – 14, Greybull – 16 Golf at Wright Carter Hatling – 105 Gatlin McCrea – 141 McKinnon Purcell – 147 Cross Country at Northern Hills Girls 3000M 6th Grade – Audrey Greathouse 16:00.89 Girls 3000M 7th/8th Grade – Rachel Burris 14:49-10, Morning Barnum 17:18.15 Boys 3000M 7th/8th Grade – 6. Mikhail Reich 12:14.60, Kenny Blakeman 14:10.92...
Over the weekend, the Moorcroft Lady Wolves Varsity and Junior Varsity teams traveled to Douglas for a tournament, while our freshman team went to a tournament in Newcastle. It was a weekend of growth and learning. On Friday, the Varsity team fell to Alliance, Douglas and Southeast. Although the scores did not show in our favor, the team made huge improvements every time they stepped on the court. Once we entered pool play, the Varsity team became more confident in their ability as we played Wright and Burns, coming within six points of both...
Cole Cantu avoids pressure from Keaton Mills to get a pass off during last week's scrimmage vs. the Upton-Sundance Patriots. The Wolves lost the matchup 41-6....
Kelly Walsh Beartrap Invite August 25, 2023 Marcus James, the only high school runner, ran his Varsity 5K in the respectable time of 20:02.70. Mikhail Reich earned second place with a time of 13:29.88 for his middle school 3K race. Rachel Burris ran the middle school girls 3K in 13:29.88. Morning Barnum ran her 3K in 18:08.20. Audrey Greathouse ran her 3K in 19:01.98. These guys and girls ran a very good first race of the season. For some of these runners, this was their first cross country...
The Moorcroft Golf team hosted the Moorcroft Invite at the Keyhole Country Club on Friday. Carter Hatling improved his 18-hole score, improving by 8 strokes from the prior week's events. For McKinnon Purcell and Gatlin McCrea, this was the first golf tournament of the season. Overall, the team gained a lot of experience in all aspects of the sport and all had several shots that golfers will tell you keeps you coming back. On Saturday, the team traveled to a hot and windy Upton Tournament at the...
Moorcroft High School’s Talissa Fischbach was recently named to the Wyoming North Girls All-Star Basketball squad by the Wyoming Coaches Foundation for their annual all-star game held in Casper later this month. On the volleyball side of the event, Moorcroft’s Katie Williams was named as an assistant coach for the Wyoming North Girls All Star Volleyball squad. Selections are made by a committee of state high school coaches, who pick the top ten players from the northern and southern half of the state to square off against each other in bas...
Five kids are representing Crook County in rodeo this summer, with three of them set to compete during the seven days of the 75th National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) in Gillette. Two meanwhile headed for the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, GA this weekend for the week-long National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR). High School Standings for the NHSFR are calculated using the points accumulated during each competitor’s top 12 rodeos throughout the season. In individual events, the top four qualify for the national finals. This y...
Members of the Rage Baseball team were onsite at the upper baseball field at Moorcroft's Westview Park Saturday, starting the restoration of the diamond. Bringing in a frontend loader, the ground was scraped back and the previously capped sprinkler heads reinstalled before the new sod is laid. "This weekend," Rage member Jackie Morgan sad, "We're just trying to get the infield laid out and the bases marked and start on the new dugouts and the new fence. When the sod gets here, we can get that...
The MHS girls team placed 12th overall at the WHSAA 3A State Track Meet. Girls 400M – Talia Vargas 1:06.10 Girls 800M – Mallory Jones 2:34.16 Girls 1600M – 5. Jones 5:31.90 Girls 3200M – 5. Jones 12:15.29 Girls 1600 Sprint Medley – 7. Moorcroft High School (Talissa Fischbach, Katelynn Blakeman, Vargas, Jones) 4:40.73 Boys 1600M – Marcus James 5:05.47 Boys 3200M – James 11:04.93...
