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Tell me if you’ve read this before — Heavenly Father, We come before You today to ask Your Forgiveness and seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘’Woe to those who call evil good,’’ but that’s exactly what we have done. We have lost our Spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that; we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it pluralism; We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism; We have endorsed perversion and called it...
Pine Bluffs student Jason Weller had the honor of playing the National Anthem at the inaugural indoor football game between the Cheyenne Warriors and Northern Colorado Wolfpack Saturday night. The 12-year-old began playing guitar two years ago and really rocked the Anthem for the crowd at the Cheyenne Ice and Event Center. He also played a halftime show for the game....
Shana Wilcoxson proved the indoor track season is a boon to outdoor performance at the Bayard Invite last week. She won the outstanding athlete of the meet along with setting two meet records and taking first place in three events. Her performance helped the Burns high girls team take third place at the meet with a score of 61. The boys earned 47 points to place fourth. While none of the boys scored a pre-qualification for state in the meet, there were several note-worthy performances. Paden...
Three Pine Bluffs athletes pre-qualified in their respective events in their first track outing of the season. Coach Dustin Lee said it was a beautiful day for a track meet and was pleased with both teams’ performances. “We really just were anxious to get a meet under our belt,” Lee said. “The first one is always a big question mark as to how the kids are going to perform and just getting routines developed.” Lee said he was very impressed with the young athletes on his teams. “I thought the...
Cheyenne held its first professional developmental indoor football game Saturday night when the Cheyenne Warriors hosted the Northern Colorado Wolfpack. Quarterback Bobby Washington led the team to victory with a stellar second half of play coming out of a 19-3 deficit to win 59-19. The Warriors stadium announcer and Warrior Zone host is Pine Bluffs’ own Bryan Stevens. The team has a bye week, then will take the field at home against the Rocky Mountain Thunder on April 13. Game time is 7:05 p...
Easter weekend began with activities for the kids at Pine Bluffs and Albin. The Pine Bluffs Lions Club hosted its annual hunt in Pine Bluffs at the Leaning Rock Golf Course in the bluffs. Community sponsors then awarded prizes for the numbers found in hundreds of eggs collected. The Albin Community Center provided eggs with candy inside and special sparkly eggs offered the lure of prizes once the hunt was over. On Sunday morning, the annual Community Sunrise Service was held with about 50...
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” That verse found in Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) was used by an air force base my family was stationed at a couple decades ago as a theme phrase for a year. I remember hearing that, briefly wondering how they got away with using scripture for a base focus, then letting it pass me by without another thought as to what that scripture means. That’s kind of funny since I had lost part of my physical vision once and it scared me half to death. I was sitti...
Pine Bluffs sixth-grader Jason Weller will pack up his guitar and head to the Cheyenne Ice and Event Center Saturday to play the National Anthem before the inaugural game between the Cheyenne Warriors and the Northern Colorado Wolfpack. Weller is slated to play at 7 p.m. with game time set for 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase at the Cheyenne Warriors office located at 113 West 17th Street in Cheyenne, or at the Taco John’s location at 2220 Carey Avenue. The Warriors can be reached b...
There are a few things fans learn after a few years of watching sports. One of those is to not leave the game too soon. Such was the case for the first game on the diamond at Pawnee High School last week. Facing off with the team from Highland High School, the Pawnee Coyotes found themselves battling not only strong winds, but an 11-point deficit after three at bats by Highland were in the books. But, as fans know, it’s not over ‘til it’s over. “After allowing seven runs in the first and fou...
There are a few times a year that people tend to take a look at their lives and are either pleased or become determined to make changes. Those times are usually at the dawn of a new year, or at a birthday or anniversary. We also assess our lives, or at least our lifestyles when we file our taxes every year. It gives us a picture of how healthy we are when we add in the deduction of health care expenses. It shows us where we’ve been when we pop in the mileage numbers. It shows what matters to u...
A new ministry will open its doors at the Burns-Plex after Burns Town Council approved the donation of space to the effort. A request was made for the space during the Monday, March 11 meeting of council. Sophia Arehart, accompanied by a handful of supporters, explained to council the ministry would be one of community service of donated clothing and non-perishable food items to go to the residents of Burns and the surrounding area. “Churches and pastors are enthused about it,” Arehart sai... Full story
The Pine Bluffs Hornets track team has been rebuilding and this year that process continues under two-year head coach Dustin Lee. Even under construction the team fared well last year, taking first in the SEWAC, and fourth in both the regional and state meets. Lee experienced the graduation of quite a bit of talent last season, but said he is working with a large freshman class that is showing potential. “So the rebuilding will continue,” he said. “My goal for the team this year is to conti...
Brooks Hoffman is in his seventh year coaching the Burns Lady Broncs track team. With a first place conference placing last year and taking second at state, he encouraged all observers to “look for a talented group of seniors to perform well” this season. “I am very excited about the team this year,” Hoffman said. “There is a great deal of talent and I think that we have an amazing opportunity to capitalize off of last year and continue to compete well.” Returning to the field is Shana Wilco...
Three Pawnee Coyote track team members qualified for the state meet last year. Of the three, one returns to lead the 2013 edition of the squad. Kathy Adams returns for her 13th year as coach and brings Lyndee Johnston as a student leader. Lost to graduation are state performers Adele Cass and Tasha Timm. “Lyndee will be working on a return trip to state this year,” Adams said. “Her best events are the long jump and triple jump.” Adams also has Afton Zitek, Jaydee Johnston and Luke Duggan competi...
Dustin Lee’s Lady Hornets track team graduated a talented group of seniors last year, but six-year veteran coach isn’t worried about his current team’s performance. “This year’s girls team is a lot like the boys last year,” Lee said. “They graduated a very talented senior bunch of girls. However, like the surprise of the boys’ season last year I look for them to sneak up on teams that are unsuspecting of them to do well. There is a lot of talent still returning. I will look to the junior clas...
A second place regional showing and seventh place state placing are what the Burns Broncs track team has to build on this season under the watchful eye of 16-year head coach Cole Manlove. “We have a strong team with one senior, seven juniors and four sophomores returning that placed in the state track meet last year,” Manlove. “We have a great junior/sophomore group this year and we would like to place in the top five at state.” Manlove lists five athletes as returners with state prospec...
At the end of the first day of regional basketball action in Sterling, Colo., the weekend looked promising for the Pawnee Coyote boys team. An opening day 50-44 win over Denver Jewish Day sent the Coyotes to Saturday’s round two. “We were excited to get this win. Denver Jewish Day is the only team that has beaten Shining Mountain this season, and after playing them, I can see why,” said Pawnee head coach Tim Brunelle. “Their defense is very solid as a team, and it is hard to get good shots. It i... Full story
The Pawnee Lady Coyotes traveled to Sterling, Colo., to play at Northeastern Junior College in the 1A Regional Tournament Thursday and came home with a big 61-54 win against the Otis Lady Bulldogs. “This was a high scoring, tough win,” said coach Dean Smock. “Otis’s 54 points was the third highest points scored against us all year. We had good balance in our scoring and didn’t turn it over.” Three of Pawnees’ Ladies scored in double digits. Morgan Sanders gave the team a lift with 19 points. Ly...
I am not a superstitious person. In fact, I think the number 13 has been given a bad rap. I mean, it is an odd number, but aren’t we all a little odd? That thing about walking under a ladder? Not bad luck really, just stupidity running rampant. I mean, really, do you think it is smart to walk under or near a piece of equipment when your action could cause someone to fall or them to fall on you? Really? And black cats are just cute, like all other cats. Anyway, I do believe in what could be t...
Burns High School athlete Shana Wilcoxson has spent her winter competing in indoor track for Cheyenne East High School. Her hard work over the winter has paid off with her being named All-State in the pole vault and Triple Jump. 2A All-State basketball players were announced this week. Burns Lady Bronc Mckenzie Ward and Bronc Travis Romsa were both named to the All-State ranks. The 2A basketball All-Conference honorees have also been announced. Girls in the Southeast Conference named are Andrea... Full story
Burns Bronc Travis Romsa kept up his All-State winning pace scoring nearly a third of his team’s points in their three-game appearance at the Big Dance last weekend. The lost their first game, won a second and ended up playing for the consolation championship, where they lost to Wyoming Indian. Thursday night was the State Tourney opener. The Broncs were the number four seed from the east. They faced off with the number one seed from the west and eventual state champion, Lovell. “On Thu...
Pawnee Coyotes Taking two wins and a loss in neutral playoff games last week, the Pawnee Coyotes now head into regional action at Sterling, Colo. this weekend. The first round of district play Tuesday, Feb. 26 ended with a 63-45 Coyote victory over Weldon Valley. On Thursday, Pawnee lost to Caliche 59-82. They followed with their second win, this one over Peetz by a score of 63-54. Coyote head coach Tim Brunelle said his squad did a good job of pressuring the ball and caused a lot of turnovers...
The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team completed its season last weekend with an appearance at the state meet in Casper. Ten locals participated in the meet with four bringing home medals. TJ Pohlman took fourth place in the 113 lbs. weight class. Kaleb O’Conner (160 lbs.) and Cecil Brockman (182 lbs.) both took fifth place. Nolan Schindler placed sixth in the 195 lbs. weight class. Others earning a slot in the meet were Zane Thompson (106 lbs.), Eric MacDonald (113 lbs.), Chirs Kimzey (126 l...
Four games, two wins. That was what it took to see the Burns Broncs advance to the Wyoming State basketball tournament this weekend. The first loss came at the hands of the Moorcroft Wolves on Thursday’s opening game in the 2A regionals by the slim margin of just one point. That 55-56 loss was turned around on Friday, when the Broncs defeated the Wright Panthers by the same score in the first loser out game. Facing the Tongue River Eagles on their home court Saturday morning, the Broncs raced pa... Full story
A close first half was not enough effort to give the Burns Lady Broncs a chance to advance in 2A District competition Friday. After losing their first game 26-43 to Big Horn, the Ladies found themselves in the loser out bracket facing Sundance. A 39-43 loss their sent the Ladies home to contemplate next season. Big Horn came out strong with a 17-9 first quarter at Tongue River High School. Burns was scoreless in the second quarter, but was able to make some plays on defense to hold Big Horn to...
