Articles written by Jim Merryfield
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Air Force holds Town Meeting to discuss Land Acquistions
The Air Force visited Pine Bluffs on Monday, March 27th to discuss and comfort some fears that the local residents might have had about the up-coming missile upgrade project. The U. S. Air Force and...
Two Burns, Two Pine Bluffs Athletes head to Shrine Bowl
This will be the 50th year that the Shriners Bowl, also known as the Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game will be played. This is the high school equivalent to the pro football All-Star game. The state...
Broncs Track and Field compete in Sidney
The Spring Sports programs are under way for the Burns High School athletes. The Broncs are very strong this year in the Track and Field competitions. The Broncs track and field team traveled to...
Hornets compete in Morrill Early Bird Meet
The Pine Bluffs Hornets boys track and field team traveled to Morrill, Nebraska for the Morrill Early Bird track and field meet. This is the first meet of the season for the running Hornets and the first time to stretch their wings against other...
Lady Hornets Place at Morrill Early Bird Meet
The Lady Hornets track and field team followed the boys to Morrill, NE., to compete in the Early Bird Invite. The girl's team has several stars including the Indoor Track High Jump state champion...
Lady Broncs Track & Field compete in Sidney
The Burns Girls Track and Field team traveled the their counterparts at the Sidney Invite meet. The girls competed in the John Ganser Invite to hone their skills in the field and track events. Many of the girls were able to place in the top three pos...
Broncs Field & Track 2023
The Burns Broncs Track and Field team started practicing on March 13th for the 2023 season. They are looking forward to improving on their efforts and times. In the 2022 season the girls were ranked fifth and the boys team was ranked sixth. Last year...
Hornets Field & Track 2023
The spring sports program is underway and the Hornets are buzzing with excitement. The Hornets Track and Field team is hard at work getting ready for their first meet on March 25th. The entire team is filled with anticipation and dedication to best t...
Rally around the Champions - Hornets Basketball
The Pine Bluffs Elementary School paid tribute to the Wyoming 2A State Champion Hornets in a rally held last week. The first through sixth grade students got the chance to ask questions and get high...
Flags of Our Fathers A Sunday Movie at the Post
Flags of our Fathers, a 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood, tells the story about the surviving members of the team that raised the flag during the battle on the isle of Iwo Jima. In February and...
Burns Seniors Baylen Smith, Cale Haws Compete in Lovell
Burns Seniors Baylen Smith and Cale Haws ventured to Lovell Wy, March 3, 2023 for the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association (WAWA) Junior Freestyle and Greco style. There they both competed in the Jun...
Hornets Winter Sports Awards
The Pine Bluffs Junior/Senior High School honored the Winter Sports participants with an awards dinner. The dinner was catered by the Booster Club Ladies, and everyone that ate said the food was...
Stu Lerwick -2022-23 Player of the Year
Stuart Lerwick has been selected as the 2022-23 MaxPreps Wyoming High School Basketball Player of the Year. Since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school basketball....
The year so far - Broncs Sports
As surely as fall turns to winter and winter to spring our high school athletes sports programs will change. The fall sports of football, cross-country, volleyball, golf and swimming will change to winter activities. Sports like basketball, indoor...
Hornets Sports with two seasons down
Seasons change. Fall turns to the gloomy forecast of winter. Winter lends its cold and wet effects to spring. Spring shows us new signs and possibilities of life. For our young athletes the sports calendar follows the same rotation. Fall lends...
Lady Broncs take State Championship by Storm
In what can only be described as a Cinderella season the Burns Lady Broncs have become the Wyoming State 2A Champions. This is the first time in the Burns Broncs history that the Lady Broncs...
Kaur and Griess awarded All-State Honors
The Burns Lady Broncs have done the unbelievable and won the state championship for the first time in Burns High School history. If that was not enough two of the Lady Broncs have won state...
Alyssa Slade take First Place at State Indoor Track
Alyssa Slade a junior at Pine Bluffs High School and star member of the Burns/Pine Bluffs track team is the Wyoming State Champion in the high jump. Slade competed in the state tournament last week...
All-State Honors awarded to Lerwick and Fornstrom
The Pine Bluffs Hornets basketball team has repeated as State Champions. Two members of the team have also repeated as state award winners. Two of the Hornets have been awarded All-State award...
Jessica Hoffman is All-State Award Winner
The Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets have an All-State award winner in their hive. Jessica Hoffman was selected by the Coaches Association to be an All-State Award winner. Hoffman who was dominant under the...
State Indoor Track Results
The Burns/Pine Bluffs Indoor Track and Field team competed at the State level track meet held on March 3rd. Several of the members placed in the top 10 in the state. Alyssa Slade is the State Champion in the Girls High Jump with her effort of 5ft 2in...
Lady Hornets fight hard in Regionals
With a 4-1 conference record and winning three of their last four games the Pine Bluffs Lady Hornets headed into the Southeast Regional play-offs with high hopes and excitement. The team seems to be...
Baylen Smith sets 100th Win Record
Baylen Smith a senior at Burns High School and wrestler for the Burns/Pine Bluffs team hit a milestone. Smith who wrestles in the 126 lbs weight class hit his 100th win. Smith who was also recovering...
Haws and Tillman place at State Wrestling
The Burns/Pine Bluffs wrestling team competed at state last weekend. The team had two wrestlers that placed, Cale Haws and Rihana Tillman. Below is how the team did. 220lbs - Cale Haws went 4-1 and...
Hornets Win Second at Regionals head to State Second Year in a Row
The Pine Bluffs Hornets boys basketball team headed to Sundance, Wyoming for the Wyoming 2A Regional Championship. The top four teams from the region will compete in the Wyoming 2A State Championship to be held next weekend. The Hornets are seated...