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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The annual Post prom for Moorcroft Secondary is happening on Saturday, March 23, starting at midnight-4:30 a.m. and will be held at the Moorcroft Fire Hall. All students will receive their admission ticket to the post prom at 11:30 p.m., (after the prom is over) and will not be allowed in without that ticket; also, doors lock and nobody will be allowed into the event after midnight. All students will sign in, be breathalyzed and must sign out if they choose to leave early. Food and drinks will...
This past weekend, seven boys and three girls, high school Moorcroft Mat Master wrestlers, traveled to Lander for the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association Junior State tournament, wrestling both Greco and Freestyle. There, they competed for the triple crown award and for the chance to be on team Wyoming for the National tournament in Fargo, ND this summer. As a team, in both Freestyle and Greco, they took second place, had four champions, placers and one triple crown champion. Individual...
The Wolves wrestling team finished up their high school season competing in the state tournament this past weekend, at the Ford Center in Casper. This year, it was a three-day event with a girl's division and all the 2A, 3A and 4A boys' teams from across the state. The Wolves took 23 wrestlers on the boys' varsity division and three varsity girls who qualified from their regional tournaments. There, they placed 13 boys and one girl, having three champions and placing first as a team. Individual...
The Wolves wrestlers had a great weekend of wrestling at their regional tournaments to qualify for the upcoming state tournament this weekend. The girls wrestled in Torrington, taking four wrestlers and qualifying three and the boys wrestled in Tongue River, taking 23 wrestlers and qualifying all 23. The girls had one champion, two placers and placed tenth as a team. The boys had six champions, many placers and placed first as a team. Girls Champion - Rebekah Anderson pinned her way into the...
The Lady Wolves wrestlers started the week off with their dual in Gillette against Campbell County on Tuesday night, February 6. The six girls put up a fight, but came away short, losing the dual, 12-24. Rebekah Anderson was named the All-Conference Wrestler of the Year in the girl's division. Daytona Hannah started the dual out with a nice pin followed by Rebekah Anderson, winning her match by decision, 6-2; Nadia Harding, Tessa Farnsworth and Olivia Sundstrom all lost by fall and Kaylee Buckne...
The Wolves wrestling team hosted their home dual and senior recognition last Thursday night and then traveled to Greybull over the weekend to compete in the Greybull Memorial Dual on Friday night and the tournament on Saturday. There, they came away with placing first as a team on the varsity side and second place on the girls' side, four champions and many placers. Dual scores on Thursday night were: Moorcroft JV versus Rapid City Central - 24-4 Moorcroft Girls versus Newcastle Girls - 24-15...
The Wolves wrestling team had a busy week with a triangular on Tuesday with Lead/Deadwood and Sturgis JV, a dual on Thursday against Wright and the all-class Ron Thon tournament Friday and Saturday, in Riverton. They won two of the three duals and faced some tough competition at Ron Thon, coming away with one champion and two placers on the varsity side and one champion and some placers on the junior varsity side. Dual scores were: Moorcroft versus Lead/Deadwood - 48-27 Girls - Moorcroft versus...
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.... Full story
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 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...
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...
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:...
The Moorcroft Post Prom Committee had a fun and successful post prom celebration for the students and their dates. With being able to use the fire hall as a location, they were able to provide a spacious and adequate environment for the students and all of the activities made available for them. They had a great night playing cornhole, water pong, spike ball, board games, Jenga, throwing the axe in the Axe House trailer and figuring their way through the escape rooms. The students had plenty of...
Cory Allison was presented with the 2022 Coach of the Year award by the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association last weekend, in Casper. He was recognized for his outstanding contribution and continual leadership in the development of Wyoming wrestlers. Cory grew up in Gillette and wrestled for Campbell County High School, graduating in 1993. While growing up, he wrestled in the USA program for many years, attending numerous tournaments and wrestling on the 1992 Cultural Exchange Team, in...
Oliver Gorsuch, a sophomore at Moorcroft High School, was presented with the 2022 Governor's Award by the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association (WAWA) last weekend, at the USA state wrestling tournament, in Casper. He was recognized in the 16 and under division for his athletic excellence in Greco-Roman wrestling. Oliver placed fifth in Folkstyle at the Wyoming high school state tournament in 2022, third at the WAWA Kids state and first in the Montana Open. In freestyle, he placed second at the...
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 the state tournament and the Wolves placed ten in the top six. As a team, the boys placed second, had many placers and one state champion and the girls team had one state champion. Individual placers were: Champion: 106 Dayne Humes pinned his way into the semifinals with a pin in 0:17 and 1:08, where...
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 four individual regional champions, many placers and qualified 22nd for the state tournament. Individual placers were: Champions: 106 Dayne Humes pinned his way into the finals, where he won by no contest to take the championship; 152 Chris Boardman pinned his way into the finals, where he won by tech...
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 as a team going 4-0 and had nine individual conference champions. They were also awarded Coaching Staff of the Year. The girls team went 2-1 and had four individual conference champions. Dual scores were: Moorcroft vs. Sundance- 78-6 Moorcroft vs. Hulett- 78-6 Moorcroft vs. Wright- 66-7 Moorcroft...
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 and there, they dueled both Lovell and Tongue River, again coming out on top with a dual score of 15-64 against Lovell and 6-66 against Tongue River. On Saturday, the Wolves competed with 14 teams in the Greybull Memorial Invitational. There, they had eight in the finals, six champions and took...
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 84 girls. The boys came away with a fourth-place finish and the girls placed tenth. Individual results were: 106 – Zack Lowrey went 0-2 and Kade Haynes 1-2. 113 – Weston Haskell 1-2; Adam Cuthrell 0-2; and Dayne Humes went 4-1, winning his first two matches by pin, lost in the semifinals by decisio...
This past weekend, 13 of the Moorcroft Wrestlers traveled to Lander to wrestle in the WAWA Junior State Tournament, wrestling both Greco and Freestyle. This tournament was a qualifier for the Wyoming National Team in Fargo, ND this July, the Cultural Exchange tournament in Spain in June and to be a Triple Crown winner, winning high school state, Greco and Freestyle. As a team, Moorcroft placed first in both Greco and Freestyle and had one Triple Crown winner. Individual placers were: Greco:...
The Wolves wrestled their last season tournament this past weekend at the Wyoming High School Athletic Association State Championships in Casper. Competing in the 2A state class, they placed second out of 21 teams. They qualified 20 wrestlers and came home with one state champion, one runner up and many placers throughout. Individual results were: 106 Dayne Humes – had an impressive season and state tournament as a freshman. He pinned his way into the finals with pins in 1:53, 1:06 and 3:31. I...
The Wolves wrestling team competed in the 2A East Regional tournament this past Friday, in Sundance. They had a very successful day with three individual champions, six runners up, many placers and placed first as a team. The Wolves placed 20 wrestlers who will wrestle in the state tournament in Casper this Friday and Saturday. Individual results were as follows. 106: Dayne Humes pinned his way into the finals, where he won by major decision, 13-3, to take the championship. Rebekah Anderson won...
The Wolves wrestling team wrestled the Powder River Conference Duals in Hulett on Thursday, February 10. They wrestled five duals against, Sundance, Glenrock, Hulett, Wright and Tongue River. As a team they were the All-Conference Champions, winning all five duals, and they had seven individual All-Conference Champions. Dual scores were: Moorcroft vs. Sundance- 78-0 Only three matches were wrestled for this dual. 106 Dayne Humes won with a pin, 113 Braydnn Terry won with a pin and 120 Wyatt...
The Wolves wrestling team had a busy weekend last week. They started on Thursday, at home, dualling Campbell County and recognizing the seven senior wrestlers and managers. Then, on Friday, they headed over the mountain to Lovell to wrestle three duals against Shoshoni, Tongue River and Lovell and wrestled in the Greybull tournament on Saturday. Moorcroft vs. Campbell County- 43-25 Thursday, they won the dual against Campbell County with junior varsity starting at 5:30 p.m. and Varsity at 6:30 p...
