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 Harwood Baseball Field on Pine Haven’s Industrial Drive underwent a routine audit (inspection) recently by a representative of the Wyoming State Parks agency, through which the Department of Revenue bestowed $12,636 to the town. The agency cited several points of noncompliance that needed to be fixed, including conspicuous signage to attribute funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, bleachers moved to a more appropriate area, dilapidated concession stands removed and acceptable standard of maintenance (i.e. grass). Barb Hardy of th...
The junior high Wolves wrestling team wrestled their district tournament on Friday, December 17 in Wright. They took 18 wrestlers, placed 11 and placed first as a team with 173 points over second place Sundance and third place Upton. Individual results were: Champions: 75 - Marcus Reynolds, winning with a pin; 100 - Carter Hutchinson won the championship match with a pin; 132 - Chayce Buckner with a pin; and HWT - Elyott Gorsuch, pinning his way through. Second Place: 70 - Caden Cantu, losing...
The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Wright this past Saturday to wrestle in the Christmas Duals, competing against Natrona County, Team X - a team made up of wrestlers from different teams, Thunder Basin and Wright. The teams wrestled in a pool and then were put into brackets from there. The Wolves came away with the championship, winning all their duals and getting in some great mat time. Individual dual results were: Moorcroft vs. Natrona County: 51-21 106 Dayne Humes, 113 Cade Williams and...
On Friday night, the Lady Wolves traveled to Glenrock to take on the Herders. The Junior Varsity Team took the floor first and set the tone for the evening. Early on, neither team was able to put much distance between the other, but in the second half, the Lady Wolves broke the game open. With a combination of good defense and turning steals into points on the other end, Moorcroft was able to secure the 37-16 victory. Coach Hulm stated that he was impressed with the team’s defense and ability to get stops and convert those into baskets. All o...
On Friday, the Wolves boys basketball team traveled to Glenrock to take on the Herders. The junior varsity team played just a half of a game because of too few players. The boys played well and won the half, 21-18. Varsity played a close game throughout. After the first quarter, the score was tied at 6; we played really tough defense and just couldn’t get our offense going. At half, the Wolves took a 19-16 lead and after the third quarter, the team led, 28-25. In the fourth, the Herders outscored us, 17-13 and won the game, 43-41. We did all t...
The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Lusk this past Friday to wrestle in the Tiger Invitational. Bad weather and bad roads caused a few teams to back out last minute, but six teams made the trip and the full day of wrestling. Moorcroft’s team consists of 33 wrestlers this year, led by six seniors. Individual results were: First Place- 106 Dayne Humes went 5-0, winning all his matches by pin; 126 Braydnn Terry went 3-0, winning his matches by pin or tech fall; 138 Trenton Sheehan went 1-1; 170 James Long went 4-1. Second Place- 120 Wyatt C...
On Oct. 7 Crook County Special Olympics (Crook County Coyotes) was able to compete at the area level. The competition took place in Gillette at Camelanes with Coach Candy Phillips of Moorcroft. The results are as follows. Assisted Ramp Division: Jeremiah Leply – gold medal, Chance Duvall – silver medal, Kamby Schuler – bronze medal Singles Ramp Division, Non- Assisted: Kymberlee Wells – gold medal Singles Division 1: Braydon Wells – gold medal, Selenda Reeves – silver medal Singles Division 2:...
On Thursday, the Moorcroft Wolves Boys’ Basketball Team opened their season on the road at the Burns Winter Classic basketball tournament. The boys’ first game was against the Burns Broncs. The Broncs jumped out early and led 22-6 after the first quarter. They widened that lead and took a 40-11 halftime lead. The Broncs cruised to a 70-24 victory. They were long and athletic and returning a lot of players with varsity experience, we struggled with their pressure and turned the ball over way too much to make this game competitive. We lost sev...
The Lady Wolves opened their season on the road at the Burns Tournament. Their first opponent out was the Lady Broncs from Burns. Burns got out to a small lead to start the game, but the Wolves responded and found themselves ahead 21-18 going into the half; neither team was able to gain ground in the second half and Moorcroft was able to come out with the 55-52 victory. It was a good game to start out the season. They have a great basketball environment in Burns and it was a good victory for us on the road. The next day, the Lady Wolves...
The Wolves football team held their end of the year banquet Monday, November 15. They enjoyed one last time to gather as a team this year to celebrate their season. The 2021 Wolves Letter winners are as listed. These team members completed the requirements to earn an MHS letter. Special Team Awards Wolf Award: Goes above and beyond helping the team out no matter the task. They would always ask if we needed anything done from carrying footballs, putting equipment away, cleaning up, loading and...
Three Moorcroft Wolves have been rewarded with all-state and all-conference honors as the season ends. All-conference (l to r) – Kailee Gill, Camlyn Connally and Char Cranston. All-state – Camlyn Connally and Char Cranston....
The Moorcroft Lady Wolves placed fourth at the state tournament last weekend. The Lady Wolves haven't been to state since 1987 and they have never placed at the state tournament in school history. We were very happy with the success of the weekend as well as our effort. Making the state tournament was one of our goals and placing in the top four is something to be proud of. I am proud of our effort and commitment all season. We ended the season with the record of 24-11. I am excited to see the...
The Moorcroft Cross Country scheduled meets were at Newcastle, Hardin, MT, Belle Fourche, SD, Ethete Pre State, Sheridan, Moorcroft (Pine Haven), Wheatland, Glenrock. Regionals at Hulett, State at Ethete. The 2A Regional Meet in Hulett was cancelled due to there being a foot of snow on the course. All Conference was selected at the State Meet. Middle School runners: Carlee Roth and Ethan Walker. Carlee improved her season time by 1:10 minutes, running her best meet time in Pine Haven with a time of 11:16. At the last meet of the season in...
The Moorcroft Lady Wolves had a great Regional Volleyball tournament, earning third place. The Wolves went in #3 from the Powder River Conference and faced #2 in the South, Pine Bluffs in the first round, winning with the sweep, Moorcroft 3 Pine Bluffs 0 (25-29, 25-10, 25-13). Next, the Wolves faced #1N Big Horn with Big Horn taking the win, Big Horn 3 Moorcroft 1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-21). After our first day, we knew that day two of the tournament we needed to battle back and get another...
The Moorcroft Wolves wrapped up their football season when they traveled down to Pine Bluffs on Friday night to battle the Hornets. The Hornets are one of the best teams in the state and they proved it. The Wolves were able to move the ball on a few drives but could not get into the end zone and, ultimately, fell by a score of 66-0. Senior quarterback Zane Linder led the team with 83 passing yards and 39 rushing yards and fellow senior Randy Peters chipped in with 21 rushing yards and seven receiving yards. Sophomore Chaz Dewey also...
The Lady Wolves hit the road this weekend, winning both matches. In Newell, the Wolves won in three sets (25-19, 25-8, 25-3). The #4 Wolves then played #3 Big Horn and won (25-22, 25-20, 16-25, 25-22). To win on the road in Big Horn was a huge momentum shift for our team. We had some moments in the game that pushed us to play together as a team. Teammates stepped in when we needed them to perform, and it was the definition of a team game on Saturday. Each girl showed up and gave it their all,...
The crowd packed in for the opening game of Sundance's homecoming weekend as the Moorcroft Lady Wolves confidently moved onto the court to face the Bulldogs. Both teams brought their crowd and energy in a critical conference matchup. The opening set found the two teams evenly matched going point for point. With the score tied at seven, one side needed to start stringing points together to gain an advantage and the Bulldogs struck first, scoring five unanswered points, the Bulldogs put...
On Friday night, the Moorcroft Wolves traveled to Lingle to battle Lingle-Ft. Laramie on the gridiron. It was a beautiful evening for a football game. The Wolves struggled right out of the gate by allowing Lingle to run the opening kickoff back for a touchdown. That swung all the momentum towards Lingle and they didn’t let off the gas. Lingle eventually took down the Wolves by a score of 54-16. The two scores for Moorcroft came on a Zane Linder run and a pass from Linder to Chaz Dewey for a couple touchdowns and successful 2-point c...
On Friday night, the Moorcroft Wolves hosted the Cyclones of Southeast. The game got off to a hot start as both teams scored on the first couple of plays on their respective drives. Southeast got the ball first and ran a 70-yard touchdown to the house to make it 8-0 to start the game off. On Moorcroft's next possession, Zane Linder dropped back to pass and scrambled 75 yards for a touchdown run to tie things up, 8-8, just minutes into the first quarter. Southeast, however, wouldn't take their...
The Lady Wolves continued their winning streak, winning two more matches over the weekend. The team traveled to Glenrock and won in three sets (25-22, 32-30, 25-19). We really battled hard in the second set, and I was very impressed with our mental toughness to stay in the game and finish the set with a win with such a high score of a set. The Wolves then won another conference game at home against Tongue River in four sets, (25-19, 25-18, 17-25, 25-17). Our team is really working hard right...
Former MHS teacher and coach, Wally Johnson, was inducted as an athlete into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame on September 26, 2021 in the Sioux Falls Convention Center. Johnson was one of the best multi-sports athletes in the history of Aberdeen Central and in college played basketball and ran track at Northern State. While at Northern State, he ran the 220-yard dash in 20.5 and was ranked nationally. Following graduation, his first teaching and coaching job was here in Moorcroft for the...
The homecoming volleyball match ended in a victory for the Moorcroft Lady Wolves, Moorcroft 3 Wright 2 (25-12, 24-26, 21-25, 25-17, 15-12). We were excited to get our first conference match win at home. The match was close, but the Wolves stuck together and we minimized our errors in the end to help us win the last set." The next day, the team went to Lusk, where they won all four of their matches at the tournament, defeating Niobrara County, Lingle/Fort Laramie, Southeast and Guernsey Sunrise....
On Friday night, the Moorcroft Wolves hosted the Wright Panthers on homecoming night. The hometown crowd came ready to cheer on the Wolves! Unfortunately, Moorcroft was slow out of the gate and allowed 21 first quarter points. The Wolves kept the Panthers in check after that, but could only manage six points the remainder of the game and ended the game with a final of 21-6 Wright Panthers over Moorcroft. Zane Linder was the lone scorer for the Wolves on a 38-yard touchdown run in the third...
The #3 in the state MHS Lady Wolves fought in two tough conference games over the weekend, facing #2 Sundance and #4 Big Horn. Both matches went to five sets and the Wolves fell short with the scores of Sundance - 3 Moorcroft - 2 (25-23, 25-20, 25-14, 17-25, 15-8) and Big Horn - 3 Moorcroft - 2 (25-27, 25-18, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12). These were our first conference games of the season. We are sitting 8-6 overall, but these two conference games were important to us. This will help us stay motivated...
On Friday night, the Moorcroft Wolves voyaged south to Niobrara County to battle the Tigers of Lusk. It was difficult for the Wolves to get a complete drive going as they would move the ball but couldn’t quite finish off the drive. They struggled with turnovers and had a hard time stopping Lusk, ultimately falling 50-6. The lone touchdown came on a Zane Linder-Kyler Smith connection in the second half of the ball game. Zane Linder completed 11/24 for 168 yards to lead the passing game. Chaz Dewey led the team with six catches for 66 yards. K...
