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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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...
While the weekend did not end like the team hoped it would, Lady Wolves basketball coach Matthew Albertson says the girls played their hearts out. “Game one paired us with a strong Douglas team and they did not back down. Douglas is a very athletic group and they have some length, being a somewhat taller team,” he says. “This caused fits for us, but one of their strengths (full court pressure) the girls handled well for the most part.” The second game was Newcastle – a familiar foe for the Wolves. “This team we know very well and it was a fo...
The basketball season ended at Regionals for the boys’ team. Coach Nick Redden commends his team for the improvement they showed as the season progressed. “Any time a season ends abruptly, like it did at Regionals, you miss it. We had a season where you could take all 13 guys and compare them from the first game to the last game and see improvement that is rarely seen,” he says. “I had four amazing seniors and nine other guys who stepped up every day. You never had a practice when you had to ask them to work harder because that was just th...
Boys Basketball at Regionals Moorcroft – 20, Douglas – 87 Moorcroft – 39, Glenrock – 63 Girls Basketball at Regionals Moorcroft – 16, Douglas – 77 Moorcroft – 36, Newcastle – 49...
Moorcroft's Wolves returned victorious with three champions: Braydnn Terry, Trenton Sheehan and Rebekah Anderson. See page 7....
Matthew Albertson, coach for the Lady Wolves basketball team, commented on the weekend’s efforts, “The girls played very well. We will focus on the small things this week and competing. It will be these details that are needed to moving on in the regional tournament.” Wolves’ boys basketball coach Nick Redden shares his thoughts on his team as they approach the last games of the season. “We finished the season off versus Wheatland and had a nice first half, we had a lot of guys step up to that one. Wheatland ended up getting us, but I think w...
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...
Danner Wiseman pinned his way to the finals and won his first regional championship by major decision. Twenty-six Wolves are heading to State this weekend after placing first at regionals. For more about the regional tournament, see center pages....
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...
Three great teams came into Moorcroft as the Lady Wolves headed into their last week of the season, according to coach Matthew Albertson. "The girls played really well on Friday night versus Buffalo and it was a very intense game for them," he says. "We are battling sickness in the team, so playing with body aches, nausea, a head cold, etc. is never easy. Saturday, we seem to run out of steam, despite only being down ten at the intermission." Albertson says he has seen consistent improvement...
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...
As the regional tournament approaches, the Lady Wolves are continuing to gel in preparation, says Coach Matthew Albertson. "I still do not believe we have played to our potential," he says. "Elise Kuhbacher is starting to ramp up her dominance in rebounding and Kaeley Hutchison has had some good games over the last few weeks." Meanwhile, he notes that the younger girls are starting to find their footing and are gaining confidence both offensively and defensively. "Natalee Scribner had a really...
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...
Boys The Wolves' basketball coach, Nick Redden, was impressed with the heart of his Wolves this weekend. "Massive improvements against Glenrock. They stared off big on us, but the boys definitely came back huge from the first time we played them and things went well, we controlled everything we didn't control before," he says. "We did run into some serious foul problems, but we got it back to a very reasonable range where we could have brought the game back to the winning side of it, but with...
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...
Girls The basketball teams put in some miles this past weekend, says Lady Wolves Coach Matthew Albertson. They were on the road for both Friday’s contest with the Bulldogs from Sundance and the Bison from Buffalo, on Saturday. “Both of these teams are well coached, and contenders for the state tournament this season. The girls played well on both days despite some sickness that has infiltrated the team, but that did seem to show itself on Saturday as we only had two subs for the game against the Lady Bison,” he says. According to Alber...
Moorcroft High School (MHS) senior Rebekah Anderson has been accepted to Dickinson College on a wrestling scholarship. Anderson is the second MHS female wrestler to receive a scholarship for this sport since girls wrestling was sanctioned in Wyoming in 2020. Charmayne DeLong took her dreams to Indiana Tech, according to long-time Wolves wrestling team writer Marci Allison. "I started wrestling in second grade," Anderson explains how she was introduced to the sport, "My brother had wrestled the y...
On Friday, the Lady Wolves faced Newcastle, followed by Glenrock on Saturday. Coach Matthew Albertson feels that Saturday's performance was a turnaround from the day before, when the girls struggled against their opponents. "Things started out well for the Lady Wolves defensively," he says of the game against the Herders. "We had a couple of stops, but the shots were not seeming to fall, despite only being down eight points at half. In the third quarter, we hit a wall and it was like being in...
The Moorcroft Wolves boys' basketball team put on a good showing against Newcastle and Glenrock, according to Coach Nick Redden, and is working to meet the challenges ahead of them. "Newcastle and Glenrock are two very well-coached teams with good players, top to bottom. We gave the best we had, but at any point in the season, you have to find that right chemistry," he says. "We have some injuries we're dealing with, but it doesn't take away from the fact that every player is literally giving ev...
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....
HS Boys Basketball Moorcroft – 65, Edgemont – 45 Moorcroft – 49, Newell – 45 Moorcroft – 32, Faith – 64 HS Girls Basketball Moorcroft – 57, Oelrichs – 31 Moorcroft – 29, New Underwood – 34 Moorcroft – 36, Newell – 48...
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 Pine Haven Town Council recently discussed the possible advantage to hydro-seeding Harwood Baseball field. The site was hydro-seeded in its infancy, but the cost is significant. According to Councilman Rob Norton, he and Public Works Director Sean Glasser had discussed this issue and Norton offered their suggestions, "I don't know that we need to hydroseed, we might just over seed, spray it with fertilizer, kill the weeds off and see if it can regenerate." He noted that the director had...
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...
Girls Coach Matthew Albertson talks about game six of the season, ringing in the new year. "This home match-up against the Lady Bobcats from Upton was our fourth time seeing a ranked team in this short season," he says. According to the coach, Elise Kuhbacher and Jadyn Lubkeman had tough draws, having to defend against two of Upton's bigger players in Sophie Louderback and Bella Keller. Natalee Scribner played her part in defending the guards from Upton. "The girls played well overall, but we...
