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DeWitt showed off some of the crazy things his drones can do, including thermal imaging and high-powered zoom for crisp, clean images. Photo by Shawn O’Brate.
High flying business soaring in Shoshoni
By Shawn O’Brate
Lander Journal
Via Wyoming News Exchange
LANDER — The Shoshoni Wranglers’ football team was able to reach back-to-back State Championship games in the Class 1A 9-Man division, winning last year’s and falling one score short of winning...
And woohoo, we bid adieu to 2022!
Pardon the rhyming, but it’s not every year you can pull that out.
Each new year presents the opportunity for new beginnings, and for renewed hope for better things.
Obviously, the change of a calendar year isn’t magical, nor does it mean that anything will change...
Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ
Elvin and Candi Stanton looked on as their daughter Tiernan, a Newcastle High School senior, committed to play volleyball next year for the Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
Tiernan Stanton made it official on Dec. 13, when she signed on the dotted line to become a Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolf volleyball player.
“I’ve been around volleyball since I came out of the womb, and was in the gym even before with my mom being a coach,” Stanton...
I love sports. I have enjoyed playing and watching sports for as long as I can remember. And as someone who participated in a sport year-round in high school and continued in athletics (golf) in college, I am constantly grateful for the large impact being able to play competitive sports has had in...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
Mother Nature proved once again to Wyoming that she is the boss as the All-Class State Track Meet was pounded with snow, sleet, rain, ice pellets and wind on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Casper.
“In the years that I have done this, it may have been the worst...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The Lady Dogies ran into the would-be, undefeated, 2022 3A State Soccer Champions in the Cody Fillies Thursday afternoon, and the squad lived up to their No. 1 ranking by defeating Newcastle 11-0 in the quarterfinal 3A State Tournament match-up in Cheyenne.
“I don’t...
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nother year has come and gone, and already the 2021-22 high school sports seasons are in the books.
It seems like forever when volleyball, football, girls’ swimming and cross country stretch their legs to kick things off in August, until soccer and track cross the finish line in May, but year...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The Dogie track team headed to Buffalo Thursday for the annual Twilight Track Meet. Though scheduled for Friday, the meet was bumped up a day due to forecasted inclement weather.
“I’m glad they moved it up, or we probably wouldn’t have been able to have it,” said head...
What inspires us? What is it that gets us to put forth our very best effort and be the best selves we can possibly be?
Being involved in sports through the past several decades, I’ve watched teams that win, I’ve watched teams that almost win, I’ve watched teams that are on the brink of winning and...
Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ
Senior Rilee Lewis pushed the ball up the left side of the field, sending it to Riverton’s defensive end. The Lady Dogies played well against the top seeding Lady Wolverines, but fell to them 0-2 last Friday.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The Lady Dogies played hard in both their soccer games last week, but circumstances got the better of head coach Jessie Stearns’ squad as they dropped their contest against Douglas 2-4 in overtime on Wednesday, and lost 0-2 against the No. 1-seeded Lady Wolverines of...
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