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For the last decade, Newcastle and Upton fans have joined forces and cheered on their high school wrestlers together, as the two Weston County school districts combined their small wrestling programs in an effort to roster a team that could fill most of the weight classes.   In that time, although...

Photos by Walter Sprague/NLJ

Quarterback Teddy Troftgruben attempts to forge a path for his running back, Landon Hatheway, in Friday’s Weston County Civil War football game in Upton. 

 
The annual Weston County Civil War played out Friday, as the Dogies traveled to Upton to take on the Upton-Sundance (U-S) Patriots in a 2A Conference showdown. Head coach Matt Conzelman recognized Keatan Mills, the Patriots’ quarterback, as a threat to his team, but Mills earned mad respect from...

Photos courtesy of Piper Allard

Teddy Troftgruben tucks and runs on a quarterback keeper play against the Bulldogs of Wheatland Friday night.

 
The Dogies opened up 2A Conference play Friday as they hosted the Wheatland Bulldogs at Schoonmaker Field. The night was fraught with drama, full of turnovers, penalties, a two-and-a-half-hour lightning delay, and the Friday night lights on the field going out before the game got back under way...
Although it was warm, the weather was compatible with good running conditions for the Dogie and Lady Dogie cross country teams’ second meet of the year. After a pretty impressive start at Mallo last week, once again times were looking good for head coach Kathy Beehler’s crew.   “We ran pretty well...
It’s that time of year again where we have wrapped up the high school seasons of sports. It was an action-packed year with plenty of highs and lows, so as I head into my summer hiatus from writing, I felt it appropriate to reflect on these last 10 months and give you my peaches and pits from the...
Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ
 
Caden Esposito launches one toward the goal in the Dogies’ final match of the year, against the Douglas Bearcats.
After showing improvement throughout their season, the Dogies went into last week with a chance of making post-season play. However, in order to do that, they had to win both their games — against Buffalo on Tuesday, and Douglas on Thursday.   Although they came close and played both teams...
Two Lady Dogies and six Dogies secured a chance to continue their season last weekend at the 3A East Regional Track Meet in Rawlins. While a few had prequalified for the state meet during the season, a few more punched their ticket by finishing in the top eight in their events at regionals...
For the second time in three weeks, the Dogie track team made up for lost competitions as they competed in Custer on Tuesday, then in Sundance on Friday. Head coach Chad Ostenson’s crew continued to show improvement and performed well at both meets.    Although there were no new qualifiers in...

Photos by Piper Allard

It was a big week for the Dogie soccer team last week, as they picked up their first conference point with a tie against Torrington on Thursday, then three more points as they grabbed their first conference win of the season against Rawlins on Saturday.   Head coach Sally Hoover’s squad went into...
The Newcastle High School men’s soccer team made the trek over the mountain to face off against the No. 1-ranked Worland Warriors Friday in their last road trip of the season. Head coach Sally Hoover’s crew went in with a plan to try to slow down the talented Warrior squad, however once again...

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