Upton High School
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...
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Lily Trandahl, senior at Upton High School, is entering the Wyoming Army National Guard, pursuing a lifelong dream to follow in her father’s footsteps as a soldier. A young Trandahl is pictured with her father, Nick Trandahl, when he was on leave during his deployment in 2009. At right, Trandahl in formation during Family Day at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Lily Trandahl’s father, Nicholas Trandahl, entered the military and she said the admiration she has for him resulted in her own dream of entering military service, which began when she was just a toddler. That dream is already becoming a reality for the senior at Upton High School.
Lily enlisted...
Photo by Nicole McFarland/NLJ
Adalyn Olson gets her hands on a hit by the Lady Wolves’ outside hitter in the Lady Dogies’ big, three-set win over Northeast Quadrant opponent Moorcroft on Friday.
The Lady Dogie Volleyball team had mixed results from their two competitions last week. Head coach Mickey Crabtree’s squad suffered a three-set defeat at the hands of the second-ranked 1A Lady Bobcats in Upton on Thursday, but got the win that matters on Friday when they defeated Moorcroft in three...
For the first time in over 20 years, Weston County has a new youth service officer. Sheriff Bryan Colvard has announced that Jody Barker will be filling the role.
As previously reported, Deb Sweet retired from the position earlier this year, and Colvard announced the new hire at the July 17...
Weston County will be getting a taste of University of Wyoming life, and a reminder of the school’s presence in the county, next week when UW President Ed Seidel, Department of Economics faculty member Anne Alexander and two students visit Upton and Newcastle to speak with members of those...
Photo courtesy of Kim Vrana
Jacob Prell (170) ended his high school wrestling career with a sixth-place finish at the 3A East State
Tournament last weekend in Casper.
With the threat of impending inclement weather, the Newcastle/Upton wrestling team left for Casper on Monday afternoon to ensure that they would be able to compete at the State Tournament which began last Thursday for the girls and Friday for the boys.
The inaugural girls state wrestling tournament...
Photo courtesy Kim Vrana
The Dogies/Bobcats showed up and showed out at the 3A East Regional Tournament last Friday in Douglas. Though the team hasn’t fared well in duals throughout the season due to open weights, head coach Lee McCoy’s crew qualified all but two athletes for the state tournament and finished fourth as a...
Courtney Matthews has the advantage over her Rawlins opponent in Douglas last Thursday at the Dogies/Bobcats final regular season competition.
Photo courtesy Kim Vrana
After the whirlwind of the last few weeks which involved several competitions, the Dogies/Bobcats had a slow week with just a quadrangular in Douglas last Thursday against the Bearcats, the Wheatland Bulldogs and the Rawlins Outlaws in their final week of the regular season.
“It was a little weird...
Head coach Lee McCoy’s wrestlers had another busy week with three different opportunities to get on the mat. The grapplers who competed dominated, however, with several open weight classes, team scores suffered, especially in the dual against Buffalo on Thursday.
“We started the season with 21 kids...
The Dogies/Bobcats had another busy week as they traveled to Wright on Thursday for a dual, and then headed to Belle Fourche for a tournament on Friday and Saturday. Head coach Lee McCoy was pleased with how his team performed over the weekend as they got the better of the Panthers by a score of 39...
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