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After holding on to the No. 4 seed throughout the season, the Lady Dogie soccer team had their post-season hopes dashed last week as they fell to Buffalo and Douglas in the last of their regular season contests.   The losses, in combination with a Rawlins win against Torrington, allowed...
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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...

Photos by Piper Allard

The Lady Dogies stumbled last week in their quest to secure a state berth to the 3A State Soccer Tournament. Two wins against Torrington and Rawlins would have punched their ticket, and they kicked off their week with a 4-0 shutout win over Torrington on Thursday.   However, head coach Cami...
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...

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FFA members Taylor Crinklaw, Brynne Kilby, Kaitlyn Blumenthal, Reagan Redding, Preslee Fitzwater, Brooklyn Benshoof, Callie Christensen, Canyon Farnsworth, and Brook Martell.

 
The 2023 Wyoming FFA State Convention took place April 18-22, with 49 chapters from across the state participating. Twenty members of the Saddle & Sirloin chapter competed in various contests, and the chapter had several proficiency award winners and three State Degree recipients! The chapter...
The Lady Dogie soccer team took their last regular season road trip over the mountain Friday as they headed to Worland to face off against the No. 2-ranked Lady Warriors. Head coach Cami Willyard and crew knew they were going to be up against it with this squad, who are very disciplined and skilled...

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Senior Holden McConkey punched his ticket to the state meet Friday as he posted personal bests and qualifying marks in the 100 and 200 Meter races. Pictured here, is his race from Casper.

 
The Newcastle Dogie track team took advantage of a rare and beautiful day in Buffalo Friday to qualify two more athletes for the rapidly approaching state meet.    Head coach Chad Ostenson began his day with the whole team in Johnson County before he accompanied CJ Hardy to the Track Classic in...
An incident involving high concentrate THC at a Newcastle school resulted in the hospitalization of one student last month, and the school board has responded by expelling three students but all of them were given the opportunity to continue their education under supervision and away from other...
Photo courtesy of Andrew Towne/Torrington Telegram
McKenzie Rose has transitioned from goal keeper to playing on the field after straining her wrist earlier this season. Here she races a Lady Trailblazer to the ball in the Lady Dogies’ big win in Torrington Thursday.
It was a big conference week for the Lady Dogie soccer team as they faced two 3A East opponents, and in order to hold on to the fourth seed for a potential postseason berth meant a must win against either Torrington or Buffalo or both.  Newcastle did what was needed and pulled out a win against the...

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