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Isaiah Brooks stepped up for the Dogies last Saturday in their loss to Buffalo, tying Dylon Tidyman as leading scorer with seven points on the night. (Photo courtesy of Jonny Clinton, Buffalo Bulletin)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
For the second time this season the Dogies were minus a key player when they took on the number one-ranked Buffalo Bison last Saturday, and for the second time, the Johnson County team got the better of head coach Allen Von Eye’s crew, 68-31.
“We started off pretty...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Newcastle Dogie Swim team sent five individual swimmers to compete at the 3A State Swim meet in Laramie last Friday and Saturday, the most head coach Doug Scribner has ever had qualify for the culminating meet.
Though only one was able to live to compete on...
Lauren Steveson had one of her best offensive games of the season against Chadron last Saturday, despite remaining scoreless on the night. Pictured here, Steveson made her offensive presence known against the Big Horn Lady Rams the previous week as well. (Photo by Bob Bonnar/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
After winter weather limited the Lady Dogies to only two days of practice last week, the crew was challenged to take on Chadron, Nebraska at their house on Saturday. Head coach Chad Ostenson admitted that even he was not feeling as prepared as he would have liked,...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
A week of weather related cancellation of practices combined with the onset of illness resulted in the Dogies being a little unprepared to go up against the Chadron Cardinals last Saturday in Nebraska.
The Nebraska squad, however, went into the contest determined...
Senior Gavin Durfee of Upton wrestled his last home match where he got the better of his opponent in an exhibition contest on Feb. 8. (Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogie/Bobcat grapplers hosted their last regular season match on Friday as the Douglas Bearcats braved the elements to come to Newcastle. Being just a dual between the two teams the event was short, but according to head coach Lee McCoy it wasn’t all that sweet...
Dylon Tidyman goes hard to the rack for two as his Blazer defender attempts to draw the charge. The Dogies got the better of Torrington, exacting revenge for the early season loss in Goshen County. (Photo by Bob Bonnar/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
In two hard fought battles against ranked teams, the Dogies proved they could hang with the big dogs as they got the better of the Torrington Trailblazers in the Dome on Friday, and the Big Horn Rams in a road game on Saturday.
The Trailblazers came into the weekend...
Mercedes Voelker dials in on the rim as she prepares for a layup in Big Horn on Saturday. Though the Lady Rams got the better of the Lady Dogies, Newcastle put up a good fight in the loss. (Photo by Bob Bonnar/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
… the tough get going.
Last weekend the Lady Dogies were dealt a classic 1-2 blow with back-to-back defeats. The aftermath of those losses could have sent the team into a tailspin, but the squad proved they are tough enough to overcome and rebounded well to defeat...
Austen Kenney was one of several Dogies who put up personal bests this weekend as Newcastle hosted the 3A East Regional Meet. Kenney has qualified for the State meet in the 50 and 100 Free, and will be trying to add the 200 Free to his slate this Thursday in the Last Chance Qualifier meet. (Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
Personal bests were being piled up as fast as events could be finished for the Dogie Swim Team as they hosted the 3A East Regional Swim Meet last Friday and Saturday.
According to head coach Doug Scribner, the challenge for his squad was to swim fast enough in the...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
Wrestling season is winding down, and last week the combined Newcastle/Upton team headed to Hill City for their last regular season tournament of year.
The squad was short two of their top contenders in Reid Holmes and Kale Corley due to both dealing with injuries...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogie Speech team just keeps getting better as the weeks go by, and last weekend they put up their best performance of the season in their meet at Rapid City Stevens.
Though the tournament directors did not tally a Sweepstakes award for team placing, Newcastle...
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