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Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogie Swim team is putting things together as their season nears its end, and last week was one of the best for head coach Doug Scribner’s squad as they competed in the Gillette Pre-Invitational on Friday and the Gillette Invitational on Saturday. In addition to...
Kale Corley, the returning state champion, is working hard to make another run at the title this season. The sophomore came close to making the placing rounds at the Ron Thon in Riverton last weekend, losing only to 4A wrestlers. (Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Ron Thon Wrestling Tournament in Riverton is the biggest, toughest tournament of the year and the combined Newcastle/Upton Wrestling squad was among the all but four Wyoming high schools who were in attendance.
“The Ron Thon is a tough one,” head coach Lee McCoy...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Lady Dogies have been taking their lumps in this rebuilding year, but last weekend was particularly painful as they ran head-on into the juggernaut that is the Lady Bearcats in Douglas on Friday, and followed that up by being attacked by the Wheatland Lady...
Isaiah Covey finds himself wide open under the basket in his team’s OT win against the Wheatland Bulldogs last Saturday. (Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogies faced off against both the tortoise and the hare over the weekend, and despite the vastly different tempo of each game Newcastle found a way to get past both adversaries to take the victory.
On Friday, the Dogies traveled to Douglas to take on the “hare...
Kyle “Scrappy” Haslam stepped up and contributed when it was needed over the weekend. On Friday in Thermopolis, he was the team’s leading scorer with 11 points and on Saturday against the Buffalo Bison at home, he filled up every category on the stat sheet. (Photo by Amy Menerey)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
In a Seinfeld episode, Jerry remarked on the fact that he was “Even Steven”. In every aspect of his life when something good happened, something else would happen that would be negative and would “even” him out.
The Dogies’ season so far seems to be life imitating...
Jory McFarland, pictured here at the Newcastle Invite, was beat out on Friday at the Moorcroft Mixer, however he came back strong in the Second Chance Tournament on Saturday going undefeated and winning the 112-114 weight class. (Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
It was a busy week for the Dogie/Bobcat grapplers with a quad in Torrington on Tuesday and a huge tournament in Moorcroft on Friday and Saturday.
In those three days, every wrestler got valuable time on the mat and sophomore Kale Corley racked up some great wins,...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogies Swim team had a slow week with only one short dual in Buffalo last Friday, but one swimmer took advantage of the break to punch one more ticket to the State meet.
James Cox had previously qualified in the 100 meter backstroke, but last Friday he cut five...
The Newcastle Speech team brought home their first Sweepstakes placement of the season last weekend in Buffalo. Front and center is Asia Graham holding her team’s third place plaque. Pictured from left to right with individual awards are Shelby Davis, Markie Whitney, Austyn Vaughn, John Barker and Cadence Larson. (Photo by Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp
NLJ Reporter
A few weeks off from competition over the holidays may have been just what the doctor ordered for the young and relatively inexperienced Newcastle Dogie Speech Team, because in their first weekend out in the new year head coach Jim Stith saw vast improvement across the...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Lady Dogies Basketball squad has been struggling with growing pains so far this season, and those continued last weekend as the team traveled far and wide to take on Burns on Friday followed by Rawlins on Saturday.
The contest against the Lady Broncs was...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogie Swim Team is still working toward qualifying members of the squad for the State Meet in February. Though times fell short this weekend, head coach Doug Scribner was pleased with how his team competed in both Cheyenne and in Douglas.
“We did pretty well...
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