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Thatcher Troftgruben goes hard to the rack in the final seconds of the Dogies’ game against Torrington Friday in Rawlins.

Despite their season record of 4-16, head coach Allen Von Eye’s Dogie hoopsters headed out for the 3A East Regional Tournament in Rawlins Thursday playing their best basketball of the season. Therefore, the challenge that their side of the bracket presented wasn’t something weighing heavy on anyone...
Newcastle High School could add competitive golf to its roster of activities   Spring has not yet sprung, but when it does the Dogies will be competing on the track and soccer field…and maybe even on the golf course.   Newcastle summer recreation golf program facilitator Brad Troftgruben on Feb. 28...

Photo courtesy of Kim Vrana

Kyah Miller was all smiles as she achieved her dream of becoming a state champion wrestler during the 2022-23 season. Miller made Newcastle High School history by becoming the first female state champion last winter at the 3A State wrestling tournament.

The past year of Dogie sports was filled with the thrill of victory, but also the agony of defeat. Newcastle High School history was made as Kyah Miller brought home the first ever state championship in women’s wrestling, the Lady Dogies hoops team earned the highest finish at the 3A State...
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...

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