Teddy Troftgruben
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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...
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Teddy Troftgruben looks to get control of the ball as a Bearcat defender closes in for an attempted steal Thursday in Douglas.
The Dogies finished up their regular hoops season with a tough 22-69 road loss to the No. 1-ranked Douglas Bearcats on Thursday, then finished things off with a 38-58 loss to the fifth-ranked Bison of Buffalo on Saturday in the Dome.
“Defensively, we started out very well in the first half of...
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Big Will Beastrom goes up for two against the Herders Saturday in Glenrock. The Dogies had a difficult night on the offensive end of the court, but held the Herders to just 39 points.
The Dogies had their second go-around against 3A Northeast Quadrant opponents on Friday and Saturday. In a repeat of their first match-ups, the Dogies defeated the Wolves in Moorcroft, 65-42, then fell to the Herders in Glenrock on Saturday by a score of 28-39.
Head coach Allen Von Eye...
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Teddy Troftgruben looks to get rid of the ball as Rawlins jumps a trap in the half-court Friday.
The Dogie hoopsters dropped a close contest against the Outlaws when Rawlins came to town Friday for a cross-quadrant match-up. Though the 31-44 loss stung after a hard-fought battle, head coach Allen Von Eye was left with nothing but good feelings about his team’s defensive performance against a...
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Thatcher Troftgruben gets past a Herder defender on his way to the rack Friday in the Dogies’ contest against Glenrock.
Head coach Allen Von Eye’s Dogies played great defense last weekend when they hosted the Glenrock Herders in a Northeast Quadrant match-up on Friday, then traveled to Wheatland to take on the Bulldogs on Saturday.
Unfortunately, the squad struggled to score in both games so fell to the Herders 39...
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Teddy Troftgruben goes in for a floater against Moorcroft Friday. The Dogies picked up their first quadrant win against the Wolves, and Troftgruben dropped 15 points on the night.
The Newcastle High School Dogies experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat last weekend, as they opened up 3A Northeast Quadrant play. On Friday, head coach Allen Von Eye’s crew hosted the Wolves of Moorcroft, and the Dogies came away with a decisive 61-37 win.
Saturday was a...
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Newcastle High School freshman Teddy Troftgruben closes out to defend the buzzer-beater long three attempt by Arvada Saturday in Burns.
The Dogies hoops team started out their season in better fashion than they did last year, by going 2-2 at the Burns Winter Classic tournament Friday and Saturday. Head coach Allen Von Eye noted that his team did some good things, but also acknowledged that there was still plenty of work to do.
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Zach Orsborn (#78) earned 2A East All-Conference honors in his final season as a Dogie. As defensive tackle, he helped the Dogies produce 2240 yards of offense and 18 touchdowns over the course of the year.
The post-season All-Conference and All-State honors are in, and head coach Matt Conzelman’s Dogies picked up their fair share of accolades as eight Newcastle High School players caught the attention of coaches from the 2A East Conference and from the state.
Freshman Landon Hatheway stood out...
