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MS Girls Basketball
111217th 3A @ Wheatland A 9AM
11/218th 3A @ Douglas A 9AM
11/23'Wright Panthers A 4 PM
11/24B Team @ Gillette Rec A 3:30 PM
MS Wrestling
11/21 Sturgis Invite A 9 AM
11/23 Newcastle Triangular H 4 PM
MS Girls Basketball
7A @ Custer Friday, Nov 13
Newcastle 7A: 25 Custer: 8
7A Tournament @ Buffalo Saturday, Nov 14
Newcastle 7A: 14 Tongue River. 9
Newcastle 7A: 17 ' Buffalo: 14
8B vs. Gillette Rec Thursday, Nov. 12
Newcastle 8B: 2 Gillette Rec: 39
Newcastle 8B: 11 Gillette Rec: 21
8B @ Custer Friday, Nov. 13
Newcastle 8B: 13 Custer: 32
8B Saturday, Nov. 14
Newcastle 8B: 5 Douglas C: 16
Newcastle 8B: 5 Douglas B: 39
8A@ Custer Friday, Nov. 13
Newcastle 8A: 29 Custer: 21
8A Saturday, Nov. 14
Newcastle 8A: 16 Douglas: 44
Newcastle 8A: 15 Wheatland: 34
Todd Bennington
NLJ Reporter
The WCSD #1 Board
of Trustees voted 5-4 last
Wednesday in favor of a pro-
posal to extend the district's
soccer program to the middle
school. A favorable vote on
the proposal's third reading
at the board's next scheduled
meeting is still required in
order for it to ultimately pass.
Soccer coaches Bryce
Hoffman and Josh Peterson
appeared as they had at prior
meetings to tout their proposal.
The pair said they estimated
that 14 girls and 13 boys in
the seventh and eighth grades
combined would turn out for
the spring soccer program
should it be established. Sixth
grade data wasn't immediately
available to make a prediction,
they said.
Asked by Trustee Joe
Corley about the possibility of
playing against South Dakota
schools, Hoffman said he
hadn't approached any about
the possibility and wasn't
aware which districts have
middle school programs in that
state.
A trio of district personnel
spoke against the proposal,
mostly citing fiscal concerns.
Athletic Director Mike
Gregory stated that, based on
his discussions with other ath-
letic directors, there is limited
support for soccer at the middle
school level across the state.
While Sheridan, Worland and
Buffalo are looking at estab-
lishing programs, Buffalo's
program is not going to be
funded through the school but
will be partially paid for by
their community's rec center,
he said.
Gillette has an established
middle school program,
Gregory added, but based on
his discussion with their AD,
there are concerns there about
-- See Soccer, Page 13
e
Upton/Sundance
claims title over TR
Bob Bonnar
NLJ Reporter
When Upton and Sundance chose
to combine their football programs just
a couple of short years ago, a person
couldn't have been faulted for inter-
preting the move as a last desperate
maneuver to save a pair of programs
from falling into obscurity.
Those kind of doubts faded fast
when the experiment started paying
immediate dividends-- in the form of
wins and playoff appearances-- and
they were erased altogether on Saturday
afternoon when the Upton/Sundance
Patriots claimed the 1A State Football
Championship with a 33-14 victory
over the Tongue River Eagles.
The Patriots scored first only three
and a half minutes into the game when
Hunter Woodard hit Roarke McPeters
with a 39 yard touchdown pass.
Woodard followed that up with three
first half touchdown runs to put Upton/
Sundance ahead 26-0 before Tongue
River got its first score on a 40 yard
scoring strike with only 43 seconds
remaining in the first half.
The one play scoring drive that
Tongue River manufactured at the end
of the first half came as the result of a
Patriot fumble, and the Eagles tried to
generate momentum offthe rare Upton/
Sundance mistake by taking the kickoff
and scoring on an 11 play, 70 yard drive
to start the second half.
That made the score 26-14, but
neither team Was able to sustain another
drive until the P/ftri0fS had a 12 play, 72
yard march stall out early in the fourth
quarter. The Eagles responded with
their own 12 play drive, but turned it
over on downs.
The Patriots tacked on one more
score in the final minute of the game
and the celebrations began in Upton and
Sundance.
Woodard would end the day com-
pleting three of five pass attempts for
57 yards, one touchdown and an inter-
ception. He also ran the ball a dozen
times for 102 yards and four more
News L
urnai
The Upton/Sundance Patriots used a punishing ground game to roll over the Tongue River Eagles in the 1A State
Championship game at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie on Saturday. (Justin Sheely/The Sheridan Press)
scores, but he wasn't the only Patriot
running back to eclipse the century
mark, as Dawson Butts rumbled for 114
yards in 17 carries, and also caught two
passes for 18 yards.
The Patriots piled up 365 yards of
total offense, as compared to 230 for
Tongue River, with 308 of those yards
coming on the ground. Tongue River
enjoyed a 211-57 edge in passing yards,
but was only able to eek out 19 yards in
the ground game against the hard-nosed
Upton/Sundance front.
Other than that, the two teams
stacked up pretty evenly, with the
Patriots enjoying a slight 14-13 edge in
total first downs while the Eagles had
a 14 second advantage in time of pos-
session at 24:07 to 23:53. The Eagles
also won the turnover battle 2-0, but it
wasn't enough to overcome the Upton/
Sundance advantage in the rushing
game-- on both sides of the ball-- as
the Patriots rolled up an impressive 5.8
yards per carry, while Tongue River
was only able to grind out a paltry .8
yards per running play.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
Newcastle High School has had its
share of athletes who go on to play
at the collegiate level, but each time
a young player signs on the dotted
line to make the official commitment
to continue their athletic career after
graduation, it really is a pretty special
moment.
Last Wednesday, Lady Dogies
Basketball became the latest in the
school's programs to confirm a post-
secondary player will be going on to
the next level when senior basketball
standout Hannah Cass made the official
commitment during the early signing
-- See Adversity, Page 13
Stacey and Tobey Cass smile as their daughter Hannah signs a commitment to
play basketball at Black Hills State University next year. (Sonja Karp/NLJ)
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love and caring.
Because you care about your
family, you want to ensure
their financial security if you're
suddenly not around to do so.
Being a responsible adult means
making sure loved ones who
depend on you are financially
safeguarded if you unexpectedly
leave them behind.
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