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MS Girls Basketball
12/18 District Championships @ Upton 9 AM
MS Wrestling
12/18 District Wrestling @ Wright 9:30 AM
Gids Basketball
12/17 VJ Sundance Bulldogs A 4 PM
12/18 VJ State Line Shoot-out H 2 PM
12/19 VJ State Line Shoot-out H 10 AM
Boys Basketball
12/17 VJ Sundance Bulldogs A 4 PM
"" 12/18 VJ State Line Shoot-out H 2 PM
!, 12/19 VJ State LIne Shoot-out H 10AM
• Wrestling
12/17 VJ Buffalo Bison A 5 PM
12/18-19VJ Big HomToumey A 9AM
'i MS Girls Basketball
i @ Sundance B 10-8 (W-OT)
7th 17-31 (L)
8th 25-17 (W)
@ Lead 7th 24-15 (W)
8th 17-35 (L)
vs Hulett B 23-6 (VV)
8th 30-12 (W)
Dogies exceed
expectations
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
The Dogie swim team dove
into their first season of com-
petition in three years at the
Gillette Relays on Friday fol-
lowed by the Gillette Pentathlon
on Saturday, and head coach
Doug Scribner was pleased with
how his squad performed.
"Friday was a good first
meet," he declared, admitting
that he was prepared for his
new swimmers to suffer a few
snafus.
"We have so many kids who
have not swam and right off
the bat, they were competing
in a relay meet, which is so
chaotic. Because every race is
a relay, there are many kids
standing behind the block so
you just have to hope your guys
are where they should be at the
right time. It always makes me
nervous when I have a lot of
new kids and it's their first meet,
but we did just fine," Scribner
smiled.
That situation can indeed be
0vei he!ming for a newcomer,
given they must read the heat
sheet for what event they are
swimming, as well as see what
heat and what lane the team has
been assigned.
In addition to being a bit green
regarding high school swim
J. meet procedures, Scribner's
1
men were also one of only two
3A schools competing against a
predominantly 4A field.
Though the squad finished
last overall, they were only 10
points behind Buffalo, the only
other 3A team.
Of the five relay events,
the Dogies finished 19th in
the 200 Medley, 24th in the
200 Freestyle, 14th in the 200
Butterfly and sixth in the boys
13-14 200 Relay. Unfortunately,
the squad was disqualified in
the 200 Backstroke and the 200
Breaststroke.
On Saturday, the Dogies
were back in Gillette for the
Pentathlon, which is a meet con-
sisting of five events. At the
varsity level, all races are 100
yards in length, while the junior
varsity slate consists of a 100
-- See Swim, Page 18
Letter Journal
• Sonja Karp let them go on a bit of a roll in the third quarter, but
NLJ Sports Reporter overall I felt we also played pretty well defensively
throughout the ball game." Von Eye explained.
A mix of youth and experience, coupled withThe letdown in the third quarter allowed the
a new motion offense and an up-tempo defensive Panthers to establish a seven point lead over the
game, could prove to be promising for the Dogies Dogies, but Newcastle got their defense back up and
this season. _ running in the fourth, creating some big defensive
Though the team experienced some growing stops that allowed their offense to get into a rhythm.
pains and had some ups and downs this past weekend Then shots began to fall.
in their opening tournament, according to head coach "Coming down the stretch, we were tied up with
Allen Von Eye, there are many positives that he and about 30 seconds left and we made a good defensive
his players are taking from their first contests, stand. Powell called a time out to change things up
"There was some good and some bad, but what's and then we got a good defensive stop, when Cade
a positive is that the bad is in our control to [Ostenson] took a charge with 16 seconds to go. That
-improve," he nodded, was a big momentum shift there, and then Taylor got
The squad kicked off the weekend with a come- the ball and did what he needed to do by creating
from-behind, 47-44 win over the Powell Panthers plays for himself and taking the ball to the bucket,"
last Friday at the East West Tournament in Cody. Von Eye smiled.
The game was an exciting one for the fans--Allen not only scored the winning bucket, but he
beginning with a three-quarter court, buzzer-beater also led the team in scoring with 17 points, followed
three by Powell to tie the contest at the end of the by Cam Quigley with nine and Ostenson with eight.
first quarter, and ending with a coast-to-coast, ankle- On Saturday morning, the Dogies went up against
busting lay-up by Dogie senior Taylor Allen for the a tough Cody team who has a player that, according
go-ahead bucket in the last seconds of the ball game. to Von Eye, is about the best the squad is ever going
"I thought we played pretty well, especially in the
first half, and then in closing out the game. We did -- See Bailers, Page 12
Taylor Allen led the Dogies in scoring in two of
their three games in Cody. (Sonja Karp/NLJ)
Sonja Karp tough, well-coached program, things to work on as theyAnother issue that Bartlett
NLJ Sports Reporter so just to get a win in your first advance in the season, identified as a weakness his
game of the season against "To be the critic, we didteam would need to address
It was three up and three last season's state champs is have our scoring issues," he was their man-to-man defense.
down for both the Lady awesome," he smiled, began. "We'd go in spurts"We came out man-to-man
Dogies' varsity and junior Not only was Friday thewhere we would go on a against Powell and it was not
varsity teams as they made an first time that the ladies scoring run and then we'd go a good," he admitted. "We gave
opening weekend statement by had defeated Powell during while when we couldn't score, up several easy buckets early
going undefeated at the East Bartlett's tenure, but it was Sometimes those scoring which is not good moving
West Challenge in Buffalo last quite possibly the first time the lulls were turnover related, forward. In the heat of the
Friday and Saturday. squad has accomplished the and sometimes we were just moment I decided to go zone
In the pre-season rankings, feat in the last 17 years, missing shots or not taking so we ran a lot more 2-3 and
the Lady Dogies received Hannah Cass, who made good shots• We also struggled 1-3-1 than I had anticipated
a mention coming in at the her return to the court for the outside the arc which I didn't but we ran it very well."
seventh spot in 3A, but after first time since 2013, chalked anticipate," he admitted.Despite a lackluster man-
defeating the 2015 state cham- up a double-double and led all Knowing that his squad to-man showing, the squad's
pion Lady Panthers of Powell, scorers with 13 points and 10 is a better outside shooting zone defense was excellent so
42-34 in the first contest of rebounds, followed by Aiyssa team than what they displayed it was definitely the bonus
the year, more eyes may be Dawson with eight points arid during the tournament, Bartlett of the weekend, according to opponent!bfthe wee~d~i~he
turning, their way. six rebounds and Abby Gr : ,i:al ibuted ::so e it to nerves :: Batffett. : : : is
"We've seen Powellthe first with seven points, four assis[s because these were the first :Oh Saturday morning the ateamtlaatfi s'!been strutting
game of every year, and we've and two steals, games of the year. Lady Dogies faced off against over the course of the last
seen them a couple of times While Bartlett was very "These ladies have beenthe much improved Lady
at State and we've never been pleased with how his teams playing for what seems like Wranglers of Pinedale, and
able to best them," began head performed during the tourna- forever and so how they despite it being a low-scoring
coach Tyler Bartlett. "They are ment, he was also quick to get nervous for a game is a affair, pulled off their second
a big school, and they have a note that his squad has some wonder," he laughed, win of the tournament 34-26.
"Pinedale is tough and they
have gotten much better these
past couple of years. They
remind me a lot of when Paige
Smith, Maddee Foster and
Shenae LaCroix were playing
for us, as they are little, but
they are scrappy," Bartlett
mused. "Powell and Pinedale
were two legitimate, quality
wins for the girls."
Once again, the triple threat
of Cass, Dawson and Gray led
scorers with 11, 7 and 4 points
respectively.
With two wins under
their belts, the ladies turned
their attention to their final
couple of years, so the chal-
lenge for the Lady Dogies was
going to be staying focused
-- See Ladies, Page 18
Sonja Karp was the first meet of the year. encouraging as we headed into a tough Rapid City
NLJ Sports Reporter "We did well as a team and we had some great invite on Friday and Saturday," Clark smiled.
individual performances as well," assistant coach Matt The Rapid City tournament indeed presented a chal-
The first weekend of competition was a busy, but Clark began. "Bryce Womack (285) was probably only ienge and Clark anticipated that it was probably one
promising one for the Dogie/Bobcat wrestling squad, on the mat for about 20 seconds before he got the pin of the toughest tournaments the squad would be in all
Last Thursday the combined Newcastle/Upton team against Custer and then repeated that again against year with teams of all sizes from North Dakota, South
headed to Belle Fourche to hit the mat for the first time Belle." Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming in attendance. Among
in a triangular which had them facing off against Custer The coaching staff was disappointed when they those who were competing were what Clark described
followed by Belle. initially thought Trayton Dawson (113) was going to as some of the toughest teams from the Dakotas and a
Given that the South Dakota schools began practice be open, however, Custer pulled someone in at the last team from Gillette so the competition was daunting for
a week before Wyoming schools, the team had been minute and Dawson ended up having a really good the Dogies/Bobcats.
working hard to prepare for this opening contest, and match which he ended up winning by one point 6-5. Newcastle/Upton didn't let the challenge get the best
their effort appears to have paid off by the dominance According to Clark, other wrestlers who had good of them, however, and at the end of the tournament the
that the Dogie/Bobcat squad displayed, matches were Dennon Parks (132) who came upteam boasted three placers. Womack finished in sixth
In the 42-24 victory against Custer, Newcastle/ against a pretty tough competitor and lost a close one place, Ricky Larson (138) in seventh, and Dawson in
Upton only had two open spots at 182 and 220, while by only one point while Wyatt Corley (160) stuck his eighth, and all three made it to the quarter-finals before
the Wildcats gave up some open weights especially in opponent for a pin. they lost their first match.
the lower slots. An open weight means automatic points After soundly defeating Custer, the Dogies/Bobcats The bracket was set up with wrestlers having to win
for the team who wins the forfeit, and while those situ- turned around and crushed Belle Fourche 52-18. two rounds in order to advance to the quarter-finals.
ations can help the team score, coaches were hoping all "We won almost all of our matches so we came
their athletes would be able to wrestle in matches as it out of there feeling really good and it was especially -- See Wrestlers, Page 18
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