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Jaylen Ostenson took the ball hard to the rack several times in the Lady Dogies’ dominating win over the Wheatland Lady Bulldogs. Five buckets under the basket and hitting seven of 10 free-throws in the contest gave her 17 points on the night.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The David and Goliath epic battle comes to mind when thinking about the Lady Dogies’ thrilling game in Douglas Friday. The No. 1-ranked Douglas Lady Bearcats hadn’t been defeated by a 3A team in the state since the championship of the 3A state tournament in 2017, but...
Newcastle High School senior Aidan Chick attempts the basket as he narrowly beats the Thermopolis player to the net.
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Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
It was a case of Jekyl and Hyde for the Dogies last weekend as they opened up quadrant play. On Friday, they hosted the Thermopolis Bobcats and came away with an exciting 58-55 win in overtime, then traveled to Buffalo and limped away suffering a 68-37 loss.
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Aidan Chick executes one of his favorite shots, the floater, in the lane in the Dogies’ loss to Wheatland last Friday. The senior ended the night with nine points, eight rebounds, and one steal.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
After a pretty good start to the new year in their first weekend of 2022, the Dogies took a couple of blows to the chin Friday and Saturday as they were defeated in back-to-back road games against Wheatland, 31-47, and Rapid City Christian, 36-66.
“We had a sluggish...
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Shelby Tidyman was the Lady Dogies’ leading scorer in both of their wins last weekend. She scored 18 points against Wheatland on Friday and matched those points against Rapid City Christian on Saturday. Here Tidyman got around three defenders for two against the Lady Comets in Spearfish.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin.’ Keep those Dogies rollin.’
The fourth-ranked Lady Dogies continue to roll right along as they wrapped up another undefeated weekend picking up two solid wins over Wheatland and Rapid City Christian on the road Friday and Saturday.
“I was...
I have often said, and continue to hold the belief, that Michael Jordan is the G.O.A.T. on the hardwood.
With that said, anyone having the debate regarding who is the Greatest Of All Time in the sport of basketball would be remiss to not consider Wilt Chamberlain who stood 7 feet, 1 inch and...
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Jayde Harrington stands her ground against Reece Halley in the Lady Dogies’ big win over the Lady Trailblazers on Friday. The Lady Dogies held Halley to just 13 points on the night, 5 less than her average for the season.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The Lady Dogies began the new year with a sweep of two tough opponents in the Lady Trailblazers of Torrington and the Gering Lady Bulldogs. Defense prevailed in Newcastle’s 48-39 victory over the ‘Blazers, while offense was the key in the 61-41 win against the...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
It wasn’t what they had been planning, but the Dogies were grateful to be able to get on the court after a winter storm thwarted plans to travel to Burns for their Winter Classic Invitational Tournament.
“It wasn’t exactly what we had in mind for our first weekend,”...
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Junior MacKenzie Conzelman shows off her three-point shooting acumen during the Dogies v. Lady Dogies annual contest last Saturday. Junior Jaylen Ostenson ended up winning the 3-point shooting contest as she was the player to sink the most from beyond the arc.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
Coming off of a sixth-place finish in the 3A State Tournament last season, Newcastle High School’s head ladies’ basketball coach Chad Ostenson is looking to build upon his team’s success as they prepare to make another run at the title in March.
“We lost the...
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JJ Lipp attempts to block Avery Chick’s three point shot during the Meet the Dogies event on Dec. 4 in the Dogie Dome. The Dogies take the court for their first game of the season this Friday.
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
Dogie fans will see a bit of a change in Allen Von Eye’s varsity basketball squad this season as personnel has dictated a necessity for it. After several years of suiting a guard-heavy team, the Dogies have a few more bigs on the roster, and as such, Von Eye is...
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Editor
The community of Newcastle has long offered club sport options for the youth, however, basketball was never one of the choices.
Exciting changes are under way as third- through sixth-grade students now have the opportunity to play AAU basketball due to hard work put...
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