WHEATLAND – The Wheatland Pups’ 2024 season would prove to be one of their toughest seasons to date. Not because of wins and losses, but because over the last 10 years they have built a …
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WHEATLAND – The Wheatland Pups’ 2024 season would prove to be one of their toughest seasons to date. Not because of wins and losses, but because over the last 10 years they have built a reputation of being physical and hard to beat.
Starting at the end of August and playing until the second week in October, the Pups were not able to get games scheduled. Leagues with teams from Casper to Northern Colorado, Laramie to Torrington and several towns in between said they were unwilling to play the Pups until they had their own All Star team built. Something the coaches, parents, and players all found to be very frustrating.
Coach Blaine Eppel said, “We pride ourselves on being physical, and playing football the right way, but we don’t run up scores or take cheap shots. The reality is we have one team because that’s all we have enough players for each year. The kids always work hard, and we have high expectations of them, but they always rise to the challenge and play their best. For teams to not want to play us until their Allstar teams are built is really unfortunate for our kids, the game is about more than winning and losing.”