High School Sports
Macey Engle of Douglas Signs with Casper College for Soccer
Macey Engle of Douglas wants to finish her prep soccer career with an exclamation point after the Bearcats qualified for the 2024 3A State Tournament as a #1 seed. Engle will be busy after her high school soccer career as she has committed to the Casper College. She was an All-State performer a year ago […]

Macey Engle of Douglas wants to finish her prep soccer career with an exclamation point after the Bearcats qualified for the 2024 3A State Tournament as a #1 seed. Engle will be busy after her high school soccer career as she has committed to the Casper College.
She was an All-State performer a year ago from the forward/midfield spots with 13 goals and 10 assists as the Cats went 12-5. In her sophomore year, she found the net 10 times with 8 assists and was named All-Conference in 3A and was an All-Conference pick in her freshman year with 4 goals and 5 assists. Engle started playing soccer at a very young age and has plenty of valuable club experience.
Engle played on the State Champion Douglas girls’ basketball team in 2024-25 and was also on the Douglas golf team that won the 3A State Championship in 2024. She finished 16th at the 3A State Tournament.
Casper College is a junior college institution in Region IX, and the T-Birds were 10-3-3 last season.

Wyoming High School Sports Pics of the Week: Mar. 13-15
Wyoming High School Sports Pics of the Week: Mar. 13-15
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Jefferson High School bowling team wins championship, highlights value of all students
Stacked in individual lanes, a bowling alley is the perfect example of a friendly competition. Everyone takes turns, trying to knock down every pin before the person after them does. Bowling is typically an independent sport, but at Lafayette Jefferson High School, it is all about team collaboration, working together to get the highest scores […]

Stacked in individual lanes, a bowling alley is the perfect example of a friendly competition. Everyone takes turns, trying to knock down every pin before the person after them does.
Bowling is typically an independent sport, but at Lafayette Jefferson High School, it is all about team collaboration, working together to get the highest scores and including everybody in the process.
JHS is one of seven ‘Unified Champions Schools’ in Indiana. To receive this national banner recognition, the school is expected to be dedicated to creating an inclusive and integrative environment.
Specifically, the school implements sports and club activities called ‘Special Olympic Unified Sports’, where individuals with and without disabilities work together and compete as a team.
At JHS, students can participate in unified sports, like bowling, through a partnership with the student-run Best Buddies Program, which fosters inclusion by pairing students with and without disabilities in these sports.
Last year was the team’s first time bowling in the state finals. To the team and coach Kristen Van Laere’s surprise, they “landed third place in the championship,”
Members of the Jefferson High School bowling team take a photo together at a competition.
Van Laere said this year they had the same attitude towards the sport, which was to have fun and do their best.
“I’ll never forget what it was like, going into the last set and the guy (from Unified Sports) said 54. I don’t know what that means” Van Laere said. “He says (in that moment) you’re 54 pins up, (which is) first place out of all of the schools. It was hysterical, but now (I knew) we are playing to win.”
“You know, (it’s) kind of like the (Purdue) basketball tournament that just got done. You knew going in, (that) Purdue was going to win certain games and they were expected to.,” Van Laere said. “I never had an expectation (about) this – I think that’s what makes it fun.”