The Burrall Blog – Honors for Dogie Athletes

2/18/09

4:30 PM

Newcastle Dogies Matt Gregory and Nick Pisciotti were named to the North roster of the Wyoming Shrine Bowl, which will be played on Saturday, June 13th in Casper at 7:00 PM at Natrona County High School.

Gregory was named a 3A All-State player for the third straight season, rushing for 529 yards and 5 touchdowns.  Matt also averaged 11 yards on 6 punt returns and recorded 41 tackles (17 solo), an interception, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 sacks.  Pisciotti, also an All-State player, was 3rd in 3A receiving yards with 459 on 29 catches and 3 touchdowns.  Nick also had 5 kickoff returns and averaged just over 23 yards, made 22 tackles (12 solo), recovered 3 fumbles and blocked 2 kicks.

Pisciotti was honored again recently, as he and Kade Ferguson became the first two Newcastle High School players to be named as candidates for the McDonald’s All-American Team.  Through February 14, Pisciotti was averaging 17.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.  Ferguson had averages of 14.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, with 49 blocked shots.