First-Ever Title Showdown: Pine Bluffs and Rocky Mountain Battle for 1A 9-Man Supremacy [VIDEO]

The Pine Bluffs Hornets look to defend their crown in Saturday’s Class 1A 9-man State Championship football game against the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. This will be the first title game between the two programs. Both No. 1 Pine Bluffs and the fourth-ranked Rocky Mountain have won four state championships apiece. The Hornets have two titles in the last three seasons, while the Grizzlies have not won a crown since 1998.

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All four of Pine Bluffs’ championships have been won in Laramie. All four of the Grizzlies’ titles came back in the 1990s, and while this is Rocky Mountain’s second trip to the Gem City, Pine Bluffs makes its fifth appearance in the last nine years. The two did play in the regular season. That was a neutral-site meeting in Glenrock, back in Week 2, and the Hornets won a weather-shortened game, 26-14. It was called at halftime.

WyoPreps received more insight into both teams from the two head coaches before the game. We spoke to Rocky Mountain head coach Jessee Wilson and Will Gray from Pine Bluffs.

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Team Info & Series History:

Pine Bluffs (10-0) – Will Gray: 15th year as head coach; 4 state championships in school history; the Hornets won last year’s championship, 28-22 in their last title game appearance. It is their eighth overall appearance in a state championship game. Pine Bluffs is 4-3 all-time in football title games. The Hornets have won the last four they have played in. It is the fifth trip to Laramie for a championship game (2016, 2017, 2022, 2024).

Rocky Mountain (7-3) – Jessee Wilson: 3rd year as head coach; 4 state championships in school history; the Grizzlies last won a crown in the Class 1A Division I level in 1998 (48-26 over Pinedale). Rocky Mountain is making its seventh title game appearance (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2021). They are 4-2 in championship games. It is the Grizzlies’ second trip to Laramie for a title game.

The Hornets lead the all-time series, 4-2. They first played each other in a varsity game in 1992. Saturday is the sixth postseason meeting between the two schools. The first five were postseason meetings in either the quarterfinals (first round) or semifinals. Their only regular-season game was earlier this year. Pine Bluffs has a 3-2 advantage in the playoffs. The last meeting was in the 2022 semis of the nine-man division, and the Hornets prevailed 35-32.

Team Stats per game:

                             Pine Bluffs                                   Rocky Mountain                       

Rush Offense = No. 2 (309 yards per game)           No. 4 (270)

Pass Offense = No. 2 (156)                                          No. 7 (93)

Total Offense = No. 1 (465)                                        No. 4 (363)

Scoring Offense = No. 1 (58.4 pts per game)          No. 4 (37.1)

Rush Defense = No. 1 (99)                                          No. 4 (163)

Pass Defense = No. 8 (113)                                         No. 5 (87)

Total Defense = No. 1 (212)                                        No. 3 (250)

Scoring Defense = No. 1 (15.4)                                  No. 2 (16.8)

Key Players:

Pine Bluffs = Ty Scarborough – 98.3 rushing yards per game, 16 TDs; Gabe Federer – 81.9 rushing yards per game, 10 TDs; Carsten Freeburg – 146.9 passing yards per game, 17 TDs, 2 INTs, and 218 all-purpose yards per game, 20 rush TDs; Colby Lerwick – 41.3 receiving yards per game, 2 TDs, plus 1 punt return TD; Scarborough (37.2) & Lerwick (30.2) both have 1 kick return TD; Ty Scarborough – 24.6 defensive points per game – ranks No. 1; Cameron Jessen – 24.1 defensive points per game – ranks No. 2.

Rocky Mountain = Triffen Jolley – 133.6 rushing yards per game, 17 TDs; Mason Moss – 86.2 passing yards per game, 9 TDs, 4 INTs, and 152.4 all-purpose yards per game, 14 total TDs; Moss – 21.7 defensive points per game – ranks No. 4; Jolley – 21.3 defensive points per game – ranks No. 5.

The kick-off is at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Laramie.

Series history information is Courtesy of Wyoming-football.com.