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'Heroes and angels:' Pennsylvania hiker thanks responders after suffering head injury in Wyoming

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October 1, 2024

'Heroes and angels:' Pennsylvania hiker thanks responders after suffering head injury in Wyoming

A Pennsylvania family is thanking their lucky stars after their 22-year-old son has recovered from being struck by a tree that collapsed while he was hiking near Porcupine Falls in Wyoming earlier this summer.

Will Dusinberre was working at a ranch in Wyoming when he and some friends made the trek to Porcupine Falls on their day off. Instead of it being a peaceful summer hike, it turned into a nightmare when Dusinberre and his friends were struck by a tree as it collapsed.

“I don’t remember much from that day or even the day before really,” Dusinberre said Monday afternoon. “I just remember hiking out with my buddies and that we had stopped to swim and relax for a little bit.”

Dusinberre is hazy on the details of the day but has heard more of the timeline from witnesses and his friends that were there.

“Somebody yelled ‘Tree,’ and turned around and I was already hit,” Dusinberre said. “I didn’t have time to move.”

One of Dusinberre’s friends who wasn’t injured ran to the top of the trail looking for help. That run would’ve been about seventh-tenths of a mile, and he was shouting for help the entire way.

Fortunately, he managed to catch Michelle and Jesse Rystrom before they drove away. Michelle is an emergency nurse, and Jesse is a firefighter paramedic.

“We thought we heard somebody yell help,” Michelle said. “A young kid was running up the trail and was saying that a tree had fallen and one of his friends (was) bleeding from his head.”

Without thinking, the Rystroms sprang into action, sprinting down the trail to help the victims.

“Your adrenaline kind of just kicks in, and your mom mode kicks in, and you just start taking care of the kids,” Michelle said.

Both Rystroms said it was impeccable timing for them to be in the right position to help.

“Everything lined out just to help them because there was nobody else in the parking lot that was there,” Jesse said. “We almost weren’t even going to be there that day but the weather was cold so we stopped there.”

“You’re in the right place at the right time that’s for sure,” Michelle said.

With the Rystroms’ help, Dusinberre was eventually transported to St. Vincent’s Healthcare in Billings, where his parents had frantically traveled from Pennsylvania to be with their son.

“It wasn’t until we arrived that we found out how serious the injury was,” said Dusinberre’s mother Louise Dusinberre. “It was horrific. Will was unrecognizable.”

That shocking condition of their son left Louise numb.

“My emotions were just put on hold because you’re just full in that fight or flight,” Louise said. “It’s been the fight of our lifetime for a month and a half.”

That fight has included several surgeries, hours of rehab and plenty of dark days. Somehow, Will has remained positive the entire time.

“It’s allowed me to appreciate all the things I have in the moment and the things I can get back to eventually,” Will said.

Among those things is playing the guitar and singing. Will has managed to do that early in the rehab, donning an eye patch and missing teeth from the incident. It’s a sight and sound his mother is grateful for.

“It was just a lot of heroes and angels right where they needed to be,” Louise said.

Will is expected to make a full recovery and plans to get started with his senior year of college in the spring. Even he understands how fortunate he is that the Rystroms and others were there to help.

“I wouldn’t be here without them,” Will said. “But the fact that they were even there in the first place is just kind of a miracle.”

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Wyoming 3A and 4A Boys Basketball Regionals Tip Off Postseason Play

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March 6, 2026

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Wyoming 3A and 4A Boys Basketball Regionals Tip Off Postseason Play

The 2026 postseason has arrived for Wyoming High School boys’ basketball teams in Class 3A and 4A. They participate in regional tournaments from Thursday through Saturday. The regionals will be in Buffalo, Evanston, Gillette, and Lovell. Three sites will use the format: two wins qualify a team for the state tournament next week in Casper, or two losses eliminate a team. The 4A East Region has three loser-out first-round games on Thursday, followed by two days of games for seeding. The 4A East Regular Season champ draws a first-round bye and has qualified for the state tournament.

WYOPREPS 3A-4A BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES

Except in the 4A East Regional, Friday starts with elimination games. The regional semifinals are on Friday night. The final seeds for next week’s state tournament will be determined on Saturday. The schedules below for this weekend are based on the brackets sent to WyoPreps. It is subject to change.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5:

Final Score: (3) Pinedale 58 (6) Mountain View 40

Final Score: (2) Cody 58 (7) Powell 46

Final Score: (1) Lovell 75 (8) Lyman 43

Final Score: (4) Lander 65 (5) Worland 40

FRIDAY, MARCH 6:

Game 5: Mountain View vs. Powell, noon – loser out

Game 6: Lyman vs. Worland, 1:30 p.m. – loser out

Game 7: Pinedale vs. Cody, 6 p.m. – semifinal

Game 8: Lovell vs. Lander, 7:30 p.m. – semifinal

SATURDAY, MARCH 7:

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 11 a.m. – loser out

Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 11 a.m. – loser out (at LMS)

Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 5 p.m. – 3rd Place Game

Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 2 p.m. – Championship Game

THURSDAY, MARCH 5:

Final Score: (3) Douglas 85 (6) Rawlins 50

Final Score: (2) Wheatland 57 (7) Burns 40

Final Score: (5) Torrington 35 (4) Newcastle 28

Final Score: (1) Buffalo 69 (8) Glenrock 44

FRIDAY, MARCH 6:

Game 5: Rawlins vs. Burns, noon – loser out

Game 6: Newcastle vs. Glenrock, 1:30 p.m. – loser out

Game 7: Douglas vs. Wheatland, 6 p.m. – semifinal

Game 8: Torrington vs. Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. – semifinal

SATURDAY, MARCH 7:

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, noon – loser out

Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 1:30 p.m. – loser out

Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 7:30 p.m. – 3rd Place Game (if necessary)

Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:30 p.m. – Championship Game

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5:

Final Score: (NW-3) Kelly Walsh 64 (SW-2) Riverton 49

Final Score: (NW-1) Natrona County 77 (SW-4) Jackson 23

Final Score: (NW-2) Green River 50 (SW-3) Evanston 40

Final Score: (SW-1) Star Valley 62 (NW-4) Rock Springs 60 – Erickson makes a turnaround jumper at the buzzer off an offensive rebound for the Braves.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6:

Game 5: Riverton vs. Jackson, noon – loser out

Game 6: Evanston vs. Rock Springs, 1:30 p.m. – loser out

Game 7: Kelly Walsh vs. Natrona County, 6:30 p.m. – semifinal

Game 8: Green River vs. Star Valley, 8 p.m. – semifinal

SATURDAY, MARCH 7:

Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 11:30 a.m. – loser out

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 1 p.m. – loser out

Game 11: Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 4:30 p.m. – 3rd Place Game (at EMS)

Game 12: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:30 p.m. – Championship Game

THURSDAY, MARCH 5:

Game 1: (1) Sheridan = Bye

Final Score: (2) Cheyenne Central 75 (7) Cheyenne South 35 – Bison are eliminated

Final Score: (3) Thunder Basin 75 (6) Laramie 59 – Plainsmen are eliminated; Bolts qualify for state

Final Score: (4) Campbell County 59 (5) Cheyenne East 39 – loser out; Thunderbirds are eliminated; Camels qualify for state.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6:

Game 6: Cheyenne Central vs. Thunder Basin, 4:30 p.m. – semifinal

Game 5: Sheridan vs. Campbell County, 7:30 p.m. – semifinal

SATURDAY, MARCH 7:

Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 11:30 a.m. – 3rd Place Game

Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2:30 p.m. – Championship Game

James Johnson Winter Showcase Basketball Tournament 2026

Photos from game action at the James Johnson Winter Showcase tournament in Cheyenne.

Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Shannon Dutcher

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Explore small streams of Wyo. with WGFD XStream Angler challenge

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March 5, 2026

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Explore small streams of Wyo. with WGFD XStream Angler challenge

WYOMING — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is rolling out its 2026 XStream Angler challenge, open to anyone looking to fish the smaller streams of Wyoming. The XStream Angler challenge is an opportunity for anglers in the state to explore over 150 streams with instream flow water rights. According to WGFD, instream flow […]

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Governor Gordon attends signing of Wyoming’s Healthy Choice Waiver in Washington D.C.

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March 5, 2026

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Governor Gordon attends signing of Wyoming’s Healthy Choice Waiver in Washington D.C.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Governor Mark Gordon’s office recently announced that the governor and Director of Family Services (DFS) Korin Schmidt traveled to Washington D.C. on Wednesday to meet with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as other Trump Administration officials, to sign the Wyoming’s Healthy Choice Waiver. A release […]

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