Morning Sports: December 18, 2024

Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks won yesterday in their final game of the NA3HL Showcase Event in Minnesota, by defeating Norwich, Connecticut 7-3.

Vincent Leaf had a hat trick in that game.

Sheridan will have the rest of this week and all of next week off as part of the holiday break.

The team is back in action on Friday and Saturday, January 3rd and 4th at home vs. Butte.

When play resumes, the Hawks will be in a very home friendly portion of their schedule, as the team will play their next 10 games at the M&M Center, and don’t have to make any more road trips to Montana until the playoffs, which isn’t until March.

University Of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowgirls lost last night at Creighton, 76-60.

UW was only down by 3 going into the 4th quarter, but then the Lady Blue Jays went on a 19-to-8 run to pull away.

Allyson Fertig led the Cowgirls with 23 points.

Tess Barnes and Malene Pedersen contributed with 16 points each.

The Brown and Gold shot 47% for the game, but the opposition hit 12 3’s.

The other thing was bench scoring which is what Wyoming did not have, as they were outscored 29-2.

UW is now 5-6 on the season and are back at home this coming Saturday, for their final non-conference game vs. North Dakota.

Mountain West Conference Football: The first Mountain West Conference team will play in its bowl game today.

UNLV will take on Cal in the LA Bowl.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7pm.

The next Mountain West Conference team to play in a bowl game, will be Fresno State in the Potato Bowl in Boise on Monday.

Denver Broncos Football: The Denver Broncos are on the brink of making the playoffs, for the first time since they won the Super Bowl, almost 9 years ago.

Denver plays in the Thursday night game tomorrow at the LA Chargers.

A win would secure a wild card spot and there would still be 2 more games for seeding purposes.

If the Broncos lose tomorrow, they can also get in the playoffs, provided Indianapolis, Miami and Cincinnati all lose on Sunday.

Denver lost at home vs. the Chargers 23-16 about 2 months ago.