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Morning Sports: February 19, 2025
Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game 2025: High Schools within Sheridan and Johnson Counties will be well represented at a big fund-raiser game in June.
A total of 8 players from Sheridan, Big Horn, and Buffalo High Schools were selected as part of the North Team for the 2025 Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game.
The game is considered an all-star game with the best players from the North, going up against the best players from the South, and it’s also a fundraiser for the Shriner’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The players from Sheridan are Kelten Crow, Ty Gilbertson, and Bridger Peldo
Representing Big Horn are Avon Barney, Kolby Butler, and Will Taylor.
Buffalo will send Zayne Huber, and Hayden Jawors
The North Team is coached by Nicc Crosby of Lovell.
The North leads the series 27-20-3, and won last year’s game.
This year’s Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 14th at Natrona County High School in Casper.
Practice starts on June 7th.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The last 3 weeks of the regular season are going to be interesting, as 4 teams jockey for the final 3 playoff spots in the NA3HL’s Frontier Division.
Helena has already wrapped up the #1 seed.
After splitting last weekend’s games at Gillette, the Sheridan Hawks and Rapid City are tied for #2 and #3, and Great Falls is 1 point behind both at #4.
Then there’s Bozeman who’s on the outside looking in, and are only 2 points back of the final playoff spot.
Great Falls travels to Rapid City for a 2-game series this weekend, Bozeman plays a 2-game home-and-home series against Helena, while Sheridan plays a 2-game series at Cody.
Hawks Head Coach J.J. Santagata says there should be no excuse for losing either game on Friday and Saturday and it’s the last chance for the team to fine tune a few things that need to be worked on.
Including this weekend, Sheridan and Bozeman have 6 games remaining on their schedules, while Rapid City and Great Falls have 4.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys found themselves down by as much as 12 points in the first half last night at home vs. Air Force, and trailed by 10 at the break, then rallied in the second half to win 69-62.
The Pokes shot nearly 61% from the field in the second half.
Obi Agbim led the way with 22 points, while Cole Henry put in 16 and Dontaie Allen contributed with 12.
UW is now 12-15 on the season with a 5-11 record in the Mountain West Conference.
The team next plays on Saturday at home vs. San Jose State.
As for the Wyoming Cowgirls, they led by 9 points last night after 3 quarters at Boise State, but forgot to show up in the 4th quarter, as they were outscored 20-6, and lost 78-73.
Despite shooting better than 45% for the game, UW was just 1 of 11 shooting in the final 10 minutes.
Emily Mellema led the Brown and Gold with 18 points.
Malene Pedersen put in 16.
Allyson Fertig had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Tess Barnes put in 14 points of her own.
The Cowgirls are now 16-10 on the season and have a 10-4 record in the Mountain West Conference.
UW next plays Saturday at Nevada.
