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Morning Sports: February 26, 2026
State Wrestling 2026: The 3-day state wrestling tournament starts today in Casper.
The first round of competition gets underway at 12-noon, inside the Ford Wyoming Center.
Winners come back later today for the quarterfinals, which are scheduled to begin at around 4:30pm.
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Last week the Sheridan girls surprised many teams by winning the East Regional Meet.
Head Coach Marcie Lane says the team has some wrestlers back from injury and illness compared to one month ago, thus there was some strength in numbers, plus the girls are getting back to the basics.
The Lady Broncs are last year’s state runners-up.
On the boys side, Keegan Rager of Sheridan is attempting to repeat as a state champ, and is also trying to become a 4-time all-state placer, which goes to those who finish in either 1st or 2nd place in their respective weight class.
Braxten Crow of Sheridan is trying to put the finishing touches on an undefeated season.
Big Horn/Tongue River/Arvada-Clearmont HS Basketball: Today is also the start of the 2A and 1A basketball regional tournaments.
The 2A East Regional Tournament is at Pine Bluffs.
The Big Horn boys and girls each have a first round bye and do not play until tomorrow.
The Tongue River boys and girls will each take on Wright today.
The girls game tips off at 4pm and the boys game at 7.
TR is the 2-time defending 2A Girls State Champ and Head Coach Carly Sanon says the Lady Eagles have been playing aggressively and have been finding ways to get the ball to Chaney Reish, who is their leading scorer.
The Arvada-Clearmont girls are in Torrington for the 1A East Regional Tournament.
They are scheduled to play Southeast in the first round at 8pm today.
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University of Wyoming Women’s Basketball: The Wyoming Cowgirls lost yesterday at Air Force 69-61 in overtime, scoring only 2 points in the extra period.
Malene Pedersen led UW with 17 points, while Henna Sandvik was right behind her with 16.
The Cowgirls are now 9-18 on the season and have a 6-12 record in the Mountain West Conference.
Wyoming is next scheduled to play this coming Saturday at San Diego State.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won last night at home vs. Boston 103-84.
The Nuggets are next scheduled to play tomorrow at Oklahoma City.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche returned from the Olympic Break and won last night at Utah 4-2.
The Avs are next scheduled to play today at home vs. Minnesota.
The puck drops at 7pm.
Colorado Rockies Pre-Season Baseball: The Colorado Rockies doubled up the Chicago Cubs yesterday 14-7.
T.J. Rumfield hit 2 solo home runs, while Mickey Moniak hit one of his own.
Ezequiel Tovar hit a 3-run shot for the cause and Kayle McCann had a 2-run blast as well.
The Rocks are next scheduled to play today at San Francisco.
First pitch is scheduled for 1:05pm.
