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Morning Sports: November 9, 2026
Sheridan HS Football: It went down to the wire, plus extra, and in the end Cheyenne East scored on a 2-point conversion to win 15-14 in overtime in the 4A State semi-finals this past Friday, and end Sheridan’s season.
The other thing that ended was the Broncs’ state record 40-game winning streak at home.
The last loss at home was in 2020, also against East.
Sheridan finishes the season with a record of 9-2.
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Big Horn HS Football: Big Horn is heading to Laramie for the 5th straight year.
The Rams got a challenge in the 1st quarter back on Friday at home vs. Thermopolis, but then pulled away from there to win 66-12.
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BH will take on Cokeville for the 2A State Championship this coming Friday at War Memorial Stadium.
Kickoff is scheduled for 12-noon.
The 2 teams played each other in the state championship game 2 years ago and in the first round of last year’s playoffs.
Big Horn HS Volleyball: Big Horn joined some elite company this past weekend.
The Lady Rams would 4-peat as 2A State Champs, becoming only the 5th team in Wyoming High School Volleyball history to do it.
BH swept their way through the state tournament defeating Southeast in the State Championship match.
Senior Leah Phillips explains what worked in the championship game, and if it gets any easier or harder winning 4 state championships in a row.
Big Horn finishes the season with a record of 36-3 and went undefeated vs. 2A competition.
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Tongue River HS Volleyball: On the other side of Sheridan County, Tongue River’s bid to win the state championship in their first year at Class 3A came up a little short, as the Lady Eagles would fall against Lovell 3-1 in the state championship match.
TR would take home the state runner-up trophy and finish the season with a record of 23-10-1.
Sheridan HS Volleyball: Sheridan also made it to the state tournament in Class 4A.
The Lady Broncs won their first round game vs. Green River, then lost to eventual state champ Kelly Walsh in the semi-finals, and then lost in the consolation round vs. Cheyenne Central.
SHS finished with a record of 21-14.
Sheridan/Buffalo HS Girls Swimming and Diving: The State Meet was this past weekend in Gillette.
In Class 4A, Sheridan placed 4th out of 15 teams winning the 200 yard medley relay and 200 yard freestyle relay races.
Individually Hannah Mowry won the 200 yard freestyle race, while Kloe Fjell won the 50 yard freestyle and was 2nd in the 100 yard butterfly competition.
Lady Broncs Head Coach Brent Moore was named the 4A Coach of the Year.
In Class 3A, Buffalo brought home the State Runner-Up trophy, winning the 200 yard medley relay, while Milan Monterastelli won both the 100 yard butterfly and 100 yard breaststroke races.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks split weekend home games this past weekend, losing against Butte 3-1, but recovered to stomp Gillette 8-2.
The Hawks are on the road this weekend for a pair of games against Bozeman.
College Football: It was quite a shootout, but the Wyoming Cowboys would prevail at UNLV 41-35 to run their record to 6-3 and become bowl eligible.
Quarterback Tyler Hughes was 5 of 9 passing for 107 yards and 1 touchdown, while backup QB Landon Sims was 2 of 6 for 25 yards and 1 TD toss of his own, plus he ran one in himself.
Jake Wilson and Kyle Frendt caught the touchdowns.
Samuel Harris ran 2 of them in, and Erik Sanvik kicked 2 field goals.
The Cowboys had 351 yards rushing for the game.
Harris accounted for 128 of them and Markell Holman provided an additional 110.
UW now has a 5-1 record in the Mountain West Conference.
The team has 3 games remaining on their regular season schedule, 2 of them in conference, and still controls its own destiny, to host the Conference championship game.
Wyoming is next scheduled to play this coming Saturday at UTEP.
As for Montana State, it turns out a Sheridan High grad was one of the heroes in the Bobcats’ 28-26 triple overtime win at Idaho State.
The score was tied at 20 at the end of regulation.
Both teams kicked field goals in overtimes #1 and #2.
Starting with the 3rd overtime onward, teams have to attempt a 2 point conversion.
The Bengals went first and were unsuccessful.
MSU ran the Philly special, as Dane Steel, who is normally a receiver, ended up throwing the game winning pass.
Montana State is now 9-1 overall with a 6-1 record in the Big Sky Conference.
Their next game is this coming Saturday at Northern Colorado.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys ran their record to 2-0 thanks to a 93-62 win at home vs. Idaho State back on Friday.
The Brown and Gold shot 50% for the game, scored 46 points in the paint and got 43 from the bench.
Nasir Meyer led all scorers with 18 points.
Renars Sondors came off the bench to put in 14, while Khaden Bennett put in 13.
The Pokes have a huge test tomorrow when they play at North Carolina.
Meanwhile the Wyoming Cowgirls lost on Saturday at home vs. Missouri State 72-37.
The ladies were down 35-29 at halftime, and only managed to score 4 points in both the 3rd and 4th quarters, plus they shot 25% for the game, compared to 49% for the opposition.
Missouri State also scored 46 of their points in the paint, along with 37 from the bench.
Kati Ollilainen led UW with 17 points.
The Cowgirls are next scheduled to play tomorrow at home vs. UT-Arlington.
Denver Broncos Football: The Denver Broncos won yesterday at Carolina 26-21.
The defense made the save at the end when Nik Bonitto sacked and caused quarterback Bryce Young to fumble with less than 1 ½ minutes to go, at around the Denver 40 yard line.
For the Broncos, quarterback Bo Nix was 25 of 37 passing for 237 yards, with 2 touchdown throws and 1 interception.
Catching the TD’s were Courtland Sutton and Pat Bryant, while Jonah Coleman scored one on the ground and kicker Will Lutz booted 2 field goals.
One thing that helped Denver was that the opposition was penalized 13 times for 119 yards.
There is some concern with the team, because both wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and cornerback Riley Moss each had to leave the game and enter concussion protocol.
The good news for the Broncos is that this week is an off week from competition.
The next game is scheduled for Sunday, November 22nd at home against Las Vegas.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won this past Saturday at Indiana 114-102.
The Nuggets are next scheduled to play today at Houston.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30pm.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won this past Saturday at home vs. Detroit 4-zip.
The Avs are next scheduled to play tomorrow at Toronto.
