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Morning Sports: December 7, 2023
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Wyoming High School Winter Sports Season Starts: The Wyoming High School Winter Sports Season starts today and there’s competition going on at Sheridan High School.
At 5pm, the defending 4A State Champ Sheridan Bronc wrestlers will host a dual meet vs. Worland.
After which, the JV team will take on the Tongue River varsity.
As for the girls wrestlers they will take on opponents from both visiting teams.
On Friday and Saturday, Sheridan will compete at a tournament in Rapid City, South Dakota.
In basketball, Sheridan starts the season this evening at Riverton.
The girls game tips off at 6pm and boys game will follow.
After that the Broncs and Lady Broncs will stay in Riverton for a few more games.
On Friday they play Jackson beginning at 4pm.
On Saturday, it’s a double-header. First they play Rawlins at 9am and then Star Valley at 3pm.
You can hear all the games LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
Big Horn and Tongue River will head to Burns this weekend for a number of games.
Tomorrow, BH will play Mitchell, Nebraska at 1pm and Wheatland at 7pm.
The Rams and Lady Rams will play Newcastle on Saturday beginning at 1pm.
TR will play Southeast at 10am tomorrow as well as Douglas at 7pm.
On Saturday they’ll play Moorcroft at 1pm.
Arvada-Clearmont will play 2 games on Saturday at Upton.
The Panthers and Lady Panthers will take on Meeteetse beginning at 9am and Riverside at 12-noon.
Elsewhere, the Sheridan boys swimming team will compete tomorrow and Saturday at Gillette, while the nordic ski team will start the season at Laramie.
Addie Pendergast Signs NLI For Stanford Track and Field: One of, if not the fastest high school female athlete in Wyoming, will soon run for a college team from the west, that will soon race against a number of teams from the east.
Addie Pendergast of Sheridan High School has signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to join the track and field team at Stanford University.
At the 2023 Wyoming High School Outdoor Track and Field State Meet this past May, she set a new overall state record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.62 seconds.
Pendergast was also the 4A State Champ in the 100 and 200 meter dash races and was state runner-up in the 300 meter hurdles, which helped the Lady Broncs finish 3rd in the team standings.
At the 2023 Wyoming high school Indoor Track and Field State Meet this past March, she was the state champ in the 400 meter dash and was state runner-up in the 200 meter dash and the 800 meter run, which helped Sheridan place 1st in the team standings.
Pendergast says among the other schools she visited included Ivy League Schools Harvard and Pennsylvania University.
When she made her decision, she chose Stanford simply because it’s Stanford.
During her freshman year at Tongue River in 2021 she was the 2A State Champ in the 100 meter dash, the 400 meter dash, the 800 meter run, and was part of the 1600 sprint medley relay state championship team.
Those contributions helped the Lady Eagles easily win the 2A State Title.
In her sophomore year, Pendergast moved to Sheridan, but because of WHSAA rules, she could compete at various meets, but not at the regional or state meet that year.
She says before the starting gun goes off, after she crosses the finish line and everything else in between, there are many different aspects of a race that she enjoys.
Pendergast says she is considering majoring in environmental science and public policy.
She will not participate in the upcoming indoor track and field season, instead she has chosen to play basketball.
Beginning next school year (2024-2025) Stanford will compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against other eastern US teams such as Boston College, Florida State, North Carolina and Duke to name a few.
University Of Wyoming Football Coach Craig Bohl Announces Retirement: The Wyoming Cowboys will play the University of Toledo in the Arizona Bowl on Saturday, December 30th and that will mark the end of an era.
Yesterday UW Head Coach Craig Bohl announced that after that game, he will retire thus ending his 10-year tenure, which is the longest of any football coach in school history.
During Bohl’s time at the helm, the Cowboys have had 6 bowl game appearances, winning 3 of them and that’s more than any other previous coach.
UW has had 6 winning seasons which is the 2nd most under any other previous coach, and more NFL players have been developed than at any other time in program history, including the highest drafted NFL player in UW history…that being Josh Allen in 2018.
Three former Pokes who played for Coach Bohl, made it to the Super Bowl.
UW went undefeated at home in a season 3 times under his tenure, including this year.
Also this year was the first time the Pokes went 7-and-oh in home games in any 1 season.
His record at UW, not counting the upcoming Arizona Bowl, a balanced 60 wins and 60 losses.
Bohl says it’s his time, plus it’s time to give someone else a chance.
Jay Sawvel, who is the current defensive coordinator for UW will take over the coaching duties next year.
University Of Wyoming Women’s Volleyball: Last night, Wyoming fell in 5 sets at home against Montana State in the quarter-finals of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship Tournament.
UW finishes the season with a record of 22-10.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets lost last night at the LA Clippers 111-102.
The next game is tomorrow at home vs. Houston.