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Morning Sports: January 2, 2024
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UW Football Team Wins Arizona Bowl: The 2023 Wyoming Cowboy Football team sent coach Craig Bohl off into the sunset in dramatic fashion Saturday in the Arizona Bowl.
Trailing 15-6 against Toledo going into the 4th quarter, the Pokes would get a touchdown with about 8 ½ minutes to go, to make it 15-13.
The defense would eventually force the Rockets to punt, and the brown and gold had to start at their own 6 yard line with 4:11 to go.
UW would milk the clock, and march 87 yards to the Toledo 7 yard line, converting 1 4th down in the process, and got some help from an unnecessary roughness penalty.
John Hoyland would then kick a 24 yard field goal as the clock expired to give Wyoming a 16-15 victory.
The Cowboys finish the season with a record of 9-4.
University Of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys dropped their final non-conference game of the season this past Saturday, 94-68 at BYU.
Four Cowboys scored in double figures.
Sam Griffin led the way with 25 points on 10 of 14 shooting.
Mason Walters put in 12, while Akuel Kot and Caden Powell put in 10 points each.
The 2 big problems were, BYU shot nearly 57% for the game compared to UW’s 40% and the Cougar bench outscored the Brown and Gold 41-7.
The Pokes are now 7-6 on the season and start conference play tonight at home vs. San Jose State.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30pm and you can hear that game LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
The Spartans are also 7-6 on the season.
Meanwhile the Wyoming Cowgirls started conference play this past Saturday with a 61-47 win at home vs. Boise State.
McKinley Dickerson came off the bench to lead the way with 16 points.
Tess Barnes added in 13, and Malene Pedersen put in 11.
The Cowgirls held the opposition to 32% shooting from the field.
UW’s next game is tomorrow at Utah State.
Tip off is scheduled for 6pm.
Denver Broncos Football: The Denver Broncos won their home finale this past Sunday against the LA Chargers 16-9.
The win evens up Denver’s record at 8-8 and they are 1 game behind in the race for the final wild card spot in the AFC, however, there’s no way they can get it.
Indianapolis, Houston and Pittsburgh are currently in the 3-way tie for that final spot, and the main problem for the Broncos is that Houston and Indy play each other this week, thus there’s no way to catch up to both of them, and a tie game between the Texans and Colts doesn’t help either.
Denver concludes the season Sunday at Las Vegas in what will be a battle for 2nd and 3rd place in the AFC West.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2:25pm.
Sheridan County High School Sports: Competition in the high school winter sports season resumes this weekend.
On the basketball court, Sheridan will play Thursday thru Saturday against opponents to be announced at Cheyenne.
Big Horn and Tongue River will play Friday and Saturday vs. Burns, Pine Bluffs, Lingle-Fort Laramie and Lusk.
The boys will play their games either at Lingle or at Lusk.
The girls will play their games either at Wright or at Sundance.
Arvada-Clearmont has no games scheduled for this week.
On the wrestling mat, the Sheridan boys will compete Friday and Saturday at Douglas, while the girls will be in Bozeman, Montana.
Tongue River is also scheduled to compete at Douglas as well.
In boys swimming, Sheridan will host their pre-invite and the Sheridan Invitational this coming Friday and Saturday.
Nordic skiing is scheduled to compete on Casper Mountain this coming Friday and Saturday.
Practice is now underway for the indoor track and field season.
The first meet is scheduled for Saturday, January 13th.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets lost on Friday at home vs. Oklahoma City 119-93, and won last night at home vs. Charlotte 111-93.
The team’s next game is Thursday at Golden State.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won on Friday at St. Louis 2-1.
The team is back in action tonight at home vs. the New York Islanders.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks are back on the ice this weekend for 2 games at Cody.
The next scheduled home games are on January 12th and 13th vs. Rapid City.