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Morning Sports: January 29, 2024
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Sheridan County HS Basketball: There’s less than 1 month to go before the post-season starts in the high school winter sports season and some sports have less time than others.
The Sheridan teams split games at Natrona on Friday.
The boys lost 68-64, while the girls won 59-47.
On Saturday, both the Broncs and the Lady Broncs had easy games at home vs. Worland.
The boys score was 80-49 and the girls score was 55-31.
The schedule starts to get a lot more interesting this week as Sheridan takes on teams from the 4A Southeast both this week and next.
On Friday the teams play at Cheyenne East, and then on Saturday they play at Cheyenne Central.
Elsewhere in Sheridan County, Big Horn split their weekend games at home vs. Wright on Friday and at Rocky Mountain on Saturday.
The girls won the home game, while the boys won on the road.
Tongue River did not have much trouble on Saturday at Greybull.
The Rams and Eagles meet for the second time this season this coming Thursday at TR.
On Friday, Tongue River hosts Rocky Mountain.
On Saturday, the Eagles travel to Sundance, while BH is at home vs. Riverside.
The Arvada-Clearmont girls basketball teams won both of their games this past weekend at Kaycee and at Guernsey-Sunrise, while the boys dropped both.
Both the Panthers and Lady Panthers play tomorrow at home vs. the Sheridan sophomore team and then play again Saturday at Midwest.
Click here to see scores from the weekend and updated standings.
Sheridan County HS Wrestling: The Sheridan boys finished 7th and the girls were 3rd at the Ron Thon Invitational this past weekend at Riverton.
For the first time in nearly 2 months the Broncs and Lady Broncs will wrestle at home beginning Thursday when they host a dual vs. Natrona.
On Friday, both Cheyenne East and Cheyenne Central will be in town, and on Saturday, Sheridan will take on Cheyenne South and Laramie.
The Tongue River wrestlers will be at Lovell on Friday and at Greybull on Saturday.
Sheridan HS Boys Swimming: Sheridan placed 7th out of 16 teams at the Laramie Invitational.
Sophomore Ben Forsythe won the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard breaststroke events.
The Broncs will next compete at the 4A East Conference meet this Friday and Saturday at Gillette.
University of Wyoming Basketball: If you either left the game early or turned off the radio broadcast of the Wyoming Cowboys game this past Saturday, shame on you.
The Pokes trailed at home vs. Colorado State 64-53 with less than 1 minute to go, came back and tied the score at 65 at the buzzer, trailed by 4 with 1 ½ minutes to go in overtime, came back again and won 79-76.
Sam Griffin had another monster game with 24 points.
Akuel Kot put in 18.
Mason Walters added in 13 including the buzzer beater, and Brendan Wenzel contributed with 11.
Wyoming is now 11-9 on the season, including a 4-3 record in the Mountain West Conference.
The Pokes are back in action tomorrow at Air Force.
Meanwhile, the Wyoming Cowgirls had an easy time at Fresno State on Saturday, winning 69-47.
Allyson Fertig had a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Tess Barnes also put in 16 points, while Malene Pedersen put in 13.
The Cowgirls are 12-7 overall, and have a 7-1 record in the Mountain West Conference.
This coming Wednesday, it’s a first place battle as the Brown and Gold visit UNLV.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won on Saturday at home vs. Philadelphia 111-105.
The team is back in action tonight at home vs. Milwaukee.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won at home on Friday vs. LA 5-1.
The team has the entire week off from competition as it is almost time for the all-star break.
The Avs will resume play one week from today at the New York Rangers.
Sheridan Hawks Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks split their games at Rapid City this past weekend, but still came out ahead in some ways.
On Friday, Sheridan won 4-3, then lost on Saturday by the same 4-3 score.
The difference was that Saturday’s game went to overtime, hence the Hawks got 1 extra point in the standings for that reason.
With 10 games remaining in the season, Sheridan is in 5th place and lead Rapid City by 1 point.
The team has to be in 4th place or better to get into the post-season and the Hawks currently trail Great Falls by 2 points.
Sheridan has a home and home series this weekend vs. Gillette.
Friday’s game will be at Sheridan, and Saturday’s game will be at Gillette.
The Friday game is the only home game for the Hawks in the month of February.
After that game, the team will play the next 7 games on the road and will return home for their regular season finale on March 1st and 2nd.