Morning Sports: February 7, 2024

Sheridan HS Boys Swimming: This past weekend the Sheridan Boys Swimming and Diving team won the 4A East Conference Meet.

The Broncs won 3 of 12 events and finished 2nd in 2 others, to finish first by 14 points.

Coach Brent Moore says the Broncs surprised everyone including themselves and he hopes the team will pull off a few more surprises at the state meet.

Sheridan has this week off from competition.

The state meet is next week Thursday and Friday at Laramie.

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Sheridan HS Basketball: The Sheridan High School boys team dropped both road games this past weekend at Cheyenne East and at Cheyenne Central.

The Broncs had a 9-point lead at East and ended up losing in overtime, and then the game at Central turned into a 20-point blowout loss.

Coach Jeff Martini says thankfully the 2 losses should not come back to haunt in the standings, and there’s a possibility the teams will meet again in Sheridan at the upcoming regional tournament.

Both the Broncs and Lady Broncs are at home this weekend vs. Cheyenne South on Friday and against Laramie on Saturday.

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Tongue River, Big Horn and Arvada-Clearmont HS Basketball: Tongue River only plays 1 game this week, which is Friday at home vs. Wright.

Big Horn plays at Sundance on Friday and at home vs. Moorcroft on Saturday.

Arvada-Clearmont plays tomorrow at home vs. Upton and on Friday at Hulett.

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Sheridan County HS Wrestling: The Sheridan boys and girls will compete in their home finale tomorrow against Campbell County.

Tongue River is scheduled to wrestle tomorrow at the 2A Northeast Conference Dual Meet at Sundance.

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Sheridan HS Nordic Ski: Sheridan will be back on the course at Lander this Friday and Saturday.

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Sheridan County HS Indoor Track And Field: Sheridan and Big Horn will compete on Friday at Gillette, while Tongue River competes on Saturday at Natrona.

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University of Wyoming Basketball: Poor shooting from 3-point land, and poor shooting in the 1st half in general hurt the Wyoming Cowboys as they lost last night at home vs. New Mexico 91-73.

The Pokes were 9 of 32 from the field, in the first 20 minutes, which equates to about 28% and only hit 1 of 12 shots from behind the arc.

Offensively, UW did better in the second half shooting-wise, scoring 48 points, but so did the Lobos as they put up 51 points on the scoreboard.

Brendan Wenzel led the Cowboys with 20 points, Sam Griffin put in 19, Akuel Kot added in 13, and Cam Manyawu came off the bench to add in 12 of his own.

Wyoming’s record is now 12-11 on the season and the team has a 5-5 record in the Mountain West Conference.

The Brown and Gold have this weekend off to prepare for their next game, which is scheduled for 1 week from today at home vs. Utah State.

UW vs. Utah State is tonight’s game on the women’s side of things.

Tip off from Laramie is scheduled for 6:30pm and you can hear the game LIVE on Fox Sports 106.3 FM.

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Colorado Avalanche Hockey: Last night the Colorado Avalanche dropped their second straight game on their Eastern Conference road trip in as many days, losing at New Jersey 5-3.

The Avs are back in action tomorrow at Carolina.

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Sheridan Hawks Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks continue their 7-game road trip this Friday and Saturday with games at Helena.

The Bighorns are in 1st place in the NA3HL’s Frontier Division, and are the only team that Sheridan has not yet visited.

Including these 2 games, the Hawks have 8 games remaining in the regular season and are 2 points behind in the chase for the final playoff spot.