Sports
Morning Sports: February 16, 2024
Sheridan HS Boys Swimming: Today is the finals of the Wyoming High School 4A State Swimming and Diving Meet, and one Sheridan Bronc just put himself into the school record books again.
At yesterday’s preliminary round in Laramie, sophomore Ben Forsythe broke the school record in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 59.37 seconds.
The old record of 1 minute 0.68 seconds was set back in 1989.
Forsythe is the #1 seed in today’s finals in both the 100 yard breaststroke and the 50 yard freestyle races.
Sheridan also has representation in the finals of the 200 yard medley relay, the 200 yard freestyle, the 200 yard IM, 100 yard butterfly, 200 yard freestyle relay and the 400 yard freestyle relay.
The Broncs are in the finals of 8 of 12 events, which start at 10am.
Sheridan HS Basketball: Sheridan is starting their second run through the 4A Northeast Quadrant.
The Broncs host Campbell County today beginning with the girls game at 5:30pm and play tomorrow at Thunder Basin starting at 3:30pm.
You can hear today’s and tomorrow’s games LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
Today’s game will also have a LIVE video stream that you can watch at sheridanmedia.com and on the Sheridan Media Facebook page.
Tongue River, Big Horn and Arvada-Clearmont HS Basketball: Tongue River will play their home finale today against Sundance at 3pm, and visit Moorcroft tomorrow starting at 1:30pm.
Big Horn plays at Wright today starting at 5:30pm and will play their home finale tomorrow vs. Greybull starting at 1:30pm.
Arvada-Clearmont is home both today and tomorrow against Kaycee and Midwest respectively.
Friday’s and Saturday’s games start with the girls at 3pm.
This weekend marks the end of the regular season for 2A and 1A teams.
Sheridan County HS Wrestling: Regional tournaments are being held this weekend.
Sheridan will be at the 4A East Regional Tournament at Campbell County tomorrow beginning at 9:30am, while Tongue River will host the 2A East Regional Tournament tomorrow starting at 10am.
For the girls, both Sheridan and TR will compete at the East Regional Tournament at Torrington, which runs today and tomorrow.
Sheridan HS Nordic Skiing: Sheridan is competing today and tomorrow at a make-up meet at Cody.
Sheridan County HS Indoor Track and Field: Competition at the Simplot Games on the campus of Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho started yesterday and will continue today and tomorrow.
Sheridan and Big Horn have athletes competing at that meet.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys play tomorrow at 8pm at San Jose State.
You can hear that game LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9FM.
The Wyoming Cowgirls also play tomorrow in part 2 of the Border War.
This time it’s at Colorado State.
Tip-off is at 12:30pm and you can hear that game LIVE on Fox Sports 106.3 FM.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche lost last night at Tampa Bay 6-3, to conclude their 6-game East Conference road trip with a record of 1-5.
The Avs return home on Sunday to play Arizona.
Sheridan Hawks Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks play at Gillette both today and tomorrow.
Last weekend, Sheridan showed some consistency and although they lost both games at Helena, they lost them both by the same 5-3 score.
The Hawks were missing a few players last week who had been called up to the Tier 2 level, but now they’re back.
Coach J.J. Santagata says now the team just has to figure out how to carry over that consistency and do better.
Including this weekend, Sheridan has 6 games remaining in the regular season.
The Hawks will be back at home on March 1st and 2nd.
