Morning Sports: February 27, 2024

Two Sheridan HS Senior Wrestlers Win First State Title: Although it was for the first and only time in their high school careers, 2 Sheridan Bronc Seniors ended on top, 

Cody Dunham needed only 17 seconds in the 2nd period to pin his opponent in his championship match.

He says he had a bit of a chip on his shoulder after being disqualified last year in the semi-finals, and he wasn’t at 100% this year, but he got through it and learned some life lessons.

Nahir Aguirre won the state title at 175 pounds.

He says he almost didn’t participate this season, but he’s thankful his friends talked him into it.

As for his championship opponent, Aguirre adds he knew he was facing a formidable opponent from Thunder Basin.

The Tongue River boys also competed at the state wrestling meet in Class 2A and finished 15th out of 23 teams.

Two Eagles made it to the awards stand.

Jack Melger placed 6th at 144 pounds and Caleb Vollmer was 4th at 157 pounds.

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Sheridan HS Basketball: Sheridan is preparing to host the 4A East Regional Tournament which will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Action starts at 9am Thursday.

The Broncs and Lady Broncs will play in back-to-back games, with the girls going first at 5pm against Laramie, and then the boys will play at 6:30pm vs. Cheyenne South.

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Tongue River HS Basketball: The Tongue River boys and girls are state tournament bound.

Their opening round games on Thursday at Casper College will also be a back-to-back affair.

The Lady Eagles play Thursday at 10:30am vs. Rocky Mountain, and then at 12-noon the Eagles play Big Piney.

The schedule for Friday and Saturday at both Sheridan and Casper will be dependent on Thursday’s results.

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Sheridan County HS Indoor Track and Field: The state meet is this Friday and Saturday at Gillette.

Competition starts at 10:30am Friday and at 9am Saturday.

The Sheridan girls are the defending 4A State Champs and the Sheridan boys placed 3rd last year.

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Noah Williamson Of Sheridan HS Signs Football NLI To Play At Dakota Wesleyan Univ.: A Sheridan Bronc senior is hoping to beef up the defensive line at the collegiate level.

Noah Williamson has signed his National Letter Of Intent (NLI) to play football at Dakota Wesleyan University located in Mitchell, South Dakota.

This past football season he had 22 tackles, including 7 tackles for a loss with 3 sacks.

Williamson also recovered 2 fumbles and had 1 interception.

He says it was his hard work that got him this far, plus his coach put in a good word for him.

Williamson adds he is considering majoring in education.

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Sheridan Hawks Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks are back at home for the first time in 4 weeks and it’s the regular season finale.

Sheridan hosts winless Cody on Friday and Saturday starting at 7:30pm.

As mentioned the Hawks do not control their own destiny to make the playoffs.

The team is 4 points behind in the standings in the chase for the final playoff spot.

The need to win both games and have 5 other things happen.

Number 1 and number 2 is, they need Rapid City to lose both games against Gillette.

Number 3 and number 4 is, they need Great Falls to lose both games against Butte.

Number 5, and this is the most important one, all games involving Rapid City and Great Falls can not go to overtime, regardless of outcome.

Those games must end in regulation.

In the standings, a team gets 2 points for a win, and 1 point if they lose a game in overtime or a shootout.

If the Hawks win both games vs. Cody and get all the help they need, then there would be a 3-way tie for the final playoff spot and it would come down to tie-breakers.

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University Of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys play tonight at home vs. UNLV.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 o’clock and you can hear the game LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.

The Wyoming Cowgirls play tomorrow at San Jose State.

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Colorado Rockies Pre-Season Baseball: The Colorado Rockies lost their pre-season game yesterday at home vs. the LA Dodgers 9-4.

Kris Bryant and Elias Diaz both knocked one out of the park.

The game was tied going into the 8th inning, and then the Dodgers scored 5 to pull away.

The Rockies next play today at Kansas City.

First Pitch is scheduled for 1:05pm.