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Morning Sports: March 11, 2024
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Sheridan HS Girls Basketball Team Wins 4A State Championship: For the first time since 2007, the Sheridan Lady Broncs are the queens of the basketball court.
On Saturday, the girls defeated Campbell County 65-56 in the 4A State Championship Game and beat the Lady Camels for the first time in 4 tries this season.
Things did not get off to a good start, as Sheridan was down 14-3 late in the first quarter, but then the team got their act in gear and responded with a 23-4 run of their own to take the lead, and gradually pull away.
Coach Ryan Sullivan says early on there was some nervousness and frustration.
He adds when the opposition was finding ways to stop the Lady Broncs’ leading scorers from getting to the hoop, other players stepped up to fill the void.
Sheridan shot a little better than 56% for the game, and was 10 of 16 on their 3 point tries.
They also found ways to get to the free throw line and knocked down 21 out of 31 shots.
Avery McMullen led the Lady Broncs with 17 points, including 5 3’s.
Alli Ligocki added in 15 points of her own and freshman Mesa Hanft had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Sheridan finishes the season with a record of 21-6.
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In the other state championship games, Cheyenne Central won the 4A Boys State Championship over Laramie 62-59.
The Powell boys completed an undefeated season by winning the 3A State Title over Wheatland, 49-34, and the Douglas girls also completed an undefeated season in their 3A State Championship Game by beating Buffalo 54-33.
The Lady Bearcats 6-peat as state champs, not counting 2020 when the state tournament was canceled due to the COVID outbreak.
North Central WY HS Football Players Selected For 2024 Shrine Bowl: High Schools within Sheridan and Johnson Counties will be well represented at a big fund-raiser game in June.
A total of 11 players from Sheridan, Big Horn, Tongue River and Buffalo High Schools were selected as part of the North Team for the 2024 Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football Game.
The game is considered an all-star game with the best players from the North, going up against the best players from the South, and it’s also a fundraiser for the Shriner’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The players are: (Seniors ONLY)
Sheridan: Dominick Berrettini, DJ Elchlinger, Alex Haswell, Dane Steel
Big Horn: Kiefer Dunham, Drew Heermann, Gavin Stafford
Tongue River: Caleb Kilbride
Buffalo: Will Hammond, Eli Patterson, Lance Rabel
The North Team is coached by Rob Hammond of Buffalo.
Ross Walker of Buffalo will be an assistant coach.
The North leads the series 26-20-3, but the South won last year.
This year’s Wyoming Shrine Bowl Football game is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 8th at Natrona County High School in Casper.
Practice starts on June 1st.
Wyoming High School Spring Sports Season: The Wyoming High School spring sports season starts this coming Friday.
The Sheridan Outdoor Track and Field teams will compete at a small meet on Friday at Buffalo.
Both the Sheridan boys and girls soccer teams will start their season on Friday at Worland.
On Saturday, the Broncs and Lady Broncs play Buffalo.
The boys game will be at home and the girls game will be on the road.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys closed out the regular season back on Saturday with a 86-47 win at Fresno State.
The Pokes shot 57% for the game, while the Bulldogs shot about 28%.
Four Cowboys scored in double figures with Akuel Kot leading the way with 17 points.
Mason Walters put in 14, Brendan Wenzel added 13 and Sam Griffin contributed with 10.
UW is now 15-16 on the season and have an 8-10 record in the Mountain West Conference.
Wyoming and Fresno State will play each other again in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament as the teams finished in 8th and 9th place respectively.
Tip-off from Las Vegas on Wednesday starts at 12-noon Mountain Time.
Other first round matchups have #7 Colorado State taking on #10 San Jose State at 2:30pm and #6 New Mexico vs. #11 Air Force at 5pm.
In the second round on Thursday, the Wyoming-Fresno State winner plays top seed Utah State.
Also on Thursday, it’s #4 UNLV vs. #5 San Diego State…the Colorado State-San Jose State winner vs. #2 Nevada and the New Mexico-Air Force winner against #3 Boise State.
The Mountain West Conference women’s basketball tournament started yesterday, and the Wyoming Cowgirls received a first round bye.
UW is the #3 seed and will play the last game of the day today at 8:30pm Mountain Time vs. #6 Boise State, who defeated #11 seed Utah State last night 85-49.
Other first round matchups yesterday saw #9 Fresno State beat #8 Air Force 62-44, and #7 San Diego State defeated #10 San Jose State 72-51.
The schedule for today’s second round has Fresno State vs. top seed UNLV starting at 1pm.
#5 Colorado State vs. #4 Nevada at 3:30pm.
San Diego State vs. #2 New Mexico at 6pm, and then UW vs. Boise State at 8:30pm.
Post-season Mountain West Conference women’s accolades were announced yesterday.
Allyson Fertig of Wyoming was named to the All-Mountain West Team, and Emily Mellema was named to the All-Defensive Team.
Colorado Rockies Pre-Season Baseball: The Colorado Rockies dropped 2 of 3 games this past weekend.
On Friday, the Rockies lost at the LA Angels 8-7.
Alan Trejo hit a solo shot in that game, but the Angels would win with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th.
On Saturday, Colorado was shutout at the Chicago Cubs 5-0.
Yesterday the Rocks won at home vs. Milwaukee 3-1.
The team plays today at the Chicago White Sox, beginning at 2:05pm.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won on Saturday at home vs. Utah 142-121.
The team plays tonight at home vs. Toronto.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won on Friday at home vs. Minnesota 2-1 in overtime.
The team plays the next 4 games on the road, starting tomorrow at Calgary.
