Morning Sports: March 12, 2024

Sheridan HS Girls Basketball: For the 3 seniors on the Sheridan High School Girls Basketball Team it has been a roller coaster ride throughout their high school career.

Three years ago, the team finished the season with a losing record, yet placed 3rd at the state tournament.

Two years ago, the Lady Broncs did not play in the state tournament.

Last year, Sheridan lost in overtime in the semi-finals and then lost in the 3rd place game.

This year…state champs!

Senior Alli Ligocki says 4 years is a lot of work, and it finally paid off.

Junior Avery McMullen has been involved in 3 of those 4 years and explains from her point of view how the team has turned around.

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Peter Jost Signs NLI To Play Tennis At Tabor College: One Sheridan High School senior will be serving at the collegiate level.

Peter Jost has signed his National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play tennis at Tabor College, which is an NAIA school in Hillsboro, Kansas.

This past season he played #1 singles for the Sheridan High School Boys Tennis Team.

The future BlueJay says he feels relieved to get the college decision off of his mind.

Jost adds he is undecided on a major, but is leaning towards biology.

University of Wyoming Basketball: The third-seeded Wyoming Cowgirls had a 3-point lead last night against sixth-seeded Boise State with about 5:49 to go, in the second round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas, and then things went south in a really bad way.

The end result was that the Lady Broncos got the win 62-54.

In the middle of the 4th quarter, UW went scoreless for more than 5 ½ minutes, which proved to be disastrous.

Meanwhile Boise State went on a 14-zip run to take the lead for good.

Allyson Fertig scored 16 points for the Cowgirls, and Malene Pedersen contributed with 13.

UW’s record is now 16-14, and now they play the waiting game to see if they will get any kind of post-season invite, which they probably won’t know until Sunday or Monday.

As for the rest of the Mountain West Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, Top seed UNLV beat up on 9-seed Fresno State 83-35, 5-seed Colorado State knocked off 4-seed Nevada 65-54, and then 7-seed San Diego State upset 2-seed New Mexico 67-56.

Semi-final games today have UNLV vs. Colorado State starting at 6pm, and then San Diego State vs. Boise State at 8:30pm.

The Wyoming Cowboys will take to the court tomorrow in their first round game of the Mountain West Conference Men’s Basketball tournament.

The Pokes take on Fresno State at 12-noon in the first game of the day.

Colorado Rockies Pre-Season Baseball: The Colorado Rockies got on the scoreboard early and won yesterday afternoon at the Chicago White Sox 7-2.

Michael Toglia hit a 2-run shot in the top of the 1st inning, and then Sean Bouchard immediately followed with a solo home run.

The Rocks play today at home vs. Kansas City beginning at 2:10pm.

Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won at home last night vs. Toronto 125-119.

The Nuggets currently have a record of 45-20 and are in 2nd place, ½ game behind Oklahoma City in the northwest division.

The regular season ends 1 month from this Thursday, and Denver has 17 games remaining.

The next 4 are on the road starting tomorrow at Miami.