Morning Sports: May 1, 2024

Sheridan HS Soccer: Normally a soccer game is 11-on-11 in terms of the number of players on the field for each team, and last night, the Sheridan Broncs managed to get the job done with 10.

The boys played down 1 player for the last 3 minutes of the first half and the entire second half, yet managed to score 2 shorthanded goals, to win their home finale vs. Campbell County 2-nil.

Bryce Child and Dane Steel found the back of the net for Sheridan.

Steel says it was not the prettiest of wins, and despite the recent hot streak that the Broncs have been on, the team still needs to improve.

Boys Coach Wade Kinsey says a backup plan was in place and had been worked on in practice, should Sheridan ever have to play shorthanded.

With last night’s win, the Broncs are now 6-0-1 in their last 7 games and more importantly, the team has secured the #2 seed in next weekend’s 4A East Regional Tournament.

Even if Sheridan loses this coming Friday at Thunder Basin, the Broncs control the tie-breaker against the Bolts, thanks to their win vs. Cheyenne Central last week, which TB does not have.

Meanwhile the Lady Broncs lost last night at Campbell County 2-0.

They will also play at Thunder Basin on Friday to conclude the regular season.

Sheridan County HS Track and Field: Sheridan is scheduled to compete tomorrow at Cody.

Big Horn and Tongue River will compete against each other today in a dual meet at BH.

The meet is for relay racers, and all field events except for the pole vault.

Arvada-Clearmont is scheduled to compete on Friday at Kaycee.

Sheridan Troopers Legion Baseball: The Sheridan Troopers will play 3 games this weekend at home vs. the 406 Flyers out of Billings.

The teams will play 2 on Saturday beginning at 10am and 1 more on Sunday starting at 11am.

Colorado Rockies Baseball: The Colorado Rockies made history last night in a bad way.

Playing at Miami, the Rocks scored 5 runs in the 1st inning, part in thanks to 3-run home run by Elehuris Montero.

Starting pitcher Ryan Feltner was working on a 3-hit shutout on the mound, and then everything fell apart in the bottom of the 9th inning.

The Marlins scored 5 to tie the game, Colorado scored 1 in the top of 10th, but the bullpen could not hold and Miami scored 2 in the bottom of the 10th to win 7-6.

With the loss, the Rockies have become the first team in Major League Baseball history, to trail at one point or another, in each of the teams’ first 29 games of the season…and last night, the only time the team trailed was after the final pitch.

Game 2 of the 3-game series at Miami is today at 4:40pm.

NBA Playoffs/Denver Nuggets Basketball: Last night Philadelphia stayed alive by winning in overtime at New York 112-106, but the 76ers still trail in the series 3-2.

Cleveland squeaked by Orlando 104-103 to take a 3-2 lead in their series, and Milwaukee stayed alive by beating Indiana 115-92, but the Bucks in their series 3-2.

The Denver Nuggets will begin their second round best of 7 series vs. Minnesota at home on Saturday.

Colorado Avalanche Hockey: Last night the Colorado Avalanche advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, by winning at Winnipeg 6-3, and won the series 4-1.

The Avs are now waiting to see which team will be their second round opponent.

Other scores from last night, Toronto stayed alive by winning at Boston 2-1 in overtime, but trail the series 3-2.

Carolina defeated the New York Islanders 6-3, to win their series 4-1.

Nashville also is still alive thanks to a 2-1 win at Vancouver, but trail their series 3-2.