Morning Sports: May 22, 2024

Sheridan Lacrosse: It may have been just a 4-team tournament, but the Sheridan Lady Mavericks lacrosse team can call themselves champions, in their 2nd year of existence.

This past weekend was the Montana High School Lacrosse League State Championship tournament at Helena, and Sheridan played in the Division 2 level, against the JV teams from Bozeman, Billings and Jackson.

The Lady Mavericks beat Billings in the semi-finals on Saturday 9-3, and then beat Bozeman in the championship game on Sunday by the same score.

Head Coach Brianna Scholl says as the championship game went on, the Sheridan girls started to wear down the opposition, and although Bozeman had the better record and had won 2 of 3 matchups earlier this season, the Lady Mavericks had the one thing that trumped whatever disadvantages they may have had.

Sheridan finishes the season with a record of 11-3.

As for the boys, they went into the state tournament as the #3 seed and were upset in the first round by Cody 6-4.

Then they beat Missoula in an elimination game 15-4, and then dropped the 5th game vs. Great Falls 9-7, to finish the season with a record of 9-5.

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High School Soccer All-Conference/All-State Selections: All-conference and all-state selections have been announced by the Wyoming Coaches Association for the recently completed season.

A total of 15 players from the Sheridan and Buffalo boys and girls received post-season accolades.

Eight of the 15 were named all-state.

For the Sheridan boys, Breck Reed, Terner Reynolds and Dane Steel all won all-state honors.

For Steel this is the 3rd time.

The Buffalo boys had 3 players selected along with 2 from the Lady Bison.

Click here to view all-conference and all-state selections

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Wyoming High School Rodeo: Buffalo will be hosting a 3-day Memorial Day weekend event on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.

About 30% of the season took place back in September and the remaining 70% is held in April and May, and then the state finals rodeo is June 6th through the 8th at Rock Springs.

Cowboys and cowgirls earn points based on what place they finish in at each rodeo, and the top 4 in each event after the State Finals Rodeo qualify for the High School National Finals Rodeo, which will take place in middle-July, also in Rock Springs.

Checking the standings heading into this weekend, Abagail Olson of Sheridan is 1st in the barrel racing and 2nd in the pole bending.

Kolby Smith and Riggin Pearce of Sheridan are 5th and 6th respectively in the Bull Riding, Colson Myers of Buffalo is 1st in the Steer Wrestling, and Cam Johnson, along with his partner from Big Piney are first in the team roping.

Competition this coming Saturday, Sunday and Monday is scheduled to start at 9am.

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Sheridan Troopers Baseball: The Sheridan Troopers will be back in action Saturday, Sunday and Monday at a round robin tournament at Gillette.

On Saturday, they play Bozeman, Montana at 9:30am.

On Sunday, games are against Jackson at 12-noon, and against Scottsbluff, Nebraska at 2:30pm.

On Monday, which is Memorial Day, the Troopers will play Powell at 2:30pm and conclude against the Roughriders at 5pm.

The next home game isn’t until June 4th.

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Colorado Rockies Baseball: The Colorado Rockies dropped their 4th game in a row last night, losing at Oakland 5-4.

All the runs for the Rocks were courtesy of the long ball.

Ryan McMahon had a 2-run shot, and Ezequiel Tovar hit 2 solo home runs for the cause.

However the A’s countered with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 7th and a solo blast in the 8th to win it.

Game 2 of the 3-game series is tonight starting at 7:40.

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NBA Playoffs: Jaylen Brown hit a corner 3 with 6 seconds to go, to force overtime, and the Boston Celtics took advantage to win at home vs. Indiana 133-128 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Game 2 is tomorrow at Boston.

Tonight is Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between Dallas and Minnesota.