Sheridan Troopers To Play Conference Opener At Home Vs. Defending State And NW Regional Champ Cheyenne Post 6

The Sheridan Troopers start conference play today (Tuesday, June 4th) against 4-time defending state champion Cheyenne Post 6, who have also won the Wyoming AA State Championship in 20 of the past 23 seasons.

Last year, the Sixers won the AA Northwest Regional Tournament and became the first Wyoming team ever to qualify for the Legion World Series and made it all the way to the national semi-finals.

Troopers coach Austin Cowen says while that is a very impressive resume, he and his team are not buying into the hype.

“We’re preaching to the guys is, not making it a bigger deal of it than it is and that’s really with any baseball game. We’re just treating it like any other opponent. If we play our brand of baseball and get our jobs done, we have the full expectation that we’ll win 2 games. We’re definitely in for a dogfight, there’s no doubt about that. We know them, they know us, we know that they’re going to come right at us on the mound. We’re going to go right at them on the mound.”

Sheridan and Cheyenne split head-to-head games last year at both places.

Cheyenne Manager Ty Lain says while it’s been fun getting every opponent’s best shot, today’s double-header against the Troopers could be the toughest opponent that the Sixers have faced so far this season.

“I really like their pitching staff. I think they’ve got a few different guys that can really throw the ball well and throw strikes and give them a great chance to win and offensively they bring some good bats back and they’ve got one of the best shortstops in the state in a senior that’s been there for a little while and they’re going to be very clean defensively and play the game the right way.”

First pitch of today’s game is at 3:30pm.

You can watch a LIVE video stream at sheridanmedia.com, and hear the audio play-by-play from James Timberlake on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.

It’s also little league day at the games.

All kids who show up in their jerseys get a free hot dog and get to come onto the field to be recognized in between games.