Morning Sports: July 16, 2024

High School National Finals Rodeo: Round 1 of the High School National Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs is underway and cowboys and cowgirls from North-Central Wyoming are trying to leave their mark on the leader-board.

As of last night, Bleu Butler of Big Horn sits in 7th place in the breakaway roping with a time of 2.92 seconds and trails the leader by 0.67 seconds.

All of this is subject to change, because not everyone has had their first run in their respective event.

Round 1 will end at around noon-time tomorrow and then Round 2 starts tomorrow evening and runs until mid-day Saturday.

The top 20, total on 2 runs are invited back to the championship short-go, which will take place Saturday night.

Sheridan Troopers Legion Baseball: The Sheridan Troopers were supposed to play yesterday afternoon at Powell, but that double-header was canceled due to injuries on the opposing team.

The Troopers are back in action today with a conference double-header at Jackson, starting at 1pm.

Last week Sheridan went a combined 5-1 in home games vs. Cody, the Cheyenne Hawks and Rock Springs…the latter 2 being the conference games.

Head Coach Austin Cowen says aside from the one loss, the team did well and he liked how the players responded to some of the challenges.

The next home game is this coming Sunday as the Troopers will conclude the conference portion of their schedule vs. Gillette.

First pitch is scheduled for 5pm.

Wyoming Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball Game: The Wyoming Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball and Basketball games will be played this coming Saturday in Casper as recently graduated players from the North and South battle for bragging rights.

In the Volleyball Game, Big Horn Head Coach Alli Nikont will Coach the North team and representing North-Central Wyoming will be Saydee Zimmer from Big Horn and Holland Stowe from Buffalo.

All-stars were chosen by a committee during the state volleyball tournament back in November.

Practice starts tomorrow and Nikont says with only 3 days to prepare she’s got to figure out how to make the players gel on the floor and as far as the game plan goes, it will mostly be a stick to the basics type plan, which she’s not used to normally.

The All-Star Volleyball game is scheduled to start at 1pm from Casper College.

Coach Nikont adds she had one change in her coaching staff and that new Sheridan High School volleyball coach Dani Torpey will be on the team as an assistant coach.

Colorado Rockies Baseball: All teams are off for the All-Star Break.

The All-Star Game is today at 6pm from Arlington, Texas.

Third Baseman Ryan McMahon is the lone representative from the Colorado Rockies on the National League Team.

The Rocks will be back in action on Friday as the team starts a 6-game home stand with 3 games vs. San Francisco, followed by 3 vs. Boston.