Morning Sports: July 23, 2024

Sheridan Troopers/Jets/Cavalry Legion Baseball: The Sheridan Troopers Legion Baseball team knows that they’ll be the #4 seed in next week’s AA State Tournament at Casper.

What’s unclear is which team will be their first round opponent, what time will that game be and what does the rest of the bracket look like.

There are a pair of double-headers today featuring Casper at Cheyenne and Laramie at Rock Springs.

The outcomes of those games will have an impact on first round pairings.

The Troopers last played this past Sunday, and this coming Thursday’s games against the 406 Flyers out of Billings has been canceled, so the team will have a full week off from competition, to prepare for the state tournament.

Coach Austin Cowen says that can be good in some ways, and he has a few ideas on how to make sure the players don’t get too rested.

The AA State Bracket should be ready sometime tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the A-League State Tournament starts Saturday at Powell.

The Sheridan Jets will play Cody in the first round.

Start time of that game is to be announced.

The Sheridan Cavalry will play in the B State Tournament beginning Thursday at Torrington.

The team will take on Riverton in the first round, starting at 1pm.

WY Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball/Basketball Games: This past Saturday was the Wyoming Coaches Association All-Star Volleyball and Basketball games which were played at Casper College.

The North team was well represented with players from North-Central Wyoming and the North ended up winning all 3 games.

Saydee Zimmer of Big Horn and Holland Stowe of Buffalo helped the North win the volleyball match 4 sets to 1.

BH Head Coach Alli Nikont was the Head Coach for the team and new Sheridan High School Coach Dani Torpey was an assistant.

In the girls basketball game, Tess Rule of Buffalo scored 13 points, and Alli Ligocki of Sheridan added in 10 as the North would squeak by the South 71-68.

Ryan Sullivan of Sheridan was the Head Coach of the Team.

In the boys basketball game, Eli Patterson of Buffalo led all scorers with 13 points as the North would go on to win 80-69.

Colorado Rockies Baseball: The Colorado Rockies went 12 innings last night at home against the Boston Red Sox and ended up winning 9-8.

Charlie Blackmon’s 2-run home run helped the Rocks jump out to a 4-nothing lead, but the opposition would eventually tie the game at 5.

In the 10th, Boston scored 2 runs, but Sam Hillard would answer with a 2-run shot to even things up at 7.

The Red Sox scored 1 in the top of the 12th, but in the bottom of the 12th, Jake Cave delivered an RBI single to tie the game at 8, and then Ezequiel Tovar delivered a walk off RBI single with the bases loaded to win it.

Game 2 of the 3 series is today, starting at 6:40pm.