Morning Sports: August 9, 2024

Sheridan Senior Wins Gold At WY Senior Olympics: A Sheridan resident won gold in an event that is part of the Olympics, but he didn’t have to go to France to win them.

67-year old Mark Engelman won 7 gold medals in swimming at the Wyoming Senior Olympics that were held last week in Cheyenne.

He says he’s been participating in the games for some time, and when he first started at the young age of 50, he got a reality check that going against other seniors is not as easy as one might think.

Engelman says he swam one year in high school, and didn’t do much in that sport after that until the Senior Olympics.

He explains why he got involved in the games.

Engelman says he’s been living in Sheridan since 1980.

We’re still waiting for results to be posted from the games and we’ll post the proper links when they become available.

Golf, Tennis, 4A Football Practice Starts Monday: This coming Monday is the day that some Sheridan County High School athletes have been waiting for.

Practice starts for all classes of golf, tennis and 4A Football.

The 3-time defending state champ Bronc football team will hit the field at 7am Monday for the start of 2-a-day practices.

Players can’t put the pads on until Thursday.

The first game is scheduled for Friday, August 30th at home vs. Cheyenne South.

Golf can start competition as early as Wednesday.

Sheridan is scheduled to compete Wednesday and Thursday at Powell.

Tennis can start competition as early as one week from tomorrow.

As for volleyball, cross country, girls swimming and all other classes of football, practice doesn’t start until the following Monday, August 19th.

Colorado Rockies Baseball: The Colorado Rockies lost yesterday afternoon in the rubber game of their 3-game home series vs. the New York Mets 9-1.

Today the Rocks start a 3-game series at home vs. Atlanta.

First pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm.

Tomorrow’s game starts at 6:10pm and Sunday’s game at 1:10pm.

Denver Broncos Pre-Season Football: The Denver Broncos will play their first pre-season game on Sunday at Indianapolis.

Kickoff is scheduled for 11am.

You can hear the game LIVE on Fox Sports 106.3 FM.

This is the lone pre-season road game for the team.

After Sunday’s pre-season game, the Broncos will play 2 more pre-season games at home vs. Green Bay and Arizona.