Morning Sports: October 16, 2024

Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks Junior League Hockey Team dropped both games on the road this past weekend against defending Frasier Cup Champ Helena, but they were both 1-goal contests.

Friday’s score was 1-0 and Saturday’s score was 4-3 in overtime.

In Friday’s game, the opposition had 49 shots on goal and the only one that got through was on a power play.

Head Coach J.J. Santagata says the past 2 weekends the goalie play has been phenomenal and that’s kept the Hawks in some games.

There’s 2 teams left in the Frontier Division that Sheridan has not yet played and one of those 2 are on the schedule for this weekend.

The Hawks visit Butte who is currently in 7th place out of the 8 teams in the division.

Santagata adds the Irish have had a decent amount of success the past few seasons, and although their record doesn’t show it, the team is better than what their record indicates.

The puck drops on both Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm.

Sheridan will be back at home next weekend vs. Rapid City.

Hawaii Joins Mountain West Conference Full-Time: Teams that are staying in the Mountain West Conference will soon play another conference team in other sports besides football.

The Conference has announced that Hawaii, who has been a football only member since 2012, will join the conference full time in every sport offered by the Rainbow Warrior program, beginning with the fall season of 2026.

Currently in every other sport aside from football, Hawaii is a part of the Big West Conference.

This addition ensures that the Mountain West Conference will have the minimum number of 8 teams to be officially recognized by the NCAA as a conference, with the exception of baseball and softball, because the University of Wyoming does not offer those 2 sports.

Sheridan County HS Cross Country: Tongue River was scheduled to host the 2A East Regional Meet this Friday, but because of issues with the Elk Fire and with rain in the forecast, the meet has moved to a new location.

TR and BH will now race tomorrow at Hulett.

Meanwhile, Sheridan will run at the 4A East Meet on Friday at Cheyenne.

The State Meet is 1 week from this coming Saturday.

Denver Nuggets Pre-Season Basketball: The Denver Nuggets lost at home vs. Oklahoma City last night 124-94.

The Nuggets will conclude the pre-season tomorrow at Minnesota.

The regular season for Denver starts one week from tomorrow at home vs. Oklahoma City.

Major League Baseball Playoffs: The New York Yankees doubled up the Cleveland Guardians last night at home 6-3, to take a 2-games-to-none lead in their best of 7 American League Championship Series.

Game 3 is tomorrow at Cleveland.

Today is game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the LA Dodgers and the New York Mets.

First pitch is scheduled for 6:08pm.

That series is tied at 1 game each.