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Morning Sports: October 30, 2024
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Sheridan Hawks Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks Hockey Team haven’t had many home games so far this season, but made the most of it this past weekend.
Josh Serino put together a 2nd period hat trick on Friday to help the team shut out Rapid City 5-0, and then 4 different players scored on Saturday to complete the weekend sweep 4-2.
Serino says as far as Friday’s game was concerned, he credits the teams’ transition game as well as being in the right place at the right time.
The Hawks are about 1/3rd of the way through their season schedule, and have already completed about half of their entire road schedule for the season.
This week is an off week from competition.
Coach J.J. Santagata says the team welcomes the break and it’s a good time to practice and improve on a few things.
The Hawks will practice today, then take the rest of the weekend off and get back to work on Monday.
The next games are on Friday and Saturday November 8th and 9th at Bozeman.
The next home games are on the following weekend vs. Cody.
In other team news, Vincent Leaf got called up this week to practice with the Minot Minotauros in North Dakota, who are a part of the NA2HL.
Tongue River HS Girls Cross Country: The Tongue River Girls won their 2nd 2A State Title in School history this past Saturday in Cheyenne.
There were only 32 runners in their race and the Lady Eagles finished 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th individually.
Coach Tim Maze explains what the team strategy was before the race.
The TR runners were also affected by the Elk Fire.
The poor air quality forced the boys and girls to practice indoors a number of times and Coach Maze admitted running back and forth in the gym and in the same 5 hallways in the school building made for some boring scenery.
He adds that did not make for a very effective workout, but under the circumstances, that was all that could be done.
The TR girls actually finished tied for 1st in the team standings with rival Big Horn, but in the 5th runner tie-breaker rule, the Lady Eagles had a 5th runner and the Lady Rams did not.
Big Horn HS’s Lyla Marney Wins 2A Girls Cross Country State Championship: Freshman Lyla Marney is this year’s Wyoming 2A Girls Cross Country Individual State Champ.
She crossed the finish line in 19 minutes 45.3 seconds, which was 1 minute and 55 seconds faster than her next closest competitor.
Marney says not having any other runners near her for most of the race sometimes made it difficult for her to pace herself, but there was one thing that kept her going.
Marney adds now she’s going to transition into basketball, and return to running during the outdoor track and field season.
Sheridan College Rodeo: The season in the Central Rocky Mountain Region has reached the halfway mark.
Recently at the rodeo event held at Lamar Community College, Colter Martin of Sheridan College placed 5th overall in the Saddle Bronc Riding.
He is now 10th in the regional standings, while Jake Schlattman is 3rd, and that’s the spot you need to be in or better to qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo, when the spring season ends in April.
Also at the Lamar CC Rodeo, Martin teamed up with Taylor McGregor and the 2 would place 5th in the team roping.
Points earned during the fall season carry over the winter break.
The first rodeo of the spring season is scheduled for March 14th-16th at Gillette College.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won their 2nd straight overtime game last night, as the team won on the road against Brooklyn 144-139.
The Nuggets next play Friday at Minnesota.
World Series Baseball: The New York Yankees would avoid an LA Dodger sweep, by winning last night at home 11-4.
The Dodgers still lead the best of 7 series 3-games-to-1.
The Yankees were down 2-1 going into the 3rd inning and then Anthony Volpe unloaded with a grand slam, Austin Wells added a solo shot in the 6th, and Gleyber Torres uncorked a 3-run shot in the 8th.
Game 5 is today at New York.