Wyoming High School Basketball Teams Can Experiment With Shot Clocks In 2025-26 Season

The Wyoming High School basketball season doesn’t start for another 3 1/2 months, but this time around, teams can experiment and sample the future.

Beginning in December 2026, the shot clock era in Wyoming High School basketball will begin.

For those teams that are curious and want to try it out for the upcoming 2025-26 season, the Wyoming High School Activities Association, is allowing teams to play with a shot clock, in non-conference or non-quadrant games only. 

This includes early season tournaments and invitationals, but does not include regional or state tournaments.

WHSAA Commissioner Trevor Wilson says most schools have been preparing for the shot clock era, ever since the word got out.

“Some of our school still don’t even have it and I think most of them do have it, but not everybody has it and when we put it in, it was for ’26-’27 for that reason, because we weren’t sure how soon schools will be able to get those put up.”

Shot clocks will last for 35 seconds.

Junior Riley Friday of Sheridan says having a shot clock is not going to change much considering how the team plays offensively.

When the clock is running out on the other team, the defense will have to figure things out and counter faster than normal.

“I think the shot clock will be good and I don’t think it will affect us at all, because we have a very nice offense. It’s nice and fluent. Half the time I don’t think it even takes us 30-35. I will not think it will affect us that much, because of our offense. I’m kind of excited about it. Teams can’t stall. I’ve definitely had some games where teams will stall us out. They’ll hold the ball for a whole minute and we end up fouling them and then they go to the line, make both of their free throws, game is kind of over at that point. Teams can’t do that anymore, so I’m looking forward to that.”

Currently every state that borders Wyoming, except for Colorado, uses a shot clock.