Sports
Morning Sports: February 5, 2026
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: Each team won a battle this past weekend on the ice, but the war is not over.
The Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey Team split games at Helena, thus nothing was settled in the standings, and the team remains in 1st place in the NA3HL’s Frontier Division by 2 points, with 8 games remaining in the regular season.
Head Coach J.J. Santagata says getting the road split is good, but if only the Achilles Heel for Sheridan would stop happening.
Sheridan does have to play at Helena one more time next week.
Until then, the Hawks are at home this weekend to take on Gillette on Friday and Cody on Saturday.
The puck drops both nights at 7:30pm.
One win this weekend will clinch a playoff spot.
The top 4 teams qualify for the post-season.
Gillette is currently in 6th place and trail Rapid City by 6 points in the standings, with 1 month to go in the regular season.
Cody is in 7th place, and their playoff hopes are hanging on by a thread.
Sheridan County HS Basketball: Today is Round 2 between Sheridan County rivals Big Horn and Tongue River.
The girls game is scheduled to tip-off at 6:30pm in Dayton and the boys game will follow.
Elsewhere in Sheridan County, today’s girls game between the Thunder Basin freshman at Arvada-Clearmont has been canceled.
University of Wyoming Women’s Basketball: The Wyoming Cowgirls lost last night at home vs. New Mexico 58-51.
Bench scoring made a difference, as the brown and gold lost in that category 29-18.
Malene Pedersen was the only Cowgirl to score in double figures, as she scored 17 points.
Wyoming is now 8-14 on the season and have a 5-8 record in the Mountain West Conference.
Round 1 of the Women’s Border War is this coming Saturday as UW visits Colorado State.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets lost last night at New York 134-127 in double overtime.
The Nuggets are next scheduled to play this coming Saturday at Chicago.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won last night at home vs. San Jose 4-2.
The Avs are off for the next 3 weeks from competition, for the Winter Olympics.
The team will return on Wednesday, February 25th to play at Utah.
Speaking of Olympic Hockey, the USA women start play today at 8:40am vs. Czechia.
The USA men start play 1 week from today.
