Sports
Morning Sports: October 16, 2026
Sheridan HS Football: With 2 games to go including today in the Wyoming High School Football regular season, some teams are close to not only locking up a playoff spot, but are also close to locking up a specific spot in the bracket.
Sheridan can secure no worse than the #2 seed with a win today at Thunder Basin.
The Bolts are 3-4 so far this season and are sitting in the #7 spot, after a surprise loss last week against Kelly Walsh and statistically they have both the 2nd worst offense and 2nd worst defense in Class 4A.
Broncs Head Coach Jeff Mowry says stats aside, TB is a lot tougher than look.
Kickoff at Thunder Basin is scheduled for 6pm.
You can watch a LIVE video stream of the game on Sheridan Media TV, which is on the front page of sheridanmedia.com.
You can also watch on the Sheridan Media Facebook and Youtube pages.
Shane and Ryan Parker will have the LIVE radio play-by-play call on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
Big Horn/Tongue River/Buffalo HS Football: Big Horn will play their homecoming game today vs. Burns, in a battle for 1st place in the 2A East.
Kickoff is scheduled for 1pm.
Tongue River is also playing their homecoming game today vs. Torrington.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6pm.
Buffalo goes over the mountain to play Worland, beginning at 6pm.
The Bison can clinch a playoff spot with a win.
Sheridan/Johnson County HS Volleyball: High School Volleyball teams are also jockeying for seeding for the regional tournaments, which are 2 weeks away.
Sheridan is at home today vs. Thunder Basin starting at 6pm, and plays tomorrow at Campbell County starting at 12-noon.
Big Horn plays their home finale and only game of the week today vs. Moorcroft, beginning at 6pm.
Tongue River has their final 2 home games of the season this weekend.
The Lady Eagles host Douglas today at 3pm, and entertain Glenrock tomorrow at 2pm.
Buffalo won last night at home vs. Glenrock 3-1 and visit Newcastle today.
Kaycee and Arvada-Clearmont will play each other again today, this time in the Lady Panther gym, starting at 1pm.
The Lady Bucs also play tomorrow at home vs. Hulett.
Sheridan/Johnson County Cross Country: Sheridan and Johnson County teams are competing at conference meets.
Sheridan is running today at the 4A East Meet in Cheyenne, while Big Horn is at the 2A East Meet in Hulett.
Buffalo and Tongue River both ran at the 3A East Meet yesterday at Wheatland.
On the boys side, Jace Townsend of Buffalo finished 1st in the boys race, with a time of 16 minutes 15.5 seconds, winning by 36.1 seconds.
The Bison finished 1st in the team standings, thanks to 4 runners finishing in the top 9.
Ellie Farris of Buffalo finished 1st in the girls race, with a time of 19 minutes 48.1 seconds, winning by 41.8 seconds.
The Lady Bison finished 1st in the team standings, thanks to 5 runners finishing in the top 7.
Ellie Fritz of Tongue River was 5th to lead the Lady Eagles to a 2nd place finish.
Sheridan/Buffalo HS Girls Swimming and Diving: Gillette is where most of the competition is this weekend.
Sheridan and Buffalo are both scheduled to compete at the pre-invite today, and Lady Broncs will swim at the Gillette Invitational tomorrow.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks are back on the road this weekend.
The team is scheduled to play today at Gillette and tomorrow at Rapid City.
The puck drops for both games at 7:05pm.
College Football: The Wyoming Cowboys are at home tomorrow to take on Mountain West Conference newcomer Northern Illinois, who are winless so far this season.
Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30pm and you can hear the game LIVE on AM 1410 KWYO and 106.9 FM.
Meanwhile, Montana State is back in action after having last week off.
The Bobcats play tomorrow at Eastern Washington, with a 5pm kick time.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys are on the road for their 2nd exhibition game of the season.
The Pokes are scheduled to play tomorrow against TCU and the game will be played in Midland, Texas.
Tip-off is scheduled for 12-noon and you can hear that game LIVE on Fox Sports 106.3 FM.
Denver Broncos Football: Seattle would kick a field goal with 3 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, but Denver’s defense would come through with an interception, and Wil Lutz kicked a 53-yard field goal to lift the Broncos to a 17-14 win at home against the defending Super Bowl Champs.
Denver scored 2 2nd quarter touchdowns on the ground, courtesy of J.K. Dobbins and R.J. Harvey and had a 14-3 lead going into the 4th quarter, before the Seahawks came back to tie things up.
The Broncos are next scheduled to play on Sunday, October 25th at Arizona.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche lost on Wednesday at home vs. Dallas 3-2, losing via shootout 2-1.
The Avs are next scheduled to play today at home vs. Pittsburgh.
The puck drops at 7pm.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets lost their pre-season game on Wednesday at the LA Clippers 122-110.
The Nuggets are scheduled to play their final pre-season game today at the LA Lakers.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30pm.
The regular season starts next week Thursday.
Major League Baseball Playoffs: The Milwaukee Brewers completed a 4-game sweep of the LA Dodgers last night in the National League Championship Series, winning at LA 6-4 to advance to the World Series.
It’s only the second time in franchise history that they have made it.
The other time was a 7-game loss against St. Louis in 1982.
Milwaukee is now waiting for the winner of the American League Championship Series between Cleveland and Tampa Bay.
The Guardians won Game 3 of that series yesterday at home 3-2, to take a 2-games-to-1 series lead.
Game 4 is today at Cleveland, starting at 6pm.
