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Morning Sports: October 19, 2026
Sheridan HS Football: The Sheridan High School Football Team will be the #2 seed in the upcoming Class 4A Playoffs, thanks to their 17-7 win this past Friday at Thunder Basin.
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That means the team will have a first round game at home, and if they win that, there will be another home game in the semi-finals.
The Broncs conclude the regular season this coming Friday at home vs. Cheyenne Central, but win or lose, their spot in the bracket is secured.
The only issue now is trying to find out which team will be the opponent in the first round.
Big Horn/Tongue River/Buffalo HS Football: Big Horn locked up the #1 seed in the East for the upcoming 2A playoffs, thanks to their 49-6 win at home vs. Burns.
Senior Cruz Hernandez scored 5 touchdowns, increasing his career total to 101.
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The Rams conclude the regular season this coming Friday at Newcastle and like Sheridan will also host a first round and semi-final game.
Tongue River lost at home vs. Torrington 56-14, and have been eliminated from post season contention.
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The Eagles will conclude their season this coming Friday at home vs. Glenrock.
Buffalo locked up a playoff spot thanks to a 35-6 win at Worland.
The Bison head to Rawlins this Friday in a battle for seeding.
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Sheridan/Johnson County HS Volleyball: Sheridan went 2-0 this past weekend winning at home vs. Thunder Basin and at Campbell County.
The Lady Broncs conclude the regular season with their home finale this coming Friday vs. 2-time defending state champ Kelly Walsh.
Big Horn won their last home game of the season this past Friday vs. Moorcroft.
The Lady Rams play one game this week, on Friday at Sundance.
Tongue River split their last 2 home games over the weekend, losing vs. Douglas and winning vs. Glenrock.
The Lady Eagles are on the road for games this week against Douglas and Newcastle.
Buffalo lost on Friday at Newcastle.
The Lady Bison rematch them on Friday at home and visit Wheatland on Saturday.
Kaycee split games over the weekend, winning at Arvada-Clearmont and lost at home vs. Hulett.
The Lady Bucs play 3 games this week, all at home.
It starts tomorrow vs. Casper Christian, Thursday vs. Midwest, and Saturday against Upton.
As for the Lady Panthers, they will conclude their season on Friday at home vs. Hulett and on Saturday at Midwest.
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Sheridan/Johnson County HS Cross Country: Teams were at conference meets last week, meaning the season is winding down.
Sheridan was at the 4A East meet in Cheyenne.
Sophomore Eli Balkenbush won the boys race and the Broncs placed 1st in the team standings, thanks to their top 5 runners finishing in the top 7.
The Lady Broncs were 4th.
Buffalo and Tongue River were at the 3A East meet in Wheatland.
Jace Townsend and Ellie Farris of Buffalo won the boys and girls races respectively, to help the Bison and Lady Bison finish 1st in the team standings.
Ellie Fritz of TR was 5th in the girls race and the Lady Eagles would finish 2nd.
Big Horn was at the 2A East Meet in Hulett.
Brendan Mogan was 2nd in the boys race, while Lyla Marney won the girls race.
Both the Rams and Lady Rams finished 1st in the team standings, by virtue of being the only team to have 4 runners or more on a team.
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The state meet is this coming Saturday in Cheyenne.
Sheridan/Buffalo HS Track and Field: Both Sheridan and Buffalo were in Gillette over the weekend.
In the main event on Saturday, the Lady Broncs finished 4th out of 18 teams.
This coming Friday and Saturday are the conference meets.
Sheridan will be in Laramie, while Buffalo will be in Douglas.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks split weekend road games winning at Gillette 4-1, but lost at Rapid City 3-2 in a shootout, by a score of 1-nothing.
The team is on the road again this weekend for a 2-game series against Butte.
College Football: The offense for the Wyoming Cowboys showed up and paved the way to a 41-23 win at home vs. Northern Illinois.
Quarterback Tyler Hughes was 16 of 19 passing for 196yards .
He did not throw for any touchdowns, but he ran 4 of them in himself and picked up 183 yards on the ground.
Landon Sims punched one in, and Erik Sandvik kicked 2 field goals.
All-in-all the Cowboys had 510 yards of total offense, with Hughes doing more than half of the work.
The Brown and Gold also mostly stayed clear of penalties, as the team was only flagged 3 times for 23 yards.
UW is at home again this week as they take on Air Force, for another Friday night game.
Meanwhile, Montana State went on the road and took care of business against Eastern Washington 56-20.
Sheridan HS grad Dane Steel caught 4 passes for 17 yards.
MSU is at home this coming Saturday against Weber State.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys lost an exhibition game on Saturday in Midland, Texas against TCU 89-76.
Nasir Meyer led all scorers with 24 points, while Khaden Bennett contributed with 17.
The Pokes are scheduled to play one more exhibition game this coming Saturday at home against the College of Idaho.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won this past Friday at home against Pittsburgh 5-2.
The Avs are next scheduled to play today at Philadelphia.
Puck drop is at 5pm.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won their final pre-season game this past Friday at the LA Lakers 121-106.
The Nuggets start the regular season this coming Thursday at Oklahoma City.
Major League Baseball Playoffs: Tampa Bay won Games 4 and 5 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday and yesterday at Cleveland, by scores of 7-3 and 3-1 respectively.
The Rays lead the best of 7 series 3-games-to-2, and have a chance to advance to the World Series at home today.
First pitch is scheduled for 6:08pm.
The Guardians have to win to force Game 7, which would be played tomorrow.
