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Morning Sports: October 26, 2026
Sheridan/Johnson County HS Cross Country: The Sheridan boys and Big Horn girls cross country teams successfully defended their 4A and 2A Championships this past Saturday at the State meet in Cheyenne.
Eli Balkenbush won the 4A boys race and the Broncs had 5 runners place in the top 8.
Lyla Marney 3-peated as 2A girls champ, and the Lady Rams had 4 runners in the top 9.
In other races, the Buffalo and Big Horn boys finished as state runners-up in 3A and 2A.
Jace Townsend of the Bison was state runner-up in the 3A race.
The Buffalo girls were 3rd, the Sheridan girls were 5th, and the Tongue River girls finished 7th.
Sheridan/Johnson County HS Football: The Sheridan High School Football team completed the regular season with a 28-6 win at home vs. Cheyenne Central this past Friday.
The Broncs are 8-1 and will be the #2 seed in the 4A playoffs.
Campbell County will come to town for a first round matchup this coming Friday, beginning at 6pm.
Big Horn tuned up for the 2A playoffs with a 73-6 win at Newcastle.
The Rams have the #1 seed out of the East for the post season, and will host Lovell on Friday, starting at 6pm.
Tongue River’s season ended with a 52-28 loss at home vs. Glenrock.
The Eagles finished with a record of 1-7.
Buffalo is heading to the 3A playoffs as the #3 seed out of the East, thanks to a 28-21 win at Rawlins, and will head to Cody on Friday for a 6pm kickoff.
Click here to see results from this past weekend and updated standings
Click here to see playoff matchups
Sheridan/Johnson County HS Volleyball: The regular season concluded this past weekend.
Sheridan won the first 2 sets at home vs. undefeated and 2-time defending state champ Kelly Walsh, but couldn’t finish the job and lost in 5.
Big Horn swept Sundance on the road.
Tongue River split road games, losing at Douglas and winning at Newcastle.
Arvada-Clearmont lost games at home vs. Hulett and at Midwest.
Buffalo dropped a pair of 3-2 decisions at home vs. Newcastle and at Wheatland.
Kaycee lost their home finale vs. Upton.
Click here to see scores from this past weekend.
This coming Friday and Saturday are the regional tournaments.
Sheridan will be at the 4A East tournament at Laramie.
TR and Buffalo will head to Newcastle for the 3A East tournament, while BH will travel to Lusk for the 2A East tournament.
Kaycee is going to compete at the 1A East tournament at Encampment.
Sheridan/Buffalo HS Girls Swimming and Diving: This past weekend was the conference meets.
Sheridan placed 2nd out of 8 teams at the 4A East Meet in Laramie.
Hannah Mowry won both the 200 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly races, while Kloe Fjell won both the 50 yard and 100 yard freestyle races.
The Lady Broncs won 2 of the 3 relay races and Coach Brent Moore was named the 4A East Coach of the Year.
Meanwhile, Buffalo finished 1st out of 5 teams at the 3A North Meet held in Douglas.
Katey Jacob won the 200 meter freestyle race, while Vyolet Gripp was first in the 100 meter butterfly.
Milan Monterastelli won both the 200 meter IM and 100 meter breaststroke races and the Lady Bison won 2 out of 3 relay races.
Competition this week is last chance races.
The state meet is November 5th through the 7th at Gillette.
Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey: The Sheridan Hawks won both games this past weekend at Butte.
Friday’s score was 3-2, by way of a 1-nothing shootout.
Caden Gleason scored a hat trick in Saturday’s 6-2 win.
This weekend is a busy one as Sheridan will be at home for 3 games.
On Thursday and Friday, the Hawks will host Rapid City, and then Great Falls comes to town for a Saturday contest.
College Football: The Wyoming Cowboys took advantage of some rare miscues committed by Air Force and went on to win at home 28-14.
The Falcons had the ball for 15 ½ minutes more than the Pokes, but lost 3 fumbles and were hit with 8 penalties for 65 yards.
Quarterback Tyler Hughes was 10 of 17 passing for 113 yards and 2 touchdown tosses.
He also ran for 146 yards, including a 68 yard score on the second play from scrimmage.
Markell Holman scored 1 on the ground, while Jake Wilson caught one pass.
The other passing touchdown ended up being a hook and ladder from Hughes to Eric Richardson to Samuel Harris.
The Brown and Gold are now 5-3 overall and have a 4-1 record in the Mountain West Conference.
This week is an off week on the schedule and the team will be back in action on Saturday, November 7th at UNLV.
Montana State won at home on Saturday against Weber State 38-33.
Sheridan High School grad Dane Steel caught 6 passes for 74 yards.
The Bobcats are 7-1 on the season and have a 4-1 record in the Big SKy Conference.
MSU next plays this coming Saturday at home vs. Cal-Poly.
University of Wyoming Basketball: The Wyoming Cowboys won their final exhibition game back on Saturday at home vs. the College of Idaho 76-61.
UW shot 51% for the game, but only made 64% of their free throws.
The regular season starts one week from tomorrow, on Tuesday, November 3rd at home against Regis University.
Meanwhile, the Wyoming Cowgirls are scheduled to play the first of 2 exhibition games today.
The Brown and Gold will host Colorado Christian, beginning at 6:30pm and will host the South Dakota School of Mines on Friday.
Denver Broncos Football: The Denver Broncos were victorious on the road against Arizona 30-16.
Quarterback Bo Nix was 15 of 29 passing for 222 yards and 1 touchdown toss to RJ Harvey.
Nix also ran for a 68 yard TD, and J.K. Dobbins ran one in himself.
Kicker Will Lutz booted 3 field goals.
The Broncos return home this coming Sunday for a big game vs. Kansas City.
The Chiefs lost their first game of the season last night, meaning this next game is a 1st place battle in the AFC West.
Denver Nuggets Basketball: The Denver Nuggets won their home opener on Saturday vs. New Orleans 141-135 in overtime.
The Nuggets next play today at home vs. Golden State.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8pm.
Colorado Avalanche Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche won on Friday at home vs. Tampa Bay 6-3, but lost last night at Nashville 6-2.
The Avs are next scheduled to play on Wednesday at home vs. New Jersey.
World Series Baseball: Milwaukee won Games 1 and 2 at home vs. Tampa Bay, by scores of 3-2 and 5-4.
Game 3 is today at Tampa Bay.
First pitch is scheduled for 6pm.
