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BH sweeps TR spikers to open conference
September 13, 2013BIG HORN — Big Horn took round one of the early-season, cross-county rivalry with Tongue River Thursday night. The Lady Rams came out on top of three back-and-forth sets to sweep the Tongue River Lady Eagles and open conference play 1-0 Thursday night. Big Horn used comebacks in the first and third sets to earn the Read More
Prep golfers descend on Sheridan
SHERIDAN — Cheyenne East’s Quinton Pope shot a 70 and leads the Sheridan High School Invite after one day at Kendrick Golf Course. For Sheridan, they’ll try to make up a sixth-place team score after a tough day Thursday. Jack Mavrakis shot an 82 following his tournament second place last weekend in Gillette in which he played Read More
Prep football preview: SHS at Evanston
September 12, 2013SHERIDAN — Good teams do certain things well. They play good defense, and they don’t make mistakes; the simple intangibles that win close games. For those reasons, last Friday against Kelly Walsh, Sheridan came out on top of a defensive battle 26-10. While it wasn’t a mistake-free contest — the Broncs had one pick and Read More
Prep football preview: BHHS at Newcastle
BIG HORN — After a 55-point output to start their season, the Big Horn Rams will look to find thier groove in week two at Newcastle. Starting 1-0 last week in their 55-25 home victory over Greybull, Big Horn showed signs of the coach Michael McGuire and QB Connor McCafferty-led offense that put up those gaudy numbers Read More
Prep football preview: Wheatland at TRHS
DAYTON — The football gods seemed to be pouring it on when Tongue River freshman quarterback Will Kearns left the field last week with what could have been a serious injury. Luckily, Kerns has been able to practice this week. Take that as a positive for a team that fell 35-0 in their opener to Read More
SC soccer: Generals draw 2-2 with Northwest; Lady Generals fall 1-0
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Generals soccer team opened conference play Wednesday night in Powell, playing the preseason No. 20 team in the country to a draw. Sheridan (1-0-1) and Northwest College (2-2-1) played to a 2-2 draw Wednesday night as the game was called due to darkness in overtime. Sheridan College’s Tanner Alseike hit Read More
Cowboys not taking Northern Colorado lightly after last year
(AP) — The Wyoming Cowboys don’t need to be reminded of their past. Already owners of an 0-2 record last season, Wyoming fans assumed a visit from FCS program Cal Poly would help stop the bleeding. Even without Wyoming’s quarterback, Brett Smith, many thought the team had too much depth and too many athletes to Read More
Sheridan Swim Team Sharks meetings coming up
September 11, 2013SHERIDAN — Sheridan’s USA Swimming club team, the Sheridan Swim Team Sharks, will hold two registration and informational meetings prior to the start of its winter season on Thursday, Sept. 19 and Monday, Sept. 30. Both meetings will be held at 6 p.m. at the Early Building pool at Sheridan Junior High School. The swim club competes Read More
Dayton-Ranchester softball game Sunday
DAYTON — The annual Dayton/Ranchester softball game will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Scott Park in Dayton. The co-ed softball game is part of a “Family Fall Festival” sponsored by the Tongue River Valley Community Center. The game is for players 16 and older. After softball, there will be family game time including a Read More
Tuesday sports briefs
Former Broncs standout Jordan Roberts runs for 73 yards in loss to Kansas SHERIDAN — It’s been about a year since the name Jordan Roberts popped up in football news, but that might not be the case for long. That absence was due to Roberts redshirting his first year of football at South Dakota, and Read More
Broncs 7th at Michelle Ludwig Invite
September 9, 2013SHERIDAN — Sophomore Taylor Bruso pushed the Bronc harriers to a seventh-place finish at the Michelle Ludwig Invitational Saturday in Sheridan. Bruso’s 17-minute, 38-second time on the 5,000-meter VA Medical Center course was good enough for 11th on a hot afternoon at Sheridan High School’s annual host meet. Ricky Faure’s 16:21.11 was first, and Rock Springs Read More
Lady Bronc swimmers second again; 3 more state qualifiers
SHERIDAN — Three more Lady Broncs qualified for state at the Riverton Invite Saturday as the team finished second. After a second place finish a week ago in Gillette, the Lady Broncs were just 23 points behind defending state champion Cheyenne Central, edging out Cheyenne East by one point in Riverton. Divers Brielle Smiley, Whitney Read More
Golf: BH third, TR fourth at Wright Invite
SHERIDAN — Jack Roberts had the top score for Big Horn as the Rams finished third in Wright Saturday. Tongue River finished fourth with their injury depleted squad, but still cut 12 strokes off their Friday score. The Lady Rams did not record a team score, but Jamie Kitterman and Madi Pehringer finished sixth and 10th Read More
Saturday volleyball rundown
SC spikers finish weekend unbeaten SHERIDAN — The Lady Generals continued their hot streak Saturday, capping a weekend where they didn’t drop a set. Saturday, Sheridan College (10-4, 1-0 Region IX) swept Dawson Community College. Shai Shaefer had 10 kills, Hannah Casebolt had 17 assists and Jill Espeland finished with 14 digs. Tyler Chrisman had Read More
LARAMIE (AP) — Getting his name in the school record book is much more than an individual milestone for Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith. “It makes me feel good because that means we’re putting points up on the board and doing well as an offense,” Smith said after throwing for four touchdowns in Wyoming’s 42-10 win Read More
Rams overcome penalties, heat in opener
September 6, 2013BIG HORN — The Rams overcame some late-summer heat, a few turnovers and penalties on the way to a comfortable win Friday in Big Horn. Starting the year with a familiar promise, Big Horn (1-0) defeated Greybull 55-25. Senior quarterback and driving force Connor McCafferty got things started, using his arm and legs to build Read More
Injuries keep Eagles down
SHERIDAN — The ol’ lips were hanging a little bit low Friday night after the Tongue River Eagles’ 35-0 loss to Rocky Mountain on their home field in Dayton, head coach John Scott said. “Everybody goes into a brand new season with optimism, but it seems we haven’t quite found our blueprint for success yet,” Scott Read More
Vball briefs: Sheridan County prep spikers in Gillette
Big Horn volleyball wins one, loses two at Gillette SHERIDAN — Playing bigger schools can be intimidating, but the Big Horn Lady Rams didn’t let that stop them from putting up a good fight in Gillette Friday. In pool play, they were able to beat Glenrock in two sets in their first match (25-18, 25-15). Read More
Idaho game not easy for Cowboys coach Gesser
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — If there is one piece of advice for college football coaches, it is: You can never look back. Jason Gesser is realizing that more than ever this week. Gesser is in his first season as the University of Wyoming’s quarterbacks coach. At this time last year, he was the running backs Read More
Golf briefs: Mavrakis ties for first, SHS finishes second at Gillette
SHERIDAN — Sheridan’s Jack Mavrakis and Gillette’s Danny Davis fought for the top spot on the leaderboard in a two-day tournament in Gillette with Mavrakis scoring 75 Thursday and 76 Friday, and Davis doing the flip-flop of that with a 76 Thursday and a 75 Friday. Tied for first at the end of the day Read More
Lady Generals spikers rolling
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Lady Generals decided six games was plenty Friday night, taking Eastern Wyoming College and Williston State College in straight sets. The Lady Generals (9-4 overall, 1-0 conference) defeated Eastern Wyoming College (25-15, 25-23, 25-15) under the Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome at 3 p.m., took a quick breather, then hit the Read More
Sheridan grinds out 26-10 win over Trojans
SHERIDAN — Late defensive scores to seal the win seemed fitting Friday night. Sheridan came out on top of a grinding battle with Kelly Walsh (0-2) in their home opener, using two late turnovers to seal a 26-10 win as they moved to 2-0 on the year. Opening night at Scott Field didn’t phase the Trojans Read More
Two more state quals for Lady Bronc swimmers
SHERIDAN — Sheridan High School swimmers Rachel Stevens and Raien Emery swam strong at the Terry Bartlett Invite in Cody, each earning a State qualification for her hard work. Stevens swam a 28.15 in the 50-yard free stroke, placing fourth, and Emery took second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:20.14. “We had Read More
Column: Fantasy football is so cool right now, man
The Baltimore Ravens don’t deserve national television anymore with all these electricity delays. Last night in Denver for the NFL opener, we couldn’t even blame it on Beyonce. If you liked it, you should have put a back-up generator on it. Cue the Rahim Moore play again! What is he talking about? I don’t know, mom, just Read More
Lady Generals spikers sweep conference opener
SHERIDAN — The Lady Generals were kind to the crowd that braved the sauna-like heat of the late-summer Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome Thursday night, making quick work of their conference opener in straight sets. Sheridan College defeated Central Wyoming College (25-18, 25-23, 25-16) Thursday night, moving to 1-0 in Region IX play and 7-4 overall. Read More
