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03/31/06
The Sheridan High School track teams and the Bronc and Lady Bronc golfers will be in Worland tomorrow. The spring golf season opens at the Worland Invitational and the Broncs and Lady Bronc track teams are expecting good performances tomorrow in Worland as well. The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams play the Buffalo teams tonight. The Broncs play at Buffalo while the girls play at Homer Scott Stadium. The JV match will start at 4 and the varsity at 6 o’clock. Next Tuesday the Lady Broncs play at Casper Natrona and the Broncs will host Natrona at 6 o’clock Tuesday night. The Sheridan Rec District opens Webb Wright baseball sign-ups Monday. You can register players at the Rec office in Thorne-Rider Park starting Monday from 8 am to 5 pm through April 21st. Sheridan American Legion Baseball will have their annual player / parent meeting next Wednesday at 7 o’clock upstairs in the Legion Post on Brooks Street. All prospective Troopers and Jets players and their parents are asked to attend this meeting. Practice opens April 9th. In August the Sheridan Jets will host the Northwest Regional Single “A” Tournament. The state champions from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, Washington and California will all be in Sheridan. Troopers head coach John Araas says this will be a great summer to be on the Sheridan Jets roster. Araas says the coaches and players are getting excited to start the season. For more information concerning next week’s meeting or the upcoming season please contact Sheridan American Legion Baseball general manger Dan Bilyue at 672-2376. The Colorado Rockies open the 2006 major league baseball season at home Monday afternoon. You’ll be able to hear the home opener live on am 14-10 KWYO. The Rockies host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three game series. The opener can be heard live Monday afternoon. Broadcast time is 1:30. 03/30/06 Sheridan American Legion Baseball players will open outdoor practice on April 9th. The team player / parent meeting will be at the Sheridan Legion Post at 7 o’clock next Wednesday evening. The season opens on Sunday may 21st for the Troopers with two games in Billings and Araas says the Troopers schedule looks good. The troopers will play their home opener on memorial day against the Casper Oilers. The Jets also open the season on May 21st. They’ll play their first two dates against Casper and Gillette. Thorne-Rider Stadium will be the site of a Northwest Regional Tournament in August this year. Sheridan will host the Northwest Single “A” Regional with the Sheridan Jets hosting the state champions from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California and Alaska. The state tournament’s this year will be held in Cheyenne and Laramie and Casper has won the big to host the northwest double “AA” regional tournament. That event runs at the same time the single “A” tournament is in Sheridan. The Sheridan Rec District opens Webb Wright Baseball registration Monday. Registration will run through April 21st. They will have leagues for 6-7 year olds, 8-9 year olds, 10-11 year olds and the minor league will have 12, 13 and 14 year olds. They will not have a program for 15 year olds this summer. Instead all 15 year olds are encouraged to join up with American Legion. The Rec District is also gearing up for another season of adult softball. They will have men’s league and co-rec league again this summer. They are in need of umpires for the summer as well and will host an umpires meeting at the Rec Office on April 12th at 6 o’clock. All prospective umps should attend this meeting. Call Dale Boedecker at the Rec Office 674-6421 for more information. Team sign-up opens April 25th and the annual team managers rule meeting will be held April 27th and on field umpires clinic will take place May 17th with league play officially opening on Tuesday May 30th. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams get back into action tomorrow night. The Lady Broncs opened their season a week ago with a scoreless overtime tie at Casper Kelly Walsh. Tomorrow night the Lady Broncs host matches with Buffalo, the JV’s will play at 4 and the varsity at 6 o’clock. The Broncs lost their opener last week against Kelly and the Broncs play at Buffalo tomorrow night. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams will compete at an invitational meet in Worland Saturday. They will also host an all-comers JV meet after school on Tuesday beginning at 4 o’clock. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc golfers open their spring season at an invitational tournament in Worland Saturday. The 2006 major league baseball season opens Monday for the Colorado Rockies. This year the Rockies open at Coors Field with the Arizona Diamondbacks. You can hear the game live on am 14-10 KWYO. Broadcast time Monday afternoon is at 1:30. 03/29/06 Sheridan American Legion baseball will get the season rolling a week from tonight when the Troopers and Jets coaches host their annual player/ parent meeting at the Legion Post on Brooks Street. Most of this year’s players have been involved in indoor work-outs for the last couple of months. Troopers head coach John Araas says they conduct a winter program knowing that winter and spring high school sports get priority. All prospective Troopers and Jets players and their parents should be at next week’s orientation meeting. The meeting again will be next Wednesday at 7 pm upstairs at the Legion Post on Brooks Street. Araas says as soon as spring weather starts to show up the coaches and players start getting excited to open practice. The first practice for all the players will be April 9th the season opens May 21st. In other youth baseball notes Webb Wright League registration opens Monday at the Sheridan Rec District. The Rec District has revised their baseball program for this year as the major league program has been eliminated and they will no longer offer baseball to 15 year olds, they will have a 12,13 and 14 year old league this summer. The Rec District encourages all 15 year olds to play for the Sheridan Jets American Legion Program or contact the Sheridan Babe Ruth program. This new regulation only effects the old major league and does not effect any of their other youth Webb Wright Leagues. In other local action this week the spring sports season gets into full swing with the Sheridan High School golf teams playing at their spring opener at the Worland Invitational Tournament. The Sheridan High School track teams will also be in Worland to compete in a meet Saturday. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams play the Buffalo teams this week. The Lady Broncs host Buffalo Friday the JV match will start at 4 pm with the varsity at 6 o’clock. The Broncs will play at Buffalo Friday night. Golfers get ready April 1st signals the start of golf season in Sheridan County. Weather permitting our local golf course are scheduled to be open this weekend for more information contact your pro shops. 03/28/06 The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams are coming off a great weekend hosting the Sheridan Invitational Meet. One Bronc made quite a splash in his first meet as a varsity competitor, that was Justin Will he won the 100 meters and was second in the 200 meters and long jump and anchored the Broncs 4x100 meter relay team. Bauers says they have great expectations for both the Broncs and Lady Broncs after the way the team’s finished the Dan Hansen. This week the Sheridan track teams will compete at an invitational meet in Worland and Bauers says historically the Sheridan teams have done very well at Worland’s Invitational. The Sheridan High School golfers are scheduled to get their spring season started in Worland Saturday and the Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams will play their next matches Friday evening. The Broncs will play at Buffalo while the Lady Broncs host Buffalo. The JV’s will play at 4 o’clock with the varsity match scheduled for 6 o’clock. Sheridan American Legion baseball will host their Annual Player / Parent Meeting Wednesday April 5th at 7 o’clock upstairs at the American Legion Post on Brooks Street. All prospective Troopers and Jets players along with their parents are asked to attend this pre-season meeting. The first practice for all the players will be April 9th with the season set to begin May 21st. 03/27/06 Fine weather made Saturday’s Sheridan Invitational Track Meet a rousing success after the first meet of the season was cancelled due to in climate weather. Both Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams finished 4th overall. The Broncs had several outstanding individual performances led by senior hurdler Ben Soukup who won by the 110 and 300 meter hurdles. Freshmen Justin Will also made a big splash in his first varsity meet winning the 100 meters and finishing second in the 200 meters and second in the long jump. Overall Head Coach Art Bauers says the Broncs had a great day as a team. Other top finishers in the boys meet for the Broncs included Scott Pettit who was 3rd in the pole vault and Reece Hall who was 3rd in the discus. Robbie Walters was 4th in the 300 meter hurdles and 6th in the long jump. For the Big Horn Rams Clancy Phillips was 4th in the 400 meters, Clark Van Hoosier was 7th in the 800 meters, Ian Scofield was 7th in the triple jump, Ross Gilbert was 4th in the high jump and Dustin Rougeau was 4th in the 200 meters. For the Tongue River Eagles Wes Dobrenz was 7th in the 400 meters and 5th in the 200 meters Wyatt Schrank was 4th in the triple jump. The top finishers for the Sheridan girls were Shelly Forbes 2nd in the 800 meters, Kim May 8th in the 1600 meters, Jami Freeman was 3rd in the 100 meter hurdles and 6th in the 300 meter hurdles. Nicole Ackerman was 2nd in the pole vault, Jessica Horsely won the discus and was 2nd in the shot put and Kayla Fauber was 5th in the triple jump. For the Big Horn Lady Rams their top finisher was Rachel Mead 8th in the long jump. The Lady Rams also picked up points with top 7 finish in the 4x400 meter relay. Picking up points for the Lady Eagles were Lori Tarver 3rd in the 400 meters and Kelsey Dellos 7th in the 3200 meters. Bauers also wanted to thank all the volunteers for their dedication to the Dan Hansen Meet. This week the Broncs and Lady Broncs will compete at an invitational in Worland The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams opened their season during spring break last Thursday. The Lady Broncs played Kelly Walsh to a scoreless overtime tie while the Broncs fell against Kelly Walsh 3-0. This week both teams play Buffalo on Friday. The Broncs will play at Buffalo at 5 o’clock while the Lady Broncs play their home opener against the Lady Bison at 6 o’clock Friday evening. The Sheridan High School golf teams are scheduled to open the spring season Saturday at a one-day tournament in Worland. Sheridan American Legion baseball will host their annual player / parent meeting on April 5th at 7 pm upstairs at the Sheridan Legion Post on Brooks Street. All prospective Troopers and Jets players along with their parents are asked to attend this meeting. Troopers head coach John Araas and Jets head coach Ryan Murner will be on hand to discuss the upcoming season and player expectations. For more information you can contact Sheridan American Legion baseball General manager Dan Bilyue at 672-2376. The first practice for all the players will be at Thorne-Rider Stadium on April 9th with the first games of the season scheduled for Sunday May 21st for both teams. 3/24/06 The Sheridan College Generals just didn’t play like the team fans saw during the regular season and that meant an early exit from the national junior college basketball tournament yesterday. The Generals fell behind 12-0 early against San Jacinto Texas but fought their way back to take a first half lead at 25-20 only to see San Jacinto go on a 23-7 run to end the half and take a 43-32 lead into the halftime. San Jacinto came out firing in the second half and put the game away and went on to beat the Generals 90-66. That loss came after Wednesday’s loss against Howard Community College. In yesterday’s loss it was the Generals inability to score consistently that did them. Even though they were knocked out of the tournament after two games Davidson says the players deserve great credit for the year they just had. The Sheridan High School soccer teams opened up the spring season last night with mixed results. The Broncs hosted the defending state champs from Casper Kelly Walsh last night and lost the match by a score of 3-0. The Lady Broncs played at Kelly Walsh last night and played the Lady Trojans to a scoreless tie. Next week the Lady Broncs will play their home opener against Buffalo on Friday while the Broncs will play at Buffalo. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams host the annual “Dan Hansen” Sheridan Invitational tomorrow. Events begin at 9 o’clock at Homer Scott Stadium. Sheridan American Legion Baseball is gearing up for the 2006 season. General manager Dan Bilyue and coaches John Araas and Ryan Murner will hold their annual player / parent meeting on Wednesday April 5th at 7 pm upstairs at the American Legion Post on North Brooks. All prospective Sheridan Jets and Troopers players and parents should attend this meeting. They will be discussing the up coming season including team rules and player expectations. Coaches will be available to answer questions concerning the upcoming season. The first practice for the players will be Sunday April 9th. This will be a great summer to be playing American Legion Baseball especially for Jets Players as Sheridan will host the 2006 single “A” Northwest Regional Tournament in August. State champs from Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and Alaska will join the Jets in this tournament. The 2006 season opens for both the Troopers and Jets on Sunday May 21st. The Troopers will play a double header up in Billings and the Jets will open with a home double header against Casper. If you need any additional information please contact Sheridan American Legion Baseball general manager Dan Bilyue at 672-2376. 3/23/06 The Generals held an early lead against Howard Community College in their first round game yesterday but the number one ranked team in the country showed the Generals and the rest of the teams in Hutchinson Kansas that they are serious contenders for a national title. Howard took an 8 point half time lead and pulled away in the second half routing the Generals 74-56 holding the generals 37 points under their per game scoring average. Howard just smothered the Sheridan guards and took control of the game on the glass as well as out-rebounding the Generals 52-37. After the game head coach Joel Davidson said quote “if freshmen Brian Duckworth doesn’t step up we get beat by 40”. Duckworth came off the bench to score 15 points. The Generals all-region nine sophomore Gus Chase led the way with 18 points on 8 of 16 shooting from the field. Today the Generals face San Jacinto Community College from Texas in a loser out game. This afternoon you can hear the game live on am 14-10 KWYO. The tip is scheduled for 1 o’clock. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams open their season with matches tonight. The girls will play at Kelly Walsh while the Broncs host Kelly this evening. The jv’s will play at 4 pm and the varsity will go at 6 o’clock. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams host the Dan Hansen Invitational Meet Saturday at Homer Scott Stadium. Sheridan High School head track coach Art Bauers says they could use some volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to work at the meet Saturday you can contact Art Bauers by calling 673-4396. The meet starts at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. Bauers says they are just hoping for a good weather day Saturday. Longtime Sheridan County coaches Bert Dow and Terry Burgess are among a group of five Wyoming coaches that will be inducted in the Wyoming coaches hall of fame in ceremonies that will take place in July in Casper. Former Big Horn high school coach and hall of farmer Chuck Wells sits on the board for the coaches association and says that yesterday’s story in the Sheridan Press including only Dow’s name was premature and it failed to mention all the inductees for this year’s class. Wells went onto to say that the official announcement of the class of 2006 hasn’t been released by the coaches association and yesterday’s newspaper story jumped the gun a little. Wells is a long time colleague of both Burgess and Dow and he says the board of coaches believes that not only are Dow and Burgess great coaches but great educators as well. The 2006 class of the Wyoming coaches hall of fame will be inducted into the hall in a ceremony July 28th in Casper. 03/22/06 The wait is over for the Sheridan College Generals. Their first round game in Hutchinson Kansas tips-off at noon today as they take on Howard Community College from Big Spring Texas. Six first round games were played yesterday and two more today including the Generals. A couple of familiar Generals opponents lost first round games yesterday. Williston North Dakota lost 90-80 against Georgia Perimeter College and the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls lost to Southwest Illinois 70-66. The Generals are 30-4 and Howard Community College is 32-1 as they meet this afternoon. You can hear the game live this afternoon on AM 14-10 KWYO. The tip is noon. In other local sports this week school district two has spring break this week but athletic teams continue to practice as the Sheridan high school track teams host the Sheridan Invitational Meet Saturday and the Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams are set to open their season’s tomorrow. The Lady Broncs will play tomorrow evening at Casper Kelly Walsh while the Broncs host matches with Kelly tomorrow. The JV’s will play at 4 pm and the varsity will go at 6 o’clock at Homer Scott Stadium. The “Dan Hansen Memorial” Sheridan Invitational track meet starts Saturday morning at 9 o’clock up at Homer Scott Stadium. This will be the first meet of the outdoor season as last week’s opener in Casper was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team will host Nebraska tonight in a third round match up in the women’s national invitation tournament. The game was supposed to be played last night but a storm made Nebraska’s trip to Laramie impossible Monday so the game was moved up to this evening. The tip is set for 7 o’clock in the double “AA”. 3/21/06 The Sheridan College Generals take on Howard Community College tomorrow in their first round game at the national tournament in Hutchinson Kansas. Generals sophomore point guard Chase Sukut says they’re ready to get on the court tomorrow. The Wyoming Cowgirls host their third round game in the women’s national invitation tournament tonight. The Cowgirls received a first round bye and beat Oregon State in the second round Saturday. In Laramie tonight the Cowgirls host Nebraska in the double “AA”. The winner of this game plays the winner of Kansas State / Fresno State with the winner of that game making it to the final four. All games including the semi finals and championship game will be played on the home court of the highest seeded team. Home games are also based on a team home attendance record. Hopefully the high school spring sports season will kick into full gear this week. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams are scheduled to open their season’s Thursday. The Lady Broncs will play at Casper Kelly Walsh while the Broncs host matches with Kelly Thursday. The JV’s will go at 4 pm and the varsity of 6 o’clock at Homer Scott Stadium. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams are hoping for good weather Saturday when they host the annual “Dan Hansen” Memorial Sheridan Invitational at Homer Scott Stadium. Events are scheduled to begin Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. 3/20/06 The Sheridan College Generals will arrive in Hutchinson, Kansa later today as they get ready to take the court against Howard Community College from Texas in a first round game that will take place Wednesday at noon. Today the Generals will get their first work-out on the floor where the tournament will be played. They’ll take part in the players and coaches banquet tonight. Tomorrow six first round games will be played. The Generals will be spectators tomorrow as they play the final game of the first round. We will broadcast the game live for you Wednesday on AM-14-10 KWYO, again tip-off is at noon. The players are excited to get the tournament started and we met with them following their final practice at the Hoffman Dom Saturday. Sophomore Jake Schmidt won two state titles in high school and was a freshmen at Utah last year when the Utes made it to the sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament and this year he makes the trip with the Generals to the National Junior College Tournament. Schmidt says it’s been quite a ride for the last couple of years. Another of the Generals was really watching the NCAA tournament last week. Sophomore Gus Chase signed a letter of intent to play next year for the university of Montana and got quite a thrill when his future team mates and coaches won their first game in the tournament last Thursday. The Grizzlies were eliminated from the tournament Saturday by Boston College. The spring sports season got off to a fizzling start over the weekend as the Sheridan High School track teams had their invitational meet in Casper cancelled because of cold weather. This week the Broncs and Lady Broncs are enjoying spring break and hopefully a nice day Saturday for the Dan Hansen Memorial Sheridan Invitation Meet. The event is scheduled to get underway Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams will open their season Thursday. The Lady Broncs will play a match at Kelly Walsh while the Broncs open at home Thursday evening against Kelly Walsh. JV’s go at 4pm with the varsity match scheduled at 6 o’clock. 03/17/06 The Sheridan College Generals have two practices left in the season. They go this afternoon and tomorrow morning before heading to the national tournament Sunday. Right now there are no classes at the college as students enjoy spring break but ten students and two coaches are still in the Hoffman Dome putting in those last few hours of practice time. The Generals will take a 30-4 record into the tournament. Those 30 victories came with a lot of hard work and great team leadership The spring sports season is scheduled to open tomorrow weather permitting. The Sheridan High School track teams are headed for a meet in Casper tomorrow but the forecast is not good and a decision on that meet being cancelled will happen sometime today. Next week Sheridan High School is set to host their own invitational. The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams open the season next Thursday and the Sheridan golfers will open the spring season April 1st. The first tournament scheduled is to be played in Worland. Cross-country ski conditions look good for the coming weekend. Trails received 4 inches of new snow this week and are groomed for the weekend. The Black Mountain Nordic Club is hosting a hot dog roast Saturday at noon at the end of the meadow loop at the cutler dog trails. Bring whatever you would like to cook over an open fire. The Sheridan Recreation District is gearing up for another season of adult softball. April is the month they really get rolling. All adult summer leagues will have registration starting April 24th. They will be holding an umpires meeting at 6 o’clock on April 12th at the Rec Office and the rules clinic for all team managers will be April 27th at 6 o’clock in the Sheridan Center Snow Goose Room. All leagues fees are due by May 12th. League play begins May 30th. For more information you can call the Rec Office at 674-6421, stop by the office in Thorne-Rider Park or go to our web site at sheridanmedia.com and find the link to the Rec District site. 03/16/06 The Sheridan High School track teams finished up their indoor season at their state meet two weeks ago. Saturday the Broncs and Lady Broncs are scheduled to compete at an invitational outdoor meet in Casper but snow is in this weekend’s forecast and with yesterday’s snow Sheridan head coach Art Bauers says poor weather is just part of track and field during the spring in Wyoming. Bauers says most of the athletes got a lot of good work done during the indoor season and that helps if they have a delay this week. They haven’t had a lot of preparation time for this first meet. The winter track season numbers were way up this year and Bauers says their numbers appear to remain strong. Next week Sheridan High School is set to host the “Dan Hansen Memorial” Sheridan Invitational. The first high school golf tournament of the spring is scheduled for April 1st when Worland hosts their season opening tournament. The Sheridan Broncs and Lady Broncs are scheduled to play at that tournament. Sheridan American Legion Baseball will be starting practice for the Troopers and jets in April. Games start in May. This summer Sheridan will host the American Legion Single “A” Northwest Region Tournament in August. Seven state champions from the Northwest will join the Jets for the tournament at Thorne-Rider Stadium. It is going to be great year for Wyoming American Legion Baseball as Casper will host the double “AA” northwest regionals at the same time we have the single “A” in Sheridan. This year state tournaments will be played in Cheyenne and Laramie. The Generals are 30-4 overall while their opponents from Howard CC in Texas are 32-1. The booster club is also asking for donations of sports drinks, bottled water and snacks like fruit and sports bars for the players to take with them. Donations can be dropped off at the Hoffman Dome today and tomorrow. 03/15/06 The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track teams will open the spring outdoor track and field season this week. The Casper schools are hosting the season opening Casper Invitational Saturday. The “ Dan Hansen Memorial” Sheridan Invitational Meet will be held at Sheridan High School next week on the 25th. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams will open their regular season with games next week. The season opens a week from tomorrow. The Broncs will open at home against Casper Kelly Walsh while the Lady Broncs play at Kelly. It will be little light on home matches this spring as both the girls and boys only play four home matches each. The spring high school golf season opens in April. The Sheridan high school tournament schedule had not been finalized as of yesterday. The Sheridan College Booster Club is asking Generals fans to help send the team off to the national tournament by donating items for the trip to Hutchinson Kansas. They are asking for donations of sports drinks and bottled water along with fruit and sports snacks. The Generals depart for the national tournament Sunday. They work-out in Hutchinson Monday and play their opening round game Wednesday against the number one ranked team in the country, Howard Community College from Texas. General’s head coach Joel Davidson says the players are looking forward to the challenge of playing the number one ranked team in the country. The Generals take an impressive 30-4 record into the tournament. Howard started the season winning 29 straight games and enter the national tournament with a record of 32-1. The Generals opening round game will be played next Wednesday. The tip is scheduled for noon and you will be able to hear the game live on am 14-10 KWYO. Sheridan College is planning to send a bus load of fans to the national junior college basketball tournament in Hutchinson Kansas. They need at least 30 people singed up by tomorrow and 40 altogether. The cost for the trip which includes bus transportation, double-occupancy hotel room for three nights and tickets to the games at a cost of 275 dollars per person. If you would like to reserve your seats and for more information contact Ginny Racette at Sheridan College by tomorrow at 674-6446 extension 2301. The charter is scheduled to leave Sheridan next Tuesday. The Generals open the tournament Wednesday at noon.
The Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team will open up the women’s national invitation tournament Saturday on their home court in Laramie. The game is scheduled to tip off at 5 o’clock. The Cowgirls received a first round bye and will play the winner of a game between Santa Clara and Oregon State. That game is tomorrow night in Corvallis Oregon. The Cowgirls finished the regular season with a record of 20-8 overall, an improvement from 16-14 a year ago. It was a banner year for Cowgirl basketball. Three players were named All-Mountain West Conference Hanna Zaveck, Jodi Bolerjack and Erin Hicks and Cheyenne East graduate Megan McFuffey was named the league’s newcomer of the year and Zaveck was also named as the league’s top defensive player. 03/14/06 It’s been a week since the Sheridan College Generals won the men’s region nine championship beating Northeastern Colorado in double overtime. You’d think the team would be tired after finishing a long season and an emotional run in the tournament but Davidson says after going 30-4 the Generals are in pretty good shape. The Generals open the national tournament in Hutchinson Kansas March 22nd against Howard Texas. The Sheridan College Booster Club is asking fans for donations to send the team off to the national tournament. They are packing up a care package for the players and would like donations of sports drinks, bottled water and snacks like fruit and sports bars. Items can be dropped off at the Hoffman Dome through Friday. The team will have a send off reception Thursday evening where the Booster Club will honor the team. The generals leave Sunday for the national tournament. Three Generals’ players and head coach Joel Davidson have received post season honors. Sophomores Gordon Chase and Chase Sukut along with freshmen James Bullock were named to the all-region nine team and Davidson was named the region nine coach of the year. With the state 3-A and 4-A state basketball tournament concluded. Post season awards have been handed out and the Sheridan Lady Broncs only senior Steph stander made the class 4-A girls all-state team for the second consecutive year. Stender and teammate Kelsey Boedecker were also named to the north A all-conference team and stander was also named the north conference player of the year. The Broncs landed one player on the north all-conference team and that was senior Tyler Thomas. Two players from the state champion Buffalo Bison were named to the boys class 3-A all-state team. Seniors Chris Prozinski and Matt Lakin. Prozinski was all-state as a junior as well. Prozinski signed a national letter of intent last fall to play football at the University of Wyoming. University of Wyoming athletic director Gary Barta announced yesterday that Steve McClain will remain as the head coach of the Wyoming Cowboys basketball team. Barta met with McClain yesterday and then made the announcement. There had been speculation last weekend during the Mountain West Conference Tournament that McClain would be fired but the Pokes made it all the way to the title game and took San Diego State to overtime just missing a chance to get into the NCAA tournament losing 69-65. That run my have bought McClain another season. He still has four years remaining on his current contract. The Pokes finished the season Saturday night with a 14-18 record. The Cowboys last went to the NCAA Tournament back in 2002 when they beat Gonzaga in the first round and took Arizona to the limit in the second round before losing to the Wildcats. 03/13/06 The Sheridan Broncs and Lady Broncs basketball teams closed out their season’s at the state tournament in Casper. The Lady Broncs went 2-1 winning the consolation bracket while the Broncs were eliminated from the tournament Friday. The Lady Broncs lost against Laramie in the first round then took out Cheyenne East in the consolation semi finals then went on to beat Casper Kelly Walsh in the consolation game Saturday. The Lady Broncs graduate only one player from this year’s team. Elliott says with all the returning players next year the Lady Broncs need some work in the off-season if they want to be a contender next year. Saturday was an emotional day for the Lady Broncs lone senior Stephanie Stender. Stender was a three-year starter for the Lady Broncs and has been on the varsity team since she was a freshman. Stender will continue her basketball career in college this fall at the University of Montana. The Broncs had a tough draw. They took on the state champions from Cheyenne East in the first round and then were knocked out of the tournament by Laramie Friday. Head Coach Ibach says it was a big accomplishment for this team to make it to the state tournament after going through a tough regular season Now we move onto the spring outdoor season for track and field. The Sheridan high school teams have their first meet this weekend. The high school soccer season is also ready to start and later the spring golf season will begin and Sheridan American Legion Baseball will open their practices in April. We still have more march madness with the start of the NCAA men’s tournament tomorrow and our Sheridan College Generals preparing to compete at the national tournament in Hutchinson Kansas. The Generals will be getting together with supporters Thursday evening for a send off at the college. The National Junior College Championships get underway March 21st. The Generals will play the final game of the first round.
03/08/09 The Sheridan College Generals and Northeastern Colorado won semi-final games at the Hoffman Dome last night for the right to square off in tonight’s championship game. Northeastern Colorado beat Laramie County 86-61 breaking open a close game in the second half. The Generals led North Platte Nebraska wire to wire last night winning 86-73. The Generals and Northeastern played twice during the regular season both teams won on their home court. The Generals beat Northeastern Colorado 88-84 in a thriller at the Hoffman dome on January 13th and the Plainsmen beat the Generals in Sterling in another thriller 97-94 in double over-time January 28th. All the talk and speculation is over we’ll all find out tonight just who has the best team and we will broadcast the title game live for you tonight on am 14-10 KWYO. The tip is scheduled for 7 o’clock. More post season basketball awards have been handed out. Yesterday we highlighted Sheridan counties boys’ class 2-A all-conference and all state selections and today it’s the girls turn in the spotlight. Two Tongue River Lady Eagles have been named to the class 2-A all-state team for the 2005-06 season, they are senior Natalie Schreffler and junior Courtney Johnson who helped lead the Lady Eagles to their second straight state championship last Saturday in a 54-51 win over Lovell for the state tournament. Schreffler averaged 15 points and 6 rebounds while Johnson averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game. Johnson hit for a game and tournament high 22 points in the championship game. In northeast all-conference selection’ Johnson and Schreffler were named to the team along with point guard Annie Lofgren. Big Horn’s Becca O’Dell was also named to the northeast all-conference team and Tongue River hall of fame head coach Diane Moser was also awarded the conference’s coach of the year honor. Tonight the Sheridan College Generals and Northeastern Colorado will end the region nine tournament in the championship game. Tomorrow the Sheridan Broncs and Lady Broncs will open the class 4-A state tournament in Casper and the Wyoming Cowboys will open the mountain west conference tournament in Denver. The Lady Broncs will lead off our “March Madness” triple header tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock when they take on Laramie in the first round of the state tournament. You can hear the game live on am 14-10 KWYO. The Broncs will follow with their first round game tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 when they face Cheyenne East. Both games will be played at Casper College. The Wyoming Cowboys open the men’s mountain west conference tournament tomorrow night at the Pepsi Center in Denver taking on the Air Force Academy. The pre-game show will start at 6:30 with the tip at 7 o’clock. Again all three games will be broadcast live on AM 14-10 KWYO. 03/07/06 The Sheridan College Generals were taken to the limit last night by Otero Community College in the men’s region nine tournament quarter finals but in the end they had just enough to pull out a 72-71 victory and advance into tonight’s semi final’s against North Platte Nebraska. Otero shot the ball well and controlled the pace of play all night but in the end the Generals were able to keep the game close until freshmen James Bullock put the Generals ahead with a three point basket in the closing seconds. Otero went for the win as time was running out but missed a last second shot and a tip in as time ran out and the Generals escaped with a one point win. Tonight the Generals will play North Platte Nebraska in the second of two semi final games. Davidson says the Generals better be on top of their game against a very good Knight’s team. We will broadcast tonight’s game for you live on am 14-10 KWYO starting at 8 o’clock. The first semi final game will start at 6 o’clock with Laramie County playing Northeastern Colorado. The winners tonight will play in the championship game tomorrow at 7 pm. The class 2-A boys basketball all-conference and all-state teams have been announced. Five Sheridan County players were named to the northeast all-conference team. From Tongue River a trio of players; Rob Johnson, Tony Osthiemer and Jacob Mourning. From Big Horn is Clark Van Hoosier and Damien Rodgers from NSI. Two Tongue River players were named to the class 2-A first team all-state squad they are senior Tony Osthiemer and sophomore Rob Johnson. The Eagles finish the state tournament this past Saturday beating Big Horn in the consolation bracket. Finals in that game are eagles sophomore Rob Johnson had a triple double with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. The Big Horn Rams went 1-2 at the state tournament ultimately losing to Tongue River in the boys consolation title game Saturday. First year head coach Josh Hatch says the Rams had a pretty good year. The highlight being there challenge game win over Sundance which got them into the state tournament. The Arvada/Clearmont Lady Panthers got into the semi finals in the girls class 1-A bracket for the first time in school history even though the ended up placing fourth in the tournament. Most of the roster will be back next year and Joy says the Lady Panthers will be a hungry bunch next season. The Sheridan Broncs and Lady Broncs basketball teams open play at their state tournament Thursday. The Broncs will play their opener against Cheyenne East at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. They played East twice during regular season with the T-Birds winning both games by wide margins. We will see if the Broncs have an upset in them when they take on the T-Birds Thursday live at 1:30 on am 14-10 KWYO. The Lady Broncs will open the tournament Thursday morning against Laramie. They split two games with the Lady Plainsmen during the regular season losing by two at a tournament in Cheyenne and beating Laramie on their home court. That game will be broadcast on AM 14-10 KWYO Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. The Sheridan Lady Broncs finished 6th over-all in the state indoor track and field championships in Laramie this past weekend .Shelly Forbes did most of the scoring for the Lady Broncs. Jessica Horsely placed high in the shot put and Nicole Ackerman had a good state finals in the pole vault. The outdoor season got underway yesterday with the first full day of official workouts. The outdoor season opens on the 17th with an early bird meet in Casper. 03/06/06 The Tongue River Lady Eagles found themselves down by nine points going into the 4th quarter of the state championship game with Lovell Saturday night but they found a way to get back into the game and went on to win their second straight title by a score of 54-51. The Lady Eagles got 22 points from junior Courtney Johnson. Junior point guard Annie Lofgren scored 10 points in the 4th quarter including a huge three-point basket. The Lady Eagles outscored Lovell 20-8 in the final period including hitting 10 of 12 free throws. The Tongue River Eagles and Big Horn Rams met Saturday in the class 2-A boys consolation final. Both teams lost their opening round games. The Rams beat Southeast to stay alive while the Eagles eliminated Lusk. The game wasn’t close with the Eagles starting at an 11-0 run and went onto to win 80-47. Head coach Larry Moser is an emotional coach and he says the toughest part of the day Saturday is saying goodbye to his seniors. For Big Horn head coach josh hatch says just getting to the state tournament was a big accomplishment for the Rams. The state tournament started promising for the Arvada/Clearmont Lady Panthers. They blew out Cokeville in the opener but lost in the semi finals against Encampment then lost Saturday’s 3rd and 4th place game to Guernsey. Head coach Bill Joy says the Lady Panthers made a big step at this year’s tournament by getting into the semi finals for the first time in the program’s history. He says even though they got beat Saturday the team learned a lot from the experience at this year’s tournament. The men’s region nine tournament is underway. There will be four quarter final games today, game times will be at 1, 3, 6 and 8 o’clock with the Generals playing the late game against Otero Community College. Tournament director Sandy Michelena says everything is running smooth. Yesterday Northwest College was eliminated from the tournament by Southeast Nebraska ending the 40 year coaching career of Ken Rochlitz. Rochlitz announced in January that this would be his final season after 26 year’s in Powell. The Generals blew-out McCook Nebraska in their opener Saturday night The inaugural Wyoming state indoor track and field championships were held in Laramie Saturday. The Broncs finished 10th while the Lady Broncs were 6th. Sheridan head coach Art Bauers says it was great to finally have this meet. Ben Soukup was the only Bronc competitor to score points in the meet. Place winners for the Lady Broncs were Shelly Forbes, Jessica hoarsely and Nicole Ackerman. We will have more on the state meet tomorrow. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc basketball teams both qualified for the state tournament which opens Thursday in Casper. The Broncs got in by beating Riverton Thursday night. The Broncs played Gillette tough in the semi’s but lost and will be the north 4 seed going into the tournament after losing to Casper Kelly Walsh. The Lady Broncs beat Riverton to advance to the semi finals where they dropped a tough game to Casper Natrona. They came back to beat up Kelly Walsh Saturday and will be the 3rd seed. The Lady Broncs open the state tournament Thursday morning at 9 o’clock against Laramie while the Broncs take on Cheyenne East at 1:30. Both games will be played at Casper College and can be heard live on am 14-10 KWYO The Wyoming Cowboys lost their regular season finale at Utah Saturday night. The Pokes open the mountain west conference tournament in Denver Thursday night against the Air Force Academy. You can hear that game live on am 14-10 KWYO. The tip is scheduled for 7 o’clock.
03/02/06 The Tongue River Eagles and Lady Eagles open up the class 2-A state tournament bracket this morning. You can hear both games live on AM 14-10 KWYO. The eagles take on Wyoming Indian at 9 o’clock. The Eagles are one of a trio of teams with a good shot at making a run at the championship. The Lady Eagles are the defending state champs and enter the tournament on a roll after dominating wins at the regional last week. In our second game this morning the Lady Eagles take on Lyman. Both Tongue River games can be heard live on KWYO starting at 9 o’clock, the Lady Eagles will begin at about 10:30. The Big Horn Rams play the Lyman boys in their first round game this evening at 7:30. The Lady Broncs play Riverton this afternoon in their regional tournament opener. Head coach Mark Elliott says this is a must win game or the season is over. Elliott says the Lady Broncs must get after Riverton early and play with confidence. The game is scheduled to tip off at 3:45 this afternoon and you can hear it live on am 14-10 KWYO. The Broncs will also play Riverton in their regional opener tonight at 9 o’clock. That ball game will also be broadcast on KWYO tonight starting at 9 o’clock. The Sheridan Bronc and Lady Bronc track athletes close out their indoor season tomorrow at the state high school indoor championships in Laramie. Head coach Art Baures says they’ve accomplished a lot in the indoor season. The spring outdoor track and field season officially opens on March 6th. Along with track and field the Wyoming high school soccer season officially opens for practice on March 6th as well. 03/01/06 The Big Horn Rams earned a spot into this week’s state tournament by beating Sundance in a challenge game Monday in Moorcroft. The rams open the first round tomorrow night against Lyman. Hatch says the rams played well against a good team Monday The Sheridan Hawks celebrated their 2006 state hockey title in Pinedale Sunday afternoon. Last night the team got together to celebrate with friends and family on their home ice. They raised their championship banner and made the traditional skate around the ice with the championship trophy then the players took the ice for a little scrimmage. The Tongue River Eagles and Lady Eagles open up the class 2-A bracket at the state basketball tournament in Casper tomorrow morning. The Lady Eagles are returning to the tournament as the defending champs. Head coach Diane Moser says one advantage they bring into the tournament is the experience they got during last year’s championship run. The Lady Eagles will play the second game of our morning double header tomorrow The Eagles lead off the tournament tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock against a familiar opponent as they take on Wyoming Indian. It seems that over the last dozen years the Eagles and the Chiefs seem to meet for big games at the state tournament. We will open our March Madness Basketball coverage with the Eagles on am 14-10 KWYO tomorrow at 9 am followed by the Lady Eagles and Lyman at 10:30. The second of our doubleheaders comes to you tomorrow afternoon with the Broncs and Lady Broncs at the north 4-A regional tournament in Gillette. Both games are elimination games and if the Sheridan teams win they will advance to the semi finals and play on the weekend for seeding into next week’s state tournament. The Lady Broncs play Riverton at 3:45 on am 14-10 KWYO. Head coach Mark Elliott says since this is a one and done game they must be ready for the Lady Wolverines from the opening tip. The Broncs will open play tomorrow night against Riverton with the loser eliminated. The Broncs and Wolverines split games during the regular season with each team winning close games on their home courts. Tomorrow night they meet on a neutral floor in Gillette at 9 o’clock live on AM 14-10 KWYO. The Wyoming Cowboys play a Mountain West conference road game at San Diego State tonight. You can hear the game live on am 14-10 KWYO. Cowboy pre-game starts at 7:30 with the tip at 8 o’clock.
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