Sports

BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND

By Trevor Jackson on Fri 05/24/2013 06:08am

TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers will be in Gillette for three days starting tomorrow for the annual Gillette Memorial day weekend tournament.

They will play five games, they open with a team from Regina, Saskatchewan and Rock Springs tomorrow. Then they play the two teams from Gillette Sunday and finish up with and the Billings Halos Monday.

Troopers Head coach Ben Phillips says it will be good for the players to get on the field and play several games this weekend and also play some teams they normally don't see during the regular season.

SHERIDAN CITY MARBLE TOURNAMENT

By Trevor Jackson on Thu 05/23/2013 06:07am

The second annual Sheridan city youth marble tournament was held this past weekend at the eagles club.

Winners in the age groups were Logan Chapman 1st grade,Brock Owings 2nd grade, Jacob Eldridge 3rd grade, Kadence Bickel 4th grade and Joey Eastley won the 5th grade division.

The overall City champion was Joey Eastley, 2nd place was Kadence Bickel with Brock Owings 3rd.

BRONC FOOTBALL OPEN OTA'S / TROOPERS GET READY FOR WEEKEND TOURNEY

By Trevor Jackson on Thu 05/23/2013 05:58am

BRONC FOOTBALL - The 2013 Sheridan Bronc football team took to the field Wednesday as they prepare to head to their first team camp of the off season at Chadron, Nebraska.

Most of the players that will make up the Bronc roster in 2013 were on the field with the coaches last night Head coach Don Julian.

As the begin their off season work out program Julian says this is the first step in building a solid foundation for the season this fall.

ALL-STATE SOCCER / TROOPER BASEBALL

By Trevor Jackson on Wed 05/22/2013 06:00am

ALL-STATE SOCCER - Four Sheridan Bronc soccer players have been named All-state for 2013 as selected by the 4-A coaches. Coaches cannot vote for their own players.

The four from the Broncs 3rd place team at last weekends state tournament are Jess Edens, Lucas Wollenman, Colter Carzoli and Scott Passini.

No Lady Bronc players made the girls first team this spring.

TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers will be in Gillette for a Memorial day weekend tournament which starts Friday and runs through Monday.

SHERIDAN COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH RODEO

By Trevor Jackson on Tue 05/21/2013 06:21am

The Wyoming Jr high rodeo Assoc. held there state finals in Casper Wy on Friday.

Sheridan County will be sending 6 students to the National Jr High finals in Gallup, Nm June 23-29th.

25 contestants from the state of Wy. qualified to go and 6 were from Sheridan county. The top 4 in the state in each event, qualify.

Created in 2004, the NHSRA Junior High Division was established to bring the excitement of the sport to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and to serve as a feeder system into the high school ranks of the Association.

NEW LADY BRONC HOOPS COACH VISITS SHERIDAN / BIG TOURNAMENT WEEKEND FOR THE TROOPERS

By Trevor Jackson on Tue 05/21/2013 05:51am

LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - New Sheridan lady bronc basketball coach Jessica Cordingly visited Sheridan high school Monday.

Cordingly takes over the Lady Bronc program following season Yeager's announcement this spring he will be leaving Sheridan.

Cordingly was officially named the coach a week ago at the Sheridan school district two board meeting. She grew up in Thermopolis and has been coaching and teaching in California.

We sat down with Cordingly Monday and she is excited to be coming to Sheridan high school.

SPRING SPORTS SEASON CONCLUDES / TROOPERS / JETS RAINED OUT

By Trevor Jackson on Mon 05/20/2013 06:11am

STATE SOCCER - The Bronc and Lady Bronc soccer teams finished up their season's Saturday at the state tournament in Rock Springs.

The Broncs lost in the semi finals to Gillette on penalty kicks and they came back Saturday and ended up 3rd with a 2-0 win over Cheyenne Central in the consolation final.

The broncs lost the state title game last spring on penalty kicks and fell again in the semi finals on penalties again this year head coach Kevin Riser says the penalty kick shootout is not the way any team wants to end a match.

Bison Boys Soccer Take State Title, Girls Third

By Aaron Palmer on Mon 05/20/2013 05:00am

The Bison Boys' Soccer team has won the 2013 3A State Title, after defeating the Star Valley Braves 1-0 in the Championship Game Saturday in Jackson.