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WORLAND – Football is finally back. First up on the schedule for the Worland Warriors is a familiar opponent – the Lander Tigers. The two teams used to be conference rivals in the 3A West for a number of years until the Tigers moved to the 3A East 2011. The two teams didn't face from 2011-13, but saw each other once again last year in a game that saw Worland prevail 36-14 to the tune of 453 yards on the ground. But first-year head coach Todd Weber has it in his mind that the Tigers are not to...
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming women's volleyball team earned the national recognition it received earlier this week. The team got 13 votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association top-25 poll. UW coach Chad Callihan wasn't worked up by it, but he sure wasn't planning to discuss it with his team. Not with three of his team's next six matches – in a purposefully challenging nonconference schedule – against other teams receiving votes. "I don't care," Callihan said. "We got some votes...
LARAMIE – Sometimes there are three, and often there are four. But this season, the University of Wyoming football team has six captains. Redshirt senior quarterback Cameron Coffman, senior running back Shaun Wick and junior guard Chase Roullier are the offensive captains. The defensive captains are senior defensive ends Eddie Yarbrough and Siaosi Hala'api'api, and junior linebacker Lucas Wacha. Those four seniors make up half of the seniors on the Cowboys' roster this season. That total is t...
DOUGLAS – The Lady Warriors were able to shake off a slow start to the Douglas Invite on Friday, bouncing back with a strong showing Saturday to come away with a fifth place finish in the gold bracket at the two day tournament. Only managing to win one match Friday, Worland won two out of the three matches it had Saturday. The resiliency the Lady Warriors showed was exactly what coach Brittany Miller wanted to see out of her team. "Day one in Douglas, we didn't play like we had been in p...
WORLAND – The Warriors will get their first look at live action on the field tonight as they travel to Riverton for a Zero Week scrimmage against the Wolverines. The 3A regular season doesn't officially begin until next Friday, Sept. 4, but most teams use this weekend as a warm up for the regular season. As opposed to last year's Zero Week contest against Riverton, this year will be treated as more of a controlled scrimmage in a 10-play format where each team will have a chance to run 10 o...
LARAMIE — It’s a position on the University of Wyoming football team that isn’t talked about much -- not during fall camp or even during the season. No, it’s not the offensive line. But the Cowboys’ fullbacks are similar to offensive linemen in many respects. They’re primary duties are to block. They don’t get a lot of attention or recognition, unless they screw up. In other words, no news often times is good news when it comes to this group. But the news has been good for UW’s fullbacks as they enter their second year in coach Craig Bohl’s We...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — No glove on his throwing hand. No feeling in his fingertips. Peyton Manning has ditched, at least temporarily, the sticky-feeling, orange-and-gray glove he’s worn on his throwing hand at times since 2012. He’s gone barehanded throughout training camp and also in his preseason debut at Houston over the weekend. He’s said not to read anything into it, that he’ll probably still need it in nasty weather. Manning even told Peter King of Sports Illustrated that he still doesn’t have feeling in his fingertips four years after t...
LARAMIE – It’s a question Carl Granderson gets asked a lot. “Everywhere I go, they ask me if I play basketball. I say, ‘No, I’m a football player. I just need to get bigger,’” he said. That’s true for the 6-foot-5, 200-pound University of Wyoming true freshman defensive end. But as the Cowboys’ season-opener is less than two weeks away, he figures to see significant playing time this season. It’s been a rough fall camp for UW defensive ends. Sophomore Seth Edeen of Cheyenne retired from the game last week due to health concerns related to...
LARAMIE -- It's hard not to notice Adam Pilapil, at least when he doesn't have his football helmet on. The University of Wyoming redshirt freshman safety arrived for summer workouts with bleach-blonde hair, which let's just say isn't his natural color. But it wasn't for a new look, or to do something fun to get through the grind of workouts and fall camp. It was much deeper than that. One of Pilapil's high school teammates in California died this summer in a motorcycle accident. Pilapil said...
LARAMIE -- Christmas is more than four months away, but Eddie Yarbrough likens his final season with the University of Wyoming football team as a little kid on Christmas morning. "It's always exciting to have some new presents put in front of your face," Yarbrough said. For the first time in his career, the senior defensive end has the same defensive coordinator and defensive scheme in consecutive seasons. Despite all the changes and learning in the past, Yarbrough was a two-time All-Mountain...
LARAMIE — He may be the most highly-touted football recruit to ever come to the University of Wyoming. But you wouldn’t know it by talking with Kellen Overstreet. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound true freshman running back from Penney High in Hamilton, Missouri, is humble and soft-spoken. Yes, he is the first Parade High School All-American to ever sign with the Cowboys. He was second in the nation last year with 4,259 yards as a senior, and it was the fourth-best all-time for a high school runner in the country. But Overstreet knew the day he set foo...
LARAMIE -- When talking about getting more speed and athleticism on defense, D.J. May's name often comes up. When talking about possibly returning punts, May's name also is mentioned. As fall camp for the University of Wyoming football team enters its second week, it is clear that there are places on this team where May is needed. May was moved from running back to nickel corner after last season because Bohl wanted more speed and athleticism in the back seven of the defense. But during the...
LARAMIE -- Tavita Faaiu had no intention to play football at the University of Wyoming. Faaiu is from American Samoa and grew up in San Francisco. He hadn’t been to a lot of places in the United States other than California. UW called last winter and asked if he’s like to come out for a visit. “Honestly, I just came for the trip,” said Faaiu, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end. “I wanted to use as many visits as I could for the experience. I went on YouTube to try and find out as much about Wyoming as I could. I knew nothing about here. “On...
WORLAND – After tasting all the treats that the Wyoming BBQ had to offer on Friday, what better way to burn off all those extra calories than with a 5K run Saturday morning? That's exactly what happened with 19 runners and walkers participating in the first annual Wyoming BBQ 5K run at the Washakie County Fairgrounds. The runners ran a "tough course that was mainly uphill for the first half," Tanya Kienlen, co-organizer, said. The top three winners were: First, Chance Martello with a time of 2...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Hiroshi Iwata of Japan fired a 90-yard wedge from the rough on No. 18 that nearly rolled in before settling 3 feet from the cup. That tap-in par for a 63 was the best score at the PGA Championship so far and good enough to match the lowest single round ever in a major. “I’m honored to be here to be interviewed. But when I came in,” Iwata smiled and said through an interpreter,” I thought it was going to be more people.” Iwata’s round Friday was 14 strokes better than his opening-day score of 77, which came in drier, muc...
LARAMIE – Fast, crazy and fun. Those are the words University of Wyoming true freshman free safety Andrew Wingard used to describe his first few days of fall camp. Wingard's coaches also have liked what they've seen from the 6-foot, 195-pounder from Ralston Valley High in Aurora, Colorado. "His field presence, No. 1," UW safeties coach and pass game coordinator Curt Mallory said. "And, he's a football player. He's physically mature. He doesn't look like a freshman coming out there. Mentally, h...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Peyton Manning says Tom Brady apologized to him - unnecessarily - after taking a shot at him in recently released emails. Brady's exchange with a childhood friend last November was contained in documents released as part of the NFLPA's lawsuit on behalf of Brady seeking to quash his four-game suspension. In it, Brady, wrote: "I've got another 7 or 8 years. He has 2." Manning said after Wednesday's practice that Brady was just joining the public conversation predicting whe...
LARAMIE - Like all good cornerbacks, Robert Priester has a short-term memory. The University of Wyoming sophomore doesn't think about his knee injury in the second-to-last game in 2014. As a true freshman Priester played in 11 games, including seven starts. He finished with 39 tackles, two forced fumbles and two pass break-ups. The Tampa, Florida, product was listed at 168 pounds on the roster, but he said he played at around 162 pounds at the end of the season. It can be argued Priester's lack...
WORLAND – After hosting a larger tournament last week, the Green Hills Golf Course saw a bit of a smaller crowd over the weekend as 50 golfers came out to compete in the Worland City Open on Saturday and Sunday. It was an individual stroke play event that featured a good field of competitive golfers, according to Worland golf pro Nick Nielsen. When it was all said and done Sunday, two Worland natives would emerge victorious as Chris Bundren would be crowned the men's champion and Sarah S...
WORLAND – The Green Hills Golf Course was bustling earlier this week as Worland played host to the 57th Annual Wyoming Senior Golfers’ Association Sunday through Tuesday. Sunday served as a practice round while the tournament took place on Monday and Tuesday. Worland’s Golf Pro Nick Nielsen said there were a total of 89 participants in the tournament, 18 of those representing Worland at their hometown golf course. The tournament was for golfers ages 50 and older from all across Wyoming and split into seven separate divisions with each divis...