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LARAMIE (AP) - Sean Chambers is the talk of the town. That's what happens when you go from being the backup quarterback to the starter. Wyoming's true freshman signal caller did that three games ago and has had a rousing introduction to the Mountain West in helping Wyoming get on its first winning streak of the season heading into Saturday's game against Air Force. Chambers tried to minimize the newfound attention he's gotten both on campus and back home in California, saying there's been "a...
LARAMIE – The 2018 season for the University of Wyoming volleyball team hasn't gone as hoped or expected. Still, the Cowgirls (18-10 overall, 10-6 Mountain West) go into the final weekend of the regular season with a shot at 20 wins and the hope of earning a spot in the National Invitation Volleyball Championship postseason tournament. With an RPI ranking of No. 98, Cowgirls coach Chad Callihan hopes at least one win at home over New Mexico (6:30 tonight) or UNLV (7 p.m. Saturday) will be enough...
TEN SLEEP - The basketball season is just around the corner and before the season gets underway the Ten Sleep High School basketball team took a trip to Denver on Nov. 3-4. Using funds they raised from their annual alumni game, their hamburger stand at the Ten Sleep Fourth of July Rodeo and a car wash late in the summer, the Pioneers were able to watch an NBA basketball game and take in an Air Force Academy men's basketball practice. The first leg of the trip involved the Pioneers catching a...
LARAMIE – Star Valley is known as a physical team that runs the football between the tackles and along the edges. The Braves flexed their muscles in both areas as they gained 272 rushing yards, and scored four of their five touchdowns on the ground during a 35-14 victory over Torrington to claim the Wyoming Class 3A championship Friday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium. "We've had a bunch of guys in the past that were big, bruiser guys, and this year we had guys step up to be that guy and hit s...
WORLAND - Worland High School senior Karla Gayten signed her letter of intent, Thursday afternoon at Worland High School. Gayten received a two-year full-ride scholarship to play soccer at Sheridan College as well as further her academic studies. "I didn't even know Sheridan was looking at me," said Gaytan. "I just got invited to a showcase, I did the showcase and after they told me I had a full ride if I wanted it. It was kind of a surprise and I didn't know how to react. I still don't know...
During my fall sports postseason break, I was tempted to write about Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden. I was patient though because let's be honest, this is Jon Gruden and he's going to, at minimum, say one dumb thing a week. And he didn't disappoint this week. The Raiders play the AFC's second-best team, the L.A. Chargers, this week. The last time the AFC West rivals matched up, the Chargers dominated the Raiders 26-10, in that soccer stadium in Carson, Calif. Getting ready for LA this week Gru...
TEN SLEEP - Going 1-22 during the volleyball season was tough on the Ten Sleep Lady Pioneers but while the year was trying, the Lady Pioneers did receive good news on Sunday. Junior Bryley Moore was named to the 1A All-State volleyball team, on top of earning All-Conference honors and being named the 1A Northwest conference player of the year. "It was a deserving honor for her. It was exciting to have her be recognized for her talents and the sky is the limit for her," said TSHS volleyball coach...
WORLAND - The Worland Lady Warriors swimming season wrapped last weekend in Laramie during the 3A State girls swimming meet. Taking only seven athletes to state, Worland was still able to finish fifth overall, scoring 137 points and had two All-State selections in Juli Warren (first in 200-yard individual medley, second in the 100-yard breaststroke and named 3A athlete of the year) and Kyra Klinghagen (second in diving). "I can't stop talking about these girls," said WHS girls swimming coach...
WORLAND - While their numbers were few the Worland Lady Warriors made their presence felt at the 3A State girls swimming meet in Laramie on Friday and Saturday. Worland finished fifth as a team, scoring 137 points with only seven athletes, and had two All-State selections, Kyra Klinghagen and Juli Warren. Of the 13 teams competing in Laramie over the weekend, only six were able to crack triple-digit scoring, and Worland also joined Buffalo, Lander and Lyman as the only schools to have multiple...
LARAMIE – C.J. Johnson said he felt like a stranger. The University of Wyoming redshirt junior wide receiver returned to the practice field a couple weeks ago for the first time since he injured his left knee during the Cowboys' Famous Idaho Potato Bowl victory over Central Michigan on Dec. 22, 2017. Johnson tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, and suffered a micro-fracture after being tackled awkwardly along the sideline in the game. "I got possibly one of the worst knee injuries w...
WORLAND - The 3A State girls swimming meet begins today in Laramie with preliminary races and finals races on Saturday, and the Worland Lady Warriors are ready to make the most of the season's final meet of the season. "Having a weekend off seemed like exactly what everyone needed as we headed into state week," said WHS girls swimming coach Mike Blissett. "The team has a mood that makes me believe they're not only recharged but chomping at the bit to get to Laramie to compete. We're seeing some...
WORLAND — Although the 2018 season ended in another 3A State football quarterfinals loss, the Worland Warriors are hoping their second consecutive postseason appearance is a sign of bigger and better things to come. “Making the playoffs for the second season in a row after a big drought is definitely a positive. That can turn into an expectation and not only that we can start making a run in the playoffs with the ultimate goal of winning the state championship,” said WHS football coach Ryan...
WORLAND - While the push to bring fast-pitch softball to Worland High School is ongoing, the Worland Wildfires 16U fast-pitch softball team closed out the fall season at the Fall Ball State tournament in Gillette on Oct. 6-7. The Wildfires made it to the championship game but, unfortunately, fell to Gillette 12-0. Nonetheless, the Wildfires played one of their better fall ball seasons. Finishing with an 11-13 overall record and going 11-7 against other junior varsity (JV) teams, impressed their...
WORLAND - Volleyball in the 3A West has been survival of the fittest all season long. And with six of the eight teams having winning records, the 3A West regional tournament, in Mountain View on Friday and Saturday, was bound to be a slugfest. There were only four spots open for the 3A State tournament this weekend in Casper, meaning two good teams were going to be left out by the end of the weekend. Unfortunately, for the Worland Lady Warriors, they were one of those two teams as they lost to...
WORLAND - After a hard-fought performance at the 3A East girls swimming conference meet in Douglas, on Oct. 19-20, the Worland Lady Warriors enjoyed the week off as they prepare for the 3A State meet in Laramie next weekend. The Lady Warriors finished second as a team scoring 276 points and were only 26 points shy from first place Buffalo. While they were not able to successfully defend their 3A East title for the fifth straight season, Worland gave it their best shot and certainly made Buffalo...
WORLAND - The 3A State football playoffs begin today with the quarterfinals, and the Worland Warriors head to Afton to take on the Star Valley Braves at 6 p.m. tonight at Star Valley High School. A semifinal spot is on the line and the Warriors (3-5) will need to pull off an upset tonight if they want to be among the final four 3A teams left standing. The team has to put last week's 23-9 loss to Lander in the rearview mirror by making the most of each practice this week. "We've gotten some good...
WORLAND - Class 3A cross-country on both girls and boys sides, was highly-competitive all season long and the state meet did not disappoint. Sixteen teams in total battled for 3A's top three team spots and the 10 All-State spots at the Sheridan V.A. Hospital Grounds in Sheridan on Oct. 20. Worland cross-country held their own in Wyoming's toughest cross-country classification. The Lady Warriors were sixth scoring 165 points and the Warriors were seventh with 193 points. Warrior senior Porter Har...
WORLAND - Saturday's 3-2 (25-15, 22-25, 23-25, 25-14, 15-5) victory over the Lander Lady Tigers in the regular season finale was a huge win for the Worland Lady Warriors volleyball team. Downing the Lady Tigers earned the Lady Warriors the No. 2-seed out of the 3A Northwest and open the 3A West regional tournament against the Pinedale Lady Wranglers, in Mountain View on Friday. "We had to contain Lander's outside hitters with our serving and get them out of system, and we served very well,"...
SHERIDAN - The Hot Springs County High School Lady Bobcats made history Saturday morning by winning the first cross-country state championship in school history. The Lady Bobcats gave their best performance of the season as they beat out Wyoming Indian by two points for the state title at the Sheridan V.A. Hospital Grounds in Sheridan. "They had a really great mindset and they brought it up, that if we do our best and don't win, then what was it all for? They were the ones that had that...
Thursday the NBA announced its new plan to bolster the NBA G-League by offering elite high school players (AKA the one-and-done players) $125K to play one season in the G-League before entering the NBA draft. Immediately after the announcement, the hot takes were flowing like the Big Horn River in the spring. By and far the favorite hot take was the move being the NBA's way of killing the NCAA and the JBA (Junior Basketball Association, LaVar Ball's sham semi-pro league) in one fell swoop. Both...
LANDER — It is not how you want to enter the 3A State football playoffs, but the Worland Warriors football team has to quickly shake off their Friday night 23-9 loss to the Lander Valley Tigers at Lander Valley High School. “We had trouble putting it all together,” said WHS football coach Ryan Utterback. “We’d do some good things, get a nice chunk of plays but have a penalty or miscue that pushed us back. We executed at times but could not put enough together that translated into scores. O...
WORLAND - The 3A East girls swimming conference meet beings today and ends tomorrow in Douglas. The competition will be tough as Worland High School goes against Buffalo, Cody, Douglas Newcastle, and Rawlins, but the Lady Warriors will shoot for their for their fifth-straight conference championship. This week will also be the final chance for the Lady Warrior swimmers to make it to state by either automatic qualifying or placing among the top eight in their respective event. Adding to the...
WORLAND - The Worland Warriors cross-country dominance in the 3A East continued last Friday in Douglas. The Warriors won their fourth straight 3A East conference championship and Porter Harman three-peated as the conference's individual champion. "It was super great and we knew the boys had a shot but they still needed to do their jobs," said WHS cross-country coach Tanya Kienlen. "It's not always easy because even the best make mistakes. Usain Bolt false-started at the Olympics, that's why we...
THERMOPOLIS - The match was tougher than expected but the result was exactly to the Hot Springs Lady Bobcats volleyball team's liking as they defeated the Newcastle Lady Dogies Friday 3-2 (20-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-18, 15-13) at Newcastle High School. "I'm super proud of the girls and they did a great job. They could have self-destructed in that third set but they were much better the next three games," said HSCHS volleyball coach Shannon Hill. Thirteen of the Lady 'Cats 22 errors in the match...
WORLAND - Senior night did not go as planned for the Worland Warriors football team as they lost their final home game of the season to the Torrington Trailblazers 42-14, Friday night at Worland High School. Worland's (3-4) start wasn't the greatest either, as on their first possession of the game they fumbled the ball and Torrington (7-0) recovered on the Worland 25. The Trailblazers quickly capitalized on the turnover to go up 7-0. Torrington scored the games next two touchdowns, one of which...