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LARAMIE – Jordan Spears is used to having good – if not really good – rodeo seasons to hang his hat on. The bull rider from Redding, California, took a big leap to kick-starting the bulk of his summer schedule Wednesday when he was crowned the 78th annual Laramie Jubilee Days Mr. T Xtreme Bull Riding champion. "My job is to come here, stay on my bull and let everything settle where it settles," Spears said. "That's why I travel up and down the road – to perform my best every time and I'm hap...
It was bound to happen, a day was going to come when I read a story and my inner curmudgeon would be unleashed like that of a rage-fueled Norse god, leading me to write my first "get off my lawn" or "old man yells at could" take. But unlike most in sports media who want to deny or fight that time and pop culture is passing them by, I'm leaning into it. I am genuinely excited about this and even though I'm only 30, I've started to notice that pop culture has been pulling further and further...
WORLAND - Worland youth wrestler Jeff Kordonowy traveled to Pocatello, Idaho, on June 22-23 in the AAU West Grand Nationals tournament. There Kordonowy showed how tough Wyoming wrestlers are as he tried his hand at Greco-Roman, freestyle and folkstyle. Wrestling for the Billings Wrestling Club, Wyoming does not have an AAU wrestling chapter, Kordonowy won in all three styles of the schoolboy division, in three different weight classes, 110, 115 and 122 earning him the prestigious Triple Crown...
LARAMIE – During this past season, at Mount Zion Academy in Baltimore, Tariq Johnson had some free time and watched the University of Wyoming men's basketball team defeat Nevada 104-103 in double overtime at home. "I kept telling myself, 'I can see myself playing there because of their playing style, which was the same as at Mount Zion,'" Johnson said. About a month later, UW started recruiting the 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard and eventually signed him. "When I got the first call (from Wyoming), I...
Yellowstone Lake Invaders is part of series that will take a look at the efforts to restore the Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake and will be featured in the Wednesday's Outdoors page. YELLOWSTONE - It takes a village. Everyone knows that saying. It takes a village to help preserve the Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake by removing any nonnative species. Wordy, absolutely, but the point remains the same. When it comes to tackling the problem of nonnative species in...
WORLAND - The season comes to an end this weekend for the 16U Worland Wildfires as they play in the Wyoming Fastpitch Softball state tournament this Friday through Sunday in Casper. The season has had its highs and lows for the Wildfires but down the stretch, the team has put together strong outing after strong outing. Defense and pitching have been the key to the Wildfires better play of late. From the mound, pitchers Zoe Fernandez (four wins on the season), Brooke Hellyer (five wins) and...
LARAMIE – When Jake Hendricks didn't know a soul when he arrived for his freshman year at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho. That's life at the junior college level, where there is constant roster turnover. So Hendricks wasn't concerned when learned he'd be part of an eight-player signing class at the University of Wyoming. "I'm a little bit used to that, learning how other people are in a hurry and how they play," the 6-foot-5, 180-pound guard said. "That's helped me get to k...
Twitter, while certainly frustrating at times, does have plenty of positives. It provides a steady stream of information and news, breaking or otherwise. Offers a positive connection between notable people and their fans. But one of my favorite aspects of the site is the endless supply of hand-wringing and top-shelf hyperbole. This is where Twitter reigns supreme compared to other social media sites. If you just woke up from a 14-year coma and gave Twitter a go for the first time, you’d think the rapture came and went and Satan’s reign was at...
MEETEETSE - As cows and their calves neared branding pens, their pressed bays echoed through the valleys of the 91 Ranch in the foothills of the Absaroka Range. A group of riders appeared at the top of a rise on the rolling pastures of the ranch. Behind them stretched the snowcapped peaks and above them nothing but big sky and cotton-puff clouds. Though young, these wranglers are saddle-proven and tough. But they're a different kind of cowboy - they're cowboys with a mission. Celebrating its...
LARAMIE - A statue commemorating University of Wyoming Cowboys Basketball legend Kenny Sailors was unveiled in Washington Park last week, following four years of a contentious dispute between the artist and some at the university. A large crowd turned out to honor both Sailors' memory and the artist behind the statue, Rudy Gunter of Green River. "(Gunter) and I, over the past five years or so, have become friends," said Bruce Pivic, the donor who funded the statue. "And his ... love for his...
CHEYENNE – University of Wyoming redshirt junior Milo Hall announced Thursday morning on Twitter that he is leaving the Cowboys football program. "The last few years have been a roller-coaster for me due to the loss of my older brother," Hall wrote. "My story is far from finished, as I like to think it's just beginning." Hall's older brother, Gailen "Gator" Armstrong, was murdered July 30, 2016. Hall was the Cowboys' starting running back last season. He gained 90 yards on 34 carries before b...
We're on the cusp of the dog days of summer for sports news, the point in the sports calendar where the new and interesting topics slow to a trickle. After the NBA offseason, or once the big names have decided on a new team, this part of the year there's only baseball left, which doesn't get interesting until August. The World Cup will do its part to keep things fresh during this stretch but we're in the knockout rounds with the games becoming fewer. So it's time to bust out the column buffet....
WORLAND – Diesel Pickup Specialists (DPS) of Worland, has expanded into a new location, and will celebrate today with a grand reopening and events. Now located at a larger, new facility at 1082 N. 10th St., DPS primarily specializes in diesel mechanics, but also works on custom cars and diesel drag racers. At 5 p.m., the company will celebrate their new location with an open house, cookout and car show, open to the public. On Saturday, DPS will host their fifth-annual NHRDA sanctioned Dyno and D...
LARAMIE – Most high school athletes wouldn't describe the college recruiting process as "super fun." But then most high school athletes aren't put together like Encampment's Paige Powell. Armed with a maturity beyond her years and the help of family and coaches, the 6-foot Powell embraced her recruiting path and, at the end, came to a conclusion she'd known for a while – the University of Wyoming was the place for her. Powell, who will be a senior this fall, committed to the Cowgirls on Mon...
THERMOPOLIS - Full results from the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo Saturday night in Thermopolis, are as follows. All-around cowboy Bode Scott, $1,021, tie-down roping and steer wrestling. Bareback riding 1, Levi Nicholson, 80 points on Powder River Rodeo's Big Blue, $1,148. 2. Hunter Brasfield, 79, $870. 3. Craig Wisehart, 77.5, $626. 4. (tie) Tyler Scales and Skyler Erickson, 77, $330 each. 6. (tie) Cacheman Hill and Clint Griffis, 75, $87 each. Steer wrestling 1. Aaron V...
WORLAND - Before their big tournament in Heber City, Utah, 13U Worland Baseball held their annual summer tournament Saturday and Sunday at Newell Sargent Park, and after four hard-fought games, Worland finished the tournament 3-1 against a pair of Billings teams. This year's tournament did not have as many teams due to scheduling conflicts for the usual Wyoming teams like the Casper Crush. Nonetheless, Worland battled against the Triple Play Academy Black Sox and Cobras, both out of Billings,...
The NBA Draft went down Thursday night and 60 men saw their dreams come to fruition as they joined the world's best basketball league. The days leading up to the draft there was plenty of draft-related talk about where Luka Doncic was going to land or if Cleveland had a deal in place to trade their No. 8 overall pick. But among the typical draft talk, something else caught my eye. ESPN's Bomani Jones, by either his show High Noon or on Twitter, mentioned getting rid of the NBA Draft. I like...
Consistency at the plate the main focus for Worland Baseball By ALEX KUHN Sports Editor WORLAND - Defense and pitching have been strong for the Worland Baseball 13U and are the team's go-to strengths this season. However, when it comes to their bats the results have not been to their liking. Inconsistency at the plate has bothered Worland the most. Some games they will be locked in like they were in their wins against Casper, 10-0, and Gillette, 10-4, on June 9 in Casper. While other games it...
WORLAND - The season started slowly for the Worland Wildfires 16U team, but over the last couple of weeks the team has found their rhythm and have strung together strong performances. Opening the season in Gillette at the Battle of High Plains tournament the Wildfires matched up against other 16U and 18U teams from Wyoming and Nebraska. Things did not go well as they went 1-5 and committed 25 errors in six games. The Wildfires were shutout in against the Casper Voltage, 8-0, lost to the Casper C...
LARAMIE – The 2017-18 sports season began for the University of Wyoming women's soccer team by dropping a 2-1 decision at Baylor on Aug. 20 and ended with Ja'la Henderson earning her second honorable mention in the All-American honors at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on June 9. In between, UW's 15 varsity athletic programs provided moments, games and performances that Cowboy and Cowgirl fans will cherish for a long, long time. The season produced one conference champion – the men's swi...
WORLAND - Field 4 at Newell Sargent Park is hardly used during the baseball and softball seasons, but that could change soon if Worland Recreation Board baseball commissioner Ken Shearer's plan is given the thumbs up by the community. Shearer is proposing taking field 4, which is seldom used by the adult recreation league softball leagues, and converting it into three separate fields for the tee-ball and coach pitch baseball leagues to use. "We're looking at making three 100-foot fields for...
LARAMIE – Justin James got the feedback he wanted. Now, the University of Wyoming senior guard is back on campus working on what NBA coaches and staff told him to improve in order to give professional basketball at the highest level a shot next year. The 6-foot-7, 180-pound James was one of approximately 150 underclassmen who, at the very least, tested the NBA draft waters to see how they stacked up. James didn't hire an agent and recently returned to UW for his senior season. James worked o...
My father, Pete Kuhn, passed away in a mining accident on Oct. 31, 2017. I know, a downer way to start the column but hang with me. This will be the first Father's Day I don't give him a call or celebrate with him, which is weird. Sunday will feel a lot like when his birthday passed, just that sense that I'm forgetting something paired with a hollowness feeling to the day. While days like his birthday and Father's Day re-emerge the deep pain from the day he passed, it also brings with it...
CASPER (AP) — One year ago Friday, Bradie Gray almost died. At the 2017 College National Finals Rodeo, Frontier Rodeo bull Levi the Boss bucked Gray, an Odessa College rider, and stepped on his chest. Gray initially stood up under his own power but had to be carried out of the Casper Events Center arena on a board. He was left with no pulse, collapsed lungs, broken ribs, a broken sternum, a bruised aorta and a 40 percent chance to live, according to doctors at Wyoming Medical Center. Now, at the one-year anniversary of that ride, Gray has m...