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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Talent pool hits Eastern Laramie County
On my two trips out to Burns and Pine Bluffs, it is apparent that both girls basketball teams will contend for the Class 2A state title this season.
The Lady Broncs and Lady Hornets know what they have to do to have success, and they do it.
They don’t do any more or any less than that. Plus, the two teams listen to their respective coaches.
That tells me as situations arise as the season goes on, they are open to being coached. And that, more than anything else, is what leads me to think as I do.
What gives Burns a slight edge over its bitter rival is experience.
The Broncs have gone through this before when they finished third at state a season ago.
You can tell their loss to eventual state champ Big Horn serves as their motivation to make sure this season turns out different.
Burns plays in your face defense, forces turnovers and has a balanced offensive attack.
On any given night, the Broncs have four players who can score. The mix of those three things makes for a dangerous team.
Now, whether that means Burns will win a state title this season, I don’t know.
As for the Hornets, it’s just a matter of gaining experience and growing as a team, as cliche as it sounds.
The thing Pine as going for it is it has talent and depth.
At the same time, those are the same things Burns possesses.
I don’t know who will win the Class 2A state title this season, but from what I’ve seen, both of these teams will have a say in who does.
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Sheridan vs. Central live blog
BLOG GOING LIVE AT 3:10
Jeremiah will be live blogging the Class 4A state championship football game between Cheyenne Central and Sheridan this Saturday afternoon.
Come back on Saturday afternoon to get up to the minute information from the game.
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Class 1A six-man championship: Guernsey 21, Kaycee 0, 8:29 1st
Copsey scores another rushing touchdown. Boomhower hits Troy Hunt with a pass for the conversion after a false start penalty moves the PAT back five yards.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Lacrosse tourney in Cheyenne
The Cheyenne Lacrosse Club will host its first-ever Perfect Storm 7-on-7 tournament Saturday at The Pointe Park. It will feature the Cheyenne Indians, Cheyenne Thunderbirds, Laramie, Windsor, Colo., and two teams from Loveland, Colo.
A standard lacrosse game features 10 players per side, but 7-on-7 is an alternate form often seen in summer and fall leagues.
The Indians — made up of students from Cheyenne’s Central High — and the Thunderbirds — students from Cheyenne’s East High — are in the midst of their annual fall skill development season.
Loveland and Windsor are entering their second season as full-fledged varsity programs. All the Wyoming teams are entering their fourth as club squads.
This should be a fun event for the Cheyenne lacrosse community.
Here’s the schedule for the event.
Field 1
9 a.m.Loveland 1 vs. Indians
10: Laramie vs. Indians
11:Larame vs. Loveland 1
Field 2
9:Laramie vs. Thunderbirds
10:Loveland 2 vs. Thunderbirds
11:Loveland 2 vs. Indians
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Unused quotes Part 1
Often times, some quotes don’t make the paper. There are a variety of reasons for that. When it comes to our local sports briefs, it’s often because we have WAY TOO MUCH content than we have space. Quotes from our local high shcool coaches are usually the first things to go. Here are some from Cheyenne volleyball coaches about the Gillette Invitational that didn’t make Sunday’s paper.
Cheyenne East volleyball coach Jaye Wacker
“We struggled a little bit. But, overall, the weekend was a big success for us. We did so many things better.”
Cheyenne Central volleyball coach Kerry Will
“The girls competed a lot harder against some very tough competition this week. Although we still have plenty to work on, I’m proud of the way they played the past two days.”
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Who’s it gonna be
Twelve newsroom staffers from the WTE have cast their ballots, the interviews are done, the photos are being taken and the 2009 WTE male and female Prep Athletes of the Year will be revealed Saturday and Sunday.
In the meantime, who would you vote for as this year’s top male and female athletes from the WTE distribution area (Cheyenne, Burns, Pine Bluffs, Chugwater and Wheatland)?
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
An enjoyable afternoon
My interest in thoroughbred racing has increased exponentially over the past few years. I’m not sure what sparked the added interest, but I’ve been watching a lot more horse racing the past few years and DVR’d Animal Planet’s series “Jockeys” about — believe it or not — jockeys at Santa Anita Park in California. My friends and I have sort of jokingly talked about making a trip to Churchill Downs and watching the Kentucky Derby.
In the meantime, though, I saw my first live horse races Monday. My wife and I went to Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., on a whim and had a very enjoyable time.
We got there late and only stuck around for maybe five races and the only thing that could have made it more fun would be sharing it with friends. The admission cost is very, very reasonable, the facility is quite clean, new-looking and extremely family-friendly.
However, I will say this, horse racing is a lot more fun to watch when you have a rooting interest. Even as little as a $2 rooting interest.
I stuck to picking winners only because I wasn’t smart enough to figure out how to pick a trifecta on the automated betting machine. Plus, I didn’t want to be the jerk holding up the line while I tried to figure it out.
The guy working the counter wasn’t so friendly and kind of angrily mumbled at me when I went to claim my only winnings of the day, so I stuck with the automated machine. That’s not really a complaint because it didn’t ruin my day.
I did OK. I picked a winner on my first bet — I absolutely HAD to put my money on a horse named TakeItToTheBank — and then picked a pair of second-place horses.
The final race came off 8-1 and was my hope to make back the whopping $9 I had lost. Hillside Manor was looking pretty good coming around the turns in the 5.5 furlong race, but faded mightily down the stretch and race favorite Evansville Van ended up winning going away.
It was very affordable and pleasant and I look forward to returning with my friends during one of the graded stakes races Arapahoe Park is hosting later this summer.
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Yeah right
The adage is that if a professional sports front office person is speaking before the draft, you can almost guarantee that person is lying. So forgive me if I don’t believe Los Angeles Clippers president Andy Roeser when he said there’s no guarantee his club will take Oklahoma standout Blake Griffin with the No. 1 overall pick in next month’s NBA Draft.
I might have believed him had he not shown up to last night’s draft lottery wearing a suit coat with a “No. 1″ Clippers jersey stitched under one side and Griffin’s jersey number under the other. If you’re not taking Griffin No. 1, Mr. Roeser, then why did you show up with his jersey number under your jacket?
If they’re speaking they’re probably lying.
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Hulkamania won’t run wild on the NBA playoffs
OK, brother, I know Hulk Hogan isn’t active in the World Wrestling Federation … I mean World Wresting ENTERTAINMENT. Still, there was a brief scheduling conflict with the Pepsi Center and WWE’s Monday Night Raw.
The WWE had the event slated for next Monday, but has had to be preempted because that’s also the night the Nuggets are slated to host Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals.
The big hassle came because the WWE event is a live national television broadcast. Now Vince McMahon is going to have to find another venue to schedule that traveling freak show. Good luck.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
At least he’s got a good excuse
In case you missed it, Roger Clemens went on ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike program to combat the latest steroid allegations leveled against him in a new book “American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime” written by four reporters from the New York Daily News.
At one point in the interview, Clemens said taking steroids would be suicidal because his family has a history of heart conditions. There’s just one problem with this excuse . . . aw, heck, I’ll just quote him directly:
“My brother had a heart attack in his late 40s ,” Clemens said. “My step dad died of a heart attack. I mean, it would be suicidal for me to even thinking about taking any of these dangerous drugs.”
You mean to tell me that your step father dying of a heart attack means you too are gentecially predisposed to the condition as well? Give me a break!
Just when I thought Clemens’ weakest excuse was that Andy Pettitte – who worked out with Clemens and his former trainer and steroid supplier Brian McNamee – had “misremembered” about Clemens’ steroid and human growth hormone use, he tops it with this humdinger about his step father’s heart attack.