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“A Century of Fridays” is now available!
It’s finally done! “A Century of Fridays: Wyoming High School Football, 1894-2011,” is now available for purchase through the book’s publisher at lulu.com.
At 596 pages, the book is an exhaustive look at high school football in the Equality State. With results of more than 22,000 games, several thousand names of all-state players dating back to 1920, and a look back at the events, people and games that helped shape the game, this book covers everything about the sport in Wyoming.
In addition to the results and listings, the book also provides information about former Wyoming high school players who have reached the NFL; the records of the 100 most victorious coaches in state history; details about deaths that have occurred from players in the state; and records and results from the Shrine Bowl.
The book also includes contributions from numerous coaches, players and media members, who picked out their favorite players, teams and moments from more than a century’s worth of games. Contributors include:
Harold Bailey, head coach, Shoshoni 1975-2001
Bob Bonnar, associate publisher, Newcastle News Letter Journal
Brick Cegelski, head coach, Cheyenne Central 1996-present
Steve Core, KUGR radio, Green River
Kay Fackrell, head coach, Goshen Hole 1974, Lyman 1976-79, Evanston 1980-97
Robert Gagliardi, sports editor, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
John Gabrielsen, editor, wyopreps.com
Cory Griffith, sports writer, Lusk Herald
Steve Harshman, head coach, Natrona 1991-2011
Jerry Hart, head coach, Green River 1967-68, Star Valley 1969-81
Art Hill, head coach, Glenrock 1952-55, Riverton 1957-58, Natrona 1965-83
Jeremiah Johnke, sports writer, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
George Kay, former sportscaster, K2 Television
Bill Landen, former sports editor, Casper Star-Tribune
Pat Lynch, head coach, Buffalo 1998-2011
John McDougall, head coach, Dubois 1968-73, Cody 1974-98
Jack Nowlin, sports writer, Casper Star-Tribune
Clint Oldenburg, Gillette Class of 2001; Washington Redskins 2007
Steven Peck, publisher, Riverton Ranger
Lew Roney, 1965 AP state player of the year; head coach, Cheyenne Central 1990-95
Carl Selmer, head coach, Worland 1947-57
Sally Ann Shurmur, former sports writer and current community news editor, Casper Star-Tribune
Ben Smith, head coach, Rocky Mountain 1988-2002
Kent Smith, KYCN/KZEW radio, Wheatland
“Smokey” Mark Stenson, KYDT radio, Sundance/Upton
Order your copy today; I’ve listed it at 10 percent off for a short time.
Thanks again to everyone who made this book possible!
–patrick
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Updates: 1971 all-state
Thanks to some help from former Laramie player Blake Newman, I recently added the Class AA all-state team for 1971. I appreciate the help, Blake!
The all-state listings I have are nearly complete back to 1920, but I can still use some help. If you have a team I am missing, please email it to me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com. I am still searching for the following teams:
1994, Class 1A 9-man
1970, Class AA and Class B
1969, Class B
1966, 1967, 1968, all classes
1965, Class A and Class B
1963, Class B
1958, all classes
1957, Class B
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, all classes
1939, all classes
1936, all classes
1932, 1933, all classes
1929, all classes
1926, all classes
–patrick
Progress on ‘A Century of Fridays’
I have received several emails in the past couple weeks asking about my new book, “A Century of Fridays,” which covers high school football in Wyoming from the first game in 1894 to the 2011 state championships last November.
The book, unfortunately, will not be available in time for Christmas. You CAN still give the book for Christmas by having your gift receiver proceed to this page; then, when the book comes out, you can hook them up for realsies.
The book is in the final stages of production and should be available in roughly 6-8 weeks. I’m doing everything I can to keep the price as low as possible. Mostly, that means chopping my share of the profits down to basically nothing. I’m trying to keep the actual price of the book as close to the cost of the production as I can.
I have several excuses as to why the book was not ready before now, but they’re all excuses. The bottom line is that the book is still coming out, just about a month or two later than I would have hoped, and if your friends are really good friends they’ll understand why you’re giving them a web page for Christmas and not a book.
–patrick
A Century of Fridays cover. Book by Patrick Schmiedt.
Site updates: Lyman, Lusk, Guernsey-Sunrise
Two quick updates:
I noted that Lyman’s head coach from 1973 to 1975 was Rick Lambson, not Brad Jacobson as previously noted. Thanks to current Lyman coach Ted Holmstrom for the help!
I also noted the Oct. 11, 1999, between Lusk and Guernsey-Sunrise was an 85-0 Lusk victory, not 75-0. Thanks to Ryan Rapp and Cory Griffith for their help on this one!
–patrick
Consecutive scoring streaks, through 2011
One of the most interesting records going in the state right now was preserved through the 2011 season.
Cokeville, in winning the Class 1A 11-man championship, scored in all 11 of its games this fall, extending to 141 its streak of consecutive scoring games. The Panthers haven’t been shut out since 1997. It’s the longest such streak in state history.
Of course, the Panthers were shut out in regulation once this year, against Mountain View, but scored three points in overtime in a 6-3 loss to keep the streak alive.
Oddly enough, the second-longest streak in state history is current, too, as Buffalo has gone 105 games since being shut out. The Bison’s streak runs back to 2001.
Here are the top 10 active streaks in the state, through the end of this year:
1. Cokeville, 141 games
2. Buffalo, 105 games
3. Gillette, 78 games
4. Southeast, 74 games
5. Natrona, 73 games
6. Sheridan, 61 games
7. Douglas, 52 games
8t. Greybull and Midwest, 39 games
10. Ten Sleep, 34 games
All-time, streaks that have reached at least 70 games (not including current streaks) include:
Byron, 96 consecutive games from 1963-74
Gillette, 93 consecutive games from 1989-99
Lusk, 92 consecutive games from 1993-2003
Lingle, 88 consecutive games from 1953-65
Basin, 86 consecutive games from 1965-75
Evanston, 86 consecutive games from 1976-86
Green River, 85 consecutive games from 2002-10
Rocky Mountain, 82 consecutive games from 1991-2000
Burlington, 77 consecutive games from 1992-2001 (includes three forfeit losses)
Mountain View, 75 consecutive games from 1989-98
Basin, 74 consecutive games from 1977-86 (streak grows to 80 when adding Riverside’s 1987 season)
Big Horn, 70 consecutive games from 1939-57
Buffalo, 70 consecutive games from 1987-94
–patrick
Schools with artificial turf fields
Just a little random checklist to make sure I have all of the schools with turf fields accounted for. If any are missing, let me know.
Big Horn
Cody
Douglas
Jackson
Moorcroft
Natrona
Pinedale
Powell (next year’s new field)
Riverton
Rock Springs
Sheridan
Star Valley
That makes 12 total. Anyone I am forgetting?
–patrick
Updates: 2011 all-state and Shoshoni
The 2011 all-state teams have been added to the all-state listings.
Additionally, I made one small correction to the overall record for Shoshoni; the Wranglers’ all-time victory total is 256 and I had listed 252. The update has been made on all the relevant pages.
–patrick
2011 Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 team
The Casper Star-Tribune released its annual Super 25 all-star team on Friday. Members of the first team included:
Nick Bazemore, Gillette
Josh Cragoe, Powell
Collin Eisenman, Sheridan
Matt Eddington, Evanston
Wade Eyre, Lyman
Mark Grant, Lovell
Colter Hamel, Green River
Terry Jackson, Kelly Walsh
Jordan Johnson, Cokeville
Jerome Krysl, Green River
Tanner Miller, Douglas
A.J. Montanez, Lovell
Olie Olson, Powell
Braidy Parks, Douglas
Dan Reese, Natrona
Jordan Roberts, Sheridan
Riley Ryan, Sheridan
Tanner Simpson, Lander
Cisco Taylor, Lyman
Jake Thomas, Natrona
Anthony Valdez, Cheyenne East
Cody Vollmar, Natrona
Daniel Wille, Snake River
Jeremy Woods, Cheyenne East
Zac Zimmerer, Southeast
Second team, third team and honorable mention choices were also made. See Friday’s Star-Tribune for bios on each first-team player, as well as the other selections.
–patrick
2011 season updates posted
The 2011 season updates have been posted on all the relevant pages. The update includes 310 games; that bumps the total up for the site to 22,440.
Additionally, I have one small update to mention: a Coaches Project update for Superior.
–patrick