The Wyoming track and field champions archive has been updated with the 2016 champions. It’s pretty sweet.
–patrick
The 1963 Class B and 1965 Class A all-state teams have been added to the site! Thanks again to Jim Craig, as usual, for his help!
All-state listings for the 1960s are here.
–patrick
A short reminder for state track and field weekend: This site lists every Wyoming high school track and field champion back to 1974 for boys and 1973 for girls, as well as team champions back to 1922. Bookmark it now so you can refer to it on Thursday, Friday and Saturday!
–patrick
Kaycee’s Hayden Fauber will join the North squad for the Shrine Bowl.
He replaces Kelly Walsh’s Alex Ferguson for the game, executive director John Cundall said in a release.
The annual all-star football game is June 11 in Casper.
–patrick
Jim Craig has come through again with some more help on games I’ve long been questioning. Thanks to his help, I’ve been able to make these updates:
Added Moorcroft’s 32-0 loss to the Natrona JV on Sept. 27, 1979, in Casper.
Fixed the score and winner of Goshen Hole’s 12-6 victory against Burns on Nov. 2, 1971. I had Burns winning by the same score.
Fixed the score and winner of Burlington’s 50-0 victory against Manderson on Sept. 13, 1974. I had Manderson winning by the same score.
Fixed the score and winner of Rawlins’ 26-16 victory against Lander on Oct. 8, 1976. I had Lander winning by the same score.
Fixed the score and winner of Wheatland’s 35-0 victory against the Laramie JV on Sept. 8, 1979. I had the Laramie JV winning by the same score.
All of the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.
–patrick
Four players have been added to the 2016 Shrine Bowl rosters, executive director John Cundall said Monday.
Sheridan’s Zach Campbell, Jackson’s Gabe Walls and Buffalo’s Tommy Fieldgrove have been added to the North team, while Dusty Iorg of Mountain View was added to the South squad. They replace Sheridan’s Blake Godwin, Buffalo’s Trey Schroefel and Tongue River’s Jaxn Kobza (North), and Torrington’s Colton Bustillos (South).
The student athletic trainers/managers will be KinDale Andreen of Thermopolis and Sierra Force of Natrona (North), and Ang Back of Douglas and McKenna Worden of Laramie (South). They will work with the certified trainers, Joanne Brewster of Sheridan (North) and Alan Hill of Cheyenne East (South).
The annual all-star football game is June 11 in Casper.
–patrick
A couple updates; Mr. “Stat Rat” himself Jim Craig helped me verify the correct final scores for these games. Thanks for the help!
I updated Saratoga’s 7-6 victory against Cokeville on Oct. 9, 1986. Originally I had Cokeville winning by the same score. The Saratoga yearbook from that year tipped me off that I might have it wrong; Mr. Craig verified the Saratoga victory.
(This correction is especially relevant now, as Cokeville coach Todd Dayton chases down career victory No. 300. “Losing” this victory knocks Dayton down to 298 career victories, two short of the cute, round number of 300 that I’ll probably celebrate more than Dayton will…)
I also updated Glenrock’s 36-27 loss to the Natrona JV on Oct. 18, 1974. I originally had Glenrock winning this game 27-26.
All the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.
As always, if you see anything that looks wrong, please let me know!
–patrick
Inspired by the tallying of Wyoming high school football stadium capacities, last week I updated the locations and elevations for those stadiums on the stadiums page.
I used a new tool to re-estimate the elevations of every stadium — Daft Logic’s elevation estimator — and also reset the locations of a handful of new stadiums that have popped up since 2013, when I originally did this research.
Kemmerer’s new stadium increased its elevation 87 feet and moved the Rangers’ rank from fifth to third statewide, leaping Evanston and Dubois. Recalculation of Saratoga’s elevation at its new stadium increased the Panthers’ home-field elevation 83 feet and put the Panthers ahead of Big Piney, Hanna and Rawlins. Riverton’s new stadium bumped up the elevation 50 feet and helped Riverton leap past Cody and Lusk. Most other schools saw their elevations change slightly, although most by no more than a couple feet in either direction; only one of those little changes caused any change in the order of the schools, as Guernsey-Sunrise jumped Thermopolis.
All of the details on locations and elevations of stadiums are available here.
–patrick
Through the work of Jim Craig, who has been indispensable researching all-state teams, the 1954 Class AA all-state team has been added to the site. Thanks to Jim for his help!
–patrick
Dan Gallas, a veteran coach who was formerly head coach at three different high schools in Colorado, was named the head coach at Cheyenne South on Tuesday, KGWN-TV and the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reported.
Gallas was head coach at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora from 1999 to 2002 and again in 2014. Previously, he coached at Grand Junction High School from 1990-95 and at Northglenn High School from 1985-89. He compiled a 101-70 record, including a state runner-up finish in 1994, KGWN reported.
Gallas replaces Tracy Pugh, who coached the Bison for their first five seasons of varsity football. Pugh went 3-42.
–patrick