Wilkerson, VandeBossche named Shrine Bowl head coaches

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Vic Wilkerson of Gillette and Matt VandeBossche of Lusk will be the head coaches for the 41st Shrine Bowl.

The game will be played June 14, 2014, in Casper.

Wilkerson will coach the North team and VandeBossche the South. Wilkerson was head coach for the North team in 2006, while VandeBossche is the Shrine Bowl head coach for the first time. This is the third time a coach from Lusk has led the South — former coach Jerry Fullmer was the South coach twice, in 1987 and 2000 — while Gillette will have a coach lead the North team for the fourth time.

The coaches will assemble their assistant coaching staffs and, together, the staffs will pick the players for the annual all-star football game.

The North, which won last year’s game 34-6, leads the all-time series 19-18-3.

–patrick

Wheatland’s Schultz resigns to pursue new opportunity

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Wheatland football coach Scott Schultz has resigned to pursue national opportunities tied to his work as a strength coach.

In an email to wyoming-football.com on Monday, Schultz said he is attempting to pursue a position as an athletic trainer with at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Schultz said he will move to Colorado in January.

Schultz said he is a nationally registered strength coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association — one of 84 such people in the country — and a nationally certified performance enhancement specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

“It is my intention to go and pursue the national office as a trainer and hopefully get a chance to prove myself enough to get into the Olympic Training Center,” Schultz wrote. ” … All will take some work and persistence but is something I have been striving for over the last 10 years.”

Schultz started coaching at Wheatland in 2006. He went 30-42 in eight seasons with the Bulldogs. Wheatland reached the playoffs five times under Schultz and advanced to the semifinals in 2006.

A replacement has not yet been named.

To see the list of all coaching changes statewide, click here.

–patrick

Wyoming high school football head coaching changes for 2014

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Published Dec. 16, 2013; last updated Aug. 20, 2014.

The following head coaching changes are taking place for Wyoming high school football teams for the 2014 season:

Cheyenne Central: Drew Severn is set to take over as the Indians’ next head coach, per a school announcement. Severn has been an assistant football coach in Burns and in Arizona and was an assistant wrestling coach at Central. He takes over for Brick Cegelski, who resigned after 18 seasons as coach, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reported. Cegelski went 85-87 in his tenure.

Greybull: Marty Wrage has accepted the head coaching post at Greybull, wyoming-football.com was notified. Wrage was previously a head football coach in Ogallala, Neb. He replaces Justin Bernhardt, who resigned after going 7-11 in two years as head coach, the Greybull Standard reported.

Lander: Assistant coach John Rounds has been promoted to be the new head coach. Rounds, who previously coached the Tigers’ offensive line and linebackers, replaces Doug Hughes, who went 26-29 in six years as head coach. Hughes is now Lander’s activities director.

Moorcroft: Dusty Petz will replace Steve Richter as Moorcroft’s coach, the coaches told wyoming-football.com via email. Petz is Moorcroft’s boys basketball coach. Richter was Moorcroft’s coach for 11 seasons, going 30-63.

Powell: Chanler Buck was named the interim head coach at Powell, AD Tim Wormald said via email. Buck was previously a volunteer assistant with Powell. He takes the place of Jim Stringer, who died in July after 11 seasons as head coach.

Rawlins: Corey Wheeler will be Rawlins’ head coach in 2014, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle’s Jeremiah Johnke reported on Twitter. Wheeler will replace Tom Waring, who resigned after one season as head coach, the Rawlins Daily Times reported. Rawlins went 1-7 last season.

Rock River: Terrance Reese will be the head coach for Rock River’s first varsity football season, school officials said via email to wyoming-football.com. He replaces Ray Moore, who resigned in February.

Rock Springs: David Hastings was named the Tigers’ new head coach in May, the school announced via Facebook. Hastings has previously coached in both Utah and Idaho. He takes over for Tom Jassman, who coached the Tigers for three years and went 6-24.

Wheatland: Dusty Hudson was named Wheatland’s new head football coach, AD Frank Jesse told wyoming-football.com via email. He replaces Scott Schultz, who resigned after eight seasons to pursue national opportunities as a strength coach. Schultz went 30-42 in his span.

Worland: Thor Ware has been named the head coach at Worland. Ware, who previously coached at Sugar-Salem, Idaho, and Rainier, Oregon, replaces co-coaches Josh Garcia and Bryan Bailey, who went 3-6 in their only year as head coaches together.

Wyoming Indian: Todd Ghormley was named Wyoming Indian’s new head coach, Casper Star-Tribune reporter Jack Nowlin said on Twitter. He replaces Taylor Her Many Horses, who went 2-14 in two years as head coach of the Chiefs.

If you know of other head football coaching changes in Wyoming, post a comment below or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

2014 Wyoming high school football schedule released

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New classifications and new conference alignments will bring significant changes to the 2014 Wyoming high school football schedule.

The Wyoming High School Activities Association released the 2014 football schedule to schools today at the statewide scheduling meeting in Casper. Class 4A is the only classification where significant changes were not made. Reclassification changed the number of schools in Class 2A, Class 1A 11-man and Class 1A six-man, prompting big overhauls to the schedules in those classifications.

With Tongue River and Moorcroft joining Class 1A 11-man from Class 2A and Saratoga and Wyoming Indian joining 1A 11-man from six-man, the most significant changes came at the Class 1A 11-man level. With an unbalanced conference alignment of seven teams in the East Conference at eight in the West, an East Conference team has a bye each week of the conference season. Schools may choose to fill that bye week with a sub-varsity opponent.

In Class 2A, where seven teams are now in each conference instead of eight, the dilemma of odd conference numbers was solved by having the teams not involved in conference games that week play each other. The fix created seven intriguing cross-conference matchups: Lyman-Big Horn, Mountain View-Burns, Newcastle-Greybull, Big Piney-Wheatland, Lovell-Thermopolis, Pinedale-Wright and Kemmerer-Glenrock.

Two longtime rivalries were brought back to life in the Week 1 nonconference schedule, where Riverside will play Greybull and Burns will play Pine Bluffs in interclass games. However, Big Horn and Tongue River will not renew their annual rivalry as part of the regularly scheduled season.

In six-man, the schedule was unbalanced due to the number of teams (13) in the classification after Wyoming Indian and Saratoga left for 11-man and Rock River moved from the junior-varsity level to varsity. The unbalanced conference alignment forces one team in the classification per week to have an open week, which, like in 11-man, can be filled with a sub-varsity opponent. Rock River, playing its first varsity season in school history next season, opens its schedule with road games at St. Stephens and NSI the first two weeks before hosting Kaycee in Week 3.

Class 3A’s schedule was also significantly reorganized, even though the same conference alignment carried over from 2013 to 2014. However, the 3A schedule’s organization — nonconference games the first three weeks, conference games the final five weeks — remained the same.

As in previous seasons, Class 3A, Class 2A and Class 1A schools may schedule their own games or scrimmages in Zero Week. Those contests will be scheduled throughout the year.

The Class 4A schedule did not change anything except for host sites; the 2014 schedule mirrors the 2013 schedule but with locations flipped for every matchup.

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Here are some week-by-week highlights of key games:

Week 0: Kelly Walsh at Gillette. The Camels spanked the improved Trojans in the season opener last year, and if KW is a contender in 2014, it will have to show it in Campbell County to start the season.

Week 1: Natrona at Cheyenne East; Powell at Douglas. The rematches for both the Class 4A and Class 3A title games this year will be staged in Week 1. They’re the only title-game rematches of the season — Class 2A, Class 1A 11-man and Class 1A six-man’s title-game participants won’t play each other in the 2014 regular season. Other key games: Big Horn at Lovell; Dubois at Guernsey-Sunrise; Rock River at St. Stephens; Burns at Pine Bluffs.

Week 2: Guernsey-Sunrise at Kaycee. Both the Vikings and Buckaroos are set up to be contenders in the six-man East Conference next season, and this is an important early conference game. Other key games: Cheyenne Central at Gillette; Riverton at Star Valley; Thermopolis at Wheatland; Riverside at Burlington; Meeteetse at Snake River.

Week 3: Natrona at Gillette; Sheridan at Cheyenne East. A reprise of this year’s 4A semifinal round will be played in Week 3 next year — and they figure to be critical games again in 2014. Other key games: Star Valley at Douglas; Pinedale at Lovell; Wheatland at Newcastle; Shoshoni at Cokeville.

Week 4: Burns at Thermopolis. The Broncs get their chance at revenge against the Bobcats, who knocked them out of the playoffs this year and move into the same conference next year, at the halfway point in 2014. Other key games: Kelly Walsh at Cheyenne East; Cody at Star Valley; Torrington at Riverton; Lovell at Mountain View; Cokeville at Rocky Mountain; Lingle at Southeast; Midwest at Kaycee.

Week 5: 4A rivalry week (Cheyenne East at Cheyenne Central; Gillette at Sheridan; Natrona at Kelly Walsh.) The Oil Bowl will be played for the 50th time in 2014 and will take center stage, but the other two 4A rivalry games will be just as significant in the conference race. Other key games: Lander at Buffalo; Star Valley at Powell; Lyman at Lovell; Dubois at Meeteetse.

Week 6: Cody at Jackson. Both Broncs squads were improved in 2013 and will want to continue to build on that in 2014, but they’ll still have to go through each other to keep pace in the competitive 3A West. Other key games: Burns at Big Horn; Newcastle at Glenrock; Lingle at Lusk; Saratoga at Burlington; Hulett at Guernsey-Sunrise.

Week 7: Southeast at Lusk. Whenever the Cyclones and Tigers meet, it’s a big game. Next season’s matchup figures to be no different. Other key games: Sheridan at Natrona; Douglas at Riverton; Jackson at Powell; Big Horn at Newcastle; Lyman at Greybull; Rocky Mountain at Riverside; Midwest at Hulett.

Week 8: Mountain View at Lyman. In a week chock full of rivalry games, the Bridger Valley showdown may be the most crucial in terms of playoff seeding and conference championship races. Other key games: Cheyenne East at Gillette; Cody at Powell; Riverton at Lander; Star Valley at Jackson; Big Piney at Pinedale; Greybull at Lovell; Burlington at Rocky Mountain; Upton-Sundance at Southeast; Guernsey-Sunrise at Meeteetse; Kaycee at Hanna.

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Wyoming Football Schedules By Week

Game dates and times will be set by participating schools.

Week 0 (Friday, Aug. 29)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Natrona
Cheyenne East at Rock Springs
Evanston at Cheyenne South
Kelly Walsh at Gillette
Laramie at Sheridan

Week 1 (Friday, Sept. 5)
Class 4A
Cheyenne South at Cheyenne Central
Gillette at Evanston
Natrona at Cheyenne East
Rock Springs at Laramie
Sheridan at Kelly Walsh
Class 3A
Buffalo at Cody
Green River at Riverton
Lander at Worland
Powell at Douglas
Class 2A
Big Horn at Lovell
Thermopolis at Pinedale
Wheatland at Lyman
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Lusk
Lingle at Saratoga
Tongue River at Rocky Mountain
Upton-Sundance at Wind River
Wyoming Indian at Moorcroft
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Guernsey-Sunrise
Hanna at Snake River
Kaycee at Ten Sleep
Meeteetse at Hulett
Midwest at Farson
Rock River at St. Stephens
Interclass
Burns at Pine Bluffs
Cokeville at Mountain View
Glenrock at Torrington
Kemmerer at Rawlins
Riverside at Greybull
Shoshoni at Big Piney
Wright at Southeast
Interstate
Jackson at Teton, Idaho
Preston, Idaho, at Star Valley
Open: Newcastle; NSI.

Week 2 (Friday, Sept. 12)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Gillette
Cheyenne East at Cheyenne South
Evanston at Sheridan
Kelly Walsh at Rock Springs
Laramie at Natrona
Class 3A
Douglas at Cody
Lander at Jackson
Powell at Buffalo
Rawlins at Green River
Riverton at Star Valley
Worland at Torrington
Class 2A
Lyman at Big Horn
Glenrock at Wright
Greybull at Mountain View
Kemmerer at Pinedale
Lovell at Big Piney
Newcastle at Burns
Thermopolis at Wheatland
Class 1A 11-man
Lusk at Upton-Sundance
Moorcroft at Tongue River
Pine Bluffs at Lingle
Riverside at Burlington
Rocky Mountain at Shoshoni
Saratoga at Cokeville
Wind River at Wyoming Indian
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at St. Stephens
Guernsey-Sunrise at Kaycee
Hulett at Hanna
Meeteetse at Snake River
Rock River at NSI
Ten Sleep at Midwest
Open: Farson; Southeast.

Week 3 (Friday, Sept. 19)
Class 4A
Cheyenne South at Kelly Walsh
Laramie at Evanston
Natrona at Gillette
Rock Springs at Cheyenne Central
Sheridan at Cheyenne East
Class 3A
Cody at Lander
Green River at Torrington
Rawlins at Jackson
Riverton at Powell
Star Valley at Douglas
Worland at Buffalo
Class 2A
Big Horn at Glenrock
Big Piney at Greybull
Lyman at Kemmerer
Mountain View at Burns
Pinedale at Lovell
Wheatland at Newcastle
Wright at Thermopolis
Class 1A 11-man
Moorcroft at Lusk
Rocky Mountain at Saratoga
Shoshoni at Cokeville
Southeast at Pine Bluffs
Tongue River at Upton-Sundance
Wind River at Riverside
Wyoming Indian at Burlington
Class 1A six-man
Farson at Dubois
Kaycee at Rock River
Midwest at Guernsey-Sunrise
NSI at Hulett
St. Stephens at Hanna
Ten Sleep at Meeteetse
Open: Lingle; Snake River.

Week 4 (Friday, Sept. 26)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Laramie
Evanston at Natrona
Gillette at Cheyenne South
Kelly Walsh at Cheyenne East
Sheridan at Rock Springs
Class 3A
Buffalo at Rawlins
Cody at Star Valley
Douglas at Lander
Jackson at Worland
Powell at Green River
Torrington at Riverton
Class 2A
Big Horn at Wright
Burns at Thermopolis
Glenrock at Wheatland
Kemmerer at Big Piney
Lovell at Mountain View
Newcastle at Greybull
Pinedale at Lyman
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Wind River
Cokeville at Rocky Mountain
Lingle at Southeast
Lusk at Tongue River
Riverside at Wyoming Indian
Saratoga at Shoshoni
Upton-Sundance at Moorcroft
Class 1A six-man
Guernsey-Sunrise at NSI
Hanna at Rock River
Hulett at Dubois
Meeteetse at Farson
Midwest at Kaycee
Snake River at Ten Sleep
Open: Pine Bluffs; St. Stephens.

Week 5 (Friday, Oct. 3)
Class 4A
Cheyenne East at Cheyenne Central
Cheyenne South at Laramie
Gillette at Sheridan
Natrona at Kelly Walsh
Rock Springs at Evanston
Class 3A
Douglas at Torrington
Jackson at Green River
Lander at Buffalo
Riverton at Rawlins
Star Valley at Powell
Worland at Cody
Class 2A
Big Piney at Wheatland
Glenrock at Burns
Greybull at Kemmerer
Lyman at Lovell
Mountain View at Pinedale
Thermopolis at Big Horn
Wright at Newcastle
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Cokeville
Lusk at Pine Bluffs
Moorcroft at Southeast
Riverside at Saratoga
Upton-Sundance at Lingle
Wind River at Rocky Mountain
Wyoming Indian at Shoshoni
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Meeteetse
Farson at NSI
Guernsey-Sunrise at Hanna
Kaycee at Hulett
Rock River at Midwest
St. Stephens at Snake River
Open: Ten Sleep; Tongue River.

Week 6 (Friday, Oct. 10)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Sheridan
Evanston at Kelly Walsh
Laramie at Cheyenne East
Natrona at Cheyenne South
Rock Springs at Gillette
Class 3A
Buffalo at Riverton
Cody at Jackson
Green River at Star Valley
Powell at Worland
Rawlins at Douglas
Torrington at Lander
Class 2A
Big Piney at Lyman
Burns at Big Horn
Kemmerer at Mountain View
Lovell at Thermopolis
Newcastle at Glenrock
Pinedale at Greybull
Wheatland at Wright
Class 1A 11-man
Cokeville at Riverside
Lingle at Lusk
Pine Bluffs at Upton-Sundance
Rocky Mountain at Wyoming Indian
Saratoga at Burlington
Shoshoni at Wind River
Southeast at Tongue River
Class 1A six-man
Farson at Ten Sleep
Hanna at Midwest
Hulett at Guernsey-Sunrise
Meeteetse at St. Stephens
NSI at Kaycee
Snake River at Dubois
Open: Moorcroft; Rock River.

Week 7 (Friday, Oct. 17)
Class 4A
Cheyenne East at Evanston
Cheyenne South at Rock Springs
Gillette at Laramie
Kelly Walsh at Cheyenne Central
Sheridan at Natrona
Class 3A
Douglas at Riverton
Green River at Cody
Jackson at Powell
Lander at Rawlins
Star Valley at Worland
Torrington at Buffalo
Class 2A
Big Horn at Newcastle
Burns at Wheatland
Lovell at Kemmerer
Lyman at Greybull
Mountain View at Big Piney
Pinedale at Wright
Thermopolis at Glenrock
Class 1A 11-man
Moorcroft at Pine Bluffs
Rocky Mountain at Riverside
Shoshoni at Burlington
Southeast at Lusk
Tongue River at Lingle
Wind River at Saratoga
Wyoming Indian at Cokeville
Class 1A six-man
Hanna at NSI
Midwest at Hulett
Rock River at Guernsey-Sunrise
St. Stephens at Farson
Snake River at Kaycee
Ten Sleep at Dubois
Open: Meeteetse; Upton-Sundance.

Week 8 (Friday, Oct. 24)
Class 4A
Cheyenne East at Gillette
Evanston at Cheyenne Central
Laramie at Kelly Walsh
Natrona at Rock Springs
Sheridan at Cheyenne South
Class 3A
Buffalo at Douglas
Cody at Powell
Rawlins at Torrington
Riverton at Lander
Star Valley at Jackson
Worland at Green River
Class 2A
Big Piney at Pinedale
Greybull at Lovell
Glenrock at Kemmerer
Mountain View at Lyman
Newcastle at Thermopolis
Wheatland at Big Horn
Wright at Burns
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Rocky Mountain
Cokeville at Wind River
Lingle at Moorcroft
Pine Bluffs at Tongue River
Riverside at Shoshoni
Saratoga at Wyoming Indian
Upton-Sundance at Southeast
Class 1A six-man
Farson at Snake River
Guernsey-Sunrise at Meeteetse
Hulett at Rock River
Kaycee at Hanna
NSI at Midwest
St. Stephens at Ten Sleep
Open: Dubois; Lusk.

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Wyoming Football Schedules By Team

Schedules are listed in order starting with Week 1, except in Class 4A, where schedules start with Week 0.

Class 4A
Cheyenne Central: at Natrona; vs. Cheyenne South; at Gillette; vs. Rock Springs; at Laramie; vs. Cheyenne East; at Sheridan; vs. Kelly Walsh; vs. Evanston.
Cheyenne East: at Rock Springs; vs. Natrona; at Cheyenne South; vs. Sheridan; vs. Kelly Walsh; at Cheyenne Central; vs. Laramie; at Evanston; at Gillette.
Cheyenne South: vs. Evanston; at Cheyenne Central; vs. Cheyenne East; at Kelly Walsh; vs. Gillette; at Laramie; vs. Natrona; at Rock Springs; vs. Sheridan.
Evanston: at Cheyenne South; vs. Gillette; at Sheridan; vs. Laramie; at Natrona; vs. Rock Springs; at Kelly Walsh; vs. Cheyenne East; at Cheyenne Central.
Gillette: vs. Kelly Walsh; at Evanston; vs. Cheyenne Central; vs. Natrona; at Cheyenne South; at Sheridan; vs. Rock Springs; at Laramie; vs. Cheyenne East.
Kelly Walsh: at Gillette; vs. Sheridan; at Rock Springs; vs. Cheyenne South; at Cheyenne East; vs. Natrona; vs. Evanston; at Cheyenne Central; vs. Laramie.
Laramie: at Sheridan; vs. Rock Springs; at Natrona; at Evanston; vs. Cheyenne Central; vs. Cheyenne South; at Cheyenne East; vs. Gillette; at Kelly Walsh.
Natrona: vs. Cheyenne Central; at Cheyenne East; vs. Laramie; at Gillette; vs. Evanston; at Kelly Walsh; at Cheyenne South; vs. Sheridan; at Rock Springs.
Rock Springs: vs. Cheyenne East; at Laramie; vs. Kelly Walsh; at Cheyenne Central; vs. Sheridan; at Evanston; at Gillette; vs. Cheyenne South; vs. Natrona.
Sheridan: vs. Laramie; at Kelly Walsh; vs. Evanston; at Cheyenne East; at Rock Springs; vs. Gillette; vs. Cheyenne Central; at Natrona; at Cheyenne South.

Class 3A
East Conference
Buffalo: at Cody; vs. Powell; vs. Worland; at Rawlins; vs. Lander; at Riverton; vs. Torrington; at Douglas.
Douglas: vs. Powell; at Cody; vs. Star Valley; at Lander; at Torrington; vs. Rawlins; at Riverton; vs. Buffalo.
Lander: at Worland; at Jackson; vs. Cody; vs. Douglas; at Buffalo; vs. Torrington; at Rawlins; vs. Riverton.
Rawlins: vs. Kemmerer; at Green River; at Jackson; vs. Buffalo; vs. Riverton; at Douglas; vs. Lander; at Torrington.
Riverton: vs. Green River; at Star Valley; at Powell; vs. Torrington; at Rawlins; vs. Buffalo; vs. Douglas; at Lander.
Torrington: at Glenrock; vs. Worland; vs. Green River; at Riverton; vs. Douglas; at Lander; at Buffalo; vs. Rawlins.
West Conference
Cody: vs. Buffalo; vs. Douglas; at Lander; at Star Valley; vs. Worland; at Jackson; vs. Green River; at Powell.
Green River: at Riverton; vs. Rawlins; at Torrington; vs. Powell; vs. Jackson; at Star Valley; at Cody; vs. Worland.
Jackson: at Teton, Idaho; vs. Lander; vs. Rawlins; at Worland; at Green River; vs. Cody; at Powell; vs. Star Valley.
Powell: at Douglas; at Buffalo; vs. Riverton; at Green River; vs. Star Valley; at Worland; vs. Jackson; vs. Cody.
Star Valley: vs. Preston, Idaho; vs. Riverton; at Douglas; vs. Cody; at Powell; vs. Green River; at Worland; at Jackson.
Worland: vs. Lander; at Torrington; at Buffalo; vs. Jackson; at Cody; vs. Powell; vs. Star Valley; at Green River.

Class 2A
East Conference
Big Horn: at Lovell; vs. Lyman; at Glenrock; at Wright; vs. Thermopolis; vs. Burns; at Newcastle; vs. Wheatland.
Burns: at Pine Bluffs; vs. Newcastle; vs. Mountain View; at Thermopolis; vs. Glenrock; at Big Horn; at Wheatland; vs. Wright.
Glenrock: vs. Torrington; at Wright; vs. Big Horn; at Wheatland; at Burns; vs. Newcastle; vs. Thermopolis; at Kemmerer.
Newcastle: Open; at Burns; vs. Wheatland; at Greybull; vs. Wright; at Glenrock; vs. Big Horn; at Thermopolis.
Thermopolis: at Pinedale; at Wheatland; vs. Wright; vs. Burns; at Big Horn; vs. Lovell; at Glenrock; vs. Newcastle.
Wheatland: at Lyman; vs. Thermopolis; at Newcastle; vs. Glenrock; vs. Big Piney; at Wright; vs. Burns; at Big Horn.
Wright: at Southeast; vs. Glenrock; at Thermopolis; vs. Big Horn; at Newcastle; vs. Wheatland; vs. Pinedale; at Burns.
West Conference
Big Piney: vs. Shoshoni; vs. Lovell; at Greybull; vs. Kemmerer; at Wheatland; at Lyman; vs. Mountain View; at Pinedale.
Greybull: at Riverside; at Mountain View; vs. Big Piney; vs. Newcastle; at Kemmerer; vs. Pinedale; vs. Lyman; at Lovell.
Kemmerer: at Rawlins; at Pinedale; vs. Lyman; at Big Piney; vs. Greybull; at Mountain View; vs. Lovell; vs. Glenrock.
Lovell: vs. Big Horn; at Big Piney; vs. Pinedale; at Mountain View; vs. Lyman; at Thermopolis; at Kemmerer; vs. Greybull.
Lyman: vs. Wheatland; at Big Horn; at Kemmerer; vs. Pinedale; at Lovell; vs. Big Piney; at Greybull; vs. Mountain View.
Mountain View: vs. Cokeville; vs. Greybull; at Burns; vs. Lovell; at Pinedale; vs. Kemmerer; at Big Piney; at Lyman.
Pinedale: vs. Thermopolis; vs. Kemmerer; at Lovell; at Lyman; vs. Mountain View; at Greybull; at Wright; vs. Big Piney.

Class 1A 11-man
East Conference
Lingle: at Saratoga; vs. Pine Bluffs; Open; at Southeast; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Lusk; vs. Tongue River; at Moorcroft.
Lusk: vs. Burlington; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Moorcroft; at Tongue River; at Pine Bluffs; vs. Lingle; vs. Southeast; Open.
Moorcroft: Wyoming Indian; at Tongue River; at Lusk; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Southeast; Open; at Pine Bluffs; vs. Lingle.
Pine Bluffs: vs. Burns; at Lingle; vs. Southeast; Open; vs. Lusk; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Moorcroft; at Tongue River.
Southeast: vs. Wright; Open; at Pine Bluffs; vs. Lingle; vs. Moorcroft; at Tongue River; at Lusk; vs. Upton-Sundance.
Tongue River: at Rocky Mountain; vs. Moorcroft; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Lusk; Open; vs. Southeast; at Lingle; vs. Pine Bluffs.
Upton-Sundance: at Wind River; vs. Lusk; vs. Tongue River; at Moorcroft; at Lingle; vs. Pine Bluffs; Open; at Southeast.
West Conference
Burlington: at Lusk; vs. Riverside; vs. Wyoming Indian; at Wind River; at Cokeville; vs. Saratoga; vs. Shoshoni; at Rocky Mountain.
Cokeville: at Mountain View; vs. Saratoga; vs. Shoshoni; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Burlington; at Riverside; vs. Wyoming Indian; at Wind River.
Riverside: vs. Greybull; at Burlington; vs. Wind River; at Wyoming Indian; at Saratoga; vs. Cokeville; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Shoshoni.
Rocky Mountain: vs. Tongue River; at Shoshoni; at Saratoga; vs. Cokeville; vs. Wind River; at Wyoming Indian; at Riverside; vs. Burlington.
Saratoga: vs. Lingle; at Cokeville; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Shoshoni; vs. Riverside; at Burlington; vs. Wind River; at Wyoming Indian.
Shoshoni: at Big Piney; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Cokeville; vs. Saratoga; vs. Wyoming Indian; at Wind River; at Burlington; vs. Riverside.
Wind River: vs. Upton-Sundance; at Wyoming Indian; at Riverside; vs. Burlington; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Shoshoni; at Saratoga; vs. Cokeville.
Wyoming Indian: at Moorcroft; vs. Wind River; at Burlington; vs. Riverside; at Shoshoni; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Cokeville; vs. Saratoga.

Class 1A six-man
East Conference
Guernsey-Sunrise: vs. Dubois; at Kaycee; vs. Midwest; at NSI; at Hanna; vs. Hulett; vs. Rock River; at Meeteetse.
Hanna: at Snake River; vs. Hulett; vs. St. Stephens; at Rock River; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; at Midwest; at NSI; vs. Kaycee.
Hulett: vs. Meeteetse; at Hanna; vs. NSI; at Dubois; vs. Kaycee; at Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Midwest; at Rock River.
Kaycee: at Ten Sleep; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; at Rock River; vs. Midwest; at Hulett; vs. NSI; vs. Snake River; at Hanna.
Midwest: at Farson; vs. Ten Sleep; at Guernsey-Sunrise; at Kaycee; vs. Rock River; vs. Hanna; at Hulett; vs. NSI.
NSI: Open; vs. Rock River; at Hulett; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Farson; at Kaycee; vs. Hanna; at Midwest.
Rock River: at St. Stephens; at NSI; vs. Kaycee; vs. Hanna; at Midwest; Open; at Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Hulett.
West Conference
Dubois: at Guernsey-Sunrise; at St. Stephens; vs. Farson; vs. Hulett; at Meeteetse; vs. Snake River; vs. Ten Sleep; Open.
Farson: vs. Midwest; Open; at Dubois; vs. Meeteetse; at NSI; at Ten Sleep; vs. St. Stephens; at Snake River.
Meeteetse: at Hulett; at Snake River; vs. Ten Sleep; at Farson; vs. Dubois; at St. Stephens; Open; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise.
St. Stephens: vs. Rock River; vs. Dubois; at Hanna; Open; at Snake River; vs. Meteetse; at Farson; at Ten Sleep.
Snake River: vs. Hanna; vs. Meeteetse; Open; at Ten Sleep; vs. St. Stephens; at Dubois; at Kaycee; vs. Farson.
Ten Sleep: vs. Kaycee; at Midwest; at Meeteetse; vs. Snake River; Open; vs. Farson; at Dubois; vs. St. Stephens.

–patrick

NFF’s Wyoming Chapter launches new website

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The Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation has launched a new website.

The site, www.wyomingfootballfoundation.org, provides details on the group and its awards.

In addition to scholar-athlete awards, the group gives out awards for the greatest high school and University of Wyoming football fans, for career achievement in coaching and officiating and for other contributions to amateur football. The group also gives courage and perseverance awards to select players.

–patrick

Jassman resigns at Rock Springs

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Rock Springs coach Tom Jassman resigned Tuesday as head football coach of Rock Springs.

Jassman had been the head coach of the Tigers the past three seasons. Rock Springs went 6-24 the past three seasons and 1-8 in 2013 but did qualify for the playoffs in 2011 and 2012.

Jassman said via email he resigned because the three-year commitment he had made to the program was complete. He said he made a promise to his wife to coach for only three seasons.

A replacement has not yet been named.

–patrick

New coach takes over at midseason for Riverside

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Sam Buck has taken over as head coach for Riverside, the Basin Republican-Rustler reported.

Buck took over for Ted Holmstrom prior to the Rebels’ loss to Lusk last week.

Holmstrom had previously coached at Laramie and Lyman. He was in his first year with the Rebels.

Wyopreps.com reported the change. Riverside AD Shane Schaffner told Wyopreps he could not share the reason why Holmstrom was no longer the coach. A story in the Lusk Herald about the game hinted Holmstrom was fired.

Riverside plays at Cokeville this week.

–patrick

Wyoming’s Week 5 kickoff time changes

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Update: 12:24 p.m. Monday

Hanna and Snake River have canceled their game.

Update: 5:51 p.m. Sunday

Wheatland-Moorcroft moved up to 1:30 p.m. Monday. Midwest-Hulett game moved to Moorcroft and will play after the Wheatland-Moorcroft game is complete.

Tongue River-Burns will not be played. Burns will be given a forfeit victory.

Update: 11:47 a.m. Saturday

The Oil Bowl between Natrona and Kelly Walsh has been moved back an hour to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Update: 11:24 a.m. Saturday

The Riverside-Cokeville game will officially be recorded as a forfeit victory for Cokeville.

Update: 10:28 a.m. Saturday

Friday’s game between Riverside and Cokeville will not be made up.

Update: 10:01 a.m. Saturday

The Energy Bowl between Gillette and Sheridan has been moved from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Tongue River and Burns have moved their game to 4 p.m. Monday.

Update: 9:15 a.m. Saturday

The Big Horn-Glenrock game has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Monday.

Update: 9:02 a.m. Saturday

Kickoff for the Tongue River-Burns game in Burns has been moved to 6 p.m.

The kickoff for the Big Horn-Glenrock game may be pushed back to later today — perhaps 3 or 4 p.m. Watch here for updates.

Update: 8 a.m. Saturday

The Wheatland-Moorcroft game has been moved to 2 p.m. Monday.

The NSI-Guernsey game has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Monday.

Update: 7:42 a.m. Saturday

Midwest at Hulett has been moved to 4 p.m. Monday.

Update: 8:26 p.m. Friday

Newcastle and Wright have moved their game to 6 p.m. Monday.

The Lusk-Pine Bluffs game has been rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Powell and Star Valley will play at 2 p.m Saturday.

Update: 6:32 p.m. Friday

The Snake River at Hanna game has been moved to 3 p.m. Monday.

Update: 2:47 p.m. Friday

Rocky Mountain and Burlington will play at 1 p.m. Saturday in Burlington.

Update: 2:06 p.m. Friday

The Wyoming Indian-Meeteetse game has moved the kickoff up two hours to 5 p.m., still on Friday.

Upton-Sundance at Southeast has been moved to 2 p.m. Monday.

Update: 1:49 p.m. Friday

The Greybull-Lovell kickoff time has been moved up to 6 p.m., still on Friday.

Update: 11:10 a.m. Friday

The Laramie-Cheyenne South game will move its kickoff up one hour, to 6 p.m. Friday.

Update: 10:52 a.m. Friday

The Newcastle-Wright game will be played at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Update: 10:23 a.m. Friday

Kaycee at Saratoga has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Monday.

Update: 9:58 a.m. Friday

Worland at Green River has been set for 3 p.m. Saturday.

Lander at Douglas will be played at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Energy Bowl between Gillette and Sheridan has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.

Rawlins at Torrington has been moved to 4 p.m. Monday.

Update: 8:42 a.m. Friday

Wheatland at Moorcroft football has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.

Update: 8:38 a.m. Friday

Rawlins at Torrington has been tentatively rescheduled for 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The game will be played Monday if this time can’t be met.

The Tongue River-Burns game has been pushed back to Saturday; it will be made up at noon.

Update: 8:16 a.m. Friday

Riverton at Buffalo has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday.

Update: 8:08 a.m. Friday

Rawlins at Torrington has been postponed; no make-up set.

The Energy Bowl between Gillette and Sheridan has been postponed; it’s rescheduled for Saturday, time TBD.

Update: 7:57 a.m. Friday

The Lusk at Pine Bluffs game has been moved to 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Updates: 7:45 a.m. Friday

Powell at Star Valley has been postponed until Saturday; game time TBD.

The Energy Bowl between Gillette and Sheridan has been postponed; no make-up set yet.

The Newcastle-Wright game has been postponed; no make up set yet.

The Tongue River-Burns game has been pushed back to Saturday; it will be made up at either noon or 1 p.m., according to the Sheridan Press.

Updates: Thursday

The Newcastle at Wright game has been moved to 6 p.m.; it’s still on Friday.

The Big Horn at Glenrock game has been moved to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Oil Bowl game between Kelly Walsh and Natrona has been moved to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Upton-Sundance at Southeast game has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.

If you know of more games that have been moved, post a comment below or tweet @wyomingfootball. Thanks!

–patrick

Midwest forfeits victory due to ineligible player

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Midwest forfeited its Week 1 victory over Farson after the team used an ineligible player in the victory.

The Oilers beat the Pronghorns 61-21 on Saturday. The game is now listed as a 1-0 victory for Farson on the WHSAA scoreboard.

In an email sent to select media and forwarded to wyoming-football.com, WHSAA Associate Commissioner Trevor Wilson said Midwest made “an honest mistake” in playing the ineligible player.

Farson is now 1-0; Midwest is 0-1. The game will not affect conference standings, as Farson is in the Class 1A six-man West Conference and Midwest is in the East Conference.

–patrick

Dubois awarded forfeit victory

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Dubois was awarded a forfeit victory over Normative Services last week after the Wolves and Rams failed to meet on the field.

The WHSAA scoreboard page reflects the Rams’ victory. Dubois AD Tina Baker verified via email on Monday the status of the Rams’ victory.

The game was initially canceled. Dubois was scheduled to scrimmage a team from Natrona on Saturday.

The game was the scheduled season opener for both teams, but was a nonconference game. Dubois, which went undefeated last year, is now 1-0. NSI is 0-1.

Dubois hosts Farson on Friday, while NSI hosts Midwest on Saturday.

–patrick