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

13 Thoughts on “2014 Wyoming high school football schedule released

  1. Dahl Erickson on November 12, 2013 at 12:23 pm said:

    Week three will be Star Valley’s fifth trip to Douglas since 2010. Thanks schedule makers.

  2. Steve Core on November 12, 2013 at 12:25 pm said:

    My first reaction is positive, until I see Green River plays at Torrington. Makes no sense that if they are worred about travel and out of school time, that the Wolves don’t play Lander non conference. Nice however to see different non-conference match-ups.

  3. Wow…you guys talking about 3a schedules—the schedule makers must use the same formula as the nfl…if a team has success, give them the toughest schedule. Douglas has Powell, at Cody, Star Valley at home and Dahl you are correct- WHY at Douglas? Would be great like you said Steve to see more regional games with less travel. Why do Torrington and Rawlins play down?

  4. Why couldn’t Torrington – Jackson meet in Riverton or Casper…Rawlins can play Star Valley….Then no out of state games or out of conference games.

    But, why not Wright vs Moorcroft and Wyo Indian vs Pinedale instead of Moorcroft vs Wyo Indian and Pinedale at Wright….seems like a lot of buses passing eachother.

  5. Dogger1 on November 12, 2013 at 3:09 pm said:

    Glad to see Pine Bluffs/Burns back on the schedule though. Two old SEWAC foes. They could call it the Eastern Laramie County Toilet Bowl…

  6. Riverton on November 12, 2013 at 5:27 pm said:

    Riverton at Lander again! Why does it go 2 Lander 1 Riverton time after time. It wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t have the worst stands in the state for the visitors.

  7. It seems crazy to me that opposition to out of state games results in games like Green River/Torrington and bye weeks for the eastern 1A-11-man schools.

    We need to see a more rational approach to travel distance and time for non-conference games.

  8. I am especially glad to see the Burns/Pine Bluffs game back on the schedule. That is a game that should never have been discontinued.

  9. Patrick on November 12, 2013 at 9:52 pm said:

    Riverton: Yikes. I didn’t realize that. Riverton has played at Lander in 2010, 2011, 2013 and now 2014. That should have been addressed. Good catch.

    –patrick

  10. My other thoughts: It’s sad to see Tongue River-Big Horn gone, especially when Lovell could play Rocky Mountain opening weekend. It throws off the home-road balance, but I think that could be worked around. Then again, maybe Lovell and/or Rocky Mountain requested not to play the other. …

    Some other home-road rotation problems popped up in six-man: Hulett goes to Hanna for the third year in a row, and Midwest goes to Hulett for the third year in a row. Meeteetse goes to Snake River for the third year in a row, and Snake River goes to Ten Sleep for the third year in a row. These seem like easy problems to fix…

    –patrick

  11. Dahl Erickson on November 13, 2013 at 1:46 pm said:

    I just wanted to clarify that I’m not upset with the travel as it pertains to the playoffs. Heck, that’s the point! To have a great season and force somebody to come across the state to play on your field. What I have issue with is the persistent scheduling of long trips (i.e. 6 hours +) when they aren’t necessary. A 4-hour road trip radius for SV for example could allow us to schedule Lander, Riverton or Rawlins (ok, pushing the 4-hr rule there), and any number of out of state schools that are within 2-3 hours. Other border schools have similar opportunities I assume. Snake River, Preston, Bear River, Sky View, Madison, Teton, Sugar-Salem, Bear Lake (although they refuse to schedule us anymore) are all Idaho schools that we have either played before or have expressed interest, formal or informal, of being in a series with us. Some of it is the big-picture growth or shrinking of certain rivalries. SV used to play Evanston, Rock Springs and Kemmerer constantly. For several reasons, those are not appropriate or allowed anymore. Completely agree with Boyd about some rational thought about non-conference. I don’t have a lot of patience for the schedule makers when Patrick can come up with something better for almost everyone in his “spare” time. Don’t know that you actually have any Patrick, but I would have taken your last effort in a heartbeat.

  12. Dogger1 on November 13, 2013 at 2:29 pm said:

    I think you also have to realize that there are some schools who prefer not to play a rival or something those must be considered. I heard from people in Burns/Pine that one of the school didn’t want to play the other so that’s why that rivalry was discontinued for a while.

  13. Patrick on November 13, 2013 at 3:36 pm said:

    I appreciate the kind words from Dahl, but my schedule had its faults, too. Where I liked my schedule a bit better was in the 2A/1A ranks, rather than matching up 2A West with 2A East in odd weeks during Weeks 2-8, I’d match up 2A East with either 1A East or 2A West. It shortened some travel times and gave more flexibility.

    Again, though… I didn’t have to deal with individual school requests or actually finding out-of-state schools. The WHSAA did. Their job was immensely more difficult than mine.

    –patrick

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