Note: This post was updated 12/2/14 to reflect Newcastle’s Week 1 game against Lead-Deadwood, S.D., which was added to the schedule Dec. 1 by the WHSAA.
The 2015 Wyoming high school football schedule, which the Wyoming High School Activities Association released Tuesday at the annual statewide scheduling meeting in Casper, has few surprises.
In fact, the 2015 schedule is a mirror of the 2014 schedule.
Wyoming is in the second year of a two-year reclassification cycle, so the mirrored schedule was expected.
A few highlights of the schedule include:
Week 0: Natrona at Cheyenne Central. The Indians were the highest-seeded non-“Big Four” team last year. Central’s rise will be tested by the Mustangs straight away in Week 0.
Week 1: Guernsey-Sunrise at Dubois. This year’s 1A six-man title game combatants will face each other in the season opener next season. Other key games: Cheyenne East at Natrona; Douglas at Powell; Lovell at Big Horn; Rocky Mountain at Tongue River; Mountain View at Cokeville.
Week 2: Cody at Douglas. Just like in six-man, we don’t have to wait long into 2015 to see a rematch of the 3A title game from 2014. Other key games: Star Valley at Riverton; Wheatland at Thermopolis; Shoshoni at Rocky Mountain; Upton-Sundance at Lusk; Kaycee at Guernsey-Sunrise; Snake River at Meeteetse.
Week 3: Gillette at Natrona. Three weeks, three title-game rematches. The Camels and Mustangs, longtime rivals, meet again in Casper in Week 3. Other key games: Cheyenne East at Sheridan; Douglas at Star Valley; Jackson at Rawlins; Powell at Riverton; Newcastle at Wheatland; Dubois at Farson.
Week 4: Riverton at Torrington. Two on-the-rise programs in 3A face off in what could be their biggest game against each other in years. Other key games: Mountain View at Lovell; Rocky Mountain at Cokeville; Tongue River at Lusk.
Week 5: Meeteetse at Dubois. Step aside, 4A rivalries — this six-man showdown has been huge each of the past three years. Other key games: Cheyenne Central at Cheyenne East; Kelly Walsh at Natrona; Sheridan at Gillette; Rawlins at Riverton; Torrington at Douglas; Lingle at Upton-Sundance; Hanna at Guernsey-Sunrise.
Week 6: Lusk at Lingle. This game has decided the 1A 11-man East Conference title each of the past two years. Other key games: Douglas at Rawlins; Jackson at Cody; Wind River at Shoshoni; Dubois at Snake River.
Week 7: Newcastle at Big Horn. These two programs have had some donnybrooks the past couple years. The 2A East title may be on the line again. Other key games: Natrona at Sheridan; Powell at Jackson; Riverton at Douglas; Greybull at Lyman; Burlington at Shoshoni; Lingle at Tongue River; Kaycee at Snake River.
Week 8: Gillette at Cheyenne East. Two consistently good programs will meet with the memory of a 2OT classic not far from their minds. Other key games: Jackson at Star Valley; Lander at Riverton; Powell at Cody; Big Horn at Wheatland; Lyman at Mountain View; Rocky Mountain at Burlington; Hanna at Kaycee; Snake River at Farson.
Here’s a look at the 2015 schedule, first by week and then by team. Keep in mind that Class 3A-1A teams can add Zero Week games, scrimmages or other contests and may fill any open weeks on their own. Game times and specific dates will be set by the participating schools; dates listed are the Friday of the week when most of the games are expected to be played.
By Week
Week 0 (Aug. 28)
Class 4A
Cheyenne South at Evanston
Gillette at Kelly Walsh
Natrona at Cheyenne Central
Rock Springs at Cheyenne East
Sheridan at Laramie
Week 1 (Sept. 4)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Cheyenne South
Cheyenne East at Natrona
Evanston at Gillette
Kelly Walsh at Sheridan
Laramie at Rock Springs
Class 3A
Cody at Buffalo
Douglas at Powell
Riverton at Green River
Worland at Lander
Class 2A
Lovell at Big Horn
Lyman at Wheatland
Pinedale at Thermopolis
Class 1A 11-man
Lusk at Burlington
Moorcroft at Wyoming Indian
Rocky Mountain at Tongue River
Saratoga at Lingle
Wind River at Upton-Sundance
Class 1A six-man
Farson at Midwest
Guernsey-Sunrise at Dubois
Hulett at Meeteetse
St. Stephens at Rock River
Snake River at Hanna
Ten Sleep at Kaycee
Interclass
Big Piney at Shoshoni
Glenrock at Torrington
Mountain View at Cokeville
Pine Bluffs at Burns
Rawlins at Kemmerer
Riverside at Greybull
Southeast at Wright
Interstate
Newcastle at Lead-Deadwood, S.D.
North Fremont, Idaho, at Jackson
Star Valley at Preston, Idaho
Open: NSI.
Week 2 (Sept. 11)
Class 4A
Cheyenne South at Cheyenne East
Gillette at Cheyenne Central
Natrona at Laramie
Rock Springs at Kelly Walsh
Sheridan at Evanston
Class 3A
Buffalo at Powell
Cody at Douglas
Green River at Rawlins
Jackson at Lander
Star Valley at Riverton
Torrington at Worland
Class 2A
Big Horn at Lyman
Big Piney at Lovell
Burns at Newcastle
Mountain View at Greybull
Pinedale at Kemmerer
Wheatland at Thermopolis
Wright at Glenrock
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Riverside
Cokeville at Saratoga
Lingle at Pine Bluffs
Shoshoni at Rocky Mountain
Tongue River at Moorcroft
Upton-Sundance at Lusk
Wyoming Indian at Wind River
Class 1A six-man
Hanna at Hulett
Kaycee at Guernsey-Sunrise
Midwest at Ten Sleep
NSI at Rock River
St. Stephens at Dubois
Snake River at Meeteetse
Interstate
Bayard, Neb., at Southeast
Open: Farson.
Week 3 (Sept. 18)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Rock Springs
Cheyenne East at Sheridan
Evanston at Laramie
Gillette at Natrona
Kelly Walsh at Cheyenne South
Class 3A
Buffalo at Worland
Douglas at Star Valley
Jackson at Rawlins
Lander at Cody
Powell at Riverton
Torrington at Green River
Class 2A
Burns at Mountain View
Glenrock at Big Horn
Greybull at Big Piney
Kemmerer at Lyman
Lovell at Pinedale
Newcastle at Wheatland
Thermopolis at Wright
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Wyoming Indian
Cokeville at Shoshoni
Lusk at Moorcroft
Pine Bluffs at Southeast
Riverside at Wind River
Saratoga at Rocky Mountain
Upton-Sundance at Tongue River
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Farson
Guernsey-Sunrise at Midwest
Hanna at St. Stephens
Hulett at NSI
Meeteetse at Ten Sleep
Rock River at Kaycee
Interstate
Lingle at Mitchell, Neb.
Open: Snake River.
Week 4 (Sept. 25)
Class 4A
Cheyenne East at Kelly Walsh
Cheyenne South at Gillette
Laramie at Cheyenne Central
Natrona at Evanston
Rock Springs at Sheridan
Class 3A
Green River at Powell
Lander at Douglas
Rawlins at Buffalo
Riverton at Torrington
Star Valley at Cody
Worland at Jackson
Class 2A
Big Piney at Kemmerer
Greybull at Newcastle
Lyman at Pinedale
Mountain View at Lovell
Thermopolis at Burns
Wheatland at Glenrock
Wright at Big Horn
Class 1A 11-man
Moorcroft at Upton-Sundance
Rocky Mountain at Cokeville
Shoshoni at Saratoga
Southeast at Lingle
Tongue River at Lusk
Wind River at Burlington
Wyoming Indian at Riverside
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Hulett
Kaycee at Midwest
Meeteetse at Farson
NSI at Guernsey-Sunrise
Rock River at Hanna
Ten Sleep at Snake River
Open: Pine Bluffs, St. Stephens.
Week 5 (Oct. 2)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Cheyenne East
Evanston at Rock Springs
Kelly Walsh at Natrona
Laramie at Cheyenne South
Sheridan at Gillette
Class 3A
Buffalo at Lander
Cody at Worland
Green River at Jackson
Powell at Star Valley
Rawlins at Riverton
Torrington at Douglas
Class 2A
Big Horn at Thermopolis
Burns at Glenrock
Kemmerer at Greybull
Lovell at Lyman
Newcastle at Wright
Pinedale at Mountain View
Wheatland at Big Piney
Class 1A 11-man
Cokeville at Burlington
Lingle at Upton-Sundance
Pine Bluffs at Lusk
Rocky Mountain at Wind River
Saratoga at Riverside
Shoshoni at Wyoming Indian
Southeast at Moorcroft
Class 1A six-man
Hanna at Guernsey-Sunrise
Hulett at Kaycee
Meeteetse at Dubois
Midwest at Rock River
NSI at Farson
Snake River at St. Stephens
Open: Ten Sleep; Tongue River.
Week 6 (Oct. 9)
Class 4A
Cheyenne East at Laramie
Cheyenne South at Natrona
Gillette at Rock Springs
Kelly Walsh at Evanston
Sheridan at Cheyenne Central
Class 3A
Douglas at Rawlins
Jackson at Cody
Lander at Torrington
Riverton at Buffalo
Star Valley at Green River
Worland at Powell
Class 2A
Big Horn at Burns
Glenrock at Newcastle
Greybull at Pinedale
Lyman at Big Piney
Mountain View at Kemmerer
Thermopolis at Lovell
Wright at Wheatland
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Saratoga
Lusk at Lingle
Riverside at Cokeville
Tongue River at Southeast
Upton-Sundance at Pine Bluffs
Wind River at Shoshoni
Wyoming Indian at Rocky Mountain
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Snake River
Guernsey-Sunrise at Hulett
Kaycee at NSI
Midwest at Hanna
St. Stephens at Meeteetse
Ten Sleep at Farson
Open: Moorcroft, Rock River.
Week 7 (Oct. 16)
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Kelly Walsh
Evanston at Cheyenne East
Laramie at Gillette
Natrona at Sheridan
Rock Springs at Cheyenne South
Class 3A
Buffalo at Torrington
Cody at Green River
Powell at Jackson
Rawlins at Lander
Riverton at Douglas
Worland at Star Valley
Class 2A
Big Piney at Mountain View
Glenrock at Thermopolis
Greybull at Lyman
Kemmerer at Lovell
Newcastle at Big Horn
Wheatland at Burns
Wright at Pinedale
Class 1A 11-man
Burlington at Shoshoni
Cokeville at Wyoming Indian
Lingle at Tongue River
Lusk at Southeast
Pine Bluffs at Moorcroft
Riverside at Rocky Mountain
Saratoga at Wind River
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Ten Sleep
Farson at St. Stephens
Guernsey-Sunrise at Rock River
Hulett at Midwest
Kaycee at Snake River
NSI at Hanna
Open: Meeteetse, Upton-Sundance.
Week 8
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central at Evanston
Cheyenne South at Sheridan
Gillette at Cheyenne East
Kelly Walsh at Laramie
Rock Springs at Natrona
Class 3A
Douglas at Buffalo
Green River at Worland
Jackson at Star Valley
Lander at Riverton
Powell at Cody
Torrington at Rawlins
Class 2A
Big Horn at Wheatland
Burns at Wright
Kemmerer at Glenrock
Lovell at Greybull
Lyman at Mountain View
Pinedale at Big Piney
Thermopolis at Newcastle
Class 1A 11-man
Moorcroft at Lingle
Rocky Mountain at Burlington
Shoshoni at Riverside
Southeast at Upton-Sundance
Tongue River at Pine Bluffs
Wind River at Cokeville
Wyoming Indian at Saratoga
Class 1A six-man
Hanna at Kaycee
Meeteetse at Guernsey-Sunrise
Midwest at NSI
Rock River at Hulett
Snake River at Farson
Ten Sleep at St. Stephens
Open: Dubois, Lusk.
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By School
Class 4A
Cheyenne Central: vs. Natrona; at Cheyenne South; vs. Gillette; at Rock Springs; vs. Laramie; at Cheyenne East; vs. Sheridan; at Kelly Walsh; at Evanston.
Cheyenne East: vs. Rock Springs; at Natrona; vs. Cheyenne South; at Sheridan; at Kelly Walsh; vs. Cheyenne Central; at Laramie; vs. Evanston; vs. Gillette.
Cheyenne South: at Evanston; vs. Cheyenne Central; at Cheyenne East; vs. Kelly Walsh; at Gillette; vs. Laramie; at Natrona; vs. Rock Springs; at Sheridan.
Evanston: vs. Cheyenne South; at Gillette; vs. Sheridan; at Laramie; vs. Natrona; at Rock Springs; vs. Kelly Walsh; at Cheyenne East; vs. Cheyenne Central.
Gillette: at Kelly Walsh; vs. Evanston; at Cheyenne Central; at Natrona; vs. Cheyenne South; vs. Sheridan; at Rock Springs; vs. Laramie; at Cheyenne East.
Kelly Walsh: vs. Gillette; at Sheridan; vs. Rock Springs; at Cheyenne South; vs. Cheyenne East; at Natrona; at Evanston; vs. Cheyenne Central; at Laramie.
Laramie: vs. Sheridan; at Rock Springs; vs. Natrona; vs. Evanston; at Cheyenne Central; at Cheyenne South; vs. Cheyenne East; at Gillette; vs. Kelly Walsh.
Natrona: at Cheyenne Central; vs. Cheyenne East; at Laramie; vs. Gillette; at Evanston; vs. Kelly Walsh; vs. Cheyenne South; at Sheridan; vs. Rock Springs.
Rock Springs: at Cheyenne East; vs. Laramie; at Kelly Walsh; vs. Cheyenne Central; at Sheridan; vs. Evanston; vs. Gillette; at Cheyenne South; at Natrona.
Sheridan: at Laramie; vs. Kelly Walsh; at Evanston; vs. Cheyenne East; vs. Rock Springs; at Gillette; at Cheyenne Central; vs. Natrona; vs. Cheyenne South.
Class 3A
East
Buffalo: vs. Cody; at Powell; at Worland; vs. Rawlins; at Lander; vs. Riverton; at Torrington; vs. Douglas.
Douglas: at Powell; vs. Cody; at Star Valley; vs. Lander; vs. Torrington; at Rawlins; vs. Riverton; at Buffalo.
Lander: vs. Worland; vs. Jackson; at Cody; at Douglas; vs. Buffalo; at Torrington; vs. Rawlins; at Riverton.
Rawlins: at Kemmerer; vs. Green River; vs. Jackson; at Buffalo; at Riverton; vs. Douglas; at Lander; vs. Torrington.
Riverton: at Green River; vs. Star Valley; vs. Powell; at Torrington; vs. Rawlins; at Buffalo; at Douglas; vs. Lander.
Torrington: vs. Glenrock; at Worland; at Green River; vs. Riverton; at Douglas; vs. Lander; vs. Buffalo; at Rawlins.
West
Cody: at Buffalo; at Douglas; vs. Lander; vs. Star Valley; at Worland; vs. Jackson; at Green River; vs. Powell.
Green River: vs. Riverton; at Rawlins; vs. Torrington; at Powell; at Jackson; vs. Star Valley; vs. Cody; at Worland.
Jackson: vs. North Fremont, Idaho; at Lander; at Rawlins; vs. Worland; vs. Green River; at Cody; vs. Powell; at Star Valley.
Powell: vs. Douglas; vs. Buffalo; at Riverton; vs. Green River; at Star Valley; vs. Worland; at Jackson; at Cody.
Star Valley: at Preston, Idaho; at Riverton; vs. Douglas; at Cody; vs. Powell; at Green River; vs. Worland; vs. Jackson.
Worland: at Lander; vs. Torrington; vs. Buffalo; at Jackson; vs. Cody; at Powell; at Star Valley; vs. Green River.
Class 2A
East
Big Horn: vs. Lovell; at Lyman; vs. Glenrock; vs. Wright; at Thermopolis; at Burns; vs. Newcastle; at Wheatland.
Burns: vs. Pine Bluffs; at Newcastle; at Mountain View; vs. Thermopolis; at Glenrock; vs. Big Horn; vs. Wheatland; at Wright.
Glenrock: at Torrington; vs. Wright; at Big Horn; vs. Wheatland; vs. Burns; at Newcastle; at Thermopolis; vs. Kemmerer.
Newcastle: at Lead-Deadwood, S.D.; vs. Burns; at Wheatland; vs. Greybull; at Wright; vs. Glenrock; at Big Horn; vs. Thermopolis.
Thermopolis: vs. Pinedale; vs. Wheatland; at Wright; at Burns; vs. Big Horn; at Lovell; vs. Glenrock; at Newcastle.
Wheatland: vs. Lyman; at Thermopolis; vs. Newcastle; at Glenrock; at Big Piney; vs. Wright; at Burns; vs. Big Horn.
Wright: vs. Southeast; at Glenrock; vs. Thermopolis; at Big Horn; vs. Newcastle; at Wheatland; at Pinedale; vs. Burns.
West
Big Piney: at Shoshoni; at Lovell; vs. Greybull; at Kemmerer; vs. Wheatland; vs. Lyman; at Mountain View; at Pinedale.
Greybull: vs. Riverside; vs. Mountain View; at Big Piney; at Newcastle; vs. Kemmerer; at Pinedale; at Lyman; vs. Lovell.
Kemmerer: vs. Rawlins; vs. Pinedale; at Lyman; vs. Big Piney; at Greybull; vs. Mountain View; at Lovell; at Glenrock.
Lovell: at Big Horn; vs. Big Piney; at Pinedale; vs. Mountain View; at Lyman; vs. Thermopolis; vs. Kemmerer; at Greybull.
Lyman: at Wheatland; vs. Big Horn; vs. Kemmerer; at Pinedale; vs. Lovell; at Big Piney; vs. Greybull; at Mountain View.
Mountain View: at Cokeville; at Greybull; vs. Burns; at Lovell; vs. Pinedale; at Kemmerer; vs. Big Piney; vs. Lyman.
Pinedale: at Thermopolis; at Kemmerer; vs. Lovell; vs. Lyman; at Mountain View; vs. Greybull; vs. Wright; at Big Piney.
Class 1A 11-man
East
Lingle: vs. Saratoga; at Pine Bluffs; at Mitchell, Neb.; vs. Southeast; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Lusk; at Tongue River; vs. Moorcroft.
Lusk: at Burlington; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Moorcroft; vs. Tongue River; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Lingle; at Southeast; Open.
Moorcroft: at Wyoming Indian; vs. Tongue River; vs. Lusk; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Southeast; Open; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Lingle.
Pine Bluffs: at Burns; vs. Lingle; at Southeast; Open; at Lusk; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Moorcroft; vs. Tongue River.
Southeast: at Wright; vs. Bayard, Neb.; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Lingle; at Moorcroft; vs. Tongue River; vs. Lusk; at Upton-Sundance.
Tongue River: vs. Rocky Mountain; at Moorcroft; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Lusk; Open; at Southeast; vs. Lingle; at Pine Bluffs.
Upton-Sundance: vs. Wind River; at Lusk; at Tongue River; vs. Moorcroft; vs. Lingle; at Pine Bluffs; Open; vs. Southeast.
West
Burlington: vs. Lusk; at Riverside; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Wind River; vs. Cokeville; at Saratoga; at Shoshoni; vs. Rocky Mountain.
Cokeville: vs. Mountain View; at Saratoga; at Shoshoni; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Burlington; vs. Riverside; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Wind River.
Riverside: at Greybull; vs. Burlington; at Wind River; vs. Wyoming Indian; vs. Saratoga; at Cokeville; at Rocky Mountian; vs. Shoshoni.
Rocky Mountain: at Tongue River; vs. Shoshoni; vs. Saratoga; at Cokeville; at Wind River; vs. Wyoming Indian; vs. Riverside; at Burlington.
Saratoga: at Lingle; vs. Cokeville; at Rocky Mountian; vs. Shoshoni; at Riverside; vs. Burlington; at Wind River; vs. Wyoming Indian.
Shoshoni: vs. Big Piney; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Cokeville; at Saratoga; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Wind River; vs. Burlington; at Riverside.
Wind River: at Upton-Sundance; vs. Wyoming Indian; vs. Riverside; at Burlington; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Shoshoni; vs. Saratoga; at Cokeville.
Wyoming Indian: vs. Moorcroft; at Wind River; vs. Burlington; at Riverside; vs. Shoshoni; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Cokeville; at Saratoga.
Class 1A six-man
East
Guernsey-Sunrise: at Dubois; vs. Kaycee; at Midwest; vs. NSI; vs. Hanna; at Hulett; at Rock River; vs. Meeteetse.
Hanna: vs. Snake River; at Hulett; at St. Stephens; vs. Rock River; at Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Midwest; vs. NSI; at Kaycee.
Hulett: at Meeteetse; vs. Hanna; at NSI; vs. Dubois; at Kaycee; vs. Guernsey; at Midwest; vs. Rock River.
Kaycee: vs. Ten Sleep; at Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Rock River; at Midwest; vs. Hulett; at NSI; at Snake River; vs. Hanna.
Midwest: vs. Farson; at Ten Sleep; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. Kaycee; at Rock River; at Hanna; vs. Hulett; at NSI.
NSI: Open; at Rock River; vs. Hulett; at Guernsey-Sunrise; at Farson; vs. Kaycee; at Hanna; vs. Midwest.
Rock River: vs. St. Stephens; vs. NSI; at Kaycee; at Hanna; vs. Midwest; Open; vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; at Hulett.
West
Dubois: vs. Guernsey-Sunrise; vs. St. Stephens; at Farson; at Hulett; vs. Meeteetse; at Snake River; at Ten Sleep; Open.
Farson: at Midwest; Open; vs. Dubois; at Meeteetse; vs. NSI; vs. Ten Sleep; at St. Stephens; vs. Snake River.
Meeteetse: vs. Hulett; vs. Snake River; at Ten Sleep; vs. Farson; at Dubois; vs. St. Stephens; Open; at Guernsey-Sunrise.
St. Stephens: at Rock River; at Dubois; vs. Hanna; Open; vs. Snake River; at Meeteetse; vs. Farson; vs. Ten Sleep.
Snake River: at Hanna; at Meeteetse; Open; vs. Ten Sleep; at St. Stephens; vs. Dubois; vs. Kaycee; at Farson.
Ten Sleep: at Kaycee; vs. Midwest; vs. Meetetse; at Snake River; Open; at Farson; vs. Dubois; at St. Stephens.
–patrick