Tonight’s “rematch” between Natrona and Gillette for the 4A boys basketball championship got me thinking about times when the football title game has been repeated for the basketball title.
A quick scan of football and basketball title games showed that tonight’s Natrona-Gillette title game is only the 10th time that two football title-game combatants have met for the basketball championship a few months later.
Here are the other nine “rematches” I found:
2012/13: Powell and Star Valley (Powell won 3A football, Star Valley won 3A basketball)
2008/09: Burlington and Southeast (Southeast won 1A football and basketball)
2005/06: Cheyenne Central and Cheyenne East (Central won 5A football, East won 4A basketball)
1998/99: Gillette and Laramie (Gillette won 4A football and basketball)
1997/98: Lusk and Rocky Mountain (Rocky Mountain won 1A-D1 football and 2A basketball)
1994/95: Burlington and Hulett (Burlington won 1A nine-man football and 1A basketball)
1993/94: Lander and Star Valley (Star Valley won 3A football and basketball)
1992/93: Buffalo and Thermopolis (Thermopolis won 2A football, Buffalo won 3A basketball)
1950/51: Cowley and Hanna (Cowley won six-man football, Hanna won B basketball)
–patrick