The 2016 Wyoming high school football schedule was released to schools this morning at the statewide scheduling meeting in Casper.
For 4A and 3A schools, the varsity schedules — which are set up by the Wyoming High School Activities Association — look almost exactly the same as the schedules for the past couple years
But for 2A, 1A 11-man and 1A six-man schools, where reclassification and opt-downs rearranged conferences across the state, the schedules will bring some new twists to next season.
The 4A schedule order is the same as the one used in 2014 and 2015. The 2016 schedule will be the same as the 2014 schedule and a mirror of last season.
The only changes to the 3A schedule were in Week 1 nonconference play, as Jackson will play Sugar-Salem, Idaho, instead of Teton, Idaho, in Week 1; Rawlins will play Lyman instead of Kemmerer in Week 1; and Torrington will play Wheatland instead of Glenrock in Week 1. The remainder of the 3A schedule matches that of 2014 and mirrors 2015.
The biggest changes came for the smallest schools, as reclassification forced new schedules to be constructed for Class 2A, Class 1A 11-man and Class 1A six-man. None of the schools in those classifications play the same schedule as the past two years.
In all, 17 new series will be played, nine in 11-man and eight in six-man. Of the 17 new series, four involve new six-man school Riverside, three involve new six-man school Lingle, three involve Snake River and three involve Wright. The 17 new series on tap include:
Lyman/Rawlins
Kemmerer/Rocky Mountain
Pinedale/Wheatland
Newcastle/Upton-Sundance
Pine Bluffs/Wind River
Tongue River/Wyoming Indian
Upton-Sundance/Wright
Cokeville/Wright
Wright/Wyoming Indian
Kaycee/Riverside
Lingle/Snake River
Kaycee/Lingle
Lingle/Rock River
Burlington/Snake River
Riverside/Snake River
Riverside/St. Stephens
Farson/Riverside
Some highlights to the schedule:
The Bridger Valley Bowl between Mountain View and Lyman will be played in Week 2 instead of acting as the schools’ regular-season finale.
The Sublette County rivalry game between Pinedale and Big Piney was moved from Week 8 to Week 5.
Wheatland and Torrington will renew their rivalry via an interclass game in Week 1. The two schools played each other every year for decades before missing each other on the schedule the past three years.
Six-man neighbors in Carbon County, Snake River and Hanna, will not play each other in 2016. With Hanna in the East Conference and Snake River in the West — and with the nonconference schedule reduced to one game for six-man schools — the Miners and Rattlers will miss each other on the schedule for the first time since six-man came back to Wyoming in 2009.
Similarly, Laramie County neighbors Burns (2A) and Pine Bluffs (1A 11-man) won’t play each other in 2016. The two schools renewed their rivalry the past two years after missing each other for a few years prior to that.
In 2A, with seven schools per conference, one team from the East and one from the West will meet in weeks where they don’t play a conference game, as has been done the past couple years. However, most of the matchups have changed, with Wheatland playing Pinedale in Week 2; Big Horn playing Kemmerer in Week 3; Greybull playing Burns in Week 4; Moorcroft playing Lovell in Week 5; Newcastle playing Big Piney in Week 6; Glenrock playing Lyman in Week 7; and Mountain View playing Thermopolis in Week 8.
In 1A 11-man, with only six schools per conference, teams will have three non-conference weeks, much like 3A. Games in Weeks 2 and 3 in 1A 11-man will be cross-conference games, with several — including Pine Bluffs/Wind River, Tongue River/Wyoming Indian, Cokeville/Wright and Wright/Wyoming Indian — the first games between the participating schools.
Class 1A six-man will have three new teams. Burlington will open its six-man era by hosting Normative Services; Riverside will play its first six-man game at defending state champion Kaycee; Lingle will play at Snake River to start six-man play. Riverside and Lingle, who are opting down to six-man, will be ineligible for the postseason.
With an even number of teams in each classification, all schools in both 1A classifications have full eight-game schedules.
Class 3A-1A teams can add Zero Week games, scrimmages or other contests. 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.
Schedules by Week
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. 2)
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
Lovell at Big Horn
Pinedale at Glenrock
Thermopolis at Greybull
Class 1A 11-man
Wind River at Tongue River
Wyoming Indian at Wright
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Midwest
Farson at Guernsey-Sunrise
Hanna at Meeteetse
Hulett at Ten Sleep
Lingle at Snake River
Normative Services at Burlington
Riverside at Kaycee
St. Stephens at Rock River
Interclass
Big Piney at Shoshoni
Burns at Saratoga
Cokeville at Mountain View
Kemmerer at Rocky Mountain
Lusk at Moorcroft
Lyman at Rawlins
Torrington at Wheatland
Upton-Sundance at Newcastle
Interstate
Mitchell, Neb., at Pine Bluffs
Preston, Idaho, at Star Valley
Southeast at Bayard, Neb.
Week 2 (Friday, Sept. 9)
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
Big Piney at Lovell
Burns at Big Horn
Greybull at Kemmerer
Mountain View at Lyman
Newcastle at Moorcroft
Thermopolis at Glenrock
Wheatland at Pinedale
Class 1A 11-man
Pine Bluffs at Wind River
Rocky Mountain at Upton-Sundance
Saratoga at Lusk
Shoshoni at Southeast
Tongue River at Wyoming Indian
Wright at Cokeville
Class 1A six-man
Burlington at Farson
Guernsey-Sunrise at Lingle
Kaycee at Hanna
Meeteetse at Dubois
Midwest at Normative Services
Rock River at Hulett
Snake River at Riverside
Ten Sleep at St. Stephens
Week 3 (Friday, Sept. 16)
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 Kemmerer
Glenrock at Newcastle
Lovell at Greybull
Lyman at Big Piney
Moorcroft at Burns
Pinedale at Mountain View
Wheatland at Thermopolis
Class 1A 11-man
Cokeville at Tongue River
Lusk at Rocky Mountain
Southeast at Saratoga
Upton-Sundance at Shoshoni
Wind River at Wright
Wyoming Indian at Pine Bluffs
Class 1A six-man
Burlington at Ten Sleep
Dubois at Riverside
Farson at St. Stephens
Hulett at Hanna
Meeteetse at Snake River
Midwest at Guernsey
Normative Services at Lingle
Rock River at Kaycee
Week 4 (Friday, Sept. 23)
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
Glenrock at Wheatland
Greybull at Burns
Kemmerer at Big Piney
Mountain View at Lovell
Newcastle at Big Horn
Pinedale at Lyman
Thermopolis at Moorcroft
Class 1A 11-man
Pine Bluffs at Upton-Sundance
Rocky Mountain at Cokeville
Saratoga at Wyoming Indian
Shoshoni at Wind River
Tongue River at Southeast
Wright at Lusk
Class 1A six-man
Guernsey at Normative Services
Hanna at Rock River
Kaycee at Hulett
Lingle at Midwest
Riverside at Meeteetse
St. Stephens at Burlington
Snake River at Dubois
Ten Sleep at Farson
Week 5 (Friday, Sept. 30)
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 Horn at Glenrock
Big Piney at Pinedale
Burns at Thermopolis
Lyman at Greybull
Moorcroft at Lovell
Mountain View at Kemmerer
Wheatland at Newcastle
Class 1A 11-man
Cokeville at Wyoming Indian
Lusk at Tongue River
Shoshoni at Saratoga
Southeast at Upton-Sundance
Wind River at Rocky Mountain
Wright at Pine Bluffs
Class 1A six-man
Burlington at Meeteetse
Farson at Dubois
Hanna at Lingle
Hulett at Normative Services
Kaycee at Guernsey
Rock River at Midwest
St. Stephens at Riverside
Ten Sleep at Snake River
Week 6 (Friday, Oct. 7)
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
Glenrock at Burns
Greybull at Mountain View
Kemmerer at Pinedale
Lovell at Lyman
Moorcroft at Wheatland
Newcastle at Big Piney
Thermopolis at Big Horn
Class 1A 11-man
Pine Bluffs at Shotheast
Rocky Mountain at Shoshoni
Saratoga at Cokeville
Upton-Sundance at Lusk
Tongue River at Wright
Wyoming Indian at Wind River
Class 1A six-man
Dubois at Burlington
Guernsey at Hanna
Lingle at Kaycee
Meeteetse at Farson
Midwest at Hulett
Normative Services at Rock River
Riverside at Ten Sleep
Snake River at St. Stephens
Week 7 (Friday, Oct. 14)
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 Moorcroft
Big Piney at Mountain View
Glenrock at Lyman
Kemmerer at Lovell
Newcastle at Thermopolis
Pinedale at Greybull
Wheatland at Burns
Class 1A 11-man
Cokeville at Wind River
Pine Bluffs at Tongue River
Saratoga at Rocky Mountain
Southeast at Lusk
Upton-Sundance at Wright
Wyoming Indian at Shoshoni
Class 1A six-man
Burlington at Snake River
Dubois at St. Stephens
Farson at Riverside
Hulett at Lingle
Meeteetse at Ten Sleep
Midwest at Kaycee
Normative Services at Hanna
Rock River at Guernsey
Week 8 (Friday, Oct. 21)
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 Horn at Wheatland
Burns at Newcastle
Greybull at Big Piney
Lovell at Pinedale
Lyman at Kemmerer
Moorcroft at Glenrock
Mountain View at Thermopolis
Class 1A 11-man
Lusk at Pine Bluffs
Rocky Mountain at Wyoming Indian
Shoshoni at Cokeville
Tongue River at Upton-Sundance
Wind River at Saratoga
Wright at Southeast
Class 1A six-man
Guernsey at Hulett
Hanna at Midwest
Kaycee at Normative Services
Lingle at Rock River
Riverside at Burlington
St. Stephens at Meeteetse
Snake River at Farson
Ten Sleep at Dubois
Schedules by team
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. Lyman; 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 Wheatland; 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 Sugar-Salem, 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: vs. Lovell; vs. Burns; at Kemmerer; vs. Newcastle; at Glenrock; vs. Thermopolis; at Moorcroft; at Wheatland.
Burns: at Saratoga; at Big Horn; vs. Moorcroft; vs. Greybull; at Thermopolis; vs. Glenrock; vs. Wheatland; at Newcastle.
Glenrock: vs. Pinedale; vs. Thermopolis; at Newcastle; at Wheatland; vs. Big Horn; at Burns; at Lyman; vs. Moorcroft.
Moorcroft: vs. Lusk; vs. Newcastle; at Burns; vs. Thermopolis; at Lovell; at Wheatland; vs. Big Horn; at Glenrock.
Newcastle: vs. Upton-Sundance; at Moorcroft; vs. Glenrock; at Big Horn; vs. Wheatland; at Big Piney; at Thermopolis; vs. Burns.
Thermopolis: at Greybull; at Glenrock; vs. Wheatland; at Moorcroft; vs. Burns; at Big Horn; vs. Newcastle; vs. Mountain View.
Wheatland: vs. Torrington; at Pinedale; at Thermopolis; vs. Glenrock; at Newcastle; vs. Moorcroft; at Burns; vs. Big Horn.
West Conference
Big Piney: at Shoshoni; at Lovell; vs. Lyman; vs. Kemmerer; at Pinedale; vs. Newcastle; at Mountain View; vs. Greybull.
Greybull: vs. Thermopolis; at Kemmerer; vs. Lovell; at Burns; vs. Lyman; at Mountain View; vs. Pinedale; at Big Piney.
Kemmerer: at Rocky Mountain; vs. Greybull; vs. Big Horn; at Big Piney; vs. Mountain View; at Pinedale; at Lovell; vs. Lyman.
Lovell: at Big Horn; vs. Big Piney; at Greybull; vs. Mountain View; vs. Moorcroft; at Lyman; vs. Kemmerer; at Pinedale.
Lyman: at Rawlins; vs. Mountain View; at Big Piney; vs. Pinedale; at Greybull; vs. Lovell; vs. Glenrock; at Kemmerer.
Mountain View: vs. Cokeville; at Lyman; vs. Pinedale; at Lovell; at Kemmerer; vs. Greybull; vs. Big Piney; at Thermopolis.
Pinedale: at Glenrock; vs. Wheatland; at Mountain View; at Lyman; vs. Big Piney; vs. Kemmerer; at Greybull; vs. Lovell.
Class 1A 11-man
East Conference
Lusk: at Moorcroft; vs. Saratoga; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Wright; at Tongue River; vs. Upton-Sundance; vs. Southeast; at Pine Bluffs.
Pine Bluffs: vs. Mitchell, Neb.; at Wind River; vs. Wyoming Indian; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Wright; at Southeast; at Tongue River; vs. Lusk.
Southeast: at Bayard, Neb.; vs. Shoshoni; at Saratoga; vs. Tongue River; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Lusk; vs. Wright.
Tongue River: vs. Wind River; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Cokeville; at Southeast; vs. Lusk; at Wright; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Upton-Sundance.
Upton-Sundance: at Newcastle; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Shoshoni; vs. Pine Bluffs; vs. Southeast; at Lusk; at Wright; vs. Tongue River.
Wright: vs. Wyoming Indian; at Cokeville; vs. Wind River; at Lusk; at Pine Bluffs; vs. Tongue River; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Southeast.
West Conference
Cokeville: at Mountain View; vs. Wright; at Tongue River; vs. Rocky Mountain; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Saratoga; at Wind River; vs. Shoshoni.
Rocky Mountain: vs. Kemmerer; at Upton-Sundance; vs. Lusk; at Cokeville; vs. Wind River; at Shoshoni; vs. Saratoga; at Wyoming Indian.
Saratoga: vs. Burns; at Lusk; vs. Southeast; at Wyoming Indian; vs. Shoshoni; at Cokeville; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Wind River.
Shoshoni: vs. Big Piney; at Southeast; vs. Upton-Sundance; at Wind River; at Saratoga; vs. Rocky Mountain; vs. Wyoming Indian; at Cokeville.
Wind River: at Tongue River; vs. Pine Bluffs; at Wright; vs. Shoshoni; at Rocky Mountain; vs. Wyoming Indian; vs. Cokeville; at Saratoga.
Wyoming Indian: at Wright; vs. Tongue River; at Pine Bluffs; vs. Saratoga; vs. Cokeville; at Wind River; at Shoshoni; vs. Rocky Mountain.
Class 1A six-man
East Conference
Guernsey: vs. Farson; at Lingle; vs. Midwest; at NSI; vs. Kaycee; at Hanna; vs. Rock River; at Hulett.
Hanna: at Meeteetse; vs. Kaycee; vs. Hulett; at Rock River; at Lingle; vs. Guernsey; vs. NSI; at Midwest.
Hulett: at Ten Sleep; vs. Rock River; at Hanna; vs. Kaycee; at NSI; vs. Midwest; at Lingle; vs. Guernsey.
Kaycee: vs. Riverside; at Hanna; vs. Rock River; at Hulett; at Guernsey; vs. Lingle; vs. Midwest; at NSI.
Lingle: at Snake River; vs. Guernsey; vs. NSI; at Midwest; vs. Hanna; at Kaycee; vs. Hulett; at Rock River.
Midwest: vs. Dubois; at NSI; at Guernsey; vs. Lingle; vs. Rock River; at Hulett; at Kaycee; vs. Hanna.
NSI: at Burlington; vs. Midwest; at Lingle; vs. Guernsey; vs. Hulett; at Rock River; at Hanna; vs. Kaycee.
Rock River: vs. St. Stephens; at Hulett; at Kaycee; vs. Hanna; at Midwest; vs. NSI; at Guernsey; vs. Lingle.
West Conference
Burlington: vs. NSI; at Farson; at Ten Sleep; vs. St. Stephens; at Meeteetse; vs. Dubois; at Snake River; vs. Riverside.
Dubois: at Midwest; vs. Meeteetse; at Riverside; vs. Snake River; vs. Farson; at Burlington; at St. Stephens; vs. Ten Sleep.
Farson: at Guernsey; vs. Burlington; at St. Stephens; vs. Ten Sleep; at Dubois; vs. Meeteetse; at Riverside; vs. Snake River.
Meeteetse: vs. Hanna; at Dubois; at Snake River; vs. Riverside; vs. Burlington; at Farson; at Ten Sleep; vs. St. Stephens.
Riverside: at Kaycee; vs. Snake River; vs. Dubois; at Meeteetse; vs. St. Stephens; at Ten Sleep; vs. Farson; at Burlington.
St. Stephens: at Rock River; vs. Ten Sleep; vs. Farson; at Burlington; at Riverside; vs. Snake River; vs. Dubois; at Meeteetse.
Snake River: vs. Lingle; at Riverside; vs. Meeteetse; at Dubois; vs. Ten Sleep; at St. Stephens; vs. Burlington; at Farson.
Ten Sleep: vs. Hulett; at St. Stephens; vs. Burlington; at Farson; at Snake River; vs. Riverside; vs. Meeteetse; at Dubois.
–patrick