Updates: 1967 and 1968 all-state, Cowley, Big Piney, Star Valley, Tongue River, Upton, Newcastle, Thermopolis

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I have been chipping away at several updates the past couple weeks. Here is what has changed:

All-state listings:

I added the 1967 Class B and 1968 Class AA all-state listings to the all-state page. The 1968 Class AA listing I found was quite grainy and distorted, so if you see any misspelled names, please let me know by posting a comment below or emailing me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com. At least two names in the listings need updated — one name from Cheyenne East that was illegible (it looked sort of like John Klocher on my distorted copy) and another player who was referenced with last name only, Eisenman (the original listing did not give this player’s first name or school, but I’m guessing Sheridan for obvious reasons… help!).

I’m still looking for the 1967 Class AA and A and the 1968 Class B all-state teams.

Updates:

Fixed the score of Thermopolis’ 20-7 victory over Newcastle on Oct. 13, 2000. I had the score transposed, with Newcastle winning instead.

Corrected four incorrect season records — Big Piney’s 2009 record (Punchers were 6-3, NOT 5-4), Star Valley’s 2001 record (Braves were 9-2, NOT 10-1), Tongue River’s 2001 record (Eagles were 3-5, NOT 4-4) and Upton’s 2001 record (Bobcats were 4-6, NOT 5-5).

Updates have been made on all relevant pages.

Coaches Project:

I added the first name for Cowley’s coach in 1939-40: Moyle Knudsen was the Jags’ coach.

As always, if you spot any errors or have info that can help fill out this site better, please let me know, either by email or by posting here. Thanks!

–patrick

2012 all-state, Super 25 football teams announced

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The 2012 Wyoming Coaches Association all-state football teams have been announced. You can check them out on the all-state page. If I have any names misspelled or classes wrong, please let me know via email (pschmiedt@yahoo.com) or just leave a comment below.

Some highlights from the all-state selections:

Kaycee’s James Caro became just the second player in the past 40 years to be named to the all-state team four consecutive years. The only other Wyoming player to accomplish that feat in that time is Meeteetse’s Ty Barrus from 1987-90.

Three-time selections included Vince Sleep (Powell), Cisco Taylor (Lyman), Brigham Teichert (Cokeville) and Zach Eisenbarth (Southeast). All four players are seniors this year.

In addition to Caro and the four three-time selections, 44 other players were chosen as repeat selections. They included Joe Ash and Austen Motily (Cheyenne East), Dani Fischer (Gillette), Colter Bentley, Adam Britton, Dan Reese, Brecken Biggs and Josh Flanigan (Natrona), Collin Eisenman (Sheridan), Aaron Fenner (Buffalo), Ty Etchemendy (Douglas), Dan Probst (Green River), Tony Lujan, Garrett Lynch, Brendan Phister and Dewey Schwahn (Powell), T.J. Galey and Xavier Webb (Riverton), Scott Passini and Matt Wigglesworth (Big Horn), Luke Barron (Big Piney), J.D. Pittsley (Glenrock), Matt Archibald (Kemmerer), Dino Collins and Dylan Hultgren (Lovell), Bransen Bradshaw and Kyle Stokes (Lyman), Ty Borgialli, J.T. Harper and Billie Gordon (Newcastle), Christian Syverson (Thermopolis), Cody Nate (Cokeville), Colter Larson (Lusk), Waddie Love (Saratoga), Josh Thoren (Shoshoni), Wyatt Somsen and Colton Stees (Southeast), Jesse Hawk and Cody Flynn (Dubois), Rylie Richardson (Hanna), Cam Ray (Midwest), Cole Gourlay and Manuel Quinteros (Snake River) and Friscoe Erdahl (Ten Sleep).

Seven players — Lujan, Lynch and Phister (all Powell), Nate (Cokeville), Somsen and Stees (both Southeast) and Ray (Midwest) — could become three-time selections next season. All were juniors this year.

State champions led the way on every all-state team, as Natrona (13 players at 17 positions), Powell (nine players), Lyman (seven players), Southeast (seven players) and Dubois (seven players) each led their respective classifications in total selections; Cokeville tied Southeast with seven players in Class 1A 11-man.

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Additionally, the Casper Star-Tribune named its 22nd annual Super 25 team this week. Selections are available here.

Lovell’s Dino Collins was named the Super 25 offensive player of the year, while Natrona’s Dan Reese was named the Super 25 defensive player of the year. The Super 25 coach of the year was Big Horn’s Michael McGuire.

McGuire was just the second coach to win Super 25 coach of the year honors in a year in which his team did not win the state championship, joining Shoshoni’s Harold Bailey, who won the award in 1994 after taking the Wranglers from a 1-7 record in 1993 to a 6-2 season in ’94. McGuire, in his first year with the Rams, led Big Horn to an undefeated regular season and a 10-1 record.

–patrick

Updates: Shoshoni, Sunrise, Glenrock, 1995 Class 4A all-state, Super 25

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A couple recent edits and updates to the site that are worth noting:

Additions

I added a few games to the database after doing a notebook purge and double-check. I added three games for Shoshoni’s 1951 season: a 13-6 victory over Worland Institute on either Sept. 21 or Sept. 28 (added to the missing games list because I couldn’t pin down a date), a 19-13 loss to the Thermopolis JV on Oct. 1, and a victory over the Lander JV on Oct. 25 (added to the missing games list because I couldn’t pin down a score).

I also noted that Sunrise won its game with Glenrock on Oct. 24, 1947 (it stayed on the missing games list because I couldn’t find a final score; however, this update cements the date, location and winner).

Corrections

I recently found that the 1995 Class 4A all-state team had three players listed with the wrong team. I moved Justin Kapinus, Brandon Guffey and Saber Garcia into the Gillette list; for some reason (I’m sure someone (not me) using the abbreviation “CC” for both Campbell County and Cheyenne Central), I had them listed with Cheyenne Central. Central’s all-staters that year were Tom Dawson and Brant Humphrey.

I also noticed recently that the total number of Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 listings by school (at the bottom of the page) did not total 525, the number of all-time selections. So I did some back-checking and fixed a few totals: Laramie has 22 all-time selections, not 21; Mountain View has 13, not 12; Natrona has 49, not 48; and Southeast has eight, not seven.

All the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.

–patrick

Updates: All-America listings, playoff scoring records

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I have two cool new additions to the site to share with you:

First, thanks to High School Football Database and Ex-Preps.com, I now have a complete listing of Wyoming’s all-time All-America choices. The listings cover several teams dating back to 1947; if a team isn’t listed, it’s because Wyoming has never had a player chosen for that team.

Second, I have added playoff scoring records to the scoring records page. It’s interesting to note that last year’s six-man quarterfinal game between Midwest and Ten Sleep, won by Midwest 80-52, is the highest-scoring combined playoff game in state history. To see the other records, check out the listings.

–patrick

Updates: Lingle, Douglas, all-state listing, Shrine Bowl records

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A couple quick additions/corrections:

I added Douglas’ 20-0 victory over Lingle on Nov. 3, 1950, to the database. Thanks to Marven Weitzel for the addition!

I corrected the name of Wheatland’s Larry Woodcock in the honorable mention Class A all-state listings for 1962. Thanks to my dad for catching that one!

I have also updated the Shrine Bowl page to show records through this year’s game.

All the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.

–patrick

Updates: 1958 all-state and Cowley coach

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A couple updates to the site to pass along:

First, the 1958 all-class all-state team has been added to the all-state listings. Thanks to the president of the Wyoming Chapter of the National Football Foundation (and 1958 all-stater) Mike Schutte for the help with that one! Pay special attention to Natrona’s selections that season….

Also, I found the first name for Cowley’s coach in 1956: Willard Hirschi. Hirschi led Cowley to the state boys hoops title in 1957 and later became a world-renown track coach at BYU. Read a cool story about him from the Deseret News in 2000 here.

To see other coach names I’m missing, click here.

–patrick

Updates: 1971 all-state

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Thanks to some help from former Laramie player Blake Newman, I recently added the Class AA all-state team for 1971. I appreciate the help, Blake!

The all-state listings I have are nearly complete back to 1920, but I can still use some help. If you have a team I am missing, please email it to me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com. I am still searching for the following teams:

1994, Class 1A 9-man
1970, Class AA and Class B
1969, Class B
1966, 1967, 1968, all classes
1965, Class A and Class B
1963, Class B
1958, all classes
1957, Class B
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, all classes
1939, all classes
1936, all classes
1932, 1933, all classes
1929, all classes
1926, all classes

–patrick

Updates: 2011 all-state and Shoshoni

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The 2011 all-state teams have been added to the all-state listings.

Additionally, I made one small correction to the overall record for Shoshoni; the Wranglers’ all-time victory total is 256 and I had listed 252. The update has been made on all the relevant pages.

–patrick

2011 Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 team

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The Casper Star-Tribune released its annual Super 25 all-star team on Friday. Members of the first team included:

Nick Bazemore, Gillette

Josh Cragoe, Powell

Collin Eisenman, Sheridan

Matt Eddington, Evanston

Wade Eyre, Lyman

Mark Grant, Lovell

Colter Hamel, Green River

Terry Jackson, Kelly Walsh

Jordan Johnson, Cokeville

Jerome Krysl, Green River

Tanner Miller, Douglas

A.J. Montanez, Lovell

Olie Olson, Powell

Braidy Parks, Douglas

Dan Reese, Natrona

Jordan Roberts, Sheridan

Riley Ryan, Sheridan

Tanner Simpson, Lander

Cisco Taylor, Lyman

Jake Thomas, Natrona

Anthony Valdez, Cheyenne East

Cody Vollmar, Natrona

Daniel Wille, Snake River

Jeremy Woods, Cheyenne East

Zac Zimmerer, Southeast

Second team, third team and honorable mention choices were also made. See Friday’s Star-Tribune for bios on each first-team player, as well as the other selections.

–patrick