Wyoming
Wyoming High School Volleyball Scoreboard: Aug. 30-31, 2024
The first weekend of high school volleyball in Wyoming is here. There are tournaments galore in the state. Cheyenne, Cokeville, Cowley, Douglas, Lander, and Lingle are all hosting tournaments. There are all but two teams in action, Jackson and Wind River. They will start play next week. There is only one individual contest this week, Ft. Washakie travels to Saratoga in Class 1A Southwest action. Two conference matches are also part of the schedule.
The schedule for Week 1 is below. All schedules are subject to change. For any updates, please reach out to david@wyopreps.com.
Class 1A
Ft. Washakie at Saratoga (conference match) – MISSING SCORE
Tournaments
Cheyenne Invitational
Final Score: #3 Thunder Basin 2 #5 Star Valley 0 = 25-22, 25-18
Final Score: 4A Cheyenne East 2 3A Rawlins 0 = 25-14, 25-9
Final Score: Natrona County 2 Cheyenne Central 1 = 25-12, 14-25, 25-16
Final Score: Riverton 2 Cheyenne South 0 = 25-21, 25-16
Final Score: #1 Laramie 2 #2 Kelly Walsh 0 = 25-17, 25-19
Final Score: Green River 2 #4 Campbell County 1 = 25-21, 25-11
Sheridan vs Rock Springs – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: #3 Thunder Basin 2 Riverton 0 = 25-21, 25-17
#4 Campbell County vs Natrona County – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: #5 Star Valley 2 Cheyenne South 0 = 25-12, 25-23
Final Score: #2 Kelly Walsh 2 Cheyenne East 0 = 25-14, 25-21
Final Score: Cheyenne Central 2 Rock Springs 0 = 25-16, 25-15
4A Sheridan vs 3A Rawlins – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: #1 Laramie 2 Green River 1 = 21-25, 25-23, 25-20
Final Score: #5 Star Valley 2 Sheridan 1 = 25-14, 22-25, 27-26
#3 Thunder Basin vs Rock Springs – MISSING SCORE
Natrona County at Cheyenne South – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: Cheyenne Central 2 Green River 0 = 26-24, 25-19
Final Score: 4A #1 Laramie 2 3A Rawlins 0 = 25-10, 25-6
Cokeville Invitational (3 courts – JV before Varsity)
2A Kemmerer at 1A #1 Cokeville – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: Bear Lake, ID 3 1A #2 Little Snake River 0 = 25-12, 25-20, 25-20
1A Riverside vs Preston, ID – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 3A #1 Mountain View 3 Grace, ID 1 = 19-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-13
Final Score: 4A Evanston 3 West Side, ID 0 = 25-13, 25-11, 25-23
Final Score: 3A #1 Mountain View 3 1A #1 Cokeville 1 = 26-24, 20-25, 25-18, 25-21
Final Score: 1A #2 Little Snake River 3 Rich, UT 2 = 24-26, 25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 15-8
Final Score: 4A Evanston 3 1A Riverside 0 = 25-19, 25-14, 25-22
2A Kemmerer vs Grace, ID – MISSING SCORE
2A Kemmerer vs 3A #1 Mountain View – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 4A Evanston 3 Preston, ID 0 = 25-23, 25-20, 27-25
Final Score: 1A #1 Cokeville 3 Grace, ID 2 = 23-25, 25-14, 16-25, 26-24, 15-7
1A #2 Little Snake River vs Star Valley JV – MISSING SCORE
1A Riverside vs West Side, ID – MISSING SCORE
Dogger Invitational in Lingle (rolling times in the High School & Middle School Gyms on the next available court)
Final Score: #5 Lingle-Ft. Laramie 2 Rock River 0 = 25-8, 25-8 (conference game)
Final Score: 2A #3 Pine Bluffs 2 Guernsey-Sunrise 0 = 25-19, 25-9
Final Score: #3 Upton 2 Lusk 0 = 25-23, 25-19
Final Score: Kaycee 2 H.E.M. 1 = 17-25, 25-11, 15-7
Final Score: #5 Lingle-Ft. Laramie 2 Arvada-Clearmont 0 = 25-7, 25-5
Final Score: 2A #3 Pine Bluffs 2 1A Hulett 0 = 25-17, 25-20
Final Score: Guernsey-Sunrise 2 Kaycee 1 = 25-22, 18-25, 15-6
Final Score: #3 Upton 2 Rock River 0 = 25-14, 25-12
Final Score: Arvada-Clearmont 2 H.E.M. 0 = 25-18, 25-23
Final Score: Lusk 2 Hulett 0 = 25-12, 25-20
Final Score: #3 Upton 2 #5 Lingle-Ft. Laramie 0 = 25-17, 25-20
Final Score: 2A #3 Pine Bluffs 2 1A Kaycee 0 = 25-10, 25-11
Final Score: Rock River 2 Arvada-Clearmont 0 = 25-16, 25-17
Final Score: Guernsey-Sunrise 2 Hulett 0 = 25-17, 25-16
Final Score: Lusk 2 H.E.M. 1 = 25-19, 19-25, 15-9
Final Score: 2A #3 Pine Bluffs 2 1A #3 Upton 0 = 25-15, 23-25, 15-9
Final Score: #5 Lingle-Ft. Laramie 2 Kaycee 0 = 25-20, 25-17
Final Score: Hulett 2 Rock River 0 = 25-17, 25-22
Final Score: Guernsey-Sunrise 2 H.E.M. 1 = 25-23, 20-25, 15-9
Final Score: Lusk 2 Arvada-Clearmont 0 = 25-17, 25-11
Douglas Bearcat Invitational (rolling times – JV plays 1st)
Pool A – Rec Center
Final Score: 3A #3 Douglas 2 2A #5 Wright 0 = 25-11, 25-16
Final Score: 2A Moorcroft 2 3A Burns 0 = 25-17, 25-16
Final Score: 3A #3 Douglas 2 2A Moorcroft 0 = 25-5, 25-6
2A #5 Wright vs 3A Burns – MISSING SCORE
Moorcroft vs #5 Wright – MISSING SCORE
Burns at #3 Douglas – MISSING SCORE
Pool B – Bearcat Den
Final Score: Torrington 2 Glenrock 0 = 25-16, 25-13
Final Score: 1A #4 Southeast 2 3A Buffalo 0 = 25-20, 25-16
3A Torrington vs 1A #4 Southeast – MISSING SCORE
Buffalo vs Glenrock – MISSING SCORE
1A #4 Southeast vs 3A Glenrock – MISSING SCORE
Buffalo vs Torrington – MISSING SCORE
Pool C – Middle School
Final Score: 3A Wheatland 2 2A #1 Big Horn 0 = 28-26, 28-26
Final Score: Alliance, NE 2 3A Newcastle 0 = 25-23, 25-22
Final Score: 2A #1 Big Horn 2 Alliance, NE 0 = 25-13, 25-19
Wheatland vs Newcastle – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 3A Wheatland 2 Alliance, NE 1 = 25-20, 23-25, 15-7
2A #1 Big Horn vs 3A Newcastle – MISSING SCORE
Lander Invitational (Fieldhouse 1 & 2 and Aux Gym are used for courts – JV plays 1st)
3A Lovell vs 2A Wyoming Indian – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 3A #4 Lyman 3 2A Big Piney 0 = 25-13, 25-19, 25-15
Final Score: #2 Cody 3 Pinedale 1 = 19-25, 25-16, 25-14, 28-26
3A #5 Powell vs 2A Shoshoni – MISSING SCORE
1A Farson-Eden vs 3A Worland – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 3A Lander 3 2A Thermopolis 2 = 23-25, 19-25, 25-12, 25-17, 15-13
Final Score: Lovell 3 #4 Lyman 2 = 22-25, 25-21, 15-25, 25-22, 16-14
Final Score: Pinedale 3 Worland 1 = 25-22, 17-25, 25-14, 25-23
Final Score: 3A #2 Cody 3 2A Big Piney 0 = 25-9, 25-16, 25-14
1A Farson-Eden vs 2A Thermopolis – MISSING SCORE
Shoshoni vs Wyoming Indian – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: #5 Powell 3 Lander 0 = 25-21, 25-17, 25-14
North Big Horn County Tournament in Cowley (Main and Aux Gyms – JV plays 1st)
Final Score: 2A Rocky Mountain 2 1A Meeteetse 0 = 25-11, 25-6
2A #4 Greybull vs 1A Burlington – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: Dubois 2 Meeteetse 0 = 25-7, 25-11
2A #2 Tongue River vs 1A St. Stephens – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 2A Rocky Mountain 2 1A Dubois 0 = 25-22, 25-17
1A St. Stephens vs 2A #4 Greybull – MISSING SCORE
Final Score: 2A Sundance 2 1A Meeteetse 0 = 25-6, 25-9
Final Score: 2A #2 Tongue River 2 1A Burlington 0 = 25-22, 25-10
Final Score: 2A Sundance 2 1A Dubois 0 = 25-11, 25-20
Final Score: #4 Greybull 1 #2 Tongue River 1 = 25-22, 16-25
Final Score: Sundance 1 Rocky Mountain 1 = 25-18, 20-25
Burlington vs St. Stephens – MISSING SCORE
Tournaments
Cheyenne Invitational
#4 Campbell County vs #2 Kelly Walsh, 9 a.m. (East HS)
#1 Laramie vs Riverton, 9 a.m. (Central HS)
4A #3 Thunder Basin vs 3A Rawlins, 9 a.m. (South HS)
#5 Star Valley at Cheyenne East, 10 a.m.
Sheridan vs Green River, 10 a.m. (Central HS)
Rock Springs at Cheyenne South, 10 a.m.
4A #4 Campbell County vs 3A Rawlins, 11 a.m.
Riverton at Cheyenne Central, 11 a.m.
#3 Thunder Basin vs Natrona County, 11 a.m. (South HS)
Rock Springs at Cheyenne East, noon
Sheridan vs #2 Kelly Walsh, noon (Central HS)
Green River at Cheyenne South, noon
#1 Laramie vs #5 Star Valley, 1 p.m. (East HS)
#4 Campbell County vs Riverton, 1 p.m. (Central HS)
Natrona County at Cheyenne East, 2 p.m.
#2 Kelly Walsh at Cheyenne Central, 2 p.m.
Cokeville Invitaional
Gold Bracket – Courts 1 & 2
1A #1 Cokeville vs Preston, ID, 8 am (Court 1)
4A Evaston vs Star Valley JV, 10:30 am (Court 1)
3A #1 Mountain View vs 1A #2 Little Snake River, 10:30 am (Court 2)
Consolation match, 1 pm
Consolation match, 1 pm
Semifinal match, 3:30 pm
Semifinal match, 3:30 pm
5th place match, 6 pm
3rd place match, 6 pm
Championship match, 8:30 pm
Silver Bracket – Court 3
1A Riverside vs Rich, UT, 8 am
2A Kemmerer vs West Side, ID, 10:30 am
Consolation match, 1 pm
Championship match, 3:30 pm
Douglas Bearcat Invitational (rolling times – JV plays 1st)
The top 8 teams will be in the Gold bracket, split between the Rec Center & Bearcat Den
The other 4 will play round-robin games in the Silver bracket, at the Middle School
Lander Invitational (Fieldhouse 1 & 2 and Aux Gym are used for courts – JV plays 1st)
Wyoming Indian vs Big Piney, 8 a.m. (FH 1)
Lovell vs Pinedale, 8 a.m. (FH 2)
#4 Lyman vs #2 Cody, 8 a.m. (Aux)
3A Worland vs 2A Thermoplois, 10:30 a.m. (FH 1)
1A Farson-Eden vs 3A #5 Powell, 10:30 a.m. (FH 2)
2A Shonshoni at 3A Lander, 10:30 a.m. (Aux)
2A Big Piney vs 3A Lovell, 1 p.m. (FH 1)
3A #2 Cody vs 2A Wyoming Indian, 1 p.m. (FH 2)
#4 Lyman vs #5 Powell, 1 p.m. (Aux)
3A Pinedale vs 2A Thermopolis, 3:30 p.m. (FH 1)
2A Shoshoni vs 1A Farson-Eden, 3:30 p.m. (FH 2)
Worland at Lander, 3:30 p.m. (Aux)
North Big Horn County Tournament in Cowley
Gold Bracket in the Main Gym
Brown Bracket in the Aux Gym
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ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming (KUTV) — A man was hospitalized with critical injuries after he was reportedly shot by a deputy responding to reports of a disturbance.
Deputies with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Rock Springs Police Department responded to the Sweetwater Heights apartment complex in the 2100 block of Century Boulevard just after 4 a.m. on Monday to investigate reports of a disturbance involving an armed individual.
Information that dispatch received indicated that the individual had shot himself. When officials arrived, they found the individual on the balcony of an upstairs apartment “who appeared to have a gunshot wound consistent with the initial report,” a press release states.
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During the encounter, a deputy discharged their weapon and struck the individual.
Emergency medical personnel rendered aid, and the individual was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
No law enforcement officers or members of the public were injured during the incident.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct an independent investigation.
The deputy who fired their weapon was placed on administrative leave per standard protocol.
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by Maggie Mullen, WyoFile
Albert Sommers, former Wyoming Speaker of the House, announced Thursday he will attempt to reclaim a seat he formerly held for more than a decade in the statehouse.
“Leadership matters,” Sommers, a lifelong cattle rancher, wrote in a press release. “Right now, the Wyoming House is too often focused on division instead of solutions. We need steady, effective leadership that solves problems—not rhetoric and political theater.”
Voters in 2013 first elected Sommers to House District 20, which encompasses Sublette County and an eastern section of Lincoln County. As a lawmaker, Sommers largely focused on health care, education and water issues. Over six terms, he rose through the ranks, serving in leadership positions and chairing committees focused on education funding and broadband.
In his announcement, Sommers highlighted his legislative work to establish funding for rural hospitals, prioritize “responsible property tax relief,” as well as the creation of the Wyoming Colorado River Advisory Committee within the State Engineer’s Office, “to ensure our water users have a voice in critical decisions affecting the Green River Valley,” he wrote.
As speaker, Sommers was a frequent target of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus as well as the DC-based State Freedom Caucus Network, even getting the attention of Fox News and other national, conservative news outlets. They often accused Sommers of not being conservative enough, and criticized him for keeping bills in “the drawer,” which has long been code for the unilateral power a speaker has to kill legislation by holding it back. (The practice of holding bills has been used to a much higher degree under Freedom Caucus leadership.)
In 2023, Sommers used the speaker’s powers to kill bills related to a school voucher program, banning instruction on gender and sexual orientation from some classrooms and criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors. At the time, Sommers defended his decision to hold back “bills that are unconstitutional, not well vetted, duplicate bills or debates, and bills that negate local control, restrict the rights of people or risk costly litigation financed by the people of Wyoming.”
He reiterated that philosophy and defended his record in his Thursday campaign announcement.
“I am a common-sense conservative who believes in getting things done. I support our core industries—oil and gas, ranching, and tourism—and I will continue to fight for the people and natural resources of Sublette County and LaBarge. I am pro-gun, pro-life, pro-family, and pro-education,” Sommers wrote. “I also take seriously my oath to uphold the U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions, which means I didn’t support bills that violated those constitutions. I read bills carefully and I voted accordingly.”
Following his term as speaker, Sommers stepped away from the House to run for Senate District 14 in 2024. He lost in the primary election to political newcomer Laura Pearson, a Freedom Caucus-endorsed Republican from Kemmerer, who also won in the general election. Her Senate win coincided with the Freedom Caucus winning control of the House.
“That race didn’t go my way, and I respected the outcome,” Sommers said in a Thursday press release. But “the direction of the Wyoming House,” since then, he said, has “raised serious concerns.”
Sommers pointed to the Freedom Caucus and its budget proposal, which, despite a funding surplus, included major cuts and funding denials. Ahead of the session, the caucus said its sights were set on shrinking spending and limiting the growth of government.
In his Thursday press release, Sommers criticized “decisions that cut food assistance for vulnerable children, reduced business opportunities, slashed funding to the University of Wyoming, eliminated resources for cheatgrass control, denied raises for state employees, and removed positions critical to protecting Wyoming’s water rights.”
Most of those proposals did not make it into the final budget bill.
Sommers also pointed to a controversy that dominated the 2026 session after a Teton County conservative activist handed out campaign checks to lawmakers on the House floor. Lawmakers in both chambers unanimously voted to ban such behavior before a House Special Investigative Committee found that the exchange did not violate the Wyoming Constitution nor did it amount to legislative misconduct. A Laramie County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigation is still underway.
But “controversies like ‘Checkgate’ undermined public trust, and decorum in the House deteriorated,” Sommers said.
“Transparency and accessibility will remain central to how I serve,” Sommers said. “As I’ve done before, I will provide regular updates on legislation, seek your input, and clearly explain my votes.”
Incumbent bows out
Rep. Mike Schmid, R-La Barge, currently represents House District 20, but announced Thursday morning that he would not seek reelection.
“It has truly been an honor to serve as your State Representative for House District 20. When I first ran, I had hoped to serve up to three terms and continue building on what I learned during my first term,” Schmid wrote in a Facebook post. “But life can change your priorities. Over the past year, my family has gone through some difficult times. My wife is dealing with serious health issues, and the death of my brother, Jim, just a few short weeks ago have made it clear to me where I need to spend my time.”
In March, Bill Winney, a perennial candidate and former nuclear submarine commander, announced he would run for House District 20.
The official candidate filing period opens May 14.
This article was originally published by WyoFile and is republished here with permission. WyoFile is an independent nonprofit news organization focused on Wyoming people, places and policy.
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The following is a news release from the Wyoming’s Rock Springs Police Department:
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Rock Springs Police Department is investigating a fatal incident that occurred early this morning in the parking lot of the Flying J Travel Center.
At approximately 5:00 a.m., a Flying J employee was working to direct commercial vehicle traffic within the lot. Initial findings suggest that as one semitruck began to move, the employee was positioned between that vehicle and a second stationary vehicle. The employee was subsequently pinned between the two units.
Rock Springs Fire Department and Castle Rock Ambulance arrived on the scene and coordinated life-saving measures. Despite the rapid response and medical intervention, the employee was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld at this time pending the notification of family members.
The driver involved in the incident, a resident of Idaho, remained on-site and has been fully cooperative with investigators. Following an initial statement and questioning, the driver was released. While the investigation remains open, the incident currently appears to be a tragic accident.
We extend our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and the staff at Flying J. We also want to commend the rapid response and professional life-saving efforts coordinated by Rock Springs Fire and Castle Rock Ambulance during this difficult call.
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