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Team Wyoming Dominating Team Roping in 2nd Go Round – SweetwaterNOW
ROCK SPRINGS – The National High School Finals Rodeo (NHSFR) continues to dwindle down to the wire with the Wyoming team dominating the team roping event for the second go-round. There are four separate groups for Team Wyoming in the top ten claiming, first, third, sixth, and 10th place.
In total team points, the Wyoming Girls are in second place while Team Wyoming is 3rd overall.
For the local Sweetwater County kids, Jacob Cook is still awaiting his run for the second go-round. Morgan Watts is in 23rd place this go-round with a time of 8.1 in goat tying. This paired with her 10th place finish in the first go sets her up as a top contender in her event. For Connor Weese, he is currently in 41st place in the second go of steer wrestling but his 4.51 time in the first go is still second-best overall.
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Below you can find all the Wyoming Contestants in the top 10 for their events as well as the top 10 for all events below that.
Wyoming Contestants in the Top 10 for the Second Go-Round
Abagail Olson, Sheridan, Wyo., Barrel Racing, 5th, 17.233
Tuker Carricato, Saratoga, Wyo., Bareback Riding, 1st, 82
Caitlin Moore, Wright, Wyo., Pole Bending, 3rd, 20.174
Brody Wheeler, Aladdin, Wyo., Steer Wrestling, 5th, 5.12
Trysten Scheer, Lusk, Wyo., Steer Wrestling, 6th, 5.15
Raine Scheer, Lance Creek, Wyo. and Cache Holbrook, Burns, Colo., Team Roping, 1st, 5.4
Evan Kallas, Casper, Wyo. and Kashlynne Drake, Casper, Wyo., Team Roping, 3rd, 5.79
Tucker Johnson, Cheyenne, Wyo. and Hailey Ellis, Cheyenne, Wyo., Team Roping, 6th, 6.48
JT Morris, Rozet, Wyo. and Cagney Stewart, Bowman, N.D., Team Roping, 10th, Score: 6.78
Dalton Massey, Gillette, Wyo., Tie Down Roping, 4th, 9.74
Adeline Norstegaard, Gillette, Wyo., Girls Cutting, 4th, 146.5
Barrel Racing
- (UT) Morgan Beckstrom, Spanish Fork, Utah, 16.943
- (NV) Brynn Barto, Winnemucca, Nev., 16.975
- (UT) Josey Madsen, Honeyville, Utah, 17.12
- (TX) Devin Young, Rosanky, Texas, 17.157
- (WY) Abagail Olson, Sheridan, Wyo., 17.233
- (LA) Rylee Jo Maryman, St. Francisville, La., 17.271
- (MN) Kayla Peters, Adrian, Minn., 17.285
- (NE) Hailey Witte, Crookston, Neb., 17.294
- (NE) Tyley Sears, Valentine, Neb., 17.297
- (AU) Brandy Durbidge, Cushnie, Queensland, Aus., 17.353
Bareback Riding
- (WY) Tuker Carricato, Saratoga, Wyo., 82
- (TX) Kash Loyd, Cleburne, Texas, 80.5
- (OR) Brody Dent, Bend, Ore., 74
- (MT) Azzy Lara, Columbia Falls, Mont., 74
- (AZ) Braylon Johnson, Prescott, Ariz., 73
- (CA) Cody Hill, Jr., Dobbins, Calif., 70
- (OR) Jenner Cole, Molalla, Ore., 67
- (CO) Tucker Jacobson, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 67
- (TN) Owen Prince, Humboldt, Tenn., 67
- (AB) Clay Greenslade, Rocky View County, Alberta, Can., 67
Boys Cutting
- (AR) Cooper Yarbro, Oxly, Mo., 148
- (CO) Parker Ralston, Collbran, Colo., 146
- (TX) Payden Rust, Gordon, Texas, 145
- (IA) Cort Jones, Allerton, Iowa, 144
- (AB) Joel Evans, High River, Alberta, Can., 144
- (NM) Tate White, Edgewood, N.M., 143
- (NM) Chris Carson, Roswell, N.M., 143
- (OR) Ty Duarte, Beatty, Ore., 142
- (UT) Wyatt Christensen, West Point, Utah, 142
- (ID) Jett Brower, St. Anthony, Idaho, 141
- (AZ) River Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 141
Breakaway Roping
- (WI) Raelynn Johnson, Brodhead, Wis., 2.18
- (UT) Sage Webster, Kamas, Utah, 2.27
- (KS) Baylee Barker, Atlanta, Kan., 2.28
- (MN) Ella Olson, New Richmond, Wis., 2.58
- (SD) Kelsi Costello, Newell, S.D., 2.68
- (IN) Savannah Russell, Heltonville, Ind., 2.7
- (TN) Avery Wilburn, Red Banks, Miss., 2.94
- (LA) Aubrey Habbit, Youngsville, La., 2.99
- (OR) Addison Klementis, Molalla, Ore., 3.12
- (NE) Jaycee Lambert, Harrison, Neb., 3.14
Bull Riding
- (UT) Dalton Allred, Cleveland, Utah, 78.5
- (MO) Wyatt Black, Carthage, Mo., 78
- (MI) Trace Scarlavai, White Cloud, Mich., 78
- (NC) Elijah Jennings, Cleveland, S.C., 76.5
- (AB) Hayden Mulvey, Brooks, Alberta, Can., 75
- (TX) Jack Mitchell, Weatherford, Texas, 69
- (KS) Jace Hensley, Paola, Kan., 68
- (TX) John Crimber, Sunset, Texas, 63
- (LA) Trey Carroll, DeRidder, La., 62.5
- (ID) Brody Westergard, Arco, Idaho, 61
Girls Cutting
- (TX) Mattie Coberly, Hereford, Texas, 150
- (TN) Lily Erwin, Lady Lake, Fla., 150
- (TX) Haylee King, Cisco, Texas, 148
- (WY) Adeline Norstegaard, Gillette, Wyo., 146.5
- (AU) Imogen Randell, Lurg, , 146
- (CA) Betty Branquinho, Oakdale, Calif., 145
- (TX) Preslie Green, Perrin, Texas, 145
- (UT) Baylee Denton, Sterling, Utah, 145
- (MO) Anna Martin, Steelville, Mo., 145
- (ID) Torrey Glaser, Elko, Nev., 144.5
Goat Tying
- (NM) Wacey Trujillo, Los Alamos, N.M., 6.89
- (ID) Hailey Gibbs, Riverside, Utah, 7.13
- (TX) Sadie Patterson, Hockley, Texas, 7.25
- (WA) Kylie Stewart, Royal City, Wash., 7.29
- (AZ) Bailey Girvin, Flagstaff, Ariz., 7.43
- (CO) Brooke Bruner, Parker, Colo., 7.51
- (CA) Kendra Deskovick, Ramona, Calif., 7.64
- (MT) Sally Robb, Bozeman, Mont., 7.65
- (IA) Augusta Warren, Ottumwa, Iowa, 7.69
- (UT) Ellie Thompson, Kamas, Utah, 7.69
Pole Bending
- (AB) Kasha Borsy, High River, Alberta, Can., 19.909
- (KS) Madison Scott, Quenemo, Kan., 20.169
- (WY) Caitlin Moore, Wright, Wyo., 20.174
- (IN) Rhylan Morgan, Muncie, Ind., 20.208
- (OK) Kaden Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 20.371
- (WI) Raelynn Johnson, Brodhead, Wis., 20.372
- (ND) Kinley Follman, Towner, N.D., 20.446
- (AZ) Oodessa Barlow, Rock Point, Ariz., 20.475
- (TX) Drew Ellen Stewart, Normangee, Texas, 20.491
- (SD) Piper Cordes, Wall, S.D., 20.494
Reined Cow Horse
- (CO) Landri Lisac, Pueblo, Colo., 297.5
- (AB) Tyree Swales, Millarville, Alberta, Can., 295
- (ID) Sloan McFarlane, Wilder, Idaho, 293
- (TX) Klare Segura, Schulenburg, Texas, 292.5
- (MT) Walker Story, Martinsdale, Mont., 292.5
- (TX) Quincy Probst, Wallsburg, Utah, 292
- (NV) Marinna Mori, Tuscarora, Nev., 292
- (OR) Ty Duarte, Beatty, Ore., 291.5
- (HI) Emily Coflin, Pukalani, Hawaii, 291
- (AZ) Ruby Robbins, Brawley, Calif., 291
Saddle Bronc
- (OR) Shane Scott, Molalla, Ore., 82
- (TX) Cooper Lane, Keller, Texas, 77
- (MI) Treg Huver, Nashville, Mich., 75.5
- (MT) Caiden Gray, Miles City, Mont., 74
- (NC) Connor Brumley, Mocksville, N.C., 73
- (CO) Colt Lewis, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 72
- (WA) KDyn Cooper, Prosser, Wash., 71
- (NC) Colt Bass, Statesville, N.C., 71
- (SD) Toarin Humble, Belle Fourche, S.D., 70
- (IA) Jett Williams, Clarinda, Iowa, 69.5
Steer Wrestling
- (WA) Reece Kane, Wilson Creek, Wash., 4.89
- (WI) Walker Goffard, Berlin, Wis., 4.89
- (UT) Tad Williams, Wanship, Utah, 4.92
- (NV) Hagen Buckmaster, Battle Mountain, Nev., 5.04
- (WY) Brody Wheeler, Aladdin, Wyo., 5.12
- (WY) Trysten Scheer, Lusk, Wyo., 5.15
- (NE) Brandt Priest, Cody, Neb., 5.29
- (MT) Kash Woodward, Miles City, Mont., 5.34
- (ID) Wally Jacobson, Clifton, Idaho, 5.52
- (TX) Krew Metcalf, Whitehouse, Texas, 5.55
Team Roping
- (WY) Raine Scheer, Lance Creek, Wyo. and Cache Holbrook, Burns, Colo., 5.4
- (TX) Brylee Sanderson, Bandera, Texas and Levi Robinson, Texas City, Texas, 5.44
- (WY) Evan Kallas, Casper, Wyo. and Kashlynne Drake, Casper, Wyo., 5.79
- (OK) Judd Goodson, Idabel, Okla. and Rylie Powell, Mcalester, Okla., 6.12
- (NM) Quint Walters, Las Cruces, N.M. and Wesley Hayes, Cliff, N.M., 6.33
- (WY) Tucker Johnson, Cheyenne, Wyo. and Hailey Ellis, Cheyenne, Wyo., 6.48
- (OK) Kreed King, Oklahoma City, Okla. and Austin Rogers, Hennessey, Okla., 6.51
- (UT) Sage Webster, Kamas, Utah and Harley Ward, Payson, Utah, 6.53
- (KS) Ryan Armstrong, Rogersville, Mo. and Myka Dickinson, Rogersville, Mo., 6.62
- (WY) JT Morris, Rozet, Wyo. and Cagney Stewart, Bowman, N.D., 6.78
Tie Down Roping
- (AZ) Cutter Steffan, Holbrook, Ariz., 9.27
- (KS) Braden Farr, Cherryvale, Kan., 9.37
- (WY) Cole Maxwell, Weippe, Idaho, 9.5
- (WY) Dalton Massey, Gillette, Wyo., 9.74
- (OK) Avery Garrett, Perryton, Texas, 10.09
- (KS) Hunter Rush, Dayton, Wash., 10.36
- (SD) Trey Merry, Piedmont, S.D., 10.39
- (KS) Trent Workman, Platteville, Colo., 10.4
- (ID) Carson Holt, Minatare, Neb., 10.46
- (WY) Koy Dellinger, Livermore, Calif., 10.59
CASPER, Wyo. — High school athletics in Wyoming could see some drastic changes in the coming years following legislative changes to the state’s education budget, the Wyoming High School Activities Association recently announced in a statement.
According to the WHSAA, Wyoming school districts are facing a projected $3.9 million shortfall in activities funding, forcing officials to consider significant cuts to high school sports and extracurricular programs.
The WHSAA shared details regarding a new “silo” funding model implemented by the Legislature, stating that the recalibrated block grant model reduced funding for student activities and extra-duty responsibilities from $46.3 million to $42.4 million, an approximately 8.4% decrease statewide.
WHSAA Commissioner Trevor Wilson said the restructuring also restricts district access to an additional $76.2 million in previously flexible funding.
“A significant portion of the [April 28 WHSAA Board of Directors] meeting was dedicated to discussing the projected funding shortfall,” Wilson wrote.
The WHSAA is weighing several strategies to address rising costs with fewer resources. Proposed changes include eliminating regional tournaments and reducing the number of teams qualifying for state events from eight to four; limiting wrestling to two classes and restricting track and field state participants to the top 16 marks; making cuts to soccer, indoor track and field, Nordic and Alpine skiing, swimming and diving, spring golf and tennis; and reducing in-person speech and debate events by half and centrally locating All-State Music events to minimize travel. The board also recommended increasing gate admission or implementing student participation fees to offset costs.
While the WHSAA release states that no plans have been finalized and the various changes are currently just possibilities, Natrona County School District 1 Board of Trustees member Mary Schmidt criticized the WHSAA’s handling of the news at Monday’s board meeting.
“I take some issues with this, [including] the sheer fact that we as Board of Trustees members have not talked about that at all,” Schmidt said. “It is not our intent and it has not been brought to us to cut our athletics or activities budget for the upcoming school year. … I take issue with them picking sports and getting the community upset and ginning them up to be upset that this is all going to be cut when that hasn’t been discussed.”
Later in the meeting, Superintendent Angela Hensley clarified that Natrona County School District 1’s athletics and activities budget saw a reduction of roughly $550,000 in the coming year’s budget, but said the local school district does not plan to cut any sports.
“Thank you, Trustee Schmidt, for saying this, because I think people are wondering — we are not planning to cut athletics and activities for next year,” Hensley said. “We do have to take a look at our entire budget as we have talked about, as we learn more about these new rules that come in.”
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Republished with permission from Wyoming News Now, a TV news outlet covering the Cheyenne and Casper areas.
Cheyenne City Council has introduced a temporary moratorium, or pause, on new data center construction.
“The end goal is to actually have regulations in place, to have really heavy public involvement with this with data centers,” said Councilman Mark Moody.
The proposed ordinance is not a permanent ban on data centers and would not affect data centers currently under construction.
Councilman Moody says this is a bipartisan issue.
“I just want to make this clear, I’m not against data centers. We do need them from a national security perspective,” he said.
He said there needs to be more public input and regulations regarding data centers in Cheyenne.
The ordinance would require city staff to study data center impacts such as electricity usage, electricity tariffs, closed-loop cooling systems, groundwater impacts, agricultural impacts, and land value.
Cheyenne LEADS, the economic development corporation for Cheyenne and Laramie County, reported in November 2025 that there are 12 operational data centers in Wyoming, five under construction and plans for 43 data centers announced across the state.
“There needs to be more public input with this, and also to see how many we can sustain here in this community, cause there are talks of 43, and then another day 70. How many can we sustain here?” said Councilman Moody.
The proposed moratorium will now go to the Public Services Committee on Monday, May 18 at noon in the Municipal Building.
Sheridan will play in the North Regional Tournament at Gillette, while the South Regional Tournament will be played at Rock Springs.
North Regional Tournament at Gillette:
Checking record vs. highest team in the quadrant not involved in the tie, Thunder Basin gets the #1 Northeast seed over Campbell County, because the Lady Bolts went 3-1 vs. Sheridan, whereas the Lady Camels went 2-2.
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 NE) Thunder Basin vs. (#4 NW) Jackson – 11am
(#2 NW) Natrona County vs. (#3 NE) Sheridan – 11am
(#2 NE) Campbell County vs. (#3 NW) Kelly Walsh – 1pm
(#1 NW) Cody vs. (#4 NE) Worland – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Thunder Basin/Jackson winner vs. Natrona County/Sheridan winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh winner vs. Cody/Worland winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Thunder Basin/Jackson loser vs. Natrona County/Sheridan loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh loser vs. Cody/Worland loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
South Regional Tournament at Rock Springs:
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 SW) Laramie vs. (#4 SE) Torrington – 11am
(#2 SE) Cheyenne East vs. (#3 SW) Green River – 11am
(#2 SW) Rock Springs vs. (#3 SE) Wheatland – 1pm
(#1 SE) Cheyenne Central vs. (#4 SW) Cheyenne South – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Laramie/Torrington winner vs. Cheyenne East/Green River winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Rock Springs/Wheatland winner vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Laramie/Torrington loser vs. Cheyenne East/Green River loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Rock Springs/Wheatland loser vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
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