Wyoming Cowboys Spring Game Will Be Open to Public
Published: April 5, 2021
Sean Chambers and the Wyoming Cowboys will begin spring practice April 6, culminating with a annual spring game May 8 inside War Memorial Stadium./ UW courtesy photo
LARAMIE Wyoming was one of just a couple of Mountain West schools to allow fans in the stadium during the 2020 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
That won t change during the Cowboys annual spring game, which will take place May 8 inside War Memorial Stadium.
Get our free mobile app Guidelines for social distancing and face coverings at the spring game will follow the guidelines that are in place for the University of Wyoming campus at the time of the game, according to a Monday press release from the school.
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April 1 marks the anniversary of Wyoming s greatest sports moment. Almost a century ago, Kenny Sailors and the University of Wyoming Cowboys defeated St. John s to claim the 1943 National Championship.
One day earlier, on March 30th, the Pokes beat Georgetown to win the NCAA Tournament. Sailors scored 16 points in the final game, was named Most Outstanding Player, and won the Chuck Taylor College Basketball Player of the Year Award.
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But the Cowboys weren t done yet. In those days, there was more than one national champion in college basketball. After St. John s won the NIT Tournament title, Wyoming coach Everett Shelton challenged the Red Storm to play a benefit game to crown an outright champion and raise money for the Red Cross war effort.