Both Wyoming Teams Fall Short to Montana in Sheridan
The girls fell 55-52, while the boys suffered a 109-105 defeat.
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Girls
Lindsey Hein made a basket with under 40 seconds left to lift the Montana girls to a three-point win over Wyoming on Friday night.
Gracee Lekvold s two free throws with nine seconds remaining iced it, as Montana won its eighth straight game in the series.
Wyoming led 52-48 with 2:15 left but failed to score after that. A couple of turnovers, a jump ball, and two missed free throws in the last two minutes contributed to the loss.
Rodeo Season Moving Along Quickly
The rodeo circuit paid a visit to Casper with 2 performances over the weekend as the regular season is winding down. In the first session for the boys on Friday at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds, Roedy Farrell of Thermopolis posted a 75 in the bareback to win that section with Laramie s Kayson Dory winning the saddle bronc with a 69. The top effort in bull riding on Friday was turned in by Tipton Wilson of Jackson with a 78.
In the boy s timed events on Friday, Jase Longwell of Thermopolis led the steer wrestling with a 6.85, Stratton Kohr of Gillette posted an 11.63 to win the tie-down roping and in the team roping, the top time was turned in by Coy Johnson of Buffalo along with Jade Espenscheid from Big Piney in 6.43
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Casper College basketball player Natalia Otkhmezuri will continue her career at Division I Southern Utah. She was a gifted shooter for the T-Birds over the past two years and made 43% of her three-pointers, 49% from the field, and 80% from the free-throw line. Her Casper College teams qualified for the junior college national tournament in the past two seasons. Last year s tournament was called off due to the pandemic and this year, the Thunderbirds lost to Three Rivers, Missouri.
Okkhmezuri averaged 15 points and 6 rebounds per game and went 51-5 in her career in Casper. She was also named a 2nd team junior college All-American. Southern Utah plays in the Big Sky Conference and posted an 11-9 record this past season.