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Indian Relay Championship of Champions heads into final days before historic Cheyenne debut
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The countdown is on. In less than two weeks, Indian Relay teams from across the region will arrive in Cheyenne for the 10th Annual Indian Relay Championship of Champions, Sept. 25-27 at Frontier Park. This year marks the first time the Championship of Champions will be...
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Colorado State's Apology Marks the Fifth Time BYU Has Faced This: The Problem Is Deeper Than One Game
New Orleans Saints logo on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) Colorado State just issued a flat-out apology for some seriously out-of-line chants heard during their game against BYU on Saturday, September 19, where BYU pulled off a […]
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Game delays for lightning may be annoying, but they save lives – a sports meteorologist explains the risk
(MADISON, WISC.) When nearby lightning forces officials to delay a big college football game, the backlash from fans can be fierce, especially if the sky over the stadium is still mostly blue. Sports fans took to social media to complain loudly when nearby lightning forced several game delays on Sept. 19, 2026, including Florida State at Alabama , North Carolina at Clemson , BYU at Colorado State , and Charlotte at Appalachian State . The Alabama delays earned particular anger because there was no rain at Bryant-Denny Stadium at the time. I’m a meteorologist who studies lightning and lightning safety around sporting events , so I am familiar with the risks and why those lightning rules exist. My colleague and I documented 262 football-related lightning deaths and injuries in the United States between 1970 and 2023. That included 12 people who were injured by lightning that struck near Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, after a Green Bay-Tampa Bay NFL game in 2014, and about 40 high school players and coaches who were injured when lightning struck in the middle of a group of players running sprints during football practice in Grapeland, Texas, in 2004. Fans head for cover during
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Something extreme is coming to Cheyenne ...
Here to find out what event I was hinting at yesterday? Well, here it is! They came to Cheyenne Frontier Days for an exhibition, but next weekend, Cheyenne will host the official Indian Relay Championship of Champions for the first time! But this is more than just “America’s first extreme sport.” What you’ll witness is the culmination of generations of honoring tribal nation traditions and celebrating the powerful bond between human and horse. Dive into my preview for a perspective you won’t find on the posters. If you read last week’s Kid Whisperer column, you know this teacher has been struggling to manage their students. It seems they needed a little more advice. Check out his follow-up response. Oh ... America’s tip crisis. I commend Lori Borgman for having the guts to point it out in her column. And finally, just when we were starting to calm down after losing Dolly Parton , one more message emerged. Read Jessica Schladebeck’s brief story on when and how this video surfaced. As always, don't miss the upcoming events , which are published in the ToDo section every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Have a great weekend, everyone! And don’t be shy — come
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Cheyenne makes first move on future site of Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Rodeo is the official sport of Wyoming, and perhaps nowhere else does it like Cheyenne. The PRCA’s Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame moving to Cheyenne makes perfect sense to the city government, and it took its first official steps Sept. 14 to make the move happen.
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Fast start powers East to win over South
CHEYENNE — Slow offensive starts have plagued Cheyenne East over its first three games this season. It played a key role in a loss to Natrona County and allowed Thunder Basin and Rock Springs to hang around much longer than the Thunderbirds wanted. It’s been a point of emphasis for East coach Chad Goff and his staff since the first week of the season. Friday’s game against Cheyenne South may have provided the breakthrough both he and the T-Birds have been looking for. East (3-1) scored three touchdowns in opening two-and-a-half minutes of play and on all nine of its offensive drives in the first half to hand the Bison (0-4) a 69-0 loss. “It’s something we preach and we work on,” Goff said. “Starting fast is a point of emphasis in practice, and they understand that and they know it ain’t hard. “They’re starting to understand how important it is and not having to dig out of a hole.” The T-Birds ran 16 plays in the first quarter. They scored on five of them. On the second play of the game, senior quarterback Trace Eldridge carried the ball 50 yards for the game’s opening score. Eldridge intercepted South quarterback
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Special Olympics truck convoy raises funds for athletes in Cheyenne this Saturday, Expect Traffic Delays
This Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a colorful convoy of trucks will leave the Wyoming Department of Transportation in Cheyenne, raising funds for Special Olympics athletes while creating some temporary traffic delays.
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'America’s first extreme sport' is coming to Cheyenne: Putting Indian Relay in perspective
CHEYENNE — The Yellowstone Downs track in Billings was demolished in 2017. The last horses to kick up its dirt were the thoroughbreds and quarter horses of the Indian Relay Championship of Champions in September of that year. Some decorated in war paint, others wearing race hoods, they sprinted around the half-mile track, their riders using nothing but their legs and a pair of reins to keep balance. Horse racing may be on a global decline, but that doesn’t mean what’s left should be any less intense. Nor should tradition, rules or structure be changed simply to attract an audience. But the Indian Relay Championship of Champions wouldn’t need to. This elite event is an adrenaline rush for crowds, riders and equines alike. It brings together champion teams of all ages through men’s, women’s, junior and kids divisions, and demands a level of strategy to prove they are, in fact, “the best.” The competition has been active for 10 years, though the Indian Relay, “America’s first extreme sport,” dates back centuries. Exactly how far back is difficult to pinpoint. Jamie Howard, a member of the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council Board of Directors, theorizes that the sport’s intense maneuvering —
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TIFF 2026 Interview: Taimi Arvidson, Ally Spierings and Lake ‘iolani Stevens-Ram on Delivering a Ride to Remember in “Cheyenne”
Cheyenne Frontier Days is routinely called “the daddy of them all,” a 125-year-old rodeo that regularly attracts 20,000 people to Wyoming for an event that is over in a matter of seconds, but as Taimi Arvidson depicts in her riveting documentary that takes its title from the sport’s world championship, it takes decades to compete at a high level. Yet for much of that history, women had been excluded from saddling up despite having great interest in the sport, with an early acceptance of the fairer sex as competitors phased out when someone tragically died, though that never stopped the men from carrying on with bucking broncs. A new effort to allow women into the field called the Women’s Ranch Bronc Championships, spearheaded by Daryl and Michele McElroy aimed to change that in 2016, legitimizing what had been practiced regionally as an amateur sport and as Arvidson chronicles over the course of a year in her second feature, there may be reason to think Cheyenne soon could be called “the mother of them all” to go by the talent on hand.
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2026 Friday Night Frenzy: Week Three
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — As Wyoming high school football is nearly at its halfway point, each game becomes bigger and bigger. This week, many different games pitted ranked teams against each other across all classifications. Our Game of the Week of No. 3 Central at No. 2 Natrona would result...
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Burns senior Gage Rooney is the consummate team guy
CHEYENNE — By all accounts, Gage Rooney had a phenomenal junior campaign with Burns’ football team. But even after carving out a significant role, Rooney knew he still had to get better for his last ride with the Broncs this fall. That led to him stepping out of his comfort zone this past spring, joining Burns’ track and field team as a sprinter. He ran just about every sprinting event there was, including the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes and 4x400 relay — his favorite of which was the 4x400. He also dabbled in triple jump throughout the season. Rooney thought he knew how to run before joining the track team. But running track opened his eyes to how much he didn’t know about running. “I would say probably technique (took me the longest to adjust to),” Rooney said. “Technique was pretty crucial, and I was really going through the motions trying to figure all that out. There’s a lot more to running than I initially thought, and it took me about half the season to really get adjusted to it.” While it may have not have been smooth sailing all the time relearning how to properly sprint, his efforts
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LCCC Earns Shutout Win Against Otero
The Laramie County Community College Women's Soccer team earned a 2-0 victory over Otero College on Friday night, using relentless pressure and another strong defensive performance to secure the Region IX win. LCCC controlled the match from the opening whistle, outshooting the Rattlers 10-4 in the first half. The Golden...
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Cowgirls Post Solid Day at Messick Invite
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Sept. 19, 2026) – The Wyoming Cowgirls had a strong day on the courts on day two of the Jon Messick Invitational hosted by Colorado State. The Cowgirls picked up five singles wins and a doubles victory on the day. Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia's 6-1 and 6-1 victory...
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Special Olympics truck convoy raises funds for athletes in Cheyenne this Saturday, Expect Traffic Delays
This Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a colorful convoy of trucks will leave the Wyoming Department of Transportation in Cheyenne, raising funds for Special Olympics athletes while creating some temporary traffic delays.