Diego Herrera has already developed a reputation as someone who leads by example in his second season with the Laramie Rangers American Legion baseball team. Quiet by nature, Herrera allows his play to do the talking. He is a table-setter for the Rangers’ lineup, and is looked at as a spark plug in the batter’s box.

CHEYENNE — Hanging up his basketball sneakers in favor of indoor track shoes wasn’t an easy decision for Ethan Norris. Norris mulled a change in sports prior to his junior campaign at Burns, and ultimately decided to stay on the hardwood. He grappled with the move just as much this winter, but a runner-up finish in the 110-meter hurdles at the Class 2A outdoor state meet helped seal the deal.

LARAMIE — Kaden Anderson has learned from the best. The 6-foot-4, 223-pound quarterback backed up five-star recruit Quinn Ewers as a sophomore at Southlake Carroll High in Texas during the 2020 season. Ewers is coming off a College Football Playoff appearance with the University of Texas and is a projected first-round pick in next year’s NFL draft by DraftKings.

The University Wyoming women’s tennis team was selected for postseason play for the second consecutive season. The Cowgirls will travel to the Universal Tennis National Invitational Tennis championships starting Sunday in Bradenton, Florida. UW went 2-1 in last season’s inaugural NIT.

CHEYENNE — Rachel Erickson has been fortunate to be given more responsibility at each stop in her brief coaching career than most coaches in similar roles. That accelerated her development as a coach and prepared her for the role she took on April 25 — head coach at NCAA Division II Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota.