Plainsmen look to rebound against Natrona

By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

Two weeks into the season, just where do the Laramie Plainsmen stand?

In week one, the Plainsmen dominated a Rock Springs team at home that has given up 87 points in two games.

In week two, defending state champion Gillette had little trouble against Laramie in Gillette.

The Plainsmen return home Friday night to face a Casper Natrona team that is much better than its 0-2 record. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Deti Stadium.

As much as the Laramie coaching staff preached to not take things for granted after the season-opening 35-14 win over Rock Springs, Plainsmen head coach Bob Knapton saw a glimpse of that against Gillette in the next week. The result was a 31-7 defeat to the second-ranked Camels.

“They came out and beat Rock Springs and they thought, ‘Oh, this is great, we’re good now,’” Knapton said. “We told them that they have to get better than they were last week because people start scouting you, people will try to stop what you are doing right. That whole mix is going to be tough and we have to get through it. Our goal is to get to the playoffs and we have the potential to do that this year.”

As talented as the Camels are, Knapton said his team made it easier to get beat last Friday night.

“Even though you are playing a very good team in Gillette, you have to come out and make them beat you,” he said. “You can’t make it easy for them to beat you, and that is what we did. We made it pretty easy to score on us.”

So what do the Plainsmen have to do to be competitive against a good Natrona team?

For Knapton, it is all about being ready to play, executing like they know and firing off the ball and giving 100 percent.

“That’s what I want to impress on our kids. If you do that, then we’re going to be a tough team to beat,” Knapton said. “That’s what you want to be. You want to be tough to beat because then you will find out that other teams will start making mistakes. Either you are going to be in the ball game or you are not going to be in the ball game.”

After opening the season with a tough 19-17 loss to Central, Natrona was surprised at home by Evanston 27-14 last Friday.

Yet, the Mustangs are ranked first overall in the state offensively, averaging 411 yards a game. Natrona, however, has lost the ball nine times in two games, including seven in the defeat to the Red Devils.

Cole Montgomery is second in the state in rushing, averaging 136 yards a game, while quarterback Cody. Parke is fourth in the state in passing, completing 24 of 45 attempts for 388 yards, with three touchdowns and three interceptions.

“Natrona is a tough team,” Knapton said. “They have been putting up good numbers on offense rushing the ball; they do a good job of executing and running hard. The turnover ratio is killing the. They are negative five in two games. You’re talking about throwing picks, dropping the ball and stuff like that. They’ll move it down and all of the sudden they will fumble or throw a pick. I’m sure they are trying to clean that up and when they do, they’ll be a tough team.”

After putting up 326 yards against Rock Springs, the Plainsmen were held to 186 yards against the Camels. As a team, the Plainsmen are ranked sixth in the state in rushing (158 yards per game) and sixth in passing (98 ypg), but ninth in overall offense at 256 yards a game.

Individually for the Plainsmen, quarterback Jon Sorenson is 10th in the state in rushing, averaging 80 yards a game and sixth in passing, completing 12 of 25 passes for 196 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

Defensively, the Plainsmen are second overall, giving up 277 yards per game. Senior linebacker Luke Knapton is third in the state, averaging 21.0 defensive points a game.

With 2-0 Central slated for next week, the Plainsmen are in a three-game stretch that can only help them down the road in their efforts to improve and qualify for the state playoffs.

“You’re talking about some of the top teams in the state, year-in and year-out, that you have three games in-a-row,” Knapton said. ‘We have to get through them and play as tough as we can and hopefully knock off one or two of them. We just have to just keep playing and keep fighting. We’re too good to start going down, we want to go in the other direction. If we can go out and play tough ball and play with Plainsmen pride and walk off the field with our head up, that’s what is going to get us through, that is what is going to get us more wins.”

Camels thump Plainsmen

By Wyoming Sports.org

GILLETTE -- The anticipated matchup between two of the top five teams in the state turned into a mismatch early as Gillette rolled to a 31-7 win over the Laramie Plainsmen on Friday night.

Gillette, 2-0 and rated second in the state by WyoPreps.com, jumped on Laramie early, leading 17-0 at halftime. The loss dropped the fifth-ranked Plainsmen to 1-1 on the season.

It was the first time the two teams faced off since the 2001 season. Nothing had changed throughout the years, as the Camels continued it dominance over Laramie with its seventh straight win over the Plainsmen.

The Camels took advantage of a Laramie turnover and got on the boards just a couple of minutes into the game on a 9-yard pass from quarterback Alan Sisel to Matt Mordecai. The score was set up by pass interception by Mordecai to the Laramie 38-yard line.

With the Laramie offense struggling, the Camels then made it a 14-0 early in the second quarter on a 32-yard touchdown pass from Sisel to Brek Carper. It was 17-0 at halftime after a 29-yard field goal by Hinkle.

One of the big keys in the game came early in the third quarter. The Plainsmen stopped Gillette on defense and moved to the 22-yard line, but lost the ball on a fumble by quarterback Jon Sorenson.

The Camels came right back and scored two plays layer and added another touchdown to put the game away. Sisel hit Steven Turpin on an 82-yard touchdown pass and then connected again with Mordecai from 17 yards out.

Laramie’s only score came on the first play of the fourth quarter when Sorenson hit receiver Rylan Harding from 2 yards out.

The Plainsmen finished with just 186 total yards on offense. Sorenson was 9 of 18 passing for 122 yards, but Laramie had just 64 yards rushing on 35 carries. Senior Dan Estes led the way with 38 yards on 12 carries, with Sorenson adding 27 yards on 16 rushes.

The Camels finished with 364 yards of offense -- 232 passing and 132 rushing. Sisel was 13 of 21 through the air for 235 yards and four touchdowns, while halfback Jordan Roberts led the way with 114 yards on the ground.

Laramie returns to action Friday when it hosts Casper Natrona. Action begins at 7 p.m. at Deti Stadium.
　

Plainsmen on the road to Gillette

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Laramie head coach Bob Knapton talks to his team during a timeout Friday against Rock Springs. Laramie, 1-0, will hit the road for the first time Friday at Gillette, beginning at 7 p.m.

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By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

Momentum … these Laramie Plainsmen aren’t used to it. Gillette … these Laramie Plainsmen have never played the Camels.

These Plainsmen are in unchartered territory.

It’s been a while since the Plainsmen have begun the season with a win over a Wyoming team (2003, 20-17 over Evanston). The Plainsmen rolled over Rock Springs 35-14 last Friday.

It’s been a while since the Plainsmen have faced perennial power Gillette … since the 2001 season, to be exact.

Playing with some much-needed momentum, fifth-ranked Laramie will hit the road for the first time this season at second-ranked Gillette, taking on the defending-state champion Camels Friday at 7 p.m.

“They weren’t in our league; we didn’t play them. So, there is not a lot of history there,” second-year Laramie head coach Bob Knapton, who is also getting his first crack at the Camels. “Our kids know that they are one of the team’s that is always in the playoffs and in state championship games, so they know that this is a chance to play against a top team, to show them what they got.”

Knapton’s advice, especially to his seniors: It’s time to step up.

“When you talk to your seniors, you say, ‘Hey, this the first time you have played them and this is the last time (in the regular season) that you’ll play them. This is your shot,” Knapton said.

Knock on wood, Knapton said he hopes that they can, “Find out how to play on the road, how they can get ready to motivated football again, like they did last week against Rock Springs.”

Throughout his coaching career, Knapton said there is always that one or two games a year against a rival that the team is focused and “it is amazing how they play.”

Knapton then thinks to himself, “Why can’t we play that way every week?” he said.

That’s a key ingredient.

“That’s what I am going to try to find out, if we can play that way every week, and that is how you get to the playoffs,” he added.

Knapton said football should be fun. He admits that he is getting to the point that he isn’t sweating what is out of his control.

“I’m like, ‘You know, we’ve done everything we can do, we’ve done a lot of stuff in the off-season with these kids. It’s time to just turn them loose on Friday night and have fun, have people come out and enjoy the game because it is high school football,” he said. “We all want to look good, play good. I’m going to do my best to get them ready and I think they are.”

The Plainsmen looked good last Friday, likely as good as they have looked under Knapton. Laramie finished with 344 yards of offense – 272 yards rushing and 72 yards passing, scoring five touchdowns. Quarterback Jon Sorenson led the way with 144 yards rushing and 72 yards passing. Charles Swearingen added 72 yards form his fullback position.

On defense, the Plainsmen gave up just 170 total yards, tops in the state. Linebacker Luke Knapton had 23 defensive points, which is good for fourth int he state.

Before last week's game, Bob Knapton said they needed to open with a win in the worst way. That has the Plainsmen thinking, he said, “Why not more of the same?”

Plainsmen said his players have to have the attitude of: “We just beat them, and they start looking around the state and thinking there are other teams they can beat,” he said. “Their mindset going on is, ‘We have a chance now. Let’s keep going and let’s show people how tough we are.’”

Of course, there is a difference between Rock Springs and Gillette in caliber of play. The Camels did start slow, but beat Evanston on the road in their opener, 23-14.

“They have the tall receivers, they have the fast running back and they have the d-line that can come at you,” Bob Knapton said. “They have the personnel; they definitely have enough kids up there. We have kids playing both ways, so that is a concern for us because we had kids cramping up, we had kids who were a little tired.”

Individually, the Camels are led by Jordan Roberts with 169 yards rushing in 17 carries and quarterback Alan Sisel was 16 of 29 passing for 151 yards. Stephen Turbin and Cameron Quinn lead the way with five and four catches respectively.

On defense, Alex Coolidge is third in the state with 23.5 defensive points, with Cammry Nelson adding 21.

“We’re going to have to shut them down and get good field position,” Bob Knapton said. “We’re going to have to have some kids playing hard and getting after it.”

Plainsmen get their revenge against Tigers

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Laramie quarterback Jon Sorenson looks for some running room in a scrum Friday against Rock Springs. Sorenson broke the tackle and finished with 142 yards rushing in the 35-14 win. At left, senior Dan Estes wraps up a Rock Springs runner as the Plainsmen defense dominated the game as well.

By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

When push came to shove last season against Rock Springs, the Laramie Plainsmen backed off down the stretch.

On Friday, that concern soon went by the wayside as the Plainsmen were the aggressor for much of the night, especially late in thumping the Tigers 35-14 to open the season at Deti Stadium.

“We came out and we were busting them in the mouth; we were going 100 percent and that’s what we need to do. It paid off,” Laramie senior linebacker Luke Knapton said.

Last year, the Plainsmen led 21-7 heading into halftime and 28-7 going into the fourth quarter. They would eventually lose by seven in overtime.

Friday night, the Plainsmen took a 21-7 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Second-year head coach Bob Knapton was not exactly at ease during the 20-minute break.

“It was kind of déjà vu. We go into at halftime with the same score than last time, so that was kind of concerning,” Bob Knapton said. “We came out and scored, then they scored. I was kind of getting on some of the kids to suck it up and get going. It’s great to get a win like that at home, to come back and play that hard in the second half to just take over.”

The turning point in the second half came early in the fourth quarter after the Tigers cut the lead to 28-14 and had the Plainsmen pinned back on their own 3-yard line. But quarterback Jon Sorenson turned to a punter and delivered a beauty for 57 yards and the Tigers would never threaten again.

Laramie’s hard-hitting defense forced Rock Springs to punt and the Plainsmen offense took over for the final score a little later to put Bob Knapton’s mind at ease.

“That’s where you have 20 seniors and that happens,” Bob Knapton said of the team remaining calm. “People are looking for somebody to step up."

Sorenson said they couldn't get down despite being pinned deep in their own territory.

“You have to focus up and know that you have worked hard and you can get out of this," Sorenson said. "We punted, got the stop on D and then we scored right. That’s what we have to do with our mentality every day.”

Take away a little second-quarter lull and a brief Rock Springs comeback and the Plainsmen dominated on both sides of the football. Laramie’s double wing spread offense clicked well at times, led by the hard running of Sorenson and fullback Charles Swearingen.

The Plainsmen finished with 271 yards on the ground, including 142 from Sorenson. Swearingen was a bull between the tackles with 74 yards on 16 carries and two touchdown runs. Laramie added 72 more yards on 3 of 7 passing from Sorenson, with Luke Knapton catching two big third-down catches in the second quarter for 28 yards. Senior receiver Kelby Wilkison added a nice 44-yard grab in the first quarter.

“We had a great offensive game plan from Coach (Josh) Barge. We knew what we needed to do,” Sorenson said. “The line got a great push and held their blocks. Our receivers did a great job of blocking down-field as well.”

It all started early for the Plainsmen, as hey moved the ball well on their first possession, but lost the football on a fumble. On their second try, they completed a 7-play, 77-yard drive on a 5-yard touchdown run by Swearingen. The score was set up by the 44-yard pass from Sorenson to Wilkison.

“We came out firing and at first we were moving the ball very well. We were consistently getting yards on every play,” Sorenson said. “We had a little slip-up with the fumble and we came back on the second drive and got a touchdown, and we just built momentum off of those two drives.”

The Plainsmen made it 14-0 late in the first quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by senior halfback Dan Estes.

Rock Springs cut the lead in half on a 5-yard touchdown run by Ethan Thomas, but the Plainsmen answered with just 12.8 seconds left in the first half on a 1-yard plunge by Sorenson. That capped a 12-play, 72-yard drive.

Taking advantage of a fumble on the first play of the third quarter on the Tigers' 10-yard line, Estes scored his second TD of the game from 2 yards out.

A bad snap on a punt attempt forced Sorenson to scramble later in the quarter and it backfired, as the Tigers took over on downs on the Laramie 38-yard line. Rock Springs quarterback Wesley Padilla, who led the Tigers with 123 yards rushing, scored on a 23-yard scamper to make it a 28-14 game.

That set up the big punt and two defensive stops by the Plainsmen and Laramie never looked back. Swearingen closed the scoring on another 5-yard TD run, capping a six-play drive that was highlighted by a 39-yard run by Sorenson to the Rock Springs 29-yard line.

As sharp as the Laramie offense looked at times, the Plainsmen on defense were just as dominant. The Tigers had just 171 yards of total offense, with a bulk of it coming from the strong running of Padilla.

“The defense did a good job. They kept us in good field position and shut them down pretty good,” Bob Knapton said. “After they scored, we changed up our D and put our ends out a little wider. That’s the good thing about this defense, we can run a 50 out of it, we can run a 40 out of it; we can do a lot of things. I think they are a little ore familiar with it and they can do a better job this year.”

Luke Knapton finished with 20 defensive points on four assisted tackles and five unassisted tackles. Sorenson had 11 defensive points, followed by senior Tyler English with nine points and seniors Nathan Clark and Estes with eight points each.

“When we start hitting them hard, we start getting in their head and mistakes start happening. We capitalized off of that,” Luke Knapton said.

After just one win last season, the Plainsmen are off to the type of start they have envisioned all along. Bob Knapton said it is not only a relief for him and his coaching staff, but for the players as well.

“That’s just like grabbing that monkey off of my back and tossing him,” Bob Knapton said. “That feels good and the kids are like, “this is how we like to feel.’ I think you are going to see the kids scrapping in there and their goal is to get to the playoffs.”

The Plainsmen, however, had a tough stretch ahead of them that includes a matchup on the road next week against defending state champion Gillette.

“The first (win) is great going into Gillette. It will build us a lot of confidence,” Sorenson said. “But Gillette will be tough. They are the defending state champions and they have a lot back, so it should be a great game.”
　

Plainsmen ready to roll

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The Laramie Plainsmen will unveil a tweak of their double wing offense Friday night when they open the season by hosting Rock Springs (7 p.m.). Pictured, quarterback Jon Sorenson (middle, back) will run the offense out of the shotgun. Also pictured is halfback Dan Estes (1) and fullback Charles Swearingen (45).

By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

Jon Sorenson will basically get to touch the football on every offensive plays this season. That makes him smile, and if things go right, it will make the Plainsmen smile as well.

Laramie's leading rusher last season, Sorenson has been moved over to quarterback to run a version of their double wing offense. The offense will be similar to last year's except for one thing -- Sorenson will direct it from the shotgun.

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Second-year Laramie head coach Bob Knapton said this tweak will free Sorenson up to do a lot of different things.

“He’s a great running back, so we put him in position to use him as a running back because we’re going to run him a lot," Sorenson said. “He can throw it so now people are going to have to watch what we are doing. They’re going to have to read a little better, so if some of them are not taught to do that, we’re going to find some open holes. He can run off of that, he can pass off of that. We can hand off to our motion back. We have more quite a few more tricks to do and quite a few things to open him up.”

Sorenson, who ran for nearly 800 yards last season and has a strong arm (he’s a catcher in American Legion baseball), likes the options this offense will give him.

“It opens up our offense a lot more," Sorenson said. "As Coach (Josh) Barge said, it adds a whole different dimension. We can pass or run on the same play. With a lot of speed that we have in the backfield, it opens up the option in trap plays and speed outs. It really helps us as an offense and as a group."

Heading into Friday night’s season opener against Rock Springs (7 p.m., Deti Stadium), senior halfback Luke Knapton said that Sorenson has done a good job this preseason in running the offense.

"Jon has been doing a really good job out of the shotgun," Luke Knapton said. "We have a lot more plays that we can run, and it will help our offense get going. We have more speed and that will be helpful."

More focus
One of the Plainsmen’s problems last season in Bob Knapton’s first year was focus -- or the lack of focus. Laramie was hampered by inexperience and penalties in the 1-8 campaign.

The Plainsmen have the experience this season, with nine returning starters on defense and eight on offense, along with 22 seniors.

The focus has been there to date.

"We just have to keep our heads and no stupid penalties like we had last year, and just go out there and play the whole game and play hard," Luke Knapton said. "I think we have a lot more focus. Guernsey helped us come together a lot. I think we’re ready for this game."

Bob Knapton said they are miles ahead of where they were at this time last season.

"We are much better than we were last year, and we have much of the same kids back," he said. "We have nine returning starters on defense. They know the checks, the calls. Last year, they had some problems in the first couple of games. People caught us not quite in the right coverage. It was the first time some of them were on the varsity field. I don’t think they quite knew what to do. But this year they know what to do, we’re making our checks.

"We have a lot of seniors and that builds confidence right there. They are good leaders and they have been working hard. We’re looking to get out there and be ore positive about what they are doing. I think it will show up."

Sorenson, who was voted a team captain along with Luke Knapton, said he is looking forward to his senior season for many reasons, including the opportunity to be a leader on and off the field.

"It’s a lot different, but it is a good different," Sorenson said. "You go through your freshman, sophomore and junior years looking at your seniors and you like with them and you just try to be the best senior that you can. All of the seniors have put a lot of time and effort in and it all comes together your senior year. You’re excited to be out here when you know that you are at your best."

Time for payback?
Among the eight losses for the Plainsmen last season was a very difficult to swallow 35-28 defeat in overtime to the Tigers in a game Laramie seemingly had won. The Plainsmen took a 28-7 lead into the fourth quarter.

The Plainsmen don’t need to be reminded about what happened last season.

"Hopefully, as soon as we have them down, we'll stay tough throughout the game," Luke Knapton said.

At the same time, Laramie knows that any win is crucial this season as the big change statewide has all 4A teams playing each other.

Bob Knapton said they need a win and they need it now.

"We need a win against Rock Springs if we are looking to get into the playoffs," Bob Knapton said. "We need to start the season out with a big win. It’s good to have them first, right off the bat. Maybe we’ll have a little extra motivation. They know they should have won last year. I think they are a little more focused on getting ready for this game."

The Tigers finished 3-7 last season and look to improve under the tutelage of head coach Tony Yerkovich. Rock Springs returns all-conference quarterback Wes Padilla and all-conference receiver Corey Patek.

"They are a good, solid team. They don’t start school until the 8th, so they have more time than anybody to get ready," Bob Knapton said. "They are going to be ready to go. We’ll just have to go out there and play. We have over 20 seniors and we expect them to have leadership and we’re going to get after them."
　

Plainsmen short on numbers, but not optimisim

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The Plainsmen work on their conditioning on Monday during the first practice of the season. At bottom, head coach Bob Knapton begins his second season at the helm.

By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

Bob Knapton and the Laramie Plainsmen have the attitude that you can only play 11 players at a time.

They just hope the best 11 players are out on the gridiron at a consistent pace.

The Plainsmen opened the 2009 season with the first practice Monday morning with a positive attitude, but a concern for depth. There were only about 50 players in grades 9-12 reporting for the first day.

“I’m a little concerned about numbers right now,” Knapton said. “A lot of these guys don’t have physicals or they didn’t get their stuff turned in. That’s disappointing. We have to start teaching them that they need to be ready to start when the season starts.”

At the same time, Knapton and seniors Jon Sorenson and Tyler English both think that the players out for the team are looking good.

“I think we came in sharp and crisp and other guys came in and filled in spots like quarterback and running back and really stepped up,” Sorenson said. “That’s what they are going to have to do, sophomores to the varsity level. It was good to see those guys come out and be crisp right away.”

With that said, physical fitness is a top priority for the Plainsmen this season.


“If we’re going to be little low in numbers, we’re going to be in shape,” Knapton said. “That’s our main plan now. We’re going to be in shape. You have to put 11 on the field, so the 11 we put on their will be in shape.”

English said they had more top players work out in the off-season and that should help them down the road.

“We came out and ran every morning, we’re in better shape and we’re looking more upbeat,” English said. “We’re going to have a lot of people playing both ways, so we need a lot of strength at the end of the fourth quarter to finish games. We have to put our best out there, so we have to be in shape.”

If the Plainsmen aren’t in shape as of yet, it won’t take long. They embark Tuesday on what has turned out to be a traditional journey to Camp Guernsey. They’ll work out three times a day until returning on Sunday.

“I think the guys who have been out there all along are looking pretty good,” Knapton said. “The guys that showed up in shape are ready. The ones who aren’t, we’re going to have to get them there.”

The trip is also an opportunity for team unity. There’s no television in Guernsey, no video games, basically nothing to do but eat and sleep football.

“There’s a lot of team building and we were a closer team the last time we came out of there,” said English, who last went two seasons ago as a sophomore. “We were definitely in better condition the last time we came out of there. It is fun to bring back the old traditions. Hopefully, we can put that back in, the winning tradition.”

For seniors like Sorenson, Camp Guernsey and the season as a whole is all about leadership. He said they have to not only lead by example, but help out the underclassmen any way that they can.

“We just have to be positive with the younger kids,” Sorenson said. “I’ve been around kids who just barked, so we have to help them out when we can, give them good motivation and good positive words, and I think they will come around.”

It will be a successful trip, Knapton said, if they come back to Laramie ahead of where they were at this point last season.

“We’re going three practices a day; I think that will do it,” he said. “When you go on one of these, you don’t get a lot of time off. There’s nothing to do at Camp Guernsey.”
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The Plainsmen open the season on Aug. 28 when they host Rock Springs.

Joy, Sorenson, Wilson, Harding named all-staters

By Richard Anderson
Wyoming Sports.org

For Skyler Joy, Jon Sorenson and Coleton Wilson, it was déjà vu all over again.

For the second straight season, the Laramie Rangers trio was named to the Wyoming All State American Legion baseball first team.

The three led the Rangers to a third-place finish last season at the Wyoming State Tournament and a fourth-place finish this past weekend, as Laramie finished 28-16 on the season. For Joy and Sorenson, it was the third straight year that they earned all-state honors.

Joy, who also played last spring for the University of Wyoming club team, was second on the Rangers this season in hitting, batting .422 on the season with 57 hits, three home runs and 42 runs batted in. Joy also had a slugging percentage of .659 and an on base percentage of .520.

Sorenson, who will be a senior at Laramie High School this fall, hit .392 on the year, with six home runs and 43 RBI, He had a .744 slugging percentage and a.524 on base percentage.

Wilson led the Rangers in wins on the mound with nine (9-7) and had a 3.12 earned run average. In 14 starts, Wilson also had five complete games and led the team in strikeouts with 61. He also hit .392 with 37 RBI.

Also for the Rangers, second baseman Rylan Harding was named to the second team. Harding led Laramie in hitting at .458 and finished with four home runs and 41 RBI. He had a .458 slugging percentage and a .667 on base percentage.
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Wyoming American Legion All-State Team
First team
Casper -- Zane Matheson; Gillette -- Jared Wass, Garrett Jackson, Evan Cunningham; Powell -- Scotty Jameson; Cheyenne -- Brandon Nimmo, Ty Lain, Myles McVeigh, Aaron Smith, Matthew Pullos, Andrew Fanning; Laramie -- Jon Sorenson, Coley Wilson, Skyler Joy; Torrington -- Brock Murphy; Wheatland -- Jake Montoya, Travis Geile; Riverton -- Matt Raymond.
Second Team
Casper -- Lane Fischer, Eli Ford, Alex Hill; Cody -- Connor Norton, Dan Sinner, Kyle Hurley; Douglas -- Dylan Klava; Powell -- Gianluca Giarrizzo, Grant Geiser; Sheridan -- Derek Scott, Ben Buckingham; Jackson -- Charlie Keegan; Lovell -- Steven Durtsche; Torrington -- Dillon Davis; Laramie -- Rylan Harding; Rock Springs -- Wes Padilla; Wheatland -- Eric Heatherly; Riverton -- Isaac Herrmann.