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College basketball season is upon us, and the two University of Wyoming teams enter the year with vastly different expectations. The Cowgirls are predicted to contend for the Mountain West championship, while the Cowboys are looking to recover from a challenging 2022-23 campaign.
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Team owner Steven Titus, a Gillette attorney, also owns the Billings Outlaws, who are moving to the Arena Football League. This put them in competition with the Champions Indoor Football league, forcing him to sell the Gillette team over conflict of interest issues.
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The Wyo Sports Ranch will be a 130,000+-square-foot facility that will be able to host a variety of sports year-round, including basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, and gymnastics. It's also set to include an athletic performance and training center and a space for community events. Around 70 percent of the funding for the $40 million building has been raised, with an opening date set for early 2025.
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The games are returning to Campbell County for the first time in 15 years and will be hosted at several venues in Gillette. Organizers are planning for fewer competitors this year, due in part to reorganizing and fundraising issues that were caused by the pandemic. They're also seeking more volunteers to help with the three day event.
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The future of a Gillette football team is more certain after its owner inks a contract with Cam-plexThe owner of the Gillette Mustangs, an expansion team playing in the Champions Indoor Football league since 2021, was seeking a better contract with its host venue, which included concerns over rent costs and game-related preparation. The new agreement is for three years with possible capital upgrades, such as a video screen scoreboard, being considered as part of a long-term desire to expand the uses of the Cam-plex facilities and provide more sports options to Gillette.
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More competitors, visitors, and even horses, helped to set records this year. The rodeo has rotated through Gillette regularly since the first event was held there in 1993.
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The CNFR has called Casper's Ford Wyoming Center home since 1999 and has been held there annually since then with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic. Around 400 of the nation's top student athletes representing more than 11 regions and 100 different colleges and universities are competing in the hopes of achieving the coveted title of national champion.
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The Wyoming Senate education committee voted 3-2 to recommend moving forward with a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from playing on female athletics teams.
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A Wyoming legislative committee heard lots of discussion on both sides of the issue, but took no action on a bill that supporters say protects young women athletes.
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While the Olympics are going on in Tokyo, a Ninja gym in Laramie sent four of its athletes to the 2021 Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association (UNAA) World Series Final Championships last week.