How the WyoPreps Top 5 Basketball Teams Fared in Week 8
With Week 8 in the books, let’s see the results of the top five girls’ and boys’ teams.
Several games were either postponed or canceled around the state due to the weather.
It might give fans, players, and coaches a simpler look at each week’s results for just the ranked teams in the WyoPreps Coaches and Media Basketball Polls.
We will go ladies’ first.
Girls Basketball Top 5 Recap
4A
1 – Cody = Beat 3A Powell 65-28; 1 game canceled.
2 – East = Beat No. 5 Central 63-45; 1 game canceled.
3 – Laramie = Beat South 67-16.
4 – Campbell County = Beat Thunder Basin 68-62.
5 – Central = Lost to No. 2 East 63-45.
3A
1 – Douglas = Beat Wheatland 53-25; Beat Glenrock 76-42.
2 – Buffalo = Beat Moorcroft 66-26.
3 – Lyman = Lost to No. 4 Mountain View 59-56 in OT; Beat Lander 48-41.
4 – Mountain View = Beat No. 3 Lyman 59-56 in OT.
5 – Pinedale = Beat 4A Jackson 53-17; Beat Lander 53-32.
2A
1 – Wyoming Indian = Beat St. Stephens 75-29.
2 – Rocky Mountain = Beat Wind River 59-25; 1 game postponed.
3 – Tongue River = Beat 1A Kaycee 42-34; 1 game postponed.
4 – Kemmerer = Beat 1A No. 5 Cokeville 52-42; 1 game canceled.
5 – Lingle-Ft. Laramie = Beat Morrill, NE 70-44; 2 games postponed.
1A
1 – Southeast = 2 games postponed.
2 – Burlington = Beat No. 4 Riverside 47-35.
3 – Upton = Beat Hulett 65-20; 1 game postponed.
4 – Riverside = Lost to No. 2 Burlington 47-35; 1 game canceled.
5 – Cokeville = Lost to 2A No. 4 Kemmerer 52-42; 1 game postponed.
Boys Basketball Top 5 Recap
4A
1 – East = Beat No. 2 Central 52-51; 1 game canceled.
2 – Central = Lost to No. 1 East 52-52.
3 – Riverton = Beat 3A #3 Lander 65-37; 1 game canceled.
4 – Jackson = Lost to Teton (ID) 68-60; Beat 3A No. 5 Pinedale 72-32; 1 game postponed.
5 – Sheridan = 1 game postponed; 1 game canceled.
3A
1 – Douglas = Beat Wheatland 57-40; Beat Glenrock 74-36.
2 – Worland = Beat Thermopolis 67-41; 1 game canceled.
3 – Lander = Lost to 4A No. 3 Riverton 65-37; Beat No. 5 Pinedale 60-52; Lost to Lyman 65-61.
4 – Powell = Beat Lovell 44-28; Beat 4A Cody 51-41.
5 – Pinedale = Lost to 4A No. 4 Jackson 72-32; Lost to No. 3 Lander 60-52.
2A
1 – Tongue River = Beat Kaycee 77-26; 1 game postponed.
2 – Pine Bluffs = 2 games postponed.
3 – Big Horn = 3 games postponed.
4 – Wind River = Lost to No. 5 Rocky Mountain 47-45; 1 game canceled.
5 – Rocky Mountain = Beat No. 4 Wind River 47-45; 1 game postponed.
1A
1 – Saratoga = Beat Encampment 64-21; 1 game postponed.
2 – Burlington = Beat Riverside 68-58.
3 – Southeast = 2 games postponed.
4 – Cokeville = Lost to 2A Kemmerer 58-53; 1 game postponed.
5 – Little Snake River = 2 games postponed.
Week 9 of the season starts on Monday, Jan. 30, and goes through Saturday, Feb. 4. New rankings are released on Wednesday.