Wunder and Townsend Shine Bright as WyoPreps Athletes of the Week [VIDEO]

Softball and soccer players were chosen as recent WyoPreps Athletes of the Week. Lingle-Fort Laramie sophomore Shaylyn Wunder, who plays softball at Torrington, and Buffalo junior Jace Townsend were the winners. Wunder helped the Blazers to their best weekend in their second varsity season on the softball diamond. Townsend led the top-ranked Bison to a pair of conference wins and was part of 77 percent of the goals Buffalo scored in the two matches. WyoPreps analyzed performances from the competition week of April 6 through April 11, 2026, and chose these two student-athletes. Previous weeks are not part of the decision.

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Girls’ Winner

Wunder led Torrington to a 3-1 record over the April 9 and 10 weekend of cross-quad games. That included an 8-7 upset of No. 5 Rock Springs. In just their second year of varsity softball, that was the Blazers’ best weekend performance. Wunder had a .643 batting average with nine hits over the four games. She had three doubles, three triples, and one home run. Shaylyn finished the four games with 13 RBIs and scored 10 runs. She walked once and did not strike out.

WyoPreps spoke with Shaylyn about the big weekend for herself and the team. Wunder said that the weekend felt great. She said this season has been going well, their growth is due to more confidence, her weekend at the plate just came from repetitions in practice, said her home run stuck out as bright spot from the weekend, discussed playing with her older sister, how the Blazers have come together despite being from different schools and communities, being a leader at shortstop in the defensive infield, and more.

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Boys’ Winner

Townsend led Buffalo to a 2-0 record during the week of April 6. The Class 3A top-ranked Bison posted a 4-0 victory at home over Rawlins and a 9-nil win at Douglas. Townsend scored two goals and had 8 assists. He scored or assisted on 10 of the team’s 13 goals in those two matches. The victories helped Buffalo improve to 4-1 in the 2026 season.

WyoPreps caught up with Jace to discuss his big week and its impact. Townsend examined their improvement, how the team’s coming together, said he’s never had a week like that before, gave props to his squad for finishing his passes, how his assist total got so high, playing on grass versus turf, understanding and dealing with Buffalo being one of the favorites this year, playing for Coach Edgcomb, and more.

Congratulations to Shaylyn and Jace on being selected as the WyoPreps Athletes of the Week!