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Cowboy Basketball Pounded in Fort Worth, Fall by 18 to Horned Frogs

Ronnie Moss has become a recurring nightmare for the Wyoming Cowboys over the past few seasons. The nightmare got a little more terrifying after Moss’ latest performance on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The junior TCU guard ravaged the Cowboys with 27 points and 10 rebounds–both season highs–helping the Horned Frogs cruise to a commanding…

TCU Tops Cowgirls

  Unfortunately for the Cowgirls, the Horned Frogs were too much to handle Wednesday night, giving Wyoming arguably their toughest loss of the season, going down 68-47 to an impressive TCU team. Senior guard Aubrey Vandiver gave Wyoming their first lead at 7-6 with a fade away jumper on the baseline before TCU went on…

Staff Sets Sights on Rest of Basketball Season

Fresh off of Francisco Cruz’s buzzer beater and the Cowgirls’ dominant performances against CSU and New Mexico The Branding Iron staff took the chance to toss their conference expectations out for the men and women representing Wyoming Basketball this season. Mike Morris: The Cowboys picked up their most significant win of the season – and…

Cowboys Win on Buzzer-beater From Cruz

For 39 minutes and 53 seconds, the Wyoming Cowboys and New Mexico Lobos walked a perilous tightrope of plot twists and lead changes. As the ball careened off the rim once, and then again, hope faded to an imperceptible glimmer for Wyoming, and it appeared all but certain that the Cowboys and fourth-year head coach…

A Team With ‘Something to Prove’

TCWho? The real champion of the underdogs is Matt “looks like the manager at Radio Shack, only taller” Hasselbeck and the now 8-9 Seattle Seahawks. Seattle’s 41-36 victory over the former champions was nothing more than a farce, and as a fan I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Maybe this win is a sign…

UW Drops Matches to Cougars, Utes

The Cowgirl volleyball team did not end their season the way they wanted to last week with a tough loss to BYU Wednesday and another defeat to Utah Friday. They finished 22-10 and 7-9 in the Mountain West Conference. The Cowgirls were bested by the Cougars in a five-set thriller with final scores of 22-25,…

UW drops matches to Cougars, Utes

The Cowgirl volleyball team did not end their season the way they wanted to last week with a tough loss to BYU Wednesday and another defeat to Utah Friday. They finished 22-10 and 7-9 in the Mountain West Conference. The Cowgirls were bested by the Cougars in a five-set thriller with final scores of 22-25,…

Opportunities to ski exist closer to home

Even though it lacks the amenities available at large resorts, local snowboarders who call the ski area home know that it is not without its charm. For southeast Wyoming’s snowboarders, riding the Snowy Range Ski Area has its advantages.  codyconnorMore Posts

Pride all that’s left for Wyo. in rivalry

Rivalry. The venerated tradition of college football; a game between two celebrated foes, where emotions run high as the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, and where the significance of the matchup is transcended only by each team’s inexorable will to win. All of the antecedent circumstances surrounding Saturday’s Border War matchup between Wyoming and Colorado State would…

Volleyball team prepares for Minch, No. 15 Colorado State tonight

  The first match of the Cowgirl volleyball team’s final home stand will be against conference-leading and No. 15 Colorado State (23-3, 12-1) at 5 p.m. tonight in the UniWyo Sports Complex. Wyoming (22-7, 7-6) split their last two matches on the road, beating Texas Christian and falling to New Mexico.   Branding IronThe Branding…