Class 4A

Class 4A Cheyenne East Thunderbirds OUTLOOK: Deep, experienced and improved, the Thunderbirds have the potential to be one of the better teams in 4A this fall. The team has a good number of varsity players back, and they all put

Improvement is hard to judge in practice -- and Kelly Walsh volleyball coach Jeff Barkell is all too aware of that.

CROSS COUNTRY Laramie Invitational Friday Girls Team: Cheyenne Central 40; Sheridan 50; Gillette 88; Cheyenne East 101; Saratoga 107; Laramie 127; Pine Bluffs, Riverton NS.

Sandy Moon was so excited, she barely slept on Thursday night.

GIRLS TENNIS Natrona County 5, Torrington 0 Thursday, at Torrington Singles No. 1: Jamie Magrum, NC, def Taylor Lenz 7-5, 6-4.

Class 4A Gillette Camels OUTLOOK: With three of the top four placers at state returning this year, including defending state individual champ Morgan Pearson, the Gillette girls have a solid shot of repeating as state champions. The boys are a

Cody Broncs OUTLOOK: Cody graduated five of its eight varsity players on both the boys and girls sides, so a little rebuilding will be in order. Good numbers (52 players in all) coupled with a strong summer workout program could

Class 4A

The most important number in Yoder this fall isn't 18 -- the number of consecutive victories the Southeast Cyclones have strung together over the past two seasons.

FOOTBALL Game scores Friday Interstate Steamboat Springs, Colo., 21, Laramie 14 Saturday Class 5A Kelly Walsh 17, Rock Springs 13 Green River 14, Natrona County 12 Interclass Riverton 13, Star Valley 10, OT Wind River 7, Cokeville 6, three quarters

RIVERTON -- If nothing else, the Kelly Walsh Trojans now know how their defense will play with their backs to the wall.

The Green River-Natrona County football game staged in the preseason will probably look a heck of a lot different from the one that might be staged in the postseason.

CHICAGO -- The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit Thursday against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, joining Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration in trying to reverse the

University of Wisconsin-Madison) If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated. Writing

GRAND LEDGE The first day of school is always a little confusing, but students arriving at Grand Ledge High School this Tuesday will notice a lot of changes.

GRAND LEDGE - In recent years, a deficit in the school district's budget has been such a regular event it hardly seems newsworthy. Incoming school superintendent Dr. Steve Matthews would like to change that.

MASON Ombudsman Education Services is partnering with Ingham Intermediate School District to help high school students graduate.

OLIVET The Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame will honor three outstanding leaders, legends, and innovators in the insurance industry at the 15th annual induction ceremony of the Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Sept. 17, on the campus of

OLIVET Olivet College's Burrage Library is hosting the following programs throughout the fall semester. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call (269) 749-7387.