MOORCROFT -- The Moorcroft Wolves didn't need long to stake their claim to the top spot in the Class 3A East Conference.

Gillette's girls look ready to repeat. The defending champion Camels took a big lead on the first day of the Class 4A Wyoming State High School Golf Championships in Evanston, opening up a 15-stroke lead on second-place Cheyenne Central.

Through early Friday Standings CLASS 5A North Conference Overall Conf WHSAA CST WyoPrep CST W-L W-L Pwr Rat Pwr Rat Sheridan 3-1 2-0 31.36 36.67 Kelly Walsh 2-3 1-0 26 35.42 Gillette 3-2 0-1 31 37.08 Natrona 3-2 0-1 30.5

FOOTBALL Class 5A n SHERIDAN 49, GILLETTE 21: At Sheridan on Friday, Austin Woodward was in on 4 touchdowns for the Broncs as they blew open a close game at halftime with 34 second-half points.

Rawlins definitely gave the fans at the Casper Events Center their money's worth.

CHEYENNE -- The first play from scrimmage didn't go as planned for the Natrona County Mustangs.

OXFORD, Miss., Sept. 26 It was supposed to have been a Goldilocks debate.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- Former president Bill Clinton concluded his fourth annual philanthropy conference Friday by joining actor Matt Damon and rap artist Wyclef Jean in announcing about $100 million in recovery aid to hurricane-ravaged Haiti.

· A Sept. 26 A-section article about new data on carbon dioxide buildup in the atmosphere misstated the terms of a previous study, which predicted an increase of 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the world's average temperature by the end of

As it prepares to adjourn, Congress is close to passing and sending to President Bush two bills aimed at keeping American astronauts flying to the international space station during a five-year gap when NASA will have no manned spacecraft of

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