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A weekend recap of all Laramie Hight School sports action.

The 2021 finalists have been announced for the prestigious Milward Simpson Award. This honor is given to the most outstanding male and female student-athletes in the state. It is considered the most prestigious award a prep athlete can earn in their high school career. This year’s honor will be presented at a luncheon on June 19, 2021, in Cody, at the Cody Auditorium Club Room. Get our free mobile app You can find a link to last years winners and announcement at the bottom of this story. Biog...

The Bengal Featured: Taylor Meeks Trevor Delaney Sports Editor Two of the biggest events in the Intermountain West indoor track and field scene have been canceled for the 2021 season, with both the Big Sky Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships and the 43rd annual Simplot Games being postponed until 2022 due to pandemic concerns. February is usually a busy month in the world of indoor track and field, with the Big Sky Championships being an essential component of collegiate trac...

Kelly Walsh track and field athlete Taylor Siplon has signed on with Metro State in Denver. Siplon will have a real chance to compete now that the indoor track season has begun even with a slightly limited format as compared to previous years. So, it will take a solid effort this season just to qualify for the 2021 state meet which will be in Gillette on March 6th for the girls and February 27th for the boys.  It has been an unusual experience for track athletes in general as the entire 2020 s...

Audrey DaDamio (Bloomfield Village, Mich./Seaholm HS) Personal bests: 1,600 – 4:52.10; Mile – 4:55.30; 3,000 – 10:04.31; 3,200 – 10:24.78 Audrey DaDamio is the 2020 Michigan Division I cross country champion and state Meet of Champions winner. She was fifth overall at the AAU national cross country championships (15-18 age group) last week with the No. 6 high school time ever recorded at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. She is the Michigan Indoor Track Series state meet ...