Playing up or down WHSAA classes present challenges but ultimately benefit basketball programs

 

SHERIDAN — The squeak of basketball shoes on hardwood and the rhythmic drum of basketballs bouncing returned to Sheridan County gyms this week after the high schools’ holiday breaks, and the various boys and girls basketball teams hold different records prior to this weekend’s games and the start of conference play next week.

Those records, most of which are over .500 through three or four games, don’t denote the wins earned or explain the losses suffered to programs of different Wyoming High School Activities Association classifications.

The 2A Big Horn High School boys basketball team started 0-2, but lost back-to-back games to 3A Lovell and 3A Buffalo before winning back-to-back games against fellow 2A opponents to ultimately take a 2-2 record into its holiday break. Three practices after the two-week vacation, the 4A Sheridan High School boys basketball team traveled to Buffalo Thursday to renew a rivalry and test itself against a less-frequent opponent.

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