LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Forward Leonard Washington, who was Wyoming's leading scorer last season, has been sentenced on criminal entry and battery charges.

The Gillette Edge U14 girls soccer team won the championship at the Snickers Big Horn Soccer Cup at the Big Horn Equestrian Center this past weekend with a 2-0 win over the Rushmore Tsunami in the championship game.

Gillette College’s men’s basketball coach Shawn Neary announced Tuesday afternoon that Dwight Anderson, a 6’2”, 184 pound, guard from Minneapolis, Minn. will be the first recruit of the 2012-13 season.

The America West Hockey League (AWHL) honored the Gillette Wild Junior Hockey Tier III team last week by naming them the Organization of the Year in their inaugural season in the league. One of the main reasons the Wild were honored by other coaches, general mangers and owners in the league is because of all of the work the franchise did in the community, but Gillette’s head Coach and General Manager Tom Winkler knows this wasn’t the only reason.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - Organizers of this summer's national high school rodeo in Rock Springs are telling contestants and others to prepare for higher altitude and drier air.

For the second time in the last week the Gillette Roughriders defeated Rapid City Post 22 6-3 thanks to a 3-run ninth inning for the Riders on Wednesday night in Rapid City at McKeague Field.

AMES, Iowa (AP) - Former Wyoming defensive lineman Ben Durbin will play his final season for Iowa State in 2012.

At the 4A East Conference golf tournament in Casper both Kelly Walsh golf teams won the conference championships as the Trojans ended the Sheridan Broncs 35 tournament win streak as they won by just one stroke 634 to 635.

Australian native James Hunter will once again be moving north after he signed to play basketball at Washington State University. The 6’10” center played one season for the Gillette College Pronghorns last and will now join Campbell County High School alumni Jordan Kelley.

From Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 22, in Casper the Gillette Wild Junior Hockey Tier III held a development/Tryout Camp for players from around the region and Head Coach Tom Winkler was very impressed with the turnout as close to 40 players showed up for a chance to improve their game and ultimately try to land a spot with the Wild for the coming season.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Dusty Tuckness, of Meeteetse, has been named the world's top bullfighter for the second straight year.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming men's basketball student-athlete Luke Martinez will speak at two schools on the Wind River Reservation about how Native Americans can succeed in higher education and athletics.

In the final game of their three game set with the Billings Scarlets, the Gillette American Legion baseball team lost 15-4. The game was close through three innings with the Riders trailing just 4-2 after Andrew Youngs and Tanner Rogen reached base on back-to-back singles in the bottom of the third before Drake Kelly singled to drive in Youngs for his fifth RBI of the weekend.  Before the inning was over, Westin Hinkel singled to bring home Rogen.

Last weekend, the Gillette Edge Soccer Club traveled to Billings to participate in the Magic City Classic Soccer tournament. It was a great tournament as always and the weather was a factor in all play with the rain and wind for the teams to battle against.

Gillette College Pronghorns men’s basketball head coach Shawn Neary confirmed with Basin Radio Network that James Hunter has signed with Washington State University.

After losing their best of seven series 4 games to 2 to Missoula on Friday night the Gillette Wild had to take on Billings in a best of three series to qualify for the 2012 National Tournament in Rochester, MN. In game 1 on Saturday in Billings the Wild fell 3-1 as Stanislav Izvekov scored Gillette's first goal since game five against Missoula ending a scoring drought of 115 minutes and 19 seconds.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jason Miller made up ground on steer wrestling world leader Luke Branquinho by winning the eighth round of the National Finals Rodeo in 3.9 seconds Thursday night.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Don Yentes is out has head coach of the Wyoming track and field and cross country programs.

The Gillette Roughriders American Legion baseball team split their Saturday doubleheader with the Billings Scarlets as both teams earned blowout victories on a perfect weather day for baseball. In game 1 the Roughriders made the Scarlets look like the much better  team in their 16-4 loss, but then in game 2 Gillette proved that was a fluke with a their 13-6 win to improve to 15-5 on the season while the Scarlets dropped to 4-3.

Peak Wrestlers Warren Carr, Trevor Jeffries, Taylor Jeffries, and Trent Olson earned the title of 2012 Triple Crown Champions after winning state championships in folkstyle, Greco, and freestyle.