Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel watches his team during a Cowboys football practice in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Fall camp is in the rearview mirror for the Wyoming Cowboys. Head coach Jay Sawvel’s team is transitioning to preparing for Colorado State and the Sept. 5 season opener in Fort Collins. On Friday, Sawvel addressed the media during a press conference. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below “A lot of work

Wyoming defensive lineman Alex Haswell (#97) takes part in a Cowboys football fall camp practice in Laramie. The Sheridan, Wyoming, native is a 6-foot-5, 295-pound redshirt sophomore. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - For Alex Haswell, putting on a brown and gold jersey carries a little more meaning than simply playing for a college football team. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound Wyoming defensive lineman grew up in Sheridan, watching the Cowboys and

Wyoming dominates third and fourth set on way to victory Wyoming volleyball players celebrate during a match at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. (Aug. 28, 2026) – It was a successful opener to the 2026 season Friday night for the Wyoming Cowgirls as they downed Texas Tech in four sets in front of a raucous Arena-Auditorium crowd. Set scores went 25-21, 14-25, 25-11 and 25-15. Wyoming came out firing in the first

Wyoming sophomore running back Samuel “Tote” Harris (#1) runs through a drill during fall camp at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. – What’s in a name? Long before Samuel "Tote" Harris was carrying the football for the Wyoming Cowboys, he was learning how to “tote the rock.” That is literally how the nickname Tote came to be. Harris’ mother was in the military therefore the family had to move around a lot. On

He led the Pokes in Rushing last season Wyoming sophomore running back Samuel “Tote” Harris takes part in fall camp at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming sophomore running back Samuel "Tote" Harris has another award watch list to hang his cowboy hat on. Harris was named Tuesday to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list, adding to a growing list of preseason honors for the Cowboys' standout running

Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel watches his team during fall camp at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming's offense delivered one of its strongest performances of fall camp Saturday night, winning the Cowboys' roughly 95-play scrimmage as the team moves closer to its Sept. 5 season opener at Colorado State. Head coach Jay Sawvel said the offense coming out on top was notable. Article Continues Below Artic

Photo Courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyoming (8/25/26) – The University of Wyoming soccer team closes out its non-conference home matches this week. The Cowgirls host South Carolina on Thursday at 4 p.m. before celebrating Senior Day against South Dakota on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Both matches take place at the Madrid Sports Complex and can be streamed on MW+. The Cowgirls are 2-1-0 on the season and are looking to bounce back after suffering their first loss of 2026, droppin

Graduate quarterback Tyler Hughes (#6) throws a pass during Wyoming football fall camp at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. – Head coach Jay Sawvel announced Monday that quarterback Tyler Hughes, the graduate transfer from William and Mary, will lead the Cowboys into the 2026 season after a fall-camp competition that included junior Landon Sims and redshirt freshman Mason Drube. “I informed the quarterbacks tod

Wyoming quarterback Landon Sims throws a pass during 2026 fall camp at War Memorial Stadium. Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. – One week, Landon Sims was celebrating a touchdown against Colorado State. The next, he was facing the third torn ACL of his football career. Now, Wyoming’s quarterback is back, hungry to finish what he started. Sims' brief stretch of action during the 2025 season gave Wyoming a glimpse of what the dual-threat quarter

Photo by Jeff Bugher, Pokesnews.com LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming has spent this week treating fall camp like a game week. Saturday afternoon, the Cowboys will find out how much that preparation has paid off. Head coach Jay Sawvel set the start time for Saturday's closed scrimmage at 4 p.m. inside War Memorial Stadium. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below “Saturday will be huge for a number of players, a number of positions. And then continue evaluation from there,”

Defensive End Esaia Bogar. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. – Esaia Bogar made a name for himself by living in opposing backfields before arriving at Wyoming. Now, after a season in Laramie, the Cowboys’ senior defensive end is getting national recognition heading into 2026. Bogar has been named to the Polynesian College Player of the Year Award Watch List, putting the 6-foot-2, 255-pound pass rusher among 69 players from 36 Division I programs in contention for o

Ryken Banks. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - University of Wyoming head football coach Jay Sawvel told the media following the scrimmage last Saturday that freshman running back Ryken Banks might be injured, to the extent that he was unsure. Banks was seen on the sidelines in a brace with crutches midway through the scrimmage. On Tuesday, Sawvel confirmed that Banks suffered a torn ACL and he will be out for the season. Sawvel also mentioned that there's some u

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyoming – The University of Wyoming soccer team got off to a dream start on Thursday against Weber State. However, it didn’t conclude in jubilation for the Cowgirls. The Wildcats rallied for a 2-1 victory at the Madrid Sports Complex. The result drops the Pokes to 2-1-0 on the season, and Weber State improves to 1-1-1 on the year. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below “For us, it was a game where we could have gotten more tha

Uriyah Rojas (0) 2026. Photo by Troy Babbit, UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - There's a lot of excitement in the air when it comes to Wyoming Basketball. Head coach Sundance Wicks and his staff have been steadily building something special over the last couple of years, and they just came off of an NIT bid. Pack your bags! The Wyoming Cowboys will play a pair of non-conference games at the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Florida, and the matchups are set for the seventh annual event, w

Samuel "Tote" Harris protects the ball during fall camp 2026 at War Memorial Stadium. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Give Samuel “Tote” Harris a crease, and four yards can become 40 in a hurry. That explosiveness has put Wyoming’s sophomore running back on the national radar. Harris was named to the 2026 Doak Walker Award preseason watch list Monday, adding another major honor to a growing résumé after landing on the Maxwell Award Watch List earlier this mont

Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyoming (8/17/26) – It's not a shock that Wyoming's Haley Bartel is named the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Bartel set the new career shutout record at the University of Wyoming on Sunday with her 20th clean sheet. On Monday, the Mountain West Conference honored the Cowgirl goalkeeper with the Defensive Player of the Week honor. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below Bartel has begun the 2026 season wi

Cowgirl Soccer is now 2-0. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics. GREELEY, Colo. – The University of Wyoming soccer team had a little trouble getting to Greeley on Sunday for the Front Range Derby at Jackson Stadium. After that, however, the Cowgirls had little trouble upon arrival. The Pokes blanked Northern Colorado, 3-0. The win pushes Wyoming to 2-0-0 on the season, while the Bears are now 0-1-0. Article Continues Below Article Continues Below "We are starting to develop some d

Tight end Landon Pace (88) at fall camp 2026. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics LARAMIE, Wyo. - Landon Pace wants to make his own name in Wyoming. Yet, when it comes to blocking, the redshirt freshman tight end has one of football's greatest teachers waiting at home. His father, Orlando Pace, built a Hall of Fame career in the trenches, playing at Ohio State before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft and spending most of his professional career with the St. L

Warm-ups prior to the scrimmage. Photo by Jeff Bugher, Pokesnews.com LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming football put roughly 110 plays on the field Saturday during its first major scrimmage of fall camp, giving head coach Jay Sawvel and his staff their most extensive look yet at the Cowboys in game-like situations. There were positives on both sides of the ball, including three red-zone touchdowns by the offense and an aggressive defensive front, but Sawvel left the scrimmage focused

Wyoming defensive coordinator Aaron Bohl. Photo courtesy of UW Athletics. LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming’s third-year defensive coordinator Aaron Bohl was preparing for the start of fall camp on Monday, August 3rd, when football suddenly became secondary. Bohl’s son, Blake, broke his femur on Monday evening, one week after he had surgery to remove his tonsils. Bohl and his wife, Anna, found themselves in an emergency room before being sent to Denver for further treatment. Article