2020 Wyoming high school football state championships recap

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For the first time since 2013 Cheyenne East High School can call itself state football champions. East quarterback Graedyn Buell ran for 235 yards with four touchdowns in a 29-15 win over Thunder Basin in the 4A state championship game.

East, which entered the game ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America Wyoming Top 5, finishes 11-1 on the season with Thunder Basin ending-up 9-3.

In 3A, Cody beat Jackson Hole 34-13 in a battle of teams nicknamed the Broncs. It gives Cody, ranked No. 3 in our statewide rankings, its second state championship in three years. Cody finishes 10-1 and Jackson Hole finishes No. 3.

Trailing 3-0 nothing early in the fourth quarter, Lyman scored two touchdowns over the final 9:30 to beat Torrington 14-3 for the Class 2A championship. The Lyman defense forced five turnovers.


In the Class 1A 9-Man championship, Southeast beat Lusk 47-28. In 2018, Southeast didn’t win a game while competing in 11-man football. The Southeast Cyclones finish 2020 a perfect 11-0.


Farson-Eden captures the Class 1A 6-Man title by scoring 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter against Meeteetse to win 42-30. The Pronghorns finish a perfect 11-0.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.