KASL Sports Play-By-Play Schedule

Fri. Sept. 10
Dogie Football vs. Moorcroft – 6:20 PM
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Sat. Sept. 11
Cowboys @ Texas – 5:00 PM

Sun. Sept. 12
Broncos @ Jacksonville – 11:15 AM (JIP)

Thu. Sept. 16
Lady Dogie Volleyball vs. Torrington - 6:00 PM
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Fri. Sept. 17
Dogie Football @ Burns – 6:20 PM
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Sat. Sept. 18
Lady Dogie Volleyball @ Cheyenne South - 2:00 PM
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Cowboys vs. Boise St. – 5:00 PM

Sun. Sept. 19
Broncos vs. Seattle – 1:00 PM

Fri. Sept. 24
Dogie Football vs. Wright – 6:20 PM
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Sat. Sept. 25
Cowboys vs. Air Force – 11:00 AM

Sun. Sept. 26
Broncos vs. Indianapolis – 1:00 PM

Tue. Sept. 28
Lady Dogie Volleyball vs. Sundance - 6:00 PM
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Thu. Sept. 30
Lady Dogie Volleyball vs. Douglas - 6:00 PM
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Fri. Oct. 1
Dogie Football vs. Glenrock – 6:20 PM
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Sat. Oct. 2
Cowboys @ Toledo – 4:00 PM

Sun. Oct. 3
Broncos @ Tennessee – 11:15 AM (JIP)

Fri. Oct. 8
Dogie Football @ Tongue River – 1:20 PM
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Sat. Oct. 9
Cowboys @ TCU – 12:30 PM

Sun. Oct. 10
Broncos @ Baltimore – 11:15 AM (JIP)

Thu. Oct. 14
Lady Dogie Volleyball @ Buffalo - 5:00 PM
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Fri. Oct. 15
Dogie Football vs. Thermopolis – 6:20 PM
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Sat. Oct. 16
Cowboys vs. Utah – 3:00 PM

Sun. Oct. 17
Broncos vs. New York Jets - 1:00 PM

Fri. Oct. 22
Dogie Football @ Big Horn – 12:20 PM
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Sat. Oct. 23
Cowboys @ BYU – 11:00 AM

Sun. Oct. 24
Broncos vs. Oakland - 1:00 PM

Sat. Oct. 30
Cowboys vs. San Diego St. – 11:00 AM

Sun. Oct. 31
Broncos vs. San Francisco (London) - 11:15 AM (JIP)

Sat. Nov. 6
Cowboy Football @ New Mexico – 3:00 PM
followed by
Cowboy Basketball vs. Peru St. (exhibition)

Sat. Nov. 13
Cowboys @ UNLV – 7:00 PM

Sun. Nov. 14
Broncos vs. Kansas City - 1:00 PM

Tue. Nov. 16
Cowboy Basketball @ Northern Colorado – 6:30 PM

Thu. Nov. 18
Cowboy Basketball vs. North Florida – 6:30 PM

Sat. Nov. 20
Cowboy Football vs. Colorado St. – 11:00 AM
Cowboy Basketball vs. Western Illinois – 6:30 PM

Mon. Nov. 22
Broncos @ San Diego - 5:30 PM

Tue. Nov. 23
Cowboys vs. Missouri (Cancun Challenge) – TBA

Wed. Nov. 24
Cowboys vs. Providence or LaSalle (Cancun Challenge) – TBA

Sun. Nov. 28
Broncos vs. St. Louis - 1:00 PM

Wed. Dec. 1
Cowboys @ South Dakota – 5:30 PM

Sun. Dec. 5
Broncos @ Kansas City - 11:15 AM (JIP)

Sun. Dec. 12
Broncos @ Arizona - 1:00 PM

Sun. Dec. 19
Broncos @ Oakland - 1:00 PM

Sun. Dec. 26
Broncos vs. Houston - 1:00 PM

Sun. Jan. 2
Broncos vs. San Diego - 1:00 PM

JIP=joined in progress

Sports on KASL

Live Dogies Play-by-Play – On the Air and at kasl.sportsfrequency.com
KASL Sports Director David Burrall & Mick Bohn
Dogie Daily – During Newcastle High School Fall and Winter Sports Seasons

Live Cowboys and Cowgirls Play-by-Play -
Dave Walsh & Kevin McKinney (Cowboys)
Reece Monaco & Margie McDonald (Cowgirl Basketball)

Wyoming Sports Today with Dave Walsh - 4:15 PM Weekdays

Heath Schroyer Show – 7:07 PM Monday – March 1, March 8
Joe Legerski Show – 7:07 PM Monday – February 22

Live Broncos Play-by-Play
Dave Logan

Broncos Daily – during regular season

Cowboy State News Network Sports – 7:15 AM, 10:45 PM Weekdays

ABC Sports – 4:30 AM Every Morning, 5:06 PM Weekdays

The Burrall Blog – Weekend In Laramie

11/16/09 – 9:23 AM

What an honor it was for me to describe three state championship football games (2A, 3A, 4A) for rtcom.tv.  All five of the webcasts should be archived there by the middle of this week.

One of the games I called was Thermopolis’ 22-20 win over Glenrock for the 2A title.  Glenrock is a great team and worked very hard to have a chance at back-to-back championships, but sometimes teams most people don’t expect to win are completely sure themselves that they will.  That was the case with the Thermopolis Bobcats.  Their defense stopped the Herders immediately on 4th down.  Their offense didn’t let falling snow or accumulated snow bother them.  And the Bobcat offense showed something it hadn’t shown much of this season: quarterback Mitch Syverson running the ball.  He did for 155 yards and two touchdowns.  It was a great plan by Mitch’s dad, head coach Chuck Syverson.  But, get this:  Mitch, as it turns out, had not run the ball much until this past Saturday because he played all season with a stress fracture in his leg.  He suffered it during last basketball season when he was still in Spearfish.  Anyway, it was a well-deserved win for Thermopolis, who has many of their important players, including Syverson, back in 2010.

By the way, I had never broadcast any football games during snow before, so that was fun, too.

While in Laramie, I attended the Wyoming Cowboy basketball season opener against South Dakota State, who overwhelmed the Cowboys, 77-61.  And believe me, the game wasn’t that close.  The Cowboys’ defense was terrible, allowing several uncontested baskets to the Jackrabbits quickly after their own made baskets.  And SDSU made 11 three-pointers, only a few of which were even moderately contested.  There’s a lot of work ahead for this team.  They are inexperienced and are in need of the kind of leadership Brandon Ewing had given them over the last couple of years.

And as I came home Saturday night, I listened to Cowboy Football’s incredible comeback win at San Diego State, 30-27.  24 unanswered points in the 4th quarter led the Cowboys back.  After how the offense had been performing over the previous three weeks, and the struggle the defense was having, this came out of nowhere.  Now, this team feels it can do anything.  This probably doesn’t give them any more of a chance to beat TCU, a national championship contender, this Saturday, but a victory over Colorado State on the day after Thanksgiving would likely put the Cowboys in a bowl game for the first time in five years.  That would be quite an achievement for a team with a first-year head coach and whose program was, frankly, going nowhere at this time last year.

The Burrall Blog – Offenses Off

11/2/09 – 10:34 AM

You may have been shocked that the Broncos were knocked from the unbeaten ranks by the Baltimore Ravens, but consider that the Ravens could just as easily be 5-2 or 6-1 as they are 4-3.  Besides, only 200 yards of offense won’t win you very many games in the NFL (unless you have Tony Ginn run back two kicks for touchdowns in the same quarter).

It’s very difficult to go unbeaten in the NFL, and even as good as the Saints are, I don’t expect them to remain unbeaten.  Hey, even the almighty Patriots didn’t do it a couple of years ago.

And Wyoming Cowboy football has hit a little bit of a rough patch, with losses to Air Force and Utah.  The big reason is an offense that has lost its punch over those games.  Look, the only TD against the Utes was on a pass to Austyn Carta-Samuels.  Yes, it was fun, but it also isn’t a good sign when a play like that is the only scoring play.  The Cowboys’ defense fought really hard on Saturday, but was on the field a lot.  UW still must play BYU and TCU, so the offense will need to regain its consistency if it wants to be in a bowl game.

The Burrall Blog – Asa Hutchinson Update

10/3/09 – 1:18 PM

In Newcastle Football’s 37-12 loss in Glenrock, wide receiver/cornerback Asa Hutchinson suffered a concussion during the second quarter.

Asa had to be taken off the Sheldon Henderson Stadium field via ambulance and was transported to Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas.  Generally, Asa is OK, but unhappy that he cannot play football again, as this is his second major concussion in as many season.  Karen Hutchinson, Asa’s mother, says that Asa will have a CT scan soon.

Karen also wanted me to pass along word that she and all of the Hutchinson family are grateful for everyone’s support.

The Burrall Blog – Howdy from Laramie!

9/26/09 – 12:34 PM

Hello from War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

I know that the weather is nice at home, but it is simply gorgeous here.  Temperature is in the mid 60′s with a nice breeze and a clear blue sky.

Dave Walsh and Kevin McKinney say hello.  I visited with them for a few minutes before the network broadcast began.  Patience, they say, is important for Cowboy football fans right now.  This offense can potentially be exciting; it just doesn’t have the athletes right now that it takes to make it work.  But the Pokes need to score an offensive touchdown again sometime.  Why not today?  Well, they have a fairly tough opponent in UNLV.  And the Rebels’ Omar Clayton is quite a quarterback.

I can’t blog while the game is in progress, but hopefully I’ll have more for you over the weekend.  Also, I’m headed to Denver later today to visit my brother and sister-in-law……….and of course, to see the Rockies and Cardinals at Coors Field tomorrow afternoon.

And, as always, you can listen to Cowboy Football right now on AM 1240 KASL.

The Burrall Blog – Cowboy Joe, Where Did You Go?

9/20/09 – 3:17 PM

In the title, I don’t mean Joe Glenn.  I mean the Wyoming Cowboys’ offense.  Yes, there are a new system and a new head coach, but the Cowboys’ offense in a 24-0 loss to Colorado was poor.  How poor?  How about 230 yards of total offense?  How about only 13 first downs and 9 punts?  Yeccch!  Colorado, in starting 0-2, had allowed over 1,000 yards in their first two games.

Oh, and there were also the four 15-yard penalties.

Probably only the most optimistic of Cowboy rooters would have expected a big turnaround from the 3-9 record of last year, but 3 wins might be about what to expect this year, I’m afraid.  Look, even the best defenses in college football can’t stand to be on the field for 35 minutes, as Wyoming’s defense was in Boulder.

The upcoming UNLV game may be a very crucial one for Dave Christensen’s first Cowboy team.  The offense must be better, the defense must make big plays at the right times, and there must be more discipline, or this may be a very long season in Laramie.

The Burrall Blog – What a Win!

8/30/09 – 3:44 PM

Summing up Newcastle football’s season-opening win over Custer probably can’t be done efficiently, but I’ll try.

Now with a 5-man line, the Dogies’ defense showed that it could be much better.  It was quite good on Friday.  The secondary covered Custer receivers well and may have frustrated them into some drops.

So, how did the move of Jeremy Beehler to running back work out?  Well, how about 28 carries for 196 yards and a touchdown?  How about a 59-yard run and a 33-yard TD run?  Beehler knows, I’m sure, that teams will start keying on him, but I’ll be surprised if that stops him.  Now, the Dogies did barely throw the ball on Friday, and they will probably want to establish at least some sort of a passing game soon.

And then, there are the guts of new head coach Matt Conzelman.  It was a calculated risk, but a risk nonetheless, when Newcastle successfully went for the 2-point conversion and the win in the second overtime.  Matt said to me after the game, “I just know I didn’t want to play another overtime against [Custer].”

I can’t blame him.  The Wildcats’ offense was coming together after it had struggled most of the game.  Anyway, the formation for an extra point was in place, including the “swinging-gate” — and then the ball was snapped right to holder Trey Sylte, who had run for the Dogies’ second-OT touchdown just minutes before.  Sylte made a mad dash to the goal line as Wildcat defenders converged — and just barely crossed the goal line for the winning points.

Some streaks were broken with Newcastle’s 15-14 win.  A streak of losses to South Dakota teams dating back to 1989 ended.  Also ending was a 9-game losing streak to Custer, dating back to 1991.  And, this was the Dogies’ first season-opening win since 2001.

If you don’t have plans for Friday night, maybe you should consider coming to Schoonmaker Field when the Dogies host three-time defending 1A champion Southeast with a 7:00 PM kickoff.  Newcastle will be tested in this one almost certainly, but the Dogies play hard and with enthusiasm.  I’ll think you’ll enjoy watching them.

Of course, hear it Friday starting at 6:20 on AM 1240 KASL and here at kaslradio.com.  Just click on that link at the top of the page that says, “Live Dogie Broadcast.”