The Morning Bell · Friday, Nov. 13, 2026: Cokeville plays for the 2A title at noon, and rain arrives before Rich's final
Cokeville meets unbeaten Big Horn for the 2A title at noon in Laramie, and rain and snow move in tonight ahead of Rich's Saturday final in Cedar City.
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Bear Lake Corridor / SW Wyoming
Bear Lake Corridor / SW Wyoming
Regional weather
A mostly cloudy Friday, with highs from 51 in Kemmerer to 57 in Randolph and Evanston, and a slight chance of rain at the lake after 5 PM. Rain is likely tonight, turning to rain and snow toward Saturday morning, with lows of 31 to 37. Saturday stays mostly cloudy and cooler, in the 40s, with rain and snow chances into the afternoon. No NWS alerts are posted for our towns.
Source: National Weather Service
Rich County, Utah
Utah roads
- Garden City to Evanston: Dry through Randolph and Woodruff to the Wyoming line. Bridge work in Rich County still holds traffic to one way on temporary signals, so allow a few extra minutes. Across the line, Wyoming's bridge work near milepost 8 has a 10-foot width restriction.
- Garden City to Logan: Upper and lower Logan Canyon and Logan Summit are dry.
- To Salt Lake City & Ogden: Upper Ogden Canyon is down to one lane, with alternating one-way traffic around the clock, through April 2027. I-84 through Morgan and Henefer and I-80 from Wanship to Echo are dry. Rain moves in tonight, so if you're driving to Cedar City, check UDOT Traffic before you go.
Southwest Wyoming
Wyoming roads
- Sisters: Dry, with no closures, chain law or advisories from the Utah line through Evanston and on to Lyman.
- Sisters to Kemmerer: Dry on the Lyman cutoff and US 189 into Kemmerer, with no advisories.
WYDOT 511 (reports as of early Friday)
Top Stories
Game day: Cokeville plays unbeaten Big Horn for the 2A title at noon
It's here. Cokeville (9–1) meets unbeaten Big Horn (10–0) for the Wyoming 2A championship at noon today at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. WyoSports says a win would be Cokeville's 23rd state title and its first in 2A since 1989, and the Panthers are out to avenge their 2024 title-game loss to the Rams. Big Horn reached the final with a 66–12 semifinal win over Thermopolis; Cokeville got there with a 31–3 win over Mountain View. Tickets are by phone at 307-766-7220, and if you can't make the drive, the game streams live on the NFHS Network. Go Panthers!
Sources: WyoSports: Cokeville, Big Horn set for 2A final · WyoPreps title-game schedule · SI: Wyoming championship matchups
Rich fans heading south: rain tonight, a damp morning, then drier by kickoff
Rich plays Milford for the Utah 8-player title at 4 PM Saturday at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, going for a fourth straight crown in a rematch of last year's final. The National Weather Service's latest Cedar City forecast calls for rain tonight (near 100% chance), then rain and a slight chance of snow Saturday morning, turning partly cloudy in the afternoon with only a slight chance of rain and snow, highs in the upper 40s and little or no accumulation. Back home, rain turns to rain and snow toward Saturday morning, so give yourself extra time on wet roads. Tickets are online only through GoFan, and gates open at 9 AM. Our full preview: Rich Rebels play Milford Saturday for a fourth straight 8-player title.
Sources: National Weather Service, Cedar City · SUU: UHSAA state football
Around the Schools
Middle school hoops and wrestling, a parent seminar and the end of the trimester
Rich County Middle School's 7th- and 8th-grade girls play at Lyman Intermediate this morning at 9, and Mountain View Middle School hosts a boys wrestling invitational Saturday at 10 AM. Rich School District's Parent Education Seminar on student protection is Monday, Nov. 16, at 6 PM on Zoom; the link is on the Rich Middle School website. Rich Middle's trimester ends Thursday, Nov. 19.
Sources: Lyman Eagles events · Rich Middle School
Today & Tomorrow
- All day
No school, Uinta #4 staff development day - 9:00 AMRich MS girls basketball at
Lyman - NoonCokeville vs. Big Horn, 2A final, Laramie
- 10:00 AMMS boys wrestling, Mountain View
- 4:00 PMRich vs. Milford, 8-player final, Cedar City
- Mon 6 PMRich parent seminar on student protection (Zoom)
- Thu 11/19End of trimester, Rich Middle
Sources: Lyman Eagles events · Rich Middle School · WyoPreps · SUU
Scoreboard
| No varsity finals reported for our schools Thursday. Title games are today and Saturday. | ||
| Last finals | ||
| Rich over Water Canyon (Nov. 7) | 45–12 | |
| Cokeville over Mountain View (Nov. 6) | 31–3 | |
Source: Deseret News, WyoPreps
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