The Morning Bell · Saturday, October 31, 2026
Bear Lake Corridor / SW Wyoming school & sports brief — Halloween Saturday
Good morning, and happy Halloween. Welcome to The Morning Bell from Bear Lake TV — Saturday, October 31, 2026.
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Closures
No school closures or event cancellations reported this morning in Utah, Idaho or Wyoming. It's a Saturday with no school; a few showers today, steady rain after midnight, and a rain-snow mix Sunday night.
Regional weather
Bear Lake Corridor / SW Wyoming
Today: Low–mid 50s — Partly sunny; showers, stray thunderstorm
Trick-or-treat: 40s — Mostly cloudy, mostly dry; rain after midnight
Sunday: Mid 40s–near 50 — Rain; a few afternoon thunderstorms
Sun night–Mon: Lows ~30–mid 30s — Rain-snow mix; west gusts 30+ mph
Garden City, Laketown, Randolph and Woodruff run low-to-mid 50s today, right with Evanston, Kemmerer and Montpelier. Best shower chances around Bear Lake and Montpelier; Lyman and Mountain View look mostly dry.
Source: National Weather Service
Utah roads
Garden City to Evanston: Dry. Utah-side bridge work still has one-way traffic on temporary signals (up to ~10 min delays, through winter). On the Wyoming side, the bridge job near the state line keeps 10-ft width and 14-ft height limits; that project is scheduled to wrap up today.
Garden City to Logan: No closures, incidents or winter alerts listed.
To Salt Lake City & Ogden: No closures. Westbound I-84 in Weber Canyon stays one lane through Tuesday; expect 10–15 minute delays at busy times.
UDOT Traffic · WYDOT WY 89
Wyoming roads
Sisters: Dry. Eastbound 10 ft 6 in width restriction near Evanston still posted; Evanston truck-parking project scheduled to finish today.
Sisters to Kemmerer: Dry, no restrictions.
WYDOT 511 (reports as of early Saturday morning)
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Top Stories
Football · UHSAA 8-Player Quarterfinal · Fri, Oct. 30
Rich rolls past St. Joseph 56–20, heads to the semifinals
Top-seeded Rich led 49–20 at halftime and beat No. 8 St. Joseph 56–20 in the UHSAA 8-player quarterfinals in Randolph. The three-time defending champs move on to the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 AM at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman. Their opponent is the winner of Whitehorse at Water Canyon, which was moved to today at 2 PM.
Sources: MaxPreps recap · Deseret News bracket
Volleyball · Idaho 4A State · Fri, Oct. 30
Bear Lake falls in five, then sweeps Sugar-Salem to stay alive
At the Idaho 4A state tournament at Lake City High in Coeur d’Alene, No. 3 Cole Valley Christian beat No. 2 Bear Lake 3–2. The loss ended the Bears’ 11-match win streak. Bear Lake answered that night by sweeping No. 8 Sugar-Salem 25–17, 25–18, 25–17.
This morning, the Bears (30–6) face No. 7 Fruitland, a team they swept Thursday, in an elimination match at 10 AM MDT. If they win, they play the loser of Cole Valley Christian vs. Kimberly at 3 PM MDT for a spot in the 5 PM MDT championship. Coming from the elimination side, Bear Lake would have to win the final twice, with an if-necessary match at 7 PM MDT. NFHS Network carries the matches.
Sources: MaxPreps recap · MaxPreps · KIFI Local News 8 · Coeur d’Alene Press bracket
Start time: MaxPreps lists the Fruitland match at 9:00, which is most likely Pacific time (10 AM MDT).
Football · Wyoming Quarterfinals · Fri, Oct. 30
Cokeville vs. Mountain View in the 2A semifinals; Evanston’s season ends
No. 1 West seed Cokeville rolled past Glenrock 48–7 at home. Mountain View won 48–13 at Burns, scoring 41 straight points after Burns took a 7–0 lead. Joseph Larson ran for a touchdown, and Kolbe Webb returned an interception 95 yards for a score just before halftime. That sets up an all-West semifinal: Mountain View at Cokeville, Friday, Nov. 6 (time TBA). The 2A title game is Nov. 13 at noon at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. In 3A, Evanston’s season ended with a 31–7 loss at Riverton.
Sources: Wyoming Tribune Eagle · Wyoming News Now · Sheridan Media bracket · WHSAA
Volleyball · Wyoming Regionals · Fri–Sat, Oct. 30–31
Kemmerer and Cokeville punch state tickets; three more play for spots today
Kemmerer swept Thermopolis (25–14, 25–16, 27–25) and Shoshoni (25–16, 25–21, 25–22) to qualify for state, and plays Greybull for the 2A West title at 1 PM in Lander. Cokeville swept Riverside (25–7, 25–13, 25–7), then beat Dubois 3–1 (25–22, 25–16, 26–28, 25–14) to qualify. The Panthers play Burlington for the 1A West title at 2:30 PM in Lander.
Mountain View swept Lyman (25–14, 25–23, 25–20), then lost a five-setter to Powell (27–25, 24–26, 19–25, 25–22, 15–9). The Buffalos play the Rawlins–Lander winner at 2:15 PM in Worland, and a win sends them to state. Lyman plays Pinedale at 9 AM in an elimination match, and the winner plays Worland at 12:30 PM for a state berth. Evanston beat Rock Springs 3–1 (25–12, 13–25, 39–37, 25–16) before Cody swept them 3–0 (25–17, 27–25, 25–16). The Red Devils play the Riverton–Natrona County winner at noon in Jackson, with a state berth on the line. State is Nov. 5–7 in Casper.
Source: WyoPreps regional scoreboard
From school Facebook pages
📘 From school Facebook pagesMost school Facebook pages were unavailable this morning. Evanston High posted Friday afternoon that its Haunted Forest was canceled for the night because of the weather (see Around the Schools). Bear Lake High posted “Encore go support, one more night!” Friday. We couldn’t read the Lyman High, UCSD #4 (Mountain View), Cokeville High or Kemmerer High pages, and we didn’t check for Rich High or Rich Middle pages. Sources: Evanston High School Facebook · Bear Lake High School Facebook
Around the Schools
Evanston High · Fri, Oct. 30
Evanston: Friday’s Haunted Forest canceled
Evanston High posted Friday afternoon that the Haunted Forest was canceled for the night because of the weather. No makeup date has been posted.
Source: Evanston High School Facebook
Reminder · Sun, Nov. 1
Clocks fall back tonight
Daylight saving time ends at 2 AM Sunday, so set your clocks back an hour before bed. Times in this edition are MDT through today; next week’s times are MST.
Lunch · Next week
Rich: November lunch menu
Monday, Nov. 2: ham & baked potato. Tuesday: taco soup. Wednesday: sloppy joes. Thursday: pasta day.
Source: Rich School District
Tue, Nov. 3
Cokeville: picture retakes Tuesday
Cokeville High reminds students that picture retakes are coming up Nov. 3.
Source: Cokeville High School
Calendar · Nov. 2–6
Lyman: next week on the calendar
Source: Lyman Eagles events
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Rich School District
November lunch menu is out: Monday ham and baked potato; Tuesday taco soup; Wednesday sloppy joes; Thursday pasta day.
Cokeville
Picture retakes are Tuesday, November 3.
Lyman
Monday, Nov. 2: Football banquet at 6 in the LHS Commons; Bridger Valley youth basketball; Bruin parent meeting at 6:30 at Urie.
Tuesday, Nov. 3: 7th/8th grade girls basketball hosts Rock Springs; middle school wrestling at Star Valley.
Wednesday, Nov. 4: Western Wyoming College registration for class of 2027; Urie fall conferences.
Thursday–Friday, Nov. 5–6: Girls swimming at Campbell County.
Today & Tomorrow
Today · Saturday, Oct. 31 · Halloween
Lyman volleyball / Lyman MS wrestling — 9 AM
Bear Lake volleyball vs Fruitland (elim) — 10 AM MDT
Evanston volleyball — noon (Jackson)
Kemmerer volleyball — 1 PM (Lander)
Whitehorse at Water Canyon — 2 PM
Mountain View volleyball — 2:15 PM (Worland)
Cokeville volleyball — 2:30 PM (Lander)
Idaho 4A semis / championship — 3 PM / 5 PM MDT
Sunday, Nov. 1
Daylight saving time ends — clocks fall back 1 hour at 2 AM
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Scoreboard
Football
Rich 56, St. Joseph 20
Cokeville 48, Glenrock 7
Mountain View 48, Burns 13
Riverton 31, Evanston 7
Idaho 4A volleyball
Cole Valley Christian 3, Bear Lake 2
Bear Lake 3, Sugar-Salem 0
WY regional volleyball
Kemmerer 3, Thermopolis 0 · Kemmerer 3, Shoshoni 0
Cokeville 3, Riverside 0 · Cokeville 3, Dubois 1
Mountain View 3, Lyman 0 · Powell 3, Mountain View 2
Evanston 3, Rock Springs 1 · Cody 3, Evanston 0
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