The Laramie Colts are on hiatus for a year as they prepare to join the Colorado Rocky Mountain Baseball League for the 2014 season. Owners Kent and Nicko Kleppinger made the announcement Friday following the winter owner's meeting for the CRMB league.
The Laramie Colts played their second game of the 2012 season last night but the results were all too similar to the opener; 12 runs allowed in a losing effort.
The 2012 Laramie Colts season began with great excitement, enthusiasm and energy, but the season opener ended with a disappointing 12-7 loss.
The Sunday afternoon game in Laramie was one of firsts. It was the first regular season and home game for the Colts, the first time any of the Colts players suited up in the blue and white pinstripes, but perhaps most significantly, the first time Laramie faced the Casper Cutthroats, the newest member of the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League.
James Threw propelled the Laramie Colts to a dominant 18-5 win over Triple Crown on Thursday night at Cowboy Field. Threw went 4-for-5 while scoring 4 runs and driving in 5 on 2 singles, a triple and a home run.
With an 11-8 win over the Cheyenne Grizzlies on Thursday night at Cowboy Field, the Laramie Colts have moved into first place on the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League standings.
The Laramie Colts and Ft. Collins Foxes finished their rained out game from Sunday and played their already scheduled game on Tuesday night in a doubleheader format at Cowboy Field.