Laramie Opens Playoffs with Tough Road Test at No. 2 Campbell County [VIDEO]

The 2025 football playoffs are here. Laramie heads on the road to face the No. 2 Campbell County Camels for the second time this season in Gillette. The Plainsmen dropped their last two regular-season games and are the No. 7 seed, while the Camels won their season finale last week to claim the No. 2 seed. The two programs meet in the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. The game starts at 6 p.m. on Friday. KOWB Radio will be taking a broadcast feed from Basin Radio Network for tonight’s game.

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Laramie (3-6) lost its regular-season finale at No. 1 Sheridan last Friday night. The final score was 38-14. The Broncs capitalized on an early LHS fumble and took a 7-0 lead. Sheridan added TDs on their next two possessions after Laramie punts for a 21-0 lead. It was 31-0 at halftime. The Broncs scored after a Plainsmen fumble on the first drive of the second half, which made it 38-0. Laramie scored on a 70-yard TD pass from Dax Parvin to Isaac Kirsch. After a fumble in the fourth quarter by Sheridan, LHS got a 4-yard TD run from Parvin, and that was the final scoring play, 38-14.

The Plainsmen are averaging 267 yards and 19.8 points per game. They allow 299 yards and 23.3 points per game. Parvin is the No. 2 passer in 4A football at 156.8 yards per game. He has thrown 14 TDs to 5 interceptions. Isaac Kirsch is No. 3 in receiving at 64.7 yards per game and has caught 8 TDs. Defensively, Tyler Gale leads 4A at 14.8 defensive points per game.

Head coach Jake Chick says his team is confident entering the playoffs, likes this match-up against the Camels after the regular season game, and knows Campbell County is playing well, but likes their game plan.

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Scouting the Opposition

Campbell County is 8-1 on the season. They won at No. 2 Cheyenne East last Friday, 45-19. Quarterback Coulter Lang accounted for 396 yards of total offense and four TDs in that victory. That included 2 TD runs and 2 TD passes. One of Lang’s runs was an 83-yard play. The Camels average 321 yards and 28.8 points per game. They allow only 267 yards and 14.7 points per game. Lang is No. 3 in rushing at 83 yards per game and No. 4 in passing at 141.4 yards per game. He has accounted for 25 total TDs. James Hahn adds nearly 63 rushing yards per game. Their top receiver is Ethan Mastellar, who did not play in the first game versus Laramie due to an injury. He has 23 receptions for 388 yards and 5 TDs. Defensively, Treyten Sukut averages 11.4 defensive points per game, which is No. 9 in 4A.

Series History

Campbell County has five straight wins in the series, including 30-20 in Gillette last month on September 26, 2025. The last Plainsmen victory was in 2020, 35-22, in Laramie. The Camels hold a 27-21 lead in the all-time series. Tonight is the 49th meeting in the football series. It is the first time they will play each other in the playoffs since 2015, which was a blowout win by Campbell County, 73-33. The last victory by LHS in the playoffs was a semifinal win in 1995, 14-6.

KOWB Radio will air the game from Gillette. We have a pre-recorded pre-game show you can listen to. It will be on the radio in the Laramie area on AM 1290. You can listen anywhere through the KOWB app, online at www.kowb1290.com, and through smart speakers. Coverage starts at 5 p.m. David Settle and Aaron Lozano. Closer to 6 p.m., KOWB will join a broadcast feed from the Basin Radio Network for the game itself.