Look: 61-yard field goal from Keelan Anderson breaks state high school record

Cheyenne South senior kicker shatters a Wyoming high school football record that had stood since 1982

Apologies to former Natrona County kicker David Browning, whose name (as of Friday) is no longer in the Wyoming high school football record books.

He held the spot for longest field goal in state history for 41 years, and he shared the spot for the past couple of weeks with Keelan Anderson, who hit a 57-yarder earlier this month to tie the record.

After a 61-yard boot that just cleared the crossbar Friday night for Cheyenne South, the record belongs solely to Anderson.

Keelen Anderson drills it for. 61(!) yards out!!! That’s a Wyoming state record pic.twitter.com/KNOnjnjalz

— Matt Atencio (@MattAtencio5) September 23, 2023

And which team was Anderson playing against Friday night? Natrona County, of course.

Despite the big kick, however, the game overall was a no-contest for Natrona County, which won 49-9.

You'd never know from Cheyenne South's sideline reaction that the Bison were down 40.

Cheyenne South fell to 0-5 on the season, but its senior kicker has put himself and the school in the Wyoming record books.

And keep an eye out for the name Keelan Anderson on Saturdays next season.

Former NFL kicker Dirk Borgognone of Reno High School in Nevada holds the national record for longest field goal at the high school level with a kick of 68 yards in 1985. 

(File photo by Ken Waz)

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-- Mike Swanson | swanson@scorebooklive | @sblivesports