CHRONICLE
January 12, 2012 i The Lovell Chronicle I 9
BY DAVID PECK
Midterms were on the
table for the Lovell Lady
Bulldogs over the week-
end, and the defending state
champions passed the big
test.
First, the Lady Bulldogs
opened conference play at
home Friday night and clob-
bered the Greybull Lady
Buffs 54-18.
The top-ranked Lady
Bulldogs then took to the
road Saturday to battle the
second-ranked Tongue Riv-
er Eagles, and senior Jodi
Walker's two clutch free
throws in overtime gave the
Lovell squad a 41-40 victory.
Traveling on to Sheridan to
meet the Wright Panthers,
the Lady Bulldogs won go-
ing away, 59-31, Saturday
evening.
There will be another
key test for the Lady Bull-
dogs this Friday night when
the tough Thermopolis Lady
Bobcats come to town for
a conference game at 5:30
(JVs at 4).
Saturday's game with
Wind River has been can-
celled due to a scheduling
conflict. Wind River is play-
ing at Thermop Saturday
afternoon, so the Saturday
night game at Lovell has
been cancelled and will not
be rescheduled, Athletic Di-
rector Joe Koritnik said.
GREYBULL WIN
Defense ruled for the
Lady Bulldogs in their win
against Greybull Friday
night at home. Lovell al-
lowed only seven baskets in
the game, one each in the
first and second quarters as
Lovell outscored the Buffs
10-3 and 15-4 to lead 25-7 at
halffime.
'Tee thought we could
challenge them with our
man pressure defense and
were able to cause fits with
our pressure," coach Chris
Edwards said. "We picked
them up high and were
able to dictate their offense,
though a couple of times
they did beat us offthe drib-
ble."
Lovell gradually built a
10-0 lead in the first period
as Amanda Shumway had
a pair of baskets on mid-
range jumpers, but the of-
fense didn't come easily and
Lovell led 10-3 at the end of
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The RMHS girls basket-
ball team got off to a slow
start in their game with
Burlington that was held
on Friday night on Grizz
territory, ultimately falling
32-28 to the Huskies•
"Offensively, we played
pretty inconsistent the first
half," said Coach Ryan
Boettcher. "Although we
had some good individual
efforts, we were a little bit
all over the place."
Kallee Jo Wilson was
the high scorer with 14
points overall. Many of
those points were made in
the first half.
"She (Wilson) had a
good first half for us, as far
as scoring goes, but as far
as the team goes, we strug-
gled offensively throughout
the game," said Boettcher.
"It seems like our girls were
quite a bit out of synch, and
we just never got it togeth-
er, which surprised me be-
cause I thought we had a
pretty good week of prac-
tice."
Shauna Loman brought
in 5 points, Karli Leon-
hardt 4, Mandee Leonhardt
and Brianna Hocker scored
2 points each and Isabel
Gurrola scored 1.
"For whatever reason,
we just didn't have people
where they were supposed
the quarter.
"Greybull played a 2-3
zone, and we missed some
easy opportunities at the
basket in the first part of the
game," Edwards said. "Then
Alyssa and Leanne started
knocking down jump shots."
Alyssa Geiser and Le-
anne Winterholler each
drained a pair of three-
pointers in the second quar-
ter as Lovell extended the
lead with a 15-4 advantage.
"They're a tough tan-
dem to deal with," Edwards
said of his talented wings.
It was more of the same
in the third as Geiser hit
two treys and Winterholler
scored a trey and a deuce,
joined by Shumway with
two buckets. Lovell out-
scored Greybull 17-6 to lead
42-13 after three.
"Amanda has started
knocking down her perime-
ter shots, too, which gives us
a third threat from the out-
side," Edwards noted. "De-
fensively, Erin (Robertson)
controlled the middle."
Lovell won the fourth
12-5 to win by 36 points•
Geiser fmished with 16
points and four assists, Win-
terholler 15 points, six as-
sists and four steals. Aman-
da Shumway added 11
points, Robertson 6 points,
eight rebounds, four steals
and two blocks. Kim Shum-
way grabbed six boards off
the bench.
The box score:
GREYBULL (18)
Michaela Denniston 0 1-2 1, Jes-
sica Hunt 3 0-3 6, Ceirra Carlson
3 0-0 6, Soila Her'nandez 0 0-0
0, Kirbi Anderson 1 1-2 3, Brett
Stephens 0 0-0 0, Lindsay Kern 0
1-2 1, Biri Gallegos 0 1-2 1. Totals
74-11 18.
LOVELL (54)
Alyssa Geiser 6 0-O 16, Jodi Walker
0 0-0 0, Lauren Hinckley 0 0-0 0,
Leanne Winterholler 6 0-0 15, Kas-
sidy Hetland 0 1-2 1, Kim Shumway
1 1-2 3, Amanda Shumway 5 1-1
11, Chelsey Ellis 1 0-0 2, Hannah
McCurley 0 0-0 0, Erin Robertson
3 0-1 6, Emilee Reasch 0 0-0 0.
Totals 22 3-6 54.
Greybull 3 4 6 5- 18
Lovell 10 15 17 12 - 54
Three-point field goals - Geiser 4,
Winterholler 3. Fouled out - none.
Total fouls- Greybul110, Lovel114.
BIG WIN AT TR
Saturday found the
Lady Bulldogs in Dayton,
DAVID PECK
Lovell junior Chelsey Ellis fires up a baseline
jumper against Greybull during Friday night's 54-
18 win at Winterholler Gym. The Lady Bulldogs host
Thermopolis Friday for a key conference game.
where they met the tough,
second-ranked Tongue Riv-
er Lady Eagles• The game
was close all the way. TR
led 9-7 after the first quar-
ter and built a seven-point
lead late in the first half be-
fore Chelsey Ellis nailed a
three-pointer to cut the lead
to four at the half, 22-18.
A trey by Amanda
Shumway, her second of the
game, cut the Eagle lead
to one, 22-21, and she fol-
lowed with a steal and layup
as Lovell took a 24-22 lead.
Tongue River battled back
to lead 29-26 after three.
Lovell regained the lead,
31-29, on a Geiser trey and
built the lead to four, 35-
• 31, on a baseline jumper by
Robertson. But Tongue Riv-
er cut the lead to two, then
tied the score on a buzzer-
beating jumper by Tiana
Mitchell, sending the game
into overtime.
'Tee knew where the
ball was going, and you
couldn't ask Leanne to de-
fend her better," Edwards
said. "She was right on her
and had a hand in her face.
Mitchell just hit a step-back
jumper from the left wing."
Tongue River took the
lead in overtime, but an of-
fensive rebound and follow
shot by Amanda Shumway
cut the TR lead to one, 40-
39. Lovell fouled to stop the
clock with eight seconds left,
Edwards said, but the Ea-
gles missed the ensuing free
throw and fouled rebound-
er Jodi Walker. She hit the
first to tie the game at 40,
and TR called time out to ice
her. The senior calmly hit
the second to win the game
as the Lovell defense forced
a traveling call after the in-
bounds pass.
'You couldn't ask for a
more competitive basketball
game," Edwards said. "I was
disappointed in the num-
ber of turnovers we had, but
they put on a full-court 2-2-
1 and we just made passes
at their hand level instead of
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PATti CARPENTER
Lady Grizz player Karli Leonhardt blasts past
a Burlington defender during the game held on
Friday at RMHS.
to be," said Boettcher. mentum needed to be back
Boettcher thought the in contention.
second half looked better, "I don't think we were
especially the last quarter outsized so much as we
of the game, but it was too were outworked throughout
late to really gain the mo- the game," .said Boettcher.
"They (Burlington) were
getting a lot of offensive re-
bounds and we weren't get-
ting hardly any. They didn't
do anything extraordinary.
They just got themselves
in better positions and just
outplayed and outworked
US."
Boettcher plans to have
the girls work on their of-
fense in practice this week
and hopes they will be in-
spired to play harder next
time.
"The team is going to
have to make some adjust-
ments if we want things to
go in our favor in the fu-
ture, because we're going to
see teams now who are go-
ing to put a lot of pressure
on us." said Boettcher.
On Friday night, the
girls will play St. Stephen's
at home at 4 and 5:30 p.m.
On Saturday, they will
travel to Ethete to play
Wyoming Indian at 12 and
1:30 p.m.
"The Wyoming Indi-
an girls are playing pretty
good right now, so I know
we're going to have good
competition down there,"
said Boettcher. "I don't
know a whole lot about St.
Stephen's, except that they
will be aggressive and not
afraid to foul us, and we
will have to be prepared for
that kind of game again."
pass-faking and making the
appropriate pass•
"Amanda had a phe-
nomenal game. She had 15
points and also had three or
four steals in the third quar-
ter that changed the mo-
mentum."
A filming error left the
team without any statistics
beyond scoring, but Amanda
Shumway scored 15 points,
Geiser 8, Ellis 6, Walker and
Robertson 5 each and Win-
terholler 2.
The box score:
LOVELL (41)
Alyssa Geiser 3 0-0 8, Jodi Walker
1 3-5 5, Leanne Winterholler 1 0-0
2, Kim Shumway 0 0-2 0, Amanda
Shumway 5 3-3 15, Chelsey Ellis
2 1-2 6, Erin Robertson 2 1-3 5.
Totals 14 8-15 41.
T. RIVER (40)
Sarah Rawlings 1 1-3 3, Cierra
Cooley 0 0-0 0, Tiana Mitchell 3
0-0 8, Sarah Nielsen 5 3-5 13, Tara
Stimpson 3 2-2 8, Ashley Bolin 1
0-0 2, Eryn Askamit 2 0-2 4, Tianne
Main 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 8-14 40.
Lovell 7 11 8 9 6-41
T. River 9 13 7 6 5 - 40
Three-point field goals - Geiser 2,
A. Shumway 2, Ellis 1; Mitchell 1.
Fouled out - Stimpson. Total fouls -
Lovel112, TR 17.
EASIER TIME
After the exhausting
battle in Dayton, the Lady
Bulldogs traveled to the
Sheridan College Golden
Dome to take on the Wright
Lady Panthers Saturday
evening. The game was tied
9-9 midway through the
first quarter, and then the
Lady Bulldogs launched
a 30-0 run to lead 39-9 be-
fore Wright hit a late shot to
make it 39-11 at halftime.
The two teams traded bas-
kets in the second half as
Lovell won 59-31.
'Tee were able to play
our full roster. The girls
were a little slow defen-
sively, then went on that
30-0 run," Edwards said.
'Tee were able to use solid
penetration by Alyssa and
Leanne and create a lot of
turnovers in our full-court
pressures."
Robertson went to town
inside against the Panthers,
hitting seven of nine shots
en route to a game-high 16
points. Geiser finished with
8 points and five assists,
Winterholler and Amanda
Shumway 8 points each, El-
lis 7 points and three steals,
Kim Shumway 4 points and
six rebounds.
The box score:
LOVELL (59)
Alyssa Geiser 3 0-0 8, Jodi Walker
0 2-2 2, Lauren Hinckley 1 0-2 3,
Leanne Winterholler 4 0-0 8, Kas-
sidy Hetland 0 0-0 0, Kim Shumway
2 0-3 4, Hannah McCurley 0 0-0 0,
Amanda Shumway 4 0-0 8, Chelsey
Ellis 3 1-2 7, Erin Robertson 7 2-3
16, Miranda Griffis 0 1-2 1, Emilee
Reasch 1 0-2 2. Totals 25 6-16 59.
WRIGHT (31)
Fauber I 0-0 2, Jones 1 0-0 2,
Fuller 4 0-1 8, Belt 3 5-6 11, Yeradi
2 0-0 4, Segelke 2 0-2 4. Totals 13
5-9 31.
Lovell 22 17 11 9 - 59
Wright 9 2 • 6 14-31
Three-point field goals - Geiser 2,
Hinckley 1. Fouled out - Segelke.
Total fouls - Lovell 9, Wright 14.
BIG CONFERENCE
GAME
The Lady Bulldogs will
be home Friday for a key
conference game when the
Thermopolis Lady Bobcats
come to town. Thermop is
2-0 in the 2A Northwest
with wins over Rocky Moun-
tain and Greybull and 8-4
overall, with recent close
losses to class 4A schools
Evanston and Casper Kelly
Walsh and a win over River-
ton.
Tip-off times are 4 (JV)
and 5:30 p.m. at Winterhol-
ler Gym.
'TCe'll find out where
we're at in the confer-
ence race," Edwards said.
"They were able to compete
against two 4A teams over
the weekend and challenge
both of them. They use a lot
of full-court pressure and
use their quick guards to
create tempo.
"They have good guards.
Dana Bjorhus is a tough
matchup for anybody. Shell
score from the three-point
line or take it inside. She
can handle the ball off the
dribble. I hope we can come
out and control the pace."
Thermop will host Wind
River Saturday afternoon,
meaning that the Wind River
at Lovell game has been can-
celled for Saturday evening.
The Lady Bulldogs will
travel to Cody for a non-con-
ference game Tuesday at 4
(JV) and 5:45 p.m. Cody is
7-3 overall, 4-0 in the 3A
West.
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