10 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 15, 2015
Lady Bulldogs place second at Thermopolis
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Lady Bull-
dogs again showed they can
play with the best in 3A as
they placed second at the
Big Horn Basin Classic in
Thermopolis over the week-
end with a 2-1 record.
After receiving a first
round bye, the Lady Bull-
dogs clobbered Burling-
ton Friday night, 64-25, af-
ter Burlington had opened
with an 18-15 win over 3A
Glenrock earlier in the day.
On Saturday, the Lady
Bulldogs edged 3A East
power Worland 55-54, then
fell to Powell in the champi-
onship game, 55-51.
"I was pleased with how
we came out of the break,"
Coach Chris Edwards said.
"It's challenging to have a
three-week gap between
games."
Edwards said the Lady
Bulldogs "shook off a little
rust" in the first quarter
against Burlington and led
the intra-county foe 15-2
after one. He said it took
a while for the girls to get
back in the swing of things,
and they missed several
early layups.
The Lady Bulldogs won
the second 19-13 to lead
34-15 at halftime, then
crushed the Huskies 30-10
in the second half.
"Our pressure was able
to create a lot of turnovers,"
Edwards said, noting that
he mixed full-court man
and 1-2-2 zone defenses.
The Lady Bulldogs forced
30 turnovers and finished
the game with a remark-
able 25 steals.
"We made them play
at a pace that was quick-
er than they're comfortable
with," he added. "Chayli
(McArthur) had a lot of bas-
kets in transition and ran
the floor really well. Each
girl got involved and was
able to contribute."
Chayli McArthur fin-
ished with 17 points for
Lovell, Savanna Savage 9,
Madison Harper, Emilee
Reasch and Charri McAr-
thur 8 each, Lauren Hinck-
ley 5, Kaitlyn Mickelson 4,
Mykelle Nichols 3 and Sara
Clark 2. Chayli McArthur
finished with 12 steals, and
Nichols had eight assists.
Reasch led the team with
11 rebounds, and Mickelson
snared eight caroms.
WIN OVER WORLAND
Saturday found the
Lady Bulldogs meeting a
tough Worland team that
Edwards called "one of the
top two or three teams out
of the 3A East.
"They finished sec-
ond at State last year and
brought back 80 percent of
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior center Emilee Reasch powers inside
for 2 points during a win over Wyoming Indian
earlier this season. The Lady Bulldogs topped
Cody 49-31 Tuesday night in their first 3A West
Conference game of the season.
their team," he said. "The
game was evenly matched
throughout. Each of us
would get up by six or eight
and the .other team would
match it and come back.
Down the stretch we forced
them to take shots over our
extended hands and we also
took better control of the
ball in the second half."
The game was tied 9-9
after the first quarter, and
Worland led 25-24 at half-
time. Worland outscored
Lovell 18-15 in the third
quarter to lead 43-39 af-
ter three, but a 16-11 ad-
vantage in the fourth quar-
ter propelled the Bulldogs
to the 55-54 win. Hinckley
scored 7 of her 9 points in
the fourth quarter.
"We were down by eight
in the third quarter and
slowly chipped away," Ed-
wards said. "We took the
lead with three minutes to
go in the fourth quarter.
Chayli and Emilee were
both able to convert some
baskets right at the rim (in
the second half) on good en-
try passes from our guards.
Chayli also had a key steal
at half-court and was able
to get a transition layup."
Edwards said Lovell led
55-51 before Worland hit a
three-pointer at the buzzer.
"This was a key win for
us," he said. "It proved we
can compete with top lev-
el teams from the east and
make pressure plays to win
a tight ballgame."
Chayli McArthur again
led the team with 18 points,
and Reasch had a strong
all-around game with 10
points, 11 rebounds, three
steals and three blocked
shots. Hinckley finished
with 9 points and six as-
sists, and Nichols and Sav-
age added 6 points each,
Charri McArthur 4 and
Harper 2.
TOURNEY FINALE
The Lady Bulldogs dug
themselves a big hole in the
championship game, falling
behind Powell 13-8 after
the first quarter and 29-17
by halftime. Lovell edged
Powell 15-14 in the third
quarter, then outscored the
Lady Panthers 19-12 in the
final quarter to pull close,
falling by four, 55-51.
"We had some men-
tal breakdowns early and
made poor decisions with
the ball," Edwards said.
"That led to turnovers,
which limited our opportu-
nities to score."
Keeping the Lady Bull-
dogs within striking dis-
tance was Charri McAr-
thur. The junior guard hit
eight of 11 shots en route to
a game-high 19 points.
"Charri came off the
bench and sparked us," Ed-
wards said. "She kept us
in the game with her pe-
rimeter shooting. In the
second quarter we were a
little lazy in our zone de-
fense and didn't rotate fast
enough. They were able to
knock down some perime-
ter shots."
Hinckley sparked the
Lady Bulldogs during the
fourth-quarter comeback as
the senior hit a trio of treys
en route to 11 points in the
final eight minutes.
"I was pleased with the
girls," Edwards said. "They
battled back and actual-
ly got within two points in
the final seconds. Powell hit
enough free throws (8-11) to
win."
Charri McArthur
scored 19 points, Hinck-
ley 14, Reasch 7, Chayli
McArthur 4, Nichols 3 and
Harper:and Savage 2 each,
Reasc grabbed seven re-
bounds, Chayli McArthur
six. Nichols dished off nine
assists.
Chayli McArthur was
named to the select all-tour-
nament team, Edwards
noted.
WIN AT CODY
The Lady Bulldogs
opened 3A West Conference
play Tuesday night in Cody
and beat the Fillies 49-31.
They will be off this week-
end, then host Powell and
Thermopolis the weekend
of Jan. 23-24.
Lady Bulldog freshman squad
drops four but improves
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School
freshman girls basketball
team played tough over
the weekend at the Buffalo
Tournament Saturday and
again Tuesday at Greybull.
The Bulldogs fell to the
Greybull Lady Buffs Tues-
day 33-28.
Mikkel McIntosh scored
10 points for Lovell and
Hallee Nielson added 6,
Mandi Baxendale 5, Madi-
son Bryson 4, Bailey Mitch-
ell 2 and Kendal Rasmus-
sen 1.
The Lady Bulldogs
opened up the Buffalo Tour-
nament Saturday by fall-
ing to Torrington in a close
game, 39-35.
Lovell was outscored
14-6 after the first quarter
and 11-4 in the second to
trail 25-10 at half.
Lovell battled back by
outscoring the Lady Trail-
blazers 11-7 in the third
and 14-7 in the fourth, but
fell short by four points.
McIntosh poured in 21
points for the Lady Bull-
dogs and Richellena Rule
added 4, Rasmussen 3, Bai-
ley Mitchell, Bryson and
Nielson 2 each and Baxen-
dale 1.
Saturday afternoon,
Lovell fell to Worland 49-26.
Lovell edged the Lady
Warriors in the first quarter
8-7 but was outscored 15-2
in the second to trail 22-10
at intermission. The Lady
Bulldogs were outscored
19-12 in the third and were
edged 8-7 in the fourth.
McIntosh poured in 22
points for Lovell and Bryson
added 5, Baxendale 2.
Lovell finished up the
tournament falling to host
team Buffalo 32-22.
McIntosh scored 11
points for the Lady Bull-
dogs and Baxendale, Mitch-
ell and Bryson added 3
apiece and Rasmussen 2.
"We are still getting
better," Coach Stormy
Jameson said. "Our compe-
tition has just been playing
at a higher level, but we're
getting there and improving
every game even though our
record doesn't show it."
The Lady Bulldogs will
host Powell Tuesday for a 5
p.m. tip-off.
Grizzly freshman top Greybull
BY SAM SMITH
The Rocky Mountain
High School freshman boys
basketball squad had a busy
three-game week, travel-
ing to Greybull Thursday,
hosting Cody Monday and
traveling to Basin to face
Riverside Tuesday.
The busy week started
off Thursday as the Grizz
defeated the Greybull Buffs
57-39 in Greybull.
Rocky trailed 13-11 af-
ter one quarter then got
things going in the second
with a 13-5 advantage to
lead 24-18 at halftime.
In the third, Rocky was
outscored by the Buffs 19-
14 as Rocky's lead was cut
to one at 38-37 after three
quarters of play.
In the fourth quarter,
the Grizz weren't going to
let this game get away from
them as they shut down
Greybull with a 19-2 run to
seal the victory.
Tristan Jewell scored
13 points and Jonathan
Allred added 12, Colby Da-
vison and Lathan May 8
each, Zac Zier 6, Landon
Townsend and Wyatt Hor-
rocks 3 and Scott Banks 2.
"We had a lot better co-
hesiveness today," coach
Justin Moss said. "We
changed our rotations and
played with more tempo.
This created more turn-
overs and better shots. It
was a good team win for us,
especially after losing to
Greybull the first time.
On Monday, Rocky fell
to the Cody Broncs 55-45 in
Cowley.
The Grizz trailed Cody
14-9 after the first and were
outscored 18-12 in the sec-
ond to trail 32-21 at half.
After the visitors from
Cody outscored Rocky 17-8
in the third, the Grizz were
able to outscore the Broncs
16-6 in the fourth, but it
was not enough to get the
win.
Jewell poured in 10
points for Rocky and May
scored 7, Zier and Davison
6 apiece, Allred and Banks
4 each, Horrocks, Treyson
Frost and Townsend 2
each.
On Tuesday, Rocky
faced the Riverside Reb-
els in Basin. No score was
available by press time.
The Grizz will host the
Burlington Huskies Tues-
day for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
Seth Fuller qualifies in two
more events for Powell
BY SAM SMITH
Rocky Mountain stu-
dents Seth Fuller, a junior
and Jared Fuller, a fresh-
man, competed for the
Powell High School boys
swimming squad Friday
at the Powell Triangular
and Saturday at the Gene
Dozah Invitational, also in
Powell.
At the Triangular,
Seth qualified for State
in the 500-yard freestyle,
swimming in at 5:46.69 to
place second. He also qual-
ified for State in the 100-
yard breaststroke with
a second-place time of
1:17.46. In addition, Seth
participated as the third
leg in the 200-yard med-
ley that placed first with a
time of 1:54.12.
Jared Fuller placed
eighth in the 50-yard free-
style Friday in Powell, fin-
ishing with a time of 31.13
seconds, and he placed
ninth in the 100-yard
breaststroke with a time
of 1:27.78. He also par-
ticipated in the 200-yard
freestyle relay that fin-
ished fourth with a time of
2:07.05.
GENE DOZAH INVITE
At the Gene Dozah
Invitational, Seth Fuller
placed third in the 50-yard
free with a personal-best
time of 24.48 and third
in the 100-yard butter-
fly at 1:02.77, also a per-
sonal-best time. He par-
ticipated in the 200-yard
medley relay that placed
second with a time of
1:53.13, and he also swam
in the 200-yard freestyle
relay that placed second
with a time of 1:39.6.
Jared Fuller finished
17th in the 200-yard free
with a time of 2:25.13 and
10th in the 100-yard back-
stroke at 1:13.87. Jar-
ed participated with the
200-freestyle relay team
that placed 10th with a
time of 1:59.01 and the
400-yard freestyle team
that placed ninth with a
time of 4:39.44.
Lady Bulldog JVs defeat Riverside,
drop close game to Buffalo
BY SAM SMITH the Buffalo Lady Bison in
The Lovell Lady Bull- a close game, 41-40.
dogs JV team went 1-1 at Lovell trailed 10-6 af-
the Big Horn Basin Classic ter the first quarter but
Tournament Friday and edged Buffalo 10-8 in the
Saturday in Thermopolis. second to cut the Bison
Lovell kicked off the lead to 18-16 at halftime.
tournament Friday morn- In the third, Lovell
ing by defeating the River- outscored the Lady Bison
side Lady Rebels 78-38. 14-8 to gain the lead at
Lovell started out of 30-26 going in to the final
the gates quickly with a eight minutes. Lovell was
30-4 lead after the first outscored in the fourth 15-
eight minutes and had a 10 to fall by just one point.
12-9 edge in the second to Arimura scored 9
lead 42-13 at half. points for Lovell and
Both teams scored 14 Wardell added 7, Snell
points in the third and and May 6, Flood, Mickel-
Lovell put the finishing son and Clark 4 each.
touches on the win with "That was another
a 22-11 advantage in the hard fought game," Schef-
fourth, tier said. "It was a disap-
Emily Snell, Trysa pointing loss since we had
Flood and Shelby Wardell a five-point lead with two
scored 12 points each for minutes t o go. We had un-
the Lady Bulldogs and timely turnovers that hurt
• Eriko Arimura added 9, us down the stretch."
Madison Harper and Kait- On Tuesday, the Lady
lyn Mickelson 8 apiece, Bulldogs traveled to Cody
Mikkel McIntosh 6, Sara to face the Fillies. Lovell
Clark and Miranda May 4 fell to Cody 55-33.
each and Madison Bryson Arimura scored 8
and Saki Yokota 2 apiece, points for the Lady Bull-
"We had good balance dogs and Snell added 7,
scoring in the Riverside May and Mickelson 4
game," Coach Dave Schef- apiece and Clark, Wardell
tier said. "The kids played and Harper 2 each.
hard and defended well." The Lady - Bulldogs
On Saturday morning, will host Powell Jan. 23
the Lady Bulldogs fell to and Thermopolis Jan. 24.
Grizzly JVs win two in Worland
BY SAM SMITH
The Rocky Mountain
boys junior varsity team
won two of three games at
the Big Horn Basin Clas-
sic in Worland Friday and
Saturday.
The Grizz opened up
the tournament Friday by
defeating Lovell 43-40.
Rocky jumped out
to an 11-6 lead after one
quarter of play but Lovell
answered with a 16-7 ad-
vantage in the second as
the Grizz trailed 22-18 at
halftime.
Rocky was not done as
they edged Lovell 13-11
in the third and outscored
the Bulldogs 12-7 in the
fourth to win by three.
Travis Banks poured
in 15 points for the Grizz
and Cole Wambeke scored
11, Dylan Williams 10,
Cordell McFarlane 5 and
Ben Estes 2.
On Friday evening,
Rocky crushed the Wright
Panthers 60-21. The Grizz
had the momentum with a
39-17 lead at intermission
and outscored Wright 22-9
in the second half to seal
the victory.
Lathan May and
Wambeke scored 10
points each for Rocky and
McFarlane added 9, Es-
tes 8, Ryker Everett and
Williams 6 apiece, Tristan
Jewell and Bhnks 4 each,
Jared May 2 and Kelton
Hennrich 1.
On Saturday, the
Grizz fell to the Glenrock
Herders 46-32 as they
were outscored 25-17 in
the first half and 21-15 in
the second to fall by 14.
Wambeke scored 14
points for Rocky and Jew-
ell poured in 5, L. May 3
and McFarlane, Banks,
Hennrich, Everett and
Williams 2 each.
Now 6-2 on the sea-
son, the Grizz will trav-
el to Big Horn Friday to
face the Rams at 1 p.m.
On Saturday, Rocky will
host the Wyoming Indian
Chiefs for a 1 p.m. tip-off.
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