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January 16, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 9
Lovell wrestlers crank it up after holidays
BY DAVID PECK pinned Robert Logan in 12 gle on criteria points (the
The young Lovell High
School wrestling team
seems to be turning the
corner as the Bulldogs
split with Rocky Mountain
and Greybull Friday, then
placed first at the Wright
Duals Saturday.
The Bulldogs were 5-2
on the weekend.
"I was very pleasant-
ly surprised," Coach Dan-
iel Robertson said. "I'm not
sure what it was, but we
did significantly better. It
has nothing to do with me.
It was all on the boys."
As for specifics, Robert-
son noted that the team is
improving in some funda-
mental areas.
"We didn't give up as
many takedowns, and we
are a little more aggressive
on our feet," he said. "We're
doing a better job of having
a plan. We didn't wait for
the match to happen. The
kids had their own game
plan as they went in and it
turned out pretty well for
them."
Friday, hosting the
annual triangular among
Lovell, Rocky and Greybull/
Riverside, the Bulldogs
beat Rocky 42-33, then fell
to G/R 45-32.
The Bulldogs had two
extremely fast pins against
the Grizz as Nash Jolley
seconds at 220 pounds and
Zeke Collins pinned Con-
ner Holzwarth in 13 sec-
onds at 182.
Jaccob Mickelson
pinned Michael Bowman in
1:45 at 132 pounds, and se-
nior Hyrum Hopkin stuck
Dylan North in 4:32 at 152.
Merrill Beck out-point-
ed Shay Bond 8-2 at 145
pounds and Jaret Collins
edged Wes Homewood 5-2
at heavyweight.
For the Grizzlies, Bri-
an Crawford pinned Joe
Murnion in 1:49 and Ian
Davidson beat Jacob Win-
terholler 12-8 in a very en-
tertaining match. The rest
of the points for both teams
came from forfeits.
Against Greybull/Riv-
erside, Trey Smith beat
Marshall Gibbs 7-0 at 126
pounds, Jaccob Mickelson
crushed Dylan Roberts 17-2
at 132, Winterholler pinned
Ashton Wollam in 3:27 and
Murnion pinned Jared
Chavis in 1:51 at 106.
4-1 AT WRIGHT
Saturday in Wright,
Lovell defeated the Chey-
enne East JVs 54-10, tied
the Sturgis J-Vs 35-225 but
won on criteria points (win-
ning the greater number of
matches), crushed the Gil-
lette JVs 51-24, fell to Lin-
team with the most first
match points, which re-
wards aggressive wres-
tling) after a 34-34 tie and
beat host Wright for the ti-
tle, 41-33.
Against East, the Bull-
dogs got wins from Murni-
on (pin), Joey Bassett (pin
in 37 seconds), Smith (pin),
Mickelson (pin), Beck, Hop-
kin (pin) and Zeke Collins,
plus forfeits.
Against Sturgis, the
Bulldogs got wins from
Bassett, Smith (pin), Beck
(pin), Hopkin, Zeke Collins,
Jolley (pin in 23 seconds)
and Jaret Collins (pin),
then beat Gillette with
wins coming from Bassett
(pin), Smith (pin), Mick-
elson, Beck (pin), Hopkin
(pin), Winterholler (pin),
Zeke Collins (pin in 23 sec-
onds) and Jaret Collins
(pin).
Winning against Lingle
were Bassett (pin in 27 sec-
onds), Smith (pin in 39 sec-
onds) and Beck (15-3), and
Lovell beat Wright for the
title thanks to wins by Mur-
nion (pin in 31 seconds),
Smith (pin), Mickelson (16-
1), Beck (pin) and Zeke Col-
lins (pin in 22 seconds).
Robertson was very
pleased with some of
his team's individual
performances.
DAVID PECK
In a battle of heavyweights, Rocky sophomore Wes Homewood (left) goes head
to head with Lovell freshman Jaret Collins during the Lovell-Rocky-Greybull/
Riverside Triangular Friday afternoon at Lovell High School.
"Merrill (Beck--6-1 on
the weekend) was more
definite and didn't go down
easy," he said. "He's stick-
ing to what he's good at and
learning when he's in trou-
ble or not in trouble. He
just tore it up."
Zeke Collins was 4-0 on
the weekend, brother Jaret
2-0.
"I've been telling every-
one you've got to watch out
for Zeke. He's a stud," Rob-
ertson said. "Nobody knows
it yet, but they're going to
learn.
"Heavyweight is wide
open. As soon as Jaret de-
cides he's not just a fresh-
man he'll be able to rip
through a lot of his heavy-
weight competition."
Bassett went 4-1 Satur-
day after getting no match-
es on Friday.
The Bulldogs will trav-
el to Cody Thursday to
meet the Broncs for a dual
at 6 p.m., then head to Pa-
villion Friday and Satur-
day for the Don Runner
Invitational.
Action begins at 1 p.m.
Friday and 9 a.m. Satur-
day, Robertson said.
Lovell and Rocky Mountain grapplers
kick off 2014 season in Lovell
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell and Rocky
Mountain middle school
wrestling squads kicked off
the 2014 season Saturday
at the Lovell Invitational.
Mustangs assistant
coach Chase Haughian and
Grizzlies head coach Louis
Konsoulos reported the fol-
lowing results from Satur-
day's meet.
LOVELL
Seventh-grade wres-
tlers Alex Nicholson and
Kaleb Snyder placed first
at 84 pounds with Nichol-
son in the A division and
Snyder in the B division.
Sixth-grade wrestler Coy
Trainor placed first at 132
pounds in the B division.
Seventh-grade grap-
pler Austin Ballard placed
second at 132 pounds in the
B division as eighth-grade
wrestler Brent Snyder
placed second in the same
weight class in the A divi-
sion. Seventh-grade wres-
tler Tommy Allen placed
fourth at 98 pounds in the
A division and eighth-grad-
er Porter Nichols placed
fourth at 138 pounds in the
A division.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Wrestling for the Griz-
zlies, Burlington wrestlers
Malachi Cook went 2-0 to
place second at 91 pounds
in the A division as Jacob
Cook went 1-1 to place sec-
ond at 77 pounds in the A
division. Treyson Frost
went 1-1 to place second at
120 pounds in the A divi-
DAVID PECK
Lovell seventh-grader Alex Nicholson works to pin
a Cody opponent, fighting off his arm to the face,
during the Lovell Invitational Saturday at Lovell
Middle School.
sion as Dominic Estes went
2-1 to place second at 70
pounds in the B division.
Sixth-grade grappler Trent
Groham went 2-0 at 115
pounds to place second in
the B division, and eighth-
grade wrestler Austin Gro-
ham went 2-1 to place sec-
ond at 155 pounds in the A
division.
Seventh-grade grap-
plers Isaac Baird, William
Preator, Ethan Price, Kyle
Hoyt and Nathan Hatch
placed third in their respec-
tive weight classes as Baird
went 1-1 at 70 pounds in
the A division, Preator
went 3-1 at 105 pounds in
the B division, Price went
3-1 at 115 pounds in the
B division, Hoyt went 1-1
at 138 pounds in the B di-
vision and Hatch compet-
ed at 120 pounds in the B
division.
Eighth-grade wres-
tler Jeremy McQueary
went 3-1 to place fourth at
105 pounds in the B divi-
sion as eighth-grade grap-
pler Dylan Langston placed
fourth at 126 pounds in the
A division.
Other Rocky Mountain
wrestlers who competed in
the meet were Travis Lytle,
Jett Winland, Zane David-
son and Wyatt Horrocks.
Lovell and Rocky Moun-
tain will travel to Powell for
the Powell Invitational Sat-
urday. Wrestling action is
scheduled to start at 9:30
a.m.
Indoor thinclads gear up for new season
BY DEREK PHELPS
This week the Lovell High School in-
door track team is getting ready to head
offto compete in their first meet this year.
The track team con-
sists of returning se-
niors Kade Englert, who
is a returning state plac-
er, McKay Mayes, who
has been throwing since
freshman year and is go-
ing to try hurdles this
year, and Derek Phelps,
who has been doing hur-
dles and has had success
there, as well as Amee-
sha Anderson, McK-
ay Baxendale, Cassi
and Sloan Colvin, Eston
Croft, AJ Dickson, Ga-
ret Fowler, Elizabeth Gilford from Rocky
Mountain High School, Nyckalas Har-
vey, Payton Hetland, Jamie Kite, Andrew
Mayes, Sierra Montanez, Aaron Monter-
de, Dylan Ohman, Alex Sawaya, Tristen
Snyder, Sami Stevens, Hunter Tippetts,
Drake Welch and Britton Woody.
Coach Caleb Sanders said that "there
are some dedicated athletes who show
a lot of excitement and enthusiasm this
year," and Head Coach Joshua Sanders
added that, "I am excited to start the sea-
son because we have a big group of ath-
letes, a lot of athletes who are new to
track, so were going to spend the first cou-
ple weeks helping them find an event.
"We also like to use
the indoor season to
build a good base for the
outdoor season, because
a lot of kids who do out-
door would be preparing
right now if they were
not doing the indoor sea-
son," Joshua Sanders
added. "We are doing
some of the things that
they would normally do,
a lot of weight lifting,
getting in shape, getting
stronger."
Helping coach this
year are Caleb Sanders, who runs with
the mid- to long-distance runners, and
Chad Lindsay, who volunteers his time
and helps the throwers when he can.
Sanders is excited about a possible 4x800
meter relay team, which he has been able
to do once before, as well as having so
many athletes participating.
All the athletes are working hard
and getting slightly sore before their first
meet on Friday, Jan. 17, in Gillette at the
CCHS Indoor Invitational.
Fuller improves times at Gene
Dozah invite Cody quad meet
Cowley's Seth Fuller
competed in five events at
the Gene Dozah Invitation-
al Saturday and shaved
nearly two seconds off his
time in the 200 individu-
al medley to place sixth for
the Powell Panthers.
Fuller placed sixth as
a member of the 200 med-
ley relay, competed in the
200 individual medley and
helped the 200 freestyle
relay team place second.
He was seventh in the 100
breaststroke, improving
his time by more than four
seconds.
Prior to the Gene
Dozah Invitational, Pow-
ell competed in Cody at a
quadrangular meet. Fuller
improved his time in the
200 IM to 31:16, placed
sixth in the 200 freestyle
with a time of 2:12.48,
placed third in the 100
backstroke with a time of
1:09.32 and was a member
of the 400 freestyle relay.
Powell will compete in
a triangular meet in Cody
this Friday at 5 p.m. and
hosts a dual with Worland
on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 5
p.m.
VACANCY
Big Horn County School District #2, Lovell, Wyoming has
the following vacancy for the 2014-2015 school year:
ELEMENTARY SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHER
All applicants must have or be eligible for Wyoming
Elementary Special Education Teacher Certification
and be Highly Qualified as per PTSB Regulations. Big
Horn County School District #2 complies with equal
opportunity and non-discrimination on the basis of
race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. Position
open until filled.
Applicants may request an application by calling the office
of Dan Coe, Superintendent, 502 Hampshire Avenue, Lovell,
Wyoming 82431, or calling 307-548-2259 between the hours
of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, e-mailing chbowers@bgh2.k12.
wy.us, or downloading forms from the District's website at
www.bgh2.kl 2.wy.us
Big Horn County School District #2 complies with equal opportunity and
non-discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.
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