10 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 19, 2012
Indoor track team opens season at Laramie
BY A. JAY MONTANEZ
The LHS indoor track
and field team competed in
their first meet of the sea-
son last Friday at the Shine
Invitational in Laramie.
Though they had a long 7½-
hour trip directly prior to
the competition, a number
of the LHS athletes placed
and obtained personal bests
at the meet.
Senior Susie Robertson
led the Girls team with 10
points by winning the high
jump. Robertson was un-
able to compete in any run-
ning events due to injury.
"Susie jumped really well,"
said head coach Josh Sand-
ers. "We are really looking
forward to having her back
to run when she recovers
from her injury."
Also placing in Laramie
was junior Meryk McAr-
thur, who placed sixth in
the triple jump. "Meryk has
really good form" said Sand-
ers. "Now she needs to work
on her speed and she should
continue to do well for us."
Lovell had male plac-
ers in the jumps, as well.
Sophomore Kade Englert
placed second in the high
jump and freshman Drake
Welch placed second in the
triple jump. "Drake had a
very good start for a fresh-
man" said Sanders. "We're
looking forward to what he
can bring to our team in the
future."
The LHS throwers ex-
perienced success last Fri-
day also. Senior AJ Mon-
tanez placed first in both
the shot put and the weight
throw, earning him Athlete
of the Week status. Senior
Schuylar Davis placed fifth
in the shot put, her first
time at an indoor meet. Da-
vis also placed third in the
weight throw, an event in
which she holds the school
record. Sophomores Ka-
tie Hoover and Jacob Price
both placed in the throws,
too. Hoover placed third in
the shot put and fourth in
the weight throw, whereas
Price placed sixth in the
weight throw.
Although the field as-
pect of the LHS track and
field team was the most
represented this past week,
that doesn't mean there
wasn't any excitement on
the track. Freshman AJ
Dickson and sophomore
Brandon Dickson put on
quite a show during their
heat of the 1,600m race.
Brandon Dickson had a
comfortable lead on his
teammate for most of the
race and just before the end
of the last lap his freshman
counterpart edged him out
for the better time.
"It was really exciting
for our team to cheer for,"
said Sanders. "It will make
for good competition and a
friendly rivalry."
The LHS track and field
team will compete this week
in Gillette at the Campbell
County Recreation Center
on Saturday. Field events
will start at 10:30 a.m., and
running events will start at
11 a.m.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Mackenzie Jue: 800m 3:26.35 .....
Meryk McArthur: 1600m 6:25.73,
Triple jump 29-5.75
Susie Robertson: High jump 5-0
Schuylar Davis: Shot put 29-3
Weight 23-7
Katie Hoover: Shout put 29-4.5
Weight 23-7
Paige Davis: Shot put: 22-8.5
Drake Welch: 55m 7.27
Long jump 17-10.75
40-7.5
Kaleb Hitz: 55m 8.04 Long jump
15-4.25
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Susie Robertson easily clears the bar during the high jump
competition at the Shine Invitational Friday in Laramie. Robertson captured
first place in the event.
Brandon Dickson: 800m 2:20.10
1600m 5:43.01
AJ Dickson: 800m 2:57.35
1600m 5:42.28
Derek Phelps: 800m 2:57.35
55m Hurdles 12.04
Michael Steiner: 1600m 6:19.42
Isaac Schroeder: 55m Hurdles
10.74
Long jump 15-10.5
Kade Englert: High jump 5-6
Long jump 17-4.75
AJ Montanez: Shot put 50-10
Weight 55-3
Tanner Rohrer: Shot put 39-5
Jacob Price: Shot put 32-5
Weight 34-3
McKay Mayes: Shot put 30-1
Tyler Tillet: Shot put 29-6
Payton Hetland: Shot put 22-7
Sloan Colvin: Shot put 17-6
Split in Cody: Lovell Lady Mustangs get good start to season
girls fall, boys win
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Bulldogs
and Lady Bulldogs had
mixed results in their non-
conference games at Cody
Tuesday night. The Lovell
girls struggled against a
physical Cody defense and
fell to the Fillies 30-24,
but the Lovell boys hung
close, then blitzed the
Cody Broncs in the fourth
quarter to win the night-
cap, 54-42.
In the girls game, the
Lady Bulldogs came out
strong and outscored the
Fillies 11-4 in the first
quarter, but the Lovell
girls found a lid on the
basket in the second peri-
od and suffered through a
12-0 shutout that put the
home team up 16-11 at the
half.
"We had some missed
opportunities at the bas-
ket," coach Chris Edwards
said. "They challenged ev-
erything. Their defense is
stiff. They make you earn
everything."
Lady Bulldog outside
shooters Leanne Winter-
holler and Alyssa Geiser
combined for 7 points in
the first half but scored
just two over the follow-
ing two quarters. Cody
led 25-15 after outscoring
the Lovell girls 9-4 in the
third.
"They pressured our
guards," Edwards said.
"They were physical with
the post players, too. As a
coach I've got to do a bet-
ter job simulating that in
practice.
"I felt good going in
knowing we had experi-
ence with that type of play
last year against Cody.
Unfortunately, we didn't
make the plays we needed
to at crucial times."
Edwards said he felt
good about his team's de-
fensive effort, holding
the Fillies to 30 points at
home, but the shot simply
would not fall at the oth-
er end of the court for the
Lady Bulldogs.
"We had a lot of shots
falling off the rim, and
physically, they really got
into us," Edwards said.
Lovell cut the deficit
to eight in the fourth but
could not get closer than
six points until late in
the game when the Lady
Bulldogs reached the final
margin.
"We had opportuni-
ties and a few steals in
the fourth quarter, but
we weren't able to convert
them," Edwards said. "The
girls fought hard all the
way to the end, but things
didn't fall our way."
The box score:
LOVELL (24)
Alyssa Geiser 2 0-0 5, Jodi
Walker 1 2-2 4, Leanne Winterhol-
ler 2 0-0 5, Kim Shumway 1 0-0
2, Amanda Shumway 0 0-2 0,
Chelsey Ellis 1 0-0 2, Erin Robert-
son 3 0-2 6, Miranda Griffis 0 0-0
0. Totals 10 2-6 24.
CODY (30)
A. Prosceno 1 1-2 3, M. O'Dell 0
3-6 3, B. Schumacher 5 1-5 11, T.
Morton 2 0-2 4, K. Skinner 3 0-0
6, B. Nordberg 1 1-2 3, L. Place 0
0-2 0. Totals 12 6-19 30.
Lovell 11 0 4 9-24
Cody 4 12 9 5-30
Three-point field goals - Geiser
1, Winterholler 1. Fouled out-
Geiser. Total fouls- Lovell 13,
Cody 8.
BOYS PREVAIL
In the finale, the
Iyell boYS batt.led the
homet0wn Broncs tooth
arll nail for three quar-
ters, then pulled away
from the frustrated home
team in the fourth.
"In the first half I
thought Cody really did a
nice job playing to their
tempo," coach Brian May
said. "They were methodi-
cal in the half court, which
created some really good
looks. We started follow-
ing some kids and they
would make a nice cut to
the basket and we'd end
up on the trailing end.
"As for our half-court
offense in the first half, we
were just impatient. We
didn't stick with our offen-
sives like we really need-
ed to...We forced some
shots."
Cody outscored Lovell
10-5 in the first quarter,
but the Bulldogs outscored
the Broncs 16-14 in the
second to cut the halftime
deficit to three, 24-21.
"In the second half I
thought we did a much
better job running through
our offenses, and in the
fourth quarter we did a
much better job defensive-
ly stopping what they were
doing," May said. "We
had bounced into a pess
during the game, and it
seemed like they turned
the ball over more in the
fourth quarter - traveling
and throwing the ball out
of bounds."
Lovell outscored Cody
15:13 in the third quar-
ter to trail by one point af-
ter three, 37-36, and the
Bulldogs exploded in the
fourth, outscoring Cody
18-5 to win going away.
Colin May and Cody Sav-
age each scored 8 points in
the crucial quarter.
"Cody really stepped
it up strong," May said.
"Our whole group contest-
ed shots. Morgan (Baxen-
dale) got two (blocks) in
a row. We had some nice,
easy baskets at the other
end. The kids were cutting
and coming free.
"Defensively, we were
on our toes a lot bet-
ter, challenging kids. We
weren't really getting
caught on screens and we
were closing out better on
the weak side."
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Middle
School girls' basketball
team caught their first
glimpse of basketball ac-
tion in the 2012 season Sat-
urday as the seventh- and
eighth grade teams host-
ed a home opener against
Thermopolis.
The eighth grade A
team started their sea-
son off strong by defeating
Thermopolis 30-14 as Char-
ri McArthur led the lady
Mustangs with 16 points
and Savanna Savage added
8, Miranda May 4 and Mad-
ison Harper 2. The B team
also defeated Thermopolis
23-9 as Makaela Averett.led
the Mustang iWith8 poitS:,
and Masey Tippetts added
5, Emilee Bryson and Sara
Clark 4 each and Ashleigh
Chambers 2.
The Mustangs "played
pretty good for the first
game of the season" Mus-
tangs head coach Stormy
Jameson said after the
game. Coach Jameson men-
tioned that the Mustangs
need to work on "more
blocking out and our post
girls need to be more effec-
tive."
On Tuesday, the Mus-
tangs had a home match
against their rivals, the
Rocky Mountain Lady Griz-
zlies. The A team got out to
a great 20-0 run to start off
the game and went on to
defeat the Grizzlies 41-14
as May led the Mustangs
with 11 points and Mykelle
Nichols added 10, McAr-
thur, Savage and Harper 6
each and Tori Aiken 2.
"It was a good win. We
needed to get prepared for
DAVID PECK
Lovell eighth-grader Miranda May works against a
trio of Rocky Mountain defenders during the Lovell-
Rocky middle school girls basketball game Tuesday
afternoon in Lovell. Rocky defenders are (l-r) Sierra
Scott, Kelsea Mayfield and Olivia Higgins. In the
background right is Charri McArthur of Lovell.
Powell and Worland on
the road," Coach Jameson
said after the game. The
Mustangs were "better at
spreading out the offense,"
she said.
The seventh grade
team also opened up the
2012 season Saturday, at
home, against Thermopolis.
The A team fell to a tough
Thermopolis team 23-13 as
Emily Snell led the Mus-
tangs with 7 points and
Kaitlyn Mickelson, Shelby
Wardell and Trysa Flood
added 2 points each. The B
team also fell to Thermop-
olis 24-6 as Miranda Iver-
son led the Mustangs with
4 points and Flood added 2.
Mustangs' head coach
Tobee Christiansen said af-
ter the game, "It gave us an
idea of where we are at as a
team. This is the first time
for them playing organized
basketball."
On Tuesday, the Mus-
tangs also had a match at
home against Rocky Moun-
tain. The A team defeated
Rocky 22-17 as Snell led
the Mustangs with 8 points
and Midiron and Jazm.
See ad4 each, Alysi;
Schneide Wardell and
Elizabeth Price 2 each.
"The girls worked hard
and improved from last
week. I was proud of their
effort on the court," Coach
Christiansen said after the
game.
The Mustangs' next
scheduled games will be to-
day (Thursday), as the sev-
enth-grade team will host
Worland and the eighth-
grade squad will be on
the road to meet the Lady
Braves. On Friday, the sev-
enth grade will be home to
host Powell and the eighth
grade will be on the road
once again to meet up with
the Lady Cubs. On Tues-
day, the seventh grade will
be on the road for the first
time in the season to meet
up with Cody, as the eighth
grade will be at home to
host the Lady Cougars.
Basketball action is
scheduled to begin at 4:15
p.m for each date.
A rare feat
Lovell High School se-
nior Alyssa Geiser has ac-
complished something quite
rare in high school athlet-
ics, a feat never before ac-
complished in the history of
the school.
She has lettered in five
different sports during her
high school career: volley-
ball, basketball, track and
field, cross country and golf.
As a freshman, Geiser
lettered as a libero on the
LHS volleyball team.
As a junior, she lettered
in cross country and helped
the Lovell girls' squad to
their first state trophy, a
third-place finish.
As a sophomore and ju-
nior, she lettered in track
and helped the Lady Bull-
dogs win back-to-back state
titles. She received all-con-
ference and all-state recog-
nition both years and was a
member of the 1,600-meter
relay team that set a new
school record in 2011.
Sport number four is
basketball, where Geiser
has excelled, lettering as a
freshman, sophomore and
junior as the starting point
five letters for Alyssa Geiser
Alyssa Geiser
Class 3A. Her team has net-
ted two conference champi-
onships, one regional title,
a third-place finish at state
and last year's state cham-
pionship.
She has helped lead
the Lady Bulldogs to a 70-
guard for the Lady Bull-
dogs. She is also starting as
a senior and will letter in
her fourth straight year.
Geiser has helped lead
Lovell to three straight ap-
pearances in the state tour-
nament, including one in
22 record so far during her
career, a stretch that ranks
number one in winning
percentage (.761) at Lovell
High School, according
to former head coach Bob
Geiser.
Geiser was voted honor-
able mention all-conference
as a freshman in 3A, all-
conference as both a soph-
omore and junior and all-
state as a junior.
Finally, Geiser lettered
in golf as a senior last fall.
After playing the game for
only about seven weeks,
and with borrowed clubs,
she placed fourth at the
Class 2A Golf Tournament
in Kemmerer, earning all-
state honors with the best-
ever state finish for a Lovell
female golfer.
Had Geiser and Jordan
Frost, who placed fifth, had
only one more solid golf-
er to compete with them,
they would possibly have
brought home the first girls
golf title in LHS history.
Geiser has a 3.57 grade
point average and is a mem-
ber of National Honor Soci-
ety.
