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KARLA POMEROY
Middle school wrestling is under way. Here, Rocky Mountain eighth-grader
Anthony Estes (left) battles Quinton Kelly of Greybull/Cloud Peak during
the Greybull Invitational Saturday. Local teams will attend the Lovell
Invitational this Saturday. Action begins at 9:30 a.m.
Chris Wambeke receives
Rookie of the Year award
BY DAVID PECK
Cowley native and 2001 Rocky Moun-
tain High School graduate Chris Wambeke
was named Rookie of the Year last week at
the annual business meeting of the Clyde
Companies, Inc., composed of five compa-
nies, including W.W. Clyde Co., for which
Wambeke works in Springville, Utah.
Working on a particular project as a field
engineer, Wambeke has assumed a supervi-
sory role and not only excels in that role but
can also step in for his supervisor, according
to a narrative read at the annual meeting.
"As a young engineer, Chris has all
eyes on him, including the attention of a
joint venture partner," the narrative reads.
The partner's district manager was "blown
away" by Wambeke's work plans, the narra-
tive continues, and told his district that the
plan was one of the best he had ever seen.
"Chris is a rising star. He quickly picks
up on the necessary tools, language and
knowledge needed to work in the industry
without missing a beat," the narrative con-
tinues. "He takes the time to share these
with his young peers and crew to help to
stay up on the latest news.
"Chris is a major contributor at W.W.
Clyde, has represented us well with our JV
partner and will certainly be 'one to watch'
in the months and years to come."
A 2008 graduate of BYU-Idaho, Wam-
beke and his wife, Molly, have one daugh-
ter, Eva, who is 18 months old. He is the
son of Debbie and the late Harry Wambeke
of Cowley.
CoI.rRTEI PHOTO
Chris Wambeke holds his Rookie of the
Year Award while holding daughter
Eva during the recent company awards
presentation.
indoor thinclads get off to strong start in Laramie
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell High School
indoor track season got off
to a strong start Friday
at the Shine Indoor Track
Invitational held at the
University of Wyoming in
Laramie.
Senior Tyler Anderson
dominated the throwing
events, beating Lucas Row-
ley of Casper Natrona by
more than two feet in the
shot put with a first-place
throw of 53 feet and win-
ning the weight throw with
a toss of 55 feet.
"That's a p,nomenal
throw t'o start ot m Janu-
ary," coach Joshua Sanders
said of Anderson's effort
in the shot put. "He's done
that consistently. Every
year he starts out throwing
better than last year and
improves throughout the
year. He consistently pro-
gresses."
Steer tagging
dates set
Big Horn County 4-H
has set three steer tagging
:dates for members with
:beef projects.
County 4-H Educator
:Jenny Good said if members
are undecided about wheth-
er they will continue with a
beef project, they should get
their steer tagged.
', The three tagging dates
are Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to
noon at the Gormley resi-
dence in Burlington; Feb. 6
from 1-3 p.m. at the Rodney
Crosby residence in Cowley
and Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to
noon at the fairgrounds in
Basin.
For more information
contact Good at 765-2868,
Also "phenomenal" as a
sophomore in the shot put
was AJ Montanez, Sand-
ers said. Montanez placed
third with a throw of 46
feet and was also third in
the weight throw with a
toss of 41-8.
"If he progresses at a
good rate, he'll do really
well this year," Sanders
added.
The Lovell boys placed
last (eighth) with 25 team
points Friday, but Sanders
noted that the weight throw
was considered to be an ex-
hibition event and was not
added to the team points.
If the Anderson-Montanez
points were counted, the 16
son well in the throws on
the girls side were sopho-
mores Schuylar Davis and
Isabel Gurrola and fresh-
man Anya Brightly. Da-
vis threw the shot 26 feet,
while Gurrola threw 25-2,
Brightly 23-8. In the weight
throw, Gurrola threw 16-4,
Brightly 16-1.
"Schuylar showed the
good work she's done. It
was a good start for her,"
Sanders said. "Isabel and
Anya had good starts, too."
Junior Josh Scheffler,
who was seeing ,his first
track and field action in
several years, placed sixth
in the triple jump with a
leap of 34-11, and he also
points would put the Bull- competed in the longjump,
dogs right up there with reaching 16-93.
Cheyenne Central and Riv- "That's a good start
erton for sixth and seventh, for him," Sanders said of
he said. Scheffler's triple jump dis-
Also starting the sea- tance. "I'd like to see him
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around 37 or 38 for outdoor
track. He has good form.
We're looking for more
strength and explosiveness
overall and having a better
third phase."
Senior Ben Long placed
fifth in the triple jump at
36-11 and ran the 55-meter
dash in 7.48. He was, per-
haps, a little disappointed
in jumping 18-3½ in the
long jump, Sanders said.
"Ben wants to be in the
19-foot range, but that will
come," the coach said. "He
didn't have his legs under
him, the bounce and explo-
siveness. He looked a little
tired,"
Junior Kaleb Leit-
head placed seventh in the
400 meters with a time of
1:00.49 and ran the 200-me-
ter dash in 27.24.
"Kaleb, as he gets in
better shape, will be able to
drop his 400-meter time,"
Sanders said. "He needs to
drop about six seconds to
place at State."
Junior Kenneth Moncur
will also improve his times
as he gets into shape, Sand-
ers said. He ran the 800 in
2:29.42 and the 1,600 in
5:45.17 and cleared 5 feet
in the high jump.
1,600-meter time. "We'll
see his times drop a lot as
time goes on."
In other results, Scott
Everheart threw 40-6½ in
the shot put and Nic Marti-
nez threw 21-9 in the shot
put and 20-6 in the weight
throw.
The Bulldogs are sched-
uled to attend the Black
Hills State University meet
on Saturday, Jan. 30, but
the throwers will compete
in Cody this Friday at the
Cody pole vault and shot
put meet. The meet begins
"There .are a lot of cor- at 3 p.m. with the girls
ners in indoor trck, and ':throwing, followed by the
that throws offyour atride," boys, assistant coach Chad
Sanders said of Moncur's Lindsay said.
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