19 1 The Lovell Chronicle I January 22, 2015
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies beat the Big Horn
Rams in Sheridan County
Friday, then were competi-
tive against the top-ranked
Wyoming Indian Chiefs at
home Saturday. But the
weekend came with a price.
Senior point guard Can-
non Simmons went down
with an ankle injury in the
first quarter against Wy-
oming Indian, and he was
unable to return. His sta-
tus remained questionable
for this weekend's, confer-
ence games as Of Monday
afternoon.
"He went in to pass to
Kirby (Winland) - we'd had
success with dribble pen-
etration - and jumped up.
The defense rotated and he
came down. There were too
many feet on the ground
and his foot didn't find a
spot," his father and coach
Michael Simmons said Mon-
day. "Cole Wambeke came
in and did a great job (at the
point)."
Simmons said he's keep-
ing his fingers crossed that
the injury is a sprain and
that Cannon can return be-
fore long.
BIG HORN WIN
Simmons said the Griz-
zlies played a solid game in
a 62-39 win at Big Horn Fri-
day afternoon to improve to
8-3 on the season, while the
Rams faded in the second
half. Knowing the Chiefs
would be guard oriented the
next day, Simmons changed
up his lineup a bit against
Big Horn and the Grizz
built a 16-7 lead by the end
of the first quarter. Tan-
ner Coleman, Cannon Sim-
mons, Kirby Winland and
Cole Simmons had 4 points
each in the quarter.
Rocky only expanded
the lead by two points in the
second quarter as the Grizz
won the quarter 17-15 to
lead 33-22 at halftime.
"We jumped out to a
lead, which is something we
haven't been good at in the
first quarter," Coach Sim-
mons said. "Now we need to
learn to play with a lead."
The second half was all
Rocky Mountain as the Griz-
zlies outscored Big Horn 14-
10 in the third quarter and
15-7 in the fourth to win by
23.
Winland finished With
15 points, five rebounds,
three assists and two blocks,
and Cole Simmons added 12
points on six-of-nine shoot-
ing, five boards and three
assists. Tanner Coleman
had 10 points and five re-
bounds, Cannon Simmons 9
points, seven rebounds and
five assists and Bill Despain
8 points, eight rebounds, six
assists and five steals.
ROCKY MTN. (62)
John Higgins 1 0-O 2, Cole Sim-
mons 6 0-2 12, Bill Despaim4 0-0 8,
Caleb Horrocks 1 0-0 2, Cordell Mc-
Farlane 1 0-0 2, Kirby Winland 7 1-2
15, Cole Wambeke 1 0-0 2, Cannon
Simmons 4 1-2 9, Travis Banks 0
0-0 O, Tanner Coleman 5 0-0 10,
pair as
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain senior Bill Despain takes the ball
strong to the rim during Rocky's 63-50 win on Jan.
3. The Grizzlies will host Greybull Saturday at 4
p.m. (JVs at 1).
Ben Estes 0 0-0 0, Dylan Williams 0
0-0 0. Totals 30 2-6 62.
BIG HORN (39)
M. Luke 2 1-3 5, Seth Kite 1 0-0 2,
C. Bates 2 0-0 4, C. Powe(s 6 0-1 '
15, C. Williams 0 1-4 1~ N. McCaf-
ferty 2 0-0 5, C. Sturza 2 0-0 5, Z.
Blaney 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 2-8 39.
Rocky Mt. 16 17 14 15 -- 62
Big Horn 7 15 10 7-39
Three-point field goals - Powers 3,
McCafferty 1, Sturza 1. Fouled out
- none. Total fouls - Rocky 15, Big
Horn 12.
LOSS TO CHIEFS
The Wyoming Indian
Chiefs came out on fire Sat-
urday afternoon and used a
pair of runs to run out to a
40-20 halftime lead en route
to a 67-60 win. After lead-
ing 16-9 at the first quar-
ter break, the visitors from
Ethete used a late spurt in
the second quarter to out-
score the Grizzlies 24-11.
With players limited to
six quarters per set of games
(JV and varsity) and backup
point guard Cole Wambeke
having already played four
quarters in the junior varsi-
ty game, Simmons had to re-
sist the urge to put in Wam-
beke during the Chiefs' blitz
late in the first half so that
he could use him in both the
third and fourth quarters.
"They shot well early,"
Simmons said. "I don't think
our rotation was horrible.
Our defense could have been
better, but we didn't give up
layups and have turnovers.
They hit some shots early
and we didn't. But we didn't
give up. We kept fighting
and made a couple of runs
ourselves.
"They really had two
runs, one at the begin-
ning of the game and an-
other toward the end of the
first half. Other than that
we did OK, even with Can-
non down. We have a lot of
good players on our team,
and I'm proud of the way
the kids responded. At half-
time I told them to go win
the third quarter and they
did that."
Indeed, the Grizz came
out in the third and out-
scored Wyoming Indian
19-9 to cut the deficit to 10
points, 49-39, and the Grizz
also won the fourth
18, coming as close as four
points in the quarter. The
Grizz outscored the Chiefs
40-27 in the second half.
"That's something to
build off of. We're confident
we'll see them again and
will be excited for that day,"
Simmons said.
Tanner Coleman had a
strong game for the Grizz,
finishing with 19 points and
three steals. Cole Simmons
added 15 points and five re-
bounds, Despain 12 points
and four assists, Winland
10 points, 11 rebounds and
five blocks. Wambeke had
four assists in two quarters
of work.
WlHS (67)
Cory Lame Bear 1 0-0 2, Noah Val-
dez 4 O-O 10, Jared Mosqueda 9 2-2
22, Keegan Her Many Horses 0 0-2
0, Derek Aragon 0 O-0 0, Joe Sazue
4 5-7 15, Ryan Tiger 1 1-2 3, Kane
Big Lake 0 0-2 0, Buell Robinson 3
8-8 15. Totals 22 16-23 67.
ROCKY (60)
John Higgins 0 0-0 0, Cole Sim-
mons 5 4-7 15, Bill Despain 5 1-1
12, Caleb Horrocks 1 1-1 3, Kirby
Winland 4 2-6 10, Cole Wambeke
0 1-2 1, Cannon Simmons 0 0-O 0,
Tanner Coleman 7 2-4 19. Totals 22
11-21 60.
WlHS 16 24 9 18-67
Rocky 9 11 19 .21 -60
Three-point field goals - Valdez 2,
Mosqueda 2, Sazue 2, Robinson
1; Fouled out - Her Many Horses;
Cole Simmons. Total fouls - WIHS
18, Rocky 16.
CONFERENCE GAMES
The Grizzlies will jump
into conference play this
weekend, traveling to Ba-
sin Friday to take on the
Riverside Rebels and host-
ing Greybull Saturday in
Cowley.
The Riverside games tip
offat 4 (JV) and 7 p.m. (girls
2:30 and 5:30) Friday in Ba-
sin, and Simmons said the
Rebels, 6-4 on the season,
are improved this year.
"They've been playing
very well," Simmons said.
"They are much improved.
They have the same kids as
a year ago, but Nate Hart-
sock (coach) has them play-
ing well. They're scrap-
py and play good pressure
defense."
Saturday, the Grizz
host the Greybull Buffaloes
(7-3) at 1 (JV) and 4 p.m.
The Buffs have been play-
ing well since the holiday
break, falling only to Bur-
lington and crushing both
Tongue River (68-31) and
Big Horn (75-29).
"They'll come to town
Saturday possibly playing
their best ball of the sea-
son," Simmons said. "They
do have a couple of bigs and
try to control the paint. Kir-
by will have his work cut
out for him."
The Buffs have strong
post players in Treston Tra-
cy and Jordan Jackson,
as well as a quick veteran
guard in Ryan Sylvester.
to open
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Lady
Bulldogs sit atop the 3A
West with a 1-0 record
after stopping the Cody
Fillies in Cody last Tues-
day night, 49-31.
The team was off for
the ensuing weekend.
The two teams trad-
ed baskets in the first
quarter as each scored
11 points. Lovell won the
second 8-4 to lead 19-15
at halftime.
"We weren't forc-
ing enough tempo by
pressuring Cody hard
enough," coach Chris
Edwards said. "They like
to take time off the clock
by running their conti-
nuity offense, patient-
ly working the ball un-
til they get a good shot.
Our guards didn't put
enough ball pressure on
their guards.
"In the second quar-
ter we had missed oppor-
tunities at the rim, but
most of all our guards
had some careless turn-
overs. We had only eight
in the first half, but the
type of turnovers was
unacceptable - ill-ad-
vised passes and not ex-
ecuting our transition
(game)."
Lovell took charge
of the game in the third
quarter, outscoring Cody
14-5 to lead 33-20, then
won the fourth 16-11 to
win by 18.
"In the second half
we did a better job of
staying in our full-court
pressures and making
their guards make plays
off the dribble," Ed-
wards said. "We creat-
ed more of an up-tempo
style and had five or six
steals in the third quar-
ter that led to transition
baskets. We kept put-
ting pressure on Cody in
the fourth quarter.
"I thought Madison
(Harper) came in and
had a few key steals,
and Emilee (Reasch)did
her usual, contributing
in every stat column and
being consistent. Chay-
li (McArthur) did a good
job slashing to the rim
and making good plays
in transition."
Chayli McArthur
finished with 14 points
on seven-of-nine shoot-
ing and pulled down
nine rebounds, six off
the offensive glass. Sis-
ter Charri McArthur
added 8 points, Harper 7
points, Savanna Savage
7 points and five boards.
Reasch finished with 6
points, nine rebounds,
five blocks, three assists
and three steals.
HOME GAMES
The Lady Bulldogs
will host their first home
double-header of the
season this weekend as
Powell comes to town
Friday and Thermopolis
travels in Saturday. Tip-
ofttimes for Powell are 4
(JV) and 5:45 p.m. Fri-
day, and the Thermop
games are set for 4 and
5:30 p.m. at Winterhol-
ler Gym.
Powell (8-2) is a very
solid ballclub and will
present a great chal-
lenge to the Lady Bull-
dogs, Edwards said.
"This is a key con-
ference game for us," he
said. "Powell has prov-
en to be a tough team for
anybody to beat. They
went down Saturday
and knocked off (top-
ranked) Douglas in over-
time. They are well-bal-
anced, with good post
players and solid perim-
eter players."
The Lady Panthers
are led by Breanna Do-
narski (9.8 ppg), Jenni
Ebersberger (9 ppg) and
Kalina Smith (7.5 ppg
and 4 blocks per game).
"Jenni Ebersberger
doesn't turn the ball over
at the point," Edwards
said. "She's a smart,
high-IQ basketball play-
er. Kalina Smith is one
ofthemost athletic play-
ers we'll face. She's able
to knock down threes
and she creates match-
up problems for any-
body. The rest of the
players are fundamen-
tally sound. They are not
going to beat themselves
with turnovers."
Thermopolis (8-3)
is one of the top two or
three teams in Class
2A, Edwards said, not-
ing that new coach Cory
Sova has the team play-
ing hard.
"They're a team
that's scrappy and will
play a lot of full-court
pressure," Edwards
said. "As a team we've
got to keep mentally fo-
cused and take care of
what we do."
LOVELL (49)
Madison Harper 3 1-3 7, My-
kelle Nichols 1 2-2 4, Savanna
Savage 3 1-2 7, Lauren Hinck-
ley 1 0-2 3, Chayli McArthur 7
0-1 14, Charri McArthur 4 0-0 8,
Emilee Reasch 2 2-6 6. Totals
21 6-15 49.
CODY (31)
A. Nieters 2 0-0 6, E. Hinze
2 2-2 6, H. Bailey 2 3-4 7, M
Fales 1 1-2 3, R. Gee 1 0-0 2,
J. Dollard 1 1-2 3, A. Brasher
0 0-2 0, E. Larson 1 2-5 4, S.
Vannoy 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 9-17
31.
Lovell 11 8 14 16 - 49
Cody 11 4 5 11 - 31
Three-point field goals - Hinck-
ley 1; Nieters 2. Fouled out
- none. Total fouls - Lovel115,
Cody 11.
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BY SAM SMITH
Rocky Mountain High
School junior Seth Full-
er set a new personal-best
time in the 100-yard back-
stroke Friday at a home
dual meet in Powell against
the Worland Warriors.
Swimming for the Pow-
ell Panthers, Fuller's time
of 1:01.98 won him the
event. He also won the 50-
yard freestyle, swimming in
at 25.13. He participated in
the 200-yard medley relay
that placed first with a time
of 1:53.59 and in the 400-
yard freestyle relay that
placed second at 3:49.88.
Jared Fuller, a fresh-
men at Rocky, placed eighth
in the 50-yard free for the
Panthers with a time of
29.9 seconds and fourth in
the 500-yard freestyle with
a time of 6:33.38. He also
participated in the 200-yard
freestyle relay the team
swam in a time of 2:12.83
to place third and also in
the 400-yard freestyle re-
lay that placed fourth with
a time of 4:26.1.
The Powell Panthers
won the dual meet against
Worland 102-78.
Madison Harper
Madison came off the bench to score 7 pts.
on 3 of 3 shooting and added 3 rebounds
and 2 steals in Lovel!'s win over Cody She is
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the Don Runner Wrestling tournament at
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