12 The Lovell Chronicle I January 26, 2012
Garrett Angell signs to play at Wyoming
BY DAVID PECK
For Garrett Angell,
it's a dream come true.
The big Lovell senior last
week decided to accept a
preferred walk-on offer to
play football at the Uni-
versity of Wyoming.
The decision to attend
UW came to the Lovell
lineman as he returned
from an official visit to
the South Dakota School
of Mines and Technol-
ogy in Rapid City, who
has been recruiting An-
gell along with the likes
of Dickinson State, Minot
State and Dakota State.
He had been in con-
tact with UW offensive
line coach Jim Harding
for several months after
he spoke with universi-
ty coaches a year ago at
LHS and following this
season sent a highlight
video and two game films
to UW coaches.
Coach Harding fol-
lowed up and established
contact with Angell, he
said, noting that he and
the coach have spoken of-
ten by phone since then.
In the end, it was sim-
ply a matter of Angell's
dream of playing Division
I football
"Not a lot of people
get that opportunity, and
I really wanted to," he
said. He notified Harding
on Jan. 18 that he want-
ed to accept UW's offer to
play football at the uni-
versity:
"Looking forward
to being a Cowboy," he
wrote to Harding.
Angell is the son of
David and Kim Angell of
Lovell.
"We talked about it
as a family, and I said, 'I
can't pass this UP. I want
to play for Wyoming.'"
"We said OK," father
David said.
As a preferred walk-
on, Angell said, he will not
receive scholarship mon-
ey but will be guaranteed
a spot on the roster next
season. He will work out
with the team and will
redshirt next season, he
said, hoping to play in the
fall of 2013. He hopes to
eventually earn a schol-
arship and move up on
the depth chart.
Although he mainly
played defensive tackle
last season, helping an-
chor the defensive line for
Lovell's 11-0 state cham-
pionship team, Angell
said Harding was recruit-
ing him as an offensive
tackle. He's huge at 6-6,
330, but Angell said he
wants to lose weight and
work on agility, footwork
and speed drills. He will
train in Lovell under the
tutelage of Kevin Walker,
he said.
Angell said he will
major in computer science
at UW, hoping to become
a computer programmer.
He plans to visit the cam-
pus in late February or
early March to meet the
coaching staff. He will
also apply for other schol-
arships to help pay for his
education.
Angel ! has received
plenty of honors during
his career. He was named
to the 2A Northwest All-
Conference team follow-
ing the 2011 season, and
he received several other
awards this year: 2011
U.S. Army All-American
Bowl nominee, ESPN
All-Wyoming team and
Gridiron University All-
American. He was also
nominated for the Prep
Star Classic All-Ameri-
can game in Las Vegas.
"He was a big player
(6-6, 330) who plugged
up the middle and made
it hard to run. against our
defense," Lovell coach
Doug Hazen said last fall.
"He also got a good push
and put on some pressure
when we needed it."
Angell finished with
35 assisted tackles, five
solo tackles, two tackles
for a loss and one pass
breakup in 2011.
His brother Brandon
is an offensive tackle as a
junior at Dickinson State.
"It's an unbeliev-
able opportunity," Gar-
rett said. "It's every little
kid's dream to play Divi-
sion I football, and I get
that opportunity."
BRAD ROPER
Lovell senior tackle Garrett Angell busts through the line during Lovelrs
playoff game against the Newcastle Dogies in November. Angell will now don
the Brown and Gold of the University of Wyoming.
PATTI CARPENTER
RMHS wrestler Jake Loyning, shown above in a match with a Powell
wrestler, is showing improvement, according to his coaches.
Rocky wrestl
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Four wrestlers from
Rocky travelled to the
Lingle- Fort Laramie
tournament this week.
Nineteen teams entered
the competition. Six were
from Nebraska. Tyler
Lindquist placed third in
his class and Jake Jones
took first in his class.
Freshman Justin
Smith wrestled again in
the 106-pound class and
went 1-3 against his oppo-
nents. Coach Josh Collins
is pleased that Smith was
able to stay in this weight
class, which he thinks
provides more appropri-
ately sized opponents for
him.
"He wants to stay in
this weight class because
he can see the difference
in the kids he wrestles
in this class," said Col-
lins. "There's a difference
and he knows it, and he
wants to stay in this class
and he should stay in this
class because of size."
Collins feels that
Smith has definitely im-
proved in his take-downs
and is showing progress
as a result of practice.
'You keep practicing
and you definitely get bet-
ter and better," explained
Collins. "He is definite-
ly practicing his take-
downs, and getting better
as a result."
ers show progress in Lingle
On the first day of the
meet Smith was pinned
by his opponent from Sho
shoni in the first period
and by Tyler Lindquist.
He wrestled a third match
where he pinned Zach
Denton in the first period.
On the second day he was
pinned by his opponent in
the second period.
Lindquist also wres-
tled in this weight class
and took third in the class
at this tournament with
a record of 3-1. On the
first day he pinned his
opponent in the first pe-
riod. On the second day
he pinned two ;opponents
but lost to a wrestler from
Nebraska on a 15-7 score.
Lindquist has only lost
two matches all season.
"One kid he beat,
Nathan Martinez, was
ranked fourth in the
state," said Collins. "Tyler
pinned him in the third
period, so we have a lot of
expectations for Tyler. He
is doing well."
The match he lost was
a close one, where he al-
most pinned his opponent
in the first match and
ended up wrestling three
challenging rounds before
being out-scored by him.
Lindquist has wres-
tled in this class the en-
tire season and Collins
expects him to continue to
do well in the class.
Jake Loyning wres-
tled in the 132-pound.
Loyning went 0-2 this
meet.
"Jake has continued
to be a little more physi-
cal with every kid that he
wrestles," said Collins.
"Both Coach Jones and
myself believe that he
is continuing to improve
this season."
Jake Jones placed
first in the 152-pound
class, winning all three
matches. He pinned in
two of the matches, and
had a forfeit in his favor
in the third match, after
leading 12-2 against his
opponent Martin Fitz-
water. Jones has lost
only two matches all
season and both were
very close.
"There is competi-
tion on that side of the
state, there is no doubt
about that," said Collins.
"The team that took the
tournament was Wright,
and they have some good
wrestlers on their team."
Next up, the boys will
travel to Greybull for a
smaller tournament that
is sure to attract some fa-
miliar faces, as many lo-
cal teams from through-
out the area are expected
to attend on Saturday.
Wrestling begins at 10
a.m. and is expected to
continue all day.
Katelyn Doughtyforgedthrough the 200 freestyle at the "Wnt ,Fiesta" USA
Swimming meet Sunday, Katey placed fourth in the girls 11-12 group. ; ,
Barracudas earn personal bests
at the 'Winter Fiesta' in Powell
BY PAT PARMER
Eight swimmers from the North Big
Horn Barracudas traveled to Powell Sat-
urday and Sunday for the Powell Swim
Club's "Winter Fiesta" meet.
Coach Ross Fuller commented that his
youngest swimmers had "sparkling swims"
throughout the weekend. Colby Doughty
raced to personal bests, slashing almost
20 seconds from his 200 free, more than 17
from the 100 breast and 10 seconds from
the 100 backstroke. Fuller commended
Richard Spann for his continuing improve-
ment and said that Spann took more than
seven seconds off his 200 freestyle time.
Swimming eight events over the long week-
end, Anna Fuller posted personal bests in
six events and took more than nine seconds
from her previous 100 IM time.
"Ben Zeller impressed everyone with
his intensity and fortitude, swimming the
'beast' events, including the 1650 freestyle
and 400 IM. He took 9.73 seconds off his
best 200 free time and posted times in all
events he swam," Coach Fuller said.
Still 12 years old, Aly Schneider has
qualified in all but two events in the 13-
14 age group in preparation for aging-up
prior to the winter state meet in March.
Coach Fuller said, "Aly has really put it to
the metal at this meet. She finished first,
second or third in all events, and I'm really
proud of her."
RESULTS
Girls 10&U: Anna Fuller (9) -- 100 Free:
10th, 1:30.88Y. 100 IM: 11th, 1:51.92Y. 50
Fly: 13th, 57.88Y. 50 Free: 8th, 40.88Y. 50
Breast: 9th, 53.19Y. 50 Back: 13th, 49.98Y.
100 Breast: 8th, 1:58.33Y. 200 Free: 4th,
3:35.59Y.
Girls 11-12:100 Free: 1st, Alyssa
Schneider (12), 1:07.07Y; 9th, K. Dough-
ty (12), 1:15.00Y. 100 IM: 1st, Schneider,
1:17.94Y; 12th, K. Doughty, 1:30.32Y.
50 Fly: 1st, Schneider, 34.20Y; 10th, K.
Doughty, 42.67Y. 100 Back: 3rd, Schnei-
der, 1:22.11Y. 50 Breast: 2nd, Schneider,
42.09Y; 14th, K. Doughty, 49.16Y. 500
Free: 2nd, K. Doughty, 7:20.81Y. 50 Free:
2nd, Schneider, 29.97Y; 10th, K. Doughty,
34.30Y. 100 Fly: 2nd, Schneider, 1:25.57Y.
200 IM: 2nd, Schneider, 2:53.51Y; 5th, K.
Doughty, 3:11.59Y. 100 Breast: 3rd. Schnei-
der, 1:34.01; 10% K, Doughty, 1:47.12Y.
200 Free: 2nd, Schneider, 2:35.67Y; 4th, K.
Doughty, 2:53.42Y.
Boys 10&U: 100 Free: 7th, Colby
Doughty, 1:36.78Y; 8th, Richard Spann
(10), 1:42.23Y. 100 IM: 3rd, C. Doughty,
1:57.25Y; 4th, Spann, 2:01.36Y. 50 Fly:
2nd, Spann, 1:02.10Y; 3rd, C. Dough-
ty, 1:03.96Y. 100 Back: 2nd, C. Doughty,
1:52.49Y. 50 Breast: 4th, Spann, 1:03.26Y;
5th, Colby Doughty, 1:05.46Y. 50 Free: 5th,
C. Doughty, 43.44Y; 6th, Richard Spann,
46.16Y. 50 Back: 4th, Colby Doughty,
54.01Y; 5th, Richard Spann, 56.61Y. 100
Breast: 2nd, C. Doughty, 2:11.53Y; 3rd,
Richard Spann, 2:18.54Y. 200 Free: 2nd,
C. Doughty, 3:35.24Y; 3rd, Richard Spann,
3:50.65Y.
Boys 13-14: Seth Fuller (13) -- 50
Free: 4th, 31.71Y. 100 Back: 3rd, 1:24.37Y.
200 Breast: 4th, 3:46.63Y. 200 Free: 4th,
2:47.12.
Boys 15-Ov: 100 Free: 6th, Zeller,
Ben (30), 1:03.95Y. 200 IM: 3rd, Zeller,
3:04.12Y. 100 Breast: 1st, Ross Fuller (43),
1:16.75Y; 3rd, Ben Zeller, 1:45.07Y. 1650
Free: 3rd, Ben Zeller, 28:08.02Y. 500 Free:
5th, Ross Fuller, 7:06.16Y; 6th, Ben Zeller,
7:10.67Y. 50 Free: 10th, Zeller, 28.65Y.
100 Back: 8th, Zeller, 1:26.71Y. 400 IM:
3rd, Ben Zeller, 7:17.61Y. 200 Free: 5th, R.
Fuller, 2:21.34Y. 7th, Ben Zeller, 2:32.10Y.
COMING UP
The Barracudas will attend the Cody
Polar Bear Splash Feb. 11-12 at the Paul
Stock Aquatic Center, the Big Horn Basin
Conference meet eb. 18-19 in Lander and
the final season meet, Wyoming Winter
State, March 2-4 in Gillette.
JV Grizz split weekend conference games
The Rocky Mountain ju-
nior varsity boys cagers re-
bounded from a rough out-
ing in Greybull Thursday
evening to edge the River-
side Rebels Saturday after-
noon in Cowley, 46-44.
Rocky led the Rebels
24-17 at the half, only to
see the visitor outscore the
Grizz 16-7 in the third quar-
ter and take a 33-31 lead
heading into the fourth. The 25-10 after the first quarter
Grizzlies outscored the Reb- and could never recover in a
els 15-11 in the fourth to win 69-41 loss. Simmons scored
the game. 16, Mangus and Horrocks
Joey Jewell finished 6 each, Arnold and Tanner
with 14 points, Cannon Sim- Coleman 4 apiece, Brum-
mons 12, Xavier Mangus 9, well and Jewell 2 each and
Bill Despain and Caleb Hor- Despain 1.
rocks 4 each, Darren Brum- The Grizzly JVs host
well 2 and Jordan Arnold 1. Lovell today (Thursday) at 4
Friday in Greybull, the p.m. and Big Horn Saturday
Grizz fell behind the Buffs at 1 p.m.
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