12 I The Lovell Chronicle I January 29, 2015
Improving Bulldogs split weekend pair Jared Fuller qualifies for
state in the 500 free
Although they are clear-
ly improved this year, the
Lovell Bulldogs are finding
tough sledding in Class 3A
so far. Though 3-2 against
Class 2A opponents, they
are 1-6 against 3A foes after
splitting home games over
the weekend.
Friday, the Bulldogs
played well in spurts but ul-
timately failed to stop the
Powell Panther offense, fall-
ing 81-60 in a 3A Northwest
conference game at Winter-
holler Gym. Saturday, the
Bulldogs beat a gritty Ther-
mopolis squad in an inter-
class battle, 62-57, with
clutch free throw shooting in
the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs gave it a
go against the Panthers Fri-
day, hanging tough through
2½ quarters before Powell
gradually pulled away.
"We got into foul trou-
ble so quickly that we had to
go to the bench sooner than
normal, and that affected
the kids," coach Craig Lund-
berg said. "Still, we came
out and played with tons of
effort. The kids played with
their hearts and didn't let
it (the foul trouble) affect
them."
One player who stepped
up was junior Jacob New-
man, who stepped in for
foul-plagued Beau Green
and scored 9 points off the
bench.
"Jacob had to play a lot
of minutes and capitalized
on it," Lundberg said. "He
did a nice job for us."
Powell led 7-4 early,
but senior Mysen McAr-
thur tied the score with a
length-of-the-court drive
and free throw, then after
Matt Sweet scored for Pow-
ell, Newman hit a slashing
jumper and baseline swoop
to put Lovell on top 11-
9. Powell finished the first
quarter with a 13-3 run to
lead 22-14 after one. New-
man's three-pointer was the
only basket for Lovell during
the outburst.
Trailing 32-18 midway
through the second quar-
ter, the Bulldogs launched a
15-4 run of their own to cut
the lead to five points before
Zach Heny bombed in a trey
in the final seconds to give
Powell a 41-33 lead at half-
time. Nic Haskell led the
Lovell run with 7 points, and
McArthur knocked down a
trey. Cade Bischoff beat the
Powell press to get the ball
to CJ Murphey for two, and
Trace Murphey also scored
inside.
The two teams trad-
ed baskets for a time in the
third quarter as CJ Mur-
phey scored twice, Haskell
scored in transition and
Brandon Teter worked in-
side for two. But treys by,'
Kalei Smith (two), Heny
and Kaden Moore powered a
30-point quarter for Powell,
who outscored Lovell 30-20
to lead 71-53 after three.
Powell led by as many
as 26 points in the fourth be-
fore a late 7-2 run for Lovell
cut the final margin to 21.
Lundberg expressed dis-
appointment with his team's
defensive play.
"We have to be able
to defend teams," he said.
"Powell came out and hit
four threes in the first half
and shot 50 percent (from
beyond the arc) in the game."
Senior Kalei Smith was
a difference-maker for Pow-
ell, scoring 36 points.
"Kalei went crazy in the
first and third quarters,"
Lundberg said. "We wanted
the guy guarding him to not
help off of him, but when he
did drive we tended to over-
help. He was able to get into
the paint."
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Cade Bischoff slashes to the basket for two points against the
Powell Panthers Friday night as Kaden Moore defends. The Bulldogs host
Jackson Friday at 6 p.m.
CJ Murphey finished
with 21 points to lead the
Bulldogs and grabbed six
rebounds. Haskell added
14 points and 10 rebounds,
Newman 9 points and
McArthur 7 points and six
rebounds.
POWELL (81)
Matt Sweet 2 1-3 5, Kalei Smith/2
9-13 36, Kaden Moore 3 1-3 9, Kristian
Stenlund 3 0-2 6, Zach Heny 5 0-0/3,
TJ Abraham 0 0-0 O, Carter Baxter 3 6-6
12. Totals 28 17-27 81.
LOVELL (60)
Jacob Newman 4 0-1 9, Konner Davis
0 1-2 1, Brandon Teter 1 0-0 2, Riley
Abraham 0 0-0 O, Mysen McArlur 2 2-3
7, Trace Murphey 2 0-0 4, Cade Bischoff
0 0-0 O, Beau Green 1 0-0 2, Nic Haskell
4 6-7 14, CJ Murphey 9 2-3 21. Totals
23 11-16 60.
Powell 22 19 30 10-81
Lovell 14 19 20 7-60
Three-point field goals - Smith 3, Heny 3,
Moore 2; Newman 1, McArlur 1, '(3. Mur-
phey 1. Fouled out - McArthur, Green.
Total fouls - Powel1191Lovel123.
WIN OVER THERMOP
Thermopolis came into
Saturday's game with a
5-7 record after falling to
Greybull on the road Fri-
day night, 63-57, but the
Bulldogs found themselves
in a battle as the Bobcats
knocked down 10 three=
points and nearly pulled the
upset.
In fact, the Bobcats took
an early 12-6 lead before a
10-0 run put the Bulldogs on
top 16-12 early in the second
quarter.
"We knew they were
scrappy and would get after
you," Lundberg said. "It's
a credit to Thermop's kids
that they came out ready
to play. We shot ourselves
in the foot a lot, but a lot of
it was due to Thermop's de-
fense and the way they at-
tacked us. They have to be-
cause they're small. They
put so much pressure on our
guards that we didn't get
into the flow arid get the ball
inside to our bigs."
Leading 16-14 in the
second, Lovell launched an
11-3 run to lead 27-17 before
a pair of late treys helped
Thermop cut the deficit to
four points at intermission,
29-25.
Thermopolis continued
to scrap and led 37-36, but
a slashing drive by Cade
Bischoff sparked a 9-2 out-
burst that put Lovell up 45-
39 before Tyler Cornwell's
three-pointer halved the
deficit to 45-42 after three.
Lovell lived at the foul
line in the fourth quarter
and won the game by hit-
ting 13 of 14 free throws in
the quarter including 13 in
a row at one point. CJ Mur-
phey and Nic Haskell also
scored inside as Lovell won
the fourth 17-15 to win by
five. Thermop drained three
deep treys in an attempt to
win.
"They were 10 of 20 from
beyond the three-point line,"
Lundberg said. "We can't al-
low teams to do that. We've
got to close out hands high
and contest the shot. For
some reason, fundamental-
ly, it's not transferring (from
practice) to the game."
On a positive note,
Lovell hit 19 of 23 free-
throw attempts in the game
including 16 of 17 in the sec-
ond half.
"That's huge," Lundberg
said. "Our free throws are
what won the game."
Haskell finished with
17 points, CJ Murphey 13,
Beau Green 11 and Bischoff
10. Cornwell led Thermop
with 25 points.
THERMOP (57)
Jackson Roling 2 3-4 8, Dominic Jensen
4 0-0 11, Tyler Comwell 8 4-4 25, N.
Schwalbe 1 0-0 2, Dillon Matheson 3 0-0
6, Eric Herold 2 0-0 5. Totals 20 7-8 57.
LOVELL (62)
Jacob Newman 1 0-0 2, Brandon Teter
12-2 5, Riley Abraham 0 0-0 O, Mysen
McArthur 0 0-0 O, Trace Murphey 2 0-0
4, Cade Bischoff 4 2-2 10, Beau Green
3 4-7 11, Nic Haskell 5 7-8 17, CJ Mur-
phey 4 4-4 13. Totals 20 19-23 62
Thermop /2 13 17 15-57
Lovell 11 18 16 17-62
Three-point field goals - Comwell 5, Jen-
sen 3, Roling 1, Heroid 1; Teter 1, Green
1, C. Murphey 1. Fouled out - none. Total
fouls - Thermop 19, Lovell 9.
HOME GAMES
The Bulldogs will be
home for a pair of games
against 3A Southwest op-
ponents this weekend, host-
ing Jackson Friday and Star
Valley Saturday.
• r Jackson game is
an l{our earlier than usu-
al, with the junior varsity
games beginning at 3 p.m.
followed by the girls varsi-
ty at 4:30 and the boys var-
sity at 6. This schedule was
done to accommodate Jack-
son's travel plans to Lander
following the Lovell games.
Jackson is 6-5 on the
season but has won three
of four games over the last
three weekends, defeating
Mountain View, North Fre-
mont, Idaho, and Pinedale,
losing only to Class 4A
Evanston.
"Jackson has a bunch of
kids who play hard and play
good fundamental basket-
ball," Lundberg said. "Their
coaches always have them
prepared and they are capa-
ble of beating anybody. It's
3A basketball. You've got to
buckle up and come ready to
play four quarters of basket-
ball every night."
Star Valley's games
have been moved up by
an hour and a half, also
for travel reasons. The JV
games will begin at 11 a.m.
now, with girls varsity at
12:30 and boys varsity at 2
p.m.
Star Valley is 7-4 on the
season and is on a six-game
winning streak, during
which the Braves have de-
feated 4A Green River and
Evanston, Bear Lake, Ida-
ho, Pinedale and Mountain
View twice.
"They're a good 3A
team," Lundberg said.
"They've got some good, solid
players. We're going to have
to play well defensively. We
need to get some stops."
Rocky wrestlers take second at Moorcroft tourney
BY PAI CARPENTER
The Rocky Mountain
grapplers have a lot to be
proud of this week, with 10
placing in Moorcroft and an
overall finish of second place
at a wrestling tournament
held this week.
In the 106-pound weight
category Brian Crawford
took second place and Mal-
achi Cook took fourth place.
Dylan Langston took sec-
ond place in the 120-pound
class. Justin Smith took
first place in the 132-pound
class and Shay Bond placed
third in the 138-pound class.
Michael Bowman took sec-
ond place in the 145-pound
class and Tyler Lind-
quist took second place in
the 145-pound class. Tris-
ton Rusch took first in the
182-pound class and Garrett
Vezain took second place in
the 220-pound class. Wes
Homewood wrestled heavy-
weight, taking second in his
weight class.
"I was pretty proud
of the wrestlers at this tour-
nament," said Coach Josh
Collins. "They wrestled hard
and I am seeing some im-
provements in every wres-
tler that we have.
"The two outstand-
ing wrestlers are Triston
Rusch and Justin Smith.
It is the first time that ei-
ther one has placed first at
a tournament in their high
school wrestling career. I
am very proud of them and
the whole team.
"Many of them have
without a doubt improved in
their wrestling. One great
wrestler this week was Tre-
van Lytle, who won three of
his four matches. This is
a great improvement from
last year's wrestling ca-
reer. I am excited that many
of them are improving their
wrestling. Good job RMHS
wrestlers."
The team will host Sho-
shoni on Friday at RMHS
starting at 2 p.m. and will
wrestle Greybull at the me-
morial tournament on Sat-
urday, starting at 10 a.m.
BY SAM SMITH
Jared Fuller, a fresh-
man from Rocky Mountain
High School, set a person-
al-best time in the 500-yard
freestyle Saturday for the
Powell High School boys
swim team at the Worland
Invitational. The person-
al-best time also qualified
him for State in that event.
Fuller finished the
event with a time of 6:23.87
to place 11th. He also com-
peted in the 200-yard
freestyle and finished in
2:22.67 and participated on
the 400-yard freestyle re-
lay team that placed llth
with a time of 4:32.96. Full-
er also participated on the
200-yard medley relay that
finished in 12th place with
a time of 2:06.92.
Seth Fuller, a junior at
Rocky, set two season-best
times in the 200-yard indi-
vidual medley with a time
of 2:17.36 to place sixth
and in the 100-yard free-
style with a time of 54 sec-
onds to place third.
Fuller also participat-
ed in the 200-yard freestyle
relay that placed second
with a time of 1:37.96 and
in the 200-yard medley re-
lay that placed second with
a time of 1:52.
Powell finished second
at the meet with 212 points
behind champion Lander
with 365 points.
"It was a great meet for
us to swim against most of
the other 3A teams in the
state," coach Jerry Rodri-
guez said.
CODY DUAL
Seth Fuller set a per-
sonal-best time in the 100-
yard butterfly Friday in a
dual meet with Cody at the
Powell Aquatic Center.
Fuller's time of 1:02.42
won him the event. He
also competed in the 100-
yard backstroke and placed
third with a time of 1:05.14.
Fuller participated on the
200-yard medley relay
team that won with a time
of !:53.7 and on the 400-
yard freestyle relay team
that finished the race with
a time of 4:09.57.
Jared Fuller placed
fourth in the 100-yard but-
terfly with a time of 1:22.87
and placed fifth in the 100-
yard breaststroke with a
time of 1:31.94. He also
participated on the 200-
yard freestyle relay team
that swam in with a time
of 1:57.83 and on the 400-
yard freestyle relay team
that finished the event at
4:09.57.
The Panthers will trav-
el to Riverton Friday for
a quad meet at 4 p.m. On
Saturday, Powell will trav-
el to Lander for the Land-
er Invitational with swim-
mingbeginning at 11 a.m.
Cowboy Joe Club launches drive
The University of Wy-
oming Cowboy Joe Club,
the main fundraising
arm of UW athletics, has
launched a membership
drive in North Big Horn
County.
Former UW center
Adam Waddell,. the North-
west Wyoming represen-
tative for the organiza-
tion, has been meeting
with a core of local boost-
ers and, with them, started
the membership drive on
Tuesday.
Waddell said there are
only a handful of Cowboy
Joe Club members in Big
Horn County but believes
there to be great potential
for membership growth
locally.
The drive runs through
Feb. 19, and a rally lun-
cheon is tentatively sched-
uled for April 23.
Memberships start
at $100, and benefits in-
clude invitations to special
Adam Waddell
events, priority seating, ac-
cess to pre-game and oth-
er events, priority parking
and more.
To sign up, contact
any member of the North
Big Horn County central
committee: Dan Coe, Nick
Lewis, Jim Minchow, Jeff
Pearson, David Peck and
Craig Sorenson.
Bulldog thinclads place
five at Gillette invite
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School
indoor track team placed
five athletes in the top 10
at the Gillette invitational
Saturday.
"We had five athletes
place," coach Joshua Sand-
ers said. "Placing in indoor
track is difficult so that
was a huge success."
Senior A.J. Dickson
placed sixth by finish-
ing the mile in a time of
4:49.47.
"A.J. placed for the first
time in his indoor track ca-
reer," Sanders said.
Junior Jaclyn Cald-
well finished the girls mile
with a time of 5:38.42. "Ja-
clyn cut 10 seconds off her
mile time and placed as
well," Sander said. "We
don't have a meet this
week so coach Caleb Sand-
ers will bump up the prac-
tice miles."
Senior Drake Welch
placed third in the long
jump with a jump of 20-
10¼. "He was two inches
from winning the event,"
Sanders said. Welch also
competed in the 55-meter
dash and placed 16 th with a
time of 7.04 seconds.
Junior Caitlyn Lund-
berg placed fifth in the long
jump with a jump of 15-2¼,
one foot farther than her
previous jump last week in
Spearfish. Lundberg also
competed in the 55-meter
dash with a time of 8.17
seconds.
"Some point between
now and May, we want
her to jump 16 feet and
this meet she jumped 15-
2," Sanders said. "She gets
good height on her jump,
but she is not finishing it."
Senior Garet Fowler
also placed in the top 10 in
the shot put with a throw
of 42-11¼ and senior Aar-
on Monterde placed 25 th
with a throw of 37-4½.
"He didn't throw as well
as he did last week, but he
placed seventh," Sanders
said. Aaron pulled a New
England Patriots stunt
and accidentally threw a
girls shot put. They didn't
count those throws and al-
lowed him to re-throw with
the guys shot put."
Other shot put throw-
ers were senior Sloan Col-
vin with a throw of 31-10,
sophomore Lane Hoover
with a throw of 30-7, Ben
Bates from Rocky Moun-
tain High School with a
throw of 30-5½ and senior
McKay Baxendale with a
throw of 26-9.
Other Bulldogs track-
sters were senior Eston
Croft, who ran the 55-me-
ter hurdles with a time of
8.71 seconds to place ninth,
Bates in the long jump
with a jump of 15-10½ and
Andrew Mayes in the mile
with a time of 5:29.11.
The Bulldogs will be
off from competition un-
til they travel to PocateUo,
Idaho, Feb. 19-21 for the
Simplot Games.
"We'll just take the op-
portunity to train hard,"
Sanders said. "The kids ar-
en't rewarded with a meet
so the practices will be in-
tense, but we will give
them some time off."
