By David Peck "It got ugly in the
The Rocky Moun- fourth quarter," Simmons
tain Grizzlies picked the said. "We tried some differ-
right time to play their ent things in preparation
best basketball Monday for the weekend, but you
night, throttling the Sho- shouldn't give up 30 points
shoni Wranglers 66-54 in to Shoshoni in a quarter."
the regional play-in game Simmons said the Griz-
in Byron to earn a trip to zlies did a good job getting
Riverton for the 2A West the ball to Hocker inside
Regional Tournament. as Shoshoni came out on
Junior shooting guardAlvarado and added that
Adam Alvarado wasn't just Boardman is playing with
red hot, he was blistering more and more confidence
white hot in the early go- offensively.
ing as he drained three Alvarado finished with
consecutive three-point- 27 points and three steals,
ers to start the game and Hocker 12 points, 11 re-
a fourth later in the first bounds, six assists and four
quarter as Rocky jumped steals. Boardman had 9
out to leads of 9-0, 16-4 points, five assists and four
and 20-6 before Shoshoni rebounds, Friedly 7 points
scored a late basket to cut and nine boards, Black-
the lead to 20-8 at the end burn 6 points and four re-
of the quarter, bounds and Hernandez 4
Alvarado scored 14 points and four assists.
points in the first quarter, Shoshoni senior Chase
and Caleb Boardman added McNamee closed out his
a pair of jumpers, as well. career with a 34-point per-
"We felt, on paper, that formance.
we were very prepared, and The box score:
we sensed confidence in the SHOSHONI (54)
room, feeling that there Casey Lawrence 4 1-3 10, Trey Parrish 0
were things we could ex- 2-2 2, Ty McNamee 2 0-0 4, Chase McNa-
ploit," coach Michael Sire- rnee 14 5-8 34, Isaac Fitzgerald 1 2-3 4.
mons said. "I had no idea Totals21 10:1654.
we would come out the way ROCKY MTN. (66)
we did. Adam was five of six Caleb Boardman 4 0-1 9, Luis Jurado 0 0-0
from beyond the arc in the 0, Korey Hocker 5 2-2 12, Adam Alvarado
first half and three of three 10 0-0 27, Lane Friedly 3 1-1 7, Randall
inside for 21 points. Mann 0 1-2 1, Sam Seitz 0 0-0 O, KJ Black-
"Even before that theburn 224 6, Cados Hernandez 20-04.
guys were getting on the Totals266-1066.
floor for loose balls and we Shoshoni 8 6 10 30-54
fed on that." RockyMt 20 20 11 15-66
A Boardma n trey gaveThree-point field goals - Lawrence 1, Mc-
the Grizz a 25,10 lead mad- Narnee 1; Alvarado 7, Boardman 1. Fouled
way through the second out- T. McNamee, Hernandez. Total fouls
quarter, and the Grizzlies - Shoshoni 12, Rocky 15.
then finished the quar- Regional tournament
ter with a flourish, scor- Nowit'sontotheregion-
ing 15 points over the last al tournament in Riverton
four minutes of the half to where the Grizzlies will
lead 40-14 at intermission, face the Wind River Cou-
Alvarado scored 7 points gars today (Thursday) at
during the four-minute 5:30 p.m. at Riverton Mid-
spree, Lane Friedly 4 and dle School. Wind River is
KJ Blackburn and Korey 24-0 and ranked number
Hocker 2 each. one in the state.
The two teams traded The Cougars and Grizz
baskets in the third quar- met in the first game of the
ter as the Griz . edged the season atJ the East-West
Wranglers 11-10 to lead Challenge in Greybull on
51-24 after three. Hocker Nov. 30, and Wind River
came alive with 6 points won 73-35. But the Griz-
in the quarter, and Alvara- zlies have improved a lot
do knocked down his sixth since then and had a his-
trey of the game with two tory of playing well in the
seconds left on the clock, first round of the regional
The game was all but tournament.
over at that point, although Simmons said he would
Shoshoni turned up the de- rather play a team like
fensive pressure and made Wind River early in a tour-
a mad scramble to get back nament than late and said
into the game in the fourth, the Grizz will certainly
Rocky turned the bali over take the tournament one
nine times and Shoshoni game at a time.
outscored the Grizz 30-15 "They have eight se-
to cut the final margin to niors and all the confi-
12, 66-54. dence in the world," he
DAVID PECK
Rocky junior Lane Friedly fires up a baseline jumper
against the Shoshoni Wranglers in Monday night's
regional play-in game. The Grizz won 66-54 to ad-
vance to the regional tournament in Riverton.
said. "They're a good pro- at the high school against
gram and Dick Quayle's a Greybull or Mountain View
good coach." in an elimination game.
If the Grizz pull the If the Grizz are still
upset they'll face the win- alive on Saturday, they
ner of the Greybull-Moun- will either be playing for
tain View game Friday at the state title at 6:10 p.m.
4:10 p.m. at Riverton High at RHS or playing for a
School. If they fall to Wind state title berth at 9 a.m.
River on Thursday, they'll The third-place game is at
play Friday at 11:45 a.m. 1 p.m. at RHS.
The Lovell Chronicle, February 21, 2008, page 13
2A West Regional
Boys Basketball Tournament
Feb. 22-23, 2008
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HS girls b)asketball- Cody at Lovell, 4, 5:45 p.m.
HS boys basketball - Cody at Lovell, 4, 7:30 p.m.
HS girls b)asketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
HS boys basketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
Rocky vs. Wind River, 5:30 p.m Riverton Middle School
Friday, February 22
HS wrestlling - State Tournament in Casper, 9 a.m.
HS girls basketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
HS boys [basketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
Rocky plays at 11:45 a.m. or 4:10 p.m.
HS girls basketball - Lovell at Worland, 4, 5:45 p.m.
HS boys [basketball - Lovell at Worland, 4, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 23
HS wrestlling - State Tournament in Casper, 9 a.m.
HS girls basketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
HS boys [basketball - 2A West Regional Tournament, Riverton
Men's colllege basketball - UNLV at Wyoming, 2:30 (The Mtn.)
Women's college bb - Wyoming at UNLV, 8 p.m. (CSTV)
Tuesday, February 26
Men's college bb- BYU at New Mexico, 8 p.m. (The Mtn.)
Wednesday, February 27
Men's co,llege bb - Wyoming at Colorado State, 6:30 (The Mtn.)
Women's college bb - Colorado State at Wyoming, 7 p.m.
Men's co llege bb - BYU at San Diego State, 8 p.m.
Thursday, February 28
HS girls Ibasketball - 3A West Regional Tournament, Pinedale
HS boys basketball - 3A West Regional Tournament, Pinedale
HS girls Ibasketball- 2A State Tournament, Casper
HS boys basketball - 2A State Tournament, Casper
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Big Horn County
egional
Boys bracket Girls bracket
Thursday, February 21 Thursday, February 21
1NW Thermopolis vs. 4SW Big1NW Thermopolis vs. 4SW Big
Piney, 5:30, RHS Piney, 2 p.m RHS
1SW Wind River vs. 4NW Rocky 1SW Mtn. View vs. 4NW Greybull,
Mtn 5:30, MS 2 p.m MS
2SW Wyo. Indian vs. 3NW Riverside, 2SWWyo. Indian vs. 3NW Riverside,
7:15, RHS 3:45, RHS
2NW Greybull vs. 3SW Mtn. View, 2NW Shoshoni vs. 3SW Wind River,
7:15, MS 3:45, MS
Friday, February 22 Friday, February 22
Loser Th/BP vs. loser WIHS/Riv, Loser Th/BP vs. loser WI/Riv, 10
11:45 a.m MS a.m MS
Loser WR/RM vs. loser Gr/MV, Loser MV/Grey vs. loser Sho/WR,
11:45 a.m RHS 10 a.m, RHS
Winner Th/BP vs. winner WIHS/Riv, Winner Th/BP vs. winner Wl/Riv, 6
2:30, RHS p.m RHS
Winner WR/RM vs. winner Gr/MV, Winner MV/Grey vs. winner Sho/
4:10, RHS WR, 7:40, RHS
Saturday, February 23 Saturday, February 23
State qualifying games, 9 a,m, State qualifying games, 10:40 a.m.
Third-place game, 1 p.m RHS Third-place game, 2:40 p.m RHS
Championship game, 6:10 p.m Championship game, 4:30 p.m
RHS RHS
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