10 1 The Loveli Chronicle I February 21, 2019
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BY SAM SMRH
The Lovell High School
wrestling squad fought
hard at the 2A West Region-
al Tournament Saturday
in Kemmerer as the team
c laced fourth in the one-
ay tournament.
The Bulldogs placed
seven of the 13 grapplers in
Kemmerer led by Jack Steed,
and 12 of the 13 wrestlers
qualified for the state tour-
nament this weekend.
Lovell finished with a
team total of 140 points,
19.5 points ahead of Big Pin-
ey and 18.5 points behind
Cokeville. Thermopolis won
the tournament with 186
points.
The team had
one regional champi-
on, two second-placers,
three third-placers, one
fourth-placer, twosev-
enth-placers and two
eighth-placers.
Steed took home the
gold at 160 pounds. He
pinned Nicholas Garcia of
Big Piney in the first round
in 1:13 and Mike Cook of
Cokeville in the quarter-
finals in 1:26. Steed then
pinned Jon Harvey of Ther-
mopolis in the semifinals
in 1:08 and defeated Devan
Moody of Cokeville 2-0 in
the championship match.
"Jack had a strong tour-
nament," coach Nick DeWitt
said. "Regionals was proba-
bly the best string of match-
es he has put together all
year long. He knew he had
a to'ugh road to the finals
oinlg into the tournament,
ut he set his mind on be-
ing a champion and followed
through."
Senior Alex Nichol-
son placed second at 120
pounds. Nicholson stuck
Kyauna Dearman of Shosho-
ni in the quarterfinals in 54
seconds and Braxton Smith
of Big Piney in the semifi-
nals in 1:01 before falling to
Nathaniel Boreen of Grey-
bull/Riverside 7-2 in the
championship match.
"Alex met up with an op-
ponent that we have battled
with all year long," DeWitt
said. "We won some and he's
won some, and this week-
end just happened to be his
turn."
SAM SMrrH
Lovell senior Jack Steed battles Greybull/Riverside wrestler Shawn Erhart at an
earlier meet this season. Steed won the 2A West Regional Tournament title at 160
pounds Saturday in Kemmerer.
teammate Kyler Marchant
in the consolation semifi-
nals in 2:42 and defeated
Arie Kranendonk 8-2 in the
third-place match.
Junior Quinton Hecker
placed third at 126 pounds.
He stuck Nathan Weske of
Cokeville in the first round
in 1:41 and Joe Hajba of Big
Piney in the quarterfinals in
1:16 before falling to Wyatt
McDermott of Thermopolis
4-3 in the semifinals. Heck-
er came back to pin Creed-
en Schell of Big Piney in
the consolation semifinals
of Big Piney 4-0 in the semi-
finals. Powell came back to
beat Tanner Hansen of Big
Piney 3-1 in the consolation
semifinals before falling to
Riley Shaffer of Thermop
olis 6-0 in the third-place
match.
Sophomore Ky-
ler Marchant went 1-2
and placed seventh at 113
pounds by pinning Nathan
Thornock of Cokeville in
the consolation third round
in 2:58 for his lone win in
Kemmerer.
Junior Dallas Oliver
"This group of young
men and woman exceed-
ed the expectations for this
tournament," DeWitt said.
"Typically, I would be ex-
pecting each of these ath-
letes to finish in the top
three, but due to circum-
stances that led to them be-
ing on a bus for 16 hours the
day before and getting less
than five hours of sleep, my
expectation for them was tO
simply come out and per-
form at their best.
"I can't say enough
about the dedication, will-
Junior Coy Trainor
placed second at 220 in 2:13 and James Knigge of went 1-2 and placed seventh power, the team comradery
pounds. Trainorcrushed Shoshoni in the third-place at 195 pounds by pinningand the heart that this group
Dade Greene of Greybull/match in 5:34. Gabe Cash of Shoshoni inshowed over the weekend."
Riverside 11-0 in the semi-Sophomore Asher Nich-the consolation first round The Bulldog grapplers
finals and fell to Logan Cole olson placed third at 132 in 2:45. are now preparing for the
of Thermopolis 3-1 in the pounds. Nicholson pinnedSophomore Myzek Wyoming State Wrestling
championship match. Chase White of Thermopo-McArthur went 2-2 and Tournament this Friday and
"Coy finally got a chance lis in the first round in 1:52 placed eighth at 152 pounds Saturday in Casper. The
to truly test his knee and his and Braeden Cash of Sho-by defeating Brady Johnson meet begins at 9 a.m. Friday
shoni in the quarterfinals in of Big Piney 5-2 in the con- and continues Saturday at
8:30 a.m.
"Going into State, my
only true expectation for
this team is for them to con-
tinue to push themselves to
mind against the opponent
that we've been looking for-
ward to matching up against
all season," DeWitt said. "It
came down to a takedown
to decide the match."
3:35 before
falling to Tonka
Lytle of Rocky Mountain 6-2
in the semifinals. Nichol-
son stormed back and stuck
White in the consolation
solation second round and
pinning Charles Dillon of
Wind River in the consola-
tion third round in 3:10.
Senior Kerry Powell
GRIZZ con nued from page 9
DAVID PECK [
Rocky senior Ethan Price drives to the basket during the [
Grizzlies' 71'61 win over the Friday [
Tongue River Eagles
in Cowley. Price scored 28 points on Senior Night.
shooting the ball. It's a gional Tournament as the
credit to Jess (Wambeke), number one seed out of
Tyler (Banks) and others the Northwest with a 6-0
for getting them the ball conference record.
in their sweet spots. It The Grizz (16-5) will
was a great last game for
Ethan.
"It was good compe-
tition to see going into
Regionals. I thought they
(TR) played one of their
best games. They shot the
ball well."
Besides the hot
shooting, Taylor Winland
grabbed 12 rebounds to
lead the team, and Price
meet Shoshoni (3-19) at
4 p.m. at Riverton High
School immediately fol-
lowing the Rocky-Sho-
shoni girls game, which
is scheduled at Central
Wyoming College at 2:30.
If the Grizz win, they
will meet the winner of
the Greybull-Wind River
game Friday at 7:30 p.m.
If they happen to lose to
added six. Wambeke Shoshoni, they would play
dished out five assists, the Wind River-Greybull
The game was the fi- ' loser at 1 p.m. Friday. All
nal home contest for not Friday games are at the
only Price but also for fel- high school.
low senior Talon Grant, "We're preparing for
who was in the starting three teams: Shoshoni,
lineup for senior night.
TONGUE RIVER (61)
Katie McMeans 0 0-0 O, Braden Mc-
Cafferty 4 2-2 13, Nick Summers 7 2-3
19, Jackson Clair 2 0-2 4, Justice Rees
6 1-4 13, Cade Reish 3 0-0 8, Daie'n
Bear Don't Walk 0 0-0 O, Eli Cummins
1 0-0 2. Sam Patterson 10-2 2. Totals
24 5-13 61.
ROCKY MTN. (71)
Ethan Price 9 4-5 28, Talon Grant 0 0-0
O, Jess Wambeke 0 0-1 O, Dawson May
0 0-0 O, Taylor Winland 9 2-3 20, Tyler
Banks 1 0-0 2, Trace Moss 0 0-00i
Zach Simmons 65-6 21, Zane Horrocks
0 0-0 O, Branson Robison 0 0-00. Totals
25 11-15 71.
TonRiver 13 14 19 15-61
RockyMt. 22 17 13 19-71
Three-point field goals - McCafferty 3,
Summers 3, Reish 2; Price 6, Simmons
4. Fouled out- none. Total fouls-
Tongue River 17, Rocky nine.
ON TO RIVERTON
The GrizZlies are off
to Riverton today (Thurs-
day) for the 2A West Re-
Greybull and Wind River,"
Winland said. "All three
bring different styles.
Wyoming Indian is obvi=i
oUsly the (tournament);?
favorite going in."
"I think we're ready to
.go. The guys have played
m enough big games this
year that they know what
it's like."
Other first round
games are Wyoming In-
dian vs. Riverside at 12:30
p.m. at RHS and Tongue
River vs. Kemmerer at 4
p.m. at CWC.
The Grizzlies defeat-
ed Shoshoni 60-28 Dec.
20 in Cowley and 69-39
in Worland Jan. 11 during
the Big Horn Basin Clas-
sic. They beat Wind River
67-56 Dec. 21 in Pavillion.
And they swept Grey-
bull this season 67-50 and
51-46.
Sophomore Cardon
Mickelson placed third at 113
pounds. Mickelson pinned
Yael Martinez of Big Pin-
ey in the quarterfinals in
1:34 before falling to even-
tual champion Austin Ire-
land of Thermopolis in the
semifinals in 3:11. Mickelson
bounced back and pinned
BY SAM SMITH
semifinals in 42 seconds and
beat Blake Williams of Ther-
mopolis 11-2 in the third-
place match.
Senior Kelly Powell
placed fourth at 170 pounds.
Powell pinned Austin Barral
of Thermopolis in the quar-
terfinals in 33 seconds be-
fore falling to Justin Seeman
fall to
went 1-2 and placed eighth their highest ability," DeWitt
at 182 pounds, defeating said. "After watching what Grizzly Junior Varsity sweep
Colton Befus of Wind River they were able to accom-
4-3 in the quarterfinals.
Other Bulldog wrestlers
who competed in Kemmer-
er were senior Temperance
Mickelson at 120 pounds
and freshman Aden Nichol-
son at 138 pounds.
plish last weekend and after
all the hurdles and bumps
in the road, I look forward
to seeing what they can ac-
complish after a good week
of practice and the rest
they'll need to compete."
Meeteetse and Tongue River
By Sam Smith
It was a successful sea-
son finale for the Rocky
Mountain junior varsi-
ty boys and girls basket-
ball squads over the week-
from our team defense."
Girls action
Thursday in Meeteetse,
the Lady Grizz JVs defeat-
ed the Lady Longhorn var-
sity 31-30. Kiara Jolley led
end as the Grizzlies swept Rocky with 7 points, and
the Meeteetse Longhorns Josey Steed added 6, Isa-
Thursday in Meeteetse and belle Christensen and Mar-
the Tongue River Eagles ty Welling 5 apiece, Taylin
Friday in Cowley. Boettcher 4 and Taylor De-
BY SAM SMITH even more if they get outThursday, the Griz- spain and Brionna Petrich
Partridge and Woodford 2 The season didn't end this summer and work on zly boys defeated the Mee- 2 apiece. Christensen and
It was a rough week for each. the way the Lovell Bulldog their game." teetse varsity 49-40. Zane Despain led the Lady Grizz
the .Lovell Bulldog junior Boys action freshman boys and girls BOYS ACTION Horrocks poured in 16 in rebounding with seven
varsity boys and girls bas- Friday, the Bulldog basketball squads wanted as The Bulldog boys fellpoints for Rocky, and Trace apiece.
Moss added 12, Dawson Friday in Cowley,
ketball squads as they trav- boys fell to Worland 56'29. both teams fell to Worland to Worland Friday 63-51 in May and Tyson Christian- Rocky defeated the Lady
tied to Worland Friday and CJ Pickett led Lovell with 6 Friday and Lander Saturday Worland. Chance Abraham
Lander Saturday. points, and Zane Hitz, Aden on the road. led Lovell with 16 points, sen 6 apiece, Branson Ro- Eagles 46-27. Jolley poured
Friday, the Lady Bull- Mayes, Bishop Trainor and The Lady Bulldog fro- and Bishop Trainor add- bison 5 and Dominic Estes in 17 points, and Boettch-
dog JVs fell to Worland 37- Tyler Nichols added 4 each, sh fell to Worland 38-33 in ed 14, Seth Harvey 8, Dallen 4: Horrocks led the team in er added 9, Steed 7, Malia
25. Adessa Lundberg led Dallen Mangus 3 and Ezra Worland. Manda Mayes led Mangus 5, Zach Hunder and rebounding with 10. Hedges 4, Alexis Minemy,
Lovell with 7 points, and Harlow and Chance Abra-Lovell with 14 points, and Amos. Monterde 3 apiece Friday, Rocky defeat- er 3 and Despain, Chris-
Jordan Woodford added ham 2 apiece. Chevelle Jolley added 8, Hal- and Kobe May 2. ed Tongue River 50-46 in tensen and Petrich 2 each.
5, Manda Mayes 4, Lauren Saturday, Lovell fell to Icy Rael 5 and Alyssa Rael, Saturday, Lovell fell to Cowley. Horrocks, May and Despain led the team in re-
Mitchell 3 and Brynn Wilk- Lander 76-42 in Lander.Krystalyn Palmer and Beth- Lander 58-47. Trainor led Moss led the Grizz with 14 bounding with eight.
erson, Katelyn Bischoff and Thomas Hinckley and Pick- any O'Tremba 2 each. the Bulldogs with 13 points, points each, and Robison The Lady Grizz fin'
Rhett Partridge 2 each. ett led the Bulldogs with 8 Saturday, Lovell fell to and May and Mangus addedand Estes added 4. Hor-ished the season 14-5.
Saturday, Lovell fell
points apiece, and Mangus Lander 38-30 in Lander. 10 apiece, Abraham 9, Har- rocks led Rocky with seven "We have great girls at
to Lander 53-33. Lurid- and Harlow added 7 each,Mayes led the Lady Bulldogs vey 3 and Hunder 2. rebounds. Rocky Mountain," coach
berg led the Lady Bulldogs Hitz and Nichols 4 each with 10 points, and O Trem-The Bulldog frosh fin- The Grizzly boys fin-Justin Moss said. "Our la-
with 10 points, and Wilk- and Mayes and Abraham 2 ba added 8, Ashlynn Fink 4, ished the season 9-9. ished the season 13-6. dies fought through blood,
erson added 5, Merisa Col- apiece. "It's nice finishing up sweat and tears, but they
lins, Grace Shumway, Au- The Bulldog JVs will Alma DelaCruz and Jolley 3 "I thought we pro-
apiece and Alyssa Rael 2. gressed all season and im- on a good note," coach Jer- did it all together. They
brey Peterson and Mitchell wrap up the season Friday The Lady Bulldog frosh proved tremendously" coach ry Bellmyer said. "The kids didn't pull apart they pulled
3 each and Chevelle Jolley, by hosting Powe]l at 4 p.m. finished the season 8-11. Michael Jameson said. "Sev- played their best basket- together. .
ball at the end of the sea-Off-season work is
t, he 6hro icle om #he welol ,ot "I think theYthis year," coachlearned aDave uperal of our players steppedand elevated their game. son. Theyjust kept getting ahead, and fundamentals
Scheffler said. "They, were As a class, they have a lot of better. Our defense turned will need to continue to be
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