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win over
STANDINGS
BY DAVID PECK quarter with a 10-4 burst to stay
The Lovell Lady Bulldogs close at 25-22.
clinched the 2A Northwest regular Lovell never trailed again, al-
season title Thursday night by beat- though the Lady Grizz kept up the
ing the rival Rocky Mountain Lady pressure. Peterson scored 6 points
Grizzlies at Winterholler Gym inin the third quarter, Higgins 4, but
Lovell - but it was far from easy. Katie Walker scored 6 and Koritnik
The •Lady Grizz came to play 5 in the third as Lovel] outscored
and battled the Bulldogs tooth and the Grizz 16-10 to lead 41-32 after
nail before the Lovell girls pre- three.
vailed, 53-43. A drive by Mykel Anderson put
"Defensively, we played really Lovell up 43-32 early in the fourth
well," coach Bob Geiser said. "The quarter, but Rocky responded with
rebounding was much closer than a 5-0 run to stay close at 43-37. An-
it was the first game (when Rocky derson scored on an in-bounds pass
had a strong edge). That was a from Koritnik to put Lovell up 45-
good thing because we didn't shoot 37 and Geiser spread the floor to
the ball very well. We missed a lot use up time and Rocky was forced
of point-blank shots. As a coaching to foul. Lovell hit 8 of 10 free throws
staff we were concerned, in the final four minutes to sew up
"It was a typical rivalry game the victory.
- two teams that know each oth- "That's been a trademark of
er and then you add to it Parents these kids," Geiser said. "They have
Night and everything riding on the ice water in their veins."
game conference-wise•" "We just didn't create enough
Rocky coach Ryan Boettch- looks (in the second half)," Boettch-
er agreed that the game was gooder said. "We stood a little bit. That
competition for both teams, gets us every once in a while. We're
"It was a good taste of what it's working on it all the time in prac-
like to play on the road against a tice. We get tired and stand a lot.
good opponent," he said. "In theWe've got to remember to move to
first half our offense was working create opportunities. We had op-
the way we like it to, and our de- portunities to come out and take
fense was playing really well." the lead, but they did a good job of
Geiser said that the Lady Bull- scoring when they had to."
dogs held two of Rocky Mountain's Boettcher said the Lady Grizz
top four scorers in check, doingare able to make baskets in their of-
a good job against juniors Les- fense most of the time, but it wasn't
lie Blackburn and Eliza Higgins.happening often enough against
Freshman Kallee Jo Hernandez Lovell.
was strong with 14 points, and he "We've got to be able to score
said Lauren Peterson was very ag- against top opponents, too," he
gressive and also scored 14. said.
"They have four kids who can In the end, the Lady Bulldogs
light it up," he said. "We held two shot 23 percent from three-point
of them under what they normallyrange and 39 percent from inside
get. Peterson played well." the arc, but they did get to the line
The game was tied at 2-2 and 18 times and hit 12 free throws.
4-4 early, then Rocky went up Rocky shot well from the field - 42
8-4 when Blackburn hit Peterson percent overall- but had just seven
for two and Hernandez drained a free-throw attempts, hitting five.
jumper. Karen Koritnik respond- Koritnik finished with 17 points
ed with a three-pointer for Lovell and four assists, Katie Walker 15
that launched a 9-0 run as Lovell points, seven rebounds and five
led 13-8. Katie Walker had two bas- steals. Green added 9 points, An-
kets during the run, and Stephanie derson 8 points and five boards. AI-
Green added a baseline jumper, yssa Geiser finished with 4 points,
Peterson scored in transition and five assists and four steals.
Hernandez hit one of two at the foul Peterson and Hernandez scored
line as Rocky came back to trail by 14 points each for the Lady Grizz,
two at the quarter break, 13-11.Higgins 7.
Koritnik led an 8-1 run early in The box score:
the second quarter with 6 points as ROCKY (43)
Lovell led 21-12, but Rocky Moun- Melanie Wahlbrink 1 0-0 2, Melissa Iverson 0 0-0 0,
t~tin answered by finishing the StephanieAIIred 1 0-02, Miranda Wilson 1 0-02, Kallee
BRAD DEVEREAUX
Eliza Higgins tries to get a jump shot off over Lady Bulldog Karen
Koritnik during the Rocky Mountain vs. Lovell girls basketball
game Friday. Lady Bulldog Katie Walker is pictured behind
Koritnik.
Jo Hemandez 6 2-3 14, Lauren Peterson 7 0-0 14, Green 2 5-6 9, Erin Robertson 0 0-2 0, Mykel Anderson
Leslie Blackburn 1 0-0 2, Eliza Higgins 2 3-4 7. Totals 4 0-0 8. Totals 19 12-18 53.
195-743. Rocky 11 11 10 11-43
LOVELL(53) Love, 13 12 16 12-53
Alyssa Geiser 0 4-6 4, Jodi Walker 0 0-0 0, Katie Three-point field goals - Koritnik 2, K. Walker 1. Fouled
Walker 6 2-2 15, Karen Koritnik 7 1-2 17, Stephanie out - none. Total fouls - Rocky 15, Lovell 7.
Conf. Overall
1'earn W L W L
Grevbull 8 0 19 ]
Lovell iS 2 14 7
bckv Mtn. 4 4 11 10
Riverside 2 6 2 ! 7
Yhoshoni 0 IL O Z!
RESULTS
Thursday, February 18
Lovel163, Rocky 57
Greybul163, Tongue River 36
Friday, February 19
Riverside 2, Shoshoni 0, forfeit
Saturday, February 20
Lovell 2, Shoshoni 0, forfeit
St. Stephen's 77, Lovell 57
Rocky 53, Big Horn 46
Burlington 65, Riverside 21
SCHEDULE
Regional Tournament
Riverton High School/CWC
Thursday, February 25
Rive. vs. Big Piney, 10:45 CWC
Sat vs. Shosho, 10:45 RHS
Gre vs. Sar-Sho win, 5:30 RHS
Kern vs. RM, 7:15 p.m. CWC
Lov vs. WR, 5:30 p.m. CWC
Wl vs. Ri- BP winner, 7:15 RHS
Friday, February 26
Loser-Out games at 10:45 a.m.
Semifinal games at 5:30, 7:15
Saturday, February 27
Loser-out games at 10 a.m.
Third-place game at 2:45 RHS
Championship game 6:15 RHS
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
Lovell Jt 0 1 JI4
Rocky 14tn. iS 2 10 10
Riverside 3 S S 14
Shoshoni 2 IS 11 I0
Grevbull I 7 6 1iS
RESULTS
Thursday, February 18
Lovel153, Rocky 43
Tongue River 45, Greybul121
Friday, February 19
Riverside 44, Shoshoni 33
Saturday, February 20
Big Horn 54, Rocky 36
Burlington 49, Riverside 18
Lovel149, Shoshoni 26
SCHEDULE
Regional Tournament
Riverton High SchoollCWC
Thursday, February 25
Sho vs. Saratoga, 9 a.m. RHS
VVR vs. Greybull, 9 a.m. CWC
VVR-Grey winner vs. Lov, 2 RHS
RM vs. Big Piney, 2 p.m. CWC
Kern vs. Riverside, 3:45, CWC
Sho-Sar winner vs. Wl, 3:45 RHS
Friday, February 26
Loser-out games at 9 a.m.
Semifinal games at 2 and 3:45
Saturday, February 27
Loser-out games at 8:30 a.m.
Third-place game, 1 p.m. CWC
Championship game, 4:30 RHS
BY BRAD DEVEREAUX line and Miranda Wilson
The Rocky Mountain added one basket•
Lady Grizzlies leave today The Grizz did better
for the 2A West Regional in the third, outscoring Big
Tournament in Riverton. Horn 11-10 on seven-of-eight
After losses on the road shooting from Eliza Higgins
against two challenging op- from the line and a pair of
ponents, Lovell on Friday baskets from Kallee Jo Her-
and Big Horn On Saturday, nandez. Despite tough Grizz
the Lady Grizz are primed defense, Big Horn sank two
and ready for tournament treys, which kind of put the
action this weekend, game out of reach for the
On Friday, the LadyGrizz, Boettcher said. Big
Grizz played in the packed Horn lead 35-28 at the end
Lovell High School gym, los- of three.
ing 53-43 (see coverage in Boettcher said
Lovell story). Rocky Mountain started to
The Lady Grizz struggle in the final quarter,
headed to Big Horn Satur- allowing Big Horn to run up
day to face the Lady Rams, the scoreboard. He said the
the top 2A team in the state. Grizz were playing solid de-
Boettcher said Big Horn was fense throughout the game
a tall order at the end of the and especially in the second
season, but the tough corn- half, getting Big Horn in
petition was good practice foul trouble. However, the
for Regionals. Lady Grizz failed to capi-
Big Horn made a talize from the line, sinking
big push at the beginning four out of 14.
of the game, outscoring the The box score:
Grizz 11-5 in the first quar- ROCKY MTN (36)
ter. Boettcher said he knew Wahlbrink 0 0~) 0, Iverson 0 0-1 0, S. AIIred
it would be a struggle to get 00-00, Leonhardt00-0 0, Wilson 21-4
back in the game against 5, Hemandez50-210, Peterson10-22,
the talented team. Hocker 0 0~) 0, Blackburn 2 5-6 9, Higgins 0
The second quarter 10-1410, R.AIIred00-00, Pa~er00-00.
was like the first, with Big Totals 1016-2936.
Horn adding 13 points and BIG HORN (54)
Rocky Mountain scoring 7. A. Lofudice00-00, C. Crouse52-212, K.
Leslie Blackburn scored five van Hoosier 4 2-2 10, M. Williams 0 0-0 0,
points on one basket and G. Goldharnmer01-21, K. Puckett01-21,
l;hree of four from the foul M. Carlson 5 1-1 12, E. O'Dell 1 4-4 7, C.
Graves 0 0-0 0, J. Ibach 1 2-2 4, S. Brewer 0
I-2 1, M. Wright 1 2-4 4. Totals 1716-21 54.
Three point field goals Carlson 1, O'Dell 1.
Fouled out - Hernandez, Peterson, K. Van
Hoosier. Total fouls - RM 17, BH 23.
ROCKYMTN 5 7 11 8 --36
BIGHORN 11 13 10 19 --54
Boettcher said the Rocky
Mountain defense is looking
good at the end of the sea-
son, which should give them
a boost at the upcoming
tourney.
"We have been able to
hold our opponents down,
giving our offense a chance
to get going," he said. "If we
stay active on offense, we
are a pretty good team."
Aside from defense,
Boettcher said another
strong point of the Lady
Grizz this year is their ath-
leticism, which allows them
to be versatile while guard-
ing other teams and exploit
matchups to their advan-
tage.
The Lady Grizz will face
Big Piney in the first round
of the regional tournament
today at 2 p.m. If success-
ful, they will go on to the
semifinals to face Shoshoni,
Saratoga or Wyoming Indi-
an. Shoshoni and Saratoga
are facing off for the pig-
tail game and number-one
ranked out of the Southwest
Wyoming Indian is seeded
to play the winner of that
game. pects a scrappy, physical fense. The Grizz defeated
Boettcher said Big Pin- game where the Lady Grizz Big Piney 39-21 in their first
ey has big post players, ag- will have to contend with home game of the season in
gressive guards and he ex-the Lady Punchers' zone de- Byron on Dec. 5, 2009.
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Game 17 • RHS
Fri. 2 pm
Game 27 • RHS
Sat. 4:30 pm
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