CHRONICLE
25, 2016
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PATTI CARPENTER
Volunteer Kelsea Mayfield and wrestler Shay Bond keep an eye on the clock waiting for the official to call a pin, during the 2A West
Regional Wrestling Tournament held at Rocky Mountain High School on Friday, in Cowley. Wes Homewood (photo inset) takes first
place during the championship round of the heavyweight class.
BY SAM SMITH
Rocky Mountain High
School junior Brian Craw-
ford and senior Wes
Homewood took first place
in their respective weight
classes at the 2A West Re-
gional Wrestling Tourna-
ment Friday in Cowley.
"They both wrestled
good" coach Josh C0!-
lins said. "I would like to
see them also take first at
State."
As a team, the Griz-
zlies finished second out
of 11 team with 175 points,
20.5 points behind region-
al champion Cokeville but
26.5 points ahead of Ly-
man and 35 points ahead
of fourth-place Greybull/
Riverside.
Crawford won the
106-pound bracket, going
3-0 after receiving a bye in
the first round. He pinned
Kylee Smith of Kemmerer
in 39 seconds in the quar-
terfinal round, stuck Jona-
than Hagen of Thermopolis
in 56 seconds in the semi-
finals and pinned Colton
Ellison of Lyman in 1:34 in
the championship match
to win the title.
"Brian took second at
State his freshman and
sophomore years ' Collins
said. "It would be nice to
see him get the title this
year."
Homewood won the
285-pound bracket, going
2-0 after receiving a bye
in the first round and in
the quarterfinals, pinning
Brooks Woody of Shoshoni
in 35 seconds in the semi-
finals and Chase Meeker of
Brian Crawford pins an opponent during the 2A West
Crawford took first place in the 106-pound weight class
place second by pinning
Ames Tschiffely of Grey-
bull/Riverside in the semi-
final in 3:51 before falling to
Dryden Minck of Lyman in
the championship match in
48 seconds.
"He had a really close
match to get into the fi-
nals ' Collins said. "We'll
see what he does at State."
Burlington High School
sophomore Malachi Cook
went 3-1 in the ll3-pound
bracket to place third. Af-
ning his third-place match
over Chase Waite of Ther-
mopolis on a pin in 1:43.
"He has good potential
of placing at State, which I
would love to see:' Collins
said.
Regional Wrestling
at the tournament.
pinned Skyler Hargrove
and Noel Aguirre of Big
Piney in the second and
third rounds of the conso-
lation bracket. He pinned
Wyatt Ramsey of Shosho-
ni in the consolation semi-
RMHS senior 'Shay final match in 1:18 before
Bond went 3-1 in the falling to Michael Bluemel
170-pound bracket to take of Lyman in the third-place
third place. Bond won a match as he was pinned in
20-8 major decision over2:43.
Milton Peden of Thermo- "I'm expecting a lot of
polls in the quarterfinals, him at State also ' Collins
lost a 11-7 decision to Zac said.
Big Piney in 3:30 to win the ter receiving a bye in the Rose of Dubois in the semi-
title, first round, Cook pinned finals and pinned Thom-
"Wes took third last
year at State and he is
ranked number one this
year ' Collins said.
Junior Garrett Vezain
went 2-1 in the 220-pound
bracket to place second.
BHS sophomore Dan-
ner Davison placed sixth at
138 pounds. Davison fell to
Brenton Nelson of Lyman
on a 5-1 decision in the
quarterfinals, then pinned
Brandon Hicks of Lyman in
2:15 in the consolation sec-
ond round before falling
in the third round to Ryan
Peoples of Greybull/River-
side with a 4-1 decision.
Tyler Rasmussen of Lyman
in the quarterfinals in 1:33,
fell to Luis Burgos of Grey-
bull/Riverside in the semi-
finals in 2:23 and pinned
Klayton Rose of Dubois in
the consolation semifinals
as Pitlock of Big Piney in
the consolation semifinals
in 3:51 before winning his
third-place match over An-
thony Eibert of Greybull/
Riverside on a 8-2 decision.
"He has a good chance
Vezain received a bye in 1:49 before winning a 7-0 of placing at State also"
in the first round, thendecision over Kyle Laird of Collins said.
pinned Dade Greene from Wind River in the third-Senior Stenson Durand
place match.
"I expect him to place
at State ' Collins said.
Rocky sophomore Ste-
phen Preator went 3-1 in
the 120-pound bracket to
place third. After receiv-
ing a bye in the first round,
Preator won his quarterfi-
nal match by pinning Kobe
Greybull/Riverside in his
quarterfinal match in one
minute to advance to the
semifinals. In the semi-
finals, Vezain pinned TJ
Frazier of Big Piney in 42
seconds before he fell to
Patrick Forester of Sho-
shoni in the championship
match in 1:49.
"Garrett took third Tillman of Wyoming In-
at State last year and is dian in 38 seconds, fell in
his semifinal match against
went 2-2 in the 152-poundGrizzly sophomore
bracket to finish fourth.Dylan Langston placed
Durand lost a 7-4 decision sixth at 145 pounds.
to Colter Hansen of Ther- Langston won his first
mopolis in the quarterfi- round match by pinning
PATTI CARPENTER
Tournament held on Friday.
pinned Tyson Tobar of
Thermopolis in the conso-
lation third-round match
before falling to Pat Cor-
nell of Shoshoni in the con-
solation semifinal match
on a 5-3 sudden victory
decision.
Senior Daniel Shreeve
placed eighth at 195
pounds as Shreeve fell to
Hunter Cheney of Cokev-
ille on a pin in 1:02, then
fell to Greybull/Riverside's
Ames Tschiffely in an 11-6
decision.
Other Grizzly wres-
tlers competing at the Re-
gional Tournament were
Trevan Lytle at 132 pounds
(1-2), Travis Lytle at 132
pounds (1-2), Kyle Hoyt
at 145 pounds (1-2), Dal-
ton Wardell at 160 pounds
(0-3), Chase Brand at 170
pounds (1-2) and Austin
Grohman at 182 pounds
(0-2).
The Grizz will now
compete at the 2A State
Wrestling Tournament Fri-
day and Saturday at the
nals, stuck Tanner Hansen Tyler Long of Big Piney in Casper Events Center with
of Big Piney in the third 4:14, fell to Koy Myers of action beginning at 9 a.m.
round of the consolationThermopolis in the quar-each day.
"We are going to do
a lot of conditioning and
ranked second this year:'
Collins said. "I want Vezain
to make it to the finals and
beat the Forester kid from
Shoshoni."
Junior Connor Holz-
warth went 1-1 in the
195-pound bracket to
Jorge Carmona of Grey-
bull/Riverside on a 20-5
technical fall and won a
10-1 major decision over
Charles Ward of Greybull/
Riverside in the consola-
tion semifinals before win-
bracket in 2:49 and won terfinals on a pin in 1:29
a 7-2 decision over Zac and won by rule over his
DuBeau of Shoshoni in the teammate Kyle Hoyt before
consolation semifinals be- falling to Colton Vangeison
fore falling to Cordell Vie- of Lyman in his consolation
hweg on a pin in 1:41 in the third-round match on a pin
third-place match, in 4:04.
Freshman Nathan Senior Dylan North
Hatch placed fourth at 160 placed seventh at 182
pounds. Hatch fell to Gavin pounds. North fell to Jus-
Julander of Kemmerer on tis Fisher of Big Piney on a
an 18-1 technical fall, then 12-4 major decision, then
will be working on the
same moves and trying
to improve them with
each wrestleff' Collins
said. "I expect a lot from
each wrestler at the state
tournament. Moorcroft
will be the tough team to
beat from the other Side of
the state:'
BOYS 3A NORTHWEST
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
Cody 4 1 13 6
Lander 1 3 12 6
Lovell 4 1 9 11
Powell 0 4 2 16
RESULTS
Friday, February 19
Lovell 58, Pinedale 51
Lander 75, Mountain View 63
Powel146, Star Valley 43
Cody 56, Jackson 53
Saturday, February 20
Lovell 54, Mountain View 41
Jackson 61, Powel125
Cody 61, Star Valley 58
Lander 80, Pinedale 63
SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 25
Lovell at Powell, 4, 7 p.m.
Friday, February 26
Cody at Powell, 4, 7 p.m.
Lander at Lovell, 3, 4:30, 7:30
p.m.
March 3-5
3A West Regionals, Alton
GIRLS 3A NORTHWEST
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
Powell 4 0 11 7
Lovell 3 1 12 5
Lander 2 3 11 10
Cody 0 5 3 16
RESULTS
Friday, February 19
Lovell 51, Pinedale 26
Mountain View 64, Lander 40
Powell 42, Star Valley 40
Cody 50, Jackson 37
Saturday, February 20
Mtn. View 46, Lovel144
Powell 59, Jackson 33
Star Valley 67, Cody 31
Lander 66, Pinedale 45
SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 25
Lovell at Powell, 4, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, February 26
Cody at Powell, 4, 5:30 p.m.
Lander at Lovell, 3, 4:30, 6 p.m.
March 3-5
3A West Regionals, Afton
4
BOYS 2A NORTHWEST
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
Greybull 8 0 19 3
Rocky Mtn. 5 3 11 9
Shoshoni 4 4 15 7
Thermopolis 3 5 9 13
Riverside 0 8 3 19
RESULTS
Thursday, February 18
Greybull 54, Rocky Mtn. 43
Friday, February 19
Shoshoni 47, Thermopolis 44
Greybull 57, Riverside 37
Saturday, February 20
Thermopolis 58, Riverside 43
Rocky Mtn. 48, Shoshoni 40
Monday, February 22
Regional play-in game:
Riverside 55, Thermopolis 52
SCHEDULE
2A West Regional Tournament
Thursday, February 25
Lyman vs. Greybull, 12:30, HS
Shoshoni vs. B Piney, 4, CWC
WIHS vs. Rocky, 12:30, CWC
Riverside vs. W River, 4, HS
Friday, February 26
Loser out games 10 a.rn. and 1
p.m.
Semifinal games 4:30 and 7:30
Saturday, February 27
Loser out games at 9:30 a.rn.
Third-place game at 1 p.m.
Championship game at 4 p.m.
GIRLS 2A NORTHWEST
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
Greybull 8 0 15 7
Shoshoni 5 3 7 15
Thermopolis 4 4 14 8
Rocky Mtn. 3 5 8 13
Riverside 0 8 2 20
RESULTS
Thursday, February 18
Greybull 45, Rocky Mtn. 42
Friday, February 19
Thermopolis 37, Shoshoni 32
Greybull 53, Riverside 10
Saturday, February 20
Thermopolis 49, Riverside 26
Shoshoni 41, Rocky Mtn. 34
Monday, February 22
Regional play-in game:
Rocky 50, Riverside 22
SCHEDULE
2A West Regional Tournament
Thursday, February 25
Big Piney vs. Greybull, 11, HS
Thermop vs. WlHS, 2:30, CWC
Kemmerer vs. Sho, 11, CWC
Rocky vs. Lyman, 2:30, HS
Friday, February 26
Loser out games 8:30 and 11:30
a.rn.
Semifinals 3 and 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 27
Loser out games 8 a.rn.
Third-place game 11:30 a.rn.
Championship game 2:30 p.m.
