10 [ The Lovell Chronicle [ March 11, 2010
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DAvm P.CK
Stephanie Green moves toward the basket through Big Horn traffic for a layup
during the Big Horn vs. Lovell game Friday at State in Casper.
State semifinals
Lady Bulldogs dig early
Girls Continued
game a little bit."
The teams mostly trad-
ed baskets in the third quar-
ter. Lovell took a 10-point
lead on a fast-break bas-
ket by Erin Robertson and
a slashing move by Korit-
nik, but Southeast rallied
to cut the lead to six, 22-16,
before a follow jumper by
Koritnik and a three-point.
play by Anderson helped
the Lady Bulldogs lead 27-
18 after three.
Lovell built the lead to
12 early in the fourth peri-
od on a pass from Walker to
Robertson and a free throw
by Robertson, but South-
east made a final push, cut-
ting the lead back to eight
before a pair of aggressive
drives by Anderson boosted
the Lovell lead back to dou-
ble digits. Lovell worked
the clock the last three
minutes of the game and a
pair of free throws by Walk-
er with 1:17 left helped seal
the victory.
"Mykel hit some shots,"
Geiser said. "They didn't
have anyone who could
match up with her."
Lovell didn't shoot well
- 27 percent from the field
- but Southeast was even
colder, shooting just 20 per-
cent. The Lady Bulldogs hit
just eight of 15 free throws,
Southeast seven of 10.
Koritnik led Lovell
with 10 points and five re-
bounds. Anderson added 9
points, Walker 6 points and
six rebounds. Stephanie
Green also pulled down five
boards.
The win propelled the
Lady Bulldogs into the state
semifinals, where they met
the Big Horn Lady Rams
Friday afternoon at the
Events Center.
The box score:
SOUTHEAST {26)
Chelsea Eisenbarth 1 0-0 2, Hallie Burkart
1 0-0 2. Jesselyn Burroughs 1 2-4 4. Julie
Buckhaults 2 1-2 5. Chandra Stoddard
2 2-2 7, Brittany Schafer 1 0-0 2 Hailie
Pragnell 0 2-2 2, Kelsey Ross I 0-0 2.
Totals 9 7-1C 26.
LOVELL (36)
Alyssa Geiser 2 0-0 5. Jodi Walker 0 0-0
0. KatieWalker 2 2-6 6, Kareh Koritnik
4 1-2 10, Stephanie GreenO !-2 1,-Erin
Robertson 2 1-2 5, Mykel Anderson 3 3-3
9. Totals 13 8-15 36.
Southeast 6 4 8 8-26
Lovell 9 9 9 9-36
Three-point field goals - Stoddard; Geiser,
Kofitnik. Fouled out- Buckhaults. Total
fouls - Southeast 13, Lovell 8.
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DAVID PECK
Katie Walker rises above a Southeast defender for
a jump-shot Thursday, March 4. The Lady Bulldogs
beat the Lady Cyclones 36-26 in the first round.
hole, fall to Big Horn Baril, Townsley top
eight of nine free-throw at-
tempts, and she had five
rebounds and three steals.
Robertson added 8 points
and five rebounds, Geiser
7 points.
"All year, Stepha-
nie has stepped up in big
games," Geiser said. "Erin
also had a big game with
her points and on defense.
"I'd like to play them
(Big Horn) again if we
brought our A game. It
would be a great game. I
think you could put four
teams in a hat - Big Horn,
Tongue River, Lovell and
Wyoming Indian- and, de-
pending on who brought
their A game, could win a
state championship. This
weekend Tongue River
brought their A game."
Lovell shot 20.8 percent
from the field, Big Horn
40 percent. Lovell had 15
turnovers to Big Horn's 22,
but Big Horn won the bat-
tle of the boards, 40-30.
Big Horn advanced to
the 2A championship game
with the win, falling to
Tongue River in the fina-
le, 55-38. Lovell came back
Saturday to beat Wyoming
Indian for third.
The box score:
LOVELL (37)
Alyssa Geiser 1 4-4 7, Jodi Walker 1 0-0
2, Katie Walker 1 0-0 3, Leanne Win-
terholler 0 0-0 0, Karen Koritnik 0 1-2 1,
Stephanie Green 2 8-9 12, Erin Robertson
3 2-4 6, Mykel Anderson 2 0-2 4. Totals 10
15-21 37.
BIG HORN (43)
Angela LoGuldice 3 1-3 8, Callie Crouse
3 2-3 8, Katey Van Hoosier 3 3-3 9, Molly
Cadson 2 1-2 5, Erica O'Dell 1 2-34 5,
Shelby Brewer 2 2-7 6, Mall Wright 0 2-4
2. Totals 14 13-26 43.
Lovell 7 11 5 14-37
BigHorn 15 14 3 11-43
Three-point field goals - Geiser 1,
K.Walker 1; LoGuldice 1, O'Dell 1. Fouled
out - K. Walker, Green. Total fouls - Lovell
22, Big Horn 17.
Lovell Men's City
Bowling Tournament
Nate Baril and Steven Townsley came out on top in
the average of all events at the Lovell USBC BA Men's
City Bowling Championship Tournament held Feb. 11-14.
The tournament was held at Victory Lanes in Lovell.
Bowlers competed in four events, each event with two divi-
sions-- scratch and handicapped.
Team events were held Thursday, Feb. 11, and Satur-
day, Feb. 13, with doubles andsingles competing on Sat-
urday and Sunday, Feb. 13-14. The fourth event was a vir-
tual event made up of a bowler's team score, doubles score
and singles score.
There were 12 Teams competing, 24 Sets of doubles,
33 singles entries and 31 competing in the All Events cat-
egory. Results are as follows:
SCRATCH DIVISION
Place Team
1st Frontier Crane
Hate BarU, Bubba Jones
Norm Altman, Richard Eades
2nd Moncur Farms
Steven Townsley, James Graham
Brant Moncur, Doyle Moncur
3rd The Guidos
Todd Phillips, Mike Verdetto III
Mike Verdetto IV, Mike Kitchen
4th Game On
Larry Redman, Dennis Clark
John Jacobson, Darrin Hanson
Doubles Team
1st Rod Graham / Hate Badl
2nd Daran Hanson / Casey Trautman
3rd Todd Phillips / Mike Kitchen
4th Bill Jiracek / Chester Gilliam
5th Todd Phillips / Norm Altman
6th Damian Dicks / Steven Townsley
7th Tom Wilder / James Woodie
8th Billy Fossen / Norm Altman
HANDICAP DIVISION
Place Team
1st One Stop
Casey Trautman, Randy Smith
Casey Schatz, Chester Gilliam
2rid Big Horn Co-op
Stanley Graham, Rod Graham
Hate Baril, Rick Graham
3rd Garvin Motors
Tom Wilder, James Woodie
Randal Putman, Ron Schmidt
4th Big Horn Engraving
Todd Phillips, Mike Verdetto III
Jeremy Ward, Mike Kitchen
Doubles Team
1st Jeremy Ward / Mike Kitchen
2nd Rick Graham / Stanley Graham
3rd Steven Townsley / Brant Moncur
4th Mike Felton / Dennis Clark
5th Todd Phillips / Mike Verdetto III
6th Russ Loftus / Nick Loftus
7th James Graham / Doyle Moncur
8thTie Mike Verdetto IV / Mario Verdetto
8thTie Mario Verdetto / Lee Christensen
Singles Singles
1 sr Steven Townsley lsr Bill Jiracek
2rid Rod Graham 2nd Tom Wilder
3rd Hate Baril - 3rd CaseyTrautman
4th Daran Hanson 4th Nick Loftus
5th Ron Schmidt 5th Mathew Putman
6th Mike Kitchen 6th Randy Smith
7th Rick Graham 7th Jeff Riding
8th' Randal Putman 8th Mike Felton
9th Todd Phillips 9th Doyle Moncur
10th Billy Fossen " lOth James Woodie
11th Brant Moncur 11th Wesley Schmidt
All Events All Events
1st Hate Baril 1st Steven Townsley
2nd Rick Graham 2nd Tom Wilder
3rd Bill Jiracek 3rd Mike Kitchen
4th Casey Trautman 4th Mike Felton
5th Daran Hanson 5th Rod Graham
6th Ron Schmidt 6th Doyle Moncur
7th Todd Phillips 7th Brant Moncur
8th Randy Smith 8th Nick Loftus
9th Billy Fossen 9th John Jacobson
10th Stanley Graham 10th Dennis Clark
BY DAVID PECK
It was number one vs.
number three in the state
battling in the semifinals
of the 2A State Basketball
Tournament Friday after-
noon at the Casper Events
Center when the top-
ranked and undefeated Big
Horn Lady Rams took on
the Lovell Lady Bulldogs.
Big Horn came into the
game as the two-time de-
fending state champions
and sporting a 27-0 record
after defeating Kemmer-
er 47-21 in the first round
Thursday. Lovell came in
at 21-5 after beating South-
east in the opening round.
Big Horn took a big
early lead and held on for a
43-37 win.
Lovell struggled early
against the Lady Rams.
Lovell trailed 2-1 ear-
ly after a Karen Koritnik
free throw, but Big Horn
scored the next 13 points
to lead 15-1. Junior Kat-
ey Van Hoosier scored 7
points during the run for
Big Horn, and senior Cal-
lie Crouse knocked down a
three-pointer.
'%Ve weren't stopping
them defensively," coach
Bob Geiser said. "They
used a high pick and roll
and we had too many play-
ers standing around and
watching them. Then we
had to work (offensively)
against all of that size and
height (two 5-11 starters).
We didn't move the ball
like we have all year.
"But we battled back.
We could have laid down
and completely quit down
15-1. But we fought back
and got within six. We just
put ourselves behind the
eight ball early."
With Big Horn up 15-
1, Katie Walker and Alys-
sa Geiser finally broke the
ice for the Lady Bulldogs,
hitting back-to-back three-
pointers as Lovell cut the
lead to eight points, 15-7,
at the quarter break.
After a follow shot by
Erin Robertson cut the
lead to six at 15-9 early in
the second period, a three-
point play (power move
and free throw) by Crouse
and a bank shot by Angela
LoGuidice boosted the Big
Horn lead to 20-9. Robert-
son responded with a buck-
et on a pass from Korit-
nik and Stephanie Green
hit two free throws as the
Lady Bulldogs trailed 20-
13. The two teams traded
baskets after that, with
Big Horn leading at half-
time, 29-18.
A transition bucket
by Mykel Anderson and a
three-point play by Green
cut the margin back to six
again, 29-23, but Big Horn
scored the three points of
the quarter to lead after
three, 32-23.
Big Horn built the lead
to 13 early in the fourth
quarter, but Lovell contin-
ued to chip away as Jodi
Walker scored in transition
and Green drove the length
of the court on an odd play
where the Big Horn play-
ers stood still following a
missed free throw, perhaps
thinking it was a two-shot
foul, and watched as Green
took off.
Lovell continued to
trail by 9-11 points un-
til Big Horn experienced
a few problems at the foul
line in the final minute and
the Lady Bulldogs trimmed
the lead to five points in
the final moments before
falling by six, 43-37, never
able to completely dig out
of the early hole.
Green led all scor-
ers with 12 points, hitting
CLASS 2A STATE
BASKETBALL
Here are the results
of the Wyoming State
Class 2A State Basket-
ball Tournament played
March 4-6 in Casper:
Girls games
Thursday, March 4
Big Horn 47, Kemmerer
21
Lovell 36, Southeast 26
Tongue River 37, Rocky
24
Wyoming Indian 58, Pine
Bluffs 52
Friday, March 5
Southeast 44, Kemmerer
31, loser out
Pine Bluffs 42, Rocky 37,
loser out
Big Horn 43, Lovell 37
Tongue River 74, Wyo.
Indian 63
Saturday, March 6
Consolation champion-
ship
Pine Bluffs 38, South-
east 35
Third-place game
Lovell 55, Wyo. Indian
46
Championship game
Tongue River 55, Big
Horn 38
Boys games
Thursday, March 4
Wyo. Indian 76, Moor-
croft 40
Wind River 56, Big Horn
42
Greybull 63, Tongue Riv-
er 52
Southeast 41, Lovell 31
Friday, March 5
Moorcroft 59, Big Horn
50, loser out
Lovell 57, Tongue River
48, loser out
Wyo. Indian 65, Wind
River 51
Southeast 44, Greybull
39
Saturday, March 6
Consolation champion-
ship
Lovell 49, Moorcroft 47
Third-place game
Wind River 56, Greybull
40
Championship game
Wyo. Indian 52, South-
east 51
