8 t The Lovell Chronicle I May 19, 2011
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Seven Grizzlies to state track as sprint
relay team breaks school record
DAVID PECK low hurdles with a time 12th, 12-1, Brianna Hock-
Seven members of the of 49.24 after qualifying er 14th, 11-8; triple jump-
Rocky Mountain track for the finals on Friday at Hocker 12th, 28-103A (PR),
and field team - six girls 50.48. Allred 15th, 27-¼, Stauffer
and one boy - will be offto "She was closing on 16th, 26-6; shot put - Ash-
the state track meet this Karen (Koritnik) until she ley Bridges 19th, 22-5; dis-
weekend after strong per- hit the seventh hurdle," cus - Bridges 16th, 66-5½
formances at te 2A West Beemer said. "She hit it (PR).
Regional Track Meet in pretty hard and turned it On the boys side, se-
Lander last weekend (or sideways. That threw her nior Brandon Foster will
by pre-qualifyingearlier), off balance." be the sole athlete repre-
The weather was Freshman Haley Strom senting RHMS in Casper
balmy on Friday but ran under 19 seconds in after qualifying in both the
breezy and cold Saturday, the 100-meter intermedi- long jump and triple jump.
coach Dave Beemer said, ate hurdles for the first Foster won the long jump
but noted that Rocky ath- time, placing sixth Satur- at 20-2 and placed second
letes performed well on day with a time of 18.97 af- in the triple jump with a
both days. ter qualifying for the finals leap of 39-93/L Beemer said
One of the highiights at 19.05 on Friday. it seemed like Foster was
of the meet for the Griz- "It was weird that, on jumping even further in
zlies was the performance a cold day, she ran faster the long jump, but all of the
of the 400-meter relay for some reason," Beemer distances were down a bit.
team, which broke the said. "And it wasn't wind- "Both days the boys and
Rocky Mountain school re- aided.", girls long-jumped about a
Cord on Friday afternoon. Also qualifying for foot shorter down there,"
The quartet of Lauren Pe- State was sophomore Ra- he said. "BJ jumped really
terson, Leslie Blackburn, chael Allred, who placed well, but it didn't measure
Kallee Jo VCilson and Eli- seventh in the 3,200 meters well. I don't know about
za Higgins raced around with a time of 14:53.42. their board. We just didn't
the track with a time of Peterson nearly quali- get good length on the mea-
53.64, barely edging the fled for State in the 400-me- sures."
school record of 53.65. ter dash, placing ninth in Almost qualifying for
The team beat its sea- the preliminaries with a State was junior Austin
son previous best time by timeofl:07.15, about asec- Brost in the 100-meter
more than two seconds and ond behind Josee Vogel of dash. Brost ran a person-
edged Lovell by ll/100ths Wind River. After battling al-record time of 12.52 to
of a second in the race. injuries this season, Wilson place ninth in the prelimi- KARLA POmROY
Asked what the key to nearly qualified for State naries. Rocky Mountain senior Eliza Higgins flies over a hurdle during the 300-meter
the record-breaking race in the 200-meter dash, run- "Austin ran a good race. low hurdles preliminaries Friday.
was, Beemer quickly re- ning the sprint for the first That's the fastest he's ever
plied: "Handoffs." time this season and plac- run," Beemer said.
"They hit their hand- ing 10th at 29.54. Also coming close to
offs pretty good," he said. Other running results qualifying were Jack-
"We don't have the speed include: son Stephens, 10th in the
Lovell does, but they made 100m dash - Haley 400-meter dash at 57.62
it up with their handoffs. Stauffer 16th in prelimi- in the preliminaries, and
They only beat Lovell by a naries, 15.11, Hannah Ethan Strom, llth in the
stride. Parker 19th in prelims, 400-meter prelims at 57.79.
"It was a close race with 15.57, both personal re- Brost ran a personal-record
Lovell. I was surprised it cords; 200m dash- Parker 58.20 in the 400 prelims,
(the time) wasn't faster 17th in prelims, 32.53. finishing 12th.
than that." In field events, Black- Other Rocky Mountain
Also capturing first burn continued her con- results:
place in Lander - this time sistent performance in the 100m dash - Bran-
on Saturday morning - high jump, placing third on don Asay 14th, 12.82, Car-
was the 3,200-meter relay Friday by clearing 5 feet. los DeLaCruz 22nd, 13.73;
team of Blackburn, Peter- Wilson placed fourth in the 200m dash - Foster 14th,
son, Rachael Allred and triple jump with a leap of 25.25, Brost 17th, 25.52,
Higgins, running the eight 31-2, about two feet below Stephens 24th, 26.15,
laps in a season-best time her season best, but Beem- Strom 25th, 26.26; 400m
of 10:52.26 said the Lander c0m- dasti" Jake Ldyning 20th,
The Lady Grizz were p]x doesn't have a 28,foot l:02.56;400mrelay:Rocky
strong in the 800-meter board preferred by many seventh, 49.15 (Asay, Ste-
run. Higgins ran the open athletes, forcing them to phens, Strom, Foster);
800 for the first time this use a 24-foot board or a 1,600m relay - Rocky
season and placed second 32-foot board. That kind eighth, 3:58.32 (Stephens,
withatimeof2:29.73,while of "messed with Kallee's Strom, Loyning, Brost);
fellow senior Peterson ran mind," the coach said. long jump - Asay 18th, 15-
her season-best time to Other field event re- 9½, DeLaCruz23rd, 14-3½;
place third at 2:31.43. sults include: shot put - Jessee Wilson DAvm PECE
Higgins also placed Long jump - Haley 16th, 33-11; discus - Wil- Rocky Mountain freshman Carlos DeLaCruz kicks up sand as he lands in the
second in the 300-meter Stauffer llth, 12-8, Strom son 14th, 85-2½. pit during the long jump competition Saturday in Lander.
Little League announces hit-a-thon winners
DAVID PECK
North Big Horn Little League Yankees player Jeremy Schneider rounds third
base as his third-base coach and father John urges him on during an opening-
day majors game on May 7 at the new Northeast Little League Ballpark. The
new North Big Horn tee-ball, coach pitch, minors and majors Little League
schedule is in full swing now in mid-May.
North Big Horn Little
League President Doug Ar-
nold this week announced
the results of the hit-a-
thon fundraiser held dur-
ing opening-day festivities
on May 7.
Results are as follows:
MAJORS
Total Bases
1. Ty Teter/Orioles, 61 bas-
es (won Demarini bat)
2. Lane Hoover/Orioles, 43
bases
3. Jason Harford/Orioles,
33 bases
4. Brandon Teter/Orioles,
31 bases
5. Riley Abraham/Orioles,
29 bases
Top Batting Average
1. Porter Nichols/Orioles,
.714 (won equipment bag)
2. Lane Hoover/Orioles,
.667
2. Jason Harford/Orioles,
.667
3. Marissa Arnold/Rockies,
.633
4. Wyatt Horrocks/Rockies,
.600
4. Jeremy Schneider/Yan-
kees, .600
4. Dillon Schneider/Yan-
kees, .600
4. Ty Teter/Orioles, .600
4. Riley Abraham/Orioles,
.600
5. Kade Gifford/Yankees,
.567
5. Spur Hackney/Rockies,
.567
5. Lathan May/Rockies,
.567
Top Pledge
1. Carson May/Rockies, $300
(won Under Armor batting
gloves)
MINORS
Total Bases
1. Dylan LangstordA's, 39
bases (won Demarini bat)
2. Zane Horrocks/A's, 28
bases
3.Mikkel McIntosh/Reds, 27
3. Ethan Hessenthaler/
Dodgers, 27
4. Thomas Hinckley/A's, 25
4. Jared Fuller/Phillies, 25
5. Kyle Hoyt/Phillies, 23
5. Juan Rivera/A's, 23
Top Batting Average:
1. Zane Horrocks/A's, .833
(won equipment bag)
2. Mikkel McIntosh/Reds,
.714
3. Nathan Hatch/A's, .633
3. Thomas Hinckley/A's,'
.633
3. Rhett Partridge/Dodgers,
.633
4. CJ Pickett/Reds, .600
4. Jess Wambeke/Dodgers,
.600
5. Jared Fuller/Phillies,
.567
5. Frank Minchow/Reds,
.567
Top Pledge:
1. Dallen Mangus/Dodgers,
$165 (won Under Armor
batting gloves)
COACH PITCH:
Total Bases
1. Ezra Harlow/Hot Rods, 17
bases (won Easton bat)
2. Derek Parks/Hot Rods,
13
3. Kane Ferguson/Hot Rods,
11
3. Kaycee Twitchell]Paw-
Sox, 11
3. Zach Simmons/Luguuts,
11
3. Jackson Jolley/Lugnuts,
11
4. Trace Moss/Bats, 9
4. Conner Duggan/Bats, 9
5. Bo Arnold/Lugnuts, 8
Top Batting Average:
1. Derek Parks/Hot Rods,
.433 (won equipment bag)
1. Ezra Harlow/Hot Rods,
.433
2. Kane Ferguson/Hot Rods,
.367
2, Kaycee Twitchell/Paw-
Sox, .367
2. Zach Simmons/Lugnuts,
.367
3. Trace Moss/Bats, .300
3. Jackson JoUey/Lugnuts,
.300
3. Conner Duggan/Bats,
.300
4. Bo Arnold/Lugnut.s, .267
5. Russell King/Hot Rods,
.200
5. Anna Fuller/Bats, .200
5. Cambree Miller/Lugnuts,
.200
5. Larry Woodington/Lug-
nuts, .200
Top Pledge:
1. Larry Woodington/Lug-
nuts, $70 (won Under Ar-
mor batting gloves)
Overall League Team for
Pledge Collections:
1. Wyo-Ben Rockies, $562
(won team pizza/bowling
party).
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