May 24, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 13
r i ........ " NATHAN OSTER
Rocky Mount' freshman Kirby Winland takes the baton from fellow freshman Cannon
Simmons during the 400-meter relay Friday in Casper.
Legion, Babe Ruth
seasons under way
BY DAVID PECK
Another American Legion
and Babe Ruth Baseball season
is under way in north Big Horn
County as the Lovell Mustangs
begin play Monday and the
Rockies and A's Babe Ruthers
continue a season that began
last week.
Senior League Baseball
Manager Ray Peterson said this
week that, while American Le-
gion teams in larger communities
have already been playing for a
couple of weeks, the Mustangs
have had to wait until the track
season wraps up in order to field
enough players.
The Mustangs are scheduled
to open the 2012 season Monday,
May 28 (Memorial Day), with a
doubleheader at 1 p.m. against
the Sheridan Jets, the junior var-
sity team of the Sheridan pro-
gram.
"They always give us a good
game," Peterson noted.
Following the opener, the
Mustangs will travel to Billings
next Saturday, June 2, to take
on the Billings Halos in a double-
header at 1 p.m. The conference
opener is the following Tuesday,
June 5, when the Mustangs trav-
el to Powell for a 5:30 p.m. twin
bill.
The Mustangs will play in a
Cody tournament June 8-10 and
travel .to Cody for a conference
game against the Cubs June 13
at 5:30 p.m.
The home-opener for the
Mustangs doesn't take place un-
til Thursday, June 28, when the
Mustangs host Douglas for a con-
ference doubleheader at 5 p.m.
The Mustangs also host Powell
for a pair on Tuesday, July 3.
Peterson said there are 10
players out for the team so far
this season, with three young
players likely to be brought up
from the Babe Ruth ranks.
The team includes Kyle Pe-
terson, the team's lone 19-year-
old, at left field and second base,
Steven Pickett at pitcher, catch-
er and centerfield, Cody King at
third base and right field, Jesse
Bassett in the outfield, Nathan
Ballard at shortstop and pitch-
er, Jacob Adey in both the out-
field and infield, Dillon Pickett at
shortstop and pitcher, Brandon
Dickson at first base and pitcher,
Demitrie Montuy in the outfield
and, expected to come out this
week, Hunter Hinckley in the
outfield and infield and at pitch-
er.
Former players who still
could join the team are McKayan
May, Dylan Hultgren and Dino
Collins.
Peterson said the team might
bring up three players from Babe
Ruth: Alex Connour for pitching
and infield duties, Daniel Strom
for catching and Caleb Horrocks
at pitcher and catcher.
Peterson is being assisted
once again by Bill Pickett, though
he said the team could still use
some help in the coaching depart-
ment.
"I'm kind of excited about the
players we have," Peterson said.
"We've got some good, strong
players."
BABE RUTH
The A's and Rockies Babe
Ruth teams began play last week
with a game Tuesday, May 15, in
Cowley won by the A's 5-4, Pe-
terson said. The A's then trav-
eled to Powell to take on the Gi-
ants Thursday, and the game was
called after six innings with the
score tied 3-3. Meanwhile, the
Rockies were hosting the Powell
Royals and won 10-9.
A May 22 game was post-
poned due to the Rocky Mountain
High School commencement cer-
emony and will be rescheduled,
Peterson said.
The Rockies are coached by
Jordan Mickelson with assistance
from Doug Arnold and Joe Bond,
and the A's are coached by Scott
Everheart with assistance from
Pat Wambeke and Toby Collins.
This week's schedule is as fol-
lows:
Thursday, May 24: Rockies at
Powell Royals, 6:30 p.m.; Powell
Reds at the A's in Cowley, 6:30
p.m.
Saturday, May 26: Rockies
vs. Burlington in Otto, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 29: A's vs. Bur-
lington in Cowley, 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 31: A's at
Powell Reds, 6:30 p.m.; Powell
Giants at the Rockies in Cowley,
6:30 p.m.
Young Grizzlies build for Moody joins Shrine Bowl roster
Lovell High School gradu-
ating senior Eli Moody will join
the tuture at State meet
BY DAVID PECK
The young Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies track and field squad
participated in an abbreviated
state track meet over the week-
end in Casper, with no ath-
letes advancing to Saturday ac-
tion, but they did pick up some
valuable experience - and a few
points - on Thursday and Friday
that will help them next season,
coach Dave Beemer said.
The Grizzlies scored 7 team
points at State, and they picked
up 4 of their points on Thurs-
day when sophomore Joey Jew-
ell placed fifth in the long jump
with a leap of 20-3, setting a per-
sonal record in the process.
Also on Thursday, senior
Austin Brost ran a personal re-
cord in the 200-meter dash pre-
liminaries with a time of 24.70,
but due to the stiff competition
he finished 14th.
Freshman Mikaela Hock-
er and sophomore Haley Strom
nearly qualified for the finals
in the 100-meter intermediate
hurdles Thursday as Hocker
placed 10th in the prelims with
a personal-record time of 18 sec-
onds flat and Strom was 12th at
18.65.
"Mikaela was in second place
in her heat and doing great, then
on hurdle number eight started
four-stepping," Beemer said, not-
ing that Hocker missed finals by
14/100ths of a second. "The hur-
dlers are fast. The 2A girls are
good. Last year Haley ran 18.95
and got ninth. This year Mikaela
runs 18 flat and gets 10th."
Junior Bryce Ward then ran
the ll0-meter high hurdles and
missed finals by 8/100ths of a
second, finishing ninth in the
prelims with a time of 17.64.
On Friday, the first event for
the team was the girls shot put,
and freshman Jennifer Parker
knocked on the door of the top
eight but ultimately finished
llth with a personal-record
throw of 30-10.
"That was her best throw of
the season," Beemer said. "She
came in seeded 18th and got
llth. She's just a freshman.
With more experience she'll im-
prove.
Brost and Cannon Simmons
competed in the 100-meter dash
preliminaries and freshman
Simmons nearly qualified for
the finals, finishing 10th with a
time of 12.04 while running in
pain. Brost ran a time of 12.60,
which left him in 17th position.
"Cannon would have placed
in the 100 if he was well," Beem-
er said. "He injured his hip flex-
or € and his hamstring. We had to
heat him up before his races. He
would run normal until 70 me-
ters, and then the injury would
start to tighten up on him.
"He ran 12.04 with the inju-
ries. He would have run in the
lls and would have placed."
The next event for the Grizz
was the boys high jump. Fresh-
man Kirby Winland finished
10th, clearing 5-8, but he bare-
ly missed at 5-10, Beemer said,
which would have put him in a
placing position. Jewell finished
12th at 5-4.
Ward was solid in the
300-meter intermediate hurdles
preliminaries but did not quali-
fy for the finals, finishing 12th
with a time of 44.81.
In the boys triple jump later
that day, Winland placed 12th
with a leap of 37-5.
Late in the day Friday, the
Grizz earned their final points
of the meet in the 400-meter re-
lay. The Grizzly foursome of se-
nior Derik Romero, Simmons,
Winland and Jewell placed sixth
with a time of 48 seconds flat. It
wasn't a bad time, Beemer said,
considering that Simmons was
injured and Romero suffered
from a hamstring cramp.
The day ended Friday with
the 400-meter dash, and Beemer
said Ward had to suffer through
rain delays and cold tempera-
tures and ended up 16th with a
time of 58.26.
Beemer said the Grizzlies
lose only four seniors in Brost,
Romero, Chase Aagard and Ash-
ley Bridges, and they have some
strong eighth-graders coming
up.
"There are some kids who
can really help us coming up," he
said.
teammates Mark Grant and AJ
Montanez at the Wyoming Shrine
Bowl all-star football game, which
will be played on June 9 at Natro-
na County High School in Casper.
Moody was named to the
team by North coach Jim String-
er of Powell.
Grant and Montanez were
named to the North squad in
January, and Moody and Collin
McArthur were selected as alter-
nates.
Moody was named to the
team to replace Chase Gosney of
Kaycee, who has had to withdraw
due to an injury.
Moody has signed to play
at Rocky Mountain College in
Billings.
Eli Moody
North Big Horn Little League
Thursday, May 24
T-Ball
6:00 p.m.
Paw Sox vs. Thunder @ Lovell West
Knights vs. Storm @ Lovell East
Sandgnats vs. Volcanoes @ Frannie/Deaver
Coach Pitch
5:30 p.m.
Hot Rods vs. Rivercats @ Cowley Park
7:00 p.m.
Bats vs. Express @ Lovell East
Bulls vs. Lugnuts @ Cowley Park
Minors
5:00 p.m.
Cardinals vs. Otto @ Otto
Majors
6:30 p.m.
Diamondbacks vs. Otto @ Otto
Powell Yankees vs. Twins @ Lovell East
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