CHRONICLE
May 30, 2019 I The Lovell Chronicle 19
BY DAVID PECK
A pair of multi-sport
athletes who have im-
proved greatly during
their high school careers
to the point of excelling,
in various sports were
named the senior athletes
of the year during the
Lovell High School Athlet-
ic Awards Ceremony May
21.
Megan Cornia and
Brenden Lundberg were
honored as the top female
and male athletes during
the ceremony at the LHS
Multi-purpose Room,
capping a night of honors
and awards that is annual-
ly the final event of school
year for school athletics.
Cornia, the daughter
of Mary Cornia, has risen
to become one of the top
track and field athletes in
the state. LHS head coach
Joshua Sanders said she
is one of only three ath-
letes he knows of in LHS
history to jump 17 feet in
the long jump, which she
did at the state track meet
this year with a personal
record leap of 17-2V2, good
for second place in Class
3A, just a quarter inch out
of first place.
She went from jump-
ing in the 14-foot range
as a freshman to 15-10 as
a sophomore, 16-5% as a
junior (first at State in 2A)
and the 17-21/2 mark two
MALE ATHLETE Craig Lundberg noted his
Brenden Lundberg, "fierce, competitive spir-
the son of Craig and it that was always sim-
Tashie Lundberg, has mering right beneath the
been a three-sport ath- surface.
lete at LHS, running cross "I know when he
country in the fall,playing was out there compet-
basketball in the winter ing I could only hope that
and competing in track an opponent would say
and field in the fall. something to fire him
Lundberg was a 2A up," Coach Lundberg said.
West all-conference se- "If that happened, then
lection as a junior and a
3A West player as a senior,
leading the team this year
with 69 assists, 2.9 per
game, and 50 steals, 2.1
per contest. He also aver-
aged 5.8 points and 3.5 re-
bounds per game. He fin-
ished third in the 3A West
in steals and seventh in
assists.
Like Cornia, he has
been a jumper and swint-
er on the track team. In
the long jump he improved
from 18-7 as a freshman
to 19-41/2 as a sophomore,
20-1/2 as a junior (eighth
at State) and 21-4% as a
I knew we were going to
see him take it to anoth-
er level."
Quoting other coach-
es as well as making his
own observations, Coach
Lundberg told of Bren-
den's role as a student
leader and role model, his
consistent improvement
in track and field and abil-
ity to make adjustments
during competition, his
work ethic, attitude, focus
and coachability and in
cross country his ability
to reach his goal of run-
ning under 20 minutes in
a 5K.
senior at Regionals (sec- "I wish all students/
ond) before placing third athletes could be as ded-
at State. In the triple jump icated, genuine, hard-
he improved from 40-43A working, reliable, relat-
as a freshman to 42-3A as able, coachable and good
a sophomore (later fourth natured as Brenden,"
at State), 42-3 as a junior Coach Lundberg said. "He
DAVID PECK (later second at State) and has an amazingly bright
Posing with their Lovell High School Senior Athlete of the Year plaques are Megan 43-1 as a senior to place future ahead of him, and
Cornia (left) and Brenden Lundberg at the annual LHS Athletic Award Ceremony May 21. third at the 3A West Re-I am excited to see where
noted. "She finished as well as an all-class field. She ran
Cornia also devel- a senior can," Sanders said cross country earlier in
weeks ago at State. She oped into a strong sprint- last week followin,g theher high school career.
also improved greatly iner, placing fifth in thestate track meet. 'Were "It's easy to coach her,"
the triple jump, from the 200-meter dash at State proud of Megan. Some- Sanders said. "We trusted
31-foot- range as a fresh- in Class 2A as a junior times you see a senior lose
man to 32 feet as a soph- with a personal best time a little bit of focus, and
omore, 33-10 as a junior
and 34-101/2 at the state
track meet this season,
where she placed second
in Class 3A.
of 27.70 in the state pre-
liminaries and running
on Lovell's state title
400-meter relay team. As
a senior she placed fifth
in the 100-meter dash in
Class 3A at State on a cold,
rainy day after running a
personal record 13.01 in
the prelims. She also ran
on Lovelrs second-place
400-meter relay team.
their junior year is better.
But she saved her best for
last. She performed the
best of her career in all
four of her events. Who
can say that?"
Cornia excelled in in-
door track and field, as
well, placing eighth this
year in the long jump at
16-41/2 and eighth in the
triple jump at 33-5 against
gional (then fourth at
State).
He placed eighth in
the 200-meter dash at the
state track meet this sea-
son after running a per-
sonal record 23.07 in pre-
lims, and he is a member
of two school record re-
lay teams, the 400-me-
he goes."
Lundberg plans to at-
tend the University Of
Wyoming and major in
bio!ogy as a pathway to
medical school or den-
tal school. He may serve
a mission after a year of
college.
Asked about his fa-
ter relay team that placed vorite sport, Lundberg
second at both Region- said it's hard to decide
between basketball and
track and field. As for
Competitive sports in the
future, he said it's "defi-
nitely an option" but said
he hasn't decided wheth-
er he will play in college
or not.
als (44.31) and State, and
the 2018 state champion
1,600-meter relay team
that ran a school record
3:31.11 at State.
In introducing his son
as the top senior athlete,
LHS boys basketball coach
During Cornia's soph-
omore year in indoor
track, coaches questioned
her, and she could coach
herself because she knew
her events so well."
Cornia said she plans
to attend the Universi-
ty of Wyoming and major
in business management.
She said she might decide
to Walk on the UW track
and field team but was
undecided. Sanders said
she has had many smaller
schools interested in re-
cruiting her.
her focus and preparation
as a young athlete, Sand-
ers said, but now she's one
of the best in that area, he
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SAM SMITH
Lovell Dental Braves baserunner Falcon Dannar reaches second base during the
Braves' 10-0 win over the Wilson Brothers Construction Cubs Tuesday at the
Northeast Complex. Making the catch is Lafe Files as Halen Strom backs him up.
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Dental
Braves defeated the Otto
Rattlers' Major League
team 5-0 Thursday at
Constitution Park to stay
undefeated at 5-0 on the
season.
Alex Hedges and Owen
Edwards led the Braves
with two hits apiece. Ed-
wards also led the team
with two RBIs.
Matthew Newman
pitched four innings for
the Braves, striking out
five Otto batters. Walker
Files pitched the final
inning for the Cubs, fan-
ning two batters.
For the Phillies, Hud-
son May pitched 4 1/3 in-
nings for the team, strik-
ing out 10 Cubs batters
In Minor League play,
shut out the Cubs 10-0
at the Northeast Little
League Complex to im-
prove to 6-0 on the sea-
son. Owen Walker led the
team with three hits and
three RBIs. Newman and
William Watts had two
the Synergy Construction hits apiece. Hedges had
Dodgers defeated the Otto two RBIs and Randon We-
Rattlers' Minor Leaguegner one.
team 14-3 at Constitution
Park. Mason Moss led the
Dodgers with two RBIs.
Cooper Winland
pitched 2 1/3 innings for
the Dodgers, striking out
Walker started on the
mound for the Braves and
pitched four innings, strik-
ing out 10 Cubs batters.
For the Cubs, Cash
Wassmer pitched three in-
pitched two innings, fan- five.
ning six Otto batters.
The Wilson Brothers
Construction Cubs de-
feated the Air Butler Heat-
ing and Cooling Phillies
6-2 at the Northeast Little
League Complex.
Tucker Jackson and
Lafe Files led the Cubs with
two RBIs apiece. Kyle Wil-
son started on the mound
The Vision West As-
tros defeated the Big Horn
Federal Rays 13-10 at the
Northeast Complex. Ham-
ilton led the team with two
hits and three RBIs. Wil-
son Hendershot pitched
two innings for the Astros,
striking out five Rays bat-
ters. Travis Asay pitched
one inning, fanning three
nings, striking out seven
Braves batters.
A scheduled game be-
tween the Phillies and
Greybull Pathfinder Cred-
it Union Majors team was
cancelled.
The Astros defeated
the Greybull Minors team
15-10 in Greybull.
The Rays faced a Pow-
ell Minors team at Home-
and pitched five innings batters steader Park in Powell
for the Cubs, striking out TUESDAY S GAMES Tuesday. No score was
12 Phillies batters. Tuesday, the Braves available.
pick up
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Mustangs
crept closer to their first
wins of the 2019 season
with close losses in Bill-
ings Saturday, then after a
rain-out Monday at home,
the Mustangs returned
to Montana Tuesday and
split a doubleheader in
Glendive, picking up their
first "W" in the first game.
Saturday in Bill-
ings, the Mustangs fell
to the Billings Cardinals
13-8 and 10-8 to drop the
'Stangs to 0-9.
Lovell led Billings 4-0
the fifth off Lovell starter
Tyson Christiansen, then
plated six unearned runs
with two out in the sixth
off Christiansen and Ca-
son James to lead 10-7 be-
fore Jess Wambeke came
in to slam the door.
The Mustangs
scratched out one more
run in the top of the sev-
enth on a James double to
fall 10-8.
Mangus and James
had two hits each to lead
the Mustangs, and Pick-
ett drove in two runs.
James took the loss on
after two innings in gamethe mound in relief of
one but sawthe Cardinals Christiansen.
rally to take the lead and FIRST WIN
eventually pull away. Jess
Wambeke had an RBI sin-
gle in Lovelrs three-run
top of the first, and two
other runs scored on an
error and a passed ball.
The Mustangs added a
run in the second.
Billings got to Lovell
starter Ezra Harlow for
three runs in the bot-
tom of the third, then
tied it with a run in the
fourth off reliever Nathan
Minemyer.
With the game tied
5-5 after the top of the
sixth, Billings exploded
for eight runs off Mine-
myer and CJ Pickett to
lead 13-5. Lovell plated
three runs in the top of
the seventh but fell short
of a complete rally. Cason
James ripped a two-run
A Memorial Day dou-
bleheader in Cowley
against the Billings Blue
Jays was rained out and
has yet to be rescheduled,
manager Michael James-
on said. The Mustangs
then traveled all the way
to Glendive, Mont Tues-
day and split with the
home team.
Jess Wambeke twirled
a gem for the Mustangs
in game one Tuesday as
the Mustangs won 7-2 for
their first win of the sea-
son. He allowed five hits
and two unearned runs
in seven innings of work,
walking two and striking
out eight.
"Jess threw a heck of
a game," Jameson said.
"It was his best outing of
the year. Our hitters did a
double for the Mustangs great job of having quali-
in the seventh, ty at bats and did a much
Dallen Mangus, Warn-better job stickingto their
beke, Bishop Trainor and approach at the plate."
James had two hits apiece Cason James blast-
in Montana
Bishop Trainor and
Satchel Ginest singled
home runs in the third,
and Pickett rapped a two-
run double in the fourth.
Pickett finished the
game 3-4 with three runs
and two runs batted in.
Mangus, Trainor and Gin-
est had two hits each.
Game two was a see-
saw affair as Lovell fell
13-12. Lovell led 5-1 and
7-6, only to see Glen-
dive plate six runs in the
fourth to lead 12-7. Lovell
scored three in the fifth
and two in the sixth to tie
the score 12-12, and Glen-
dive scored one more in
the eighth for the walk-
off win.
"Game two was back
and forth," Jameson said.
"We did a good job 'scor-
ing runs. Dallen (Mangus)
scored five runs from the
lead-off spot, and our de-
fense made several clutch
defensive plays in ex-
tra innings to extend the
game.
"We had opportuni-
ties to win it in extras
and didn't get it done, but
overall we saw more im-
provement. Ginest hit well
in both games, as well as
James and Trainor."
Lane Herman start-
ed on the mound for the
Mustangs, and Pickett
threw in relief.
Now 1-10, the Mus-
tangs will travel to Riv-
erton for the Roy Peck
Wood Bat Tournament
this weekend. The Mus-
tangs will face Green Riv-
er Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
and Riverton at 4:30 p.m
to lead the Mustangs. ed a two-run double in followed by a seeded
Lovell led Billings 7-0 the top of the first to get schedule on Sunday.
in game two following the Mustangs going, and Lovell will play in the
a five-run third. Pickettafter Glendive tied the Buffalo Wild Wings Tour-
slashed a two-run triple score with single runs innament in Billings June
during the outburst, the first and second, the6-9 before hosting the
Billings scored a pair Lovell nine scored two inPowell Pioneers for a
in the bottom of the the third and three more conference doubleheader
fourth and two more in in the fourth to pull away. Tuesday, June 11, at 5 p.m.
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