Lovell Mustangs C baserunner Hudson May slides head first into home plate
and beats the tag to give the Mustangs an 8-7 walk-
Monday evening in Cowley.
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off victory over the Riverton Raiders
Mustang C sweeps Riverton, goes undefeated in conference
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Mustangs
American Legion C base—
ball squad finished the
conference season un—
scathed by sweeping the
Riverton Raiders Monday
in Cowley. I
The Mustangs defeat-
ed Riverton 8—7 in walk—
off fashion in game one.
Lovell led 4—0 early in the
game on a triple by Alex
Hedges to score Matthew
Newman, a single by Lafe
Files to bring in Hedges,
an error by Riverton to
score Files and a single by
Cash Wassmer to bring in
Hudson May.
Both teams scored a
run in the secOnd as Lovell
led 5-1 after two innings.
The Lovell bats went cold
midway through the game
as Riverton scored two
runs in the fourth to trail
5-3.
After a scoreless fifth,
the Lovell bats responded
and the Mustangs scored
BY SAM SMITH
The AXENOX Tur—
quoise Terrors defeated the
Club Dauntless Ruby Reds
10—1 in the championship
game of a 14U girls softball .
tournament Thursday at
Constitution Park.
Kenadee Rael and Key-
lee Christiansen scored
three runs apiece for the
Terrors.
Christiansen pitched a
complete game, allowing
one hit and striking out 11.
Jenna Hessenthaler
scored the lone run for the
Ruby Reds.
Members of the Tur—
quoise Terrors 14U squad
were Kaydree Owens, Ce-
SAM SMITH
Lovell Mustangs C baserunner Max Cooley scoots back to second base to avoid
a
pickoff during the Mustangs’ 17-1 game two victory over Riverton Monday
in Cowley.
two runs. Davin Crosby
doubled home Kyle Wil—
son, then stole home for
run number two.
In the final inning, the
leste Lindsay, Hannity Fel—
kins, Ashley Mangus, Ce-
celia Collins, Jasmyn
Peterson, Emma Sponsel,
Sharlotte Hanusa, Kenadee
Rael, Keylee Christian—
sen, Kenley Wilson, Can-
dace Walker and Kennedy
Brimhall.
The head coach of the
Terrors was Jenny Chris—
tiansen, assisted by Adri—
enne Mangus and Tori Kid—
gell. The Terrors, finished
the season 8—2.
“It’s exciting to see how
far our girls came this sea—
son," Christiansen said. “All
the girls put in extra time,
and they have so much love
for the game. Thanks for all
Raiders got to Lovell hurl—
er Max Cooley and scored
four runs to tie the game
at seven. ‘
In Lovell’s at bat,
ANNETTE Moss I
Turquoise Terrors batter Kenadee Rael takes a mighty swing at a pitch
during the
Terrors’ 10-1 win over the Ruby Reds Thursday at Constitution Park.
Turquoise Terrors defeat Ruby Reds
to win 14U softball tournament
the support from the com—
munity and helping make
our program possible.”
Members of the run—
ner-up Ruby Reds squad
were Kira Collins, Jenna
Hessenthaler, Kindle Col-
lins, Janelle Hessenthaler,
Charlotte Bair, Livee James,
Angela Lopez, Brook-
lin Clark, Vivian Slabbert,
Caitlyn Allen, Sara Brinker—
hoff and Danika Crumrine.
Jen Hessenthaler and
Marybeth Slabbert were
the coaches of the Ruby
Reds, who finished the sea—
son 7—3.
The Ruby Reds opened
SEE ‘SOFTBALL’ page 13
May represented the
game—winnin run after
being walke . May stole
second and third and
scored on a passed ball for
the winning run.
Hedges went 3—3 with
an RBI and a run, and Files
was 2-3 with an RBI and a
run.- Crosby went 2—4 with
an RBI and two runs.
Newman pitched
three innings, allow—
ing a run on one hit and
three walks and striking
out one. Braxton Felkins
pitched two innings, a1—
lowing two runs on three
hits and three walks and
fanning four.
Cooley pitched two in—
nings, allowing four runs
on three hits and a walk
and whiffing one. V
AIS-run second inning
helped the ‘Stangs defeat
Riverton 17—1 in game two
and complete the sweep.
Crosby went 3—4
with three RBIs and two
runs. May was 2—4 with
four RBIs and a run. Files
went 2—3 with an RBI and
two runs. Cooley went
2—2 with an RBI and three
runs, and Owen Edwards
was 2-2 with two RBIs and
two runs. Hedges went
1—2 with an RBI and two
runs. Newman went 1—3
and scored a run. Felkins
went 1—2 with two RBIs
and three runs.
Hedges pitched three
innings, allowing a run on
two walks and strikin out
four. Wassmer pitche two
innings, allowing a hit and
three walks and farming
two.
The two wins over
Riverton helped Lovell
secure the number one
seed in their quadrant at
the upcoming Wyoming C
State Tournament in Rock
Springs July 15—18. .
“We’re excited to go to
State as the number one
seed for our quadrant,”
coach Nick Wilson said.
Now 23-7—1, the MUS-
tangs are scheduled to
compete in the Western
Walkoff Tournament Fri—
day through Sunday in
Billings.
Power hitting propels
Mustangs to sweep
BY DAVID PECK
There’s an old cliché in
baseball that, when a team
scores a lot of runs, the club
is said to have “broken out
the heavy lumber” to score
the runs. In the case of the
modern day use of alumi-
num bats, perhaps a better
saying would be that the
Lovell Mustangs broke out
the heavy metal to sweep
the Billings Expos Friday
afternoon at the Cowley
Legion Baseball Field.
Indeed, the Mustangs
let loose in the twin bill,
scoring 32 runs in a sweep
. of the Billings team, 16-11
and 16-6.
The wins moved the
Mustangs’ record to 15—17,
more wins than the last
two seasons combined.
“All year our batters
one through nine have
done a good job,” manag—
er Michael Jameson said.
“We’ve seen a big improve—
ment from last season.
We’ve made a conscious ef-
fort to focus on our hitting.
We’ve spent more time on
hitting in the field and in
live situations to create
game-like pitching.”
Lovell belted out 28
hits in the two games.
Things got a little dicey
in game one for the Mus-
tangs before they pulled
awa . Starting pitcher
Tuc er Jackson allowed
only two runs in four in-
nings of work, and his
teammates scored six runs
in the second and one in
the fourth as the home
team led 7—2. After Jack-
son reached a predeter—
mined pitch count and was
removed from the game,
the Expos scored two runs
against reliever Blake Wil-
son in the top of the fifth,
aided by an error in the
outfield. Then after Lovell
failed to score in the bot—
tom of the inning, Bill-
ings busted out for seven
runs in the top of the sixth
against Wilson and reliever
Satchel Ginest to take an
11—7 lead.
DAVID PECK
Lovell Mustangs batter Tucker Jackson looks locked in
on a pitch during Lovell’s game one win over the Billings
Expos Friday at the Cowley Legion Field.
Wilson got two early
outs around a walk in the
sixth, but an error opened
the floodgates as Billings
tied the score 7-7, then
took a four-run lead.
“That was the first time
Blake had pitched in a game
in a couple of weeks due to
some tendinitis in his el—
bow,” Jameson said. “He
looked good early. The big-
gest thing was him being
able to throw without dis-
comfort, and we look for-
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