10 IThe Lovell Chronicle I July 14, 2011
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McArthur brothers win. Byron Days Fun Run
BY DAVID PECK
A Lovell High School
student beat his coach as se-
nior Collin McArthur won
the Byron Days Fun Run 5K
Saturday morning.
McArthur ran the 5K
course in 18:03 and also won
the 16-19-year-old age divi-
sion. Placing second overall
was LHS distance coach Ca-
leb Sanders, who won the 30-
39 age division with a time
of 18:38. Placing third was
2011 LHS graduate Ken-
neth Moncur, also a student
of Sanders, who recorded a
time of 18:51. barren Bal-
lard was fourth with a time
of 19:11, Joshua Sanders -
also an LHS coach - fifth at
19:59.
Lindsay DeReadt of
Powell won the women's
5K with a time of 20:11, fol-
lowed by Alyson Bernhisel
in 21:52 and Kim Robertson
in 21:55.
In the mile, LHS soph-
omore Calin McArthur
topped the field with a time
of 5:59, also winning the 16-
19 age group. Calin's sisters
Chayli and Charri (all three
are 5K winner Collin McAr-
thur's siblings) placed sec-
ond and third, respectively,
in the mile with times of
6:36 and 6:47, followed by
10-year-old Grace Wasmer
in 7:57 and Jeanna Was-
smer in 8:22.
Here are the results of
Saturday's race by age cat-
egory:
Men's mile- 10-under,
Gabriel Brown, 10:54; 11-
15, none; 16-19, Calin McAr-
thur, 5:59; 20-29, none; 30-
39, Peter Sanders, 16:27
(running with his wife, Son-
dra, and 3-year-old daughter
Haley); 40-49, Ken Sabath,
8:23; 50-plus, Eldon Sand-
ers, 17:15.
Women's mile- 10-un-
der, Grace Wassmer, 7:57;
11-15, Chayli McArthur,
6:36; 16-19, Amanda Rob-
ertson, 10:23 (running with
5-year-old Maren Brink-
low); 20-29, Kristin Sand-
ers, 17:16; 30-39, Shellie
Sanders, 14:58; 40-49, Jean-
na Wassmer, 8:22; 50-plus,
none.
Men's 5K- 10-under,
none; 11-15, none; 16-19,
Collin McArthur, 18:03; 20-
29, David Sanders, 27:13;
30-39, Caleb Sanders, 18:38;
40-49, John Bernhisel,
21:18; 50-plus, Mike Mon-
cur, 23:22.
Women's 5K- 10-under,
none; 11-15, Kim Robert-
son, 21:55; 16-19, Marquette
McArthur, 27:26; 20-29,
Lindsay DeReadt, 20:11; 30-
39, Kristi Daniels, 24:31; 40-
49, Ann Hinckley, 25:42; 50-
plus, Dawn Monson, 38:19.
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Collin McArthur blasts to the finish
line to win the 5K portion of the Byron Days Fun
Run Saturday morning. McArthur scorched the
course in 18:03.
DAVID PECK
Grace Wassmer gives it her all as she nears the finish
line in the mile run during the Byron Days Fun Run
Saturday morning. Wassmer finished fourth overall
with a time of 7:57.
DAVID PECK
Juan Rivera of the North Big Horn 9ol0-year-old
Little League All-Star team rocks and fires in a
district tournament round robin game against
Cody Monday night in Powell.
Young Mustangs look solid but drop four of five
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Mus-
tangs can't quite get over
the hump. Although they
played well at times dur-
ing games in Riverton and
Douglas over the weekend,
they came away with just
one win in five games, leav-
ing the young team 6-19 on
the season.
Thursday, the Mustangs
traveled to Riverton to make
:hp; 0neof w6 games-post-,
poned on July 1: One bad
inning spelled doom for the
Mustangs, who fell to the
Raiders 5-1.
Lovell pitcher Hunter
Hinckley had a rough start,
walking the first batter and
hitting three of the next four,
followed by another walk, as
Riverton plated five runs in
the bottom of the first in-
ning. But Hinckley settled
down after that and blanked
the home team over the next
five innings.
"He relaxed," coach Bill
Pickett said. "After that he
had short innings. They nev-
er did hit him very well."
Meanwhile, the Mus-
tangs got runners on base
but failed to get them home,
Pickett said, leaving two on
base in the first, two more
in the third and one each in
the fourth and fifth.
"The whole weekend
was 'left on base' (as the
theme)," Pickett said. "We
were hitting the ball right
at people."
Lovell only scored one
run Thursday when McK-
ayan May singled and scored
on a double by Kyle Peter-
son in the fourth inning.
DOUGLAS
TOURNAMENT
The Mustangs trav-
eled to Douglas Friday for
the three-day Bolin Memo-
rial Wood Bat Tournament.
They faced Riverton Fri-
day night in a tournament
game that was also declared
a Northwest Conference
game to complete the July 1
makeup date.
As in the previous game,
the Mustangs got runners
on base but stranded nine
as Riverton won 8-4. Riv-
erton built a 5-0 lead after
three innings. Lovell rallied
: f0i; lee ih:the;fmirth: as
Peterson doubled home one
and Brandon Dickson plat-
ed two.
Riverton put the game
away with three in the bot-
tom of the fifth, and Lovell
added a late run in the
seventh as Steven Pickett
walked and scored on a dou-
ble by Dylan Hultgren.
Dillon Pickett, a 15-year-
old, pitched the distance
for the Mustangs and per-
formed well, his father said.
"He made some Babe
Ruth mistakes, but he did a
great job," the coach said.
WIN OVER DOUGLAS
Saturday morning the
Mustangs picked up their
only win of the weekend as
they topped the host Doug-
las Cats 6-5. Hultgren went
the distance on the mound
for the win, shutting the
Cats out in three of six in-
nings.
The game was tied 1-1
after three innings, but
Lovell scored three runs in
the top of the fourth to take
a 4-1 lead. Douglas matched
the Mustangs with three in
the bottom of the frame. Na-
than Ballard singled and
scored in the fifth for Lovell,
but the Cats matched the
run in the bottom of the in-
ning - 5-5.
Dillon Pickett doubled
and scored on a sacrifice fly
in the sixth and Hultgren
shut out the Cats in the bot-
tom of the inning for the 6-5
Lovell win, striking out the
last batter with two runners
on base.
Completing round-rob-
in play, the Mustangs faced
the Torrington Tigers in the
next game and fell 12-9 in a
rather unusual contest.
Pickett said four first-
', inning: Torrington runs
could be attributei to the
bright Wyoming sky as
lazy fly balls got lost in the
sun, much to the chagrin of
Lovell starting pitcher Ste-
ven Pickett.
"Steve pitched great,"
Coach Pickett said. "There
were probably four of those
in the first."
Torrington led 5-1 after
3½ innings, but Lovell plat-
ed four in the bottom of the
fourth to tie the game 5-5.
The Mustangs could have
taken the lead, Pickett said,
but on a bases-loaded dou-
ble, Dino Collins and Tony
Rodriguez scored but Ste-
ven Pickett was called out
at the plate and ejected for
not sliding and for making
contact with the Torrington
catcher. Coach Pickett said
his son saw Rodriguez cross
the plate in front of him
standing up and thought he
could do the same, but then
the ball arrived too late for
him to slide.
The ejection not only
stopped the Lovell rally, it
put the starting pitcher on
the base and Torrington
scored seven runs in the top
of the fifth against 15-year-
old Dickson. Lovell rallied
for four in the bottom of the
fifth but couldn't make up
the deficit.
FINAL GAME
After numerous tie-
breakers were applied to
seed Douglas, Riverton and
Lovell - each 1-2 in pool
play -- a coin flip seeded
Lovell third, which set up
a re-match with Douglas
Sunday. Some poor base
running plagued the Mus-
tangs, and they left seven
on base in an 11-3 loss to
the Cats. Ballard took the
loss for the Mustangs, and
Hincll iiched an'inning
of reIief, i i i,
"We ntiIe a lot of young
mistakes, although we hit
the ball pretty well," Pick-
ett said.
HALOS TOURNAMENT
As the regular season
winds down, the Mustangs
are in Billings this week
for the Billings Halos Tour-
nament. The Mustangs
opened play Wednesday
with a 3 p.m. game against
the Halos followed by a 5
p.m. game against the Bill-
ings Cardinals.
Thursday, the Mus-
tangs play the Cody Cubs
in a Northwest Conference
game at 12:30 in Billings,
and on Friday the Mus-
tangs will take on the Liv-
ingston Braves at 10 a.m.
Teams will play for first,
third and fifth place on
Saturday.
The Mustangs are still
trying to make up a May
24 double-header at Powell
that was rained out, and
Pickett said they may do so
Sunday in Powell, followed
by the final home games of
the season Monday against
the Sheridan Jets in Cow-
ley, scheduled for 1 and 3
p.m.
The North District
Tournament is July 21-23
in Gillette. The state tour-
nament is July 27-30 in
Cheyenne.
Friday game at 12:30
Babe Ruth stars open district play in Cody
BY DAVID PECK
The regular season is
over and the North Big
Horn Babe Ruth All-Stars
are competing at the Dis-
trict IV Tournament in Cody
this week.
League General Man-
ager Ray Peterson said the
North Big Horn Program had
hoped to field both a 13-year-
old squad and a 14-15-year-
old team for tournaments
in Powell and Cody, respec-
tively, but with only seven
13-year-olds available, the
program is consolidating
into a 13-15-year-old squad.
A once-expected seven-
team district bracket has
been pared to four, with
Riverton, Thermopolis and
Worland unable to field all-
star teams, Peterson said,
so the tournament will be
played in two days.
Friday's games include
Powell vs. Greybull at 10
a.m., followed by North Big
Horn vs. Cody at 12:30. The
two losers play for survival
at 4 p.m., and the two win-
ners play in the semifinals
at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday's schedule in-
cludes a loser-out game at
10 a.m. and the champi-
onship game at 1 p.m., fol-
lowed by a second title game
if the undefeated team in
the 1 p.m. game loses.
SATURDAY GAMES
In the final regular sea-
son games Saturday after-
noon in Cowley, the A's and
Rockies hosted Worland,
splitting the doubleheader.
Worland edged the A's
6-5 in game one Saturday.
Trailing 6-1 after 2½ in-
nings, the A's rallied for four
runs in the bottom of the
third but fell just short. Ca-
leb Horrocks started on the
mound for the A's and Dil-
lon Harvey mopped up.
In game two, the Rock-
ies edged Worland 6-5.
Trailing 5-1 after 2½ in-
nings, the Rocks plated
four runs in the third, then
won it in the bottom of the
fourth.
Geiser, Jameson and Mangus
win Wagner Tournament
The trio of Grant Gei-
ser, Scotty Jameson and
Brandon Mangus was hot
on the links Saturday to
win the annual Jim Wag-
ner Memorial Golf Tourna-
ment at the Foster Gulch
Golf Course.
Placing second in the 18-
hole scramble was the team
of Scott Watson, Levi Miller
and John Wilson, while the
trio of Ron Schmidt, Mike
Kitchen and Rick Eades
placed third. The threesome
of Brock Frates, Lane Den-
zin and Tony Frost placed
fourth, followed by the team
of Josh Tippetts, Pat Win-
land and Dan Wolvington
in fifth.
Winning flag prizes
were Dave Frost, Geiser,
Winland, Kitchen, Dean
Wolvington, Doug Harri-
son, Luke Harrison, Man-
gus, Wilson, James Chris-
tiansen, Randy Putman,
Peggy Denzin, Lane Den-
zin, Frates, Casey Traut-
man, Miller, Tony Frost and
Lynette Frost.
