10 I The Lovell Chronicle I July 22, 2010
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Tournaments are hard
to find, but the Lovell Lit-
tle League North Big Horn
All-Stars have formed both
a 9-10-year-old team and
an ll-12-year-old team to
compete in post-season play
this summer.
The ll-12-year-olds are
coached by Joe Bond and
Troy Teter, and the North
Big Horn stars went 1-3 at
a tournament July 9-10 in
Cody.
The 9-10-year-olds are
coached by John Schneider
Jr., Todd Nunn and John
Dickerson and went 2-2 at a
tournament the same week-
end in Powell.
Members of the
ll-12-year-old team are
Dillon Harvey, Nic Haskell,
Beau Green, Brandon Teter,
Trace Murphey, Cordell
McFarlane, Tyler Teter, Ri-
ley Abraham, Dakota Bond,
Spur Hackney, Salimon
Nava, Shawn Mollett and
Cole Wambeke.
Members of the
9-10-year-old team are Trey
Dickerson, Dalton Nix-
on, Trevan Lewis, Tristan
Johnson, Jeremy Schneider,
Juan Rivera, Logan Nunn,
Dylan Langston, Colton
Christie, Kaelan Snell, Dal-
ton Bond and Ethan Hes-
senthaler.
July 9 in Cody, the
ll-12-year-olds fell to Pow-
ell 11-1 and to Sheridan
14-0. Then on July 10 the
North Big Horn stars fell to
Riverton 10-5 but defeated
Powell 4-2.
Bond said the team
"didn't show up" for the
first two games but turned
jt around to play better on
Saturday.
"You could tell they
weren't playing with each
other," Bond said, adding
that they team was intimi-
dated by the other tough
teams in Cody.
The team played much
better ball on Saturday,
Bond said, noting, "The
kids never gave up (against
Riverton). They came back
to score a few runs."
Cole Wambeke hit a
three-run homerun, helping
North Big Horn score four
in the bottom of the fifth.
The team had momentum
on their side but ran out of
time to get the win, Bond
said, adding that the all-
stars started doing better
after seeing that they could
play close against Riverton.
In the losers bracket,
North Big Horn was paired
against Powell for the sec-
ond time in the tournament,
but the team played with
confidence the second time
around, tying the game 2-2
in the top of the fourth and
plating two more in the
fifth. Pitcher Cordell Mc-
Farlane held Powell score-
less in the final inning, se-
curing the 4-2 win for the
DAvm PECK
Riley Abraham of the North Big Horn 11-12-year-old all-stars slides into third base in a cloud of dust during
a game against the NBH 9-10-year-olds Monday night at the East Little League Field.
North Big Horn team.
Lovell took fourth place
out of six teams in the tour-
ney.
The 9-10-year-olds
played at a tournament
in Powell the same week-
end, playing to a 2-2 record.
North Big Horn beat Pow-
ell 12-9 and Gillette 10-3
on Friday, then ran out of
pitchers, coach John Sch-
neider said, and fell to Riv-
erton 8-6 and Gillette 9-5 on
Saturday.
Schneider noted that
Tristan Johnson, Trey Dick-
erson and Jeremy Schneider
all hit the ball well during
the tournament. Dickerson
and Schneider pitched well
for the all-stars, the coach
said.
Bond said the league is
attempting to put together
a tournament in Lovell this
weekend, at least a 9-10-
year old tourney and pos- 1
sibly some ll-12-year-old
games, too, if teams can be
found. Most older teams are
busy playing at the state i
tournament this week.
Details of the Lovell
tournament were not avail-
able by press time. i
BY DAVID PECK
Two players and a coach
from LoveU will participate
in the Wyoming Coaches
Association all-star games
this Saturday in Casper.
Katie Walker and
Stephanie Green will play
for the North team in the
girls all-star basketball
game, and they will be
coached by their high school
coach, Bob Geiser.
Practice was to begin
Wednesday, with two prac-
tices on Thursday and Fri-
day, as well, Geiser said.
He is assisted by Sarah No-
vak ofTen Sleep and Laura
Pierson of Kaycee. Rod Ty-
son of Laramie is the South
coach, Geiser said.
Following a luncheon
to honor the players on Sat-
urday, play begins with the
volleyba~m~tch at 2 p.m.,
the girls basketball game at
4 p.m. and the boys basket-
ball game at 6. The games
will be played at Casper
College.
Geiser said the north
team will include three
players the Lady Bulldogs
have played against in re-
cent years: Fallon Lewis of
Tongue River and Savan-
nah Hardeman and Jessica
Fischer of Jackson.
Walker was the player
of the year in the North-
west 2A Conference, Geiser
said, and Green was added
to the team after being a
first alternate.
Walker averaged 8.3
points per game this sea-
son, 3.1 assists per game
(forth in the 2A West) and
6.1 rebounds per game
(10th in the West). She
shot 66 percent from the
free-throw line, which was
ninth in the West.
Green was fifth in the
2A West in blocked shots
with 33 on the season,
sixth in rebounding at 6.4
rebounds per game and
eighth in free-throw shoot-
ing at 68 percent. She aver-
aged 8.1 points per game.
"It's kind of nice to
have a couple of kids you've
coached on the team," Gei-
ser said. "It will also be fun
coaching Fallon and the
two Jackson girls. I've seen
them play against us, and
now they'll be on our side-
line instead of me trying
to figure out how to stop
them."
Coaches can't run a
zone defense in an all-star i
t
game, Geiser noted.
"We'll run a man-to- t
man defense and try to
get out and run and use a
motion offense," he said.
1
Hope can u e the
girls skilla:::and showcase :
what :' ~ "
they ve done their
whole careers."
BY DAVID PECK
Having completed a rugged
stretch that saw them play 14
games in 12 days, the Lovell Mus-
tangs have been gearing up for
the North District Tournament,
which begins today (Thursday) in
Cody.
Coach Ray Peterson said the
Mustangs played some good ball
during the two-week period but
also stumbled at times and, with
so many games in that time peri-
od, struggled with pitching depth
and had to dip into the Babe Ruth
ranks for players at times.
After dropping games to Cody
on July 5 and 6 (reported earlier),
the Mustangs dropped a pair at
home against Green River on July
7, 10-1 and 8-5, then traveled to
the Billings Halos tournament in
Billings on July 8-9, where they
dropped four games to complete a
stretch that saw them play eight
games in five days.
In Billings the Mustangs fell
to Billings Select 24-6 and the
Halos 15-2 on July 8, then fell to
Laurel 12-1 and the Billings Blue
Jays 11-2 on July 9. The Mustangs
were scheduled to play Cody in
Billings on July 10, but they opted
to travel to Sheridan instead, but
the bus overheated on the way
over the mountain. That double-
header was rescheduled for the
following Wednesday, July 14.
SHERIDAN SPLIT
In Sheridan, the Mustangs de-
feated the Jets 13-3 but dropped a
wild second game 26-24.
In game one, Lovell jumped
on the Jets for four runs in the top
of the first inning. Casey Pickett
singled and scored on a double by
Andrew Young. After Shane Dick-
erson walked~ Cris Davila hit a
two-run double, then scored on a
passed ball.
After Sheridan got one back
in the bottom of the first, Lovell
plated three more in the top of the
second to lead 7-1. A two-run dou-
ble with two outs by Shane Dick-
erson scored Pickett and Young,
and Davila singled home Dicker-
son.
Lovell continued the on-
slaught, scoring four in the third
to lead 11-1. Shane Dickerson
ripped a two-run double to cap
the inning. The Mustangs added
single runs in the fourth and fifth,
while Sheridan plated two in the
bottom of the fifth to fall 13-3.
Casey Pickett started on
the mound and was the winning
pitcher for the Mustangs, allow-
ing three runs in five innings on
six hits and a walk, striking out
six.
"Ue's one of our more accurate
pitchers, and we hit the ball well,"
Peterson said.
In the crazy nightcap, Love]l
led 7-4 after one, 10-7 after two,
15-14 after three and 21-19 after
four, then failed to score in the
fifth, while Sheridan scored five to
lead 24-21. Lovell scored three in
the top of the sixth to tie the game
at 24, although a controversial in-
terference call halted the rally, Pe-
terson said. Sheridan scored two
in the bottom of the sixth to win
the game, which ended around 11
p.m., Peterson said.
After the late night com-
ing home over the mountain, the
Mustangs had to turn around and
play Laurel Thursday afternoon
in Cowley, dropping the double-
header 17-6 and 11-1.
JACKSON PAIR
The Mustangs hosted the
Jackson Giants Friday for a
chance to clinch third place in
the Northwest Conference. Lovell
needed one game to guarantee a
tie with the Giants, and a second
win would have clinched third
outright.
Lovell edged Jackson 11-10
in the first game. Jackson scored
two in the top of the first against
Lovell starter Casey Clawson, but
"The Claw" shut down the Jack-
son bats in the second and third
as Lovell took the lead with four
in the bottom of the first and two
more in the third to lead 6-2.
Shane Dickerson, Bryce Dick-
erson and Scott Everheart had
DAVID PECK
Casey "the Claw" Clawson fires a pitch for the Lovell Mustangs
during a recent contest. The Mustangs will take on Gillette today
(Thursday) at 4 p.m. in Cody at the District Tournament.
RBIs in the first inning, and Ever-
heart ripped a two-run homerun
in the third. Each team scored one
run in the fourth, but Jackson ex-
ploded for five in the fifth to lead
8-7 as Lovell relieved with Erik
Brimhall on the mound.
The Mustangs answered with
three in the bottom of the fifth to
lead 10-8, but Jackson tied the
game with single runs in the sixth
and seventh. Lovell won the game
in the bottom of the seventh when
Davila singled with one out and
scored on a sharp single by Claw-
son.
In game two, Lovell jumped
on top with two runs in the bottom
of the first inning but only scored
one run the rest of the game in a
9-3 loss. In the first, Casey Pick-
ett led off with a single and Shane
Dickerson singled. Bryce Dicker-
son doubled to score Pickett and
Young reached on an error that
scored Shane Dickerson.
Walks hurt Lovell starter
Steven Pickett as Jackson plated
four runs in the second. Pickett
settled down to blank the Giants
for four innings, but Jackson ral-
lied for five runs in a sloppy sev-
enth, Peterson said, noting, "It
was a mess." Trailing 9-2, Lovell
pushed across one run in the bot-
tom of the seventh, but it was too
little, too late.
The loss left the Mustangs in
a tie-breaker with Jackson, and
the Giants got third place based ]
on records against common oppo-
nents.
DISTRICT TOURNEY
The Mustangs head into the
district tournament in Cody today
with a 12-27 record. They play the
top seed from the Northeast - the
Gillette Roughriders - at 4 p.m.
Peterson said the Mustangs will
give it their best shot.
"We'll throw our best and
hope to stay with them," he said.
"We'll see if the kids come to play
or fold. We have enough pitchers
to go two good games. We'll see
what happens."
If the Mustangs pull the up-
set, they'll play the winner of the
Cody-Douglas game at 7 p.m. Fri-
day. If they lose to Gillette, they'll
play the loser of the Cody-Doug-
las contest Friday at 1 p.m. If they
survive that game, they would
play at 10 a.m. Saturday for a
chance to go to the state tourna-
ment.
BABE RUTH REPORT
Peterson didn't have details
but said the North Big Horn
Rockies Babe Ruth team forged
a 1-2 record at their district tour-
nament in Worland last week. On
Thursday, NBH crushed the host
Worland team 15-0, he said, then
met Powell on Friday, falling 10-
2. They lost to Cody Saturday to
be eliminated, but Peterson said
Wheatland can't field a team for
the state tournament this week
so the Rockies were asked to take
their place.
The state Babe Ruth tourna-
ment began Wednesday in Powell.
NBH is a member of Pool B and
was scheduled to play Douglas
Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Rockies
will then play Green River Thurs-
day at 10 a.m. and Cody Friday at
7 p.m.
The top two teams from each
pool will play in a bracketed tour-
nament beginning Saturday at 9
a.m.
