July 26, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle Ill
DAVID PECK
Martin Consuelos attempts to bump the ball over the net to opponent
Israel Garcia as teammate Jessee Wilson watches during the Pioneer Day
volleyball tournament.
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BY DAVID PECK
It was a 1, 2, 3 finish for
the Robertson sisters in the
mile run at the Pioneer Day
Fun Run Saturday morning
in Cowley.
Kim Robertson edged
sister Amanda Robertson at
the finish line with a time of
6:44 to Amanda's 6:45. Su-
sie Robertson was close be-
hind ix ird pl e at 6:54 to
make it a Robertson sweep.
The first inale finish-
er was 13-year-old Jacob
Rolls, who won the men's
division with a time of 7:17,
followed by Brenden Lun-
dberg in 7:25 and sister
Charlotte Rolls in 8:16.
Carson Dixon was the
third-place male with a
time of 8:18.
Alex Aguirre won the
5K with a time of 19:18, fol-
lowed by Michael Bernhisel
in 20:26 and Casey Banks
in 21:18.
Emilee Warnock won
the women's division in the
5K with a time of 25 min-
utes fiat, followed by Ann
Hinckley in 25:14 and Deb
Spiker in 26:53.
Warren Cox won the
5K bike race in 10:25, and
Kyle Cox won the bike loop
in 22:28.
Teagan Townsend was
the top female finisher in
the 5K bike race at 14:54,
and Kathleen Hoyle was
the top female in the bike
loop at 24:51.
Here are the top three
finishers in each division
and age group:
Women's mile run:
14 and under - Charlotte
Rolfs 8:16, Patti Sanders
9:23, Bailee Loftus 9:59; 15-
19 - Kim Robertson 6:44,
Amanda Robertson 6:45,
Susie Robertson 6:54; 30-39
- Amy Aguirre 8:49; 50-59 -
June Minchow 12:38; 60-69
- Gwen Loftus 18:50.
-Men's mile run: 14 and
under - Jacob Rolfs 7:17,
Brenden Lundberg 7:25,
Carson Dixon 8:18; 15-19 -
Xavier Mangus 8:20, Kaden
Yorgason 12:37; 50-59
Monty Wardell 10:58; 60-69
- Roland Simmons 9:37.
Women's 5K run: 15-19
- Emilee Warnock 25:00,
Morgan Fuller 33:56; 20-29
- Cody Tatum and Katrina
Malson 35:07; 30-39 - Car-
DAVID PECK
Sisters Kim (right) and Amanda Robertson near the
finish line in first and second place, respectively,
with sister Susie just behind them, during the
Pioneer Day Fun Run Saturday morning. The three
sisters swept the top three places in the mile run.
oline Jones 27:05, Amber
May 29:00, Rachel Sim-
mons 29:58; 40-49- Ann
Hinckley 25:14, Ronda Yor-
gason 27:09, Sally Bernhis-
el 29:58; 50-59 - Deb Spiker
26:53.
Men's 5K run: 14 and
under - Alex Aguire 19:18,
Colby Doughty 25:47; 15-19
- - Michael Bernhisel 20:26,
Casey Banks 21:18, Nathan
Grant 21:41; 20-29 - Cam-
eron Mackay 23:35; 30-39
- Ryan Jones 24:44; 40-49
- David Rolfs 21:25, John
Bernhisel 22:19, Tim Jones
23:10; 50-59 - Lee Spik-
er 21:32, George Kimer-
ly 25:08, Steve Yorgason
29:03; 60-69 - Russ Loftus
30:55.
Women's 5K bike:
14 and under - Teagan
Townsend 14:54.
Men's 5K bike: 14 and
under - Travis Simmons
25:46; 40-49 - Warren Cox
10:25, Wes Townsend 14:55.
Women's bike loop: 20-
29 - Cora Weinand 33:55;
40-49 - Kathleen Hoyle
24:51.
Men's bike loop: 20-29
- Kyle Cox 22:28; 50-59 -
Nick Wambeke 23:48.
BY BOB GEISER
This past weekend
marked the end of the 2012
Wyoming Coaches Associa-
tion All Star weekend fes-
tivities. Golfers, basket-
ball and volleyball players
as well as coaches all con-
verged on Casper to par-
ticipate in coaching clinics,
award banquets, practices
and games -- all marking
the end of the 2011-2012
athletic year, but also sig-
naling the beginning of the
new school year.
The Big Horn Basin
was well represented at
the annual banquet held
in Casper Friday night and
hosted by the WCA. Hon-
ors given out at the ban-
quet included coach of the
year honors, hall of fame
recognition and the annual
WCA scholarships. Receiv-
ing coach of the year hon-
ors were Doug Hazen of
the Lovell Bulldogs in 2A
football, Chris Edwards of
the Lovell Lady Bulldogs
in 2A girls basketball, Josh
Sanders of the Lovell girls
track and field team and
long-time Lovell official
Joe White, who received
the boys track and field of-
ficial of the year award.
The WCA also gave
out their yearly coaching
awards honoring years of
service. Carol McMillin re-
ceived her 20-year coach-
ing award. McMillin, the
long-time Rocky Mountain
coach, has coached middle
school and high school ac-
tivities and led the Lady
Grizz to the 2010-2011 2A
state volleyball champi-
onship. Jerry Patrick, the
long-time Burlington girls
basketball coach, was hon-
ored for being a National
Coach of the Year finalist
Alyssa Geiser.
His induction write-
up included the following,
"His guidance, leadership
and tireless effort he gave
to his athletes not only
helped them be success-
ful at the junior high lev-
el, but directly contributed
to their success at the high
school level and beyond."
Coach "C" spent countless
hours writing cards of en-
couragement that he gave
each of his students and
players at the end of the
year. Always positive and
uplifting, many of these
cards remain with his
young charges still today.
PLAYERS BRUNCH
On Saturday morning
the activities continued
with a brunch for the play-
ers, coaches and parents
where the game partici-
pants were presented with
their participation plaques.
Colin May of the Lovell
boys basketball team along
with Mike Heny of Powell
(head coach), Waleryan
Wisniewski of Powell (as-
sociate coach) and Michael
Simmons of Rocky Moun-
tain (assistant coach) all
received plaques for be-
ing selected to the North
squad.
Alyssa Geiser of the
two-time defending cham-
pion Lovell Lady Bulldogs
was presented her plaque
for being selected to the
North Girls All Star squad.
She is the ninth Lady Bull-
dog to play in the game
since 2001 and sixth in the
last five years.
BASIN FLAVOR
Adding a little more
Basin flavor to the boys
game were Brady Gulde of
Cody, Chase Partridge of
Powell for the North and
the 4:13 mark in the first
quarter. (Note: they played
high school rules except
each player got six fouls
and quarters were 10 min-
utes). After a see-saw bat-
tle the last four minutes of
the half the North forged
a 45-all tie at half when
Lander star Kristi Ragan
sank three free throws af-
ter she was fouled at the
halftime buzzer.
The third quarter was
a disaster for the North
girls. Foul trouble, cold
shooting and the size of the
south squad spelled doom
for them as they were out
scored 32 to 12 in the quar-
ter and trailed 77-57 enter-
ing the final 10 minutes.
The North outscored the
South 17 to 15 in the final
10 minutes, but it was too
little and too late as the
South came away with a
dominating 92-74 win.
Rawlins center Madi-
son Forney took high scor-
ing honors with 21 as the
North had no answer for
her power moves under the
hoop. Former Lady Bulldog
foe (2010) Ragen Wilson of
the Laramie Lady Plains-
men followed closely with
19 points. The North was
led by Prosceno and Mad-
ison Browning of Natro-
na County with 13 points
each. Geiser finished her
high school career scor-
ing 7 points, dishing out
four assists, snaring two
rebounds and tallying two
turnovers, while handling
the ball from the point
guard position.
The boys game was
like a carbon copy of the
girls game except the roles
were reversed. The North
had a strong inside pres-
ence, especially with tow-
in basketball. Cory Sova of Rock Springs, ering Taylor Millay of
Each year the WCA formerly the longtime Riv- Glenrock clogging the mid-
gives out scholarships to erside Lady Rebels coach, dle. South coach Mick Co-
deserving student-ath-
letes, and a couple of
Lovell athletes were there
to accept their respective
scholarships. Colin May,
who helped lead the Lovell
Bulldog basketball team
to the state runner-up ti-
tle last year and was also
a stalwart for Coach Sand-
ers' cross country team for
four years, received one
grant. Alyssa Geiser who
helped lead the Lady Bull-
dogs to back-to- back state
basketball titles and to a
three-peat in girls track as
well as finishing fourth at
the 2A state golf meet this
past fall received another.
WCA HALL OF FAME
The final local award
recipient of the night was
the late Gerry Christian-
sen, who was .inducted
posthumously into The
WCA Junior High/Mid-
dle School Hall of Fame.
Coach "C', as his students
affectionately called him,
started his Wyoming ca-
reer in Cowley in 1981,
coaching football, boys bas-
ketball and track. He soon
moved on to Rocky Moun-
tain High School and then
to Lovell.
In Lovell he coached
football, volleyball, girls
and boys basketball, wres-
tling, golf and track and
field. He is noted for his
team's success in basket-
ball and track and field. His
teams won eight boys cham-
pionships in basketball
('90 ,'91 ,'95 ,'96 ,'98 ,'99,'00),
four in girls basketball
('95,'96,'05,'06) and three in
track and field ('95,'96,'05).
His one year at the
helm of the Lovell Lady
Bulldog varsity basketball
team resulted in an upset
win over the favored Riv-
erside Lady Rebels and
the 1992 Regional Cham-
pionship. His last middle
school girls team in Lovell
in 2008 included one of
this year's WCA All-Stars,
who was an assistant chran of Wheatland echoed
coach with the South. Also what girls coach Spike Rob-
playing ith the South was jnson had said, noting, "We
David Nelson 0f Whea haVe to be real quick and
land, the son of Lovell na- not settle for a half-court
tive Stuart Nelson and
the grandson of Dorothy
Nelson and the late long-
time Lovell teacher and
coach Rich Nelson. David
was following in his cous-
in Stephanie Green's foot-
steps. Stephanie, a Lady
Bulldog standout, played
in the 2010 WCA All Star
Game.
In the girls game
Geiser was joined by a
pair of Cody Fillies, Bridg-
et Schumacher and Alissa
Prosceno.
THE GAMES
The North volleyball
squad took the first two
games of their match-
up with the South and
breezed to a 3-2win. Seven
individuals from the Basin
took part in the north tri-
umph. Tammy Hays and
Jan Brenner of Cody along
with Selena Fabricius of
Burlington formed the
coaching staff. They were
joined on the squad by
Burlington standout Sadie
Neves and a trio of Cody
Filly players: Brooke My-
ers, Holly Ramseier and
Keara White.
The girls basketball
game, up next, was a bat-
tle of styles. North coach
Spike Robinson had a
squad loaded with guards,
eight out of the 10 girls,
in fact. Robinson stated,
"We need to be up tempo
and keep the game from
becoming a half-court af-
fair. If we do that we will
be alright." For the first
half they did exactly that,
trailing 21-18 at the first-
quarter break. Alyssa
Geiser, playing in her sis-
ter Kelsi's (a 2006 partici-
pant) number 34, sank a
three-point shot with 3:46
left in the half giving the
North their first lead since
game; we need to use our
assets, which are our speed
and quickness and our abil-
ity to get to the front of the
rim."
The first quarter
saw the South sprint out
to a quick 22-18 as the
South's fast, slick pass-
ing guards like David Nel-
son of wheatland kept set-
ting their teammates up
for point blank shots, then
would penetrate and dish
for a wide open 3-point
shot. The deficit would have
been much worse but Colin
May, coming off the bench,
canned a pair of deep three-
pointers for 6 quick points
to pull the North within
striking range.
The success was short
lived as the South out-
scored the North 21 to 5 to
start the second quarter. A
May two-pointer temporari-
ly slowed the onslaught, but
the South entered half with
a commanding 53-30 lead.
The back and forth
third quarter ended with
the South leading 73-
54. The highlight of the
quarter, and probably the
game, was a three-quar-
ter-court shot at the buzz-
er by May that fired up the
Casper College gym crowd.
The shot can be seen on
Wyopreps.com.
The North made some
small inroads against the
South in the final 10 min-
utes but as with the girls
it was too little, too late as
the South took home the
97-85 win. The Big Horn
Basin was well represent-
ed in the scoring column
as May and Chase Par-
tridge led the North with
15 points each. They were
followed closely by Brady
Gulde of Cody with 12
points.
Team W
Nicholls 5
Savages 5
Bassetts 5
Hitz 2
Webers 2
Monsters 2
Floods 0
Men's Softball Standings
L Results
0 Tuesday, July 24
1 Webers 22, Floods 12
1 Savages 15, Hitz 7
4 Bassetts 20, Monsters 16
4 Schedule
5 Thursday, July 26
6 Webers vs. Savages, 6
p.m.
Floods vs. Monsters, 7:15
Hitz vs. Nicholls, 8:30
Tuesday, July 31
Savages vs. Monsters, 6
p.m.
Webers vs. Nicholls, 7:15
Floods vs. Bassetts, 8:30
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