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July 29, 2010 I The Lovell Chronicle I 11
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Mustangs
found the going tough at
the North District Ameri-
can Legion Baseball tour-
nament in Cody last week,
dropping both of their
games to conclude the sea-
son.
Lovell had tied with
Jackson as the third seed
from the Northwest Con-
ference but lost a tie-break-
er to the Giants and had
to face Northeast top seed
Gillette in the first round.
Lovell lost that ballgame
26-7 on Thursday after-
noon. Gillette went on to
defeat Powell for the title
Saturday night, 12-2.
The loss to Gillette
placed the Mustangs in a
do-or-die situation Friday
afternoon, and they fell to
Douglas 13-2 to conclude
their season.
Lovell hung with Gil-
lette early in game one and,
in fact, led 1-0 after two in-
nings as Casey Clawson
was sharp on the mound for
the Mustangs. Lovell got on
the scoreboard first in the
bottom of the first when
Steven Pickett singled with
two out and scored on a
double by Andrew Young.
Erik Brimhall also singled
in the inning.
Clawson allowed no
runs and only one hit in
two innings of work on the
mound for the Mustangs,
then ran into trouble in the
third as two hit batters, a
walk and wild pitches al-
lowed Gillette to score four
DAvm PECK
Lovell Mustang second baseman Bryce Dickerson applies a tag to a sliding Gillette Roughrider during
Lovell's opening-round game at the district tournament in Cody Thursday afternoon.
runs.
Young relieved Clawson
on the mound in the fourth
and allowed three more on
a three-run homerun as
Gillette led 7-1 after three.
After that it was Katy bar
the door as the Roughriders
scored six in the fifth, seven
in the sixth and six in the
seventh. Cris Davila threw
in relief of Young.
"Their defense didn't
impress me, but their hit-
ting was their strongest
suit," Lovell coach Ray Pe-
terson said. "They went
through our pitchers like
paper."
Lovell scored three runs
in the fifth, two in the sixth
and one in the seventh.
Scott Everheart got
the Mustangs going in the
three-run fifth with a solo
homerun. Davila walked
and scored on a single by
Shane Dickerson, and af-
ter a walk to Steven Pick-
ett, Dickerson scored on a
ground out by Young.
In the sixth, Jordan
Mickelson ripped a lead-
off double and scored on a
single by Everheart. After
Dickerson reached base
on an error, a double steal
left runners at second and
third. Steven Pickett then
singled home Everheart.
In the seventh, Mick-
elson singled with two out,
and after walks to Ever-
heart and Davila, Casey
Pickett singled to score
Mickelson. Everheart was
throw out at the plate at-
tempting to score.
In Friday's elimina-
tion game, Douglas broke
open a 1-1 game with three
runs in the third, five in the
fourth and three more in
the fifth to lead 12-1. Mean-
while, the Lovell bats were
quiet. The Mustangs failed
to score in four straight in-
nings before plating a run
in the seventh when Steven
Pickett reached on an er-
ror, Casey Pickett singled
and Shane Dickerson dou-
bled to score Steven.
"Our bats were quiet,"
Peterson said, and added
coach Bill Pickett, "They
kept biting on his (Douglas
pitcher) off-speed pitches.
We had eight strikeouts."
Steven Pickett started
on the mound for the Mus-
tangs and took the loss.
Casey Pickett threw the fi-
nal three innings.
Though having seven
19-year-olds, the Mustangs
fmished the season with a
12-29 record, and Peterson
admitted that he was dis-
appointed by the team's re-
cord.
"I was expecting more
wins," he said. "What hurt
us was the depth of our
pitching. We had a cou-
ple of damaged arms with
Shane (Dickerson) and Jor-
dan (Mickelson), and we
had a lot of errors. The er-
rors would pile up, and it
was also misplayed balls
and mental errors. It would
just add up."
Friday's game was the
final game in the career of
19-year-olds Bryce Dicker-
son, Casey Pickett, Scott
Everheart, Casey Clawson,
Jordan Mickelson, Andrew
Young and Erik Brimhall.
The team will look to this
year's 18-year-olds Shane
Dickerson and Cris Davila
for leadership next year,
along with 17-year-old Kyle
Peterson. Steven Pickett
also shone as a 16-year-old
this year.
Possibly moving up to
the Mustangs are current
Babe Ruth 15-year-olds Na-
than Ballard, Dylan Hult-
gren, Hunter Hinckley, Mc-
Kayan May, Cody Savage,
Dino Collins and Michael
Bernhisel.
"We're looking forward
to next season," Peterson
said. "I hope the players
are."
BY DAVID PECK
Wyoming's small schools
proved that they can play with
the big boys (or girls) as the North
squad vanquished the South in the
annual Wyoming Coaches Associa-
tion All-Star girls basketball game
Saturday after 9o at Casper Col-
lege
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Coached by Bob Geiser of
Lovell (head coach) and Sean
Shockley of Jackson (assistant),
the fast-breaking North pulled
away from the South - despite
their six Class 4A players - to win
80-54.
Two Lovell High School gradu-
ates, Katie Walker and Stephanie
Green, contributed to the North
win, Geiser said.
The game was the first bas-
ketball game played on the newly-
refmished Thunderbird Gym floor,
he noted.
"We started really slow and
were down 6-zip and finally hit a
bucket," Geiser said. "After they
scored, it went to 8-4 on a Katie
Walker bucket.
"Then we started getting up
tempo and started passing the ball
instead of walking it up the floor.
It took the girls three or four rain-
utes to understand what we want-
ed to do in a game situation."
Down 11-7, the North went on
a 15-1 run to finish the first quar-
ter up 22-12.
"It was just getting out and
up the sidelines without a dribble
and attacking before the defense
was set," Geiser said.
Playing 10-minute quarters,
coaches are required to play a dif-
ferent group of players every 10
minutes, and that rule seemed to
play into the hands of Geiser and
Shockley.
"I think the South stacked the
first squad, whereas we evened it
out," he said. "They closed to 24-
20, and then we went on a 13-1
run to lead by 16, 37-21. Then we
traded baskets and we led 42-25
at the half.
"Sean and I were really
pleased with the girls. The key
was getting the ball and getting
it up the floor in a hurry. We got
a lot of quick layups and a lot of
wide-open threes."
Geiser said Lovell center
Stephanie Green did her usual
tough defensive job in the paint,
noting that although Courtney
Patterson of Rock Springs led
the South with 19 points, 10 of
the points came in transition off
steals.
"It was typical Stephanie,"
Geiser said. "In her whole career
we put her on the biggest, tough-
est girl. It's kind of apropos that
she ended her career with the
same kind of assignment. She did
a really good job."
The South cut the lead to 16
in the third quarter, but Walker
hit only the second three-pointer
of her career to boost the lead to
19.
"It was nothing but net," Gei-
ser said.
The North led 58-37 after
three quarters and the margin
never got under 20 points again.
The North's biggest lead was 78-
49 in the fourth period, and the
northern girls went on to win 80-
54.
Fallon Lewis of Class 2A
Tongue River led the North with
18 points. Savannah Hardeman
and Jessica Fischer of Jackson
added 13 and 12 points, respec-
tively, Ashley Creager of Casper
Natrona and Kayla Fakelman of
Casper Kelly Walsh 10 each. Ruth
O'Neal of Lander scored 8 points,
Walker 7, Nancy Garcia of Kaycee
and Kelsey Armstrong of Buffalo
1 apiece.
"We had five girls in double
figures, which was cool," Geiser
said. "The South had six 4A girls,
the North two, so it was kind of
a David versus Goliath thing. The
girt anted to show they could:
play basketball. They had some- '.
thing to prove and really played
well together.
"It was kind of fun to do. The
players loved our Lovell out-of-
bounds plays."
Even Pete Hoffman of Jack-
son, who coached the North boys
all-star team, used the girls North
team as an example, Geiser said,
telling his players, "There were
two teams out there, one all-star
team and one team."
"We became a team," Geis-
er said. "We passed the ball and
played team defense. That made
the difference."
BY DAVID PECK
Caleb Sanders was in
top form Saturday as he
cruised to victory in the
Pioneer Days Fun Run 5K
race.
The Cowley Pioneer
Day Fun Run and Bike
Races event returned to its
traditional Main Street and
Cannery Road course after
being diverted to an "out-
and-back" route on Division
Street last year due to Main
DAVID PECK
Tyler Strom was the
first runner to cross the
finish line in the Pioneer
Day Fun Run Saturday
morning, winning the
mile with a time of 6:11.
Street road construction.
Sanders won the 5K
with a time of 18:52, 50 sec-
onds faster than his second-
place time of a year ago.
Jacob Beck placed second
with a time of 20:52.
Sisters Kim and Aman-
da Robertson ran together
and won the women's 5K
with a time of 22:13, a min-
ute and a half faster than
Kim's winning time of a
year ago when she won with
a time of 23:58. Not far be-
hind was Alyson Bernhisel,
who ran a time of 22:51.
Tyler Strom won the
men's mile with a time of
6:11, followed by Ken Cut-
ler at 7:36. Susie Robertson
placed second overall and
won the women's mile with
a time of 6:55, followed by
Katie James, who finished
in 7:07.
Morgan Grover cruised
to victory in the bike loop,
covering the course in
19:04, and April Marchant
won the women's bike loop
with a time of 24:49.
Tarje Grover won the
5K bike race with a time of
10:28, and Lauren Hinck-
ley won the women's 5K
bike race by completing the
course in 13:14.
Blake Smith was the
oldest participant in the
Fun Run and Bike Races at
age 76, and Ivy Grover was
the youngest at the tender
age of 6.
Here are the complete
results of the Cowley Pio-
neer Day Fun Run and Bike
Races by event and age cat-
egory:
Men's mile: 20-29 -
Tyler Strom, 6:11; 30-39
- Ken Cutler, 7:36, Brian
Stimson, 7:39, Matt Miller,
7:46; 50-plus - Roland Sim-
mons, 9:01, Scott Campbell,
12:05.
Women's mile: 14 and
under -- Patti Sanders, 8:44;
15-19 - Susie Robertson,
6:55, Katie James, 7:07,
Sarah Shaw, 9:47; 30-39
- Racheal Simmons, 9:34;
40-49 - Dorine Strom, 9:39,
Lorilyn Beck, 9:58; 50-plus
- June Minchow, 12:00,
Koleen Sponsel, !2:21.
Men's 5K: 15-!9 - Jacob
Beck, 20:52, Logan Brown,
21:58; 20-29 - Frank Wein-
and, 27:52; 30-39 - Ca-
leb Sanders, 18:52, Josh-
ua Sanders, 20:07, Jesse
Crosby, 29:22, Alan Wein-
and, 31:19; 40-49 -John
Bernhisel, 21:14, Lance
Brimhall, 26:01; 50-plus-
Terry Niederhauser, 24:30,
Blake Smith, 32:17, George
Welch, 33:12.
Women's 5K: 14 and
under - Kim Robertson,
22:13; 15-19 - Mandy Rob-
ertson, 22:13; 20-29- Aly-
son Bernhisel, 22:51, Lisa
Smith, 25:24, Amyntas
Leonhardt, 28:16; 30-39 -
Vicki Arnold, 26:29, Kandi
Christiansen, 32:12, An-
nette Moss, 32:12, Elisa
Higley, 43:45, Sonja Wam-
beke, 51:06; 40-49-Ann
Hinckley, 25:30, Laura
Varone, 27:53, Julianne
Norberg, 27:04, Ronda Yor-
DAVID PECX
April and Paul Marchant arrive simultaneously at the finish line during the
Pioneer Day Fun Run and Bike Races Saturday morning on Main Street in
Cowley, having just completed the bike loop.
gason, 27:24, Jodi Winland,
32:03, Kelly Bolen, 51:02.
Men's 5K Bike: 14
and under - Tarje Grover,
10:28; 30-39 - Rod Win-
land, 32:03.
Women's 5K Bike:
14 and under - Lauren
Hinckley, 13:14, Ivy Gro-
ver, 17:14, Lizzy Crawford,
27:11.
Men's bike loop: 20-29
- Jeffrey Wilson, 23:52; 40-
49 - Morgan Grover, 19:04,
Paul Marchant, 24:49.
Women's bike loop:
40-49 - April Marchant,
24:49.
