10 I The Lovell Chronicle I August 2, 2012
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Mustangs fall in late-inning rallies at District
BY DAVID PECK strong on the mound for the
You can say one thing:.dustangs, allowing only
about the Lovell Mustang$1ree runs over the first
at last week's North Class
A District Tournament in
Powell: They battled - and
they nearly won, against
teams from much larger
communities, Casper and
Gillette.
"They played better to-
ward the end of the season,"
manager Ray Peterson
said of his relatively young
eight innings. Casper plat-
ed two runs in the second
and one more in the fifth,
but Pickett held the Drill-
ers scoreless in six other in-
nings.
Casper starter Galey
blanked the Mustangs over
the first three innings, but
they rallied for three in the
fourth. Pickett singled with
squad. "They made fewer 0ne out and scored on a
errors, and they stuck wityle Peterson triple. Peter-
it. They could have wqn scored on an infield hit
both games. In fact, th ]y McKayan May, who also
were vinning both. ame around to score.
We struggled with our After Casper tied the
pitching this year. We had score in the fifth, Lovell
two steady pitchers (Steven
and Dillon Pickett) and the
rest were coming along. Our
arms were getting stronger.
Two who pitched last year
didn't come out. Our hitting
has improved."
Wednesday, the Mus-
tangs opened tournament
play against the Casper
Drillers, the Class A team
of the Casper Oilers.
All season, Legion
teams play mostly seven-in-
ning games because of the
numerous doubleheaders
they play, but once tourna-
ment starts, the games are
nine-inning affairs. Had
Wednesday's game been a
seven-inning game or even
an eight-inning game, the
Mustangs would have won
4-3. Instead, they fell 7-4
on a ninth-inning Gillette
rally.
Steven Pickett was
edged ahead 4-3 with a run
in the sixth when May dou- :: :: :::
bled and scored on a single
by Jacob Adey.
The score remained
4-3 until the fateful ninth
when Casper scored four
runs despite not hitting
Pickett hard. The inning
began with a walk on a
3-2 count, and then came a
bunt single, a bloop single
to center, a two-run single
to left, an infield single, a
popup, a fielder's choice for
the second out and a strike-
out. Somehow, amidst all
of that, the Drillers plat-
ed four runs, and with the
bottom of the order at the
plate in the bottom of the
ninth, the Mustangs were
retired in order with a 7-4
loss.
LOSS TO GILLETTE
On Thursday, the Mus-
tangs faced the Gillette
DAVID PECK
Lovell Mustang Jesse Bassett attempts to break up a double play during
Thursday's game against the Gillette Rustlers at the District Tournament in
Powell.
Rustlers, the Class A team
of the Gillette Roughriders.
The Rustlers had fallen to
host Powell on Wednesday,
16-6, and though Lovell led
at numerous points during
the game, Gillette escaped
with a 16-13 win.
Lovell led 2-1 after two
innings, 4-2 after three and
7-3 after four, and even af-
ter the Rustlers plated five
runs in the top of the fifth
to lead 8-7, Lovell respond-
ed with two in the bottom of
the frame to lead 9-8.
Gillette scored three
more in the sixth to lead 11-
9, but Lovell tied it with two
in the seventh.
Lovell blanked Gillette
in the top of the eighth and
scored two in the bottom of
the inning to lead 13-11, but
ninth-inning woes again
plagued the Mustangs as
Gillette scored five runs to
lead 16-13, then shut down
the heart of the Lovell order
in the bottom of the inning
to win.
Dillon Pickett started
on the mound for the Mus-
tangs and was relieved by
brother Steven in the sixth.
May relieved after Steven
Pickett ran out of allowed
innings,' and Dillon went
back on the mound to fin-
ish up.
The Mustangs hit the
ball Thursday. Dillon Pick-
ett was 4-6, Steven Pickett
3-4 plus two walks, Peter-
son 3-6 and May 2-6. Tony
Rodriguez and Daniel Call
combined to go 4-5 from the
ninth place in the batting
order.
Lovell finished the sea-
son with a 10-32 record.
"We played 42 games,
and we played them all in
two months. Our schedule
was pretty demanding," Pe-
terson said. "We played a lot
of baseball in two months.
And sometimes it was with
nine players."
Peterson said he is op-
timistic about next season.
Every member returns ex-
cept Kyle Peterson and Col-
lin McArthur.
"I'm looking forward to
next year. A lot of the play-
ers have committed to play-
ing and sticking with it," he
said. "And we may get some
players back who didn't
play this year, and maybe
some Babe Ruth players
from Greybull from that
good Greybull team. We're
excited about that."
Competition heats up at Cowley Pioneer Day Rodeo
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BY PATTI CARPENTER ing Club Pioneer Day ing hot sun to see some ro- liet, Mont. 3rd = Anna Paris, Aspen Aquirre, Powell. Saddle ]ronc 1st- Grant
Competitors from Wy-
oming, neighboring states
and even one from as far
away as Wisconsin showed
up to compete in about
a dozen different events
from barrel racing to bull
riding and everything be-
tween at the Cowley Rid-
Rodeo held in conjunction
with Pioneer Day on Sat-
urday, July 21, at the ro-
deo grounds in Cowley.
As always, the event
drew an enthusiastic
crowd of friends, family
and rodeo fans enduring
an afternoon in the blaz-
deo action.
2012 PIONEER DAY
RODEO RESULTS
Bareback- No qualifiers
Calf roping'lst - Brady
Penman, Cowley
Ladies Barrels 1st - Ash-
ley Coleman, Rice Lake,
Wis. 2nd - Nikki Korte, Jo-
Powell, 4th - Natalie Hamil-
ton, Cowley.
Jr. Youth Barrels 1st -
Abby Hamilton, Cowley, 2nd
- Kalian Jones, Cowley, 3rd -
Ryan Nunn, Lovell.
Youth Barrels 1st - Bai-
ley Mulholland, Cowley, 2nd
- Logan Nunn, Lovell, 3rd -
Steer Riding 1st - Shawn
Perkins, Roberts, Mont., 2nd
- Tyler Steed, Cowley.
Ladies Breakaway 1st -
Callie Nelson, Greybull.
Youth Breakaway 1st -
Tyler Steed, Cowley.
Bulls 1st - Brock Wat-
son, Cody.
Powers, Cody.
Team Roping 1st - Casey
Good / Kenny Stanbaugh,
2nd - Casey Good / Casey
Nelson, 3rd - Gary Kurz /
Kevin Merrill, 4th - Braden
Grant / Doug Harrison.
There were no wild
horse racing teams.
LI00T. T
• '.' I '."./ PA'FrI CARPENTER
The father and son ropin team of Logan and Todd Nunn participated in the
team-roping event at tliPi0neer Day Rodeo held on July 21 in Cowley.
PATti CARPENTER
Dusty Willis of Deaver races around a barrel in the Junior Youth Barrel racing
event at the Pioneer Day Rodeo held in Cowley on July 21.
Lovell Men's Softball
Standings
Team W L Nicholls 19, Webers 2
Nicholls 6 1 Bassetts 26, Floods 10
Bassetts 6 1 SCHEDULE
Savages 6 2 Thursday, Aug. 2
Monsters 4 5 Monsters vs. Nicholls, 6
Hitz. 3 4 p.m.
Savages vs. Bassetts,
Webers 2 6 7:15
Floods 0 8 Webers vs. Hitz, 8:30
RESULTS Tuesday, Aug. 7
Thursday, July 26 Nicholls vs. Bassetts, 6
Savages 23, Webers 11
p.m.
Monsters 19, Floods 6 Monsters vs. Hitz, 7:15
Hitz 26, Nicholls 25 Savages vs. Floods,
Tuesday, July 31 8:30
Monsters 12, Savages
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