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August 28, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle 19
LHS girls start their season with depth and experience
BY PATTI CARPENTER
LHS volleyball coach
Stormy Jameson said she
has a lot to be excited about
this year. With 37 girls on
the team, she said she has
more girls to work with
than the coaching staff has
seen in several years.
"This year we are very
excited about our volley-
ball program," said James-
on. "Big numbers like this
reflect our success on the
court and love of the game."
The team has seen a
great deal of growth under
Jameson's leadership. The
team will be moving up
from 2A to face much stiff-
er competition in 3A this
year.
"Moving up to 3A this
year means that the level
of our competition will be
higher day in and day out,"
said Jameson. "I beiieve
that we will rise to that ex-
pectation and compete with
all we play against. This is
a good year to be moving
up because we have a sol-
id core of returning players
that will bring a lot of suc-
cessful experience to the
court at the varsity level."
Seniors Emilee Reasch,
Chayli McArthur and Lau-
ren Hinckley will lead the
varsity team this year, said
Jameson.
"Emilee has started
on varsity since her fresh-
man year and is looking to
continue her dominance at
the net," she said. "Chayli
and Lauren are very versa-
tile and will be threats at a
number of positions on the
floor."
She added that juniors
Mykelle Nicholls, Char-
ri McArthur and Savanna
Savage all started on last
year's varsity squad, as
well.
"These girls had good
sophomore seasons and I'm
expecting great things from
them, as well," she said.
"It's amazing how much
someone can improve in a
year's time."
She said adding senior
Angie Hutzenbiler and ju-
nior Madison Harper as de-
fensive specialists will help
round out the team's "back
row."
"We have so much po-
tential in this varsity group
and it's my job to make
sure we reach that poten-
tial," she said. "We are very
motivated to do that."
The team currently has
15 girls on the JV team
and nine on the freshman
squad.
"It's good to have those
numbers where every day
in practice they have to
compete for playing time,"
she said.
She said seniors Ivy
Abraham and Sami Ste-
vens will be added to the
roster when they both get
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The Lady Bulldogs practice this week in anticipation of their first tournament of the season, the North Big
Horn Invitational, which will be held on their home turf.
enough practice time to
qualify. The two need to
make up for lost practice
time due to vacations.
The Lady Bulldogs are
hosting the North Big Horn
Invitational on Friday and
Saturday, where they will
face off with other teams
for the first time this sea-
son. Varsity matches start
at 3 p.m. on Friday and pool
play will begin at 8:30 a.m.
on Saturday in the Johnny
Winterholler gymnasium
in Lovell. JV games will be
hosted by Rocky Mountain
High School on the same
days, with the first match
for Lovell's JV girls start-
ing at 4 p.m. on Friday and
10 a.m. on Saturday.
"Were excited for our
first tournament this week-
end to see what some of the
other squads have and how
we measure up to them,"
said Jameson.
Rocky girls already fit for the start of their season
BY PATTI CARPENTER
It's always an uphill
battle for the schools with a
smaller population, but it's
a battle RMHS volleyball
coach Jamie Cooley is de-
termined to win this year,
and the 16 girls on her team
share that enthusiasm.
Cooley said most of the
girls were fit and ready at
the start of practice on Aug.
18 after attending a sum-
mer long "sports excel" fit-
ness camp led by trainer
Jessica Campbell, a former
RMHS graduate.
Though the team lost
two heavy hitters to grad-
uation (Shauna Loman and
Hannah Winland) and their
setter (Haley Strom), Cool-
ey said she is already see-
ing potential for those posi-
tions even in early practice
sessions.
Returning this year are
seniors Mikaela Hocker,
Maddie Crawford, Jennifer
Parker and Laura Fergu-
son. Juniors include Ashlei
Carroll and Kaitlyn Hayes.
Sophomores include heavy
hitter Marissa Arnold,
along with Summer John-
son, Livia Higgins, Brian-
na Brumwell and Mikayla
McWhirter and freshmen
Abby Arnold, Mariah Mad-
er, Brenda Timmons, Pep-
per Lewis and Maddy
Hocker.
Cooley said both the
newer and more estab-
lished players are concen-
trating on conditioning and
on the fundamentals of the
game in early practices.
Cooley said she is very
impressed with the girls so
far.
"These girls are not
only hard workers but are
nice and very kind to each
other," she said. "It's really
nice to see the more experi-
enced girls encourage and
motivate the other girls."
Assistant coaches this
year are once again Kayla
Honeyman and Cari May.
Cooley said she is very
proud of the level of sports-
manship the girls are al-
ready showing.
The varsity girls will
start their season this week
at the North Big Horn Invi-
tational on Friday and Sat-
urday, which will be host-
ed by the Lady Bulldogs in
Lovell. Rocky girls will play
their first varsity match at
5 p.m. on Friday and pool
play will begin at 8:30 a.m.
on Saturday in the Johnny
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RMHS head coach Jamie Cooley and assistant coach Kayla Honeyman talk to a group of volleyball players
at practice this week.
Winterholler gymnasium in
Lovell.
JV games will be host-
ed by Rocky Mountain High
School on the same days,
with matches starting at 3
p.m. on Friday and Rocky's
first match at 11 a.m. on
Saturday.
"This will be a tough
one for a small team like
ours since we rely on fill-
ing in with JV girls for the
varsity team and freshmen
girls for the JV team," she
said. "It's kind of hard to do
that when varsity is held in
one town and JV is held in
another, but we'll make it
work anyway."
School
begins
Monday
Crossing guords will be
stationed at Shoshone
& Main and at 3rd &
Shoshone.
Please encourage your
children to cross streets
with a guard!
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