CHRONICLE
September 4, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
BY PA'n'I CARPENTER
The Lady Bulldogs pret-
ty much stomped the com-
petition during the North
Big Horn Invitational tour-
nament held in Lovell on
Friday and Saturday. The
team was undefeated in all
six matches played during
the two-day competition,
allowing them to walk
away with first place in the
tournament.
"We finished the week-
end a perfect 6-0," said
Coach Stormy James-
on. "Although some of the
games were competitive,
we had solid control of all of
our matches and proved to
be the strongest team at the
tournament."
The team began pool
play on Friday against
Greybull, Kemmerer and
Meeteetsee. They won 25-5
and 25-19 against Greybull,
25-13 and 25-13 against
Kemmerer and 25-11 and
25-6 against Meeteetse.
After sweeping pool
play on the first day of the
tournament, the team was
seeded as the number one
team in their pool, said
Jameson.
"That put us facing
Burlington, then Wind Riv-
er and a rematch against
Kemmerer in the champi-
onship," she said.
On the second day, the
team beat Burlington, 25-
15 and 25-11. They went
on to beat Wind River 25-
17 and 25-14 and continued
their winning streak into
the championship match
against Kemmerer, 25-17
KARLIE VOSS
Senior Emilee Reasch sends a hit past Kemmerer's blockers Friday afternoon
at the North Big Horn County Volleyball Tournament.
and 25-21.
Jameson was pleased
with the early season per-
formance of the team.
"Our girls played really
well this weekend and took
care of business," she said.
"I think we did a good job
of spreading out our offense
and everyone contributed."
Emilee Reasch finished
with a team-high of 38 kills,
12 blocks and 33 digs. She
also added 7 aces and an
assist. Savanna Savage had
11 kills, 8 blocks, 2 aces
and 10 digs. Mykelle Nich-
olls racked up 15 kills, 10
aces, 20 digs and a couple
of assists. Chayli McArthur
had 17 kills, a block, 7 aces,
31 digs and an assist. Lau-
ren Hinckley had 11 kills, 3
blocks, 9 aces, 27 digs and
5 assists. Charri McArthur
finished with 10 kills, 11
aces, 20 digs and 62 assists.
Angie Hutzenbiler had an
ace and 5 digs and Madison
Harper ended with 2 kills, 2
aces and 6 digs.
The team will travel to
Montana this week for the
"Montana-Wyoming Border
Wars" to be held in Billings
on Friday and Saturday.
"Were happy with the
outcome of the tournament
and we are looking forward
to continuing that success
in Billings this weekend,"
said Jameson.
SAM S~a
Lovell sophomore Brandon Teter (4) looks for running room to the outside as Britton Woody blocks during
an intrasquad scrimmage on Aug. 23. The Bulldogs host top-ranked Big Horn for their regular season
opener Friday at 7 p.m.
BY DAVID PECK
Hoping to build on last
year's 9-1 Cinderella sea-
son with a roster stocked
with veterans, the Lovell
Bulldogs head into the 2014
season with a sense of opti-
mism but face a stiff test in
their home and season open-
er Friday night.
"We know we're talent-
ed, but it depends whether
we come together and what
other teams have - and how
the ball bounces," Coach
Doug Hazen said Monday.
' Lou can be better than last
year but do worse. We'll find
out in a hurry Friday."
The Bulldogs host the
defending state champion
Big Horn Rams Friday night
in a rematch of last season's
semifinal clash in Lovell
won by the Rams 28-19 - a
game many considered to be
the true state championship
game.
The Rams and Bulldogs
are ranked first and third,
respectively, in the pre-sea-
son Wyo.preps.com poll,
with Mountain View second.
Asked about team
strengths, Hazen said the
Bulldogs have talent at a
number of different posi-
tions, while also facing some
challenges.
Junior Beau Green (6-1,
175) returns at quarterback
after his play as a sopho-
more a year ago answered a
lot of question marks head-
ing into the 2013 season.
"That was huge," Hazen
said of Green's play. "His
confidence has grown, and
his leadership is still grow-
ing. He knows the offense
and our expectations. Now
he can get to the fine points
of what we want him to do."
Sophomore Brandon
Teter will be the junior var-
sity quarterback and will
back up Green. Also backing
up is sophomore Reece May.
Logan Hitz is the freshman
quarterback.
The Bulldogs have tal-
ent returning in the back-
field in senior fullback Cade
Bischoff, who missed most of
the 2013 season with a bro-
ken collarbone, and Bran-
don Teter at tailback. Also
in the mix are sophomores
Riley Abraham and Tyler
Teter.
"In the last three years
we've known that 'this is the
guy' in the backfield with
Dino (Collins) and Dillon
(Pickett)," Hazen said. "We
think we have an idea this
season with Cade and Bran-
don, and we'll mix a couple
of others in there. We don't
have a ton of upper class-
men in the backfield, and
Cade missed most of last
year."
Green will have some
big targets to throw to in ju-
nior tight end Nic Haskell
(6-8, 210) and senior tight
end/wide receiver Drake
Welch (6-3,200). Other wide
receivers will be seniors Jac-
cob Mickelson, Dylan See
and Tristen Snyder and ju-
niors Shawn Mollett and
Britton Woody.
Returning to anchor
the offensive line are three
seniors in center Daniel
Strom (5-11, 190), guard
Aaron Monterde (5-10, 205)
and tackle Zeke Collins (6-
1,205). In the mix on the of-
fensive line will be seniors
Erik Ferbrache (6-0, 250)
and Garet Fowler (6-5, 275),
juniors Merrill Beck and Ja-
cob Winterholler and soph-
omore Jaret Collins (6-1,
255).
THE DEFENSE
Defensively, Hazen re-
turns three senior linemen
to anchor his 4-4 defense
in tackles Nash Jolley (6-
0, 230) and Strom and end
Welch. Haskell will be the
other defensive end. Return-
ing at linebacker are inside
backers Monterde and Zeke
Collins. They'll be joined by
outside linebackers Bran-
don Teter, Mickelson and
Green. In the mix are line-
backers Ty Teter and Abra-
ham and linemen Fowler
and senior Payton Hetland
(5-10, 330).
Cornerbacks are See
and Snyder. Bischoff is the
safety. Also seeing time in
the secondary will be Green,
Woody and Mollett.
Asked to evaluate his
defense following Saturday's
week zero game at Buffalo,
Hazen replied, '%Ve're phys-
ical enough, but our tack-
ling was not very good. Our
pad level was not very good.
That's something we'll at-
tempt to remedy before we
see Big Horn. The effort was
there, and we had some nice
hits, but we weren't consis-
tent with it."
Brandon Teter will be
the kicker, and Welch re-
turns at punter and will also
handle kickoffs.
BIG HORN FRIDAY
The Rams come to town
Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff,
and Hazen knows the Bull-
dogs will be in for a battle.
"They have some very
good talent and experience,
and they are well coached
(Mike McGuire)," Hazen
said. "They're a spread team
and will run a fast-paced of-
fense with no huddle."
Foundation golf tourney Sept.
BY DAVID PECK
The 12th annual
Friends of the Foundation
Golf Tournament will be
held Sept. 13 at the Foster
Gulch Golf Course.
The four-person
scramble will begin at 9
a.m. with a shotgun start.
Check-in is at 8:30. All
proceeds from the tour-
nament - team, hole and
flag sponsorships - will
go toward the perma-
nent endowment, which
is matched by the State
of Wyoming and will help
provide for the future of
the North Big Horn Hos-
pital District, Foundation
Director Janet Koritnik
said.
Koritnik said 22
teams have signed up so
far. Hole and flag sponsor-
ships are still available,
and local businesses can
still help by donating door
prizes.
Participating teams
will receive welcome gift
bags, snacks, compli-
mentary beverages, hole
prizes and a barbecue
rib dinner at the conclu-
sion of the tournament. A
$10,000 hole-in-one prize
is also available for just
the right shot.
For more informa-
tion contact Koritnik at
548-5240.
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High
School junior varsity foot-
ball squad kicked off the
2014 season with a road
test against the Greybull
Buffs Tuesday in Greybull.
The Bulldogs fell to
Greybull 6-0.
Both teams engaged
in a defensive battle
through three quarters
until four minutes into the
fourth quarter when Grey-
bull scored on fourth down
with a 13-yard pass play.
Lovell got the ball
back and tried to tie the
game but was stopped on
fourth down and Greybull
ran out the clock, sealing
the Buff victory.
"This is the first time
we played as a team," Bull-
dogs coach Craig Lund-
berg said. "We did some
good things on defense
and I'm pleased with their
efforts. We've got some
guys that haven't played
football, but they're doing
good."
The Bulldogs will
travel to Powell to face the
Panthers Monday for a 5
p.m. kickoff.
netters open
season at NBH tourney
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School
junior varsity volleyball
squad opened up the 2014
season strong, winning one
and splitting two matches
at the North Big Horn In-
vitational in Cowley.
The Lady Bulldogs
opened up the tourney Fri-
day by defeating Riverside
25-21 and 25-10 and split-
ting two games with Kem-
merer. The Lady Bulldogs
lost the first game 25-17
but came back to win the
second 25-16.
On Saturday, Lovell
fell to Greybull 25-23
and 25-17 but came back
strong to split with Cody,
losing the first game 25-
22 but winning the second
25-22.
"It was a privilege
to have an opportuni-
ty to coach this group of
girls," Lady Bulldogs coach
Chelsey Ellis said. "They
all progressed throughout
the tournament and that
was great to see. This tour-
nament was a good learn-
ing experience for me and
the girls and a great way to
start off the season. I'm ex-
cited to see how they keep
progressing throughout
the season."
While the varsity will
be attending the Wyo-
ming-Montana Duals in
Billings this weekend,
the JV team will travel to
Lander for a JV tourna-
ment Saturday.
Beal, Grant and Wolvington
take over coaching duties
for LHS golf
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High
School golf program has
found a new head coach
after being put on hold
and not participating in
the Worland Invitational
last week due to the de-
parture of former coach
Levi Collins.
Mike Grant has a
head:coaching certificate
and will take over as the
new head coach for the
Bulldogs, but Jason Beal
will be the primary on-
the-course coach and will
travel with the team to
the tournaments.
"Jason Beal, be-
cause of his work sched-
ule, will be viewed as a
head coach for the golf
team because he'll be the
one that will travel and
take the team to tourna-
ments," LHS athletic di-
rector Joe Koritnik said.
"Jason and Dan Wolving-
ton both have head-coach-
ing endorsements in other
sports, which allow them
to be an assistant coach to
Mike Grant."
Wolvington will be the
assistant coach to Grant
and Beal.
"Dan Wolvington, who
has worked with former
coach Devon Parks, will
provide his golfing exper-
tise at the practice ses-
sions," Koritnik said. "At
the end of the day, it will
be a team effort by the
three coaches to help us
keep the golf program go-
ing through this season."
The Bulldogs will con-
tinue on with the season
and travel to the Lander
Invitational today (Thurs-
day) through Friday. They
are also scheduled to at-
tend the Powell Invita-
tional next Thursday and
Friday, Sept. 11-12.
The 3A West Region-
al Tournament is Sept.
19-20 in Jackson.
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