8 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 10, 2015
DALE ESTES
Rocky Mountain running back Brian Crawford darts through a hole for a gain
during the Rocky Mountain game at Tongue River Friday night in Dayton as
(l-r) Cordell McFarlane (2), Garrett Vezain (62) and Travis Banks (23) block.
The Grizz host Shoshoni Friday night at 7.
BY DAVID PECK
For the second straight
season the Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies opened the sea-
son with a frustrating loss
to the Tongue River Eagles.
This time the game was in
Dayton Friday night, and
like last year, the Eagles
prevailed 14-7.
Tongue River took 7-0
lead late in the first quarter
on a seven-yard run by Dil-
lon Lyons, and the score re-
mained that way until early
in the fourth quarter when
Rocky knotted it at 7-7 on a
26-yard run by quarterback
Cole Wambeke.
Tongue River respond-
ed with a long drive and
was knocking on the door
at the Rocky 11 when light-
ning moved into the area
and forced a delay. When
play resumed TR scored on
a four-yard run by Brennan
Kutterer to lead 14-7. The
Grizz attempted to respond
but were unable to sustain
a drive, coach David Hayes
said.
"It was a very ironic
game as it played out real
in season-opener
beke did a great job placing
the ball where our wide re-
ceivers could catch it. We
dropped a few passes, which
could have been first downs
or more. Penalties, turn-
overs and dropped balls
were a big reason we only
put 7 on the board. We have
an offense which can really
move the ball and put points
on the board, but we need to
execute properly."
Hayes said the Grizzlies
held the home team defen-
sively for the most part, but
a couple of breakdowns led
to scores. The first touch-
down came after a receiv-
er was left uncovered on
fourth and five, and the sec-
ond scoring drive was aided
by the Grizz defenders on
the edge getting sealed and
Tongue River backs getting
to the outside.
"Those two drives were
their 14 points," Hayes said.
"They moved the ball at
times, but those two drives
could have easily been nul-
lified if we did our job cor-
rectly. At times our defense
showed signs of what they
we have the team to per-
form well and hold our own
against tough opponents.
We need to get a lot better
to play with the top teams
in 1A. We have work to do."
According to statistics
kept by the home team, TR
out-gained Rocky 260-194
in total offense, rushing for
201 yards and passing for
59, while the Grizz rushed
for 137 and passed for 57.
Wambeke completed 7
of 15 passes for 57 yards as
Banks caught two passes for
26 yards, McFarlane two for
3 yards, Sweat one for 13,
Cole Simmons one for 9 and
Brian Crawford one for 6.
Sweat led the Grizzlies
in rushing with 47 yards on
10 carries. McFarlane add-
ed 44 yards on 13 carries,
Wambeke 33 yards on five
carries and Banks 13 yards
on four attempts.
On defense, Hayes said,
Crawford had four solo
tackles and Wes Homewood
had four solo and three as-
sisted stops. Tongue Riv-
er stats also showed Sweat
with nine solo and two as-
close to last year's loss to TR can do with stops in key
. they got usat Rocky situatiq ,. We just need to
14-'], H yes said. "offefi2 clean ti ' assignments and
sively, we moved the ball
well at times only to shoot
ourselves in the foot with
penalties, assignment mis-
takes, dropped balls and
two fumbles. We ran the
ball well at times with the
O line opening up holes and
(Cordell) McFarlane, (Geh-
rig) Sweat, (Travis) Banks
and Wambeke running the
ball.
"Our passing game
was there, and Cole Wam-
mistakes. We didn't cause
any turnovers while giving
up two on offense. We need
to win that battle."
Special teams play was
highlighted by a strong punt
return game and strong
punt coverage, but kickoff
coverage needs to improve
as the Eagles nearly re-
turned a kickoff for a touch-
down, Hayes said.
"Overall, it was a tough
loss," he said. "We feel
sisted tackles, Tristan Jew-
ell eight solo tackles and
Banks and McFarlane four
solo and one assisted tack-
le each.
HOME OPENER
The Grizz will host the
Shoshoni Wranglers for
their home and conference
opener Friday at 7 p.m. The
Wranglers are 1-0 after edg-
ing Class 2A Big Piney 14-
13 Friday night in Shoshoni.
"They are improved and
will be ready," Hayes said.
"They have a tough team.
We'd better play!"
PATTI CARPENTER
Lady Bulldog Trysa Flood attempts to get a ball past her competition at a
tournament played earlier in the season.
BY PATrl CARPENTER
The Lady Bulldogs
sent a message loud and
clear that they were a force
to be reckoned with at the
Wyoming/Montana Border
War Tournament held in
Cody last weekend. The la-
dies triumphed over three
of the four challengers, los-
ing only to Billings Cen-
tral in four relatively close
matches.
The team opened the
tournament on Friday,
playing a tough Miles City
squad, winning all three
sets 25-23, 25-20 and 25-
20. Next, the girls took on
the Laurel Locomotives,
beating them 25-23, 25-17
and 25-20.
Then in an early Satur-
day morning game against
Billings Central, the team
took its first loss of the
• tournament in four sets 17-
25, 22-25, 25-23 and 23-25.
After the loss, the girls re-
grouped and regained their
momentum against Glen-
dive, sweeping the Mon-
tana team 25-19, 25-8 and
25-9.
"Overall, I think this
tournament was a suc-
cess," said Coach Stormy
Jameson. "We improved in
some areas from last week-
end, but have discovered
some new areas we need to
improve on. The only time
I really didn't feel like we
played well was against
Billings Central, and we
missed an opportunity to
remain undefeated had we
played to our potential."
Unlike previous years,
the tournament was a
three out of five games for-
mat instead of a two out
of three games format.
Jameson said she felt it
made each match more like
a "real game."
The tournament
championship team title
was awarded to the team
with the best winning per-
centage from the state that
also won the most games
in the tournament. Though
not the tournament cham-
pions, the Lady Bulldogs
finished near the top of the
teams that played in the
tournament.
"It was good to face
high-level, competitive
teams that we won't see
again during the year,"
said Jameson.
Weekend stats include:
Mykelle Nichols 30 kills,
59 digs, 10 aces, two as-
sists and two blocks. Kar-
lie Keller 35 kills, 53 digs,
four aces, four assists. Sa-
vanna Savage 25 kills,
10 digs, five aces and 13
blocks. Kaitlyn Mickelson
four kills, nine digs, eight
aces and five blocks. Ken-
dra Price one kill, three
digs. Mandi Jo Baxendale
23 kills, six digs, one as-
sist, three blocks. Trysa
Flood 40 digs and five aces.
Charri McArthur 11 kills,
26 digs, eight aces, 100
assists and three blocks.
Madison Harper 53 digs
and one kill.
Next up, the team will
travel to Rawlins to com-
pete in the Rawlins Invita-
tional, a 3A tournament.
"We'll see where we
match up at this point in
the season against all the
other teams from our divi-
sion," said Jameson. "We
are seeded in a very diffi-
cult pool play on Friday
that will test our skills and
hopefully we can rise to the
occasion."
BY DAVID PECK
The 13thannual Friends
of the Foundation Golf Tour-
nament will be held this
Saturday, Sept. 12, at the
Foster Gulch Golf Course
near Lovell, sponsored as a
fundraiser by the North Big
Horn Hospital Foundation.
The four-person scram-
ble will begin at 9 a.m. with
a shotgun start. Check-in is
at 8:30.
All proceeds from the
tournament - team, hole
and flag sponsorships - will
go toward a new stress test
treadmill for North Big Horn
Hospital, Foundation Direc-
tor Janet Koritnik said.
Koritnik said 20 teams
have signed up for the tour-
nament. Hole and flag spon-
sorships are still available,
and local businesses can
still help by donating door
prizes.
Participating teams will
receive welcome gift bags,
snacks, complimentary bev-
erages, hole prizes and a
barbecue rib dinner at the
conclusion of the tourna-
ment. A $10,000 hole-in-one
prize is also available for
just the right shot.
For more information
call Koritnik at 548-5240.
Lady Bulldog JVs
go 3-1 in Lander
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Lady Bull-
dogs junior varsity volley-
ball squad went 3-1 at the
Lander JV Tournament
Saturday.
Lovell fell to Star Val-
ley, hen defeated Jackson,
Thermopolis and Lander to
finish 3-1 in the tournament.
"They are making great
improvements and working
hard," coach Tiffani Ander-
son said. "I am really proud
of them."
The Lady Bulldogs will
participate in the Rawlins
invitational Friday and Sat-
urday, then will meet Rocky
in Cowley Tuesday with the
freshman game at 4 p.m., JV
at 5 p.m. and the varsity at
6 p.m.
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