10 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 10, 2015
PATTI CARPENTER
Maddy Hocker tips one over the net for the Lady Grizz during a tournament
played earlier this season.
BY PA'I-rl CARPENTER
Struggles with serving
and a lack of aggression on
the part of the Lady Grizz
volleyball team cost them
two matches this week.
On Thursday night the
team traveled to Meetee-
tse, where they lost three
sets to the Lady Longhorns
25-16, 25-18 and 25-21.
"We really struggled
with our serving, missing
15 serves throughout the
game," said coach Jamie
Cooley. "It really put us
back quite a bit."
Cooley noted that,
though Mariah Mader
came off the bench serving
100 percent for the team,
without some aggressive
hitting, the team lagged be-
hind in points.
"This game proved that
we still need to get aggres-
sive on the floor," said Cool-
ey. "We ended the game
with only five° kills and
a total of 34 hitting at-
tempts. Being aggressive
and having confidence in
ourselves, and our abili-
ties, is something we really
need to work on in the next
few weeks."
Cooley said the low
ceiling of the Meeteetse
gym also threw the girls off.
"The low ceiling gave
our girls a run for their mon-
ey. We really struggled see-
ing the ball and being able
to control our passes," she
said. "That being said, as
you can see from the scores
that these girls didn't quit.
They pushed themselves
to the end, which is some-
thing we have been work-
ing on--always giving a 100
percent. Whether we are
winning by 10 or losing the
3rd game, they are still giv-
ing 100 percent of them-
selves to the very end."
Game stats include:
Brianna Brumwell three
kills, Maddy Hocker two
kills, Mariah Mader served
9/9 serves in the varsi-
ty game and after serving
15/15 in the JV game and
Mikayla Campbell served
3/3.
RIVERSIDE HOME GAME
On Friday afternoon
the team hosted Riverside
at Rocky Mountain High
School, falling short again
on three out of four sets
25-16, 25-15, 25-17 (Rocky)
and 25-16.
"As I watched the girls
play Friday night, I really
felt the score didn't reflect
the game being played,"
said Cooley. "These girls
showed up and finally
started to play as one sol-
id team. We really worked
hard on keeping our en-
ergy up and keeping the
negative out. We started
to play aggressive on the
net- -finally."
Cooley said though she
thinks the girls still have
a lot of room for improve-
ment, she feels that will
come with confidence.
"We had 10 kills for
the game and we took 47
swings," noted Cooley.
"That is a step up from the
night before."
She said having Bren-
da Timmons in as the
team's libero helped the
team's passing improve.
"She really has an
amazing ability to read the
ball and see the floor, and
this is proving to be a huge
benefit for our team," said
Cooley.
Cooley said she was
also impressed with Pepper
Lewis and Maddy Hocker,
noting that Lewis had five
kills and two blocks and
Hocker had eight blocks
and one kill.
"Pepper Lewis and
Maddy Hocker did a great
job working the net for us,"
said Cooley.
Other stats include
Summer Johnson with
14/14 serves, Kaitlyn Hayes
one kill and two blocks;
Brianna Brumwell served
9/10 and had one kill; Ash-
lei Carroll served 75 per-
cent and had one kill; Mi-
kayla Campbell served 86
percent and had one kill.
Next up the girls
will travel to Greybull on
Thursday, with play Be-
ginning at 4 p.m. The girls
will travel to a tournament
in Big Horn on Friday that
continues through Satur-
day. On Tuesday, Sept. 15,
the team will host the Lady
Bulldogs with games at 4, 5
and 6 p.m.
CINDY ASAY
Lovell Bulldogs look to pounce on a loose football during their game in Big
Horn Friday night. Pictured are (l-r) Trace Murphey (55), Kenneth Powell (61),
Tyler Teter (27) and Jaret Collins (56).wt
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Bulldogs
were met by lightning on
the field and in the sky Fri-
day night as they traveled
to meet the second-ranked
Big Horn Rams.
Big Horn halfback
Colton Williams scored
five touchdowns to lead
the Rams to a 42-7 win in
a game delayed and then
called near the end of the
third quarter due to a light-
ning storm moving into the
area.
Associate head coach
Bob Weber said the speedy
Williams was difficult to
corral, and the overall
speed of the Big Horn team
was a problem for the Bull-
dog defense.
"They were fast, and a
couple of their players, if
they got around the edg-
es, they were pretty much
gone," Weber said. "Poor
tackling and not taking
good angles to pursue got
us sitting on our heels a lit-
tle bit.
"Offensively, we had
a hard time throwing the
ball. Beau (Green) didn't
have a lot of time to find re-
ceivers and got flushed out
of the pocket a lot, which
led tb some poor decisions.
We struggled to throw the
ball."
The hometown Rams
scored four touchdowns to
lead 28-0 after a blitzkrieg
in the first quarter that fea-
tured Williams scoring on
a 41-yard run, an 85-yard
punt return, a 23-yard run
and an eight-yard run.
Nolan McCafferty's sev-
en-yard run put Big Horn
up 35-0 at halftime, and a
50-yard interception return
put the home team up 42-0
before the Bulldogs mount-
ed their best drive of the
game that culminated with
a three-yard run by Tyler
Teter.
Lightning started ap-
pearing in the sky during
the third quarter, Weber
said, and after the teams
were taken inside, it became
apparent after 15 minutes
or so that conditions were
only getting worse, he said.
The game was called with
1:49 left on the third-quar-
ter clock, and about five
minutes later a downpour
drenched the field.
"There was no way we
were going to finish," the
coach said.
Weber was glad to see
the Bulldogs put together
a scoring drive before the
game was called.
"It was a good march
down the field," he said. "We
pounded and chipped away.
We had two pretty solid
drives, though the first one
ended with an interception,
"We figured out that we
needed to keep the ball on
the ground and pound the
ball up the middle. Once
we figured that out the
guys played harder and we
gained some ground. We
came out and played with
a little pride (after half-
time), which was good to
see. I give our offensive line
credit. They started mov-
ing their D line and their
tackles came from their
secondary."
HOME GAME
The Bulldogs will host
the Big Piney Punchers
Friday for their home and
conference opener. A late
blocked punt led to a 14-
13 loss for the Punchers at
the hands of the Shoshoni
Wranglers last week.
"I expect them to re-
bound," Weber said of the
Bulldogs. "We have a bunch
of good guys with good char-
acter. If the third quarter
was any indication they'll
bounce right back. We'll
learn from the experience
and hopefully get another
shot at Big Horn down the
road."
"They're a pretty big
team," head coach Doug Ha-
zen said of Big Piney. "They
have pretty good numbers
and pretty good size. They'll
try to run the ball on us.
They beat us last year (14-
12 in Big Piney). They're a
team that seems to be con-
tinually improving year to
year.
"We'll find out a lot
about ourselves this week.
We kind ofhad to find our
identity."
Kickoff is scheduled for
7 p.m. Friday at Kevin P.
Robertson Stadium.
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