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DAVID PECK
Lovell junior Hunter Tippetts tees off during
a recent practice session at the Foster Gulch
Golf Course. Tippetts placed fourth at the
Powell Invitational Friday.
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School golf team traveled to Powell
Friday for the Powell Invitational, which was shortened to
a one-day, 18-hole tournament due to bad weather condi-
tions on Thursday.
"The Thursday round was cancelled due to inclement
weather," Coach Jason Beal said. "On Friday, we started
a hour late due to a frost delay."
The Bulldogs boys squad shot a team total 377 to
place third behind Thermopolis by just five strokes and 23
strokes ahead of fourth-place Cody.
Lander won the tournament with a score of 367, fol-
lowed by Thermopolis at 372 and Lovell at 377. Cody re-
corded a score of 400, Powell 466.
Junior Hunter Tippetts was the top scorer for the
Bulldogs, placing fourth with a 42-44=86, just two strokes
behind Dylon Puroll of Lander and five strokes ahead of
senior teammate McKay Baxendale, who shot a 48-43=91
to place fifth.
"Hunter and McKay had a good round and scored
well," Beal said.
Other golfers competing for Lovell were senior CJ
Murphey, who shot a 50-51=101, sophomore Lane Hoover,
who shot a 52-57=109, and senior Justin Mickelson, who
recorded a 60-58=118.
Competing for the Lovell girls squad was Cassie Col-
vin, who shot a 66-69=135.
The Bulldogs are in Jackson this week for the 3A West
Regional Tournament. Play began Wednesday and wraps
up Thursday. The 3A state tournament is next Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 26-27, in Cody.
BY SAMSMITH play 'our game'," Cooley
The Rocky girls won said.
only one match at the Big The Lady Grizz then
Horn Invitational Fridayfaced Burlington and de-
and Saturday in Sheridanfeated the Lady Huskies in
but improved as the tour- the first game 25-20. Bur-
nament went on, according lington came back to win
to Coach Jamie Cooley. game two 25-22, but Rocky
The girls defeated Bur- defeated the Lady Huskies
lington Saturday after los- in a thrilling game three,
ing to the Big Horn JV ear- 15-13, to end the tourna-
lier in that day and going ment on a high note with a
0-3 in pool play on Friday. win.
"After leaving early Fri- "We really played hard
day morning and travel- and finally came away with
ing over the mountain, we a win," Cooley said. "The
started the day off sluggish girls looked good, worked
and never really recovered," hard and worked together."
Cooley said. "There seemed Cooley talked about the
to be a huge weight the girls performance of each of the
carried from the first loss girls in the tournament.
and then we played hesi-"Marissa Arnold played
tant all weekend, giving in an amazing game on the net
to our nerves." while her serving and pass-
Off Friday, the Lady ing kept us going," Cooley
Grizz fell to Burns, Bigsaid. "She is a huge team
Horn and Upton in pool motivator and really keeps
play, but the matches didn't her teammates moving."
count toward the team's re- "Livia Higgins rolled
cord because they weren't her ankle in a previous
in a best two of three or game and Maddie Crawford
three of five format, took over as our outside hit-
On Saturday, the Lady ter," Cooley said. "Maddie
Grizz fell to the Big Horn came out and showed us
JVteam 25-15, 25-17. that she can handle any-
"We were starting to thing we threw at her. She
did an amazing job and was varsity floor, and she shook
also our top server for the off her nerves and did what
weekend, was needed."
"Kaitlyn Hayes played
a strong game for us on the JV TOURNAMENT
net. She continues to show The junior varsity
us her amazing capabilities squad also traveled to Sher-
each game. Her ability to :dan to participate in the JV
see the floor and place her portion of the tournament.
hits is a great benefit to her The Lady Grizzlies fell
teammates, to Burns Friday 21-19, 21-
"Jennifer Parker played 16, fell to Big Horn, also on
libero for us this weekend Friday, 21-10, 21-8, and fell
and we are excited to really to Upton 21-8, 22-20.
get her into this role more. On Saturday, Rocky
"Mikaela Hocker once played one match with an-
again showed that she isother Big Horn team and
ready to play hard and work fell 21-9 and 21-8.
hard. Mikaela had some "We just didn't come in
amazing hits and unbeliev- with confidence," JV coach
able blocks on the net this Kayla Honeyman said.
weekend and we can't wait The Lady Grizzlies
to see what else she will do. will have a busy week as
"Summer Johnson;:our they travel to Thermopo-
setter, and only a : 0ph0- lis for a 2A Northwest Con:
more, put in a lotof time ference matchup with the
this weekend. She set for Lady Bobcats Thursday at
JV and then turned around 4, 5 and 6:30 p.m. Friday,
to set for varsity. She is a they will travel seven miles
hustler and really brings a down to road to Lovell for
great energy to the floor, a rivalry matchup with the
"We also had Brian- Lady Bulldogs at 3, 4 and
na Brumwell play with us5:30 p.m. On Saturday, the
this weekend and she didRocky girls will participate
a great job. It was her real in the Bobcat Invitational
first time playing on the in Thermopolis.
SAM SMITH
Lovell sophomore Tyler Teter turns on the jets against the Cody Broncs
in a junior varsity game Monday evening at Robertson Stadium. The
Bulldogs travel to Cowley Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff with Rocky
Mountain.
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School
junior varsity football team
opened up its 2014 home
schedule by hosting the
Cody Broncs Monday at
Kevin P. Robertson Memo-
rial Stadium.
The Bulldogs fell to
Cody 28-14.
Lovell struck first in
the second quarter with a
seven-yard run by Logan
Hitz to lead 7-0. The Bull-
dogs added to that score
with a 40-yard touchdown
pass from Hitz to Shawn
Mollett to lead 14-0 at
intermission.
The Broncs scored four
touchdowns in the second
half as the Bulldogs were
Shut out on offense, leading
to the Bronc victory.
"It was a tale of two
halves," Coach Craig Lund-
berg said. "We came out
with fire that first half and
then we got scored on in the
second half, which that got
our heads down. But we've
just got to keep our heads
up, have a short memory
and keep playing."
The Bulldogs will host
the Pinedale Wranglers for
a Saturday morning kickoff
at 10 a.m., then will travel
to Cowley to face their ri-
vals, the Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies, Tuesday at 5:30
p.m,
BY DAVIDPECK with the first two sets
The Lovell Lady Bull-played to 21 points and the
dogs didn't just get their third set played to 15.
feet wet in experiencing Lovell played nemesis
Class 3A competition over Powell in the first match of
the weekend, they jumped the gold bracket and won
in with both feet at the the first set 21-16. Powell
Rawlins Invitational, which won the second 21-17 and
featured all of the 3A teams came from behind to win
in the state, the third, 15-12.
The Lady Bulldogs Lovell rebounded to
more than held their own in beat Cody 21-19, 21-11,
Rawlins, placing fifth with then met Douglas for fifth
two wins in three matches place, beating the Bearcats
in bracket play Saturday 14-21, 21-19, 15-10.
after placing second in their "We are right where we
pool Friday with five wins need to be for this point in
in six games to 21 points, the season," Jameson said.
"I was really hap- "You don't want to peak
py with our overall per- too early but want to keep
formance this weekend," making progress through-
Coach Stormy Jameson out the year, and that's
said: "That's a great tourna- what we're doing."
ment to be able to see what Senior Emilee Reasch
all the other 3A teams have led the Lady Bulldogs with
and where we match up 38 kills, five blocks, an ace
with them. The only team and 33 digs during the
we lost to was Powell, and tournament. Junior Sa-
we are getting closer and vanna Savage added 10
closer. We beat them in the kills and an "impressive"
first set, lost the second but nine blocks, Jameson said,
were winning 10-4 in the and junior Mykelle Nich-
set to 15 and let them come ols finished with 26 kills,
from behind to win it." one block, four aces and 36
In p,ool play Friday,digs.
teams played two sets to 21 Senior Chayli McAr-
points against each team in thur had 33 kills, two aces
the pool. Lovell beat Buffalo and 34 digs, while senior
21-20 and 21-13 and topped Lauren Hinckley, playing
Jackson 21-17 and 21-18. primarily back row, had 21
In match three the Lady digs and seven aces. Junior
Bulldogs split with host Charri McArthur tallied
Rawlins, winning the first three kills, four blocks, nine
set 21-20 and dropping the aces, 30 digs and 86 assists,
second 17-21. Because both while Madison Harper and
Rawlins and Lovell had the Ivy Abraham each con-
same record in pool play the tributed at new positions,
Outlaws got the first seed Jameson said.
out of the pool because they The Lady Bulldogs are
scored three more points in finished with tournament
the Lovell match, play for a while and will
There were four pools of host Rocky Mountain Fri-
four teams, Jameson said, day at 3 (freshmen), 4 (JV)
with the top two teams in and 5:30 p.m. for Home-
each pool advancing to the coming, then travel to Cody
gold bracket and the bot- Saturday for conference ac-
tom two playing in the sil- tion at 11 a.m., noon and
ver bracket. Bracket play 1:30 p.m. Lovell will host
consisted of best two out of Shoshoni Friday, Sept. 26,
three sets in each match, at 4, 5 and 6:30 p.m.
p in
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School junior varsity volleyball' squad
traveled to Rawlins for the Rawlins Invitational Friday
and Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs won the silver bracket champi-
onship by defeating Glenrock 21-13, 21-5, then defeating
Cody 21-18, 11-21, 25-13 and Wheatland for the champi-
onship, 9-21, 21-17, 15-13.
Trysa Flood led the team in kills with five, and Kaitlyn
Mickelson and Kendra price had four each. Flood also led
the team in digs with 14, and Shelby Wardell had 12. Kar-
lie Keller had 11. Shelby Wardell led the Lady Bulldogs in
assists with seven, and Emily Snell had five.
"We played very well this weekend," Coach Chelsey
Ellis said. "I am very proud of all of them."
The Lady Bulldogs will host their rivals, the Rocky
Mountain Lady Grizzlies, Friday at 4 p.m., then travel to
Cody Saturday for a noon match.
Sports Calendar HS volleyball- Lovell at Cody, 11
Thursday September 18 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m.
HS golf - Lovell at 3A West Regional, College football - Florida Atlantic at
Jackson Wyoming, 2 p.m. (MW Digital)
HS cross country- Rocky at Lander Sunday, September 21
Pro football - Denver Broncos at
Invite, 4 p.m.
MS volleyball- Rocky Mtn. at Cody, Seattle, 2:25 p.m. (CBS)
4:15 p.m. Monday, September 22
MS volleyball- Love]l 7th at Greybu]l MS/HS cross country - Lovell, Rocky
quad, 4:15 p.m. at RMHS Inv., Foster Gulch, 4:30
MS volleyball Lovell 8th host quad, p.m.
Tuesday, September 23
4:15 p.m.
MS football - Greybull 6th at Rocky
HS volleyball - Rocky at Thermop, 4,
5, 6:30 p.m. Mtn., 3:30 p.m.
Friday, September 19 MS/HS cross country - Lovell at
MS volleyball- Burlington at Rocky, Worland Invitational, 4 p.m.
4 p.m. MS volleyball- Rocky at Powell, 4:15
HS volleyball- Rocky at Lovell, 3, 4, p.m.
JV football - Lovell at Rocky, 5:30
5:30 p.m.
HS football - Rocky Mtn. at Saratoga, p.m.
6 p.m. Thursday, September 25
HS football - Pinedale at Lovell, 7 MS volleyball - Greybull at Rocky
Mtn., 4 p.m.
p.m.
Saturday, September 20 MS volleyball - Lovell at Cloud Peak,
4:15 p.m.
MS football Lovell at Thermopolis, MS football - Greybull at Lovell, 4:15
9a.m.
MS volleyball- Rocky Mtn. hosts p.m.
quad, 9:30 a.m. Friday, September 26
MS volleyball Lovell at Cody quad, HS golf - Lovell at state tournament,
9:30 a.m. Cody
MS volleyball - Lovell hosts quad, MS volleyball - Rocky Mtn. at
9:30 a.m. Burlington, I p.m.
MS football - Rocky at Cloud Peak, HS football - Lovell at Mtn. View, 4
I0 a.m. p.m.
JV football Pinedale at Lovell, I0 HS volleyball Shoshoni at Lovell, 4,
a.m. 5, 6:30 p.m.
HS football - Cokeville at Rocky Mtn.,
HS volleyball- Rocky at Bobcat
Invitational, Thermopolis 7 p.m.
