8 I The Lovell Chronicle I September 22, 2011
BY DAVID PECK
After a weekend off,
the Lovell High School golf
team tuned up for the state
golf tournament with a
strong showing at the Bob-
cat Invitational in Ther-
mopolis Friday and Satur-
day.
Coach Ben Fowler said
that what he liked about
the tournament is that it
was an all-2A tournament,
with 3A and 4A schools off
competing in regional tour-
naments. Class 2A holds
its regional competition in
the spring.
Host Thermop won the
boys tournament with a
score of 739, four strokes
ahead of second-place
Lovell at 743, but the Bull-
dogs were without num-
ber three golfer Brandon
Wolvington on Friday due
to homecoming activities.
Tongue River placed third
with a score of 757, and
Kemmerer was fourth at
781.
Individually, Lovell se-
nior Cody King finished
third overall with a con-
sistent effort of 88 on Fri-
day and 86 Saturday for a
score of 174. Right behind
him was Lovell sophomore
Chase Tippetts, who shot
89-88=177.
Erron Hopkins of Kem-
merer won the tourney
THERMOPOLIS INDEPENDENT RECORD
Jordan Frost takes a whack at the golf ball during the Bobcat Invitational in
Thermopolis last week. Frost had an outstanding tournament, tying for first
place before falling one stroke short in a playoff.
with a score of 76-74=150,
while Jesse McManis of
Thermop placed second at
85-78=163.
Raising eyebrows for
the Bulldogs was the play
of freshrdan C.J. Murphey,
who shot 93-100=193 to
place ninth.
"He really stepped it up
for us," Fowler said.
With Wolvington gone
on Friday, the team shot
a score of 377 on Friday,
then brought it back to 366
Saturday with Wolvington
shooting a score of 92. Ka-
lab Hitz shot 107-106=213
at the tournament.
Tippetts was the num-
ber one golfer in Thermop
and "played very well,"
Fowler said, "holding up in
that position.
"He's right where he
wants to be," Fowler said.
"It's a mental game, and
he got his driver back this
week (from being repaired).
Chipping and putting will
be a big emphasis of ours
this week with the whole
team."
Likewise, King ex-
celled as the number two
golfer, Fowler said. "If we
can maintain that...We
talk about mental stabili-
ty. Cody has every capabil-
ity needed."
Wolvington will set-
tle in as the number three
golfer at State and is also
"right where he needs to
be," Fowler noted.
Senior Jesse Bassett,
who missed the Ther-
mop tournament, will be
the number four golfer at
State, and with his play in
Thermopolis, Murphey will
represent the team as the
number five golfer.
"CJ played very well,"
Fowler said. "We used this
to determine who will get to
go to State, and he played
outstanding. He was ninth
among all 2A schools. Play-
ing that well is what we
were hoping for."
FROST STRONG
In the girls tourna-
ment, senior Jordan Frost
tied for first place at 106-
104=210 with Anja Abbott
of Thermop, who shot 99-
111=210. Abbott won a one-
hole playoff by one stroke.
"That's a great boost for
her," Fowler said of Frost's
finish. "That consistency is
what we want."
Alyssa Geiser, like
Wolvington, had to miss
Friday's action due to
homecoming, then shot 118
on Saturday.
"She just needs to work
on chipping and putting
and will be in the middle
of things at State," Fowler
said.
STATE GOLF
The Class 2A State Golf
Tournament will be held at
the Fossil Rock Golf Course
in Kemmerer this Thurs-
day through Saturday, with
a practice round Thursday
at 2 p.m. and official rounds
scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday
and Saturday.
"We're excited to head
down there," Fowler said.
"We know where we have
to be to compete."
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The Lovell High School
volleyball team has made
a strong showing all sea-
son with occasional dips
in intensity that have cost
them a few games.
For their homecoming,
the girls hosted Riverside
Friday, on the LHS courts,
with three fast moving
wins 25-21, 25-13 and 25-
19.
Coach Stormy Jame-
son felt they were "smooth
wins" with all team mem-
bers "spread out" and con-
tributing somewhat equal-
ly to the overall victory.
Freshman Emily Re-
asch made seven kills,
Chelsey Ellis four, Megan
McClure four, Miranda
Griffis three, Erin Robert-
son three and Jodi Walker
three. Leanne Winterhol-
ler had 25 digs and three
aces. Schuylar Davis had
two aces. Robertson and
Reasch had a combined
total of 13 blocks. The
match was fast-paced and
was over in less than an
hour.
"I think the girls just
wanted to get it done so
they could get ready for
homecoming that night,"
said Jameson. "It all went
pretty fast."
THERMOPOLIS
TOURNAMENT
The girls participated
in three pool-play games
on Saturday, Sept. 17, in
Thermopolis, followed by
one top-ranked bracket
game. Jameson felt the
girls swept through pool-
play with none of the
other teams able to score
more than 12 points in a
given game. This placed
the girls in the top brack-
et against the home team
Thermopolis on their com-
petitor's home court.
"They wanted to beat
us really bad," said Jame-
son. "They played like they
wanted to beat us, too."
The LHS team strug-
gled and fell against Ther-
mopolis in the first game,
won the second game, but
fell again in the third, giv-
ing Thermopoli§ the win
they had hoped for.
CODY
The game against the
top ranked 3A team from~
Cody on Tuesday night
was a real challenge for
the LHS girls.
........ Cody i~the defending
3A champion, and they are
r~ally-~," said Jame-
son.
The LHS girls start-
ed off strong with a 25-23
win in the first game. Ev-
ery game was played at a
high level with each team
exchanging point for point
on the scoreboard. Cody
prevailed the last three
games 25-20, 25-18 and
25-16.
"I felt like the girls
kind of gave out in games
three and four and that's
something we need to
work on," said Jameson.
Walker had nine kills,
Robertson nine kills and
seven blocks. Winterhol-
ler and McClure both had
25 digs. Griffis had three
aces.
"The girls were real-
ly focused in the first two
games," said Jameson.
"They were ready and I
thought they played some
of the best volleyball they
have played all year."
UP NEXT
For the first time this
season, the team will have
a full week of practice
that is not interrupted by
games. The next game is
with Greybull in Greybull
on Sept. 27, with game
times of 4, 5 and 6 p.m.
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior Erin Robertson powers a spike over the net against the Cody
Fillies during Tuesday night's match in Lovell. The Lady Bulldogs battled the
Fillies hit by hit early before fading late in the match.
Middle school
Grizz fall to
CP, crush
Burlington
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Middle School football squad
split a pair of games last
week at home, falling to
Cloud Peak 8-0 on Thursday,
then defeating Burlington
20-8 on Saturday.
Coach Rod Winland said
the Grizzlies just couldn't
punch it in against Cloud
Peak.
"Sotl~: ~eams battled the
whole firSt'half," he said~.~We
had several long drives that
resulted in a turnover. Cloud
Peak scored on the second-
half kickoff return."
In the Burlington game,
Winland said Cole Simmons
connected with Ben Estes for
a 15-yard touchdown pass
that put the Grizz up 6-0 ear-
ly in the third quarter. The
two-point conversion failed.
Simmons then found Es-
tes again later in the third,
this time from 20 yards out.
The two hooked up for the
two-point conversion, as well,
and Rocky led 14-0. Winland
said the touchdown was set
up by two long runs by Cole
Wambeke.
After Burlington scored
early in the fourth period,
Brian Crawford returned the
ensuing kickoff 60 yards to
set up Rocky's final touch-
down, a 30-yard strike from
Simmons to Estes.
"Our offensive line car-
ried us through the second
half as we were able to chew
up the clock and finish our
long drives," Winland said.
Members of the O line are
Was Homewood, Cordell Mc-
Farlane, Triston Rusch, Zac
Zier and Seth Fuller.
The Grizzlies travel to
Greybull Saturday for a 9:30
a.m. kickoff.
urles
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The RMHS girls' vol-
leyball team has been
plagued with injuries
that have forced players
to adapt to different posi-
tions every week in a ro-
tation that has changed
constantly throughout the
season.
According to Coach Mc-
Millin, the girls are final-
ly starting to adapt to the
many curveballs thrown
their way and made a more
competitive showing at
their most recent games.
GREYBULL
Although the team
lost all three sets in their
home game against Grey-
bull on Sept. 15, McMillin
felt they made a better
showing than they have in
other games this season.
They started off slow los-
ing the first game 25-19
but seemed to build some
momentum in the next two
games with scores of 28-26
and 27-25.
Once again, the girls
were forced to rotate into
new positions with their
star hitter, Kallee Jo Wil-
son, out with an ankle in-
jury.
Brianna Hocker, play-
ing with a taped shoul-
der, had seven kills, Haley
Strom six, Shauna Loman
five and Isabel Gurrola
four.
McMillin thought the
serving was greatly im-
proved from the previous
week's games with Strom
having three aces and Ra-
chael Allred six. Gurrola
and Mandee Leonhardt
served 100 percent.
"They seemed settled,
focused and like they fi-
nally knew their new po-
sitions," commented Mc-
Millin. "It was a much
better match for them. We
were in the game and it
was positive for us."
THERMOPOLIS
TOURNAMENT
The Rocky girls got
to practice their new ro-
tations for a full day at a
non-conference tourna-
ment held in Thermopo-
lis on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The team played three
pool-play games and one
game ranked in the middle
bracket.
In their first games
against Burlington they
made a weak showing, fall-
ing 21-13 and 21-17.
"They needed to step
up a little bit," said Mc-
Millin. "They were not as
aggressive on hits as they
needed to be. Their attacks
need to become harder and
stronger."
In their second match
of the day, they played the
Riverside JV team, eas-
ily beating the less expe-
rienced players 21-10 and
21-16.
"We learned in this
one to keep the intensity
level up," said McMillin.
"The girls had good at-
tacks this time. Brianna
(Hocker) and Rachael (All-
red) served 100 percent."
The third game was
against Shoshoni. Rocky
fell 21-12 and 21-17.
"They slacked off again
in their intensity," said
McMillin. "Defense did do
well in covering hits and
we did show some success
in blocking."
Hocker had seven kills
and Strom four. McMillin
thought Loman played
good defense in the game.
In bracket play, the
girls faced off with Grey-
bull with a slightly stron-
ger showing than previous
games of the day. Greybull
won the first game 25-21,
Rocky took the second 25-
22, but Greybull prevailed
in the last game with a win
of 15-7.
Allred had three kills,
Loman four, Hocker eight,
Leonhardt three, Strom
eight and Gurrola one. Le-
onhardt was the top digger
with 21, followed by All-
red with 20, Loman 10 and
Strom 10.
NEXT UP
The girls will face
Wind River Thursday in
an away game. McMillin
hopes her team will be
evenly matched. They will
face Greybull again on Fri-
day, in Greybull, and Mc-
Millin hopes that hitter
Kallee Jo Wilson will be
able to step into that game.
On Saturday afternoon the
girls will host Thermopolis
on the RMHS courts at 12,
1 and 2 p.m.
