BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Bulldogs
celebrated homecoming in
style Friday, clobbering the
Mountain View Buffaloes
33-0 in dominant fashion to
move to 3-0 in 2A West con-
ference games.
Lovell used a punishing
ground game to wear down
the Buffaloes and control
the clock, which helped the
defense hold the Buffs out
of the end zone.
“Mountain View is a
spread team,” coach Doug
Hazen said. “They threw 33
passes, and that’s a lot of
passing attempts for a high
school team. When you can
run the ball you can play
keep-away and tire out
their players and grind it
on ‘em.”
The Bulldogs took the.
opening kickoff and scored
in four plays including a
seven-yard run by quarter-
back Beau Green, a 42-yard
burst by halfback Tyler
Teter and a 13-yard touch-
down run up the middle by
fullback Riley Abraham.
“When we play well
we get some balance,” Ha-
zen said. “Beau had a good
run, and Ty gets 42 so now
they’re keying on him, and
you slip the ball to Riley.
It’s hard for a defense to
hone in on one player. And
it opens up the passing
game, too.”
Lovell led 7-0, and after
stopping Mountain View,
the Bulldogs struck quick-
ly again on a 25-yard touch-
down pass from Green to
Brandon Teter on a slant
across the middle that fol-
lowed a 19-yard run by
brother Tyler Teter. The
PAT failed, but Lovell led
13-0.
' The Bulldogs continued
to move the ball the rest
of the first half including
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CINDY ASAY
Lovell junior receiver Brandon Teter runs for daylight during
'Lovell’s 33-0 win over the Mountain View
Buffaloes Friday night at Robertson Stadium. Moving up to help is senior
Britton Woody. The Bulldogs
travel to Lyman Friday.
three long runs by Green,
but Hazen said the team
“shot ourselves in the foot”
and failed to score. He noted
that Brandon Teter dashed
for 65 yards and a score, but
the play was called back on
a penalty.
Meanwhile, the Bull-
dogs dominated defensively.
“Our linebackers did
a good job ‘collisioning’
their wide receivers. They
couldn’t run free without
somebody hitting them,”
Hazen said. “Our defensive
line pressured the quar-
terback well. He got hit a
bunch, which disrupted
their timing and rhythm.
“Brandon Teter had a
nice interception. Our cor-
ners and safeties played
their technique well and
were in the right position.”
After the Lovell defense
gave the offense a short
field the Bulldogs scored
their third touchdown in
the third quarter as Abra-
ham broke free for a 281..
yard touchdown run. Then
later in the quarter Green
broke free around the end,
cut back against the grain,
broke a couple of tackles
and scored on a 69-yard
run. Lovell led 27-0.
Green gained 167 yards
on ,11 carries Friday, Ty
Teter 158 yards on 18 at-
tempts and Abraham 49
yards on just three carries.
Green completed five of 12
passes for 78 yards and
no interceptions and the
touchdown pass to Bran-
don Teter. Brandon Teter
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yards, Abraham one for 31
yards, Britton Woody one
for 10 yards and Ty Teter
one for seven.
Abraham and Bran-
don Teter led the team with
17 defensive points each,
and Konner Davis added
16 points, Jaret Collins 15,
Kaleb Mayes 13, Kenneth
Powell and Merrill Beck 11
each, RJ Davila 10.
The Bulldogs added a
final touchdown early in
the fourth quarter, cap-
ping a drive that begaglate
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es began substituting with
younger players.
“It’s a different group
now than three weeks ago,”
Hazen said of the team’s
three-game winning streak.
‘ t “They’re starting to under-
stand how good they can
be and their potential. The
sky’s the limit. We control
our own destiny. Every-
thing we want to accom-
plish is in front of us.”
LYMAN GAME
The Bulldogs will head
for Uinta County this week
to face the Lyman Eagles
for a 3 p.m. kickoff Friday.
Hazen said the 2-2 Eagles
will be a huge challenge for
his team.
“It’ll be tough,” he said.
“Number one, it’s at 3 in the
afternoon, which we’re not
used to. We have a 5:30 am.
departure Friday. Lyman is
a tough place to play. They
always play tough.
“They’re a run-first
team. If you stop their run-
ning game you’ll have suc-
cess against them. If you
can’t, it’ll be a long after-
noon because they’ll be
pretty physical. They’ll
pull their guards and tack-
les and run counter plays.
They’ll run 80to 90 percent
of the time.”
On defense,‘Hazen said,
Lyman uses a 3-5-3 forma-
tion with five linebackers,
any two of which will blitz
on just about every play.
“They’ll want to load up
the box to stop the run,” the
coach said.
Lyman started the year
with a 47-0 loss at Wheat-
land but played Big Horn
tough in a 26-8 loss at home.
In the last two weeks the
Eagles crushed Kemmerer
.38-14 at home and ,beat Pi-
in thié‘third, as Tyler Tet’é‘firwi‘f‘edale
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scored on a 22-yard’ run, af-
ter which the Lovell coach;
Last year Lovell edged
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Grizzly runners make gains at Worland meet
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Moun-
tain Grizzlies showed im-
provement from Monday
to Thursday last week as
they competed at the Wor-
land Invitational Thursday
after hosting their own in—
vitational at Foster Gulch
three days earlier.
“It’s always hard to
compare times at meets,
however Worland’s meet
was on a golf course and it’s
a similar course to ours, so
I think to make a compari-
son, we definitely had bet-
ter times across the board,”
coach John Bernhisel said.
“I can’t pretend to explain
why. We just had a bet-
ter meet. It was incredi-
bly hot, so I was pleased.
The middle of the season
sometimes gets hard. The
kids are running every day
and can experience a bit
of a mid-season lapse. We
went just a bit easier Tues-
day and Wednesday to we
would have fresh legs on
Thursday, and it made a
difference.”
Worried about keeping
legs fresh, Bernhisel has
canceled Rocky’s participa-
tion in the Wright Invita-
tional on Saturday, though
the Grizz will run in Ther-
mopolis Friday. He had
planned to take a few run-
ners to Wright but decided
against it. .
“It’s a bit much in the
middle of the season,” he
said. “I can tell our kids
don’t need the extra meet.”
In Worland, officials de-
cided to run both the varsi-
ty and junior varsity divi-
sions together in one girls
race and one boys race. Ber-
nhisel had already entered
some athletes in varsity
and others in JV, so he kept
the lineup.
Junior Dominic Twom-
ey was Rocky’s lone boys
varsity entrant, and he ran
well in Worland, placing
15th with a time of 18:44.66,
more than a minute fast-
er than the Rocky meet on
Monday.
“Dominic had a bad
race Monday, but he real-
ly shined Thursday in Wor—
land,” Bernhisel said. “I
was pleased.”
Six Grizzlies competed
in the junior varsity boys
division, and junior Zack
Milbrad continued to show
DAVID PECK
Lady Grizzly freshman Jacque Leonhardt glides
along the fifth fairway at Foster Gulch during
the Rocky Mountain Invitational on Sept. 21.
Jacque and her teammates ran strong in Worland
Thursday.
promise, placing 10th with
a time of 20:25.66, while
sophomore Stephen Pre-
ator was close behind in
12th at 20:27.21.
“Zack is working bet-
ter in practice than he ever
has, and Stephen clearly is
in our top three or four run-_
ners,” Bernhisel said. “It’s
nice to see a lot of young
runners.”
Sophomore Lathan
May and senior Spur Hack-
ney ran neck and neck and
placed 23“:1 and 24th, re-
spectively, with times of
21:28.18 and 21:29.50. Se-
nior Josh McCracken fin-
ished 33rd with a time of
22:11.56, junior Trevan Ly-
tle 44th at 23:48.94.
“Josh and Trevan are
consistently, over time,
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain sophomore Stephen Preator
cruises during the Rocky Mountain Invitational
on Sept. 21. The Grizz will compete in Thermopolis
this Friday at 1 p.m.
picking up their pace and
improving,” Bernhisel said.
“It’s great. They’re work-
ing hard in practice every
week.”
LADY GRlZZ
All seven members of
the Lady Grizz team ran
in the junior varsity divi-
sion and competed well.
Freshman Grace Wassmer
placed sixth with a time of
24:29.78, and junior Maris-
sa Arnold nearly made the
top 10, finishing 11th with
a time of 25:40.02. Junior
Livia Higgins and fresh-
man J acque Leonhardt ran
neck and neck and placed
15th and 16th, respectively,
with times of 25:57.41 and
26:00.72.
“Jacque didn’t finish
the race Monday, but she
ran smart Thursday,” Ber-
nhisel said. “She ran with
Livia and we’re excited
about her.
“Grace is a strong run-
ner. She needs to gain some
speed, but she’s got great
endurance. All of my run-
ners will be working on
speed this week, the turn-
over rate at certain parts of
a race.”
Burlington runners
Callin Preator and Pacee
Garza, both sophomores,
finished 23rd and 24‘“, re-
spectively, with times of
27:28.66 and 28:12.28.
Freshman Lindsay Tin-
dle finished 37th at 36:06.88.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Seventh-grader Zach
Simmons placed 13th in the
middle school boys race
with a time of 13:06.22,
and eighth-grader Rich-
ard Spann placed 20th at
14:07.97, both improved
times from the meet on
Monday. George Higgins
finished 24th at 14:47.59,
Landon Stebner 29th at
15:21.94, Dylan Escalante
39th at 17:40.66 and Michael
Escalera 43rd at 19:07.22.
Seventh-grader - Elsie
Wassmer finished 31st in
the girls race with a time of
15:44.56, more than a min-
ute faster than she ran at
Foster Gulch.
Both the middle school
and high school squads will
compete at the Bobcat In-
vitational in Thermopolis
this Friday, with the mid-
dle school action beginning
at 1 p.m., followed by the
high school races at 2.
