CHRONICLE
October 4, 2012 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell Bulldogs celebrated
Homecoming 2012 in style Friday night,
clobbering the Greybull Buffaloes 54-16
at Kevin P. Robertson Memorial Stadi-
um.
The game was delayed by more than
an hour by the possibility of lightning
due to a thunderstorm moving through
the area, but once the game started there
was no stopping the Bulldogs, who scored
on their first six possessions of the game.
Known primarily as a running team,
the Bulldogs came out throwing Friday
as senior quarterback Dylan Hultgren
twice hit big Cody Savage slicing across
the middle for long touchdown passes,
the first covering 59 yards and the sec-
ond 56.
"We wanted to open up our passing
game a little bit," coach Doug Hazen
said. "We saw some things on film where
we thought we could get some one-on-one
matchups with Cody and we wanted to
take advantage of that. Coach (Bob) We-
ber and Coach (Daniel) Robertson did
a good job with that, calling plays and
making adjustments to put kids in favor-
able positions to make plays, like Cody
one on one with their cornerback.
"Cody ran a very crisp route, espe-
cially on the first touchdown pass. Dylan
audibled on one, too. Against certain for-
mations Dylan can check into something
else."
Hultgren finished the night 9 of 11
passing for 192 yards and three touch-
downs, with no interceptions.
Following the two early touchdown
passes, the Bulldogs finished a 64-yard
drive with a six-yard touchdown run by
Nathan Grant. Dino Collins carried four
times for 47 yards on the drive, shred-
ding the Greybull defense.
After leading 21-0 at the quarter
break, the Bulldogs drive 78 yards to
make it 28-0 after Greybull had driven
to the Lovell 22 but stalled. Hultgren
picked up 18 yards on a bootleg during
the drive, and Collins broke outside for
a 41-yard gain, then blasted in from 10
yards out for the score.
Following an interception by Grant,
the Bulldogs drove 77 yards in six plays,
overcoming a holding penalty along the
way. Collins gained 21 yards to get the
drive started and later took a screen pass
DAVID PECK
Four LovelI Bulldog defenders converge on Greybull receiver Connor Petty
during Friday night's homecoming football game in Lovell. Sandwishing Petty
are (l-r) Austin Ellis (81), Calin McArthur (20), Ryan Clark (33) and Dino Collins
(34).
for 32 yards to the Greybull 18. Hultgren
hit Ryan Clark for 12, then hit the senior
end for six yards and a touchdown. Lovell
led 35-0 with 4:44 left in the hall
The final two touchdowns of the first
half came on defensive plays. The Bull-
dogs sandwiched a Greybull receiver
Three plays into the ensuing se-
ries, Grant picked off Buff quarterback
Calder Forcella deep over the middle and
returned the interception 35 yards for a
touchdown. Lovell led 48-0 at halftime.
A fumbled snap in punt formation
set up the only Bulldog touchdown of the
just as the ball came to him, and Collins •second hail The junior varsity offense
grabbed the ball in the crowd and raced drove 25 yards in four plays. A 12-yard
40 yards for a touchdown. The PAT was run by Cade Bischoff set up a nine-yard
blocked, bootleg for a touchdown by sophomore
quarterback Seth Kite. The PAT was
blocked, but Lovell led 54-0.
Greybull added two second-half
touchdowns against the young Lovell
second and third string with Forcella
scoring on runs of one and two yards.
"Forcella is going to be tough over
the next two years if they get some guys
around him," Hazen noted.
The Bulldogs out-rushed Greybull
227-111 and out-passed the Buffs 192-57.
Collins finished with 140 yards rushing
on 10 carries - all in the first half, and
Bischoff added 29 yards on six carries,
Hultgren 18 yards on one carry, Aaron
Monterde 12 yards on three carries and
Beau Green 12 yards on two attempts.
Savage caught three passes for 125
yards, a nearly 42-yard average per catch.
Clark caught three passes for 24 yards,
Collins two for 32 and Grant one for 11.
Forcella led the Buffaloes with 88
yards rushing on 19 carries, and he com-
pleted six of 18 passes for 57 yards.
Jacob Beck led a balanced Lovell de-
fensive effort with 14 points on five as-
sisted tackles, three solo tackles and one
tackle for a loss. Hyrum Hopkin added 13
defensive points, Grant 12, Savage and
Drake Welch 11 each, Clark and Collins
10 apiece.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Following their successful homecom-
ing celebration, the Bulldogs will return
to the road to take on the Thermopo-
lis Bobcats in Thermop Friday at 7 p.m.
Thermop is 2-3 on the season and 2-2 in
the 2A West after falling at home to top-
ranked Lyman Friday night, 50-0. The up-
a d-down Bobcats have also defeated Big
Piney 64-12 and Greybull 50-21 but fell to
Glenrock 40-8 and Kemmerer 14-13:
As the Bulldogs (4-1) head into the fi-
nal three regular-season games, Hazen
• said the team needs to tighten up on a few
things and focus on the fundamentals of
proper tackling and proper blocking - the
proper technique of each position, what
he called "all of the little things." And al-
though Thermop is coming off a blowout
loss the Bobcats are dangerous, he said.
"They throw it all over the place,"
he said. "They've given us trouble in the
past with their schemes. We've got to
make sure we're ready to go. We have
some different checks and packages for
them."
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies are look-
ing strong as they near the regional and
state cross country meets, judging by their
performances at a pair of meets over the
weekend in Worland and Wright.
"This was a great weekend for Rocky
Mountain/Burlington cross country," coach
John Bernhisel said. "Our boys team won
their first trophy in many years with a vic-
tory at the 2012 Brittany Rentas Memori-
al Cross Country Invitational in Wright on
Saturday.
"I always like to go to this meet because
it gives us a chance to run against a few of
the other 2A schools in the east half of the
state."
The Grizz competed Thursday in Wor-
land at the Worland Invitational. Only two
boys ran in the varsity race. Michael Ber-
nhisel placed 17th out of 51 runners with a
time of 18:51.31, and Nate Davidson was
19th with a time of 18:55.31.
In the junior varsity boys race, Casey
Banks placed third with a time of 19:39.34.
Brady Winland was 16th at 21:53.59, Payton
Thomas 18th at 21:59.12, Dalton Wardell
28th at 24:09.53, Duke Wang 33rd at 26:23.44
and Seth Fuller 34th at 26:36.00.
"Casey ran with a sore throat and still
ran his best race of the year," Coach Bern-
hisel noted.
Four Lady Grizzlies ran in the girls JV
race. Zariah Tolman placed seventh with a
time of 25:31.91, "definitely the best race
of the year so far for Zariah," Bernhisel
said, and Denice Escalante placed 10th at
25:40.62, Kelly Vezain 12th at 26:15.56 and
Jill Davidson 23rd at 30:03.38.
In the middle school boys race, Dominic
Twomey placed 10th with a time of 12:32,
Ben Smith 11th at 12:32.90, Trevon Lytle
38th at 14:46.56 and Jarred Chavis 40th at
14:57.28.
On the girls side, Katie Doughty placed
13th with a time of 14:08.03, Emily Dough-
ty 20th at 14:55.15, Grace Wassmer 21st at
15:12.12 and Ivy Mickelson 30th at 15:51.03.
There were 52 runners in the race.
STRONG AT WRIGHT
Only the high school team ran in
Wright, and the Rocky boys won the meet
over Glenrock, Wright, Moorcroft, Hulett
and Normative Services.
COURTESY PHOTO
Posing with their team championship medals following the Wright Invitational Saturday are (l-r) Casey Banks, Payton
Thomas, Nate Davidson and Michael Bernhisel.
Michael Bernhisel placed third with a
time of 19:28, with Nate Davidson close on
his heels in fourth at 19:30.
"Both of these runners continue to im-
prove their running skills," Coach Bernhis-
el said. "They push each other and have be-
come the true leaders of our team."
Also in the top 10 were Casey Banks,
seventh with a time of 20:40, and Payton
Thomas, 10th at 21:40.
"Payton's weekly improvement is re-
markable," Bernhisel said. "To have a
freshman running these kind of times is ex-
citing. His great run at Wright sealed our
team's victory."
Jake Loyning placed 17th at 22:42, Dal-
ton Wardel121st at 23:12, Jared Tolman 30th
at 25:29 and Duke Wang 32"d at 25:42.
"Duke has improved his best time by
nearly six minutes in the three weeks he
has been on the team," Bernhisel noted.
Final team scores were Rocky first with
24 points, Hulett second with 29 points,
Glenrock third with 47 points, Wright
fourth with 65 points, Moorcroft and NSI
tied for fifth with 85 points.
Glenrock won the girls race with 18
points, followed by Wright with 27 points,
Rocky third with 43 points and NSI fourth
with 69.
Zariah Tolman placed 11th with a time
of 27:02, Denice Escalante 12th at 27:14,
Kelly Vezain 13th at 27:27, Cassy Vezain
17th at 29:33 and Jill Davidson 21st at 31:50.
POWELL FRIDAY
The Grizzlies have one meet remain-
ing before the conference meet. They will
attend the Powell Invitational Friday with
running scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the
Powell Golf Course. Both the middle school
and high school teams will compete.
Rocky Mountain will host the Class 2A
West Regional Meet the following Thurs-
day, Oct. 11, at the Foster Gulch Golf
Course, with running starting at 3 p.m.
