8 I The Lovell Chronicle I October 4, 2012
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The Lady Grizz vol-
leyball team traveled for
a weekend of pool-play at
the Greybull Tournament
on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday the girls fell to
Tongue River 25-15 and 25-
13.
"We struggled," said
Coach Carol McMillin.
"They had some big hitters
and we just didn't come out
strong."
Shauna Loman, Haley
Strom and Mikaela Hocker
had 100 percent serving.
Rachael Allred and Bri-
anna Hocker had one ace
each. Strom had two aces.
Loman had five kills Han-
nah Winland and Allred
each had two kills. Brian-
na Hocker and Strom had
one kill apiece.
"We just didn't get into
an attack position very
well," said McMillin. "We
did see some improvement
in our blocking though."
The next team faced
Friday was Wyoming In-
dian. The Lady Grizz won
the contest after three
games. Rocky lost the first
game 25-20 but came back
strong, winning the sec-
ond game 25-22. The Lady
Grizz also won the third
game 16-14.
Both Mandee Leon-
hardt and Mikaela Hock-
er had 100 percent serv-
ing. Mikaela Hocker had
four aces, Allred eight kills,
Brianna Hocker had four,
Loman had four, Mikae-
la Hocker had six kills and
Strom had six.
"They started attack-
ing a little bit better and
spreading the hits a bit,"
said McMillin.
Leonhardt was the top
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RMHS hitter Mandee Leonhardt tries to slam one
past Lovelrs Mercedes Haney at a conference game
held on Tuesday night.
digger for the team with
nine digs.
"What we found on the
Wyoming Indian game was
that they just weren't send-
ing hits our way," said Mc-
Millin. "We just don't play
as well with a team that tips
to us. We do much better
when a team hits at us."
The girls played Moor-
croft on Saturday and won
after three games. They won
the first game 25-18, but lost
the second game to Moor-
croft 25-20. They won the
third game 15-13.
Winland, Leonhardt
and Strom all had 100 per-
cent serving. Winland had
five aces, Allred and Mikae-
la Hocker had two aces each.
"Once again our hitting
improved," said McMillin.
Allred and Brianna
Hocker had seven kills each,
Loman had 10 kills, Mikaela
Hocker and Strom had five
kills apiece. Leonhardt had
21 digs.
"Moorcroft has some
good hitters and we had
some really good blocking
out of Rachael, Mikaela and
Haley," said McMillin.
The last team played
was Dubois. Rocky won 25-
20 and 25-16.
Winland, Leonhardt,
Loman, Strom and Mikaela
Hocker all had 100 percent
serving. Allred had four
kills, Brianna Hocker had
six kills, Loman had two,
Strom had three, and Mi-
kaela Hocker had four kills.
Leonhardt and Allred led
with eight digs apiece.
"We had really solid
blocks from Brianna, Mi-
kaela and Haley," said Mc-
Millin.
"We finished well,
but I thought we would
have played better against
Tongue River," said McMil-
lin. "We met Moorcroft at
the Thermopolis tourna-
ment earlier in the season
and they beat us there, so
we were happy to beat them
this time."
Editor's note: The Lady
Grizz also played the Lady
Bulldogs in Lovell on Tues-
day night, falling to Lovell
in all three games. Stats
for the Rocky girls were
not available at press time
and will be included in next
week's Chronicle.
Up Next: The girls will
play a conference game
with Riverside on Satur-
day at home with game
times at 1 and 2 p.m.
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The pressure was on
this week as the Lovell
Lady Bulldogs took on
Thermopotis on Satur-:
day to see who would pull
ahead in the conference
standings. The two teams
each had only one loss go-
ing into the game and the
winner would pull ahead
in the standings toward a
goal of being the top seed
at Regionals.
The match started off
with a bang with Lovell
winning 25-22. It was all
downhill from there with
three losses in a row to
Thermop 25-18, 25-20 and
25-21.
"We had our opportu-
nities and didn't seize the
moment," said Lady Bull-
dog coach Stormy Jame-
son. "We've hit a mid-
season wall, and now we
have to work on busting
through it."
Emilee Reasch had 17
kills, one block, 22 digs
and 100 percent serving.
Chelsey Ellis had 13 kills,
34 digs and one ace. Mer-
cedes Haney had seven
kills and 14 digs. Chay-
li McArthur had three
kills and one ace. Lauren
Hinckley, Maddie Baxen-
dale and Megan McClure
had one kill apiece. Mc-
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Lovelrs Chelsey Ellis slams a quick set while Lady
Grizz Shauna Lohman and Haley Strom attempt to
block on Tuesday night.
Clure had 42 assists and
27 digs.
"We didn't play with
the intensity that we need-
ed to win," said Jameson.
LOVELL VERSUS
ROCKY
On Tuesday night,
the girls ramped up their
intensity to win three
games against neighbor-
ing Rocky Mountain High
School, 25-15, 25-12 and
25-9 .... ,
"Tonight is the first
time I felt that every-
one had a good game on
the same day. People are
starting to step into their
roles. This is how it should
have been last time and in
every game."
Ellis had 11 kills, 16
digs, two blocks and four
aces. Reasch had nine
kills, two blocks, nine digs
and 100 percent serving.
Baxendale had two kills
and McClure and Haney
both had one kill each. Mc-
Clure finished with 26 as-
sists and 100 percent serv-
ing.
Next up: The team
will take on Riverside for
another conference game
at home on Friday night
with game times of 4, 5
and 6 p.m. Jameson notes
that the varsity team beat
Riverside earlier in the
season in conference play
but Riverside has beaten
top team Thermopolis.
Fans can look forward to
another intense game as
the Lady Bulldogs fight
for top position in the con-
ference.
Middle school Grizzli
clobber Burlington Huskies
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Grizzlies laid the wood to
the Burlington Huskies
Saturday morning in a mid-
dle school football game, 26-
0.
According to coach Rod
Winland Cole Simmons
scored the first touchdown
on a 55-yard run set up by a
Treyson Frost interception,
and Tristan Jewell added
the two-point conversion on
a run as Rocky led 8-0.
Brian Crawford scored
the second touchdown to
put Rocky up 14-0, and the
extra point was blocked.
Crawford scored again
to put the Grizz up 20-0,
and the PAT was wide.
The final touchdown
came on a pass from Sim-
mons to Landon Townsend
(PAT missed), set up by
a 30-yard pass to Lathan
May.
The seventh-grade
team tied Burlington 6-6.
Rocky's score came on a 70-
yard run by Wyatt Horrocks
during which he broke sev-
eral tackles, Winland said.
The Grizz will wrap
up the 2012 season with
a game at Powell today
(Thursday) at 4:15 p.m. A
scheduled game at Ther-
mopolis Saturday has been
cancelled.
Right, Brian
Crawford sprints
away from a
Burlington
defender during
Rocky's 26-0 win
Saturday morning
in a middle school
football game in
Cowley. The middle
school Grizz wrap
up the season
at Powell today
(Thursday).
DAVID PECK PHOTO
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain sophomore Bill Despain,
right, breaks up a pass during the Rocky-Wind
River game in Cowley on Sept. 21. The Grizz
travel to Shoshoni for a 6 p.m. kickoff this
Friday.
Grizzly win streak over
with los at Cokeville
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies' four-game win-
ning streak came to a screeching halt at the hands
of the Cokeville Panthers in Cokeville Friday after-
noon, 36-0.
Coach David Hayes said he had few details, with
the home team keeping the statistics, but he said
that while the score looked lop-sided, Grizz}ies
made the home team work for every ore
"It was encouraging because we made them
work for it and use the whole field, but we couldn't
stop them," Hayes said.
Hayes said the Grizz missed a golden opportu-
nity to score early when a Grizzly receiver got open
deep but dropped what would have been a sure
touchdown pass. So instead of trailing 14-7, the
Grizz trailed 14-0 and Cokeville tacked on anoth-
er score and went for two after a Rocky penalty to "
lead 22-0. A grounding-in-the-end-zone call led to a
Cokeville safety to make the score 24-0 at halftime,
and Cokeville added two more touchdowns in the
second half.
"We were a little down," Hayes said. "We felt
we had a couple of opportunities. (A running back)
caught a deep ball but got his feet tangled up and
went down. He was gone (without that). We didn't
take advantage of our opportunities.
"The opportunities we should have taken advan-
tage of stuck out against a good team. We had to
be assignment sound. If we had cleaned that up it
would have been a different game. They're tough,
but the score should have been a lot closer."
Hayes said Kirby Winland, Cannon Simmons
and Joey Jewell played well on offense, and TJ Wil-
lis stood out on defense. Wilson Flowers and Jake
Jones played well on both sides of the ball, he said.
He said the game was a great learning experience
for Rocky's young line.
TRAVELING AGAIN
The Grizzlies will take to the road again this
week to face a tough Shoshoni Wrangler squad Fri-
day at 6 p.m. Shoshoni is 3-2 overall, 2-2 in the 1A
West after clobbering the Riverside Rebels 31-0 in
Basin Friday. The Wranglers have also defeated Up-
ton-Sundance 40-6 and Wind River 13-9 but have
lost to Burlington 22-21 and Cokeville 41-19.
"This is a huge game on the road," Hayes said.
"It's a very big game. We should be pretty evenly
matched. We have to be assignment sound or we're
in trouble. If we are, we should be OK. We've got to
clean things up.
"They're fairly athletic and they spread you out.
With a zone read they spread you out and pass re-
ally quick."
2A WEST FOOTBALL 1A WEST FOOTBALL
Conf. Overall Conf. Overall
Team W L W L Team W L W L
Lyman 4 0 5 0 Cokeville 4 0 5 0
Lovell 3 1 4 1 Burlington 4 0 4 1
Kemmerer 3 1 4 1 Rocky Mtn 3 1 4 1
Mtn. View 3 1 3 2 Shoshoni 2 2 3 2
Thermopolis 2 2 2 3 Wind River 2 2 2 3
Pinedale 1 3 2 3 Saratoga 1 3 1 4
Big Piney 0 4 1 4 Riverside 0 4 0 5
Greybull 0 4 0 5 Wyo. Indian0 4 0 5
RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 28
Mtn. View 44, Pinedale 12
Kemmerer 22, Big Piney 20
Lyman 50, Thermopolis 0
Lovell 54, Greybul116
SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 5
Big Piney at Pinedale, 4 p.m.
Mtn. View at Lyman, 4 p.m.
Kemmerer at Greybull, 6 p.m.
Lovell at Thermopolis, 7 pm.
RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 28
Cokeville 36, Rocky Mtn. 0
Wind River 14, Saratoga 13
Shoshoni 31, Riverside 0
Burlington 51, Wyo. Indian 8
SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 5
Wyo Indian at Cokeville, 2 p.m.
Wind River at Burlington, 3 p.m
Riverside at Saratoga, 6 p.m.
Rocky Mtn. at Shoshoni, 6 p.m.
