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81The Lovell Chronicle I October 7, 2010
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Rocky Mountain senior flanker Luke Leonhardt bursts free for a big gainer
against the Wind River Cougars during Rocky's 42-6 win on Sept. 24 in Byron.
The Grizz travel to Shoshoni Friday for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff.
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BY DAVID PECK
Boy, talk about the
proverbial buzz saw. The
Rocky Mountain Grizzlies
were confident heading
into top-ranked Cokeville
Friday, having dispatched
Wind River and Riverside
at home the previous two
weeks. But the Grizz were
sliced and diced on the road
Friday afternoon, failing to
the now 5-0 Panthers 47-6.
Cokeville is what the
Grizzlies aspire to, coach
David Hayes said, blocking
and running their offense
with precision and playing
aggressive defense.
"We couldn't stop 'em,"
Hayes said. "They were
running through us like a
sieve. They were the bet-
ter team, that day at least.
They're number one for a
reason.
"They run the ball very
well and are very aggres-
sive on defense. We couldn't
get any openings. We got
five yards occasionally,
but it was tough to get five
yards."
Cokeville blasted out of
the starting gate and scored
on possession after posses-
sion, eventually taking a
47-0 lead into the locker
room at halftime, Hayes
said, before letting off the
gas in the second half.
Meanwhile, the Grizz strug-
gled on offense, especially
when senior flanker Luke
Leonhardt left the game
with an injured shoulder
and quarterback Guy Jones
went down with a knee in-
jury, both in the first half.
Hayes said Thomas
Troutman (QB) and Wilson
Flowers (flanker) did a good
job filling in for the two in-
jured seniors, but it was
"mix and match" on offense
and defense for the Grizz
after that.
Flowers set up Rocky's
only touchdown with about
a 3-yard reverse, Hayes
said, and Jessee Wilson
powered up the middle from
five yards out for Rocky's
only touchdown. The two-
point run failed.
Hayes said the Pan-
thers ran their veer option
offense to perfection.
"They always do it and
nobody can stop it," he said.
"They made big plays. In
two or three plays they'd
be in the end zone. They
made some big, long runs.
They block it well and slip
through the line and they're
gone. They give it to the full-
back just to keep you hon-
est. They use wide splits to
get angles on you."
On defense, Hayes said,
the Panther players are
quick and explosive with
plenty of "want to" to beat
the player in front of them.
"They're just quicker to
the point of attack," Hayes
said. "They get to places
quicker than we do. Every-
thing was stuffed up. In or-
der to beat Cokeville you
have to buckle down and
tell yourself you're going to
beat the guy in front of you.
'%Ve need to raise the
level of intensity. We were
outmatched across the
board. They were stout and
ready to play.
Hayes said he was still
awaiting individual statis-
tics from Cokeville so he
had no final stats to report
by press time.
SHOSHONI FRIDAY
The Grizzlies will play
their second straight con-
ference road game Friday
when they travel to Sho-
shoni to meet the 0-5 Wran-
glers. Kickoff is scheduled
for 2:30 p.m. The Wranglers
will be celebrating home-
coming.
Shoshoni has struggled
this season, falling to Pine
Bluffs 46-7, to Wind Riv-
er 34-6, Burlington 39-13,
Cokeville 57-0 and River-
side 26-13.
Hayes said he's not
sure whether Jones will be
able to play but early in the
week felt that Troutman
would likely start and play
the whole game under cen-
ter. He said Leonhardt may
be able to play.
"We may just have to
work the line and use our
stud running backs," Hayes
said. '%Ve'll be all right."
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Thursday, Oct. 7
MS volleyball- Rocky at
Cody, 4:15 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 8
HS football- Rocky at
Shoshoni, 2:30 p.m.
MS/HS cross country -
Lovell, Rocky at Pow-
ell, 4 p.m.
HS volleyball- Lovell at
Riverside, 2, 3, 4 p.m.
HS football- Lovell at
Wyo. Indian, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 9
Freshman volleyball -
Worland Tournament
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MS volleyball- Lovell 7th
at Greybull, 9:30 a.m.
MS volleyball- Lovell 8th
at Worland, 9:30 a.m.
MS football - Greybult at
Lovell, 9:30 a.m.
MS volleyball- Rocky at
conf. tourn., Burling-
ton, 10 a.m.
JV football - Rocky at
Lovell, 1 p.m.
College football - Wyo-
ming at TCU, 1:30
p.m. (CBS-C)
HS volleyball- Riverside
at Rocky, 12, 1, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 10
Pro football - Denver
Broncos at Baltimore,
11 a.m. (CBS)
Monday, Oct. 11
JV football - Lovell at Ther-
mopolis, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 12
HS volleyball - Shoshoni
at Lovell, 5, 6 p.m.
HS volleyball- Rocky at
Greybull, 4,5, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 14
HS cross country - Re-
gional meet at Foster
Gulch, 4 p.m.
BY DAVID PECK
With the regional meet just around the
corner, the Rocky Mountain High School
cross country team got in some good work
this week with meets at Worland last
Thursday and at Wright on Saturday.
According to assistant coach Pen-
ny Tolman, the young Grizzly boys team
placed second, just behind Thermopolis, in
the junior varsity division. Thermop had
28 points, Rocky 47, Lander 73, Powell 99
and Cody 131.
Excitement swirled around the finish
line, Tolman said, when Lance Schatz and
Nate Davidson crossed the line aimost si-
multaneously after battling each other for
most of the race. Schatz placed fourth with
a time of 19:45.03, and Davidson was fifth
at 19:45.75.
"Lance leaned in more and was deemed
fourth," Tolman said. "These two boys work
extra hard in practice to push each other to
the end."
Sophomore Michael Bernhisel placed
15th out of 49 runners in the varsity divi-
sion with a time of 19:11, Tolman said.
L.J. Homewood ran one of his best rac-
es, the coach said, crossing the finish line
in the JV race with a time of 21:19.
Other JV results included: Jackson
Stevens 21:42, Ethan Strom 21:56, Jake
Loyning 22:24, Travis Hatch 23:20, Garrick
Tolman 23:33, Dalton Banks 24:40, Davin
Brumwell 29:33 and Cory Call 32:03.
In the middle school boys race, Casey
Banks placed fifth with a time of 12:37,
and Bridger Jones was eighth at 13:18.
Josh McCracken ran the course in 14:40,
Payton Thomas in 15:39.
Zariah Tolmm placed 10th in the mid-
dle school girls race with a time of 14:30,
and Jill Davidson ran 16:44.
WRIGHT MEET
The high school team traveled to
Wright Saturday to compete in one of the
few 1A-2A meets of the season, and all of
the Grizzly boys competed in the varsity
division on a chilly and windy Saturday
morning.
"This is the only meet that we get to
see some of our competition for State," Tol-
man said.
Davidson placed sixth out of 32 com-
petitors with a time of 20:27, and Schatz
was eighth at 20:49, out-leaning a Guern-
sey runner at the finish line. Strom placed
13$ at 22 minutes even, and Hatch showed
improvement, Tolman said, placing 16th at
22:41. Shane Wocicki was right behind
him in 17th at 22:43.
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Rocky Mountain eighth-grader Casey
Banks strides along a fairway at Foster
Gulch during the Rocky Mountain
Invitational on Sept. 20. The Grizzlies
run in Powell Friday at Homesteader
Park.
held at Foster Gulch west of Lovell next
Thursday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m., with the state
meet to follow Oct. 23 in Douglas.
'%Ve are getting down to the end of the
season," coach John Bernhisel said. "The
state meet is only two weeks from Satur-
day. I'm very pleased with the shape we
are in right now as a team. Five-mile runs
have become common and relatively easy
Loyning ran 23:40, Garrick Tolman in practice. The hope is 3.1 mile xace
23:52, Brady Winland next (no time giv- will seem short ....
en), Brumwell 31:30, Call 32:37 and Sam
Woodis 36:44.
Michael Bernhisel missed the meet be-
cause he was out of town but did compete
in a race in Brooklyn, N.Y., and placed
fourth out of 400 runners.
The Grizzlies will attend their final
regular season meet Friday when they
travel to the Powell Invitational. Racing
begins at 4 p.m.
The 2A West Regional meet will be
"Two meets in one week is good once in
a while. I think it makes us stronger head-
. ing into regionals and state."
Bernhisel said Brady Winland will miss
the rest of the season because his knee in-
jury "has become too severe to continue,"
and he hopes the rest of the team can stay
healthy until the end of the season.
"When I see the times we are running,
I get pretty excited because our runners
are so young," Bernhisel said.
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