8 I The Lovell Chronicle I October 11, 2012
Collins and teammates shred Thermopolis 53-6
BY DAVID PECK
Dino Collins was a man
among boys Friday night,
but he wasn't alone.
The swift and power-
ful senior touched the ball
19 times and gained 382
yards - in one half, ex-
cept for one punt return in
the third quarter - as the
Lovell Bulldogs proved to
be good mudders, crushing
the Thermopolis Bobcats in
a wet snowstorm in Ther-
mop, 53-6.
Though Collins had a
jaw-dropping night, scor-
ing six touchdowns, he was
helped by a dominant block-
ing performance, a defense
that gave the Lovell offense
the ball over and over again
and a number of fellow
weapons to keep the Bobcat
defense honest.
Lovell rushed for 410
yards and passed for 101
more. Collins carried the
ball 16 times for 297 yards,
fullback Nathan Grant
six times for 73 yards and
quarterback Dylan Hult-
gren twice for 34 yards.
"I believe he (Collins)
is approaching 1,000 yards
right now, and he's only
played half the season (sit-
ting out second halves), if
that," coach Doug Hazen
said. "He's gaining confi-
dence. He's understand-
ing how good he is and how
good he can become.
"But there were times
when he wasn't touched
until 10 or 15 yards down-
field. Our wide receivers
are getting better and bet-
ter at blocking downfield.
You don't see 70-yard runs
without somebody helping
downfield."
Hazen also gave credit
to the Lovell offensive line
for paving the way.
"At times Dino makes
us look good, but there are
other times when the offen-
sive line allows him to look
good," Hazen said, "open-
mg up holes that allow
DAVID PECK
A snowstorm in Thermopolis didn't slow down Dino Collins one bit as the senior
rambled for 382 yards of total offense, most of it in the first half, as the Bulldogs
crushed Thermop 53-6.
him to get a head of steam
10 yards downfield when
you then have a 190-pound
man running at full speed
against 130- or 140-pound
defensive backs."
Hultgren was once
again efficient on offense,
completing four of seven
passes for 101 yards, and
every completion counted
as three went for touch-
downs and a fourth was
good for a first down.
Grant caught one pass
for 65 yards, Austin Ellis
and Collins one for 13 each
and Cody Savage one for 10.
Lovell took the opening
kickoff and drove 57 yards
in four plays following a
25-yard kickoff return by
Grant. Collins carried three
times for 19, 29 and eight
yards and a touchdown -
7-0 Lovell.
After forcing the Bob-
cats three and out, the Bull-
dogs drove 57 yards again
as Collins, Grant and Hult-
gren had strong carries.
Collins capped the drive
with a slashing 13-yard
run. The PAT was wide left
but Lovell led 13-0.
The Blldogs drove 88
yards late in the first quar-
ter, only to fumble the wet
ball away at the Thermop
3-yard line. The home team
couldn't drive the ball out
of the deep hole, leaving
the Bulldogs with a short
field. Lovell drove 30 yards
in three plays as Hultgren
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain senior running back Jake Jones makes a cut against the Wind River Cougars during
the Sept. 21 game in Cowley. The Grizz host Burlington Friday at 2 p.m.
Grizz frustrated at Shoshoni with 40-22 loss
BY DAVID PECK
There were certainly
some positive aspects to
the Rocky Mountain Griz-
zlies' performance at Sho-
shoni Friday evening, a
game the Grizz lost 40-22.
The Grizz rushed for
300 yards on 50 carries,
a 6-yard average. They
scored three touchdowns
in the process.
But Coach David
Hayes also expressed
some frustration with the
team's second consecutive
loss, feeling that the Grizz
matched up well enough
with "the Wranglers but
hurt themselves with mis-
takes and penalties.
"We weren't assign-
ment sound," Hayes said
of his young team. "We
made mistakes across the
board. We need to be bet-
ter, every single one. We
underachieved. We're ca-
pable of playing better.
We let Shoshoni dictate
the game."
Shoshoni took an ear-
ly 12-0 lead on a four-yard
pass from Tyler Clemet-
son to Mason Steffen and
a 10-yard pass from Clem-
etson to Josh Thoren.
Rocky answered with
a two-yard run by Jake
Jones in the second quar-
ter, but Shoshoni coun-
tered with a five-yard pass
to Thoren late in the half,
giving the home team an
18-6 halftime lead.
Jayden Haslam scored
on a 13-yard run in the
third quarter and Clem-
etson added the two-point
conversion as Shoshoni
took a commanding 28-6
lead.
Jake Jones' two-yard
run and Ethan Landers'
two-point conversion got
Rocky back in the game,
trailing 28-14, early in
the fourth, but Shosho-
ni scored on a five-yard
Haslam run with a two-
point run by Lawry John-
son to lead 34-14, then put
the nail in the coffin on a
44-yard pick six by Dillon
Geis with 6:05 to play.
Kirby Winland scored
on a one-yard run for the
Grizz with 1:30 to play
and Cannon Simmons
ran in the two-point con-
version to make the final
score 40-22.
Jones finished with
148 yards rushing on 27
carries, and Simmons
added 75 yards on seven
carries, Landers 65 yards
on 10 attempts.
Rocky rushed for 300
yards compared to 275 for
Shoshoni, but the Wran-
glers got the best of the
passing game, throwing
for 217 yards to Rocky's
67. Winland completed six
of 17 passes for 67 yards.
Jones caught three passes
for 53 yards, Landers two
for 9 yards and Wilson
Flowers one for 5.
"Jake had a great
night running the ball,"
Hayes said. "But when
we needed a play, penal-
ties, turnovers and mis-
cues killed us. Jake Jones
played one heck of a game.
"We ran up and down
the field. We could run
at will on them. But we
stalled drives on mistakes.
We need to clear it up. It's
frustrating. We're a better
team than that. Shoshoni
executed and we didn't. If
we had executed we would
have had 500 yards rush-
ing."
HOMECOMING GAME
The Grizzlies will host
intradistrict foe Burling-
ton Friday for the annual
homecoming game. Kick-
off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
If the Grizz win, they
could force a three-way tie
for second place in the 1A
West since the Huskies
have to pay Cokeville in
Week Eight. As of now,
however, the Huskies are
riding high at 5-1, 5-0 in
the conference with wins
over Saratoga 29-8, Sho-
shoni 22-21, Riverside 40-
7, "Wyoming Indian 51-8
and Wind River 41-0.
"They are very tough,"
Hayes said. "They are
running on all cylinders.
We can do it if we just play
assignment sound. We've
got the people to do it.
"We've got to step up
and at least limit their
running game. We can't
let (Ben) Mancuso get
loose. And we've got to
execute on offense: We've
got the plays."
hit Collins for a screen pass
that he carried in from 13
yards out. Lovell led 20-0.
Lovell's next drive cov-
ered 74 yards as Collins
ripped for 26, Grant gained
10 and Hultgren bootlegged
for 25. Hultgren then found
Ellis in the corner of the end
zone for a 13-yard touch-
down pass. The PAT failed,
but Lovell led 26-0.
Thermop answered with
an 80-yard drive as swift
junior quarterback Kaden
Haun broke loose around
left end and dashed 74 yards
for a touchdown. A two-point
conversion failed, but the
home team had hope, trail-
ing 26-6 with 7:32 left in the
first half.
The Bulldogs responded
quickly as Hultgren rolled
left and threw back across
the field right to Grant, who
juked and weaved and cut
back for a 65-yard touch-
down pass. The PAT failed,
but Lovell led 32-6.
Collins scored two more
touchdowns before halftime.
The senior blasted 39 yards
for his fourth touchdown, then
added a fifth on an off-tackle
play to the left side in the fi-
nal seconds breaking tackles
and bursting down the side-
line from 74 yards out.
Lovell led 46-6 at the
half, and after the Bulldogs
forced the Bobcats three and
out on the first series of the
second half, Collins scored
his sixth touchdown on a
60-yard punt return. Hazen
played the junior varsity in
the second half, but Ther-
mop could not score again,
fumbling the ball away on
the last two possessions.
Hazen praised the Lovell
blockers following the win:
left tackle Morgan May, left
guard Jacob Beck, center
Jacob Asay (moving from
right guard after an inju-
ry to Tanner Rohrer), right
guard Jacob Price right
tackle Nathan Ballard,
tight end Cody Savage, full-
back Grant and wide receiv-
ers Savage, Calin McAr-
thur, Ellis and Ryan Clark.
"It's probably hard on
our receivers and Dylan,"
Hazen said. "But we get up
so fast there's no need to
throw the ball."
The Lovell defense was
also strong against Ther-
mop's wide open offense,
Hazen said.
"That's as good as
we've played against Ther-
mopolis, maybe ever," Ha-
zen said. "Their wide open
offense gives us fits. We
match up better against
teams that run the ball. We
were able to contain them
pretty well.
"We were able to see
some things on film and
used a couple of checks and
a couple of packages de-
signed to eliminate some
of the things they do. The
kids and coaches did a good
job getting prepared this
week."
KEMMERER NEXT
The Bulldogs will take
to the road again this week,
this time making the long
trip to Lincoln County to
meet the Kemmerer Rang-
ers at 3 p.m. Friday.
The Rangers have been
up and down this season in
forging a record of 4-2, 3-2
in the 2A West. The Rang-
ers have defeated Wind
River 12-6, Pinedale 29-
0, Thermopolis 14-13 and
Big Piney 22-20. They have
fallen to Lyman 46-6 and
Greybull 30-6.
As in the past, Kem-
merer runs a double-wing,
tight-formation running
game, and Hazen said the
goal is to stop the Ranger
running game and force the
team to pass.
"It's a big game for us,"
he said. "If we lose they'll
hold the tie-breaker over
us. That could knock us
down to third place. It's im-
portant to go there and take
care of business."
DAVID PECK
Caleb Horrocks works for yardage as Lovell
defenders Nic Haskell (85) and Jeff Jameson
combine for the tackle during the Lovell-Rocky
junior varsity football game Oct. 1 in Cowley.
Lovell JVs finish season
with back-to-back wins
BY DAVID PECK
The Lovell junior varsity
football team concluded the
2012 season with a thriller
Saturday in Greybull, edging
the Buffaloes 12-6 in three
overtimes.
According to coach Craig
Lundberg, Beau Green
caught a touchdown pass in
regulation play from Seth
Kite, then threw the game-
winning touchdown pass to
Jacob Adey in the third over-
time.
"We had some kids play a
solid all-around game," Lun-
dberg said. "I thought that
Richard Walker played well
for us on offense and ran the
ball hard. The combination of
Walker and (Jeff) Jameson
worked well.
"Defensively, we had
a great effort all the way
• around. We had a couple of
goal line stands that helped
us win that game."
The win came on the
heels of a 40-12 win over the
Rocky Mountain Grizzlies on
Monday, Oct. 1, in Cowley.
"Offensively, we were
able to get some pretty big
plays," Lundberg said. "Kite
threw a couple of early picks
that led to a Rocky TD but
seemed to settle down and
was able to have a good over-
all game."
Rocky coach Brandon
May said it was an intercep-
tion by Bill Despain early
that set up a touchdown from
Cole Wambeke to Despain for
Rocky's first score.
Lundberg said Kite
threw a touchdown pass to
Green and Michael Brightly.
Green also scored on a boot-
leg, Nic Haskell caught a
touchdown pass and James-
on scored on a long run.
"Defensively, I thought
that Drake Welch played a
heck of a game," Lundberg
said. "He was all over the
field making plays for us. We
were able to put some pres-
sure on the quarterback and
force them into some passes
that we ended up getting our
hands on. Both teams played
a good game and it was a
good win for us coming offour
games with Powell."
Lundberg said the Lovell
freshmen fell to Powell 24-
12 on Saturday, Sept. 22,
at home and the JVs fell to
the Panthers 48-0 Sept. 24
in Powell. He said the team
came out flat in the second
game and could have compet-
ed better.
Back on Saturday, Sept.
15, the JVs defeated Ther-
mopolis 38-12 in Thermop.
He said the team's defense
played well against Ther-
mop's spread offense while
the Bulldogs were able to
move the ball on the ground.
The JVs finished the sea-
son with a 3-2 record, and the
freshmen were 0-1.
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