CHRONICLE
October 16, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The Lady Bulldogs vol-
leyball team let it be known
that they are a force to be
reckoned with among 3A
teams at the conference
duals held in Powell this
weekend.
The girls took on some
of the toughest teams in
the conference, winning
two out four matches, giv-
ing all of their opponents a
challenge.
On Friday, the girls
played Pinedale, winning
three out of four sets 25-
6, 22-25, 25-17 and 25-21.
They also prevailed over
Jackson after winning
three out of five hard fought
sets 25-17, 16-25, 25-22, 22-
25 and 15-13.
The girls started off a
bit flat in their first game
on Saturday against Star
Valley, winning their first
set 26-24 but falling to the
Lady Braves in their last
three sets 20-25, 19-25 and
19-25.
"I was very happy with
our performance this week-
end," said Coach Stormy
Jameson. "Other than our
match against Star Valley,
I thought we were playing a
high level of volleyball more
consistently and I think we
finally realized that we can
play with anybody in 3A
and be successful."
In their second match
of the day on Saturday,
the girls played Mountain
View, the No. 1 ranked
team in the state. The girls
fought very hard through
five challenging sets, start-
ing off slowly, losing their
first two sets 13-25 and 17-
25 but later gaining momen-
tum, which allowed them to
win the next two sets 25-19
and 25-23. In their final set,
the Lady Buffalos prevailed
13-15, in a set that was so
close it had fans on the edge
of their seats.
"I think this conference
has given us good momen-
tum heading into this week
when we play Burlington
and Powell at home," said
Jameson. "Mountain View
was the No. 1 3A team in
the state and we fought
them until the last point
and I think that could be
our turning point to push
us over that hump as seri-
ous contenders."
Emilee Reasch was the
team leader for the week-
end with 78 kills, 13 blocks
and 86 digs. Savanna Sav-
age had 27 kills, 9 blocks
and 7 digs. Mykelle Nich-
ols had 31 kills, 1 block, 65
digs, 4 aces and 1 assist.
Chayli McArthur had 21
kills, 1 ace, 68 digs, 5 as-
sists and 2 blocks. Lauren
Hinckley had 3 kills, 1 ace
and 35 digs. Angie Hutzen-
biler had 24 digs. Madison
Harper had 23 digs and 3
aces. Charri McArthur had
13 kills, 6 aces, 44 digs, 160
assists and 3 blocks. Mandi
Jo Baxendale had 23 kills
and 22 digs.
The girls will play Burl-
ington at home on Thursday
evening with games at 4, 5
and 6 p.m. They will take
on Powell for an important
conference game on Friday
afternoon with games at 3,
4 and 5 p.m.
"This Friday we play
an important conference
game with Powell, and we
really appreciate anyone
who comes to the game to
cheer and support us," said
Jameson. "Volleyball is a
momentum sport and when
we have fans cheering it
lifts us up and really gives
us a huge boost."
PATTI CARPENTER
Mykelle Nichols tries to get a ball past a wall of blockers on the Mountain View
team at the 3A conference tournament held in Powell on Saturday.
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell High School junior varsity volleyball squad
traveled to Powell for the 3A West Conference Duals Fri-
day and Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs opened up the tournament by fall-
ing to Pinedale in three games and defeating Jackson in
two on Friday.
Lovell continued on with the tournament Saturday by
falling to Star Valley in two games and falling to Moun-
tain View in two games.
"We played very good against Jackson and I was very
proud of them," Coach Chelsey Ellis said. "This tourna-
ment helped me decide what we are going to work on this
week to really prepare us to play Burlington and Powell."
The Lady Bulldogs will host Burlington today (Thurs-
day) with the freshman game at 4 p.m., the JV at 5 p.m.
and the varsity at 6 p.m.
On Friday, Lovell will host the Powell Panthers in
a 3A Northwest Conference Match (for the varsity) with
freshmen at 3, JV at 4 and varsity at 5 p.m.
BY SAM SMITH
The Rocky Mountain High School junior varsity vol-
leyball squad hosted the Shoshoni Lady Blue Friday and
the Riverside Lady Rebels Saturday.
The Lady Grizz fell to Shoshoni 25-19, 25-23 Friday.
The freshman team defeated the Lady Blue 25-17, 25-23.
Rocky then faced the Lady Rebels Saturday, also at
home. The Lady Grizz JVs defeated Riverside 25-18, 25-
17. The freshman team also defeated the Lady Rebels in
two games.
"They played much better as a team this weekend,"
Coach Kayla Honeyman said.
The Lady Grizz will travel to Greybull Friday with
the freshman game at 3 p.m., the JV game at 4 p.m. and
the varsity game at 5 p.m.
On Saturday, Rocky will host the Thermopolis Lady
Bobcats with the freshmen playing at noon, JV at 1 p.m.
and varsity at 2 p.m.
Lady Mustang netters
defeat Cody for consolation
championship
BY SAM SMITH
The Lovell Middle
School volleyball squads
traveled to or hosted their
respective Yellowstone Con-
ference Tournaments Sat-
urday as the seventh grade
traveled to Thermopolis and
the eighth grade hosted the
tourney.
The eighth-grade squad
opened up the tournament
by facing off with the Lady
Buffs of Greybull. The Lady
Mustangs defeated Grey-
bull in the first game 24-22
on a game-winning kill by
Alea Mayes. Lovell fell to
the Lady Buffs in the next
two games 21-9, 21-18 to fall
into the consolation bracket.
In the consolation
bracket, Lovell first faced
Burlington for a spot into
the consolation champion-
ship game. Lovell swept the
Lady Huskies in two close
games, 21-19, 21-18.
With the win, Lovell
was in the consolation
championship, facing the
Cody Lady Cougars. The
Lady Mustangs fell to Cody
in a close game one, 21-19,
but fought hard and won the
next two games 21-18 and
21-19 to win the consolation
championship.
"It was nice to end the
season with a win," Coach
Kim Bernstein said.
SEVENTH GRADE
The seventh grade
started off the tourney in
Thermopolis Saturday, also
with Greybull.
The Lady Mustangs fell
to Greybull 21-5, 21-13.
With the loss, Lovell fell
into the consolation brack-
et for a match with Rocky
Mountain. Lovell fell to the
Lady Grizz 21-16, 21-18.
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The Lady Grizz volley-
ball team took on the tough
team from Shoshoni on Fri-
day, falling to the powerful
Lady Blue all three sets 25-
15, 25-10 and 25-15.
"We played three hard
games with Shoshoni," said
Coach Jamie Cooley. "Our
girls showed up and worked
hard together. We had a
lot of good things going on
during the game,. We contin-
ued building on the progress
we made the weekend be-
fore. We were really moving
well together executing our
offense as a team.
"Shoshoni is a great
team. They move well and
hit hard. We were doing our
best to get up and block and
cover our blockers, but we
just weren't quick enough."
Mikaela Hocker had 5
blocks, Livia Higgins had 2,
Kaitlyn Hayes and Marissa
Arnold each had one.
"We now know that
blocking coverage is some-
thing we need to spend a lit-
tle more time on," said Cool-
ey. "I was proud of this team
and how hard they played."
Maddie Crawford acted
as the team's libero.
"With Maddie as libe-
ro, I know our team runs
smoother on the floor," said
Cooley. "She is able to see
and pick up so many pass-
PATti CARPENTER
Mikaela Hocker slams the ball over the net during
a home volleyball game against Shoshoni on Friday
evening.
es we otherwise would miss.
Laura Ferguson also came
in the back row for us and
did a good job passing for
US."
Kaitlyn Hayes had 2
kills and 100 percent serves.
Hocker had 7 kills and 100
percent serves. Higgins had
5 kills. Marissa Arnold and
Brianna Brumwell had 1
kill apiece. Summer John-
son had 10 assists.
The girls played River-
side at home on Saturday
afternoon, winning three
out of four sets, 25-22, 21-
25, 25-23 and 25-16.
"They were excited and
ready to play Riverside,"
said Cooley. "The girls were
.... on their game, With _our ira- __.
proved passing our hitters
were able to get on the ball
and we took full advantage
of it. It was so fun to watch
these girls play and have
fun together."
Hocker led the team
with 10 kills and 7 blocks.
Jennifer Parker had 12 set
assists. Hayes hadl kill and
3 blocks. Higgins had 3 kills
and 2 blocks. Arnold had 8
kills and 1 block. Brumwell
had 1 kill and 2 blocks
"We were just moving
and talking so well, it real-
ly kept the girls in the game
and helped them build on ev-
ery point," said Cooley. "The
girls were not only working
hard in the back row, but
our net play was great."
On Thursday, the Lady
Grizz will travel to Greybull
with games at 3, 4 and 5
p.m. On Saturday, the girls
will host Thermopolis with
games at noon, 1 and 2 p.m.
BY SAM SMITH
The Rocky Mountain
Middle School volleyball
squads traveled to their re-
spective conference tour-
naments Saturday as the
seventh grade traveled to
Thermopolis and the eighth
grade traveled to Lovell.
The eighth-grade
squad opened up the tour-
nament with the Cody
Lady Cougars. Rocky fell
to Cody in game one 21-12,
but the Lady Grizz fought
hard and won the next two
games 21-15 and 21-18.
With the come-from-
behind win, the Lady
Grizz advanced to a semi-
final game with the even-
tual champions, the Pow-
ell Lady Cubs. Rocky fell to
Powell 21-5, 21-14.
With the loss, the Lady
Grizz fell into a third and
fourth place game with
Greybull. Rocky fell to
the Lady Buffs 21-16, 22-
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain eighth-grader Makaila Twomey
returns a serve during Rocky's first-round win over
Cody during the conference tournament in Lovell
Saturday. The Lady Grizz went on to place fourth.
20 to finish fourth in the"On any given day,
tournament, anything can happen,"
Coach Jenny Christian-
sen said. "You can have the
best team in the world, and
sometimes things don't go
your way. I'm proud of my
girls. We did a lot of great
things and I look forword
to watching them in the
future."
SEVENTH GRADE
The seventh grade
opened up the conference
tournament by falling to
Worland in the first round
in two games.
With the loss, the Lady
Grizz then faced Lovell in
the consolation bracket.
Rocky defeated Lovell 21-
16, 21-18 to advance to the
consolation championship
game.
The Lady Grizz faced
the Burlington Lady Hus-
kies for the consolation
championship. Rocky de-
feated Burlington in two
games to end the season on
a high note.
