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October 20, 2011
I The Lovell Chronicle I 7
Grizzly harriers second at regional cross country
BY DAVID PECK
A deep Rocky Mountain
High School cross country
squad placed second at the
2A West/Five Rivers Con-
ference cross country meet
Thursday in Ethete.
While a talented Wyo-
ming Indian High School
squad won the meet and
placed seven runners in the
top 10, the Grizzlies placed
four runners in the 10-20 po-
sitions, led by junior Michael
Bernhisel, who placed 10 m
with a time of 18:42.
Hot on Bernhisel's heels
was Grizzly sophomore Nate
Davidson of Burlington, who
placed 11 m with a time of
18:48.
Finishing together were
the Rocky Mountain duo of
senior Lance Schatz of Bur-
lington and freshman Casey
Banks, who placed 13 and
14 t, respectively, Schatz at
19:21, Banks at 19:21.5.
Sophomore Jake Loyn-
ing fmished 21 st with a time
of 20:07, junior Brady Win-
land 25 at 20:59, senior
Jackson Stephens 26 at
21:16, Burlington sopho-
more Quinten Hibbert 30 th at
22:28 and freshman Tanner
Coleman 31 st at 22:47. There
were 37 runners in the field.
Wyoming Indian won
the meet with 12 points.
Rocky had 44, Lovell 46 and
Ft. Washakie 77.
"They dominated the
meet," coach John Bernhisel
said of the Chiefs. "They had
seven runners ahead of our
first runner, and I've got as
good a team as I've had in 10
years. Hats off to Wyoming
Indian for putting togeth-
er such a great team. I was
pleased to fmish second, and
I'm hopeful of placing second
at State."
Bernhisel said the
Ethete course is a good
course for runners.
"It's a fast course with
no big hills," he said. "The
weather was almost perfect.
It was a good day. We ran as
hard as I could have hoped.
Michael hadn't run a meet
in three weeks after messing
up his foot, and for Brady it
had been even longer.
"It's good to have both of
them back for this important
week. We're going into State
as healthy as we could hope
to be."
The Lady Grizzlies
didn't have enough runners
to qualify as a team, but
sophomore sisters Kelly and
Cassy Vezain both ran well
and placed in the top dozen
runners. Kelly placed 10 m
with a time of 25:06, Cassy
11 m at 25:20.
Wyoming Indian won
the girls meet with 20 points.
Lovell was second with 27
points Thermopolis third
with 34.
JOLIET MEET
Bernhisel took six run-
ners to the Joliet Invitation-
al Saturday morning in Mon-
tana. The meet featured nine
complete teams and four oth-
ers with runners, and the
Grizz placed second. Red
Lodge won the meet with
55 points, followed by Rocky
with 87 and Colstrip with 89.
"It was a really nice
morning Saturday. We just
needed one more meet, espe-
dally for Michael and Brady,
who missed so much time,"
the coach said.
Lance Schatz was the
top Rocky runner on the
three-mile course, placing
13 with a time of 18:16,
with Nate Davidson right
with him in 14% also at
18:16. Michael Bernhisel
placed 16 m with a time of
18:31, Casey Banks 18 at
18:34, Jake Loyning 46 m at
19:38 and Winland 66 at
20:50. There were 95 run-
ners in the field.
"We placed four in the
top 20 at a meet with 13
teams," Bernhisel said.
STATE SATURDAY
The Grizzlies will wrap
up the 2011 season at the
Wyoming State Cross Coun-
try Meet this Saturday in
Douglas. The Class 2A boys
race is scheduled to begin at
11 a.m., the 2A girls race at
12:40.
Running for the Grizz
will be Michael Bernhisel,
Davidson, Schatz, Banks,
Loyning, Winland and Jack-
son Stephens. Representing
the Lady Grizz will be Kelly
and Cassy Vezain.
"The weather looks
good," Coach Bernhisel said.
"We did well last year, so I'm
encouraged. I'm excited."
DAVID PECK
Rocky Mountain freshman Casey Banks cruises
along during the Rocky Mountain Invitational in
September. Banks is running very well right now,
coach John Beruhisel said.
Shumway takes first at cross country regions, May third
BY PATTI CARPENTER
The LHS cross country
team travelled to Ethete
on Thursday to compete at
the 2A West Regional meet
against runners from Wyo-
ming Indian, Rocky Moun-
tain, Thermopolis and Fort
Washakie.
rim Shumway was the
team's shining star, tak-
ing first place in the varsi-
ty girls' race with a time of
21:12.
"It was a close race the
whole way, and she (Shum-
way) just gradually sepa-
rated from the two Wyo-
ming Indian girls (Kianna
WallowingBull and Shaylee
White)," said coach Caleb
Sanders. "It was less of a
kick and more of a gradual
pulling away." Wallowing-
Bull was second with a time
of 21:53, White was third at
22:11.
Susie Shumway placed
fourth with a time 22:34.
Meryk McArthur was ninth
with a time of 23:55. By
placing in the top ten, the
girls made all-conference.
"Their times were slow-
er than last time," said
Sanders. "I was hoping they
would get faster times, but
they did well anyway."
Mackenzie Jue placed
15 t with a time of 27:31.
Although she didn't make
all-conference, Sanders
thought Jue ran a "steady
race" and was pleased that
she improved her time from
the previous week.
Colin May placed third
in varsity boys with a time
of 17:30. Wyoming Indian
runner Alvin Spoonhunter
placed first with a time of
17:03. Another Wyoming
Indian runner Wilson Clif-
ford placed second with a
time of 17:20. The times of
these top three were close,
just as Sanders predicted
the week before.
"It was a good race for
Colin," said Sanders. "He
and Alvin (Spoonhunter)
ran in the lead the first few
miles. It was in the last
mile that Alvin separated."
Several JV runners
bumped up to varsity in or-
der to run this race.
Freshman A.J. Dickson
just missed all-conference
with a 12 place finish and
a time of 19:15.
"That's spectacular for
a freshman," said Sanders.
"There's a level of confi-
dence with him that's good.
He sets high goals for him-
self. There seems to be an
excitement and a desire to
run."
Sanders thought Dick-
son ran a smart race and
sees a bright future for him.
Tony Rodriquez placed
20 m at 20:03. Mysen IcAr-
thur placed 23 with a
time of 20:34. Jesse Bas-
sett placed 32 "d with a time
of 22:54. Michael Steiner
placed 35 m with a time of
23:40 and Derek Phelps
placed 37 m at 28:06.
Sanders saw a great
deal of improvement in the
boys group as a whole with
most of the boys improving
their times from the previ-
ous week.
Sanders made rim
Shumway his "runner of
the week."
"I think it's safe to say
that if a runner wins the
regional championship,
they deserve runner of the
week," said Sanders.
The team will compete
at the state championships
in Douglas on Oct. 22.
DAVID PECK
Lovell freshman AJ Dickson competes during
the Rocky Mountain Invitational in September.
Dickson and his teammates will run at the state
cross country meet Saturday in Douglas.
Lady Grizz end season with play-in defeat
BY PATTI CARPENTER
It was a rocky road for
the girls volleyball team
from RMHS, a season
plagued with injuries, un-
certainty and a struggle to
keep the momentum going
that finally ended when the
team fell to Greybull at the
regional play-in game on
Monday. The loss dashed
their hopes for a chance to
play in the regional tour-
nament.
The girls played Ther-
mopolis a few days earlier,
losing the first game 26-24,
the second 25-22 and the
third 25-18.
"We did play well
against Thermop," said
coach Carol McMillin. "We
had a lot of good things
happen in that game."
Kallee Jo Wilson had
12 kills, Mandee Leonhardt
had three, Brianna Hocker
five, Haley Strom had four,
Shauna Loman seven.
"They were hitting and
doing well," said McMillin.
"Rachael Allred, Mandee
Leonhardt, Brianna Hock-
er and Haley Strom all
served 100 percent."
"Once again we had
great defense from Man-
dee (Leonhardt) with sev-
en digs, Kallee (Wilson)
with seven and Brianna
(Hocker) with five," said
McMillin. "We were also
better with the blocks this
go-around. Kallee had two
solo blocks and three as-
sisted blocks. Mandee had
two assisted blocks and Ra-
chael had two solo blocks."
McMillin thought the
girls were just starting to
"click" this week and saw a
great deal of improvement
in their games.
The team travelled to
Burlington on Saturday
for their first and only non-
tournament match win of
the season. Although they
they lost to Burlington in
the first game 32-30, they
won the second game 25-23
and the third 27-25. Burl-
ington won the fourth game
25-14, but Rocky prevailed
in the fifth game 15-4.
"They played really
well and had lots of hits,"
said McMillin.
Allred had three aces,
Wilson two and Leonhardt
two. Wilson had 15 kills,
Allred four, Leonhardt two,
Hocker six, Strom seven
and Loman two.
McMillin thought the
girls were fairly balanced
m terms of defense and she
thought they blocked well.
Wilson was the strongest
in blocking with several
solo blocks.
"They were confident,
enthusiastic and they took
control of the game," said
McMillin.
The girls faced-off with
Greybull Monday, a team
equally hungry for a win
that would allow them to
play in the regional tour-
nament.
"We were excited to
play Greybull and took
nine points right off the
bat," said McMillin.
They fought hard
and won their third game
against Greybull 27-25 but
lost the other three games
25-22, 25-16 and 25-22 ef-
fectively ending their sea-
SOIl.
Wilson had 23 kills,
Hocker 11, Allred six,
Strom four, and Loman
three. Allred had five aces.
Wilson and Leonhardt
served 100 percent.
"Greybull didn't real-
ly hit that much, but they
picked up whatever we
sent to them," said McMil-
lin. "We made some errors
hammering hits out of the
court. We had service er-
rors at critical points in
the game that we couldn't
afford and it cost us the
game."
"I would hope the girls
NATHAN OSTER
Kallee Jo Wilson attempts to get the ball past the
blockers on the Greybull side at the play-in game
held in Greybull on Monday night.
can walk away from this
season reflecting on what
kind of efforts they put into
this season," said McMil-
lin. "They took on a task
and they need to reflect
on it and decide what they
need to do to make it bet-
ter next season. I would
hope that they will be able
to honestly evaluate their
efforts and come up with a
method of improving next
year."
Sports Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 20
MS boys bb - Rocky at Cloud Peak,
4:30 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 21
HS volleyball- Regional tournament
in Riverton
Lovell vs. Kemmerer, I p.m., MS
Lovell vs. WR or Riverside, 7:30, MS
or HS
HS football - Saratoga at Rocky, 3
p.m.
HS football - Lovell at Big Piney,
3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22
HS cross country - State meet at
Douglas
Class 2A boys, 11 a.m.
Class 2A girls, 12:40 p.m.
HS volleyball - Regional tournament
in Riverton, TBA
MS boys bb - Meeteetse at Rocky,
I0 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23
Pro football - Denver Broncos at
Miami, 11 a.m. (CBS)
Thursday, Oct. 27
MS boys bb - Rocky at Burlington,
4:30 p.m.
HS volleyball - State tournament in
Casper, TBA
Friday, Oct. 28
HS volleyball - State tournament in
Casper, TBA
MS boys bb -Ten Sleep at Rocky,
3 p.m.
MS boys bb - Rocky at Burlington,
4p.m.
HS football - First-round playoff
games, TBA
Women's college bb - CSU-Pueblo at
Wyoming, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 29
HS volleyball - State tournament in
Casper, TBA
MS boys bb - Thermopolis at Rocky,
9:30112:30, 7 t" then 8 th
MS boys bb - Thermopolis at Lovell,
9:30112:30, 8 m then 7 m
College football - Wyoming at SDSU,
8 p.m. (The Mtn.)
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