10 I The Lovell Chronicle J November 1, 2012
BY DAVID PECK
After powering past
seven of eight opponents
during the regular season,
the Lovell Bulldogs start-
ed the "new" season - the
playoffs - Friday evening
at home, but it was more of
the same - a blowout win
for the Bulldogs, 55-6 over
the Glenrock Herders.
Though the Bulldogs
scored 55 points Friday, it
all started with defense as
the 'Dogs dominated the
Glenrock double wing of-
fense, holding the Herders
to no first downs in the first
half and only one touch-
down - on the final play of
the game.
"From a coaching per-
spective, we focused on
what they did offensively
more than any game before
this," coach Doug Hazen
said. "Our preparation was
outstanding. We were pre-
pared for them.
"We were ready for
them and said we were not
going to let them beat us
that way. We had a couple
of different looks for them
and they both worked.
It was one of those days.
We're praying for a couple
more days like that."
Hazen said the Bull-
dogs more than matched
the Herders physically and
overpowered them at the
point of attack, and he said
his team also confused the
Glenrock line with a "cha-
os front" that disguised the
Lovell defensive formation.
"They couldn't get a read
on us," he said. "We had
guys standing everywhere.
At one point we had nobody
with their hand down as a
defensive lineman. Every-
one was standing up. That
created confusion for their
line. They didn't know how
to block us."
Glenrock came out de-
termined to thwart Lovell's
power running game, so the
Bulldogs came out throw-
ing. After an initial play
that appeared to be a com-
pletion but was ruled out of
bounds, Glenrock stopped
Dino Collins for just a one-
yard gain. But on third
down and nine, senior quar-
terback Dylan Hultgren
found fellow senior Cody
Savage deep over the mid-
dle. The nice throw and
pretty over-the-shoulder
catch resulted in a 58-yard
touchdown play, and Lovell
was off to the races, lead-
ing 7-0 one minute into the
game.
"We knew they would
do that (load up against the
run)," Hazen said, "and we
knew we would be able to
take advantage of their sec-
ondary. They were playing
pretty deep, so we ran some
crossing routes and were
able to get behind them.
"On that first touch-
down our line did a great job
giving Dylan as much time
as he needed."
After forcing the Herd-
ers three and out on their
first possession, the Bull-
dogs drove 64 yards to score
again. Collins carried for
nine and seven yards, Na-
than Grant picked up two
and Hultgren hit Ryan
Clark for 10. Collins then
powered through tackles up
the middle and broke out-
side for a 36-yard touch-
down run - 14-0 Lovell.
After burying the Herd-
ers for no gain on an at-
tempted fourth-down con-
version, the Bulldogs had
a short field and drove 41
yards in six plays. On third
and 10 at the Glenrock 26,
Hultgren rolled out and
bought himself some time
when his initial receiver
was covered, then spot-
ted Savage slicing over
the middle. He caught the
Hultgren aerial and cut
upfield to score for a 21-0
Lovell lead.
Another fourth-down
stop, this time by Clark on
fourth and one, gave the
Bulldogs a short field again,
and after an initial holding
penalty, they scored in six
plays, with Hultgren hit-
ting Savage for an ll-yard
touchdown pass. Lovell led
28-0, but unfortunately, se-
nior center Tanner Rohrer
re-injured his knee on the
play and had to leave the
game.
Things snowballed from
there. Consecutive fumble
recoveries by Jacob Beck and
Nathan Ballard led to two
more Lovell touchdowns,
the first being an amaz-
ing run by Collins where he
broke several tackles but
seemed to be enveloped by a
number of defenders about
10 yards downfield. He kept
his legs churning, however,
and the powerful running
back broke free and scored
for a 36-yard touchdown
run. Lovell led 34-0 after the
point-after kick was wide.
Lovell had only 19 yards
to go after the second fumble
and scored on a 15-yard pass
to Clark, who went high in
the end zone to snare the
ball. Lovell led 41-0.
After only Glenrock's
second punt of the game, the
Bulldogs showed they could
drive the field and covered
70 yards for their seventh
consecutive touchdown,
capped by a five-yard pass
DAVID PECK
Lovell senior end Ryan Clark goes high to catch a 15-yard touchdown pass from
Dylan Hultgren during the second quarter of Lovell's 55-6 win over Glenrock
Friday in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs. The Bulldogs play at Big Horn
Friday at 2 p.m.
from Hultgren to Austin El-
lis in the corner of the end
zone.
Lovell led 48-0 at the
half.
The second half was
played with a running
clock, but Lovell added a fi-
nal touchdown in the third
quarter after an intercep-
tion by Hultgren. The Bull-
dogs drove 63 yards to
score. A 29-yard bootleg by
Hultgren set up a one-yard
touchdown run by Collins,
making the score 55-0 late
in the third.
Hazen played many sec-
ond-string players the rest
of the way, but the Bulldogs
held Glenrock out of the end
zone with a goal line stand
late in the fourth.
Buried at the 1, the
Bulldogs drove the ball out
to the 8, and Hazen put in
the starting offense for the
final "victory" kneel-down
formation since in every
other win this season the se-
niors were long on the bench
by the final horn.
With one play left, the
Herders scored on a seven-
yard run, making the final
score 55-6.
Hultgren finished seven
of 13 for 128 yards and five
touchdowns. Savage caught
three passes - all touch-
downs - for 91 yards, Clark
three for 32 yards and Ellis
one for five. Glenrock was
0-4 passing with two inter-
ceptions.
Lovell rushed for 302
yards as Collins gained 185
yards on 20 carries, Grant
77 yards on seven carries
and Hultgren 33 yards on
two attempts.
Glenrock rushed for 112
yards on 36 carries.
Calin McArthur and Ja-
cob Beck led the team with
16 defensive points each.
Nathan Grant added 10
points, Aaron Monterde 9
and Nathan Ballard 8.
BIG TEST AT BIG HORN
If the Bulldogs have
been wanting a test, they'll
get it in Big Horn Friday.
The second-ranked Rams
are 9-0 on the season and
are the top seed out of the
2A East.
Ironically, the team
the Bulldogs just beat 55-
6, Glenrock, only lost to Big
Horn - in Big Horn - by four
points, 30-26, but the Rams
have won every other game
by at least three touch-
downs: 49-6 over Greybull,
44-22 over Burns, 46-21
over Wright, 56-24 over
Wheatland, 55-8 over Moor-
croft, 49-8 over Tongue Riv-
er, 55-6 over Newcastle and
45-6 over Kemmerer Friday
in the first round of the play-
offs.
In terms of style, the
Rams are the anti-Glen-
rock. Rather than running
the ball on every play, they
will attempt to light up the
scoreboard with a long pass-
ing game, Hazen said.
"They have a big-play
offense," Hazen said. "They
want to go deep. Typically,
they score on long chunk
plays, the opposite of Glen-
rock.
"They want to kill you
on one play. If we can limit
that, we'll be OK. If we don't
it will be a struggle."
The Rams are led by
quarterback Connor Mc-
Cafferty, who heading into
the playoffs was averag-
ing 139.5 passing yards per
game with 20 touchdown
passes and only one inter-
ception. He had completed
50 of 75 passes for 1,116
yards and led Class 2A in
quarterback efficiency.
His top targets are
Matt Wigglesworth (#11),
who had 12 catches for 281
yards after eight games;
Lucas Wollenman (#18),
who had 11 catches for 272
yards; and Christian Mayer
(#21), who had nine catch-
es for 318 yards, an aver-
age of 35.3 yards per catch.
The top rusher is Scott Pas-
sini (#48), who averaged
80 yards per game during
the regular season with 10
touchdowns.
"He's one of the better if
not the best quarterback in
the state," Hazen said of Mc-
Cafferty. "He throws a very
nice ball, a nice deep ball.
His receivers are speedy
guys who can hurt you deep.
The running back is solid,
not flashy, but somebody we
have to plan for.
"Big Horn has a very
solid offensive line. They've
gotten pretty good at elimi-
nating some of that pres-
sure."
Defensively, the Rams
use multiple sets and will
disguise fronts and cover-
ages, Hazen said. They will
blitz at times, he added.
"In some ways they're
quite similar to Glenrock,"
he said. "We'll have to be
physical against them and
be able to run the football.
That's kind of our identity,
but if they start to load up
against the run, we're not
afraid to throw the ball."
Kickoff is scheduled for
2 p.m. Friday in Big Horn.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WENDY FULLER
Richard Spann and Ben Zeller wait for the Spook Splash fun relay to begin.
It was Lander's 29th annual Spook Splash meet.
Barracudas begin season in Lander
BY PAT PARMER
The North Big Horn
Barracudas began their
winter season at the 29th
annual Spook Splash on
October 20 and 21. Twelve
swimmers made the trek to
Lander and everyone took
time off their personal bests
in at least one event.
10-year-old Anna Full-
er finished second in the
girls 10-and-under 500-
yard free with a time of
8:19.53 and Emily Doughty
placed second in the 13-14
age group with a 6:38.52
and grabbed another sec-
ond in the 200-yard free
with a time of 2:29.49.
Richard Spann picked
up where he left off last
spring with time improve-
ment in every event. Seth
Fuller hacked almost 38 sec-
onds from his 500-yard free
time to finish with a 7:07.69.
The team is scheduled
to attend the Veterans
Day Meet in Sheridan in
November.
Spook Splash results
Girls
10&U
100 Back: 5th Anna Fuller, 1:39.91Y; 7th
Aspen Thomas, 1:51.55Y;
50 Back: 12th Aspen Thomas, 49.56Y;
50 Breast: 16th Aspen Thomas, 55.50Y;
100 Free: 11th Aspen Thomas,
1:39.45Y;
50 Free: 7th Anna Fuller, 38.06Y; 23rd
Aspen Thomas, 44.45Y;
09-10
500 Free: 2nd Anna Fuller, 8:19.53Y;
100 Breast: 4th Anna Fuller, 1:50.09Y;
13-14
100 Back: 5th Alyssa Schneider,
1:20.06Y; 6th Emily Doughty, 1:21.10Y;
100 Breast: 3rd Alyssa Schneider,
1:29.44Y; 5th Emily Doughty, 1:30.95Y;
200 Breast: 4th Emily Doughty,
3:20.19Y;
100 Free: 2nd Alyssa Schneider,
1:05.70Y; 4th Emily Doughty, 1:06.10Y;
200 Free: 3rd Katelyn Doughty,
2:30.22Y; 5th Alyssa Schneider,
2:34.47Y;
50 Free: 4th Emily Doughty, 29.60Y; 5th
Katelyn Doughty, 29.94Y;
500 Free: 3rd Katetyn Doughty,
6:45.81Y;
200 IM: 4th Alyssa Schneider, 2:50.40Y;
6th Katelyn Doughty, 2:57.87Y;
Boys
08&U
50 Back: 8th Nathan Fuller, 1:09.16Y;
50 Free: 11th Nathan Fuller, 1:15.12Y;
10&U
50 Breast: 5th Colby Doughty, 51.34Y;
200 Free: 4th Colby Doughty, 3:07.85Y;
100 IM: 6th Colby Doughty, 1:40.62Y;
11-12
50 Back: 8th Jared Fuller, 42.96Y; 13.
Richard Spann, 47.00Y;
50 Breast: 8th Richard Spann, 52.60Y;
50 Fly: 8th Jared Fuller, 45.25Y;
100 Free: 12th Richard Spann, 1:27.36Y;
50 Free: 11th Jared Fuller, 3581Y; 15th
Richard Spann, 37.77Y;
100 IM: 8th Richard Spann, 1:41.79Y;
13-!4
200 Back: 2nd Seth Fuller, 2:49.09Y;
100 Free: 3rd Seth Fuller, 1:03.21Y;
50 Free: 4th Seth Fuller, 28.52Y;
200 IM: 3rd Seth Fuller, 2:54.57Y;
15-Ov
100 Breast: 6th Ross Fuller, 1:14.61Y;
13th Ben Zeller, 1:33.43Y;
100 Free: 14th Ben Zeller, 1:05.82Y;
50 Free: 14th Ross Fuller, 26.62Y; 16th
Ben Zeller, 29.44Y;
BY DAVID PECK
The Rocky Mountain
Middle School boys bas-
ketball team has already
had a busy early-season
slate of games, playing
five dates over the last two
weeks and forging an 11-1
record among the A, B and
C squads.
According to assistant
coach Rod Winland, the
Grizzly A team opened
the season on Thursday,
Oct. 18, with a 43-8 win
over Cloud Peak at home
in Cowley, then clobbered
Meeteetse on the road two
nights later, 34-19.
Cole Simmons led the
way against Cloud Peak
with 18, and Zac Zier add-
ed 6, Brian Crawford 5,
Lathan May 4 and Garrett
Vezain, Wyatt Horrocks
and Dominic Twomey 2
each.
In the Meeteetse win,
Simmons poured in 19
points to match the op-
posing team, and Vezain
added 6, Crawford 3, May,
Tristan Jewell and Robert
Logan 2 apiece.
The A team added
three more wins last week
to improve to 5-0 on the
season, beating Burling-
ton at home Thursday 31-
23, Ten Sleep on the road
Friday 46-29 and Ther-
mopolis at home Saturday
38-15.
In the Burlington
win Simmons and Jew-
ell scored 10 points each,
Crawford 4, Zier, Vezain
and Logan 2 each, Hor-
rocks 1.
Friday in Ten Sleep,
Crawford scored 13 and
Simmons 12. Jewell add-
ed 9, Horrocks 4 and Zier,
Twomey, May and Jared
Chavis 2 apiece.
Back home on Sat-
urday, Simmons led the
Grizz to victory over Ther-
mop with 18 points. Craw-
ford added 7, Jewell 4,
Horrocks, May, Twomey
and Zier 2 each, Vezain 1.
The B team is also un-
defeated at 5-0. The Grizz
have defeated Cloud Peak
45-14, Meeteetse 25-20,
Burlington 26-11, Ten
Sleep 48-8 and Thermop
34-15.
The Rocky C team has
split a pair of games, fall-
ing to Burlington 20-8 but
beating Thermopolis 16-8.
The Grizz have two
dates this weekend. They
travel to Cloud Peak for
games at 2 and 3 p.m. Fri-
day, then host Meeteetse
Saturday at 10 and 11
a.m.
Please recycle this newspaper.
Here are the results
of the Class 1A, l 1-man
football playoffs for 2012:
Friday, Oct. 26
lW Cokeville 40, 4E Lin-
gle 12
2E Southeast 61, 3W
Shoshoni 21
2W Burlington 33, 3E
Upton/Sundance 6
1E Lusk 52, 4W Rocky
Mtn. 0
SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 2
Southeast at Cokeville, 1
p.m.
Burlington at Lusk, 6
p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10
Championship game, 1
p.m.
War Memorial Stadium,
Laramie
Here are the results
of the Class 2A football
playoffs for 2012:
Friday, Oct. 26
1E Big Horn 45, 4W
Kemmerer 6
2W Lovell 55, 3E Glen-
rock 6
2E Newcastle 43, 3W
Mtn. View 13
lW Lyman 50, 4E
Wheatland 0
SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 2
Newcastle at Lyman, 1
p.m.
Lovell at Big Horn, 2
p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10
Championship game, 10
a.m.
War Memorial Stadium,
Laramie
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