December 18, 2014 I The Lovell Chronicle I 11
PATTI CARPENTER
Marissa Arnold races down the Court with Lady Bulldog Chayli McArthur hot
on her heels during a game at Rocky Mountain High School on Saturday.
First game of the season reveals
fighting spirit of Lady Grizz
BY PATrl CARPENTER
The Rocky Mountain girls basketball
team took on Burlington for their first
game of the season this week in Burlington.
Though the girls fell 53-43 in the non-con-
ference game, it was not without a fight.
The girls from Burlington came out
slugging in the first quarter, prevailing 12-
5. The Lady Grizz pulled ahead in the sec-
ond quarter, winning 15-9. Burlington in-
creased the pressure in the third quarter,
winning 18-9. Both fought hard for a tie in
the final quarter, 14-14.
Coach Eric Honeyman got a good look
at'the capabilities of his key players and
was, for the most part, pleased with what
he saw. The early-season game gave him
insights on what to work on, as well.
Mikaela Hocker had 17 points and 6
rebounds.
"Mikaela Hocker played a great game,"
he said. "She was all over the place with re-
bounds and points. I really liked how she
was so aggressive with the ball. She looked
to shoot the ball and drive which is awe-
some for her game."
. Sarah Jones had 6 points and 4
rebounds.
"Sarah played a very consistent game,"
said Honeyman. "She played both ends of
the floor really good. She did a great job of
running our zone offense and seeing the
holes in the defense. I am very happy how
well she played."
Livia. Higgins had 6 rebounds.
"Livia played a really good game," Hon-
eyman said. "Her defense was great, and
she rebounded the ball great. I like how
she was smart with the ball. She made
good shots when they were there, she drove
when she had an opening."
Maddie Crawford had 4 points and 2
rebounds.
"Maddie is the floor leader," said Honey-
man. "She did a great job of bringing the ball
down and getting players in their spots."
Honeyman was especially pleased with
Maddy Hocker, who impressed her coaches
and teammates with her tenacity.
"Maddy, a freshman, came into a var-
sity game and I thought she would be ner-
vous and Scared," noted Honeyman. "She
wasn't at all. She played some big minutes
for us and did a very good job for us Friday
night. Impressed all of us coaches how well
she played."
Hard-charging Marissa Arnold was one
of the team's leaders with 10 points and 7
rebounds.
"Marissa has been playing through the
injury bug," said Honeyman. "It didn't stop
her from playing hard against Burlington.
She did a good job of breaking the press
and attacking the defense that Burlington
was in."
The girls have their work cut out for
them this week as they continue refining
their skills and working on conditioning.
"As far as the team, we as a team strug-
gled with finishing," said Honeyman. "We
had numerous opportunities to break up
the game but couldn't because we couldn't
finish around the basket. If we woull have
made just half of our points within five feet,
that would have been 30 points. We shot 48
percent from the free throw line, so I would
like that to improve. I am happy, though,
how my girls did battle back. That shows
their character."
Next up, the girls will battle it out in
the Big Horn Basin Shootout held on their
home court this weekend. The JV team will
play Riverside at Rocky at 12:30 p.m. on
Friday. The varsity girls will play Meetee-
tse at 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Rocky varsi-
ty team will play Snake River at 9 a.m. The
JV girls will play Snake River at 10:45. The
varsity girls will play Burlington at 5:45
p.m. and the JV girls will take on Burling-
ton at 7:30 p.m.
Grizzlies rally to beat
Huskies in Burlington
BY DAVID PECK
It was a strong start to
the 2014-15 season for the
Rocky Mountain Grizzlies
as the Grizz clawed their
way out of an early hole and
rallied to defeat the Burl-
ington Huskies 51-48 Fri-
day night in Burlington.
The Grizz struggled
early and found themselves
down 17-4 after the first
quarter against the top-
ranked (Class 1A) Huskies.
Rocky coach Michael
Simmons said the Grizz
were working senior Kirby
Winland - cleared to play
just the day before after re-
covering from a thumb in-
jury sustained late in the
football season - into the
lineup, and also just came
out cold against the aggres-
sive Huskies.
"They hit some early
threes and also scored in
transition, and we didn't
hit anything," Simmons
said.
The Grizz began their
comeback in the second
quarter, outscoring the
home team 14-9 to trail
26-18 at halftime. Win-
land scored 7 points to
lead the charge, and Tan-
ner Coleman also hit a big
three-pointer.
"As the game went on
we applied more and more
pressure," Simmons said.
"We started in a half-court
man and extended it to
three-quarter court. We
wanted to run up and down
the floor with them, and
that seemed to work better
for us.
"In the second quar-
ter the three-quarter-court
man disrupted their of-
fense, and they kind of went
cold, too."
The two intra-district
foes traded baskets in the
third quarter, with Rocky
outscoring Burlington 16-
15 to cut the lead to 41-34.
Simmons said the Grizzlies
kept the pressure on, even
using a zone trap for a bit,
to pull within four before
Burlington went back up by
seven at the quarter break.
The fourth quarter was
all Rocky Mountain as the
Grizz outscored Burlington
17-7 to win by three. Cole-
man shot lights out, scoring
10 points including a pair
of treys. The only negative
was that the Grizz missed
six of nine free throws in
the quarter, hitting only
eight of 24 in the game.
"They played their 1-3-
1 zone, so they're vulnera-
ble in the corner," Simmons
said of Coleman's bombs.
"We did a good job swinging
the ball and got some better
looks for Tanner, and he hit
them.
"They (Burlington) are
going to win a lot of games.
If I had to bet a nickel, I'd
probably put two nickels on
Burlington (in Class 1A)."
Coleman finished with
18 points, Cole Simmons
13 and Winland 11. De-
spain finished with eight
rebounds and six steals,
Cole Simmons eight boards
and Cannon Simmons five
assists.
ROCKY (S
John Higns 2 0-2 4, Cole Simmons
5 3-9 13, Bill Despain 0 2-4 2, Caleb
Horrocks 0 0-0 O, Kirby Winnd 50
11, Cole Wambeke 0 0-0 O, Cannon
Simmons 0 3-9 3, Tanner Coleman 7
0-0 18. Totals 19 8-24 51.
BURLINGTON (48)
N. Carrizales 0 0-2 O, t. Stanworth 1 0-0
2, L Henderson 0 0-2 O, J. McNiven 5
2-3 12, T. Wardell 4 0-3 10, N. Carfiza-
les 5 0-0 12, J. Peterson 2 1-2 6,B.
Jones 1 4-7 6. Totals 18 7-19 48.
RockyMtn. 4 14 16 17-51
Burlington 17 9 15 7-48
Three-point field goals - Winland 1,
Coleman 4; Wardell 2, N. Carrizales 2,
Peterson 1. Fouled out - Jones. Total
fouls - Rocky 17, Burlington 22.
SB1 changes meeting dates
BY PATti CARPENTER
The Board of Trust-
ees of Big Horn County
School District No. 1 voted
to change the day of its reg-
ularly scheduled meeting
from the second Tuesday
of the month to the sec-
ond Monday of the month
at their December meet-
ing held on Tuesday, Dec.
9. The time of the meet-
ing will remain 7 p.m. and
the meeting place will be,
for the most part, at the
district office in Cowley,
with the exception of a few
meetings during the year
that will be held in Burl-
ington. Meetings outside
of the regular schedule or
location will be announced
through public notice and
on the district's website.
In other matters, Supt.
Shon Hocker presented a
letter addressed to legis-
lators Rep. Elaine Har-
vey and Sen. Ray Peterson
asking them to support
certain initiatives during
the upcoming legislative
session and in the future.
The letter asked the
legislators to encourage
the state to apply for a
federal "N.o Child Left Be-
hind" waiver, stating that
it would eliminate "un-
warranted frustration and
spending for the state and
the school districts."
The letter asked the
legislators to support Wy-
oming state standards, to
advocate for smarter bal-
anced assessments and
to re-establish state level
accountability.
It also asked for legis-
lators to create an adviso-
ry group made up of super-
intendents and curriculum
directors and expressed
the frustration felt by dis-
tricts due to recent polit-
ical turmoil in the state
board of education.
"We have been ad-
versely affected by a lack
of consistency and direc-
tion from state leaders,
which has led to ongoing
confusion for districts re-
garding standards, assess-
ments and accountabili-
ty as a whole," stated the
letter that was signed by
Hocker. The board voted to
endorse the letter, which
will also be signed by the
chairman of the school
board of trustees.
Also during the meet-
ing, the board elected
Koleen Sponsel as chair-
man, replacing Dave Monk,
who did not win his recent
bid for re-election to the
board. Trisha Aagard was
elected to Sponsel's for-
mer position as secretary/
treasurer, Paul Rasmus-
sen was elected vice-chair
and Joan Zier was elected
to the position of clerk.
The highlight of the
meeting was a preSen-
tation by Rocky Moun-
tain High School FFA
members. The students
thanked the board for ap-
proving their most recent
trip to the FFA National
Convention and presented
a slide show of the activi-
ties they attended while in
Louisville.
Administrators from
all of the schools in the
district submitted written
overviews of school activi-
ties. Those reports are ac-
cessible to the public on
the district's website.
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