Page 2 Pinedale Roundup February 2, 2018

Swimmers lower times in home pool

By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
PINEDALE –  Members of the Sublette
County boys’ swimming team had some of
the team’s best performances this season dur-
ing two days of racing at the Pinedale Aquatic
Center last weekend.
Sublette hosted the Pinedale Invite on Sat-
urday and a pre-invite competition on Friday.
Milan Tonkin, Marcus Mahaffey and
Garrett Nielson all swam Sublette’s fastest
times of the year in at least one individual
event over the weekend. The three swim-
mers, along with Tyler Hacklin, also won the
400-yard freestyle relay at the Pinedale Invite
with a new team best time of 3 minutes, 39.71
seconds, more than 3 seconds faster than the
team’s previous qualifying time.
Mahaffey also scored a first-place finish
in the 200-freestyle, lowering his previous
qualifying time by 2 seconds to win the race
in 2:02.71
Tonkin swam the team’s fastest times in
three different events over the weekend. In
the 500-free on Friday, Tonkin took second
in 5:38.08, finishing more than 27 seconds
faster than any other Sublette swimmer this
year.
In the two other events Tonkin set a new
team standard, he also hit the 4A state-quali-
Nielson also lowered his previous qualify-
ing time in the 100-butterfly, taking second
in 1:06.57.
Hacklin improved his qualifying time in
200-free, taking seventh Friday in 2:14.02.
Corbin Jessen also hit the mark in the 50-
free, taking fifth Friday in 25.90. Ziegler hit
the mark Saturday, taking sixth in 25.19.
Jessen improved his previous qualifying
time in the 100-breaststroke, taking eighth on
Saturday in 1:15.92 while Levi Douglas hit
the mark again in the same event, touching
11th in 1:18.65. Jessen also hit the mark in
the 100-free, placing ninth Friday in 59.19.
Ben Maxfield hit the mark again in the
100-butterfly, placing 12th in 1:12.28.
During the pre-invite, Sublette also got
points from Tanner Boespflug, Josh Wiscav-
age, Nile Debebe, Jack Rellstab, Toby Covill,
Jordan Lyon and Nick Primanis. Sublette
finished second in the team race with 241.5
points, behind Lyman’s 250. Evanston took
third with 209, followed by Buffalo (203) and
Cody Olivas photo Kemmerer (177.5).
Corbin Jessen hit the state mark in both the 50 yard freestyle and 100 free last In Saturday’s competition, Carson Ness
Friday. also scored some team points for Sublette.
fying times. Tonkin took second in the 200- Kade Ziegler also punched his ticket to state This weekend, Feb. 2-3, Sublette County
yard individual medley in 2:14.79 and third in the event, taking fifth in 1:12.29. will compete in the 3A West Conference
in the 100-butterfly in 59.70. Nielson once again lowered his time in the meet in Kemmerer. Kemmerer’s pool is also
Tonkin also placed third in the 100-back- 50-free, hitting the 4A qualifying mark and metered, adding a little different challenge to
stroke with a qualifying time of 1:10.81. finishing second in 23.72. the meet. n

Glaciers win 3 Wranglers hit the mat in

games in 3 days
By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
PINEDALE –  The Pinedale Glaciers
scored three wins last weekend, outscoring
their opponents, 26-4, to improve to 8-8 and
move into fifth place in the Wyoming Ama-
teur Hockey League.
The Glaciers beat Rock Springs, 4-2, on
Friday and then returned home to beat Doug-
las twice: 12-0 on Saturday and 10-2 on Sun-
day.
The Glaciers also out shot their opponents,
157-46, in the three games, firing at least 50
shots on goal in each contest.
Early in Sunday’s game, the Glaciers were
peppering Douglas with shots from all over
the ice. Every time Douglas tried to clear the
puck, Pinedale was able to keep it in their of-
fensive zone. Fender Allison IV then got the
puck in front of the net. His first shot was
saved, but the rebound bounced free and Al-
lison knocked it in with a backhand, putting
Pinedale up,, 3-0 with his third goal of the
game. Allison also scored three goals in just
over three minutes Friday at Rock Springs and
three goals in Pinedale’s first game against
Douglas, scoring a hat trick in three straight
games.
Douglas responded with a long goal, but
Cody Crumb answered back by scoring an un-
assisted goal less than a minute later. Douglas
scored again late in the first period, but they
wouldn’t get any closer to the Glaciers.
Pinedale started the second period with a
5-on-3 power play and Allison once again
found the back of the net, ripping a one-timer
past Douglas’ goalkeeper.
Jacob Sundgren scored Pinedale’s next
two goals, being in the right time at the right
place to knock in a pass from Allison and then
knock in a rebound. Sundgren would also
score in the third period to get a hat trick. Al-
lison assisted all three of Sundgren’s goals to
also get a playmaker.
Allison scored the team’s final goal of the
game, which was his 11th goal of the week-
end, while Hannah Mivshek assisted Sam
White on Pinedale’s other goal in the game.
The Glaciers also outshot Douglas, 50-16,
on Sunday, which was pretty much the theme
of the weekend. Pinedale outshot Douglas,
53-7, on Saturday during the team’s senior
night and outshot Rock Springs, 54-23, on
Friday.
In Friday’s game, Rock Springs actually
struck first, scoring 2:39 into the game. In a 3
minute and 13 second span, however, Allison
got his first hat trick of the weekend, to put
Cody Olivas photo
Fender Allison IV skates past a Douglas
defender during Sunday’s contest. Alli-
son scores Pinedale’s first three goals
in the game, and finished with five, to
get his third hat trick in three days for
the Glaciers.
Pinedale up, 3-1. Two minutes later, Carson
Stinson scored to put Pinedale up, 4-1.
After a scoreless second, Rock Springs
added a third-period goal, but couldn’t get any
closer to the Glaciers.
In Pinedale’s first game against Doug-
las, the Glaciers came out so hot they almost
melted their ice. Five different Glaciers scored
first-period goals as Pinedale jumped out to a
6-0 lead. Pinedale then added three goals in the
second and three more in the third.
Allison scored three times in the game;
Crumb scored twice while White, Preston Wil-
liams, Stinson, Kaden Irey, Brent Faler and
Sundgren also scored in the blowout.
The Glaciers also honored seniors Mivshek,
Crumb, Stinson, Williams, Faler and Vincent
Faler at Saturday’s game. All of them have
played hockey for at least five years. All of
them said that winning state, last year or as a
Squirt, was either their favorite or most proud
moment on the ice.
Pinedale will finish its home schedule this
weekend against Casper (11-3-2). The two
teams will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at
10:45 a.m. on Sunday. n
state’s largest tournament
By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
RIVERTON – Pinedale’s wrestlers
squared off with almost every team
in Wyoming last weekend at the Ron
Thon Invitational in Riverton. In the
varsity tournament, 39 teams competed
while 42 wrestled in the junior varsity
bracket.
“Ron Thon is a tough tournament
with almost every school in the state in
attendance,” coach Kendall Horrocks
said. “It was a great tournament to get
athletes matches and experience.”
Pinedale had nine athletes compete
in the varsity tournament and 13 others
wrestle in the JV tournament.
“It is the largest tournament of the
year and we are proud of how hard they
wrestled,” Horrocks said. “We were
hoping to have our first medal winners
this year in the varsity tournament, but
came up just a little short.”
Gage Northrup came the closest
to reaching the podium for Pinedale.
Northrup lost his first match at 285
pounds in the first tiebreaker, 4-1,
but rallied after that. Northrup pinned
Cheyenne East’s Josh Gross, Lander
Valley’s Johnny Friday and Star Val-
ley’s Hunter Cranney. Needing just
one more win to place, Northrup came
up short in the consolation fifth round,
falling to Cody’s Eric Flores.
“Gage Northrup had a great tourna-
ment, losing to Cody in the round be-
fore placing,” Horrocks said.
At 106 pounds, Keegan Gehlhausen
pinned Cheyenne South’s James Wood
in 53 seconds to start the tournament.
Gehlhausen then beat Star Valley’s
Brayden Andrews, 8-4, in his second
match. In the quarterfinals, however,
Gehlhausen fell to Kelly Walsh’s Lane
Jackson and then got eliminated by
Thunder Basin’s Jeric Igo in a close,
4-2, match.
“Keegan Gehlhausen also had a
great showing at 106 and is one of the
ON THE COVER: Pinedale's Bodhi Cunningham skates the puck up the ice
during Sunday's 10-2 victory over Douglas. Cody Olivas photo
first freshmen to compete for Pinedale
in the varsity tournament,” Horrocks
said.
Ethan Carson won two tight matches
at 220 pounds, 5-3 and 1-0 to go 2-2 in
the tournament. The wrestlers he beat
were from Torrington and Glenrock.
Also at 220 pounds, Kolby Carson
scored a 12-0 major decision against
Kelly Walsh’s Duane Nussbaum and
a 40-second pin against Thermopolis’
Andrew Yarbrough to finish 2-2.
Kadar Criddle also competed at 220
for Pinedale. Criddle went 1-2, pinning
Mountain View’s Tyson Condos in 55
seconds.
Steven Metz, Pinedale’s returning
state placer, competed for the first
time this season at the tournament.
Metz went 1-2 at 120 pounds, picking
up a pin against Thermopolis’ Blake
Williams before getting eliminated by
Sheridan’s Hunter Goodwin, 9-4.
Victor Vejar (126), Kaleb Bigelow
(126) and Colt Ramsey (138) all went
0-2 for Pinedale. Bigelow and Ramsey
were eliminated in close 5-3 and 6-5
decisions, respectively.
“Everyone went out and wrestled
tough,” Horrocks said. “We are young,
still, but improving so much. It may not
show on paper, but they are competing
well.”
In the junior varsity tournament,
almost every bracket had between
30 and 40 wrestlers competing. Two
Wranglers, however, managed to reach
the podium. Carson Cantu reached
the 285-pounds championship match
and finished second. Bodey Northrup,
meanwhile, placed fifth at 132 pounds.
“On the JV side, Pinedale had a
great showing as well,” Horrocks said.
“Several athletes won several matches
and were just short of placing.”
As this paper was going to press
Thursday evening, Pinedale was sched-
uled to dual Kemmerer. The Wranglers
will also compete in a dual tournament
tomorrow – Mountain View’s Bridger-
land Tournament. n