Nick Kerkvliet goes for a rebound against Lusk during
;aturday's hard-fought championship game.
The Bulld% boys were the victors at the 2A regionals last week-
;nd, winrfing games against Lingle Ft. Laramie, Burns and Lusk
md claiming the 2A eastern conference title.
'Hie boys will open state tourney play against Riverside on
rhtwnday al~ 7:30 p.m. in Casper.
Sundance vs. Lingle Ft. Laramie
Ist 2nd 3rd
Final
Lh~f{l.e Ft. Laramie 11 30 34 46
:.3u ~!dance 18 36 58 70
Points Rebounds Assists Steals
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R:us;;c[l Hadden 4
Ray Moore 2
Cody l,;6~rick 31
Reed Moore
Curt Neihau s
Kerkvliet 12
H ayden ,Johnston 8
Derek Fossen 2
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Martin Danauskis 2
I)ttde tlum phrey 9
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3 2 2
4 3 7
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Sundance vs. Burns
1st 2nd 3rd Final
9 29 39 48
13 29 44 64
Points Rebounds Assists Steals
P,u s~.;el/Hadden 4 6 1 3
Ray Moore 3 5 2 1
Cody Emrick 5 6 2 2
Curt Neihaus 3 1 1
N {<~1,: Kerkvliet 22 7 1 1
I lavden Johnston 17 1 1 1
Derek Fossen 1 2 I
])ude Humphrey 10 7 3 1
Sundance vs. Lusk
Ist 2nd 3rd Final
15 32 46 65
17 29 37 53
Ru.~;,~acll Hadden
Ray Moore
Cody ]!;mriek
Curt NeJhaus
Nick ]ierkvliet
Hayden Johnston
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Points Rebounds Assists Steals
3 2
2 2 2 3
27 4 5 1
2 - 1
14 14 2
4 1 1
13 4 1 1
"WHERE THE KID GOT HIS NAME"
The Sundance Times
With regional tournaments fin-
ished the big one is coming-up
this week at the Casper Events
Center, February 28, 29, and
30. It is the 1A/2A Wyoming
State Basketball Tourney with
several teams from Northeast
Wyoming competing.
The regional format system
was good to the 2A northeast
boys as Sundance, Lusk, and
Tongue River will all represent
the region at state. Tongue
River, Big Horn and Wright
will represent the 2A northeast
girls.
The 1A northeast region will
find Kaycee and Midwest com-
peting for the boys and Arvada/
Clearmont, Kaycee and Hulett
competing for the girls.
Under the old district system
only the top two finishers from
each conference went to state.
The new regional system finds
the top four finishers competing
and seems to assure that the
best teams go to state.
Looking ahead at some of the
tournament match-ups find the
Sundance boys in the # I seed
out of the 2A east region. They
will draw the "Riverside Runnin'
Rebels" in round one, Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. at Casper College.
This match-up is ironic because
the "Runnin' Rebels" knocked
off Sundance in the first round
of the football playoffs to go on
and win the state football title.
Maybe a little retribution is in
order here.
Riverside sports senior
Toby Wood (6'3") will be playing
the post and is real solid. Junior
Matt Kraft (6'2") also starts and
shoots the ball well. Brett Davies
and Josh Olson round out the
Riverside starters. Head coach
Brent Winters, longtime coach
from Burlington, has won state
championships before. Scouting
says they don't go deep on the
bench but are good all-around
athletes.
Sundance should be able
to press the Rebels and wear
them down in four quarters.
Cody Emrick, Nick Kerkvliet,
Ray Moore, Dude Humphrey
and Russ Hadden will start for
Sundance and know their roles
well. This is a club that plays
well as a team ~g~goes deep off
the bench. Look for Sundance to
go deep in this tourney, likely
competing with the unbeaten
Wyoming Indian Chiefs and the
Wind River Cougers.
Coach Lee Jay has his lady
Red Devils in the state tourney
for the second year in a row.
After winning the state title in
volleyball you know they have
good athletes and a winning at-
II With
titude on their side. They have
the daunting task of playing the
number one Burlington Lady
Huskies. Coach Jerry Patrick
has coached the Huskies since
they invented dirt and h,as his
act together. The Lady Htuskies
will go deep off the benclh with
sophomore Paige Neres ((5'10")
having a good inside anti out-
side game. Mackinzie Kline,
Amber Wardell, Breka Carazales
and Alayna Powers round-out
the starters. The Huskies lost to
the Wyoming Indian Chiefs and
a charter school for theiir only
two losses this season. Burl-
ington beat the St. Stelphens
girls by 18 points in the DAwest
championship game to wan the
number one seed.
Coach Doug Schroede;r and
Mark
the Wright Lady Panthers will
go to state as the number three
seed from the 2A east. They
have drawn Thermopolis in
round one. Thermopolis just
dropped down this year from
the 3A division. They have very
good fundamentals. Design and
Price are the leaders here, avery
streaky shooting team.
In the 2A west tournament
they won over the Wyoming In-
dian Chiefs by four in overtime.
On Saturday they came back
playing Mountain View for the
2A west championship and only
scored seven points in first half.
They lost the championship
game but will still go to state.
Other first round match-ups
are as follows:
# 1 Tongue River girls vs. #4
Riverside girls (2A); #2 Big Horn
girls vs. #3 Wyoming Indian
Chief girls (2A); #2 Arvada/
Clearmont girls vs. #3 Cokeville
(1A); #3 Kaycee girls vs. #2 St.
Stephens girls (1A).
#2 Lusk boys vs. #3 Thermop-
oils boys (2A); #3 Tongue River
boys vs. #2 Wyoming Indian
Chief boys (2A); #1 Saratoga
boys vs. #4 Little Snake River
boys (1A); #2 Kaycee boys vs.
#3 Encampment boys (1A); #3
Southeast boys vs. #2 Hanna/
Elk Mountain boys (1A) ; #4
Midwest boys vs. # 1 Burlington
boys (1a).
Join me "Smokey Mark" for
all the action on KYDT Radio
103.1 FM.
Smokey Mark
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Point @s
Ashton Fritz 15
Kyle Shamion 4
Albert Lenerville 7
Derek Yeadon 4
Adam Croft 6
Shannon Morris 6
Alex Lee 6
Seventh Grade, Boys vs. Moorcroft
1st 2rid 3rd 4th
Sundance 6 12 20 26
Moorcroft I0 17 26 37
Points
Kory Butts 16
Dillon Jordan 2
Kellan Wilson 8
Seventh Grade Boys vs. Hulett
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Sundance 7 13 15 20
Hulett 6 20 26 33
Kyle Shamion, Jeremy Adams and Caleb Moeller against
Hulett.
Points
Kory Butts 15
Kellen Wilson 5
The Sundance Junior High boys faced off at home against Hu-
lett on February 14 and against Moorcroft on February 19 with
the eighth graders winning against both teams and the seventh
graders not being so lucky.
Eighth Grade Boys vs. Moorcroft
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th
Sundance 21 29 39 51
Moorcroft 7 13 24 40
Points
Thomas O'Connor 3
Kyle Shamion 2
Albert Lenerville 16
Derek Yeadon 16
Shannon Morris 14
Eighth Grade Boys vs. Hulett
Ist 2nd 3rd
Sundance 14 33 45
Hulett 4 10 14
4th
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Five wrestlers from Sundance went to the state tournament
over the weekend. Tyler Hartl led the Dogs, bringing home a
fifth place finish.
Wt. N~me Record
103 Walker Noyce I-2
119 Tyler Hartl 4-2
135 Kirksey Dodd 2-2
145 lan Policky 2-2
189 Chase Wadley 2-2
Regional State
3rd
3rd 5th
