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sPorts lone Peak high school varsity basketball teams prepare for winter season story and Photos by Maria wyllie big sky weekly editorial assistant bIG SKY – The Lone Peak High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams have been preparing for this winter’s season and continuing to build the relatively new programs. This is the fourth year for the LPHS boys’ varsity team, and Coach Al Malinowski has high expectations. with nine returning players, Malinowski says the team’s experience and depth will be their biggest assets. Having 20 dec. 14 - 27, 2012 good team chemistry and 16 players to choose from will also be an advantage for the big Horns this year. The girls’ varsity team, in its second season, has seven players, with six sophomores and one freshman. It is a very young team. Coach Adam Olson, also assistant coach for the boys’ team, will use this season as a building year and focus on improvement. “basketball is very new to them, so I just want to teach them about the sport and get them going,” Olson said. explorebigsky.com explorebigsky.com Big Sky Weekly lone Peak high school boys and girls basketball schedule 2012-13 Two games played per date: Game No. 1 – LPHS Girls’ Game No. 2 – LPHS boys’ dec. 14 home vs harrison/willow Creek 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. dec. 15 home vs ennis 4 p.m./5:30 p.m. dec. 18 away @ shields valley 4:30 p.m./6 p.m. jan. 4 home vs gardiner 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 5 away @ twin bridges 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 10 home vs sheridan 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 11 away @ west yellowstone 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 12 home vs lima 3 p.m./4:30 p.m. jan. 17 away @ ennis 6 p.m./7:30 p.m. jan. 19 away @harrison/willow Creek 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 25 away @ gardiner 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. jan. 26 home vs shields valley 2 p.m./3:30 p.m. feb. 1 away @ white sulphur springs 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. feb. 2 home vs Manhattan Christian 4 p.m./5:30 p.m. feb. 7 home vs west yellowstone 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. feb. 9 away @ lima (boys’ Play first) 5:30 p.m./7 p.m. basketball district tournament MaC Center, butte, Mt, february 13-16, 2013 basketball divisional tournament, hamilton, Mt, february 20-23, 2013 basketball state tournament girls’ –belgrade, Mt, february 28-March 2, 2013 basketball state tournament boys’ – Msu-bozeman, Mt, March 7-9, 2013 basketball awards banquet – week of March 11-15 – day & time tbd bobcat season ends with loss to bearkats story and Photo by Mike Coil big sky weekly contributor bOZEMAN – The MSu bobcat football season came to an end friday night, Dec. 7, with a 34-16 loss to the bearkats of Sam Houston State, at bobcat stadium. It was a bitter defeat for the Cats (11-2), who were also eliminated from the tournament last year by the bearkats. MSu never led. while the halftime score was 20-3, the Cats rallied at the start of the third with a defensive stop and then marched the length of the field to make the score 20-9. but the Cats couldn’t manage to get any closer as Sam Houston made big plays and played great defense. MSu was held to just 72 rushing yards. DeNarius McGhee was the leading rusher with 36 yards. Sam Houston had 458 yards of total offense while the bobcats had 292. The remaining teams in the tournament are Sam Houston State, Georgia Southern, North Dakota State and Eastern washington.
sPorts Photo by torsten bolten (CC) the end of Kickoffs by brandon niles big sky weekly sports columnist NfL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently floated the idea of ending kickoffs in pro football. Many of the gruesome injuries in the sport occur during kickoffs, as players run full speed down the field towards each other causing violent collisions. with Goodell’s pledge to make the game safer, this is being touted as the next step in reducing injuries, specifically concussions suffered by the players. This is not the first time Goodell has recommended a change to the NfL rulebook in regard to kickoffs. Only a year ago the league voted to have teams kickoff from the 35-yard line rather than the 30-yard line, to encourage more touchbacks. This followed a history of the league trying to increase kickoff returns, beginning with the movement from the 40-yard line to the 35-yard line in 1973, then to the 30-yard line twenty years later. However, last year the league brought kickoffs back to the 35-yard line and predictably, there were more touchbacks. So many in fact, commentators have opined this has further softened the sport. The rule change in 2011 also limited the wedge formation (a popular blocking scheme on kickoff returns) and reducing the head start players on the kickoff team can obtain prior to sprinting downfield to make a tackle. Players known as wedge-busters, who hurl themselves into the wedge to break up the initial blockers, are also limited in how they can break the wedge. These rule changes have been very effective at limiting the number of kick returns. In 2011, the first year of the new rules, touchback percentage increased from 16.4 percent the previous year, to a startling 43.5 percent. However, the rule change has led many to question the purpose of even having kickoffs, with such a dramatic change in the number of returns. Goodell seems to agree and likely believes that getting rid of kickoffs entirely will increase player safety. Goodell has mentioned considering a plan such as the one brought up by bucs Head Coach Greg Schiano. Teams would start with the ball on the 30yard line and could choose to either punt the ball or go for it with a fourth down and 15 yards to gain a first. I like this plan. I love kickoffs. I think they produce some of the most exciting plays in the game of football. However, it is hard to argue with anything that reduces the number of violent collisions. while kickoffs would certainly be missed, and losing such a traditional aspect of the game would draw heavy criticism, times change and the sport needs to evolve with the size and athletic ability of the athletes who participate in it. The idea is not yet fully fleshed out. I don’t like the potential for a blocked punt in one of these situations, and this could certainly put a team with a great defense at a significant advantage if they can dominate the other team by converting on these 4th and 15 opportunities consistently. However, I do think player safety is arguably the most important factor to consider in sports, and if this can prevent some of the countless injuries that occur each year, particularly concussions, I think the plan is at least worth considering. while I would miss kickoffs, I would rather see a healthy 53-man roster punting from the 30-yard line than another player on the ground with a head injury. Brandon Niles has done online freelance writing about the NFL since 2007. His articles range from NFL news to teamspecific commentary. A Communication Studies graduate student at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Niles is also an avid Miami Dolphins fan, which has led to his becoming an avid Scotch whisky fan over the past decade. explorebigsky.com Big Sky Weekly The essence of an extraordinary LIFE is about living your PASSION. LIFE ENTHUSIASTS FIND YOUR PASSIONS AT: bigskysothebysrealty.com | skipropertySIR.com
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