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October 12, 2009lccc.wy.edu/wingspanLady Eagles’ soccerEagles to soarBig city food, small town service.30 minutes east of Cheyenne.711 Parsons Pine Bluffs, WY 82082307-245-3111L a r a m i e C o u n t y C o m m u n i t y C o L L e g eOctober 16-18, 2009Friday, Oct. 161 p.m. – Slack7 p.m. – PerformanceSaturday, Oct. 179 a.m. – Slack7 p.m. – PerformanceSunday, Oct. 181 p.m. – Performance FinalsCollege arena1400 east College Drive$8 - adults$5 - Students & SeniorsFree to LCCC studentsand children under five307.778.1199www.lccc.wy.edusports Wingspan 31minute, but LCCC said the team needed goals of the game.‣ ¾Soccer continued answered right back to work on “finishing.” “Michaela is ourPage 31in the 88 th minute with And that was never speed and our pressure,”the eventual gamewinnermore evident than inCoach GardnerThe next road tripcoming off the this game.said. “She is a kid thatof the year would foot of sophomoreOn Sept. 20works her butt off allsend the Lady Eagles Gillett. Butler scored a the University of the time, and she putsto El Dorado, Kan., late goal, but it wasn’t Colorado Black a lot of pressure on theon Sept. 26 to take enough as the Golden Team paid a visit to other team.”on the 14 th -ranked Eagles picked up their Cheyenne, and the LCCC opened itsButler Community seventh win of the Lady Eagles heard 2009 home scheduleCollege Grizzlies. season.coach Gardner’s messageloud and clear Region XI opponentwith a 3–1 win overLCCC won a tightly The next set ofcontested battle, 3–2, games for the Lady beating the CU Black Western Wyomingbehind a two-goal Eagles matched team 2–0.Community Collegeperformance from them against a team Wyoming natives on Sept. 16. The LadyYamamoto. The they haven’t beat in Boyd and KelseyEagles were in commandfrom the startEagles went into the almost a decade and Gapter scored forwith a goal in the 14half up 1–0 on a goal their sister team from LCCC, and Michnaminute from Brazilianby Yamamoto in the Boulder, Colo. On picked up her thirdfreshman Juliana35 th minute. The secondhalf, which fea-to Boulder to take The Lady Eagles once tive Boyd followed inSept. 19, LCCC headed shutout of the season. Natal. Cheyenne naturedfour goals, was on the University of again hit the road the 25 th minute with astarted once again by Colorado Gold Team, for their next game goal of her own, givingYamamoto. She nettedher second goal never beaten.Region XI opponent lead halftime. Thea team LCCC has on Sept. 23, against the Lady Eagles a 2–0in the 66 th minute on The scoring didn’t Western Nebraska second half was a bita free kick.get started until the Community College sluggish until the 76 th“As far as seeing 53 rd minute when in Scottsbluff, Neb. minute when sophomoreKelly Parkhurstand understandingthe game,Brittany Palczewski lit jumped out to a three-found the back of theBuffalo, Wyo., native The Lady Eagles[Yamamoto] is our the lamp, giving LCCC goal lead with goals net to put LCCC upbest player,” Gardner the 1—0 lead. It was from Boyd, Gapter 3–0.said of Yamamoto. in the 86 th minute, and Yamamoto.WWCC eventually“She does everything however, when the CU WNCC scored two got on the board late,very well and some Gold team struck back quick goals in the 50 th but it wasn’t enoughthings extremely well.” to tie it up, and that is and 54 th minute, but it as the Lady EaglesThe Grizzlies how it would remain wouldn’t be enough as rolled in the friendlywould answer with to the end.Boyd and Gapter both confines of their homea goal in the 80 thCoach Gardner struck for their second field.Rodeo team ties competition‣ ¾From RodeoPage 27in Sheridan. That ispretty encouraging,”Browder said.Teammates ColtenWakley and NickEllsworth are sittingat 13th in the regionwith their best performancecoming atthe Sheridan Collegerodeo where theyfinished sixth.Chance Kittle andWil VanHill finishedeighth in Sheridanand are in 15th place.In the saddlebronc riding, LonceyJohnson placedseventh in the LamarCollege rodeo and sitsin 14th place in theregion.On the women’sside, breakaway rop-ing leads the way withtwo Golden Eagles inthe top 12. Laramienative Tori Bonhamsits 10th overall withher strongest showingcoming in the CentralWyoming Collegerodeo where shelanded a fourth–placefinish.Iowa cowgirlAshley Kroul also hadher best outing inRiverton with afifth–place finish,which put her in 12thplace in the region.In barrel racing,Lusk cowgirl JaimeMusfelt is in 11thoverall with her topperformance comingin Chadron, where shefinished fifth.Shaylee Jobmanhad a good showingin Riverton, finishingseventh. FreshmanBrenell Kaeming finishedfifth in the barrelracing in the LamarCollege rodeo. So far,Coach Browder’s hopethat his team wouldmove into the middleof the pack is comingto light.Now it’s up to histeam to take his expectationsto the nextlevel and take thisteam to new heights.“I think there is alack of focus sometimes,”Browder said.“I think they could bea little more focusedin the practice penand at the rodeos.But, overall, I’ve beenvery pleased with theefforts they’ve beengiving. Not a singleone of them goes tothe rodeo not wantingto win first. You haveto commend that.”Next up for theGolden Eagles will betheir annual ShawnDubie Memorialrodeo at the LCCCCollege Arena Oct.16–18. This will alsobe the last rodeo ofthe semester for theteam, and they arehappy to be doing it athome. “We are excitedto finish the semesterhere at home,”Browder said. “Wedon’t have to traveland we have our owncollege rodeo here.”LCCC is looking tofinish on a high notebefore the long layoffbetween semesters.The LCCC mencurrently sit in eightplace in the CentralRocky MountainRegion, and thewomen aren’t farbehind in 10th.
32 WingspansportsOctober 12, 2009lccc.wy.edu/wingspanTeamto reachfor nationalsPhotos by Cody TuckerJump for joy:The Laramie County CommunityCollege equestrian team traveledto Fort Lupton, Colo., Oct. 3–4 tocompete in the University of Coloradohunt show. LCCC placed third overallOct. 3 and second overall Oct. 4 justbehind major universities. From leftare Erin Dorton, Emily Hamilton, PaigeGentry.By Cody TuckerCo-sports EditorThe LaramieCountyCommunityCollege equestrianteam, mostly madeup of freshmen, madea huge statement inweek one of competitionwhen theyplaced third overallon Saturday, Oct. 3,and second overall onSunday, Oct. 4, justbehind the Universityof Wyoming andColorado College.The equestrianteam rode into the2009 season ontheir small, flatEnglish saddles asthey participatedin the Universityof Colorado huntshow in Fort Lupton,Colo., on Oct. 3–4.The Golden Eaglescompete in zone7, region 1 of theIntercollegiate HorseShow Association(IHSA).The equestriancoach, Lanae Koons,took her team into itsfirst meet with highhopes and expectationsfor the newseason. ”My goal isalways nationals,”Koons said. ”But, Iwould say, one of mybigger goals would beto get as many qualifiedfor regionals aspossible.”Equestrianismis defined as the artof riding horses orhorsemanship. Inequestrian competition,the goal is toget on an unfamiliarhorse, go into theshow ring and havethat horse to listento every command.Two different kinds ofriding in equestrianare Western ridingand English riding.Western or stockriding is the moreAmerican type of riding.English or huntriding is the traditionalEuropean typeof riding.”Hunt seat is ourstrongest event,”Koons said. ”Theyhave worked reallyhard on that. We typicallywork harder onthat because it makesthem stronger forWestern [riding]. Theyobviously showed thatduring the weekend.”In the intermediatefence and novicefence competition,Paige Gentry led theway with a first–placefinish in the intermediatecompetition.Emily Hamiltonand Erin Dortonplaced both days inthe novice section.Hamilton finishedsecond and fifth, andDorton ended withthird– and fifth–placefinishes.LCCC was well–represented in theadvanced walk, trotand canter competitionwith five womenplacing. Leading theway for the GoldenEagles was ChristinaWorrell, who finishedthe weekend firstoverall.“Last year,Christina startedshowing for me, andshe won or placedvery highly in everyclass she was in,”Koons said. “I havehigh expectations forChristina.”Not far behindWorrell were KristaQuint and KylieGregory, who finishedsecond and thirdoverall respectively.Placing didn’t endthere for LCCC in theadvanced competition,with BreAnneNemecheck andElizabeth Harris alsofinishing in the Top 10.In the walk and trotcompetition BrittanyMetz swept the weekendfor the GoldenEagles, taking the topspot both days. AnnieHoag also finishedsecond and sixthoverall.The big storyof the weekend forLCCC, however, wasthe performance ofthe freshman Metz.“Brittany came to mewith little experience,”Koons said.”She has workedvery hard. I won’t sayI’m surprised, but Iwill say she took me bysurprise.”In beginning walk,trot, Worrell onceagain stole the show,finishing first overall.Right behind her,teammate HannahFernandez finishedsecond and third onthe weekend.In the novice flatcompetition, Gentry,Hamilton and KrystalBaker all placed inthe Top Five. Gentrytook third and fourthoverall. Hamiltontook third, and Bakerpicked up a fourthplacefinish. Dortonalso finished first andthird in the open flat,and Emily Grahamtook seventh overall inintermediate flat.The LCCC equestrianteam will competein 11 shows overall inthe 2009 season. The12th one is the goal:nationals to be heldin Lexington, Ky., May6–9. Coach Koons hashad at least one riderevery year qualify fornationals in her fouryearcareer at LCCC.She hoped to make itfive straight.The quest forKentucky continuesthe weekend of Oct.10–11 at the ColbyCommunity CollegeWestern show inColby, Kan. If weekone is any indicationof how Coach Koons’young team will ridethis year, the LCCCequestrian squadis headed for newheights.
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