LOCAL BRIEFS: Howard scores hat trick in Central girls' win

Faith Meredith and Ainsley Basich also had goals in the win for Central.

“Everybody was chipping in. With those five goals we had three different kids score and three different kids assist,” Central coach Jeff Norman said. “It’s proving to be a team effort rather than one or two kids doing everything.”

Central outshot Green River 32 to 9 in the win and 19 to 6 in shots on goal.

Usual starting keeper Abby Fearneyhough was back in goal for the Lady Indians and had five saves.

“To bounce back from a loss the next day is always a good thing. It shows the character of the team – they had the drive to bounce back after something bad happens,” Norman said.

CENTRAL 5, GREEN RIVER 1

Halftime: Central 2, Green River 0

Goals: Central, Howard (Basich), 4. Central, Howard (Meredith), 37. Central, Meredith (Basich), 41. Green River, Stoeger (unavailable), 48. Central, Basich (Smith), 64. Central, Howard (unassisted), 77.

Shots: Central 32, Green River 9. Shots on goal: Central 19, Green River 6. Saves: Central 5 (A. Fearneyhough), Green River 14.

Corner kicks: Central 6, Green River 1. Offsides: Central 3, Green River 0. Fouls: Central 3, Green River 0.

Rock Springs 2, Cheyenne East 1

CHEYENNE – Alyssa Bedard scored a pair of unassisted goals to help Rock Springs to a 2-1 win over visiting Cheyenne East on Saturday.

East’s goal came off the foot of senior Jessie Erickson in the 28th minute.

The Thunderbirds (1-1) outshot Rock Springs 12-8, but the Tigers had a 7-4 edge in shots on goal.

East hosts Cheyenne Central (1-1) at 4 p.m. Friday at Okie Blanchard Stadium.

ROCK SPRINGS 2, EAST 1

Halftime: 2-1.

Goals: Rock Springs, Bedard (unassisted), 12. East, J. Erickson (unassisted), 28. Rock Springs, Bedard (unassisted), 33.

Shots: East 12, Rock Springs 8. Shots on goal: East 4, Rock Springs 7. Saves: East 5 (Mac. Paintner); Rock Springs 3 (Vigil).

Corner kicks: East 3, Rock Springs 1. Offsides: East 3, Rock Springs 0. Fouls: East 13, Rock Springs 12. Yellow cards: Rock Springs 1 (Miskulin).

PREP TRACK

South’s Nolan wins 2 events in Windsor

CHEYENNE – Cheyenne South senior William Nolan won both the 100-meter dash and triple jump titles at the Windsor (Colorado) Invitational on Saturday.

He crossed the finish line in 11.22 seconds in the 100 and leapt 43 feet, 2½ inches in the triple. Nolan also joined Aran Lovato, Robert Manzanares and Keyshawn Farmer on the third-place 4x400-meter relay team (3 minutes, 33.73 seconds).

Cheyenne Central senior Eric Lundgren heaved the shot put 51-9½ to take first in that event. He also placed fifth in the discus with a toss of 140-10.

Indians junior Adarius Gallon won the long jump (20-10¼). Gallon also took sixth in the 200 and seventh in the 100.

Central junior Aubrey Frentheway won the girls 1,600-meter run in 5:18.17. She also was part of the Lady Indians’ runner-up 4x800 relay team with Claudia Miller, Emma Brownell and Tessa Martino.

Alayna Stevenson (pole vault) and Brownell (800) both notched fourth-place finishes.

Central’s Chris Murray was third in the 110-meter hurdles (16.37) and fourth in the 300 hurdles (43.34).

South’s Ariana Seui tossed the shot put 35 feet to take second. Bison senior Cody Allen placed third in the discus (158-0).

COLLEGES

Arizona’s Fleming wins hammer

CHEYENNE – University of Arizona redshirt sophomore Grayson Fleming, a Cheyenne Central, graduate won the hammer throw at the Willie Williams Invitational on Saturday in Tucson, Arizona.

He tossed the hammer 194 feet, 8 inches, which is the 12th-best throw in the nation this season.

JUNIOR HOCKEY

Casper 9, Cheyenne 0

CHEYENNE – The Cheyenne Stampede’s season came to an end with a 9-0 loss at the Casper Coyotes on Saturday night.

Casper swept the best-of-three Western States Hockey League series.

Tim Baskin and Lukas Lojka both tallied two goals and an assist for Casper.

The Stampede finished their season 17-34-3.