Lady Grizz JV earn Greybull win, drop close Shoshoni game

The junior varsity Lady Grizz started off the weekend strong by beating the Greybull Buffs 43–37. The Lady Grizz had three girls making shot after shot. The first one was Kennedy Brimhall, who scored 13 points. Leah Haslem also scored 13 points, and Brooklyn Larsen scored 12, giving the Lady Grizz a huge lead.

The top three rebounders of the Lady Grizz Buffs game were Charlee Welling and Brimhall with five boards each, followed by Larsen with 4 rebounds.

The following day, the Lady Grizz junior varsity played the Shoshoni Wranglers. Because of numbers, this game got cut down to only two quarters, leading the Lady Grizz to lose a close one 24-20. The top three scorers for the Lady Grizz were Larsen with 7 points, Haslem with 5, and Annie Crosby chipping in 4 points.

The top three rebounders for the Lady Grizz were Larsen with six, and Brimhall and Crosby three apiece.

Assistant coach Stacy Haslem had some great things to say about her JV squad, stating, “This weekend we really looked like a team. I saw this especially against Greybull. Multiple teammates made significant contributions.”

Previous week

The Rocky Mountain junior varsity girls battled through a busy weekend January 16-17 and turned in a solid showing at the Big Horn Basin Classic.

The Lady Grizz opened tournament play Friday morning against the Cody Fillies and fell 37-15. Larsen and Sawyer Bassett led the team with 4 points each, while Welling, Haslem and Brimhall added 2 points apiece. Bassett was the top rebounder with six boards, and Larsen pulled down four.

Rocky Mountain bounced back in its next game with a high-scoring effort against the Wind River Cougars, winning 30-10 in a game shortened to two quarters due to Wind River’s limited numbers. Avery Thomas led the Lady Grizz with 10 points, followed by Haslem with 6, while Brimhall and Larsen each scored 5. Thomas also led the team on the boards with seven rebounds, and Brimhall added five.

In the final game of the weekend, the Lady Grizz dropped a hard-fought contest to the Wyoming Indian Chiefs, 56–34, on Saturday. Larsen paced the team with 9 points, while Welling, Haslem and Bassett each finished with 6. Larsen recorded 8 boards, and Bassett added six.

With several junior varsity players also logging significant varsity minutes, assistant coach Haslem said the team continues to show growth despite a demanding schedule.

“These ladies have been playing many games and minutes. I see improvement with each game. I especially enjoy watching how hard they play until the very end,” she said.

Head coach Justin Moss has canceled the remaining C team (freshman) games due to roster limitations and the start of conference play.

“With our low numbers and the beginning of our conference portion of the season, we felt it was best for our program to forgo the C team games,” Moss said.