March 23, 2018 Pinedale Roundup Page 3

Cody Olivas photo

High winds and fresh snow didn’t stop skiers from racing in the annual Flamingo
Cup last Saturday at White Pine Resort.

Fresh soft snow

greets flamingos
By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
PINEDALE –  Just under 100 competi-
tors, including 91 kids, raced in the annual
Flamingo Cup Saturday at White Pine Re-
sort.
“It was great; we were welcomed with six
inches of fresh powder,” Sublette County
Ski and Snowboard Associations’ Director
of Ski and Race Events Ward Wise said.
A few competitors wore costumes for the
race, but the conditions forced a lot of the
racers to wear their regular ski gear. The soft
snow, however, also made for some smooth
carving down the giant slalom course, which
was set up on the Wind River Trail.
“It was a fun day,” Wise said. “I want to Cody Olivas photo
thank all of our volunteers and White Pine Sublette County’s Nyle Swenson races down the Flamingo Cup’s giant slalom
for hosting it and putting on a great race.” n course on Saturday.

Pinedale girls’soccer starts season against tough competition

By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
POWELL – The Pinedale girls’ soccer
team, which is a composite Pinedale/Big
Piney squad, began its season by playing
Powell and then the top two ranked teams
in Class 3A, Cody and Star Valley.
For much of the team, it was their first
time playing high school soccer.
“This was a learning experience for our
team,” Head Coach Jen Adam said. “A
third of our players had never played high
school soccer before.”
A late goal helped Powell beat Pinedale
in the first game, 1-0. Pinedale then fell
to the defending state champs, Cody, 4-0,
and No. 2 ranked Star Valley, 5-0.
Against Powell, Pinedale overcame
some early anxiety to compete with the
Panthers.
“The first 25 minutes we were on our
heels just trying to defend, which we did
with success and held Powell scoreless,”
Adam said. “Then we found some con-
fidence, and started to figure out how to
play together. We started to have an oc-
casional attack and Bailey (Schupp) got
two shots off. It was a hard fought game.”
Goalkeeper Rosie Douglas made nine
saves for Pinedale. Defender Faith Friend
also saved a goal. “With the goal wide
open, she ran in and blocked a shot,”
Adam said.
With time about to expire, Powell
scored the game’s only goal to win the
contest.
In the junior varsity game, Jackie Nutt
scored on a penalty kick for Pinedale, but
the Wranglers lost, 3-1.
Against Cody, quick goals to start both
halves proved to be the difference.
“This game was a difficult one for us,”
Adam said. “We are a very young team
this year and Cody is very established.
We came out a little intimidated and Cody
scored two right away.”
After the quick goals, Pinedale settled
in and kept Cody from scoring again in
the first half.
“We adjusted some things at the half
and were feeling positive,” Adam said.
“However, we were so focused on making
an attack we again allowed two goals to
slip in.”
Just like first half, Pinedale dug in and
didn’t allow anymore scoring after the
quick two goals. The Wranglers also had
a couple attacks turn into good scoring op-
portunities, but were unable to capitalize
with a good shot on goal.
“We are still working out the best for-
mation for our strengths and made a lot of
progress over the weekend,” Adam said.
“We know what to work on and how to
get better.”
Pinedale’s junior varsity also lost to
Cody, 6-0, competing without any substi-
tutes.
“They never gave up and played with
heart the whole time,” Adam said.
Against Star Valley, Pinedale had a
rough first half, letting in four goals.
“After making a few key changes at
half time we were able to come out of that
and played very well,” Coach Adam said.
Pinedale limited Star Valley to just one
goal in the second half, putting some ath-
letes in new spots as it continues looking
for its best lineup.
“We found a few different positions for
some of the players that will really deepen
our bench and pay off as we continue this
season,” Adam said. “I was pleased with
the lessons learned and the strong finish
from this young team.”
Schupp also had a breakaway in the
second half, but unfortunately she collided
with the goalkeeper and hurt her ankle.
Tonight, Pinedale will be on the pitch
again in Rawlins taking on the Outlaws.
“We are really looking forward to our
game against Rawlins Friday and are
ready for a win,” Adam said. “This week
we are working on possession, long kicks
and better pressure.” n

Boys’ soccer wins opener Getting a feel for the ice

By Cody Olivas
colivas@pinedaleroundup.com
POWELL –  The Pinedale boys’ soccer
team won its first game of the season, but it
needed extra time to take down the Powell
Panthers.
Vicente Acosta scored a first-half goal for
the Wranglers, but Pinedale trailed, 2-1, at the
break.
In the second half, Misael Anaya scored to
tie the game for Pinedale. The Wranglers cre-
ated a lot of other scoring opportunities, but
couldn’t find the back of the net again and the
game went into overtime.
With about one minute left in the extra
frame, Acosta scored the game-winner, pro-
pelling Pinedale to the 3-2 victory.
“The Powell game went really well espe-
cially for the first contest of the year,” Pine-
dale Head Coach J.D. Dudrey said.
After beating Powell, Pinedale squared
off with Cody. The Wranglers struck first.
Sammy White assisted Senddey Gutierrez to
put PHS up, 1-0.
The Wranglers kept creating scoring op-
portunities, but their shots were just off target,
hitting the cross bar multiple times.
Cody, meanwhile, rallied in the second
half, scoring two goals to win the game, 2-1.
“In the second half we just made a couple
mistakes that cost us two goals and turned out
to be the deciding factor in the game,” Dudrey
said.
The Wranglers then played No. 1-ranked
Star Valley on Tuesday, competing for the
third time in five days.
The Braves, however, shut out Pinedale,
9-0.
“The Star Valley game on the other hand
went very poorly all around,” Dudrey said.
“We could not stop their attack, but a posi-
tive is that we know what we need to work Photo courtesy of Nan Stinson
on now.” Pinedale hosted Mini-Mite (6 and under) and Mite (7-8 year olds) hockey
Pinedale will be back on the field tonight tournaments last weekend. The Minis spend most of their time bumping into
in Rawlins, and then take spring break before each other and falling down, but learn skills by the time they become Mites.
competing in the Worland tournament April Pictured is Tempy Hoffman during a Mini game.
6 and April 7. n