UPDATE #3 -- Why am I posting a hockey score in the same thread as the state swimming results? Well, hockeyis played on ice, which is, after all, frozen water. So there is a method to my madness.
Besides, I don't want to put too many different threads in the blog and risk burying other content that might be of interest to readers.
The Yellowstone Quake wrapped up their sweep of Missoula on Friday night with a 5-4 win over the Maulers in Montana. Jake Doty's game-winning goal came just seconds after the Maulers had rallied to tie the game at 4-4. Yellowstone jumped out to a quick lead, scoring twice in the opening five minutes, but Missoula rallied with a trio of goals for a 3-2 advantage after 20 minutes. The Quake took the lead back early in the second period and held the 4-3 cushion until Missoula tied matters with nine minutes left in the game.
The Quake host Helena, which wrapped up a sweep of Billings with an 11-1 blowout on Friday, in Game 1 of the NORPAC America West divisional championship series on Tuesday. The Quake will also host the Bighorns on Wednesday. Both games are tentatively slated to begin at 7:30 p.m., but check Tuesday's Powell Tribune for possible revisions to the playoff schedule for the best-of-five series.
Earlier updates follow below...
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UPDATE #2: Devin Lynn turned in Powell's top performance in the second half of finals today, placing sixth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:10.53. Teammate Billy Cummings was eighth in that race, swimming a faster time at 1:10.33, but only qualifying for the consolation race out of prelims. Cole Good was unable to climb higher in the diving finals, finishing in the same seventh place position that he began the round it. Good opened the finals just two points from sixth, but finished with a total score of 265.95 points, roughly 14 points out of sixth. Powell scored one other "near miss" this afternoon with a seventh-place 200 freestyle relay time of 1:44.27. Other consolation swim performers included Jarred LaPierre and Kyle Anderson in the 500 free, Trent Eckerdt in the 100 fly, and Billy Cummings in the 100 breaststroke. Powell's 400 free relay placed ninth overall.
UPDATE #1: The finals are underway in Gillette. The Panthers' 200 medley relay pulled through with a fifth-place finish, improving one spot on their prelim position, after clocking a time of 1:59.1 in the finals. Devin Lynn has matched his sixth-place showing in prelims by swimming to a similar finish in the finals of the 200 IM with a time of 2:18.04. Jarred LaPierre was 12th overall in the 200 free, clocking a 2:11.19 in the consolation race. Cole Good is up right now in the diving finals, having entered in seventh position, less than two points from a spot in the top six.
Getting the ball rolling on championship watch...Devin Lynn was sixth in the 200 IM prelims (2:17.91) and 100 breaststroke (1:10.14). Both times improved on season-best results based on information submitted for seeding and lane assignments. Cole Good was seventh after the diving semifinals with a score of 197.65, less than two points out of sixth position. The Panthers' 200 relay also turned in a sixth-place prelim time of 1:57.87.
More from Gillette as the finals continue today.
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