April 12, 2019 Issue, Page 12 of 14

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Elk City and Merritt High School Elk City golf cruises to ia rs so. Schedule Victory in home tournament April12 ELK CITY High school baseball at Tecumseh Festival PROM-7 p.m. MERRITT High school slow pitch at Fire Lake Festival April13 ELK CITY High school tennis at Pauls Valley 9 a.m. April15 ELK CITY Boys golf at Ada 8 a.m. Girls golfatOKC 8:30 am. High school slow pitch vs. BF-DC4 p.m. at Elk @ ss Ninel Elk City junior Baylar sinks Barnett at Elk City Golf a put at the par3 5th hole Monday City Five Plex. and Country Club. Barnett finished second overall in the Jerry Eden Invitational Golf ‘Tournament with a score of 66. Staff photo by William B. Carroll. High school ae SSVee # By William B. Carroll turn in consistent scores be- _cerned about a letdown with iad Elk Citysophomore Travis Poole shows off his form in Sports Editor low 300 strokes for 18holes. _the team after an extremely a drive from the tee on the par 4 6t hole Monday at the Even with the outstanding _strong performance. sea <gheynens: ewe Eden Invitational Golf Tournament in Elk City.Staff sometimes.a little home performance Monday, it was They know what they are a igh scl mpotsiow pitch at photo by William B. Carrol cooking is allateamneeds back to work Tuesday after- doing,” Ellison said of his Sea toturnin : sumras perfor- aeil Cina doing tas focus on preparation. . mance and no performance “We just have to keep doing wp, i High school baseball at | was more dominant than the what wedo,” Ellison said. anki Sentinel 4:30 p.m. one the Elk City varsity golf. “They know that their short nsowervenee? team turned in Monday at game is going to be the de- arta i . iat ad , April16é the Jerry Eden Invitational _cider on whether we can win i Aaceaeiat ‘Tournament in Elk City. astate tournament or not.” tournament Thursday in ELK CITY ‘The Elks cruised to a When asked what they Duncan. The team noted High school tennis tour- 47-shot victory scoring a needed to improve, each of that Duncan will be a tough nament at home 8 a.m. 270 to best their next closest __the five starters mentioned match and Ellison said that competitor Clinton, who shot __ their short game was the several quality SA teams are High school track at 317 asateam. area that needed the most expected to participate in the Woodward 10 am. On aday when par atthe improvement. Poolesaidhe tournament. Elk City Golf and Country missed alot of putts Monday _—_Alll of the golfers with the High school baseball vs Club was a 70 due to some that he felt he should have exception of Hughes have ChicksshaS pan water on the course, three made. Several ofthe other _ experience playing the course Elks shot below par and took players also recounted shots in Duncan and were look- High school slow pitch at the top three positions in the _they felt they missed. _._ ing forward to playing in tha Woodward 5 p.m. tournament . Sophomore Tres Hillled The players said the experi- __ence, though, helps them as event Seats evenGad though the tem-bs eb ueced MERRITT eo theca aLEIR MondayCy scorers to take firstmathe place 69° | ateam. “We know we can trust theyificantly si daod cole Mond thariwhat Hee overall in the tournament. Ju- each other out there,” Bamett ‘hey fared Monday. lobart at home 4:30 p.m. nior Baylar Barnett shot a66 _ said, referring to know- e Elk City junior varsity . . to take second and junior Tate _ ing that his teammates are also finished in the top half of High school girls golf Trotter took third witha 67. always goingto put their best __ the tournament Monday fin- class 2A qualifier at Wood- Sophomore Travis Poole _performance together. ishing fourth out of 10 teams. ward. shot a 72, which was good The golfers said that while ‘The JV squad scored a 362, enough for fourth place in the they work together asateam —_ which was behind Cache’s April18 tournament, while freshman there is acompetitive nature 338 score in third place. Drake Hughes finished with between the teammates to try — Sophomore Aden Schmidt led ELK CITY Elk City sophomore Tres Hill drives the ball from the a76. —— to beat one another out onthe the JV team with a75. Junior Boys golf in Clinton8 ‘tee on the par 3 13th hole Monday at Elk City Golf and Head coach Tim Ellison course. | John Harguess scored a79, am. Country Club. Hill finished first overall in the Jerry said that while playing on a Hughes, Hill and Trotter freshman T.J. Morris had a Eden Invitational Golf Tournament with a score of 65, course the team knew well all said they take alittle pride 191, freshman Nick Nagle FFA Regional Speech besting competitors from a dozen area schools. The definitely helped,he noted = inbeingabletoscorelower —_— scored a 107 and senior Rex Contest 8 a.m. Elk City varsityteam placed first out of 10 teams in the that bis players have the abil- thawtheir teammates when it Carver scoreda 102. competition. Staff photo by William B. Carroll. ity to turn in low scores. ippens. i DEL see rien ooo net photeby “It helps that they are “That's the goal,” Hillsaid. _,, (her teamscompeting | len familiar with the course, but “It’s the best,” Trotter ‘Abadia with 76 TH - they all have the gametogo added. pecarno WA aS/ 9) Pus adiaeersidiite: real low,” he said. “We are not like most with a 391, Mangum with Ee fs Ellison noted that 270is an teams who are concerned 401, Erick with a 416, ee outstanding score and while about beating the guy playing Elgin with a 433 and Burns . he felt the score wasin part _with them,” Ellison said. “We _ Flat-Dill City scoringa 474. HPCEOR Ee due tothe home course ad- our worried about state, that Golfers from Hinton, Hobart, Weatherford 5:30 p.m. vantage, he said he wouldn't —_is where our focus is.” Weatherford and Sayre also be surprised to see his team Ellison said he wasn’t con- _ competed in the event. MERRITT High school baseball vs Cordell at home. High school boys golf at Clinton a High school slow pitch High school slow pitch at Fire Lake Festival out Alva 10-0 By William B. Carroll the evening. Senior captain _Senior goalkeepers Jacob April19 Sports Editor Alex Ramirez also scored Doty and Haaken Ahiers both ELK CITY | ‘The Elk City boyssoccer multiple —_EIk City. goals netting goals Also netting two for corded one save a p piece. High school tennis at team had seven players find were seniors Ben Henderson ‘The Elks are now 6-5 on Ardmore 9am. the back ofthe net Tuesday and Gerardo Flores, juniors __the season and 1-2 in district | as they cruised toa 10-0win Bryan Tinoco and Manuleto _ play. Next up on the schedule High school track at over district foe Alva. Sanchez and sophomore Aldo 5. 4:ctnict foe John Marshall Kingfisher 10am. ‘The Elks were led by Ramos. a are! junior Eduardo Bustillos Freshman goalkeeper Nike Scheduled for Tuesday in Elk High school soccer at who picked up ahattrickon Cloud recorded four saves. _Ciity. OKC Southeast 5 p.m. MERRITT High school slow pitch Elk City junior Tate Trotter chips a ball Monday during the Jerry Eden Invitational Golf Tournament in Elk City Do you have an interesting story to share? District Tournament. Monday. Trotter rounded out a top-3 sweep for the iain Een Email us at [email protected] William B. Carroll.