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Sports Page 10 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Friday, August 23, 2019 Elkettes can’t come up with third rally, lose to Elgin ners at first and second and end the game. Hyde: When we show up unable to score with one out Sottile gave up 12 hits and and we got it working, in the sixth, and then in the five earned runs. She struck we're pretty tough,” he said. seventh, the Elkettes had a out two and walked one. “When we show up and it’s runner in scoring position Elk City coach Kaleb the opposite, it’s pretty ugly. with one out and were un- Murray said Sottile will do We've got to find that happy able to score. With two outs her job in the circle but her medium. I don’t expect them and a runner at third, Mck- defense must back her up. to be perfect, but we’ve got enzie Simon grounded out to “We're like Jekyll and to be better than that.” CK The ONLY granite & quartz fabricator in CLASSIC MARBLE DESIGN Western Oklahoma Our Biggest Granite Sale of the Year! Elk City pitcher Danni Sottile warms up before the game against Elgin. The Cut out the middle man We fabricate and install all our Elkettes lost 6-5. Staff photo by Don Munsch own stone right here in Western Oklahoma. By Don Munsch, Editor runs in the next two frames. lead to 4-2. Fielding errors The Elk City Elkettes ral- The Elkettes’ record dropped by the Lady Owls led to two lied twice to tie Elgin at to 4-4 after the defeat. more runs in the inning for home Tuesday at home, but Elk City pitcher Danni Elk City. a third chance to tie didn’t Sottile gave up a two-run Elgin went ahead 5-4 in materialize and Elk City double to Ariel McDonald in the fifth on a run-scoring dropped a heartbreaker, 6-5, the first that gave the Lady double by Cora Holmgren. to the Lady Owls. Owls a 2-0 advantage. Af- Ross would tie the game in Building a house? Elgin struck for four runs ter a ground ball out scored the bottom half of the inning See us for even more sauings. in the first, but the Elkettes a mun from third, a throw- on her solo shot over the left tied the game with four runs ing error to first from Aleigh field fence. over 4 Check out our website! : >) oftheir own in the bottom of the third. After a single run Tucker, playing third base, on a grounder from the next The Lady Owls began the sixth inning with an Aleigha 20 YRS classicmarbledesign.com from the Lady Owls in the batter allowed another run to Lowe triple to left center. in business 580-323-4917 - I-40, Exit 62, Clinton, OK fifth, Elk City tied the game come across and gave Elgin Elgin eventually scored the ona Shailee Ross home run a4-0 lead. go-ahead run on an infield groundout. THANK YOU! in the bottom of the fifth. But A Ross double down the Elgin retook the lead in the left field line scored two runs Elk City had a chance to sixth, and Elk City was un- for the Elkettes in the third tie the game in the sixth and able to push across any more and chopped the Lady Owl seventh. The team had run- Northfork Electric’s 80th Annual Meeting Trojanettes stay hot, take was a tremendous success! We would like to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals for their contributions down Cheyenne/Reydon Lindley Farm Equipment to our celebration. York Paint& Body R&R Powerline Inc. By Don Munsch, Editor the circle, got the win, strik- those two hits. Sottile was Techline Baldwin Pole All-Terrain Parts The Canute Trojanettes ing out nine and surrender- in the circle for the Elkettes raised their record to 5-1 af- ing just one hit. Hollis Tree Service Cotton Electric lonix ter beating Cheyenne/Rey- Elsewhere, Merritt lost and took the loss. Macco Allgeier Martin & Associates Byford Nissan don 15-0 Tuesday on the to Snyder 10-4 on Tuesday. Also on Monday, Canute DJ Rentals Blite Quick Lube Great Plains Bank road, Mackinzie Waggoner was 2 beat Leedey 4-2 in a home Kylee Smith and P Strain for 3 and got an run batted tilt. Pitcher P Strain earned Cross Discipline Marathon Electric Sayre Professional Pharmacy each hit homers for Canute, in for the Oilerettes. Rylee the victory for the Troja- Menrfield Office Supply Arkansas Electric Sayre City Pharmacy with Smith’s home run be- Zimms was | for 2 and had ing a grand slam. Taylor two RBIs for Merritt. The nettes, allowing six hits and WESCO Cotts Electric Sayre ACE Beutler, Haley Schreck, Oilerettes are now 1-7. two runs. Strain was 2 for 2 ANIXTER RE Wilson Consulting Sydney Thrasher and Madi- Elk City fell to Tuttle 8-0 at the plate and drove in a NISC A&C Fire Extinguishers son Warnke all hit doubles in a road game Monday. The run. Taylor Beutler, Sydney for the Trojanettes. Strain Elkettes managed just two Graham Family Medical Life Spring and Thrasher each had three hits, with Danni Sottile and Thrasher and Abby Janning Ek Valley Woodworking Cuber Electric RBIs. Beutler, who was in Mikah Butler accounting for each had an RBI. Merritt lost 6-3 in a road Zee Medical anfork Elec, Lube Zone Day’s Pest Control Ry oy Thomason Company Ik City Historical Sports contest at Hammon on Mon- day. Jordyn Garrett went 2 i rs ago rest of the tournament. Idon’t for 2 and had two RBIs. Ma- cie Steward had two doubles know if were just tired or what. for the Oilerettes. Pitcher ‘The Elk City Daily News August 2009 We mde some errors, All three Danni Dobbins took the loss of their runs were unearned.” for Merritt, giving up six hits Area fast-pitch softball Still, the coach said he liked and six runs [three earned] 928-3366 teams played in tournaments and striking out six. over the weekend, with Elk how the team didn’t quit. City beating Altus 6-1 Friday in the 1-40 Tournament in Clinton. The Elkettes opened the tourney with a 6-2 win cover Frederick on Thursday but lost that same day to Anadarko, 3-2., in eight in- nings, Sam Owsley had three hits against Altus, while Kendall Broadbent and Carly Buie each had two hits. Meanwhile, Merritt split games Friday at the I-40 tour- ney, as the Oilerettes beat BF/ DC 6-3 and lost to Frederick 7-3. They beat Seiling on Saturday. On Saturday, the Elkettes beat Binger-Oney 4-3, ending Ackley Park the tourney with a fifth place Centennial Carousel, finish. Pitcher Allison Gil- Putt-Putt Golf, & liland got the victory for the Miniature Train Rides’ Elkettes. Katelyn McKeever got three hits for Elk City, Paradepof Chaipions Sponsored by EK GEN while teammate Sam Owsley got two hits. ‘and Great Plains te Ser cay “Tt was a good game,” said Elk City coach Rodney Giy- DOWNTOWNIELK CITY, SATURDAY,~ ens, “We won four out of five August 31 ° 2PM_ ballgames. 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