October 8, 2019 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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Page 10 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Elk City loses at Elgin, turns attention to Cache Elk City wide receivers Alex Cherry, left, and Drake Hughes await the snap during the Elk City-Elgin game Friday night. At right, Elk City quarterback Caden Culver tries to elude Elgin defensive back defen- sive back Jonathan Calvert. Photos by Jay DeSilver/The Comanche County Chronicle. Don Munsch, Editor where we’re at and what the Owl 5. But with a first ELGIN - Elk City head we're battling it right now. and goal from the 2, Elk City football coach Todd Beer “We're going to stay the couldn’t score on four plays, embraced and _ consoled course, and these kids are with running back Day Day players as they slowly and resilient and they'll bounce Thompson getting turned quietly trickled their way back and we'll have another back on fourth and goal from toward the visitors’ locker good week of practice and the 2. Elgin then went on a room after the Elks lost 49- get ready for Cache,” he 97-yard drive and scored on 20 Friday to Elgin. said. an Issiah Wolf 2-yard run Elk City returns home The Owls wasted no time with 3:35 left in the half. The Friday for its Homecoming getting on the scoreboard Owls would score again on game against Cache, hoping first, as they received the another Wolf TD run before to get on the left side of win- lost ledger for the first time opening kick and proceeded to drive 70 yards and score the half and led 28-7 at the break. Golf tournament to do. We know where we're this year. ona Seneca Coleman 5-yard trying to go, we know what “All losses are tough — you run with 9:06 left. Elgin led from inside the 5 was a back- we're trying to do. We’ve winners announced EIk City’s failure to score know, they mount up,” Beer 7-0. breaker. just got to stay the course.” Winners of the Second FlightB said, moments after talking Elk City responded with “It's a big momentum Wolf would score on a 40- Annual Elk City Cham- 1. Moran Equipment with a player. “It gets tough- Drake Hughes 23-yard TD swing,” Beer said. “We yard run in the Owls’ first ber of Commerce 4 Person er every loss, but you know, run ona third and an 11 play thought we'd try to get a bit 2. Myofascial Pain Clinic series of the second half, and Scramble, held on Sept. 27, nobody's going to give you with 3:26 left in the first, ty- of momentum. What it is is Longest Drive: Justin the Owls would score twice were: a win — you gotta go earn it. ing the game at 7. what it is — we’re not going Flight A Twyman more in the period to go up Our kids, we’re know what The Owls scored before to dwell on one play.” 1. Gunkel Plumbing Closet to the Pin: Dustin 49-7. we're facing. We know the the first quarter ended on a Beer mentioned the story The Elks scored two 2. Terry Stone Gunkel battles that we’ve got. We Coleman 16-yard run to go of Joseph from the Bible and touchdowns in the fourth appreciate our parents; our parents have been truly sup- up 14-7 with 1:51 left. Then a turning point oc- how he dealt a lot of adver- sity, but “he didn’t live in quarter on a quarterback Ca- Where local athletes portive of these kids. Any- body who’s been around it, curred for Elk City. The Elks then put together his adversity. We can’t live in that. We’ve just got to den Culver 3-yard pass to tight end Mason Price and get their start! I think, really understands a drive that took them inside move on to what we’ve got ona Thompson 2-yard run. Canute baseball, softball —~w Kidsinc. teams are state bound Don Munsch, Editor day 15-8 victory over Byng striking out eight. was 3 for 3 and had three The Canute baseball and Friday with 16 hits. Kelln On Thurday, the Trojans RBIs. Abby Janning was softball teams have ad- Henderson proved to be the couldn’t do much against 3 for 3 and had two RBIs. vanced to state. biggest bat in the lineup, Byng in a 7-0 loss. The Tro- Taylor Beutler was the win- The baseball team split as he went 3 for 5 with six jans had five hits. Keenan ning pitcher. games with Byng and beat runs batted in. He had a Smith gave up four earned Against Mooreland on Okarche in the playoffs late homer and a triple. Dalton runs on the mound and was Thursday, Madison Faylor America’s . last week. The Trojans will Williams, Wes Swaner and the losing pitcher. and Taylor Beutler each de- Drive-In. play Silo at Yukon. The time Kasen LeGrand each had In fast-pitch softball, the livered two runs batted in. of the game was announced two RBIs. Henderson was Canute Trojanettes steam- Faylor hit a homer. Beutler after the News went to press. the winning pitcher. rolled past Shattuck 12-2 The Trojanettes will play Canute beat Okarche 12-1 on Thursday and then swept was the winning pitcher. Thursday in Shawnee with Friday behind a four-RBI games against Mooreland: Faylor and P Strain each time and other information effort from Williams and a 7-3 on Thursday and 12-2 had two RBIs against Shat- released after press time. three-RBI game from Ky- Friday. Canute is now 30-6. tuck. Strain pitched a com- 801 WEST THIRD ELK CITY The Trojans, now 26-11, ron Whinery. Colby Mad- In the second game against plete game and got the vic- (580) 225-2432 powered their way to a Fri- dox was the winning pitcher, Mooreland, Kylee Smith tory. Send sports photos or story ideas to sports @ecdailynews.com