October 18, 2019 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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Page 10 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Friday, October 18, 2019 Elk City runners ready for regionals ese By Don Munsch, Editor like they are capable, they Elk City High School will should advance to state, send seven girls and seven Taylor said. boys to the regional cross- Those runners who have country meet Saturday in the best shot to finish near Enid. the top are, on the boys Fifteen teams will be at side, Mason Smith, who has regionals, for both boys and placed first among ECHS girls. The top seven teams runners in many cross- and top seven individual country meets thus far this runners qualify for the state year, Taylor said. The top meet in Shawnee on Oct. 26. two girl runners have been Elk City High School cross country members competing at the regional meet are Brynn Arm- “We're looking at rat- Caylin Burton and Brooklyn strong, Paige Lane, Savannah Kauk, Brett Barnett, Caylin Burton, Kye Keyes, Andrew Valadez, ings, and we’re rated about Howard, and they have been Alex Waters, Harrison Mayfield and Ethan Banks. Not pictured are Mason Smith, Mitchell Rob- sixth in our region,” Elk back and forth at the top this inson, Juanita Valadez and Brooklyn Howard. Staff photo by Don Munsch. City cross-country coach season, Taylor said. Jim Taylor said. “We think “We had to kind ofqualify considerably the best con- Keyes, Harrison Mayfield, Brett Barnett, Caylin Bur- is attainable for the team and we're better than that, so within ourselves within our sistently all year and then Mitchell Robinson, Mason ton, Brooklyn Howard, Sa- that runners seem confident. we're gonna go try to prove team to be able to go run in seven girls, the same thing.” Smith, Andrew Valadez and vannah Kauk, Paige Lane “Weve had a few injuries, it” regionals,” Taylor said. “So ECHS regional runners: Alex Waters. and Juanita Valadez. but we’re working through If Elk City harriers run we had seven boys that ran Boys: Ethan Banks, Kye Girls: Brynn Armstrong, Kauk said she thinks state them,” Waters said. Canute teams fell short at state, but still had successful seasons By Don Munsch, Editor bad start and the girls fought Pitcher P Strain’s back tight- in their careers. Four se- among others returnees, will do that until the seventh,” he Canute’s baseball and back and gave ourselves a ened up on her and Taylor niors started since they were be back next year. said. “And we just came up fast-pitch softball teams’ chance at the end to tie up Beutler came in in relief to freshman and the fifh senior Canute baseball coach a little short against a really goals fell short when they there,” said Canute softball give Canute a shot to get started since she was a soph- John Gillett said his team got both suffered first-round ex- coach Bryne Binghom about back in the game. Strain’s omore. Those seniors were into a hole against Silo, but good Silo team.” its at the state tournament the state tournament loss. back was also an issue in the Strain, Madison Faylor, they battled back. The Tro- He said any time when a last week, but both coaches “It’s definitely not the way regional tournament. The Haley Schreck, Baylee Wag- jans trailed 7-1 going into team plays in the state tour- liked what their teams were we envisioned it, but some- Trojanettes had the tying goner and Brianna Elliott. the seventh. ney, it’s season has been a able to do this fall. how, I think, it will motivate runs on base in the bottom “To say this season was “We put ourselves in a po- success, The Trojans lost in the these girls in the long run of the seventh before their anything but a _ success sition to win, but it came up state tourney to Silo 7-5 and then [to get better].” rally — and season — ended. wouldn’t be the truth, so it short,” he said. “1 think that’s the first time finished 26-12, The Troja- Fairland got some hits “Any time you win 30 was a great year,” Binghom Canute pitchers gave up we’ve won over 25 games, nettes lost 7-5 to Fairland in early, he said, and the Troja- games and go to the state said. too many walks, he said. and we’re ready to get back their playoff game and fin- nettes made some untimely tournament, it’s a great sea- Canute will have some Three pitchers gave up a to the state tournament in the ished the season at 30-7. errors that helped Fairland, son,” Binghom said. talent coming back, as they combined 10 walks. “t's not where we wanted which jumped out to a 6-1 The Canute seniors on this spring,” he said, explaining started three freshmen, a ju- “We could have done a it to end, and we got off to a lead after three innings. fall’s team won 101 games nior and a sophomore, and better job of making them his players are motivated to some of the younger players earn what they got,” Gillett get back and bring a champi- received some playing time said. “We could have a bet- onship to Canute. this year. ter job of making them earn “We'll definitely be in the “We're going to be young what they got.” mix — we’ll have a chance,” next year, but I still think He said his team is usually he said. “I think going into we're going to be really successful when it puts pres- good,” Binghom said, not- sure on people. the season, that’s all you can ing Beutler, a pitcher who is “And we weren’t able to ask for.” Merritt heads into final stretch of season By Don Munsch, Editor said about Frederick. “We ick game should be ready to The Merritt football team had a lot of kids get banged go next week. has a bye this week before up early, in the first quarter: “They're a really athletic beginning its final third of the quarterback, starting tail- team, they've got a really the season and second half back, linemen. So, that stuff good quarterback,” Rich- of the district schedule. happens. [The situation] fell ardson said about Mangum. Mangum comes to Mer- apart pretty quickly.” “They’ve got a movie-in ritt on Oct. 25, and then the But there was an upside that’s probably 6’4 receiver Oilers finish out the season to reserves receiving some and runs like the wind, so it against Hobart at home on reps, though. will be a tough game for us Nov. 1 and then on the road “I was really glad that getting outmatched athleti- Merritt holds Powderpuff against Sayre on Nov. 8. The Oilers lost 47-0 at Frederick on Oct. 11 to fall happened to a certain extent because kids that don’t nor- mally get to play got a lot of cally, but I expect our kids to, just like they have every week, come hard and give us game Tuesday night to 0-6 on the season. The playing time this past week,” Bombers are now 4-2 over- he said. all they’ve got.” all and 2-1 in district play. Young players gain ex- In the last few games, he “First of all, they’re pretty perience they can take with wants to see his team end on Merritt High School girls consisting of freshman and sophmores athletic and they’ve got ex- them going forward. a high note, and he said the faced off against juniors and seniors on the football field Tuesday perience on their side and As for now, the team will team has not been eliminat- night for Merritt's Powderpuff game. Tuesday was the first night of the kids that have played a lot prepare for Mangum, and ed from the playoffs, as the of football,” Merritt head Richardson said the players Oilers would make the post- Powderpuff games in the last few years. Staff, 7g by Brittany Howell. coach Barret Richardson who were lost in the Freder- season if they win out. 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