February 12, 2020 Issue, Page 13 of 14

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Page 14 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Wednesday,February 12, 2020 Elkettes can’t keep up with Tuttle By Don Munsch, Editor break on the ball well, and if Newcastle. 17-3 run. Elk City High School’s you make them shoot outside The Elkettes fell behind With the game well out of basketball team had a dis- shots and they miss, they’ve 13-5 in the first quarter be- reach, Ellison put some re- tinct height disadvantage got 6°2 and 6°3 [girls] inside fore Norie Flowers hit a serves in at the 4:40 mark. with Tuttle as the Elkettes to rebound it. That’s pretty 3-pointer with 2:16 left. Drawing some of the loud- closed out their home slate tough to guard.” Flowers scored all eight est — if not loudest — cheers on Senior Night Saturday at He said his team opted to points for the Elkettes in of the night, Daphne Groen the Pioneer Center. guard the inside and make the first quarter, as the Lady made two 3-pointers for the The Lady Tigers used their the Lady Tigers shoot out- Tigers led 19-8 after one pe- Elkettes in the late going. height and their aggressive side. Still, Tuttle could use riod. Flowers led the team with 12 play to their advantage to its height to grab offensive Elk City managed just four points. take home a 58-28 victory. rebounds and put the ball in points in the second quarter, “['m just proud of my se- Elk City coach Tim Ellison the hoop. on baskets from Flowers and niors for competing hard,” said his team drew the unfor- “They're a tough team for Matti Jones, and trailed 29- Ellison said, explaining tunate hand of playing two us to play as small as we are, 12 at the half. that despite playing these of the best teams in the state and they did a really good In the third quarter, the games at home on special on homecoming [Anadarko] job,” he said. Lady Tigers enjoyed their nights against tough oppo- and Senior Night [Tuttle], as The Elk City loss came first 20-point lead of the nents Anadarko and Tuttle, both of those teams could on the heels on a 41-40 loss night when Hadley Periman the players “came out and make the state tournament. the night before at Cache. nailed a trey to give Tuttle played hard, smiled and had “They’re a good team; just The Elkettes have three 34-14 lead with 4:56 left in a good time and all four of really big and long,” Elli- road games to finish out the the contest. The Lady Tigers them enjoyed playing with son said about Tuttle. “They season: Bethany, Elgin and finished out the quarter on a each other.” Elk City loses lead in third Hayleigh Bouie looks for daylight as she dribbles the ball up the court against Tuttle. quarter, drops contest to Tigers The Elkettes lost the game 58-28. Photo by Terri Chervenka. ball against Tuttle Saturday night at the Pioneer Center. But the Elks lost the lead — and one of its best play- dunk with 3 minutes left in was in a walking boot af- ers ~ in the third quarter, and the game salted the game ter the game. Stephens said Tuttle took control of the away for the Tigers. Elk City could be without game from that point for- The Elks led the game 32- 26 at halftime. Jarel for a week or week and ward, winning 62-50 on Elk City’s Senior Night. “We just got lazy with our half, but Stephens said that The Elks led the game movement on offense,” Elk was not definitive. Stephens when Nate Jarel got hurt City coach Sam Stephens said, describing the break- said he thought his team still in the third quarter, but the Tigers tied the game on a down that occurred in the competed in the second half Kaden Vande trey and scored third quarter, “We weren’t when Tuttle rallied, but the the next four points to grab a screening very well any- 43-39 lead heading into the more, we weren’t moving mishaps they endured can be fourth quarter, as sharp or as crisp and we fixed. Tate Trotter’s trey brought got lazy with the ball. And The Elks beat Cache 47- the Elks back within three, Tuttle did a good job with 43-42, with 7:43 left in the more ball pressure. They 40 the night before. Jarel led fourth, but the Tigers an- were running through pass- Elk City with 13 points. Tate swered with a 3-pointer of ing lanes and we made bad Trotter and Vivek Pranabdev their own from Isaac Mc- decisions. And we stopped moving the way we should each scored 11 points for the Drake Hughes tries to power by a defender on his way to the rim Doulett to increase their ad- during the Elks’ game against Tuttle Saturday. Elk City dropped the vantage back to four. Vande be moving and we weren’t Elks. game, 62-50. Photo by Terri Chervenka. would drain another three to screening, so they gout some Trotter led in points against pad the Tiger lead to seven, run-out layups on us.” 49-42. An 8-2 run that fin- Jarel suffered a rolled an- Tuttle with 12. Kaden Craig By Don Munsch, Editor Elk City played a solid two and half quarters of basket- ished with a McDoulett kle in the third quarter and scored 10 for the Elks. ‘| want to win -- win big’: Bob Stoops disappointed in Renegades’ season-opening loss By Ryan Aber, The Okla- St. Louis Battlehawks. but transferred from Texas ted to transfer to OU un- of Oklahoma. He's the same Stoops said. "So really the homan, Oklahoma City But a little more than a A&M when Stoops was in der Stoops but never got a guy,” Alexander said. biggest job is getting them to ARLINGTON, Texas - year after he was named the charge at OU, watched the chance to play for him, was Stoops didn't appear as play as a team and to want There was plenty that was first coach of the new itera- game from the sidelines. the intended target on the hands-on at times, not get- to compete with one another. familiar. tion of the XFL, Stoops was So did Troy Aikman, the first pass thrown by the Ren- ting in the player's faces The visor. The gait. Bend- back on the sideline coach- one-time Sooners quarter- egades. quite the way he did at OU. To me, that's the big chal- ing over and resting his ing once again. back who achieved stardom Keith Ford, who was a sol- "These guys want to keep lenge - getting them to gel as. hands on his knees while "T came in all-in expecting after he transferred to UCLA id runner for Stoops' Sooners learning but they already a team. They knowa ton of looking intently as the play's to win," Stoops said after his and then became an NFL in 2014 but who transferred know a ton of football," football already." about to develop. Dallas Renegades fell to the icon. to Texas A&M, scored the Basketball But Bob Stoops coaching Battlehawks 15-9 at Globe Steve Spurrier, Stoops! first touchdown for the Bat- this time around was also Life Park on Sunday. "I'm mentor at Florida before tlehawks -- coached by for- different. not doing this for any other Stoops was hired by Joe mer Stoops assistant Jona- Instead of crimson and reason. I want to win - win Castiglione to turn around than Hayes. round up cream, Stoops was dressed big. So I'm disappointed.” the OU program in 1999, Alexander and Badet said in black and light blue. Stoops' opener - the first was in attendance. the Stoops they see now Instead of coaching 18-22 game he coached since Jan. There was also plenty of isn't much different from the year-olds, Stoops was di- 2, 2017, when OU beat Au- reminders on the field. Stoops that recruited them recting grown men. burn in the Sugar Bowl - had Frank Alexander, who and, in Alexander's case, Girls basketball Merritt 26 Instead of a crowd of plenty of star power and blossomed into a star on the coached them. Merritt 55, Hammon 38 Joshlyn Tomlin-Sander: around 100,000 in Dallas at plenty of Sooner connec- defensive line for Stoops "Coach been the same Dayli Pollard led the led Merritt with 11 points. the Cotton Bowl coaching tions. with the Sooners, had the with me ever since he came Oilerettes with 15 points. Ja- Sentinel 38, Merritt 35 against Texas, Stoops was Heisman Trophy win- first sack in Renegades his- and sat on the couch and mie Peffer contributed 10 in coaching in front of a little ner Kyler Murray, who tory. said he wanted me to come the winning cause. Tomlin-Sanders led witl more than 17,000 against the starred under Lincoln Riley Jeff Badet, who commit- out there to the University Cheyenne-Reydon 29, 11 points. Have a sports photo to shar Send it to [email protected]