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Page 8 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Saturday, September 12, 2020 Softball/baseball roundup By Don Munsch, Editor innings and never looked Abby Robbins both had two Kylee Smith each contribut- Merritt is now 4-15 after runs batted in. Smith had Softball back, beating Elk City 6-3 hits for the Elkettes. ing two RBIs. Smith, Beu- dropping their firsst four two home runs while Hen- A six-run fifth padded Monday afternoon in Elk Canute beat Duke 7-5 at tler and Madison Warnke games of September. derson had one. In the 1-0 a 3-0 lead for Tuttle and City. Campbell Rainey had home Tuesday. Kimberly each had two hits for the Baseball game against Fort Cobb- helped the team take a 9-0 two hits for the Elkettes. Harris drove in three runs Trojanettes. Canute continues to stay Broxton, Henderson pitched victory over Elk City Tues- EIk City beat Clinton 12-7 for the Trojanettes. Taylor Canute beat Navajo 11-2 hot, taking 6-3 and 1-0 de- and struck out 14 batters. day in Elk City. on the road Sept. 3, wit Rain- Beutler pitched for Canute in a road win on Sept. 1. cisions over Fort Cobb- Canute beat Santa Fe The Elkettes managed just ey accounting for three runs and had 13 strikeouts. Ca- Smith, Beutler and Warnke Broxton and beating Navajo South 13-0 at home on Aug. two hits on the day and com- batted in for the Elkettes. nute was 13-8 after the vic- each had three runs batted 9-0 and Arapaho/Butler 9-3 31. Kasen Legrand and mitted five errors. Elk City Teammates Alivia Geno and tory. in for the Trojanettes. Smith in early September games. Keenan Smith both had four dropped to 10-7 on the sea- Alyssa Brott each had two The Trojanettes beat Arap- and Beutler each had three Highlights: In the Navajo RBIs for the Trojans. Dalton son with the loss. RBIs. Danni Sottile picked aho 9-0 at home on Sept. 3, hits. Beutler had two home game, Keenan Smith led Williams and Colby Mad- Weatherford jumped to a up the win for the Elkettes, with Beutler knocking in runs. Madison Warnke also Canute with four RBIs and dox each had two hits for 4-0 lead after one and half striking out 10. Sottile and three runs and Harris and hit a round-tripper. Kelln Henderson had three Canute. Oilers fall in opener at Mangum By Cosette Wymer, Con- Merritt head — football Richardson said. “We just in the red zone in the first ers trailed 7-3. River Britton scored from tributing writer coach Barret Richardson didn’t take [care of] the op- half, and the first Oiler pos- Mangum would score late the 1 with 5:56 left, and Merritt football team’s de- knows his team is young portunities we had. We just session ended in a fumble. in the first and take a 13-3 Justus completed a pass for sire to earn a victory after awith just four seniors, but he need to get it done.” Mangum led 7-0 at the end lead into halftime. a two-point conversion to winless season last year will also realizes they have great The Tigers scored on their of one quarter. The Tiger offense stayed Zack Carr in the corner of have to wait at least another potential. Six turnovers usu- first possession of the game. Coy Carnes kicked a 31- on the ground for most of the the end zone, leaving Mer- week, ally do not translate into The Oilers, led by junior yard field goal with 5:17 left second half. They led 20-3 at ritt behind 26-11 at 5:56 on The Oilers lost at Mang- wins, and the turnover bug quarterback Hagen Justus, in the second quarter. His the end of three quarters and the clock. um, 40-11, on Sept. 4. Mer- bit Merritt against Mangum. saw success on offense. The field goal came after an ear- had a 26-3 lead before Mer- Mangum tacked on two ritt played OCA at home “First game in a nutshell, Oilers had 246 yards total on lier field goal attempt of 32 ritt put up its last points of more touchdowns to end the Friday. turnovers were a_ killer,” the night, but could not get yards was blocked. The Oil- the night. Oiler sophomore scoring on the night. Fifth the same with each bull. We cause I wouldn’t want any- ‘We grew up here, our par- of Beutler and Son, Rhett’s fishing, then next he is gonna try to make the best pairings, one to read this and think we ents grew up here and we wife Tracy is a renowned be a roper. Then the next he but it is learning process ev- didn’t love their rodeo,” he always get so much support softball and basketball coach is talking about joining the eryday. said. “We love them all. It from the community. They in her own right. While their Continuedfrom page 1. business. They are teenag- “We had one bull who is nice every year in Febru- are all neat and special for children are following in school and sports sched- made the PBR finals for ary to be in Tucson when it their own reasons. We treat Rhett’s path in rodeo stock, ers, so who knows? We just ules are, but they are in- three years running with no is about 70 degrees outside each one the same because they are equally involved tell them that the sky’s the volved if they aren’t busy.” bull rider scoring less than and 20 degrees at home. consistency is what we are in the sports their mother limit. Whatever they want Beutler and Son Rodeo Company labors year-round 91 points on him. Then not a Each rodeo lets us see peo- going for. We send out our teaches. Young Jake says he to do, they have our support. to produce rodeo’s top rough one of his calves bucked out. ple we only get to see once a best stock for every single plans to join the family busi- We love having them around stock in bucking bulls and That is disappointing. Like T year. At a lot of these rodeos, one. We hold nothing back, ness, but Rhett acknowledg- helping us. It is a cool thing said, then you will have one there were committeemen whether it is a small rodeo or es that teenage dreams can horses. Annually, Rhett esti- watching Dad work with my mates that they breed about that just turns out and turn whose kids I was playing Vegas.” be flighty. up the heat that you didn’t kids just like I did. Hell, Dad 40 horses with approximate- expect. You think about his with and now their kids are In that, all five generations “Taylor is active in basket- ly 400-500 on site. Likewise, the committeemen. So, each of Beutlers have understood ball and softball,” he said. and I will do it until we are genetics - his parents and one is kind of like coming that the base of rodeo fans “She is a fast pitch softball put out to pasture, so there they breed approximately grandparents on each side - home to old friends. starts from the ground up. pitcher and that is her big fo- 120 cows with hundreds of will be a Beutler in this for a and how that could be repro- “Vegas is great because it Las Vegas wouldn’t exist cus right now. She says she bulls from birth to the Vegas long time yet.” duced with the same parents brings together the best of without small town rodeos is gonna be a vet, so she may big lights on hand. or maybe pairing mama with For more information on Much like the cowboys the sport as far as the ath- with big traditions. That, be involved then some way a different bull or daddy with the history of Rhett’s iconic who mount them, these ani- letes - human and stock. But, Rhett says, is how the sport’s or another. Jake is involved a different cow. We have mals are athletes. Any given of course, there is something fan base is created. in sports right now, too. family business, visit www. these long pedigrees so that stock could become a win- really special about Elk City. Though rodeo is the heart Somedays he will talk about beutlterandsonrodeo.com. helps reduce the chances of ning-making champion just a dud, but it still happens.” like any stock could be a “dud,” as Rhett describes it. In fact, Rhett referenced their three-time world cham- North He and his father Bennie try not to leave anything to pion bucking horse Com- Exhibit Hall motion. In front of the Old luck, though Rhett admits that is often a main ingredi- Town Museum stands a Will be Open! bronze statue in the famed ent. horse’s honor. “We look at the databases. “His daddy was a cham- We study what their parents pion thoroughbred,” Rhett and grandparents have done. explained. “Well, they fig- We know their registered ured out all his colts were pedigrees. There is a lot of just hurting jockeys. They science that goes into it, but couldn’t be broke. He was if science was it all it took bred to run like his daddy, then the horse racing folks but that wasn’t what he was would have had this figured built for. The best trainers in out years ago,” Rhett joked. the world couldn’t break that In that regard, Bennie, horse, so his time to shine Rhett and company are vir- was in the rodeo arena. He tual mad scientists clad in made himself a champion cowboy hats and starched September 19 & 20, 2020 and many cowboys made shirts. They have tried and money getting lucky enough trued methods, but Rhett to draw him.” also says the magic is in the In a typical year, Beutler middle. It is almost like trade and Son provides stock to secret that he convinces you with a wink does not exist. approximately 25 rodeos, including the Professional Convention Center ¢ Elk City, OK “T'll split my cows into four different sets and may Bull Riders and PRCA Na- tional Finals Rodeo in Las NN Saturday 10AM - 6 PM « Sunday 12 - 5 PM turn out eight different bulls Vegas. Like most aspects with them — sometimes less, sometimes more,” he of 2020 life, those numbers * Original Arts & Crafts * Furniture & Antiques said. “We have had some were reduced because of COVID-19. 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