September 19, 2020 Issue, Page 8 of 8

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Page 8 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Saturday, September 19, 2020 Oilers win first game of year, break losing skid Softball team drops two By Kerry Hookstra, Con- kick was good and Merritt Offensively Merritt picked in the top of the first before scored the runner. One run scored for the tributing writer led 14-0. A fumble on the up 204 yards on the ground scoring one in the bottom of Arnett picked up an insur- Lady Bearcats in the bottom Merritt dropped their sea- ensuing kickoff was covered with Carr leading the way the inning. Kayde Herndon ance run in the top of the of the first and they added son opening football game by Riley Herndon for the on 23 carries for 146 yards. swatted a leadoff single and sixth before the Oilerettes to Mangum 40-11 for an Oilers. They put the offense Justus added 39 on four at- moved over on a passed ball put together a rally in the bot- four in the fourth with two llth consecutive loss dat- in gear and it scored with 14 tempts. Justus completed before Lexi Smith’s base hit tom of the seventh. Raulston more in the fifth and sixth, ing back to a playoff defeat ticks on the first half clock. six passes for 32 yards with sent her home. slapped a two away single Merritt managed a hit apiece at Fairview in 2018. They Hagen Justus hit Carr for a Carnes catching three for 14 The second saw a sec- and Cox walked. Herndon from Mackenzie Waggoner hosted Oklahoma Christian T-yard TD pass and Carnes yards and Carr pulling down ond run cross the plate for then tagged a 2-2 pitch for Academy Sept. 11 and post- connected on the extra point two for 12. Klayton McGee the Oilerettes. Mackenzie a triple to left centerfield. A and Raegan Ford in the top ed a 28-0 shutout victory. for a 21-0 halftime margin. had one reception for six Waggoner led off and was fly ball out ended the threat of the fifth. A double play The Oilers got on the Defense took over for both hit by the pitcher. Makinly and gave the win to the Lady yard. Total offense saw 236 and a fly ball out ended the board when Zack Carr made squads in the second half but yards. Raulston moved her over Wildcats. threat. a fumble recovery in the end Merritt was able to add a Oilerettes drop a pair with a groundout and Kylee Merritt pitching allowed Hobart drew a walk with zone at 5:47 of the first quar- touchdown with 2:30 to play Merritt entertained = Ar- Cox slapped an RBI single. five walks with six strikeouts ter, Coy Carnes booted the in the third on a 27-yard run nett’s Lady Wildcats Sept. The contest was scoreless and nine hits. The defense two strikeouts and a dozen extra point through the up- by Carr as he took a pitch 3 and fell 7-5. A trip to Ho- over the next two frames be- committed seven errors. At hits from Oilerette pitching. right for a 7-0 lead. right and cut left to open bart Sept. 8 saw the Lady fore Merritt added one in the the plate the Oilerettes man- ‘They had help from two er- At 1:55 of the second pe- territory and the end zone. Bearcats toss a 9-0 shutout. bottom of the fifth. Smith aged four walks with 10 rors. Merritt managed three riod, Carr again hit paydirt Carnes made his fourth PAT Oilerettes-Arnett swatted a one away base hit strikeouts and 11 hits. They with I-yard dive over the to put the Oilers on top 28-0 Merritt watched the Lady and Rylee Zimms walked. had help from three miscues. walks, five strikeouts and goal line. Another Carnes and secure the win. Wildcats ring up six runs Errors to Waggoner and Cox Oilerettes-Hobart two hits. Sports are back on TV ina major way, but not for me By David Zurawik, The Major League Baseball to behind us. It isn’t, and the nation of adolescents for the and make the adult sacrifices to righteously enjoy our TV Baltimore Sun even be playing during the more we embrace that lie, past six months. We want our of wearing masks and social games again. With the return of the Na- pandemic and all the play- the more Americans will die. fun, but too many of us are distancing needed before we David Zurawik is The tional Football League to ers who had tested positive We have been acting like a not willing to do the work can contain the virus enough Sun's media critic. Sundays, sports are back on for COVID-19 - with some TV in a major way. of the results kept from the Softball/baseball roundup Waking up to College public. GameDay on ESPN Satur- I can’t watch an inning day and The NFL GameDay on the NFL Network Sun- of baseball without think- day, the first post-Labor-Day ing about players like Bos- By Don Munsch, Editor The Elkettes won shutout 4-1 in eight innings. Against Canute beat Fletcher weekend promised a return ton Red Sox ace Eduardo The Elk City Elkettes games Monday over Burns Vici, Kimberly Harris and Monday with two runs in the to some sense of normalcy Rodriguez, one of the best beat Elgin 3-2 Tuesday on Flat-Dill City [5-0] and Abby Janning both had three for someone who grew up pitchers in baseball, who is the road, rallying to win the Cheyenne/Reydon —_[8-0]. RBIs for the Trojanettes, top of the eight. Dru Steffes’ with and loved TV sports as not playing this year. The game with two runs in the Sottile led the team with two leading the team. Madison sacrifice fly put the Trojans Thave. reason: After “recovering” top of the seventh. Elk City hits in the BF-DC game and Church had a home run for The rhythms of television from COVID-19, he now pitcher Danni Sottile picked Rylee Wyatt led Elk City Canute. In the L-S game, ahead for good in the extra are the rhythms of American has myocarditis, an inflam- up the win, striking out seven with two RBIs in the Chey- Taylor Beutler had Canute’s frame. Colt Randall pitched life, and the seasons of sport mation of the heart muscle in a complete game. Dustee enne/Reydon game. are at the heart of that cultur- lone RBI. Beutler pitched six innings and got the win. al marriage. Thanksgiving attributed to the virus. Mr. Warnke led the Elkettes with Canute split its last two and had 11 strikeouts. Ca- games, beating Vici 11-1 and He struck out six. The Tro- and football on TV. Spring Rodriguez is not alone. One- two hits. Elk City was 14-7 nute is now 16-9. and opening day baseball on third of Big Ten athletes after the game. losing to Lookeba-Sickles Baseball jans are now 20-2. TV. New Year's and college who tested positive for CO- bowl games on TV. You get VID-19 this summer and fall the picture. wound up with myocarditis, North Nor is it limited to sports. according to Wayne Sebas- The medium has become tianelli, Penn State’s direc- tor of athletic medicine. No Exhibit Hall part of the fabric of Ameri- can life right up to how we one can tell those athletes elect a president with TV how that will play out in the Will be Open! debates, candidate ads and rest of their lives. late-night —_ election-night I tried watching the NBA telecasts. Its rhythms have as well. The telecasts were a become imprinted on our little better once the produc- psyches. When they are dis- ers figured out that if they rupted, some of us can get a kept a tight shot on the court, little shaky without quite un- viewers might momentarily derstanding why. forget the athletes were liv- All of which is why I ing and playing in a Disney was hoping the return this bubble in Florida. A Disney weekend of TV football as bubble in Florida, talk about I have known it since my artifice. childhood would draw me T even tried golf, and for in enough to provide some most of my life, I hated golf. escape or a bit of relief from I’m not that crazy about it the mental stress and emo- now, but I have to say golf tional grind of COVID-19, has adapted best to the TV September 19 & 20, 2020 the virus that has killed more realities of a COVID-19 than 190,000 Americans this world. I don’t miss the gal- year and shows no signs of leries all that much, and I letting up. love looking at all that beau- But once again, TV sports tiful green landscaping. didn’t deliver anything more I have no major com- than a momentary distrac- plaints about the CBS Sports announcers or producers of Convention Center ¢ Elk City, OK Saturday 10AM - 6 PM «Sunday 12 - 5 PM tion for me. I say once again because I Sunday’s Baltimore Ravens tried watching baseball. But the telecasts felt downright game against the Cleveland Browns. The telecast defi- x eerie at times with analysts appearing in little boxes nitely had a preseason feel to it with the empty stands, * Original Arts & Crafts + Furniture & Antiques from places beyond the ballpark. They could have but the play on the field and the work of play-by-play an- + Photography * Great Food and Music under the nouncer Tan Eagle, analyst Outdoor Tent been watching on a moni- tor on Mars. They felt no Charles Davis and sideline + Pottery more intimately connected reporter. Evan Washburn to the game thanI was - not was solid enough by normal + Jewelry surprising since they were NFL television standards. Sponsored by: watching in some cases But I won’t watch another from their living rooms just minute of college or pro- like me. fessional football this fall Thated the piped in crowdoutside of what my job re- facebook. noise and cardboard cutoutsquires. 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