February 17, 2021 Issue, Page 5 of 10

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February 17, 2021 Sports Big Elksonroad Oilerettes crush COACHES CORNER to Hinton Carnegie By Kerry Hookstra By Kerry Hookstra their home court with a 50-38 By Kerry Hookstra bucket apiece. AFeb. 9 trip to meet the decision. ‘The Big Elks will ‘The second saw a 19-3 Bearcat Coaches Corner Comets turned out to be the Merritt played their last Merritt run, Joshlyn Sanders Both Erick basketball teams advance to Regional play at final regular season contest next see action in District play regular season contest against had the hot hand for a trey Okeene Feb. 18. The Bearcats meet Buffalo in the Runner-up the Lady Wildcats Feb. 9. In and four deuces. Ashlee Sosa bracket. Lady Bearcat action takes them to the winner’s bracket for Elk City. Hinton defended at Kingfisher Feb. 20. a road game showdown the buried a three with a two by anda showdown with Forgan Feb. 18. Oilerettes prevailed 60-23. Peffer and 2-2 each at the First quarter action was charity stripe from Hart- Eagle Coaches Corner tight with the Oilerettes hold- man and Dayli Pollard. The With regular season play wrapped up Sayre readies for Dis- Elkettes hammer ing a 10-9 edge. Jamie Peffer worked her inside game for a pair of baskets and sank two Oilerettes led 29-12 going to halftime. In the third Merritt trict action at Hinton Feb. 19. In a two team District both teams will advance to Regional action to be played at Fairview Feb. 25-27. free throws. Blakely Barnett held a 12-7 advantage. Pollard Hinton and Riely Hartman hit a set the pace with a trey and a deuce. Sosa drained her second three with a two from Elk Coaches Corner Basketball will take the trek to Kingfisher Feb. 20 for District play and both teams will move on to Regional action which Dailee Taylor and two gift takes place in Kingfisher Feb. 25-27. Wrestling takes five boys By Kerry Hookstra Oilers rolled to a 55-25 victory. The shots by Hartman. toi Regionals at Clinton Feb. 18-19. The two girls who make up Final frame action the Elkette Wrestling squad compete at State Fe. 25. Madison next action for Elk City comes featured a 19-4 charge by the Elk City hit the road to Holladay placed third among 15 wrestlers at Regional to qualify Feb. 20 as they take on King- Oilerettes. Pollard again con- for State and Summer Odom was second ina field of five as she slip by take on the Lady Comets Feb. nected for a trey and a deuce 9. Putting together a solid fisher in Yelllowjacket Field with two field goals apiece by punched her ticket to State competition. offensive game the Elkettes House for District play. Hartman and Sanders. Payten Oiler Coaches Corner Fite drained a three and Sosa Merritt wrapped up regular season basketball Feb. 9. They Carnegie trey. Truston Ware put in went downtown for her third will host District action Feb. 19 with Mangum coming to Oller Field House. Both teams advance to Regional play Feb. 25-27 at Trojanettes take By Kerry Hookstra took game high honors with eight to lead Carnegie. Sanders Minco. Trojan Coaches Corner District Runner-up regular 15 and Pollard tossed down With District play completed and both teams moving on to In the final game of the included: Hartman-9, Sosa-9, 12 for Merritt. Others scoring Regional, Canute will take the short trip to Burns Flat Feb.18 season Merritt took Peffer-8, Fite-3, Barnett-2, and where the Trojans meet up with Burns Flat-Dill City. The Troja- By Kerry Hookstra the trek to Carnegie Feb. Taylor-2. nettes will face Empire in Burns Flat. 9. In an evenly matched Canute was on the road to Fletcher Feb. 12-13 for District contest the Oilers managed What does Big 12 football action. The Trojanettes flattened the host squad 51-28 Feb. 12. to take the showdown by a ‘They took on Binger-Oney in the District Title Tilt and fell in 52-49 margin. Next action a heartbreaker by a 45-44 margin. They are next in action at for Merritt comes Feb. 19 Burns Flat-Dill City for Regional play against Empire Feb. 18 at when they host Mangum pam. for District competition. schedule predict for OU, Trojans bury Binger-Oney for OSU? Here’s what we read District Title in the tea leaves By Kerry Hookstra ied a trey and worked an old Henderson addeda field goal fashioned 3-point play with plus 5-6 from the line while Jenni Carlson, The Oklaho- won the Big 12 for the sixth teams that won't have a bye Atrip to Fletcher for the a deuce from Kyron Whin- Whinery worked an old fash- man consecutive time while adding District Championship contest ery. Canute trailed 28-22 at until the first week of No- produced a title for Canute. ioned 3-point play and 2-4 gift some talented transfers, you vember. Playing nine straight halftime. College football schedule have to think it's the Cowboys In the Feb. 13 contest the Trojans came back to bury the In the third a 15-4 run put the Trojans in the lead. shots with 4-4 free throws by makers double as soothsayers. expected not to be in the title- weeks will be tough. Randall. Readers of tea leaves. game mix. ‘The Sooners will finish at Bobcats 60-48. Whinery paced the attack with Morris poured in 29 to Gazers into crystal balls. What of the other way-too- Baylor, against Iowa State and Binger-Oney took the three baskets. Keenan Smith Why? early conference favorites? at OSU. Another tough cluster first 10-6. Bill Shelton hit a drained a three plus a two and lead Binger-Oney and all scor- Because of TV. Conferences Towa State has to be on of games. pair of baskets to lad Canute. Henderson had a bucket. ers. Henderson tossed down want to give their broadcast that list with OU since the But here's the interesting Kelln Henderson added a Canute erupted for a 19 as he paced Canute with partners enough savory Cyclones return a bunch of thing: if you line up the games bucket. 25-16 advantage in the final matchups to go around every important pieces from last Offense picked up in frame. In a free throw shoot- 13 by Whinery and 10 from week. There are going to be season's team that made the that OU, Texas and Iowa State the second with the Bobcats ing clinic the Trojans sank 18- Randall to put three players in clunker matchups — every Big 12 title game. have, you can see the schedule holding an 18-16 margin. 21 from the line over the final double figures. Others scoring conference has them — so the Towa State's schedule is makers were ever mindful of Henderson paced the Trojans eight minutes of play. Colby schedule makers do every- heavily backloaded. After them. The schedule makers with three field goals and 2-2 Maddox led the charge with were; Maddox-9, Shelton-4, thing they can to strike a ‘opening conference play at Baylor and against Kansas — worked hard to maximize their free throws. Colt Randall bur- atrey and 6-6 at the stripe. and Smith-5, and Shelton-4. balance. Plus, in most conferences those teams won a combined impact on the overall slate of nowadays, there's an added two games last season — and games. challenge at the end of the then gettinga bye week, the When OU and Texas meet season. Schedule makers try Cyclones finish with seven in Dallas, for example, Iowa to avoid having teams play in games in seven weeks. State is off. And when Texas the regular-season finale if the ‘They have OSU, Texas and opponents are likely to play ‘TCU at home, but their road goes to Iowa State, OU is off. again the following week in games at Kansas State, West Texas isn't off when Iowa State the conference championship Virginia, Texas Tech and OU plays at OU — the Longhorns game. are tough. The Sooners, you will be in Morgantown that So, with all that in mind, know about of course, but as week — but you can see that what are we to make of the Big for the Wildcats, Mountain- when two of the three are 12 schedule? eers and Red Raiders, none are What does it predict about expected to contend for the playing each other, the Big 12 OU? How about OSU? Or the conference crown but all three sees that as a huge game. A Big 12 in general? have been known to score marquee matchup. Let's dive in. upsets on home turf. ‘The other of the three can First of all, it sure doesn't If Iowa State makes the Big downshift a bit. look like the Big 12 schedule 12 title game again, it will be a PICKUP ov DELIVERY makers believe the Bedlam well-earned spot. Truthfully, if you look at rivals are likely to meet in Another contender for the what other teams have byes the conference title game. conference crown is Texas. the week of OU-Texas, you ‘The Sooners and Cowboys are Even with so many changes may well see the teams the slated to meet in Stillwater in — head coach, coaching staff, Big 12 considers darkhorse the regular-season finale. coordinators, quarterback — contenders. OSU and K-State $50 $75 Now, I love late-season the Longhorns always have are off that week. Bedlam. When the 2020 the ability to contend. schedule was originally (Whether they will is as Because the Cowboys fin- released, the Big 12 had nagging a presence as Austin ish the regular season with the the game set for Oct. 24. It hipsters.) Sooners while the Wildcats would've been the first time Texas may well have gotten have the Longhorns, it seems since 2004 that Bedlam wasn't a boost from the schedule played in November or Decem- makers. It opens with Texas like the schedule makers aren't ber and the earliest the game Tech and at TCU, a couple of expecting OSU or K-State to had been played since 1998. nice build-up games before make the title game. But those An October Bedlam didn't facing the Sooners in Dallas. two teams are in the mix. feel right, frankly. Then after hosting OSU and Obviously, nothing is set in But with both teams look- having a bye, Texas goes to stone by a schedule, No games 6 Months 1 Year ing like they were going to 2020 Big 12 title contenders, Baylor and Iowa State, hosts Kansas, goes to West Virginia, are won. No title is awarded. moving the game earlier in the then finishes with Kansas ‘The teams will ultimately State. decide which of the games are Add the e-paper to a print subseration for $/ per month season was prudent. Ofcourse, the pandemic Kind of an A-B schedule best, which of the matchups led to a rearranged schedule between easier and harder are marquee. last fall, and Bedlam was games. But it's fascinating to moved to Nov. 21. It felt like a ‘The early part is A-A-B-B, much more fitting spot. Right the latter goes A-B-A-B-B. follow in the footsteps of the around Thanksgiving. Deep in OU's schedule feels a bit schedule makers, reading the the fall. Just where it should more clumpy. Aftera noncon- tea leaves, trying to predict be. ference finale against Ne- the future. “ElkCituNews And that'll be the case next braska, the Sooners host West Jenni Carlson: Jenni can season. Bedlam will be Nov. Virginia, then go to Kansas at. State before playing Texas. be reached at 405-475-4125 But unlike last season ‘That's a potentially rugged or [email protected]. when the game was a couple four games. Like her at facebook.com/ of weeks before the end of the ‘Then, OU has TCU, goes JenniCarlsonOK, follow her at regular season, it will be the to Kansas and returns home twitter.com/jennicarlson_ok, 109 W. Broadway finale. That means the sched- ule makers don't think OU and OSU will be in the title game. against Texas Tech. That's more of a catch-your-breath and support her work and that stretch. 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