February 24, 2021 Issue, Page 5 of 10

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February 24,2021 Sports Elk City sends pair to State Wrestling By Kerry Hookstra Madison Holladay wrestled to third place among 15 competi- tors. Summer Odom took second in a field of five. The pair will Regional Wrestling took place in Norman Feb. 8 with two travel to Oklahoma City and wrestle at the State Fairgrounds Elkette wrestlers on the mats. Feb, 25-26. Bearcat Coaches Corner Regional play moved from Okeene to Arnett Feb. 22 for both Erick squads. The Lady Bearcats met up with Cimarron in Con- solation play. Arnett is the opponent for the Bearcats in their Consolation round contest. Eagle Coaches Corner Sayre headed into District action Feb. 22 after the date was changed due to weather concerns. District play takes both the Eagles and Lady Eagles to Hinton. Elk Coaches Corner Elk City heads to Kingfisher Feb. 23 for District competi- tion. Madison Holladay and Summer Odom are wrestling for the Elkettes at State Feb, 25-26. Big Elk wrestlers had two compet- ing in Regional action at Clinton Feb. 22. Madison Holla- Madison Holladay moves to a day with thifal place takedown at Regional wrestling Oiler Coaches Corner Regional medal Merritt hosts District play Feb. 22. Mangum will come in to. meet the Oilers and Oilerettes. The Merritt girls are ranked #9 in Class 2A with a 19-2 record. Trojan Coaches Corner Canute saw the Trojanette season end in the Consolation round of Regional Feb. 20. The Trojans are in the Regional Championship contest and will face the top ranked team in Class A, Ft. Cobb-Broxton. Right, Summer Odom makes a takedown in her second place finish at Regional wrestling . Left, Summer Odom sets fora pin in Regional wrestling Elk City Oilers cage Carnegie wrestlers By Kerry Hookstra Ina contest played on the Wildcat home court Feb. 9 Mer- ritt put together a big fourth quarter rally to pull out a52-49 Offense took a break in the third as the Oilers had a 7-5 ad- vantage. Coby Skelton drained a trey with a basket by Carr plus two from the line for Justus. Final frame play featured an 18-15 Merritt margin to give compete victory. Carnegie took the first quarter 20-15. The Oilers were them the win. Rylan Givens found the range from downtown for led by Trever Fowler with an old fashioned 3-point play and two a pair of threes. Coby Skelton worked an old fashioned 3-point baskets. Coby Skelton buried a trey with a deuce and free throw play plus a bucket while Fowler, Justus, and Christian Skelton from Hagen Justus plus a bucket by Zack Carr. connected fora field goal each with a free throw from Carr. Merritt came on to hold a 12-9 margin in the second. Chris- Worley led the Wildcats with 13 and took game high honors. in Tulsa tian Skelton led the way with a three, a two, and one at the char- Coby Skelton paced the Oilers with 11. Others scoring included: ity stripe. Carr, Justus and Jason Slife put in a field goal apiece. Fowler-9, Justus-9, Christian Skelton-8, Givens-6, Carr-5, Da- Carnegie led 28-27 after two periods of play. vis-2, Slife-2. By Kerry Hookstra Two competitors from Elk City traveled to the Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association Meet in Tulsa Feb. 20-21. More than 2000 wrestlers were on the mats for the event. Madison Hol- laday took sixth in her division and her younger brother Sonny claimed eighth place. 1 Year | Add the e-paper to a print subscuption for $/ per morth