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5 May 12, 2021 Sports Elkettes fifth in 4A State Golf Big Elks earn By Kerry Hookstra After claiming their Re- for first place as Hilldale and Kingfisher tied for first before Hilldale prevailed in a playoff 766. The Elkettes put together rounds of 395 and 390 on leader for Elk City with 91 and 95 for a 186 total. Brett Bar- nett shot a 192 with rounds Regional gional Title the Elk City Girl’s to claim the Championship their way to fifth with a 785. of 97 and 95, while Katelyn Golf team took the trip to Cushing and the Buffalo Rock Golf Course for the Oklahoma shooting a 719 in regulation play along with Kingfisher. Wagoner was third with a 725 Maddi Kamas shot a blistering 136 two day total with rounds of 69 and 67 for Kingfisher. Pierce went 102 and 100 for a 202. Tory Garrison came in at 208 carding a 108 and 100 Championship 4A State Golf Tournament. while Cushing took fourth on Second place was a distant with Lillian Rhodes scoring The day saw an exciting finish their home course shooting a 156. Matti Thompson was the 105 and 115 to finish at 220. Beckham County Track Teams head to State By Kerry Hookstra competing. Ameri Attebery will run the qualified in the 800 and 1600. The 1600 100 hurdles for the Elkettes while Jordan and 3200 relay teams are also running for The Beckham County Track Teams will Deason goes in the high jump and the head to State competition May 8 in Ard- pole vault duo of Matti Jones and Remi the Oilerettes. By Kerry Hookstra shot 71 & 69 for a 140 and more for 2A. Sayre sends the Eagle 400 Murray are set for State at Catoosa. Sweetwater runs in the Class A State fourth place while Nathan and 800 relay teams and Kolt Merrick in Merritt also competes at Ardmore Meet at Cherokee. They have two athletes Elk City played the course Womack carded 71 & 74 to the 100. Noel Fernandez will compete and will send Drake Carnes in the 100 at Kingfisher for Regional entered with Abigail Sparlin qualifying as total 145 and win a tiebreaker in the 300 hurdles. Merrick and Cooper and 200 with Riley Herndon running the May 3. The Big Elks continued Coffman go in the long jump as does 1600. The Oiler 1600 relay team, along an additional runner in the 200. She won with Aden Schmidt who had their winning ways with a Kylie Easter. with the 3200, is heading to State. Josh- the Regional in high jump clearing 4-8 rounds of 66 & 79 to also total team score of 567. They were Elk City travels to Catoosa and lyn Sanders takes her talent in the 300 and will compete in that event. Jesi Coats 145. Mason Schmidt was the followed by Heritage Hall with sends Lane Hargrove in the 1600, the Big hurdles and the long jump. Ella Porter is fifth man on the squad and took third in the discus to qualify for the 574 and third place Bethany Elk 1600 relay team and the Elkette 400 also in the long jump. Dailee Taylor will shot 80 & 76 for a 156. Next relay team. The 3200 Big Elk Relay is also run the 400 and 800 while Payten Fite State Meet. shooting a 668. Tres Hill had rounds of 68 & 69 which were stop for Elk City is the Winter good for the Runner-up Medal Creek Golf Club at Blanchard with a 137 total. Travis Poole May 10-11. Big Elks play in Regional By Kerry Hookstra Elk City traveled to Heri- ball sent another run home. The pitcher plunked Addison DeLeon and he moved over on play apiece. Elk City batters managed seven hits and had a walk plus six strikeouts. flashing Culver swiped third and committed grand larceny of home plate as Elk City Elkette tage Hall May 6 for Regional a passed ball. Drake Hughes They were assisted by three Baseball action. The Big Elks opened with the host squad and fell 6-4. In the second contest of the day, Newcastle then slapped a two RBI single. Elk City held a 4-2 advantage. Heritage Hall regained the lead with three in the top miscues. Big Elks-Newcastle The pitchers and defense commanded the first three in- trailed 6-2 after six. The top of the seventh saw the Racers tack on five runs. The bottom of the frame saw Tennis is handed out an 11-2 loss to of the fifth and collected an nings before the racers scored a K. Holder walk but the other end Elk City’s season with an 18-16 record. Big Elks-Heritage Hall After a scoreless first in- ning the Chargers scored two insurance run in the sixth. The fifth saw the Big Elks with men on second and third with no outs but a fly ball out, a groundout, and another fly three in the top of the fourth. Elk City picked up one in the bottom of the fifth. Drake Hughes reached on a two away error and stole second. three hitters struck out to end the contest and the season for the Big Elks. Elk City pitching was Regional touched for eight hits with six Runner-up in the top of the second. No ball out ended the threat. They He then scored on an error to runs scored in the third but could not manage a hit over Kaden Holder. walks and eight strikeouts. Elk City put together a rally the final two frames. Newcastle added three in The defense committed six in the bottom of the fourth. Cooper Church got the the top of the sixth and the miscues. At the plate the Big With one away Kash May- start and went seven innings Big Elks scratched out one to Elks connected for just one hit field singled and Matt Bales with 10 hits, a walk and two complete their scoring. Corey while earning four walks and The following story comes from Elk City Tennis Head Coach swatted a base hit. A two out strikeouts. The defense com- Culver drew a leadoff walk error to Kye Keyes scored mitted five errors but Keyes followed by a walk to Kash striking out 12 times. They Gina Curtis with some editing. The work she does with the Big the lead runner and a passed and Mayfield turned a double Mayfield. With the steal sign were assisted by five errors. Elk and Elkette Tennis program is excellent. Girls’ Regional play was hosted by Paul Valley at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center May 3. Coach Curtis says, “If you don’t know tennis, it’s a roller coaster: highs and lows and we saw all of it today. First low came Elk City at Regional Track at 4:45 this morning when my #2 Singles player (Amanda Batch- elor) called with tear-filled eyes to tell us she wouldn’t be going. She was throwing up all night and morning with a stomach bug. This senior has worked so hard all year for this day, and she didn’t get to fulfill her dream. She would have been the #2 seed By Kerry Hookstra 4:41.36. The 800 relay team of 10¼ for sixth in the shot put. 400 relay team and the 800 at Regionals and a shoo-in as a State qualifier. We are heartbro- Cole Hull, Kaleb Odom, Jeron The Elkettes were 10th relay team were Dajanae Mar- Seymour, and Tucker Galeener in the girls’ division with 16 ken for her. The first high: Kyla Walter’s little sister, Kamdyn Plainview was the site of Class 4A Regional Track com- was fifth in 1:34.29 with the points. Weatherford won tin, Remi Murray, Makenna Pearl, was coming today as a manager to watch her sister play. petition May 1. The Big Elks team of Riley Miller, Galeener, the meet with 161 ahead of Dupree, and Delaja Martin, Instead, she got a call at 4:52 a.m. to grab her racket and shoes scored 37 and took seventh Seymour, and Hull running to second place Plainview at 132 to take Amanda’s place. She fought her way through the Conso- In the 400 Elk City was fifth place. Cache ran away with the fourth in the 1600 at 3:33.91. and Kingfishers scoring 76 for lation bracket and won it to become a State Alternate...oh yeah... Championship scoring 158 The 3200 team of Miller, third. with a 52:78. The 800 relay injured...and a freshman! She gets my mad respect! Next low: ahead of second place Bethany Galeener, Hargrove and Hull Delaja Martin ran to fifth at 1:54.69 placed sixth. Field my #1 doubles team Sara Coffey/Karla Eguia fought their way at 90 with Kingfisher in third turned in a second place time in the 100 with a 13.38. Ameri events saw Matti Jones, and back through to the qualifying round, only to lose in a tough with 89. of 8:26.78. Field events saw Attebery took third in the 100 battle to play for Consolation. They have placed in every tourney Lane Hargrove was second Seymour clear 7-6 for third in hurdles in 17.81 and Dajanae Murray qualify for State in the this year and are seniors. They had 15 minutes to mentally deal in the 1600 with a time of the pole Logan Trevino go 42- Martin was sixth at 18:64. The pole vault clearing 8-6. with the loss and get ready for the Consolation match. Next high: they played one of the best matches they have played all season to win and become a State Alternate. They also get my mad respect! Next high: My #1 Singles, Judith Andrade, battled her way through the qualifying round and won! Next low: her Oilerettes Regional body gave out and she cramped in her last match but still fin- ished the match in 4th place. Next high: she qualified for State. Best high of the day: my #2 Doubles team, Maddie Benton & Kyla Walter, soared through the winner’s bracket as the #2 seed Runner-up, fifth in State and beat the #1 seed to become the Regional Champions! Had Amanda been able to go, you would be looking at the Regional Champions but they still snagged the Regional Runner-Up! We are soooo proud of all of them! These girls are so classy and represented Elk City so well By Kerry Hookstra Jenni Roller of Regent Kiera Stehr playing the longest but Peffer is hands down the Prep was the first place medal- after starting in sixth grade. top driver on the team. She After a 391 for Runner- ist shooting a 133 to lead the Jamie Peffer and Dayli Pollard took the championship at up in the Regional Qualifier Merritt shot a 363 to finish as Runner-up in Regional. That second place golfer by seven strokes at 140. Kiera Stehr paced Merritt with 183 on picked up the game in seventh grade. Both Taylor Ford and Lexie Frazier took to the links Kingfisher with a drive off the tee of 310 yards. Pollard notes Elk City in that the opportunity to play finish put them in the 2A State Golf Tourney at the Cimarron National Golf Club in Guthrie rounds of 88 and 95. Dayli Pollard had 96 and 89 for 185 while Lexie Frazier shot as freshmen. Over the course of the 2021 season the Merritt squad won four of six meets as a team and to play with this team has been rewarding. She State Meet By Kerry Hookstra Hargrove, and Cole Hull ran May 5-6. rounds of 97 and 100 to finish and took Runner-up in the sees an encouraging attitude The Oilerettes had a two with a 197. Taylor Ford had a other two. Each team member among the girls and they are to fourth in a time of 8:29.57. day total of 770 to claim fifth 205 on rounds of 101 and 104 medaled at least once during Elk City traveled to Ca- Ameri Attebery ran the 100 always pushing each other toosa for the 4A State Track. behind Turner at 654 in first with Jamie Peffer carding 101 the season. Pollard and Stehr hurdles for the Elkettes while to do well on every hole in a They sent Lane Hargrove in place. Second went to Chris- and 108 to score a 209. have a medal for every regular Jordan Deason went in the round. The focus leading up the 1600, the Big Elk 1600 tian Heritage with a 663 while Oilerette Golf has made season meet. Ford has four relay team and the Elkette high jump. The pole vault duo Regent Prep was third scoring great progress in the years medals and might be consid- to State was to work on the of Matti Jones and Remi Mur- 400 relay team. The 3200 711 and Oklahoma Christian that the five top golfers have ered the over achiever with short game and lots of five ray were entered with Murray Big Elk Relay was the only Academy shot a 754 to finish been playing. All five of these her later start in the game. foot putts according to Coach entry to place as the team of coming home in a tie for 6th, fourth. young women are juniors with Individual strengths vary Heath Stehr. Riley Miller, Tucker Galeener, 7th, and 8th.