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6 May 12, 2021 Sports Merritt Sayre eagles Track Travel has to Thomas Coaches Corner excellent State Meet By Kerry Hookstra Elk Coaches Corner By Kerry Hookstra place. Rejoice Christian claimed the State at ninth and she ran the 1600 in 5:54.72 Championship with 98 ahead of second which gave her sixth place. The 1600 Baseball finished the season in Regional action last week. Merritt was in the A State Track place Oklahoma Union at 81½. Hobart relay team of Barnett, Sanders, Fite, and Elkette Golf finished fifth in the state and the Big Elk squad Meet at Ardmore with Drake Carnes in took third scoring 80 and Hooker was Taylor claimed 6th running a 4:20.87. In the 100 and 200. He ran to third in the fourth with 60. 3200 relay the same team ran to fourth at opened the State Meet at Winters Creek Golf Course in 100 in a time of 11.04. His 200 time was Joshlyn Sanders and Breegan Bar- 10:35.00. Joshlyn Sanders and Ella Por- Blanchard with a 9:20 a.m. tee time May 10. They play the sec- 22.98 and good for seventh place and nett took their talent in the 300 hurdles. ter were in the long jump. Sanders had a two points. Riley Herndon ran the 1600 Sanders was third in the race running a leap of 16-3½ to place fifth while Porter ond round May 11. Elkette Tennis competed in the State Meet in 4:57.06 to take seventh. The Oiler 49.45 with Barnett who went as an ad- was down the line at 14th with a 13-10. but failed to get past the first two rounds. Big Elk Tennis was in 1600 relay team of Zack Carr, Herndon, ditional qualifier made the most of her The Oilerettes also landed at 10th as a Carnes, and Bryce Lagunas was eighth opportunity with a sixth place finish in team scoring 35. Watonga rang up 105 competition May 10-11. Track took the trip to Catoosa for State with a time of 3:38.98. The 3200 team 50.18. Dailee Taylor ran the 400 but did to win the meet while Stroud had 75½ in as they ended their season. of Carr, Lagunas, Dawson Michel, and not place while taking sixth in the 800 at second. Regent Preparatory scored 73 for Herndonran to third in 8:32.12. The 2:30.37. Payten Fite qualified in the 800 third as they edged fourth place Hobart Oilers scored and that was good for 10th but had to settle just out of the points at 72. Oiler Coaches Corner Oilerette Golf punctuated an outstanding season with a trip Merritt Track runs at Regional to the State meet. The Oilerettes managed a fifth place finish to wrap up the year. Merritt Track competed well in the 2A State Track Meet May. Both squads turned in solid overall perfor- By Kerry Hookstra the 1600 relay Merritt took second with hurdlers qualified for State. Dailee Taylor a 3:37.82 from the team of Zack Carr, took third in the 400 at 1:02.78 Payten mances. The Oilers and Oilerettes traveled to Herndon, Carnes, and Lagunas. The 3200 Alex for Regional Track May 1. In the relay team of Carr, Lagunas, Dawson Fite won the 800 with a 2:3018 and Tay- Boys’ Division Merritt was third scoring Michel, and Herndon also placed second lor claimed second in 2:32.50. Fite won Trojan Coaches Corner 57. Hobart dominated the meet with 156 at 8:51.56. the 1600 at 5:52.71. The 1600 relay team Canute headed to the Class 2A Slow-pitch Softball State ahead of second place Carnegie at 85. In the girls’ meet Merritt scored 106 of Barnett, Sanders, Fite, and Taylor won Minco was fourth scoring 43 as they tied to place second. Hobart won the meet at Tourney May 4 but due to field conditions they moved the tour- with Hinton. 143 with Minco in third scoring 71 and in a time of 4:19.19 and they also ran The 100 saw Drake Carnes in first Carnegie a distant fourth with 42. ney from Oklahoma City to the Fire Lakes Fields in Shawnee. A to first in the 3200 relay at 10:28.25. In with an 11.38 and he was second in the Ella Porter ran an 18.91 to place fifth field events Sanders went 16-2½ to win loss to Bennington ended the Trojanette season. Trojan Baseball 200 at 22.95. Bryce Lagunas was sixth in the 100 hurdles. Joshlyn Sanders had a in the 400 with a 54.03. Riley Herndon 49.22 to win the 300 hurdles and Breegan the long jump and Porter covered 15-3 to traveled to Shawnee High School May 6 for the first contest of ran to third in the 1600 in 5:04.91. In Barnett took fourth with a 51.17. Both take third place. the State Class A Spring Baseball Tournament. They opened with Dewar and dropped a 4-1 decision to end the quest for back-to- back State Championships. Along the way this Trojan team put together a 40 game winning streak and maintained a top rank- ing in Class A throughout most of two campaigns. Trojans fall in State Tourney opener By Kerry Hookstra With one away and two on base Marlon Moore lofted a Baseball can be a con- sacrifice fly to centerfield to founding, confusing, and completely unpredictable score Smith. game. Such proved to be the Trailing 4-1 going to the case as Canute attempted to bottom of the seventh Canute become Class A Champions saw Colt Randall swat a leadoff after the spring season. They Merritt Track carried the Fall Title with them to the first round of the single. A strikeout, a fielder’s choice, and an interference call State Tournament in Shawnee ended the opportunity and the May 6. The Trojans came in season for the Trojans with a 100 m dash Drake Carnes 3rd place 2. 2 mile relay 3rd as the #1 seed and took eight place boys Dawson Michel, Riley Herndon, Zack Carr, 23-4 record. seeded Dewar, the current Bryce Lagunas. Class A Eight-Man Football The pitching committee of Champions. Colby Maddox, Randall, and Payten Fite and Dailee Taylor. Canute was the home team Kelln Henderson combined Courtesy photos. and that put the Dragons at to allow four hits including the plate first. They managed a home run and a triple with two in the top of the first and one more in the second two walks and seven strike- inning. outs. Henderson tossed five of Over the next two frames those strikeouts and did not the pitchers and defense give up a hit. The teams played controlled the action allowing no runs. In the fifth another error free baseball. At the Dewar runner crossed the plate Canute out hit the Drag- plate for a 4-0 advantage. The ons with six. They drew four bottom of the sixth saw the walks and had five strikeouts. Trojans find some offense Trojanettes bumped out of with Keenan Smith drawing a leadoff walk and reaching third on a pair of wild pitches. Randall and Kyron Whinery had two hits apiece with one each from Maddox and Moore State in first round By Kerry Hookstra ney Thrasher tagged a leadoff the top or the fifth and three away Beutler took a full count Do you have a triple and scooted home on a more in the sixth. Trailing pitch over the centerfield Canute came to the Class 2A Slow-pitch Tournament sacrifice fly by Taylor Beutler. Seven runs in the top of 14-3 Canute scratched out three in the bottom of the fence for two RBI’s. A fly ball out then ended the contest sports related photo from Elk City, as the Runner-up out to the the second put the Lady Bears sixth. Beutler belted a leadoff and the season for Canute Shattuck Regional. After hav- in control. Canute managed home run and with one away as they had a 28-12 season ing the first round postponed one in the bottom of the third Emily Cantwell delivered a record. from May 4 to May 5 due to wet fields at the Softball Hall of Fame Complex, the games on a Madison Church three bag shot and an RBI error to Thrasher. double and scored on a two bag blast by Kim Harris. Melia Sutton swatted a base hit that Trojanette pitching was roughed up for 21 hits with three walks and a strikeout. Merritt or Canute? were moved to the Ball Fields A Trojanette run in the scored Cantwell. The defense committed one We would love to see them! at Firelake in Shawnee. They bottom of the fourth put their After holding the Lady error. Canute bats managed met Bennington in a 2:30 p.m. deficit at 10-3. Kylee Smith Bears scoreless in the top of a dozen hits including two Email your photo to contest and watched the Lady reached on an error and took the seventh the Trojanettes home runs and two triples Bears post a 14-8 decision. second on an error. Madison would not give up and plated with a pair of doubles. They [email protected] Bennington rang up three Warnke then swatted an RBI two in the bottom of the had no walks and no strike- in the top of the first with the single. frame. Jade Gray swatted a outs but had assistance from with a description! Trojanettes scoring one. Syd- Bennington added one in leadoff single and with two three miscues.