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Sports August 18, 2021 Oilerettes into Fast-pitch season By Kerry Hookstra when Tralee McCain swatted a the Oilerettes Kayde Hern- The Lady Bobcats got on the single. don drew a leadoff walk and board with two runs in the Merritt hosted Minco for a Minco roughed up Oilerette moved over on a sacrifice bunt top of the second, three in the doubleheader to open the 2021 pitching for 10 hits and six from Gracee Carnes. A two third, two in the fourth, and Fast-pitch Softball season Aug. walks with two strikeouts. base error to Mackenzie Wag- 9. The Lady Bulldogs swept the ‘They were assisted by four er- goner scored one and a two one in the fifth. Merritt man- day taking the first game 11-0 rors. At the plate Merritt had out double from Tasiah Hart- aged only one hit for the game and winning the nightcap 13- one hit and a pair of walks man plated the second runner. and it came in the bottom of 2. Binger-Oney came calling while being struck out five After a shutout fourth for the the fifth inning. Aug. 10 and went home with times. Kayde Herndon was is- Oilerettes the game ended on Oilerette pitching was effec- an 8-0 decision. sued both free passes. the run rule. tive with only two hits and Oilerettes-Minco/Game Oilerettes-Minco/Game The Lady Bulldogs touched two strikeouts but issuing five One Two Merritt pitching for nine hits walks. The defense was guilty After a scoreless first inning In the second contest of the and had four walks with a of four errors. At the plate the Lady Bulldogs scored two day the Lady Bulldogs growled strikeout. They had help from Merritt got a hit from Riely in the top of the second and out six runs in the bottom of four miscues. Oilerette offen- three in the third. They added the first with three in the sec- sively picked up a pair of hits Hartman while Gracee Carnes, two in the fourth and two each ond. Merritt picked up their with two walks and two strike- Tasiah Hartman, Kayde Hern- in the sixth and seventh in- two runs in the top of the outs. They were assisted by a don, and Jancy Rippetoe drew Dylon Goff of Leedey makes a good attempt to get nings. Merritt was hitless un- third and Minco added four in pair of errors. walks and the pitcher plunked Kayden Herndon of Merritt out but she slides into 2nd til the bottom of the seventh the bottom of the inning. For Oilerettes/Binger-Oney Herndon. base and is safe.. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. Elkettes earn second at Hobart Tournament By Kerry Hookstra home in the first two innings total. Granite scored four in aged eight hits and drew three Kimball, Robbins, Ella Sotille, runner past first base with just but Elk City scored three and the third. walks while striking out eight and Warnke swiped on apiece. two hits for the game. Fast-pitch Softball got in gear the Lady Indians one in the Emily Lowrance took the deci- times. They were assisted by Meador and E. Sotille were Navajo collected six hits off for Elk City Aug.9 as they host- third. Six runs came home for sion with no walks, two strike- a pair of errors. Danni Sotille both hit by the pitcher. ed a festival. The Elkettes took the Elkettes in the top of the outs, and four hits. The Elkette swatted three singles with two Elkettes-Navajo/Hobart Elkette pitching with no walks on Woodward JV in their first fourth and Shattuck added offense pounded out a dozen from Abby Jo Robbins. Briana Tourney Game Six and four strikeouts. Offensive- game of the season and pre- four. The final two Elk City hits and drew seven walks Butler, Dustee Warnke, and In a pitchers’ duel over most ly Elk City got a hit apiece from vailed 4-1. They met Laverne runners scored in the fifth with with no strikeouts. Ella Sotille Rylee Wyatt added a base hit of the contest the Lady Indi- ‘Aug. 10 and won the game 8-2. the Lady Indians adding one in tripled while Briana Butler, apiece. Butler and Robbins ac- ans scored one in the third, Brianna Butler and Ella Sotille. In the second contest of the the bottom of the frame. Lowrance and Rylee Wyatt de- counted for an RBI each. Jill another in the fifth, and their ‘They drew no walks and were day Elk City downed Shattuck Danni Sotille picked up a com- livered a double apiece. Haley Meador stole a pair of bases final run in the bottom of the struck out nine times. Both 11-6. Play in the Hobart Tour- plete game decision. She scat- Buie and Jada Kimball swat- while Madison Holladay, Jada sixth. Elk City could not get a teams were error free. ney began Aug. 13 with Arap- tered eight hits with two walks ted two singles each with one aho-Butler and the Elkettes and six strikeouts. The defense apiece from Alyssa Brott and posted a 2-0 shutout. In the had one error. Offensively the Abby Jo Robbins, Butler and second contest of the day Duke fell to Elk City 8-0. The second day of the tournament brought Elkettes pounded out a dozen hits and drew five walks with five strikeouts. They had help Kimball contributed two RBI's each while one apiece came via the bats of Brott, Abby Brown, Trojans begin Granite to the diamond and from one miscue. Brianna Buie, Lowrance, Robbins, and they were on the short end of Butler belted a triple while a 16-4 score. Moving into the Sotille and Rylee Wyatt deliv- Wyatt. Brown was plunked by the pitcher while Wyatt stole a Championship round Aug. 14 ered two doubles apiece and pair of bases with one each by defense of State Title the Elkettes got a 5-4 decision Alyssa Brott had one. Sotille Butler, Holladay, and Kimball. over Hobart on a walk off RBI accounted for five RBI's with Elkettes-Hobart/Hobart By Kerry Hookstra scored twice in the third and over the next five frames. The ground out from Ella Sotille two by Wyatt and each from Tourney Game Four added one in the bottom of Trojans added one in the third, to score Alyssa Brott. Moving Butler and Madison Holladay. One Elk City run scored in the Canute tuned up for regular the seventh. Canute clubbed four in the fourth and two in ‘one step closer to the title Elk Jill Meador had a stolen base. bottom of the first and the season play with an exhibi- nine hits with three walks and the sixth to takea run rule win. City took on Shattuck again Elkettes/Arapaho-Butler/ Lady Bearcats picked up three tion game against Red Oak five strikeouts. Their pitching Dru Steffes threw four re- and fell 6-5. Waiting out the Hobart Tourney Game One in the third. The Elkettes went at the OU Baseball Diamond crew allowed four hits with lief innings to get the deci- games into the late evening the Ina tight contest the first two up 4-3 with three in the fifth ‘Aug. 7. Using a true pitching five walks and four strikeouts. sion for Canute with three Elkettes began the Title Tilt at innings were scoreless with Elk and Hobart tied the contest by committee approach, the ‘The defense committed an er- 11:05 p.m. with Navajo and City picking up one in the top at 4-4 with one in the top of Trojans won the contest 4-3 ror but also saw double plays hits, two strikeouts, and no the Lady Indians went home of the third on an Ella Sotille the sixth. The bottom of the with eight different hurlers from Greteman, Maddox, and walks. Owen Elliott started with the Championship thanks single, a sacrifice bunt from frame saw Alyssa Brott draw seeing action. They opened the Whinery. and threw one inning allow- to a 3-0 shutout. Rylee Wyatt, and an RBI base a leadoff walk followed by a fall campaign and the quest to At the plate Randall tagged two ing two hits with no walks and Elkettes-Woodward JV hit by Danni Sotille. A second free pass to Madison Holladay. triples with one from LeGrand. no strikeouts. Kasen LeGrand return to the Class A Fall Base- In a two inning affair Elk City Elkette run crossed the plate in A double steal put runners in ball Championship with a visit LeGrand and Williams added a tossed the final frame striking scored four in the top of the the fourth as Madison Holla- scoring position for a sacrifice from Hydro-Eakley Aug. 10. double apiece. Brody Bryant out one without a hit or a walk. first and the lady Boomer JV day swatted a two away single ground out from Ella Sotille ‘They downed the Bobcats 7-2. swatted a pair of singles with Lane Greteman, Colby Mad- picked up one in the bottom of and motored home on an E. that scored the walk off win- ‘The Dale Invitational Tourna- one from Steffes. Elliott, Le- dox, and Colt Randall turned a the inning. Ella Sotille drew a Sotille triple. ning run. ment began Aug. 12 with a Grand, and Williams hit for an leadoff walk followed by a free ‘The decision went to D. Sotille Danni Sotille picked up the first round game against Ash- RBI each. Bryant had the lone double play each. pass to Bianca Rivera-Norbit. as she allowed a walk and gave complete game decision. She Offensively the Trojans tat- er. Canute handed the Indians stolen base in the contest. Jada Kimball delivered a two up five hits with six strikeouts. scattered seven hits with no a 10-2 defeat. In the second Trojans/Hydro-Eakley tooed 12 hits with four walks RBI double and scored on a Elk City batters collected seven walks and four strikeouts. At contest of the day Roff came One run in the top of the first and three strikeouts. LeGrand, single from Danni Sotille. The hits with two walks and seven the plate Elk City drew seven to the diamond and continued and another in the third gave Dalton Williams, and Kyron pitcher plunked Emily Low- strikeouts. Jada Kimball stole walks with one strikeout and to dominate the Trojans with the Bobcats an early lead. Ca- Whinery walloped a home run rance and Sotille stole third a base and the pitcher hit Bri- five hits. The Sotille sisters a 9-0 decision. The remain- nute got on the board with apiece while Steffes helped his followed by an RBI ground out anna Butler. Both teams were delivered a double apiece with ing games in the tourney were one in the fourth thanks to a cause delivering a double. Ran- from J’Lynn Hodnett. without miscues. singles from Holladay, Jill rained out. Dalton Williams home run and dall slapped three singles with Lowrance pitched the decision Elkettes-Duke/Hobart Meador, and Dustee Warnke. Trojans-Red Oak erupted for six in the fifth to one each by Elliott, Maddox, with a walk, a strikeout, and Tourney Game Two Abby Jo Robbins, D. Sotille, Over seven innings Canute take over the contest. and Williams. Three RBI's came four hits. Elkette batters col- A seven run first inning was and E. Sotille had an RBI each. used eight pitchers to get the Colby Maddox came on to pitch from Maddox and Williams lected two hits and two walks more than enough for Elk City Abby Brown stole a pair of win. Colby Maddox threw the 3 2/3 innings of relief and get with one strikeout. Both teams in shutout win. They added bases with one apiece by Bri- first frame allowing a hit with the decision. He walked two with two apiece courtesy of Le- played an error free contest. one in the second to end the anna Butler, Holladay, Warnke, no walks or strikeouts. The Grand and Whinery. A pair of with three strikeouts and no Elkettes-Laverne contest. Danni Sotille took the and Rylee Wyatt. The pitcher second saw Colt Randall take stolen bases each was rung up hits. Colt Randall got the start Three runs came home for the decision with a one hitter. She plunked both Warnke and Wy- the mound and he threw a no for 2 1/3 innings with four by LeGrand and Whinery. Elkettes in the top of the first. allowed no walks and tossed att. hitter with a strikeout. In the hits, a walk, and a strikeout. Trojans-Roff/Dale Tourney ‘They added two in the third three strikeouts. Elkettes-Shattuck/ Hobart third Lane Greteman took Kasen LeGrand threw the fi- Game Two and three in the fourth. The Offensively the Elkettes ham- Tourney Game Five over and gave up a walk and a nal frame allowing a hit but no One run in the top of the first Lady Tigers scored two in the mered out nine hits with a walk Elk City opened with two runs hit with one strikeout. Owen walks and picking up a strike- would be sufficient for the Ti- bottom of the third. and one strikeout. Madison in the top of the first but the Elliott came on to throw in out. The defense committed Danni Sotille went the dis- Holladay tagged a triple with a Lady Indians scored one in the gers in the contest as the game the fourth and got out of the two errors. Offensively the tance for the win in the circle. double apiece from Sotille and bottom of the inning. They stanza with no hits, no walks, Trojans rang up 10 hits with settled into a pitchers’ duel She walked one with four hits Dustee Warnke. Alyssa Brott, added three in the second and through the third inning. Roff and no strikeouts. The fifth four walks and five strikeouts. and two strikeouts. The de- Briana Butler, Jill Meador, Ella the Elkettes scored two in the saw Kasen LeGrand take over Williams hammered a homer tacked on four more in both fense made one miscue but Sotille, and Rylee Wyatt con- third. The score remained tied and allow a walk and a hit with and Kyron Whinery dinged the fourth and fifth frames to Sotille turned a double play. At tributed a single each, Warnke at 4-4 through the fifth. With one strikeout. Dru Steffes two doubles. LeGrand and take a run rule decision while the plate Elk City managed six had two RBI's with one apiece the score tied at 5-5, the inter- completed the sixth throwing Dru Steffes swatted a pair of shutting out Canute. hits with seven walks and two from Brott, Holladay, Abby Jo national tie breaker rule was awalk, a hit and no strikeouts. singles apiece while Owen El- Trojan pitching was roughed strikeouts. Robbins and D. Sotille. Hol- putinto playin the sixth frame. Dalton Williams opened the liott, Maddox and Randall up for nine hits with a walk Sotille and Rylee Wyatt each laday, Jada Kimball, Meador, Both teams pushed home a seventh and was touched for a added one each. Whinery had and a strikeout. The defense tagged a triple. Dustee Warnke Robbins, and E. Sotille each run. The rule was again used in hit and a walk while tossing a two RBI's with one apiece from committed one error. At the swatted a pair of singles with stole a base. the seventh and Elk City could strikeout. Kyron Whinery took Maddox, Steffes, and Williams. plate Canute managed three one apiece by Brianna Butler Elkettes-Granite/Hobart Tour- not score but Shattuck eked over with one away in the in- Trojans-Asher/Dale Tour- and Sotille. Butler had a sto- ney Game Three out a game winning run in the ning and gave up a walk with ney Game One hits with one apiece from Kas- len base while being plunked The Elk City offense rained bottom of the stanza. no hits and no strikeouts. Two runs in the top of the first en LeGrand, Colt Randall, and by the pitcher along with Jill down runs against the Lady The Lady Indians touched ‘The Trojans played small ball got the Indians off to an early Dalton Williams. They had sev- Meador. Panthers with five in the first, Elkette pitching for eight hits to get the win with one run lead but Canute answered with en strikeouts with three walks Elkettes-Shattuck eight in the second and three with a walk and five strikeouts. each in the first, second, third, and the pitcher plunked Dru three in the bottom of the in- Neither team could push a run in the third to account for their Offensively Elk City man- and fourth innings. The Eagles ning and shut down Asher Steffes and Kyron Whinery.