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Sports August 25, 2021 walks with a strikeout while tered one apiece. The pitcher Tourney Game Four Oilerettes walk. Jerzi Elizondo swatted giving up five hits. Both de- plunked both Raegon Ford and an RBI single and Kayde Hern- Following two scoreless in- fenses were error free while T. Hartman. Carnes, Ford, and don walked to load the bases. nings the Lady Indians scored Dobbins, Kayde Herndon, and Herndon stole two bases each Tasiah Hartman then lofted Jancy Rippetoe each turned a with one apiece from Riely a sacrifice fly to centerfield to three in the top of the third double play. At the plate Mer- Hartman, and T. Hartman, score the lead runner before a and four more in the fourth. Continued from page 5. One run scored for the Lady ritt picked up eight hits with Oilerettes-Canute/Leedey fielder’s choice ended the up- After a scoreless fifth the game Bison in the bottom of the four walks and eight strike- Tourney Game Three rising. ended with a Vici decision. each by T. Hartman, Kayde first and the second was score- outs. One run came home in the Merritt pitching allowed three Merritt pitching was touched Herndon, and Mackenzie less. Merritt picked up three Mackenzie Waggoner led the top of the first for the Troja- walks with two strikeouts and Waggoner. Hartman regis- in the top of the third and two offense with a home run anda nettes and they picked up five six hits. The defense was po- for 10 hits with five walks tered a pair of RBI’s with one more in both the fourth and double. Gracee Carnes tripled in the fourth before tacking on rous with nine miscues. Offen- and seven strikeouts. Neither apiece from Carnes, Ford, and fifth innings. After a scoreless and swatted a base hit while five more in the fifth. Merritt sively the Oilerettes managed team committed an error. At Herndon. The pitcher hit R. sixth four Oilerette runners Tasiah Hartman, Herndon, managed two in bottom of the just one hit with two walks and the plate Raegon Ford was the Hartman while T. Hartman crossed the plate in the top of Rippetoe, and Lexie Smith, had fifth before the game ended four strikeouts. They had help story for the Oilerettes as she and Waggoner stole a base the seventh and Leedey was a single each. Waggoner and on the run rule. The Oilerettes from a pair of errors. Elizondo each. shutout in the bottom of the Carnes rapped three and two saw Gracee Carnes reach on had the lone hit. She registered swatted their two singles and Oilerettes-Leedey/Leedey frame. RBI's respectively while Tralee a leadoff two base error and an RBI along with Hartman. stole a base. The team had no Tourney Game Two Danni Dobbins allowed two McCain and Rippetoe regis- Lexie Smith drew a one away Oilerettes-Vici/Leedey walks and seven strikeouts. COACHES CORNER By Kerry Hookstra Elk Coaches Corner Cross Country ran at Weatherford last Saturday and had a short crew for the Elkettes but the Big Elks ran an excellent meet to place second. They team goes to Kingfisher Aug. 28 with just the high school running. Football hosts the Harvesters from Pampa, TX, this Friday. Fast-pitch Softball hosted Tuttle Aug, 23 and goes to Weatherford Aug. 24. Hobart visits Aug. 26 and the Elkettes are at Bishop McGuinness Aug. 27. Elkette Head Softball Coach Kaleb Murray says, “The good opponents this week will challenge us to play our best game. We have had some success thus far and just need to keep building on that effort.” Head Football Coach Dave Meadows expressed enthusiasm about the scrimmage at Kingfisher. He observed that, “The scrimmage went really well. We won six TD's to one with our first team. We need that confidence with Pampa coming to our place.” Oiler Coaches Corner Cross Country took a week off but will run at Watonga Aug. Dustee Warnke. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. 28. Football has Media Day Aug. 26 with their first game against Mangum set for Sept. 3. Fast-pitch Softball plays Road Warriors through the end of August with a trip to Cordell Aug. 23 and Cheyenne Aug. 24. They are then in the Arapaho-Butler Invita- Trojanettes third in Leedey Tourney tional Aug, 26-28. Head Football Coach Barrett Richardson stated, “Our scrim- mage at Cordell went well. It was a good physical challenge for By Kerry Hookstra homer and Beutler belted a strikeouts and no walks. Abby three innings before Arapaho- our team. We have some work to do but I am pleased with the double. Cantwell and Church Janning tossed one third in- Butler tacked on two in the work put in by our 27 players.” A pair of regular season swatted a base hit apiece with ning with two walks, no strike- fifth. Canute scored their runs contest preceded Canute’s Smith accounting for a pair of outs, and no hits. The defense in the top of the sixth with a participation the Leedey In- RBI's. was guilty of four errors. Tro- leadoff triple from Taylor Beu- ‘Trojan Coaches Corner vitational Tournament. The Trojanettes-Vici janettes bats tapped 10 hits, tler followed by an RBI double Baseball hits the road this week with a trip to Navajo Aug. Trojanettes entertained Arap- One Canute came home drew five walks, and had one delivered by Kylee Smith. With aho-Butler Aug. 16 and saw strikeout. They had assistance one away Abby Janning tagged in the bottom of the first and 24 and Vici Aug, 26. They will play in a 3-way at UCO Aug. 28 the Lady Indians pull out a 4-2 another in the third. The Lady from a pair of miscues. triple to plate the second which will include Dale and Oktaha. Head Coach J. W. Gillet win. Vici visited Aug. 17 and Indians picked up one in the Kelly Thompsons delivered run but a pair of ground outs observed that, “We saw Roff again last week but their streak went home on the short end top of the third. The Troja- a double plus a base hit. Jade snuffed the rally. A Trojanette ended at 62 with a loss to Oktaha. This week is a challenge with of a 13-8 score. In the Aug. 19 nettes answered with three in Gray swatted three singles shutout in the seventh sealed opener of the tourney Canute the fourth while the fifth saw with two from Emily Cantwell the win for the Lady Indians. all road games including Vici and Oktaha. Right now they are met the host squad and pre- two for Vici and a five run out- and one each by Madison Canute gave up five hits both undefeated while Navajo is 5-2 and Dale is 4-1.” vailed 8-5 but no book or stats burst from Canute. Down 10-3 Church, Kim Harris, and Kylee with a walk and four strike- Fast-pitch Softball heads into a week that started at the Lady Indians rallied for five Smith. Gray and Thompson were available for the contest. The second game of the day in the sixth and trailed 10-8 registered two RBI's apiece outs. The defense was error free. Trojanette batters banged Lookeba-Sickles Aug. 23 and then moves to the Arapaho-Butler brought Mangum to the dia- before the Trojanettes added while Cantwell and Church had out six hits with no walks and Invitational Aug. 26-28. Head Softball Coach Bryne Binghom mond and the Trojanettes took three in the bottom of the one each. Smith was respon- asserted that, “We had some close games last week and played a 7-3 decision. Merritt was up frame. A scoreless seventh for sible for a pair of stolen bases. eight strikeouts. They had help in the third game of the tour- Vici sealed the Canute win. Trojanettes-Merritt/ from one miscue. pretty well overall. We started this week with a challenge at ney Aug. 20. Canute rang up an Leedey Tourney Game Three Beutler and Janning tagged Taylor Beutler threw five at triple apiece with a double by Lookeba-Sickles and open the Arapaho-Butler Tourney with 11-2 win. In a Semi-final show- innings to pick up the deci- One run came home for Ca- Ringwood. There are some excellent teams in the mix over down Aug. 20 Arapaho-Butler sion. She walked two with five nute in the top of the first and Smith. Madison Church, Smith and the Trojanettes hooked up strikeouts and two hits. Abby the game was scoreless over the and Kelly Thompson swatted a there.” in an exciting contest with the Janning worked two innings next two innings. In the fourth single each. Janning and Smith Lady Indians holding on for of relief with a hit, five walks, and fifth the Trojanettes rang registered an RBI apiece. 3-2 decision. The shootout for and no strikeouts. Defensively up five runs per frame. The Trojanettes-Mooreland/ third place Aug. 21 put Moore- the Trojanettes committed five Oilerettes finally got on the Leedey Tourney Game Five land on the diamond and they miscues. At the plate Canute board with two in the bottom Determined to claim a tro- shot blanks in an 8-0 Canute clubbed 18 hits with one walk of the fifth but could not avert phy, Canute posted a run rule victory. and two strikeouts. They had arun rule defeat. win over the Lady Bearcats in Trojanettes/Arapaho- help from two errors. Taylor Beutler took the de- five innings. They scored one Butler Kylee Smith tagged a triple cision in three innings of work. run in each of the first and ‘After two scoreless innings and a double to lead the at- She tossed a no hitter with second innings with two in the Lady Indians pushed home tack. Beutler and Gray added a no walks and four strikeouts. the top of the third. One more double apiece. Kim Harris and Abby Janning worked two in- a pair of runs in the top of the scored in the fourth and they third. With the pitchers bat- tling Canute tied the contest Meliah Sutton swatted three base hits each. Beutler, Jan- nings allowing two walks with one hit anda strikeout. The de- plated three in the fifth to se- cure the victory. PICKUP ov DELIVERY in the bottom of the seventh. ning, and Smith each hit a pair Taylor Beutler went the fense made one miscue. Offen- Taylor Beutler led off with a of singles with one from Gray sively Canute managed eight distance for the decision toss- double and trotted home be- and Kelly Thompson. Beutler hits with three walks and two ing no walks with two hits and $50 $75 hind a home run off the bat of accounted for five RBI's while strikeouts. They were helped five strikeouts. The defense Kylee Smith. With the score Smith had three with two from by eight errors. made two miscues. At the plate knotted at 2-2 the game went Janning and one by Sutton. Kylee Smith hammered a the Trojanettes tattooed 13 to the eighth frame. The Lady Madison Church was plunked home run and Beutler tagged hits, drew four walks, and had Indians got a leadoff single by the pitcher. Harris, Smith, a triple plus a single. Madison a strikeout. They were assisted and the runner advanced on a and Maecy Teeter each swiped Church and Janning slapped wild pitch. A double scored the a base. two base hits apiece with one by three errors. go ahead run and that runner Trojanettes-Mangum/ from Kim Harris. Beutler ac- ble Jade plus Gray delivered a dou- a pair of base hits. 6 Months 1 Year moved over behind a sacrifice Leedey Tourney Game Two counted for three RBI's with bunt. Another base hit plated Both teams scored a run two each from Church, Jan- Beutler helped her cause by Add, the e-paper to a print subseryation fo'r $ jrer month the final run for Arapaho-But- apiece in the first. After two ning, and Meliah Sutton swatting three singles with ler. The Trojanettes got a single scoreless innings Canute add- with one from Smith. Emily two apiece from Kylee Smith from Emily Cantwell with two ed one in the top of the fourth. Cantwell, Harris, Janning, Sut- and Meliah Sutton. Em- away but could not capitalize Two more scoreless frames ton and Kelly Thompson com- ily Cantwell, Abby Janning and fell by two runs. preceded the seventh and a mitted larceny with one stolen and Kelly Thompson added ‘The Lady Indians touched five run rally from the Troja- base apiece. Canute pitching for nine nettes. Two Lady Tiger runs one base hit each. Cantwell, Trojanettes/Arapaho- Gray and Janning registered hits with no walks and eight came home in the bottom of Butler/ Leedey Tourney two RBI's apiece with one by “ElkCityNews strikeouts. The defense com- the frame but Canute prevailed Game Four ‘Thompson. Thievery abounded mitted one error. At the plate by four runs. In another tight contest on the base paths with a base 109 W. Broadway they managed four hits with Taylor Beutler pitched 6 the Lady Indians scored one in each stolen by Beutler, Gray no walks and eight strikeouts. 2/3 innings for the win giv- the bottom of the first and the Janning, Smith, Sutton, and 580-225-3000 - www.elkcityoknews.com Smith led the offense with a ing up seven hits with seven pitchers took over for the next Thompson.