September 22, 2021 Issue, Page 6 of 10

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Sports/News September 22, 2021 Trojans bring home Hammon COACHES CORNER Tourney Title ‘By Kerry Hookstra Elk Coaches Corner Cross Country goes to Pre-State at Edmond Sept. 25. Foot- ball is on the road to Elgin Sept. 24. Fast-pitch Softball went to By Kerry Hookstra no hits, no walks, and two dox and Dru Steffes turned ton Williams as Canute tied Clinton Sept. 20 and hosts Hinton Sept. 21 with Clinton in Elk strikeouts. Elliott, Colt Ran- two double plays apiece with the contest at 3-3. City Sept. 23. Head Elk City Softball Coach Kaleb Murray states, “We are sit- The Annual Fall Invitational dall, and Dru Steffes turned one from Brody Bryant. At Hydro-Eakley added a run in ting at second in the District right now and should stay there. Our Tournament at Hammon ran a double play apiece. Canute the plate the Trojans collected the fourth and was up 4-3 go- Regionals will be the second week of October.” Sept. 16-18. Canute rumbled bats hammered out 12 hits nine hits including two home ing to the bottom of the sixth through the brackets outscor- with eight walks and just one runs with four walks and two when the Trojans rallied for Oiler Coaches Corner ing opponents 38-4. They strikeout. They had help from strikeouts. They were assisted five with two away. The only Cross Country goes to Pre-State at Edmond Sept. 25.Football opened Sept. 16 with a 17-0 one error. by one error. hit in the frame came on a entertains Hooker Sept. 24. Fast-pitch Softball was on the road to shutout over Blair. In Semi-fi- Lane Greteman had a three Dalton Williams walloped a base hit by Owen Elliott as Walters Sept. 20 and hosts Sentinel Sept. 21. nal action Sept. 17 the Trojans run homer with a two run grand slam homer in the third the Bobcat pitching struggled ground Granite 13-0. The Title blast by Dalton Williams. with a two run shot by Kyron with four walks, a hit batsman. Trojan Coaches Corner Tilt brought Hydro-Eakley to Kasen LeGrand and Whinery Whinery in the first. Whin- and three runs scored off wild Baseball hosts District play Sept. 23 with Cheyenne/Reydon and Sentinel. Canute opens with the Bears at 1 p.m. followed by the diamond and the Bobcats delivered a double and a single pitches. ery tagged a triple and Kasen Sentinel-Cheyenne/Reydon at 3 p.m. and the Trojans and Bull- were up 4-3 going to the bot- apiece while Elliott and Colby Maddox got the start and LeGrand delivered a double. dogs playing at 5 p.m. Fast-pitch Softball also hosts District Sept. tom of the sixth when Canute Maddox swatted two base Owen Elliott swatted two worked five innings with no 23 with Burns Flat-Dill City coming to town. Cross country has. rallied for five runs thanks to hits each with one from Brody singles with one each by Bry- decision. He scattered seven the Pre-State at Edmond Sept. 25. four walks, a hit batsman, a Bryant. Elliott registered four ant, Lane Greteman, and Mad- hits with three walks, and six single, and three wild pitches. RBI's with two apiece by Le- dox. Whinery and Williams strikeouts. Kasen LeGrand ‘They tossed a shutout in the Grand, Maddox, Randall, and registered four RBI's apiece tossed two innings of relief for top of the seventh to take Whinery. ‘The pitcher plunked with two from LeGrand and the decision. He allowed one Elk City at Anadarko home the Championship Tro- Randall and Steffes. Randall one by Greteman. The pitcher hit, no walks and two strike- phy Trojans-Blair/Hammon led the larceny with two stolen bases while Elliott and Tiger plunked Randall and Steffes. ‘Three bases were stolen with outs. Brody Bryant and Colt Randall each turned a double Invitational Tourney Game One Gillespie swipe one each. two by Randall and one cour- play but the defense also made It only took one inning for Ca- Trojans-Granite/Hammon tesy of Elliott. three miscues. Canute bats nute to bust the Broncos. They Tourney Game Two Trojans/Hydro-Eakley/Ham- collected six hits with seven rang up all 17 runs in the bot- Two runs came home in the mon Tourney Game Three walks and six strikeouts. tom of the first. The second bottom of the first for Canute Two runs crossed the plate Maddox and Williams ham- and third saw Blair shutout and they added four in for the Bobcats in the top of mered a homer apiece with and the Trojans were scoreless the second. Seven runs in the the first and they added one two singles from Elliott and in the bottom of the second. third ended the contest via the in the second. Colby Maddox one each from Randall and Owen Elliott worked two in- run rule in another shutout mashed a leadoff home run in Whinery. Williams had three nings for the decision. He al- decision. the bottom of the second and RBI's while LeGrand and Mad- lowed a hit, a walk, and no Colt Randall took the win on two more runs scored in the dox turned in one apiece. The strikeouts. Kyron Whinery the mound with two hits, two third on a single from Kyron pitcher plunked Whinery and pitched an inning of relief with walks, and one strikeout. Mad- Whinery and a homer by Dal- Randall stole a base. Trojanettes sweep three By Kerry Hookstra Abby Janning came onin relief game away after a shutout in Beutler delivered a double and three singles to lead the of- to throw six innings with five the top of the third. Canute had a tune up week fense with Abby Janning add- hits, five walks, and fur strike- with Districts coming this ing a double and a base hit. outs. The defense committed Abby Janning worked three Campbell Garbarino races to the finish line and first place week. They traveled to Arap- Kim Harris and Kylee Smith an error. Trojanette bats ham- innings for the decision. She in Anadarko Junior High Girls 1.50 mile cross country aho-Butler Sept. 13 and took swatted two singles each with mered 16 hits and drew nine allowed two hits, one walk, race. Elk City Head Cross Country Coach Jim Taylor is en- a 10-5 victory. Snyder hosted one by Jade Gray and Meliah walks while having four strike- and struck out one. The de- couraging her outstanding performance. Courtesy photo. Sept. 14 and the Trojanettes Sutton. Beutler had three RBI's outs. fense made one miscue. At the went home with a 13-5 defeat. with two apiece from Harris Beutler delivered four dou- Granite came to town Sept. 16 and Janning while Gray had bles and a single to power the plate Canute tagged 10 hits By Kerry Hookstra and suffereda 15-1 loss. one. Beutler, Madison Church, offense. Jade Gray and Me- while walking seven and hav- Trojanette/Arapaho-Butler Gray, Harris and Smith swiped liah Sutton also doubled. Em- ing no strikeouts. They were Big Elk runners ran to third place with 119 points in the meet at Four runs in the top of the first a base each. ily Cantwell, Madison Church, helped by an error. Anadarko Sept. 17. Bridge Creek won with 83 ahead of second put Canute in early control but Trojanettes-Snyder and Kylee Smith swatted two the Lady Indians scored two in ‘Two runs in the top of the first singles apiece while Kim Har- Kylee Smith tagged a triple place Marlow scoring 86. Xzavier Cozad of Anadarko won the the bottom of the second and and one in the second put Ca- ris, Janning, and Sutton had plus a single to lead the of- 3.1 mile event in 18:56 with Fowler of Heritage Hall in second at three in the third to go up 5-4. nute up 3-0. The Lady Cyclones one each. Beutler registered fense while Madison Church 19:21 and Lane Hargrove of Elk City taking third with a 19:37. ‘The Trojanettes regained the answered with two in the bot- five RBI's with two apiece from lead and the win with six in tom of the second while the also tripled. Jade Gray and Gray and Sutton while Church Other finishers for the Big Elks were: Ethan Banks/14th-20:38, Kye Keyes/17th-20:50, Harrison Mayfield/35th-22:01, the fifth and shutout pitching and Janning had one each. Janning delivered a double Trojanettes added five in the and defense for the final three third and Snyder picked up Church and Smith stole two and a base hit apiece with a Zach Rhodes/47th-22:40, Cy Barker/64th-23:37, Jackson innings. two. The final Lady Cyclone bases apiece with one each by two bag shot by Taylor Beutler. Ivester/94th-25:12, Nick Morales/110th-27:05, and Tyler Taylor Beutler went the dis- run crossed the plate in the Beutler, Gray, and Harris. Emily Cantwell and Meliah Winningham/132nd-32:27. tance for the decision with fourth while Canute added one Trojanettes-Granite ‘The Elkettes were missing team members due to softball but the eight hits, three walks, and in the fifth and plated four in ‘The bottom of the first saw Smith swatted a single each. team took 10th in the meet scoring 355. Anadarko won their nine strikeouts. The defense the sixth while posting a shut- three Canute runs score. The Church had four RBI's with committed three errors. Ca- out over those two frames to Jone Lady Panther runner two apiece from Cantwell, Jan- own meet with 67 well ahead of second play Marlow at 106. nute bats belted a dozen hits end the contest. came home in the top of the Kizarr of Marlow won the two mile course in 13:19 while Scheffe ning, Smith, and Sutton. Gray while drawing three walks with Taylor Beutler started and second and the Trojanettes of Washington ran to second at 14:45. Maelee Hunter took 43rd three strikeouts. They had help threw six pitches for a walk, erupted for a dozen in the bot- was plunked by the pitcher and with a 17:01 to lead Elk City. Railee Odom was 72nd at 18:50 from four miscues. no strikeouts, and no hits. tom of the inning to put the Smith swiped two bases. while Paige Lane placed 73rd in 18:51 and Jocelyn Pranabdev ran to 75th with a 19:10. Emma Sibley took 91st running a 21:47. Junior Big Elk runners were second with a 124 behind Bridge AW. districts ak Creek at 75 and ahead of third place Westmoore scoring 132. Campbell Richardson of Hobart won the two mile event in 12:34 Southwest Oklahoma De a" County Health Departments with Rodriguez of Binger-Oney in second place at 12:37. The first place Elk City runner was Jaxon McArthur in 17th with a 14:23 while William Villa took 21st with a 14:35. Colton Neb- Weekly COVID-19 data hut was 26th running a 15:03 ahead of Katch Garrett at 27th in 15:04 and Caden Walters was 33rd at 15:19. Others running in- cluded Krew Keyes/41st-15:48, Jesse Nightingale/S2nd-16:20, Kade Duncan/82nd-18:10, Zachery Dillard/100th-19:47, Os- Staff Report cases was 39 years. There have ty had a total of 3,146 cases Both the Sayre and Elk City been 2,970 COVID-19 hospital with a total of 59 deaths, There locations of the Beckham car Perez/101st-19:51, Tommy Bailey/108th-20:41, Jacob On Sept. 15 the District five admissions in the last 30 days are currently 58 active cases County Health Department Carpenter/127th -26:39. Southwest Oklahoma County in Oklahoma. 90.7% (2,694) of with 59 of them being newly have been offering walk-ins as Led by Campbell Garbarino’s first place finish in 10:36 over the Health Departments released hospital admissions in Okla- reported in the week of Sept. 1.5 mile course and led the last half with an impressively strong their weekly COVID-19 report homa during the last 30 days 5 - Sept. 11. There was 1 new well as appointments for ad- finish. Her run put the Junior Elkettes in first place with 80 for the week of Sept. 5 - Sept. (as of Sept. 13) were non-vacci- death in that time period. ministration of the COVID-19 11. It was shared Oklahoma nated. 2.7% (81) were partially As of Sept. 15, 41.6% of the vaccine. For more informa- points ahead of Washington at 91 and third place Anadarko with ranks 5 (out of all States and vaccinated. 6.6% (195) were population in the state of Okla- tion, you can follow the Beck- 109. Kidd of Westmoore was second in 10:44. Nikki Kirkley took DC) in the cumulative death fully vaccinated. 94 are under homa aged 12 years and older ham County Health Depart- sixth for Elk City at 11:29 with Katherine Ivester placing 15th rate (per 100,000 persons) the age of 18 and 24.4% of were fully vaccinated against ment on Facebook, call them and Dellanara Ramos in 18th with a 12:03. Brisia Castillo took of reported COVID-19 cases new hospitalizations are from COVID-19 while 48.6% of the 40th running 13:24. Others running for the Junior Elkettes were: in the last 7 days. There were people who are 44 years of age population aged 12 years and at (580)928-5551 (Sayre) or 232 deaths to include 8 in SW and younger. older have received at least one (580)225-1173 (Elk City) or Jothsna Pranabdev/64th-14:39, Jocelinn Lopez/67th-14:42, Le- Oklahoma. ‘The average age of As of Sept. 15, Beckham Coun- dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. visit vaccinate.oklahoma.gov. ticia Rivera/70th-14:45, and Estephany Perez/88th-15:35.