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Sports/News October 13, 2021 Cross Country at Frederick Canute runs at and Watonga Frederick By Kerry Hookstra An Oct. 5 trip to Frederick and the Bomber Invitational Cross By Kerry Hookstra won with a 14:50.65. Madison was 16th in 16:05.16. 9, just two runners competed Country Meet saw Trojan and Tronanette runners get back in Holladay was 13th running a Junior Elkette runners for Elk City. Jack Morgan ran action. In the high school boys’ 5K Jaxon Beck ran to 13th with A rare Tuesday meet took 17:37.26 and Maelee Hunter placed fifth with 127 behind in the high school 5K and a time of 21:00.45 while Aiden Brown took 26th in 22:39.82. the Big Elks and Elkettes to claimed 20th at 17:57.74. first place Duncan scoring finished ninth running an Lane Hargrove of Elk City won the race running an 18:15.68. Frederick Oct. 5. Neither ‘The Junior Big Elks con- 30 and Anadarko in second ‘The Trojanettes put a complete team on the course and squad had a full team but the tinued to have success on the at 53. Luci O'Hara made her 18:43.09. Kaysen Stevens of came away with second place scoring 36 behind first place Hol- Elk City dominated the high course as they won the meet debut for Elk City with a win- Hooker won the event but no lis at 26. Jaylee Miller of Comanche won the meet running a school boys’ 5K with the top with 44 points ahead of Fred- ning time of 10:13.27 over the time was posted for the top 14:50.65. Abby Janning led Canute with a 15:44.23 while Jade three finishers. Lane Har- erick scoring 61 and Duncan at two mile course. Second place eight runners. Hooker took Gray was their second runner in 16:16.72 and Kylee Smith had grove won the meet with a 65. Cordell Richardson of Ho- went to Shaden Walker of An- the team title with 33 as they a 17:00.63 as the #3 Trojanette. Meliah Sutton’s 18:10.07 gave time of 18:15.68. Jack Mor- bart again ran toawininatime arko in 10:16.69. Dellanera her fourth place on the team and the fifth runner for Canute, gan took second at 18:27.02 had the first three finishers. of 13:03.50. Katch Garrett led Ramos was 21st at 11:45.80 Kelly Thompson ran a 19:47.97. while Ethan Banks ran to third with Brisian Castillo in 34th at Elk City at fifth in 14:10.23. Luci O’hara was the lone in 18:36.54. Jackson Ivester 13:00.94 and Taylor Sullivan competitor for the Junior William Villa took eighth with took 35th iin 13:02.94. Joths- Elkettes. Over the 2500 me- In his final OU-Texas was the fourth runner for Elk a 15>27.39 ahead of Krew City and he placed 24th with a na Pranabdev ran to 36th with ter course, she ran a 10:35.50 Keyes in ninth at 15:33.04 and 22:08.38. 10th place Sonny Hollladay a 13:05.65 while Estephany which was good for 13th be- ‘Three Elkettes made the running a 15:35.31. Colton Perez was 43rd at 14:17.32 trip with Ella Sotille leading Nebhut was 12th in 15:44.17 and Leticia Rivers claimed hind Scout Snodgrass of King- the squad in 11th at 16:51.99. while Jon Urbina took 13th at 44th in 14:33.86. fisher who won in a time of game, Caleb Kelly Jaylee Miller of Comanche 15:46.01 and Spence Brewer In the Watonga Meet Oct. 9:54.15. comes up huge Trojans in Class A State Tournament Clay Horning, The Norman Transcript By Kerry Hookstra dox swatted an RBI single. Canute went up 1-0 in the plate in the top of the sev- Caleb Kelly has been at this Oklahoma-Texas thing for a while. ‘The second inning saw the top of the first. The Eagles enth but could not solve the ‘The Sooners’ sixth-year senior linebacker has been on the field Dolese Park in Oklahoma Lane Greteman get a free responded with three in the Oktaha reliever as he retired for four October editions of the Red River rivalry. Injury has kept City once again hosted the pass with one way followed bottom of the second and one the side in order to secure the by a walk to Randall. LeGrand in the third after the Trojans him out of two others and a Big 12 title game against the Long- Oklahoma State Class A Fall Baseball Tourney Oct. 7-9. Ca- slapped an RBI base hit and picked up one in the top of Semi-final win. horns. nute returned as the Runner- Kyron Whinery walked to the inning. Oktaha erupted Trojan pitching was He's no longer the guy everybody was looking to become OU’s up in their Regional and drew load the bases. Subsequent for seven in the bottom of the roughed up for a dozen hits in- next great defender coming off a promising end to his true fresh- Red Oak in the first round. The free passes to Williams, Mad- fourth tolead 11-2. The fifth duding four home runs. They man season, all the way back in 2016. This season, in fact, he Trojans took a 5-0 win behind dox, and Brody Brryant forced was scoreless but Canute ral- allowed two walks and had became a full-time player again for the first time in three years, a three hit performance on the home three runs before the lied for seven in the top of the four strikeouts. The defense having missed last season to injury and 2019 to a redshirt. mound from Colby Maddox. third out was registered. sixth. Dru Steffes led off with made four miscues but Mad- Saturday, inside the Cotton Bowl, he made just one one tackle The seedings put Canute on a home run followed by a sin- Maddox went the distance in the Sooners 52-45 victory. the same side of the bracket gle from BrodyBryant, Owen dox, Whinery, and Williams for the decision.He scattered Doesn't matter. as Oktaha and the Tigers pre- just three hits with no walks Elliott reached on an error, turned a double play apiece. vailed in a hard fought 13-9 and sixt strikeouts. The Tro- and Lane Greteman walked to At the plate they hammered He was a hero, anyway. decision. They would go on to jans collected seven hits, eight load the bases. The table was out eight hits with three home It was the fourth quarter. defeat Silo 2-1 for the Class walks and 10 strikeouts... set for Cole Randall to take an Caleb Williams had just hit Marvin Mims for a 52-yard touch- runs, tour walks, and four Championship. Legrand led the offense 0-1 pitch to dead away center- strikeouts. down and Spencer Rattler had just connected with Drake Stoops Trojans-Red Oak/State with a double and a single field for a grand slam homer. for a tying two-point conversion. Game One while Maddox had a pair of With one away Kyron Whinery Randall rapped the grand Gabe Brkic kicked off and Texas’ Xavier Worthy, who finished Canute scored one in the base hits, Randall Whinery, walked and Dalton Williams slam with a home run each by with an otherworldly 261 receiving yards, decided to return the bottom of the first and four in and Williams added a single drove a 1-2 pitch over the Steffes and Randall. Kasen Le- kick. the second. What followed was apiece. Both teams were er- right field fence for a two run Grand swatted a pair of singles ‘That was a bad idea, because Kelly was waiting for him. a five inning pitchers’ duel of ror free. Maddox had a pair of homer. Oktaha regained con- with one apiece from Bryant, It was a funny play, because it was reviewed to see if Worthy shutout baseball. Colt Randall RBI's with one each from Bry- trol with a ground out anda fly Elliott, and Whinery. Randal drew a leadoff walk fin the top ant, Whinery, and Williams. ball out to centerfield but their had indeed fumbled it before being tackled; yet what the replay and Williams had four and two showed was that even as Worthy was still standing, Kelly had of the first and moved over be- LeGrand stole two bases and lead stood at 11-9. hind a Kasen LeGrand double. Whinery swiped one. In the bottom of the sixth RBI's respectively. Maddox, taken the ball from him, registering forced fumble and a fumble With one away Dalton Wil- ‘Trojans-Oktaha/State the Eagles scored a pair of in- Steffes, and Whinery regis- recovery all on the same play. liams walked and Colby Mad- Game Two surance runs. Canute came to tered one each. . Perhaps because Williams used to ask questions at football press conferences, working with OU student media when mend- ing from injury, he’s quite good at answering them. Jett Distributing and Ben E. Keith to Serve “I was sprinting down and the wedge was coming at me, just like I saw it in practice. I was trying to read where the kick re- turner was going to go,” he said. “Then I read it right, played the as Hospitality Sponsorsfor 2021 SWOSU gap ... then I actually ripped the ball kind of like you would back in junior high. Athletic Auction “It was weird. I grabbed it and just turned with it and just took it. Everybody else was looking for it, but it didn’t hit the ground The Southwestern Oklaho- of the 2021 athletic auction,” tion benefit SWOSU’s athletic chase. or anything ... I see everybody looking for the ball and then I run ma State University (SWOSU) said SWOSU President Dr. Di- scholarships and recruitment Please visit the website for out and I'm holding the ball out and it goes crazy. Athletic Association is pleased ane Lovell. “The very generous efforts. the event — www.SWOSUAth- “It was cool.” to announce that longtime Hospitality Sponsorship from Silent auction bidding is leticAuction.com — as it will Next snap, Kennedy Brooks ran it in from 18 yards and the SWOSU benefactors Jett Dis- Jett Distributing and Ben E. open now at www.SWOSUAth- be updated with a full list of Sooners, down 28-7 after the first quarter, were suddenly on top tributing Company/Matt and Keith Company makes pos- leticAuction.com and running items regularly. 48-41. Anji Jett of Weatherford and sible this annual event which through October 22. The main Ben E. Keith Company/Mark raises crucial scholarships and Anyone interested in donat- Sooner coach Lincoln Riley likes having the sixth-year senior event on October 23 will kick ing items to the auction or around. & Elizabeth McLean of Weath- support for our student-ath- off with a cocktail hour at erford will be serving as Hos- letes.” 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner needing further information “The guy's a baller. The guy's a gamer,” he said. “He’s just a guy pitality Sponsors of the 15th Matt Jett, president of Jett served at 6:30 p.m. The 2021 about the event is encour- that I don’t care what side of the ball it is, when he’s out there, annual SWOSU Athletic Auc- Distributing Company, is a Hall of Fame honorees will be aged to contact Clarke Hale you feel better; just because you know you're going to get a tion & Benefit Dinner and Hall 1994 SWOSU alumnus. Mark recognized at 7 p.m. with the by email at clarke.haleeswosu. smart, tough, physical player that's going to give you everything of Fame Induction. McLean, district sales man- live auction beginning at 8 edu or by phone at 817-707- he has on every snap.” Hospitality Sponsors pro- ager for Ben E. Keith Compa- p-m., featuring a wide variety 6795. Kelly has stuck it out in Norman. vide valuable services and ny, is a 1988 & 1990 SWOSU of premium items and experi- The 2021 SWOSU Athletic From Clovis West High School in Fresno, California, he could gifts-in-kind that enable the alumnus. ences available to participants. Auction & Hall of Fame Ban- Longtime SWOSU support- have left because his career didn’t turn out the way thought it auction to succeed without in- Tickets and tables for the quet is hosted by the SWOSU curring significant costs. er Pioneer Cellular is gener- auction & hall of fame ban- Athletic Association. The as- might, or because he was tired of having to recover and rehabili- “Thanks so much to the Jett ously serving as Underwriting quet are on sale now. Single sociation is a subsidiary of tate from injury or because it was just time to move on. Family and the McLean Family Sponsor for this year’s auction. tickets are $150 and tables for the SWOSU Foundation, Inc., He already has his masters degree. for their philanthropic support All proceeds from the auc- 8 are $1,500. To make ticket/ which was established in 1977 He never did and it paid off huge on Saturday. table purchases or for more to promote philanthropy and “It was weird because everybody got to storm the field,” he said. information, please contact “Iwas like, ‘Whoa, this is a miracle, like 'd never had that happen distribute funds to support the SWOSU Office of Institu- at OU... “It was cool though because my mom got to come on the the activities and programs tional Advancement at 580- of SWOSU. Located on the field. 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