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Sp ry March 12, 2022 Trojans punch ticket to State two buckets from Kyron Whin- ‘The second was tied 15-15. ery and a pair of free throws. Whinery was hot for the Tro- Beck buried a three with a two jans draining two threes and from Randall. Cyril was on top sinking 2-2 free throws. Pot- By Kerry Hookstra matchup. ‘The top seeded Bob- dall. Beck buried a three with Garber and Moriasi put in 23-18 at halftime. ter buried a three with a two cats rolled to a 64-46 decision a two each from Brown and 15 apiece for Southwest Cov- In the third the Trojans pre- apiece from Jaxon Beck and Coming through the back- ina Mar. 3 contest. Maddox. Canute went to half- enant. Beck poured in 17 for vailed 13-7. Randall led with a Colby Maddox. The Bobcats door Canute took the Conso- Trojans-Southwest Cov- time up 34-24. game high while Whinery pair of treys. Whinery added took a 28-26 margin to half- lation Championship in Area enant Covenant led the third 15- added 13 and Randall 10 to a pair of deuces with a three time. play to get into the Class A Canute went on a 22-6 first 10. Kyron Whinery got on put three Trojans in double fig- from Colby Maddox. A.14-9 lead went to Hydro- State Basketball Tourney. In quarter run behind a pair of the board for the Trojans with ures. Brown and Potter hit six Canute’s offense put up a Eakley in the third. Whinery 19-12 fourth frame advantage. stayed hot for Canute with a the first Area contest the Tro- treys and a pair of deuces from a pair of buckets and a free each with five from Maddox. Beck had the hot hand with a jans met up with Southwest Jaxon Beck. Aiden Brown hit throw. Potter put ina trey with Trojans-Cyril pair of baskets. Maddox added Covenant and prevailed 57-47. two baskets with a three from adeuce by Randall. ‘The Pirates went on a 16-7 trey and four deuces. Randall a trey with deuce by Colt Ran- ‘They next met Cyrilin the Title apiece from Zachary Potter Final frame play went to Ca- first quarter run. Canute was went ter hit 4-4 at the line while Pot- a field goal and gift shot dall. Tilt and punched their ticket and Colt Randall plus a two by nute 13-8. Whinery stayed hot led by Colt Randall with a Final frame play saw the to State with a 50-42 victory. Colby Maddox. with a pair of field goals and deuce and a trey. Zachary Pot- with a free throw by Maddox. Hart paced the Pirates with Bobcats explode on a 22-11 Opening round of the State Southwest took the second four from the line. Beck hit ter added a basket. 14. Game high went to Randall run. Potter led the Trojans Tournament brought Hydro- 18-12. The Trojans were led by two baskets and Maddox sank An 11-7 margin went to the with a three and 2-2 at the Eakley to the court in an 1-40 a deuce and a trey from Ran- a free throw. as he poured 17. Others scor- Trojans in the second behind ing for the Trojans were; Beck- line. Beck had a bucket and gift 14, Whinery-10, Pottter-5, and shot with three at the stripe by Jeremiah Hall takes advantage of OU Pro Day, Maddox-4. Trojans/Hydro-Eakley\ Whinery. Propps tossed in 19 to lead First quarter play was close Hydro-Eakley and share game improves on NFL Combine performance with Canute trailing 13-11. high honors with Whinery. Zachary Potter led the way Others scoring for Canute Jesse Crittenden, The Nor- days, andI felt like the faster I could help. with current Sooner Brayden with a deuce and a trey. Kyron included: Potter-13, Beck-5, man Transcript could get on the field and show Either way, Halls betting Whinery hit a pair of baskets Maddox-5, Randall-2, and what I could really do, the bet- on his versatility. When NFL Though he’s preparing for with one by Bill Shelton. Shelton-2. Jeremiah Hall wasn’t pleased ter. teams asked him his primary next month’s draft, Hall said with his performance at last “Overall, I felt like it was offensive position during the Trojanettes he still feels a part of the pro- week's NFL Combine. a great day and it's in God's Combine, he had a unique an- During OU’s Pro Day hands now. I can stand up here swer for them. gram. Wednesday, he had an oppor- and all” smile and say, ‘I gave it my “Whenever I got asked that ‘Tm a little bit lucky,” Hall tunity to build on his Combine said. “I have the podcast where question there, I just say ‘play- take first game performance in front of repre- His improvements could maker’ Preferably after my I talk to Brayden and have sentatives from 28 NFL teams, make the difference for him first contract, maybe they'll those guys on every single and he took advantage of it. during the NFL Draft next call me a tight end so that I get week. So in a way, I'm still at- His day began with the ver- month. paid a little more,” Hall laughs. tached. Coming back here feels tical jump where he recorded The 2021 season proved to “So I'm a tight end for sure, like I'm back on scholarship. of season a 33-inch jump, a four-inch be the best of Hall’s career. He in that aspect. But honestly, improvement on his combine posted career-best 32 catches it just depends on where I go. I'm back here talking with you performance. He also shaved and four touchdowns while Some teams need a true hand- guys. I'm back in the facility a tenth of a second off of his adding six carries for 25 yards in-the-dirt fullback, some cracking jokes, talking to the Combine score in the 20-yard and a touchdown. He also fin- teams need a H-back. I don’t coaches and everything. By Kerry Hookstra out three, and scattered seven shuttle with a 4.52. ished the year with his second- really want to label myself, put “So it's definitely a change But his biggest win of the consecutive All-Big 12 selec- myself in a hole because I can when you leave because you hits in a run rule shortened day came in the 40-yard dash, tion. do a lot of things. Canute traveled to Granite contest. The defense commit- recording a 4.79. He recorded a But with a little more than a “With that comes anything no longer have that camarade- for the season opener of Slow- ted one error. Offensively Me- 4.96 at the Combine. month to go before the draft, and everything, and I'm pre- rie. You're pretty much work- pitch Softball. They brought liah Sutton hammered a home The unusually quick turn- Hall is currently slated by most pared for.” ing for yourself. You're with home a 12-2 decision. run to score three. Jade Gray, around between the Combine experts to be drafted in the late ‘Though Hall’s five-year Soon- another group of guys but it’s One Trojanette run scored Kylee Smith, Sutton and Kelly and OU’s Pro Day proved to rounds. He flashed offensive er career is over, he’s stayed en- not the same as being at OU. in the top of the second with Thompson delivered doubles. be big for Hall. By the time he versatility during his OU ten- gaged with the program. ‘The caliber of guys here is like two more in the third and two made it to his post-Pro Day ure, often switching between Since returning home from no other, so that’s definitely in the fourth. The offense ex- Smith added a base hit along media availability, he hada rea- tight end, H-back, fullback and the Combine, Hall has made something I miss. But at the ploded for seven in the sixth with two from Cantwell and son to feel optimistic. even running back, but his lack an effort to meet the new as- same time, it’s a new chapter after the Lady Panthers sent three by Kim Harris with one “I didn’t do as great as I of elite athleticism could make sistant coaches and players two home in the fourth. from Sutton plus Maecy Teeter wanted [at the Combine],” Hall teams hesitant to draft him in on the team. He's also contin- in my life and I'm excited for Emily Cantwell worked a and two by Madison Church said. “I felt like I did [well] at the earlier rounds. ued to produce episodes of his what's to come. So I'm mak- full game in the circle for a in a 17 hut onslaught. Granite the Combine but I had it sit- That's where his improve- OU-related podcast, “Podcast ing adjustments and trying to win, She walked one, struck committed no miscues. ting over my head for a few ments during OU’s Pro Day on the Prarie”, which he hosts have fun along the way.” = THE GRAHAM JAM On Tour with Shai and the Blue By Graham Dudley With adversity comes opportunity. Just ask the Oklahoma Wednesday, it was a potent basketball City Thunder, and specifically the team's bench, which was team, too. more important last week than at any time during the season Unfortunately, OKC played much more thus far. like shorthanded underdogs on Friday That's because nearly half the team was injured, limiting against Minnesota. The Wolves pulled OKC to just nine active players for games against Denver, ahead in the second quarter, maintained the Minnesota and Utah. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tre Mann, lead in the third and then dominated the Aleksej Pokusevski, Darius Bazley, Isaiah Roby, Vit Krejci, fourth, ultimately winning 138-101 despite Theo Maledon, Olivier Sarr and Lindy Waters III were the only SGA's 33-point effort. players available when the Thunder visited the Nuggets last Looking to right the ship on Sunday, Wednesday, March 2. OKC ran into the buzzsaw of Utah's Other than Gilgeous-Alexander and Bazley, every one had offense and shooting. Bojan Bogdanovich, spent time with the Oklahoma City Blue this season. It's barely specifically, set a new Utah franchise an exaggeration to say the Thunder entered Denver last week record with 11 3-pointers on 18 attempts. with a G League roster — and won. OKC defeated reigning They accounted for the vast majority of his MVP Nikola Jokic and the playoff-bound Nuggets, 119-107, game-high 35 points; Utah won 116-103. in what may be the most surprising result of the season so far. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 again. The victory was as decisive as it was unexpected. Gilgeous- The loss brought Oklahoma City to 20-44 Alexander went for 29 points, seven rebounds and five assists, on the season with 18 games remaining. leading the team as usual. But the Thunder got a season-high OKC returned to the court on Tuesday, 26 points from Roby, too, who also chipped in seven and five March 8, against the Milwaukee Bucks. It Olivier Sarr was among the nine healthy players who saw an expanded in an outstanding 34 minutes. Mann scored 13, Bazley had 12 then hit the road for a Wednesday-night role for OKC last week. (Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports) and Pokusevski neared a double-double with 11 rebounds and game in Minnesota, and will return to the nine points. Paycom Center on Sunday, March 13 for a matchup with Ja said Saturday that he's hopeful the rookie will return before the It's unlikely that players like Roby, Waters and Sarr would Morant and the Grizzlies. season ends. see the court much with a full complement of 17 players avail- The Thunder hope to get a bit healthier this week, but one Giddey's sore hip has derailed his quest to sweep Western able. And the injuries allowed Pokusevski to crack the Thunder player we won't see is Josh Giddey, whose lingering hip sore- Conference Rookie of the Month honors, which he earned in starting lineup again, something he'd done only twice this year ness will keep him out for at least two more weeks. Giddey's November, December, January and February before missing all after starting 28 games one season ago. development is one of the most important storylines for the of March so far. Can Mann keep the award in Oklahoma City? 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