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Sports ry April 2, 2022 Merritt’s Peffer Merritt Golfers dominate Hennessey Meet on All-State squad By Kerry Hookstra tiebreaker over Dayli Pollard who also shot a Oilerette Linksters picked up where they 92 and placed third. Taylor Ford’s 93 was good By Kerry Hookstra Kira Berkey-Hydro-Eakley, Rees Berkey - left off last season as they easily took the team for fourth. Peyton Broadbent shot a 105 as the Hydro-Eakley, Hensley Eaton-Lomega, Jaedyn ‘The 2022 Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coach- title at Hennessey Mar. 25. Lexie Frazier shot fifth team member for a total of 366 and far es Association Small West All-State squad hasGetman-Stratford, Corky Hall- Duke, Devynn Harris-Amber-Pocasset, Alli Harvey-Lookeba- been selected. Jamie Peffer, a Merritt Oilerette an 89 which gave her the individual champion- ahead of second place Crescent with a 456. Ad- was among those named to the select group. Sickles, Ashlan Light-Garber, Lexie McLemore- ship, the 2A MVP and Meet MVP. Kiera Stehr dison Hartman competed as an individual and Others chosen include Abby Bates-Navajo, Cyril, Hollie Stalder-Hooker, and Jadyn Wat- came in with a 92 for second with a scorecard carded a 129. Jena Bay- Shattuck, Brooklyn Bayless-Arnett, kins-Vici. Merritt Baseball off to good start Oilerettes have busy opening week By Kerry Hookstra losses coming at the hands of erford in two games Mar. 25. Under the leadership of 4A schools in the I-40 tourney. ‘They avenged an early season By Kerry Hookstra lowing a hectic first week of ac- Leedey pounded out a 16-3 new Head Coach Keyshaun ‘They fell to Elk City 12-3 Mar. loss to Leedey with a 5-2 vic- tion. They hosted the Merritt decision. The Oilerettes then Smith the Oilers have posted 24, lost to Tuttle 12-0, and tory in their fourth tourney Merritt finally got a team Festival Mar. 24 and downed crushed Corn Bible Academy a 3-5 mark with three of those were downed 12-4 by Weath- contest Mar. 26. put together for the Slow- Snyder 11-7 and rolled over 20-0 and too care of Vici 13- pitch Season following arun to Mooreland 16-9. The Arap- 7. In the fourth contest of the aho-Butler Invitational ran day Merritt fell to the host Merritt runs in pair of track meets the State 2A Basketball Tour- nament. Their record is 4-2 fol- Mar, 25. In the opening game Lady Indians 11-4. Trojanettes have tough By Kerry Hookstra Track commenced for the second in the 200 running a 28.40 while Sosa took fourth at 30.30. Elizabeth White had the 3200 in 12:33.54 to earn third place. The 4X200 relay placed first in 3:37.00 with the Arapaho-Butler Tourney Oilers and Oilerettes at Fair- view Mar. 24 in a meet post- poned from Mar. 22. Mer- a 55.40 to place fifth in the 300 hurdles. Taylor claimed the 400 in 1:05.70 and White 4X400 team also running to first with a 3:41.50. The 4X800 relay came in third running a By Kerry Hookstra Thomas a 13-1 defeat in the first round. The ritt’s boys scored 63 to place took fifth at 1:12.10. Payten 9:46.95. Flowers added a sec- host Lady Indians came up in the second round fifth in the meet behind meet Fite ran to first in the 800 with ond place in the long jump to With the first two games of the week weath- and slipped by the Trojanettes 9-7. In the third champion Fairview with 174. a time of 2:45.44. White ran his day as he had a leap of 20- ered out Canute headed to the Arapaho-Butler contest and elimination round Sentinel edged ‘The meet had no field events. the 1600 and placed third with 1. Luke Peffer cleared 5-6 for Invitational Tournament Mar. 25. They handed Canute 8-7 to advance in tourney play. Bryce Lagunas took the 400 a 6:48.00. Merritt was second third in the high jump. in 35.40. Riley Herndon ran in the 4X400 relay running a Oilerette thin dads ran Trojans hold top spot in to second in the 800 with a 4:44.20. They were also second well with Dailee Taylor taking 2:14.00. The Oilers were third in the 4X800 with an 11:41.00. second in the 100 at 13.62 and in the 4X100 relay at 46.90. ‘Thomas was the site of the Ashlee Sosa placing fourth in Class A Spring Baseball ‘They took fourth in the 4X200 track meet Mar. 26. No team 14.03. Taylor took third in the relay with a 1:39.50. Merritt scores were reported. Mos 200 running a 27.99, The 400 ran to first in the 4X400 relay Flowers and Tyler Adams were saw Taylor again place third with a time of 3:48.40. They first and second in the 100 with a 1:04.35. Payten Fite was By Kerry Hookstra 4. In the Edmond Memorial Spring Break Festi- were sixth in the 4X800 event with respective times of 11.74 sixth in the 800 at 2:51.38. val Mar, 19, Canute shutout Putnam City North at 10:30.00 and 11.76. Caleb Compton Elizabeth White claimed sec- Canute is in good shape to make a return to 5-0. The second game of the day saw a 3-1 win ‘The Oilerettes took third ran to first in the 200 at 23.95 ond in the 1600 with a time the State Baseball Tournament in May. They are over Bishop McGuinness. Weather scrubbed a in the meet with 81 point while Caden Smith took fourth of 6:17.10. The Oilerettes took currently 8-0 with the Amber-Pocasset Tourney game with Sentinel Mar. 21. The Am-Po Tourna- while Kingfisher scored156 to in 24,42, The 400 saw Bryce fifth in the 4X200 relay at Title under their belts. They opened the seasonment opened Mar. 24 and the Trojans handed win the championship. Dailee Lagunas win with a 53.96 . 1:58.05. The 4X800 squad was Mar. 11 downing Vici 9-0 and stopped Southwest Ripley a 9-1 loss. They met Atoka Mar. 25 and Taylor was first in the 100 at Riley Herndon took second at second in 11:22.82. Ella Porter Covenant 17-5 on Mar. 12. Salina was the third prevailed 8-4. In the Championship showdown opponent Mar. 17 and the Trojans prevailed 15- Canute took a 12-4 victory over Sterling. 12.8 with Ashlee Sosa claim- 54.38 and Flowers was fourth was third in the long jump as ing sixth in 13.90. Taylor was in 56.03. John Johnson ran she leapt 15-1. > THE GRAHAM JAM Last-Second 3 Lifts Thunder Over Portland By Graham Dudley A wise NBA reporter once said: Players don't tank. The game got out to a rollicking start, with both teams shoot- He meant that no matter how many games a team has lost; no ing well, bombing 3s and running up and down the court. Roby matter how much it wants the shiny new prospect on draft night; scored 12 points on 5-for-5 shooting through just six minutes. no matter how little wins mean or how much losses could help ‘The game became a back-and-forth affair, with OKC getting the team's future — players will play hard. production from up and down its young lineup. Ultimately, OKC Rarely has this been more relevant than the last week in put up one of its most egalitarian showings of the year — three Oklahoma City Thunder basketball, when the team shut down its players scored more than 20, seven guys were in double-digits, best players and handed the keys to the young guns. and six guys hit at least two 3-pointers in the game, including the Josh Giddey? Out for the season, the team announced last entire starting five. week. Then before Monday's game, Darius Bazley was ruled out But the stars were undoubtedly Roby (30 points, eight for the rest of the year, too, after sustaining a knee injury on rebounds), Aaron Wiggins (28 points, six assists) and Theo Saturday in Denver. Maledon (23 points, 10 rebounds). And with the game winding Most notable was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the team's bright- down, Roby made a play that Thunder fans won't soon forget — est star who'd missed three of the past four games with ankle for better or worse. problems. He's done for the season, head coach Mark Daigneault With 8.9 seconds remaining, OKC trailed by three and pre- TOYOTA 2 announced Monday, leaving OKC with an ultra-thin active roster pared to inbound the ball in its own half with one last chance to made up almost entirely of rookies and second-year players, with score. Aleksej Pokusevski held the ball for nearly five seconds on = f a. nS , “Poly Isaiah Roby the lone exception in his third season. the sideline before finding Roby on the left wing just in time. Isaiah Roby dunks the ball during the overtime against Rookie guard Tre Mann was all set to be the Thunder's de Roby dribbled to his left, stopped, rose and uncorked a 3 — the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center. The Thunder facto leader on Monday — until he was ruled out, shortly before which went in with about five seconds remaining. Portland was- won 134 -131. (Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports) tipoff, with hamstring troubles. That left OKC with eight guys n't able to answer at the other end and the game went to over- available. time. The teams traded blows, but Roby came up big again and NBA, to sit back and take it easy. You can't ask that from any of But the Trail Blazers were pretty much in the same boat. OKC won 134-131. the guys who played Monday, most of whom are considered Portland has 27 wins this season, compared to OKC's 22, but Oklahoma City finished with 20 3-pointers made on 45 marginal and expendable and are fighting for their futures in the that's only because it entered the year with competitive aspira- league. attempts, a blistering 44.4% clip for the game that made all the tions and didn't start tanking, truly, until it traded CJ McCollum difference. Andas it turns out, we got a pretty entertaining game because to New Orleans in early February. Thunder fans were shocked. Many were disappointed. But as of that. Since then, Portland has been in an all-out nosedive to try and we've established, players don't tank. "That's why we play," Waters said afterward. "We play to secure better draft lottery odds. It had only eight players avail- And can you blame them? You can't ask a player like Lindy win." able, too. ‘Waters, who scratched and clawed and fought for a chance at the Until next week, Oklahoma — Thunder Up! HERE COME THE & LAWNMOWER SHOPS. ENTERPRISES Gime 580.886.3227 OutbuildingsOK.com MowersOK.com