November 9, 2022 Issue, Page 3 of 17

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4- The Elk City News Sports November 9, 2022 Elk City runners compete at 4A State Big Elks cage the Cross Country Meet Morgan, Banks earn All-State honors John Marshall Bears in final regular season football matchup By Shonda Little Stadium. “We finished the regu- In their final game of the lar seats at 9-1 4A-1 District regular season, the Elk City Champions,” the first-year Elks squared off against the coach explained. “We will host John Marshall Bears on Elk City’s home turf. Newcastle on Friday, Novem- ‘The Oklahoma City based ber 11 for the first round of Bears proved that Coach Zac the playoffs.” Maynard's team has earned ‘The Big Elks are doing into their place in the postseason the playoffs with a healthy play. roster with no reported inju- Elk City earned a 33-22 ries. victory over John Marshall. Coach Maynard said, Like in previous games, “Offense had contributions Coach Maynard utilized the across the board with Mat- ECHS lead to gain valuable thew Thompson, Jaden playing time for underclass- Wynn, Levy Owens, and Coo- men. per Patton getting rushing “The second half allowed touchdowns. Cooper Patton the younger player to get had an exciting interception some key playing time and return for 30 yards.” Coach Maynard now his held off a push from John crew looking to the playoffs. Marshall for the win.” Elk City host their first round Newcastle comes into Fri- game next Friday at Big Elk day's game with a7-3 record. By Shonda Little Morgan finished in 7th place of its runners earned All- and Banks in 8th, earning in 123rd place, junior Lake Hargrove in 140th place and Have Sports News To Share? State honors. both runners All-State hon- Send press releasesto eyes (malcom junior Zach Rhodes in 146th Aseason of hard work, full ‘The ECHS boys competed ors. Also competing for the place. of hundreds of miles logged, against the top 21 teams in Elks in the varsity boys 5k Freshman Kate Ivester came to an end Saturday for 4A, and a total of 166 run- race were sophomore Jack to be featured in an upcoming edition! also competed at the State Elk City Cross Country. And ners, at the State Meet which Thomas in 49th place, sopho- Meet, qualifying as an indi- after the last runner crossed was held at Edmond Santa Fe more Brackston Thompson in vidual runner. Ivester fin- the finish line at the 4A State High School on October 29. 107th place, senior Cy Barker ished in 99th place in a field Cross Country Meet, the Elk Junior Jack Morgan and City High School boys team senior Ethan Banks both fin- Sayre Youth League Spartans finished in 9th place and two ished in the Top 10 at State. We hope brave freezing temps for second place you have win at the Battle of the Panhandle OILFIELD SERVICES HINTON,OK. ELK CITY,OK. agreat By Shonda Little ‘The SYL Sth and 6th grade Spartans tinued their winning streak. year! traveled to Perryton last weekend to par- At the endof the regular season tackle ticipate against eight other teams in the ‘The third game was their most nar- football, which proved both Sayre Youth Battle of the Panhandle tournament. row victory. In it, the Spartans bested League teams as champions, SYL coach- In frigid conditions with snow on the ground, the boys played hard for a sec- the WT All-Stars 18-16. We want to wish our es open up enrollment for the Spartans. All interested players are welcomed ond place win. The Spartans once again faced the area teams a great to this team, which is the only time ‘The Spartans squared off against the during football play that SYL asks for Comanthers in the first round, handing WT All-Stars in the championship game, small fees. The Spartans allow players down a 26-8 loss to the first team. Hisamm season and we look from every team within their league to With a 22-18 win against the second losing by a mere ten points in a final TEMREani] forward to watching join this group of all-stars. game against the Regulators, SYL con- score of 26-16. you succeed! ~- \G00ti Lick Teams! We Hope You Have A Great Season! 1210 S. Main St, Elk City 580-225-0100 www.elksupply.com Ves Finance 1414 W. Std St, Elk City, OK » 580-225-1525 We want to wish you a great season! Want to sponsor the sports pages? Great Plains Bank Contact Neva at [email protected] ea 2017 W. Third | 1300 S. Main | gpbankok.com 580-225-2265