February 22, 2023 Issue, Page 4 of 8

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4- The Elk City News Sports February 22, 2023 Sayre Eagles win Elk City Wrestlers place at regionals district against and qualify for state Merritt boys Braxton Robertson got fourth at regionals and qual- Aden Long got Sth and qualified for state. Courtesy pho- ified for state. Courtesy photo. to. LIVL4 Mos Flowers. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. By Shonda Little rivalry game for the district By Shonda Little qualified for state. championship on their home On Friday and Saturday, ‘The Sayre Eagles squared floor. The win allowed us to Earlier in the week, Madi- the Elk City boys competed off against the Merritt Oilers move on to regionals and stay son Holladay represented Elk at their regionals. Braxton at Merritt on Friday to de- on the winners bracket side.” cide who would be the district The Eagles go into region- City High School in the girls Robertson placed fourth and champions. als without any injuries. Madison Holladay pictured with coaches Kaleb Mur- regionals wrestling meet. Aden Long placed fifth. Both Both teams had solid per- “Offensively Camdyn ray and Jon Greene. Photos courtesy of Beth Holladay. Holladay placed fifth and Elks also qualified for state. formances, but ultimately, Richardson and Colten Vidu- the Eagles flew to victory. The arri carried the load, scour- final score was 62-50. ing 30 points and 15 points. Top scorer for the Oilers While Mosburg had a very was Caden McGilbert with 16 slow night not he scoring end, Merritt Oilerettes win district he more than made up for it championship over Sayre Lady Eagles points. Top scorers for the Eagles on the defensive side of the were Camdyn Richardson ball. He did an amazing job with 30 points and Colten Vi- turning away would be scorers duarri with 15 points. at the rim by blocking shots, Sayre Head Coach Nick and grabbed a tons of defen- Fowler said, “This game was sive rebounds, which helped important because it was a limit second chance points.” Elk City Elkettes win tight game against Woodward to win district championship By Shonda Little ‘The final score came down By Shonda Little fourth quarter, the Oilerettes to one basket, resulting in a let loose their powerhouse The Elk City Elkettes win for the Elkettes against On Friday night, the #3 offense and doubled Sayre’s fought hard on Friday for the Woodward Bombers. Merritt Oilerettes clinched final. their chance to advance to the ‘The game ended at 38-36. the district championship ‘The final score was 45-22. winner's bracket in Regionals Caylin Burton lead the over the Sayre Lady Eagles. Top scorers for the Oil- Until the mid fourth quar- erettes were Marlie Mong next week. Elkettes with 16 points. ter, the Lady Eagles managed with 17 and Riley Hartman to stay around approximate- with 9 points. ly 10 points within Merritt's Bailey Seymour and Addi Have Sports News To Share? lead. However, at the end of the Mariano both knocked out 8 points for the Lady Eagles. Send press releases to [email protected] OO LUCKTeams! 1210 S. Main St, Elk City 580-225-0100 LFIELD SER www.elksupply.com NTON,OK. ELK 580.243.0466 Ella Porter. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. We pe Have A Great Seaso: We want to wish you a great season! Ves Finance 1414 W. Sra St, Elk City, OK » 580-225-1525 [ey Great Plains Bank 2017 W. Third | S. 1300 Main | gpbankok.com 580-225-2265