March 1, 2023 Issue, Page 4 of 8

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4- The Elk City News Sports March 1, 2023 Elkettes eliminated Merritt Oilerettes by Woodward By Shonda Little In their second game, the Elkettes dominated Prairiev- ‘The Elk City Elkettes’ bas- iew. <etball team has been elimi- ‘he final score was 51-21. aated from the playoffs. Abby Brown led with 12 But that wasn’t before points. ighting hard to stay. Their first game this week ‘The Elkettes lost their fi- | | was against Weatheford. The nal games against Woodward. ilkettes lost 62-37. ‘The game was close with a Hailey Buie was the top 46-40 loss. Brown was the top scorer with 16 points. scorer again. Coach praises Sayre Eagles on final game By Shonda Little er run, but this time, we were unable to counter it with our ‘The Sayre Eagles fell short own.” of continuing in the playoffs In spite of that, the coach aftera 65-46 loss to Hinton, praised efforts by Clayton Head Coach Nick Fowler Mosburg, Camdyn Richard- said, “The turning point in the son, and Braedyn Richard- game in the third quarter, and son, who he said were able to it was not in our favor. After battling back from a Hinton hit some shots early to them 12-0 run to start the game, we Sayre in the game. were able to go into the locker “The boys played well and room down only by four. We fought hard, but shots just came out of the locker room weren't falling our way,” the and let Hinton go on anoth- coach said. ‘Bozize | you have OILFIELD SERVICES HINTON,OK. ELK CITY,OK. 980.243.0466 year! We Hope You Have A Great Season! Ves Finance 1414 W. Std St, Elk City, OK » 580-225-1525 We want to wish you a great season! D> Great Plains Bank a 2017 W. Third | 1300 S. Main | gpbankok.com Prd 580-225-2265 > Gantt Luck Teams! 1210 S. Main St, Elk City 580-225-0100 www.elksupply.com Good Luck Area Teams! [I Have Sports News To Share? Send press releases to [email protected] to be featured in an upcoming edition! Photo: s courtesy of Jim L. Hodnett.