April 19, 2023 Issue, Page 4 of 8

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4- The Elk City News Sports April 19, 2023 Big First Inning The Elk City 8th grade baseball Propels Elk City team are champions of the Hobart 8th 2023 to Victory Battle of the Bats Over Navajo JH Asix-run first inning led Elk City 8th 2023 to an 8-2 victory on Thursday. Elk City 8th 2023's offense in the inning came from a single by Krew Keyes and a double by Kadin Koon. Elk City 8th 2023 got on the board in the first inning when Nate Miller drew a walk, scoring one run. Freddy Arvizu was the winning pitcher for Elk City 8th 2023. The righthander went three innings, allowing two runs on two hits, striking out five and walking one. Koon threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen. #3 took the loss for Navajo JH. The hurler surrendered six runs on one hit over two-thirds of an inning, striking out three. Koon, Cameron Nicholson, and Keyes each collected one hit to lead Elk City 8th 2023. Elk City 8th 2023 didn’t commit a single error in the field. Wyatt Taliaferro had the most chances in the field with five. Poole’s Walk-off Picture Perfect Ending In Elk City Varsity Elks’s Victory Over Blanchard own. Blanchard scored when ning, striking out two. B Fust Howe singled on a 3-2 count, and Howe entered the game scoring two runs and J Heard as relief, throwing four and a doubled on a 0-2 count, scor- third innings and two and a ing two runs. Elk City Varsity third innings respectively. Elks then answered when an Geno started the game error scored one run for Elk for Elk City Varsity Elks. The righty allowed five hits and City Varsity Elks and Kash six runs over three and two- Mayfield homered on the first thirds innings, striking out pitch of the at bat, scoring four three runs. Elk City Varsity Elks Blanchard scored six runs socked four home runs on the in the fifth inning. Kilgore, day. Hopper had a homer in a grand slam by C Howe in the runners across the plate with the third inning. Poole went Howe, and Pierce all moved It came down to the wire deep in the eighth inning. on Friday, with Elle City Var- fifth, a double by C Pierce in Dylan Simmons, Matthew Thompson, Cooper Patton, sity Elks taking victory on a the fifth, and a sacrifice fly by RBIsAiden in the inning. Mayfield went yard in the first Hopper led the Elk and fourth innings. and Cooper Garbino continue to be contenders for a state dramatic walk-off home run Kilgore in the sixth. Elk City Varsity Elks col- championship after bringing home the gold medal in the in the late innings that sealed Elk City Varsity Elks got on City Varsity Elks to victory lected 12 hits on the day. 4x100 relay at Elk City’s track meet their victory over Blanchard. the board in the first inning on the pitcher's mound. The Mayfield, Poole, Cole Buie, ‘The game was tied at 13 with Catch Geno drew a walk, scor- righthander lasted two in- and Collin Church all collected nings, allowing one hit and multiple hits for Elk City Var- Elk City Brown and White Elk City Varsity Elks batting ing one run, in the bottom of the eighth In the top of the sixth in- zero runs while striking out sity Elks, Church, Buie, Poole, when Cale Poole hit a solo ho- ning, Blanchard tied things four. Austin Jones and Kaden and Mayfield all had two hits mer. up at 13 when Kilgore’s sac fly Holder entered the game out to lead Elk City Varsity Elks. Track Classic Results Despite falling down by five runs in the fourth inning, scored one run for Blanchard. of the bullpen and helped to Elk City Varsity Elks stole close out the game in relief. Blanchard tried to fight back. After Blanchard scored H Periman started the eight bases during the game At the end of every school run, Blanchard scored seven runs four runs in the top of the game for Blanchard. The hurl- as two players stole more than year, Elk City holds it’s annual Banks came in with a time in the failed comeback on a fourth, Elk City Varsity Elks er allowed one hit and four one, Holder led the way with Brown and White Class Track of 2:03:67. walk by A Kilgore in the fifth, answered with four of their runs over two-thirds of an in- five. Meet. However, Merritt High The event brings teams School's Riley Herndon Varsity Trojans Clinches Lead in Sixth from western and central brought in second with ing one run. Oklahoma to compete. 2:11:67. Canute Varsity Trojans Several Beckham County Merritt's Dawson Mitchell evened things up at four in students had winning perfor- came in fifth place. Inning to Defeat Tigers Varsity the bottom of the fifth inning. mances. ECHS’s Tommy Bailey Beutler drove in one when ‘The overall team winners came in twelfth place. Beutler doubled. of the male team scores was Erick High School’s Baylor Owen Elliott led things off Altus High School. Crosby also ran great race for on the pitcher’s mound for Elk City came in third with fifteenth place. Canute Varsity Trojans. The 101 points. In the girl's 100m dash, righthander went seven in- Merritt High — School Madison Holladay came in nings, allowing four runs on earned 33.5 points against third place with 12.95. five hits, striking out two and the larger school to come in Right behind her was Ma- walking one. Jayden Huitt toed the rub- eighth place. dalyn Wimberly with 13.07 ber for Sterling Tigers Varsity. On the female teams’ side, for fourth place. The pitcher went four and a Weatherford High School Jhournee Reese, a ECHS third innings, allowing five won. freshmen, came in tenth place runs on eight hits and strik- Merritt High School came with a time of 13.45. ing out three. Nate Anderson in sixth with 61 points. In the boys 3200 run, threw one and two-thirds in- Elk City High School came ECHS junior Jack Morgan nings in relief, in eighth with 30 points. came in second with 10:32:76. Canute Varsity Trojans Elk City boys 4x100m re- ECHS's Jeron Seymour scattered nine hits in the lay came in first place with a came in third in the boys Canute Varsity Trojans in the oteotn of the sixth Sterling Tigers Varsity game. Brody Bryant and Beutler all collected multiple run of 43.09 seconds. 300m hurdles. stole the lead late and defeat- Jake Beutler doubled on the captured the lead in the sec- hits for Canute Varsity Tro- Merritt boys came in sixth Merritt High School's girls ed Sterling Tigers Varsity 8-4 first pitch of the at bat, scor- ond inning when Max Puccio jans. Bryant went 3-for-4 at with 47.02 seconds. clinched a bronze medal in on Thursday. With two outs ing three runs. doubled on a 2-1 count, scor- the plate to lead Canute Varsi- In the girls 100m hurdles, the 4x400m relay with a time ty Trojans in hits. Merritt's Breegan Barnett of 4:25.40. came in second with 16.45 Oiler Luke Peffer came in seconds. She was beat by only second in the boys high jump. -15 seconds. ECHS’s Ameri Atterbery Elk City’s Cooper Garbari- no came in second in the pole OOULUCK Teams! was right behind them with vault. 17.18 seconds, coming in His teammate Evan Put- 1210 S. 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