January 10, 2024 Issue, Page 8 of 8

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Commun 8- The Elk City News January 10, 2024 We're cheering& Merritt Classic Cheering til the cal Fight on E Basketball Tournament Tournament Champs Photos by Jim L. Hodnett. Merritt Basketball Mid American Classic Ada Photos by Jim L. Hodnett. Elkettes Rock Hinton By Shonda Little ‘The Elkettes took the lead early and stayed there. Abby Brown scored two three-pointers and led with 22 points. ‘The Elk City Elkettes came out rested and ready to rock from Her teammates certainly got in on the effort. their Christmas Break. Campbell Garbarino netted 11 points, Kazlyn Ulrich scored ‘That showed against their January 6 meet up with Hinton. 10, Ella Sottile matched her 10, Summer Wiebe put through 6, ‘The girls in brown put down an impressive 72 points while Brenyn Ball swished 5, Luci O'Hara scored 2, Kenedee Wyatt holding Hinton to a mere 29. scored 2, Abbey Harrell scored 2, as did Emily Lowrance. Sayre Lady Eagles Take Two Tough Losses Last Week By Shonda Little Gracie Myers led the Lady Eagles with der. 14 points. She was followed by Emily ‘This time, Maecee Kirtley stepped as Although Coach Staci Wilson's girls Easter with 6 points, Laney Easter with the point leader with 11. Gracie Myers came up short in both games last week, 4 points, Payton Ewer with 2 points, and wasn't far behind with 10, Emily Easter the girls played well and simply just took Maecee Kirtley with 2. put down 6, Layla Stout scored three, and “bad beats.” ‘The Sayre Lady Eagles then suffered an Lila Whitney, Ayva Woods and Laney Eas- ‘The first loss was to Arapaho, 35-28. overtime loss in a nail biter against Sny- ter swished 2. Elk City Elks rope the Red Tornadoes By Shonda Little Buie and his fellow Elks put on a shooting clinic for their Custer County competitors from the east. In the I-40 rivals first meetup of the 2023-24 basketball season, Both Buie and Alex Cupp swished three-pointers. the Elk City Elks met up with the Clinton Red Tornadoes on Fri- In fact, Cupp scored an impressive 20. day night. Ofcourse, the win was a group effort with 14 assists on 25 bas- The Big Elks looked strong against the Reds, winning by a kets, whooping 65-34. Adding to the victory were Tucker Garza with 6, Blake Redd with ‘The romping was led by Cole Buie, an athletic standout in multi- 4, Rafe Coslow with Collin Church with 2 and Jeremiah Jackson ple sports, who put 29 through the net. for 1. ‘The game was close at halftime with a score of 26-19, but then Big Elks play again on Wednesday. We want to wish you a great season! Good Luck Area Teams! Dy Great Plains Bank ELK CITY: 2714 W. 3rd St. « 580-225-2580 htps/iwwubecbank SAYRE: 711 NE Highway 66 » 580-928-2580 a 2017 W. Third | 1300 , Main | gpbankok.com 580.205.2065 We hope each of you have a great season! A gARKO_ We hone _ gto Lick Teams! Elk City Nursing Home 1210 S. Main St, Elk City OILFIELD SERVICES 580-225-0100 HINTON,OK. ELK CITY,OK. 301 N. Garrett, Elk City www.elksupply.com 580-225-2811 580.243.0466