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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 • 3 Trap Shooters - Jayden McIntosh & Katie Jeager with Elijah Schlick (L) Jack Redd Keaton Twyman Brayden Duncan Zane Butcher Adison Darling & Greyson Jeager Coach Caleb Murray Helping Hunter Cade Ellis Blaine Pierce Coach Susan Barnett with two Hunter Womack Tristan Dunn Womack Scholarship Students Cade Ellis Sand Save Grant Cloud & Boston Stover Masters Champion Rory McIlroy and Rotnie Pineda & Daughter Finley 5 Year Old Miriam Castillo Grant Cloud Family High School-College-Local Sports By Alex Alvarez Loss against Navajo 9-17) Ricky Nagle; T5th Tyler Foale Tulsa, OK, the other two are Elk City Elks Baseball & Drake Hughes the boys who will attend on ELK CITY AREA (Coach Jay McClure): Overall Net Winners: 1st James a shooting scholarship de- SPORTS Record 15-2. Last three games Ainsworth; 2nd Ronnie Redd; scribed above. Canute Trojans Baseball 3-0 (Wins versus Kingfisher 3rd Baylor Gholston; 4th Jona- (Coach Bobby Blackburn): 12-2; Kingfisher 5-1; Clinton than Gore; 5th Terry Stone ELK CITY HIGH Overall record 16-1. Last three 10-0) SCHOOL GOLF games 3-0 (Wins against Elk Elk City Elks Soccer Boys MERRITT’S “SIGN-UP Boys: City JV 11-0, Sentinel 13-5, (Coach Jason Xenos): Overall DAY” Elk City Invitational, April Shattuck 11-9) record 5-5. Last three games We met with two trap shoot- 14. Team Score: 320 (1st in Caleb Stone Alex Orgain Canute Trojanettes Softball 1-2 (Clinton Loss 1-6; Douglas ers from Merritt who received Large Schools). Top 3: Tristen (Coach JW Gillett): Overall Win 3-2; Heritage Hall Loss college scholarships to contin- Dunn - 82; Brayden Duncan OKLAHOMA SOONERS bank II (T9) record 14-9. Last three games 3-9) ue their specialty in college. - 75 and Hunter Womack - 78 SPORTS: WOMEN’S GOLF: The 2-1 (Wins versus Hobart 12-4 Elk City Elks Soccer Girls Caleb Stone (Western Oklaho- Girls: BASEBALL: The Sooners Women’s team sits in 12th and Hobart 12-0, Loss versus (Coach Zak Stamm): Overall ma State University in Altus, Boiling Springs, April 10 are 25-10 overall and 7-8 in place after 18 holes in the SEC Cheyene/Reydon 7-9) record 5-6. Last three games OK; and Alex Orgain who will Team Score 385; 2nd place. conference. Championship Merritt Oilers Baseball 1-2. (Clinton Loss 2-7; Doug- attend Murray State University Individual Scores: Jayden SOFTBALL: Overall record (Coach Jeremy Russell): las Win 10-0; Heritage Hall in in Murray, KY. Manning 93; Erin Womack is 34-3. Conference 9-3 OKLAHOMA STATE Overall record 6-8. Last three Loss 2-7) The Trap Shooting team, 90; Madi Long 98; Kaidynce MEN’S GOLF: Sooners SPORTS: games 1-2 (Snyder Win 20-8 coached by Susan Barnett, Cordell 98; Meghan Suter finished the regular season BASEBALL: Overall record and losses to Sentinel 0-14 and ELK CITY GOLF & C.C. has won the State Champion- 100 with a second place finish 16-17; Home 105. Sayre 1-11) GOLF ship for smaller schools more Shawnee, OK, April 14 at the Aggie Invitational at SOFTBALL: Their overall Merritt Oilerettes Soft- “Masters” Results for April than once, including 2024. Team Score: 385, 6th Place College Station, in Bryan record is 24-14. 7-7 in Confer- ball (Coach Rodney Givens): 13, 2025 She has 19 students, three Individual Scores: Jaden Man- TX. Four Sooners finished ence Overall record 10-12. Last Gross Winners: 1st Justin of whom are graduating in ning 93; Meghan Suter 96; in the top 10: Ryden Cowan MEN’S GOLF: No golf last three games 2-1 (Wins against Twyman; 2nd Travis Stout; 2025. Jaiden McIntosh, chose Erin Womack 98; Kaidynce (T4); Drew Goodman (T6); week Arnett 4-2 and Sentinel 12-0; T3rd Greg Simmons and to go to Welding School in Cordell 98; Madi Long 111. Jase Summy and PJ May- AN EPIC MASTERS! Professional By Alex Alvarez Never Give Up on Your the water. After his pitch from the “drop-zone” and two more putts, he was now back to 2-un- dunk his third shot from about 60 yards into Rae’s Creek in front of the green and took a double pion whose daughter under 10 years old made a putt for birdie during the Par-3 Contest (that Sports Dreams (Rory McIlroy to four- der. Then, on #17, a careless chip, bogey 7, his second double of the should be in the record books!), By Alex Alvarez There will be four more year old daughter Poppy) again, and spotty putting, cost final round, and four doubles in- and the first, with six birdies in teams added to the playoffs If you pursue your dream and him another double bogey. He cluding the two late doubles on the last round who did not score OKLAHOMA CITY two in the Western Confer- never give up, it has a much better then missed the green on #18 opening Thursday. After he made under par! THUNDER ENDS ON ence and two in the Eastern chance of coming through. Rory, but saved his par. What could bogey on #14 and Rose made Prediction: now that the TOP OF CONFER- Conference. as a youngster, won four majors, (should) have been a solid 67, birdie on #18, Rory was behind “monkey of the carer slam” is off ENCE From the Western Con- and in 2013 had a chance to com- turned out into a 72. On Friday by one with four holes to play. his shoulders, he will win at least LEADERS BY DIVI- ference: the four teams go- plete the career grand slam. He and Saturday he became the golf- Making it difficult for himself, four more majors in his career… SION: ing for two spots are: Gold- was the leader at the Masters but er everyone thinks or knows he Rory hit his tee shot on #15 left, maybe one more in 2025. Western Conference: en State Warriors, Memphis shot 80 in the last round. Since, should be. Hist pair of 66’s on forcing him to choose between Other Masters Notes: Northwest, Oklahoma Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings he has tried to complete the slam, Friday and Saturday, put him on laying up and hooking a shot Joe La Cava III, Tiger’s latest Thunder (68-14); Pacific, & Dallas Mavericks. with a few close calls, but had the lead by 2 shots over Bryson around the trees, to the green, a full time caddy who caddied Tie Los Angeles Lakers & From the Eastern Confer- never closed it on Sunday. Now DeChambeau, who was at 10 un- very dangerous proposition. He during the 2019 Masters when Los Angeles Clippers (50- ence: the four teams going he did, and in record fashion. der par. chose danger and boldness, took Tiger won, and his son Joe La 32); Houston Rockets (52- for two spots are: Orlando On Masters Sunday, especially All “experts” felt that any chal- a strong mid iron from 210 yards Cava IV made history as the first 30) Magic, Atlanta Hawks, Chi- on the back nine, there is usual- lenge to Rory would come from that ended up only four feet. He father-son working as caddies Eastern Conference: At- cago Bulls, Miami Heat. ly some drama, and this year the Bryson, and after two holes, that missed the putt but his birdie tied during the Masters. This is not a lantic, Boston Celtics (61- drama was high, and it involved is exactly what everyone expect- hi with Justin Rose. After a par on job where you say, “help my son”, 21); Central, Cleveland Cav- MLB SEASON several players who could have ed, a fight between the two play- #16, Rory made a birdie on #17 to and Joe IV wouldn’t have it any aliers (64-18); Southwest, NATIONAL LEAGUE gotten to the top of the lead- ers on the last group: Rory started take the lead. Then, again, inex- other way, as he has been cad- Orlando Magic (41-41). Standings erboard alone. Rory McIlroy really shaky and went double-par plicably, missed a wedge shot on dying now for several years and Best Winning Streaks East: New York Yankees had come to the Masters as the versus Bryson’s par-birdie. But, the last hole and failed to get up- landed the bag of Joe Highsmith, as of Monday. Milwaukee 11-5; Central: Chicago Cubs only two time winner this year, golf is strange! Rory made birdies and-down which force a sudden who won the Cognizant Classic, Bucks 8 wins. Worst streak: 11-8; West: San Diego Pa- winning the prestigious Players on #3 and #4, and Bryson made death playoff. and dad, Joe III, caddied for Pat- Charlotte Hornets and New dres 14-3 Championship and the AT&T two bogeys on the same holes. In the playoff, Justin hit his rick Cantlay. Joe was caddy for Orleans Pelicans 7 losses AMERICAN LEAGUE Pebble Beach Pro-Am. With that, Now, Rory led by three at 12 un- approach to #18 to about 13 feet Freddie Couples when he won The leaders for playoffs Standings he was one of the top three favor- der versus 9 under. The previous past the hole, then Rory hit his to the Masters in 1992 and for Tiger in the Western Conference East: Toronto Bluejays ites along with World #1 Scottie day, Rory had started 3-3-3-3-3- inside 3 feet. Justin missed and when he won in 2019. Highsmith are: 1-Oklahoma City (z), 9-8; Central: Detroit Tigers Scheffler who ended up in fourth 3, a record at the Masters (Birdie, Rory made. Justin had started missed the cut with rounds of 2-Houston Rockets (y), 10-6; West: Texas Rangers pace and Ludvig Aberg, who in Eagle, Birdie, Par, Birdie, Par). seven shots behind Rory, and 76-72 and Patrick Cantlay shot 3-Los Angeles Lakers (y), 9-7 his first Masters last year he took This Sunday, he started 6-5-3-2- now one else, ther than Aberg 2-over for a T 36. 4-Denver Nuggets (x), 5-LA second place. 4-3, five shots higher. It is Masters had contended until Aberg bo- This is the second time that a Clippers (x), 6-Minnesota NATIONAL HOCKEY On the first day, for 14 holes, Sunday. geyed #17. LIV player falters bad in the last Timberwolves (x) LEAGUE it looked like those who felt that It all looked good for Rory go- Rory is the first Masters Cham- round when he had a chance to The leaders for playoffs Western Conference: Rory was “the man to beat”, were ing into #13, as he was 13 under pion who has two double bogeys win. Brooks Koepka faltered in in the Eastern Conference Central Division: Win- right, as he was 4-under par go- par and the closest pursuer was on the last round; the first with 2023 and shot 75 to lose to Jon are: (z) 1-Cleveland Cava- nipeg Jets lead with 114 ing into the reachable Par-5 #5. first round leader, Justin Rose four doubles during the tourna- Rahm, and Bryson also shot 75, liers, (y) 2-Boston Celtics, points, followed by Dallas Rory his second shot a little over who was at 10 under par play- ment. The sixth player ever to to finish in 5th place. (x) 3-New York Knicks, (x) Stars (*) with 106 points; the green, and faced a “touchy” ing hole #16 and Aberg, also at win all four professional majors Bryson DeChambeau com- 4-Indiana Pacers, (x) 5-Mil- Pacific Division: Vegas pitch downhill towards the wa- 10 under par. The drama began, during his career (Masters, U.S. plains that Rory never spoke to waukee Bucks, (x) 6-Detroit Golden Knights lead with ter fronting the green. A little where it shouldn’t have started, Open, PGA Championship and him during the last round. Sure- Pistons (x) 107 points, followed by Los lack of concentration and he hit or at least, not the way it should Open Championship (AKA Brit- ly he said, “good shot” or “you’re z-clinched conference; x-clinched playoff berth See PROFESSIONAL page 7 it past the hole location, and into have started: Rory, inexplicably, ish Open); he is the first cham- away”!