May 31, 2025 Issue, Page 3 of 10

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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025 • 3 The Suter Team Lundy Gunkel Riding Around with Some Leg Action! David Dyson Please tell me it's under 200! (Joe Wynn) Dad Mike Clinton Hole Out Celebration Jeff Donaghey Grandpa Mike Farris watchful eye with Kaseton Lisa Nagle showing Ricky how it's done Blankenship Team Little Brother getting ahead! Langston Delnicek Emma trying to catch up High School-College-Local Sports By Alex Alvarez record of 23-15 and qualified ARROWHEAD & KIDS site is Chapel Hill. for the State Tournament. INC SOFTBALL: Lady Sooners ELK CITY & Merritt Basketball Girls, The City of Elk City have a won the Super-Regional and SURROUNDING AREAS coached by Jeff Daugherty fin- great relationship with Kids punched a ticket for the World SPORTS: ished 27-4 and a State Cham- Inc who promote all kinds of Series of Softball (top 8 teams). All our Fall and Spring High pionship ticket. sports and games, including They are seeded #2 overall, but School sports are finished. Elk City H.S. Baseball online games among kids and are the highest seed left since Now parents are concentrat- coached by Jay McClure (*) adults of Elk City. In addi- Texas A&M, who was seeded ing on summer baseball and finished 26-5 with a spot in the tion to all popular sports like #1 was eliminated in the re- Brantlee Delnicek Jazz Delnicek softball leagues organized by State Championship baseball, basketball and soft- gionals. The top eight teams various organizations, includ- Elk City H.S. Basketball ball, the services include Yoga are: #3 Florida, #6 Texas, #7 tion. same time, scores count for ing Kids Inc. who do a won- coached by Sean Hamm fin- classes and now, Pickel Ball! Tennessee, #2 Oklahoma in SOFTBALL: Oklahoma the top 15 teams after 36 holes derful job of promoting sports ished 19-9. To enter a team in any sport, the top bracket. In the bottom State did not qualify for the and the top 8 teams after 72 and games among children up Elk City H.S. Boys & Girls or get schedules of activities, bracket we have #12 Texas next round, as Arkansas beat holes. Oklahoma State Uni- to mid school age and beyond Golf coached by Tyler Foale call 580-374-4332. Tech, Ole Miss (not ranked), OSU, Indiana and St. Louis. versity finished in 4th place af- in cases. and Rachel Poole respective- #16 Oregon and #9 U.C.L.A. WOMEN’S GOLF: Cow- ter 72 holes, one stroke ahead Elk City was blessed to wit- ly, played well enough to get a OKLAHOMA SOONERS WOMEN’S GOLF: The girls finished 15th in the of the University of Oklahoma ness several teams from the spot in the State Tournament. SPORTS: lady Sooners qualified for the NCAA Tournament, therefore who finished 5th. Once the area excel in their sport: Both teams finished 7th in the BASEBALL: The NCAA NCAA National Champion- they did not qualify for Match top 8 teams are determined by Canute Basketball Girls, state. Baseball Tournament will be- ships held at OMNI La Costa, Play and the National Cham- stroke play, the team champi- coached by Tatum Ridling, Elk City H.S. Boys Tennis gin May 30 in 16 different sites and finished 15th in stroke pionship. onship is played at match play: finished with a record of 25-5 won the State Championship! with the regionals. Each site play aggregate and did not 1 vs 8; 4 vs 5 on top bracket, and a State Tournament spot. This feat was done with coach will have 4 teams who will play make the match play part to NCAA GOLF NATIONAL and 2 vs 7 and 3 vs 6 on the Canute Basketball Boys, Amy Busby, interim coach. a round robin among them. determine the National Team CHAMPIONSHIP bottom draw. That meant that coached by Brock Steffes had a Wow! Amy will be boys coach The winner of each group will Champion. Both Oklahoma teams qual- both Oklahoma universities winning record of 21-8 next season. make it to the “Super Region- ified for the NCAA National had to play against each oth- Canute Baseball Boys, Elk City Middle School Girls als” which will be 16 sites, then, OKLAHOMA STATE Golf Championship held in er in the quarterfinals, where coached by Bobby Blackburn, won State Championship! the winners of these 8 games SPORTS: La Costa. Thirty teams quali- OSU beat OU 3 ½ to 1 ½. In finished with a record of 24-4 (*) – Coach Jay McClure among the top 16, will go to BASEBALL: The Cow- fy through various regionals. the semifinals OSU played Ole which included winning the was “Coach of the Year” in the the “Big Dance”. Oklahoma boys will play their regional First four days (Friday-Mon- Miss, but the results were not State Championship. 4-A Oklahoma Coaches Asso- Sooners will be playing in the in Athens against #7 Georgia, day), everyone plays 72 holes ready for our deadline. The Canute Softball Girls ciation! #5 North Carolina group with Bighampton and Duke. Re- stroke play to determine the other semifinal was Virginia coached by J.W. Gillett had a Nebraska and Holy Cross. The gionals are double elimina- individual champion. At the vs Florida. Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez ments. He recently said “I lost who no doubt has influenced kawa (8,817), 6th Russell year is underway. It began with Sebastian Korda and #12 Tom- my dreams for a while”, but, if the game from outside the Henley (7,878), 7th Harris a ceremony celebrating Rafa- my Paul won their first round GOLF you are consistently tenacious, athletic real more than many English (6,305). 8th Andre el Nadal who before retiring match. Americans #32 Alex The PGA Tour hosted the dreams can come true! other people, including her Novak (6,062) 9th Maverick won fourteen (yes, 14) French Mickelsen and #28 Brandon Charles Schwab Challenge at Coming up is the Memorial work with children’s hospitals. McNealy (5,921), 10th Bri- Open Championships, mak- Nakashima. Marco Giron, #4 Colonial Country Club near Tournament in Dublin, OH at Great Choice (and surely Jack, an Harman (5,834), 11th J.J. ing him the “King of Clay”. Taylor Fritz were eliminated. Dallas TX crowned a new Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Vil- as emotional as he is, shed a Spaun (5,4162), and 12th Pat- Nadal retired with 22 majors #1 Jannik Sinner won his first winner of the tournament and lage. This will be an “elevat- few joyful tears!) rick Cantlay (5,156). The top to his credit, including a “ca- round match. a new PGA Tour individual ed” event, and most of the top FedEx Cup Standings: 1st 6 automatically qualify for the reer slam” of all four. We will In the Women’s Draw: winner: Ben Griffin, whose 25 golfers in the FedEx Cup Scottie Scheffler (2,801); 2nd team, the captain has six pics sure miss him! Attending the Americans Danielle Collins, first professional win on tour standings will be there. One Rory McIlroy (2,666), 3rd to complete the 12-Man team. ceremony were three of Nad- #7 Madison Keys, Caroline was during the Zurik Invita- who will not visit Jack’s event Sep Straka (2,129); 4th Justin On the Senior Tour (Cham- al’s most serious rivals during Dolehide, Bernarda Pera, tional where he paired with will be Rory McIlroy who is Thomas (2,044), 5th Ben Grif- pions Tour), Angel Cabrera, his 20+ years playing tennis: Robin Montgomery, Iva Jo- Andrew Novak. At the time, relocating from Florida to En- fin (1,503); 6th Andrew Novak winner of the 2007 U.S. Open Novak Djokovic (still active vic, Amanda Anisimova, won it was their first win ever on gland. (1,500), 7th Russell Henley and the 2009 Masters, joins with a record 24 majors); their first round match. Amer- tour, though it was a partner- The Memorial Tournament (1,418), 8th Corey Conners the Senior Tour in 2025, at 55, Roger Federer (retired with ican #9 Emma Navarro and ship. Later, Andrew Novak honors individuals who have (1,402), 9th Shane Lowry and makes up for lost time, 20 majors) and Andy Murray #20 Peyton Stearms, Taylor won his first individual tour- significantly contributed to the (1,303), 10th Ludvig Aberg winning three times already, (retired with 3 majors). Roger Towsend, McCartney Kes- nament and now, Ben Griffin game of golf, both living and (1,286). with two majors to his credit: and Novak also have won all sler, got eliminated. #1 Arina has done so as well. Ben had deceased. The honorees are se- Ryder Cup Standings: 1st The Tradition and the PGA four tennis majors. Sabalenka won her opening quit golf in 2020, and in 2020- lected by the Captains Club, a Scottie Scheffler (21,918), 2nd Senior Championship! match and #2 Coco Gauff 2021 was a mortgage broker, group of statesmen who act Xander Schauffele (11,747), In the Men’s Draw, Ameri- plays on Tuesday. and returned in 2023 through independently of the tourna- 3rd Bryson DeChambeau ATP – FRENCH OPEN cans #13 Ben Shelton, Emilio Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, qualifying rounds and tourna- ment organization. The 2025 (10,318); 4th Justin Thom- (ROLAND GARROS) Nava, Jenson Brookby, #15 Personal Golf Library, MSN, honoree is Barbara Nicklaus as (9,343), 5th Collin Mori- Second Tennis Major of the Fraces Tiafoe, Reilly Opelca, On-Line media sports