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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025 • 3 Terry Stone & Family Rob & Carter Muncrief Rick & Campbell Rainey Lucy O'Hara Lenius Family Kallen, Brett & Quint Nichols Joe Wynn & Family Andy & Oakley Blankenship Mason Jones - New Elk City HS Girls Coach Kylee Coffey Kazlyn Ulrich Katy and Erin Womack had the best Campbell Garbarino - Injured List Blakely Ball shots on #1 NCAA Championships & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez ferent winners. Good choice, since Womack; 3rd Terry Stone/Patton; the morning teams did not have to 4th Darrell & Kane Dunn COLLEGE BASEBALL wait until the evening to see if they “C”: 1st Newcomb/Newcomb; The eight teams who won the Su- placed among the winners of each 2nd Rick & Michael Womack; 3rd per Regionals and that will play the flight. A total of 110 teams played Dustin & Austin Smith; 4th Kyle & College World Series finals are: the tournament, a record! Kudos to Jorni Coy Top Bracket: Louisville, Oregon Derek Hahn who handled this busy “D”: 1st Julie & Owen Lenius; Coach Taylor Chris & Noah Coy State, Arizona, Coastal Carolina tournament with style and accura- 2nd Taylor/Taylor; 3rd Joel & Jayden Bottom Bracket: UCLA, Murray cy! Wynn; 4th Jackie Oldham & Cassie Engel; 4th Tate & Keaton Finnell Arrowhead Cen- hotels, they stay at gyms provided St, LSU, Arkansas. A.M Results: Falen “C”: 1st Luke & Emersyn Ed- ter was a success with dozens of by our school system or church- Championship: 1st Steve Cham- P.M. Results wards; 2nd Hanson/Warnke; 3rd teams participating. The camp es and are provided breakfast. ELK CITY GOLF & C.C. bers/Chambers; 2nd Ricky Nagle/ Championship: 1st Paul & Dustin Rogers/Rogers; 4th Ellis/Ellis was originally organized by Several gyms are used for this FATHER-SON TOURNAMENT Nick Nagle; 3rd Rusty & Dax Wil- Gunkel; 2nd Conrad/Conrad; 3rd “D”: 1st McArthur/McArthur; Coach Sean Hamm before leav- camp, adding to the three courts The traditional “Father-Son” son; 4th Michael & Nathan Womack Brown/Goodwin; 4th Robert & Lo- 2nd Smoot/Rainey; 3rd Erwin/Er- ing for another position, and at Arrowhead, you have several tournament at the local golf course “A”: T1st Pat Senger with Carter gan Gore win; 4th Northcott/Buggeln Coach Taylor. New coach Mason schools and churches who host has grown tremendously, this time Senger and Evan Senger; 3rd Jack & “A”: 1st Porter/Porter; 2nd Rob & Jones took care of the playing and several games as well. It is a great needing two shotgun starts: 8:00 Aubrey Christian 4th Chris & Noah Carter Muncrief; 3rd Willis/Willis; BASKETBALL CAMP AT coaching going 9-2 during the effort by the staff of the Elk City a.m. and 2:00 p.m. This year there Coy 4th David/Jorey Price ARROWHEAD CENTER camp. High School and the community were “two tournaments in one” as “B”: 1st Mark Simpson & Sara “B”: 1st Rick & Campbell Rainey The Girls Basketball Camp at Usually, teams do not stay at as a whole. Kudos to all! morning and afternoon had dif- Copeland; 2nd Katy & Hunter 2nd Williams/Stanley; 3rd Jordan/ Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez and evened the series. The fifth would be played in Oklahoma. 29, Tampa Bay Rays 40-32 (Last Pitching 2025: Max Fried STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS: game last Monday was very im- - Baltimore Orioles 30-41); Cen- (New York Yankees) 9-2 (ERA Stanley Cup finals began June NBA FINALS ARE WHAT portant since the winner would MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL tral: Detroit Tigers 46-27, Min- 189); Robbie Ray (San Francisco 4th between Edmonton Oilers PEOPLE EXPECTED: VERY be 3-2 and only one win from Major League Baseball had a nesota Twins 36-35 (Last – Chi- Giants) 8-1 (ERA 2.55); Hunt- (Western Conference) and the CLOSE! the championship. Since the huge loss when Ron Taylor, a two- cago White Socks 23-49); West: er Brown (Houstin Astros) 8-3 Florida Panthers (Eastern Con- Thankfully for Oklahoma sixth game was scheduled to be time world champion, passed Houston Astros 41-31, Seattle (ERA 1.88) ference). basketball fans, the Oklahoma played in Indiana, the Thunder away at 87, including the 1969 Mariners 36-35 (Last - Oakland Batting 2025: Aaron Judge The Florida Panthers lead the City Thunder did not disap- was under pressure to win, or World Series, where he didn’t just Athletics 30-44) (New Yor Yankees) is best so far best of seven series 3-1. Next point in the fifth game of the they could face the fourth and save a game against the Baltimore NATIONAL LEAGUE: with a .377 avg, followed by Jacob game was on June 17, after our best of seven series by winning definite loss at Indiana. Neither Orioles, but won the series for the East: New York Mets 45-27, Wilson (Athletics) with .362 and deadline and could have been the 120-109 at the Paycom Center Indiana nor Oklahoma City Mets. RIP Philadelphia Phillies 43-29 (Last Freddie Freeman (Los Angelos last of the season if Carolina won in Oklahoma City. The Thunder have ever won a NBA Champi- The Rays remain “hottest team” - Miami Marlins 28-42); Central: Dodgers) with .330. at home. hosted the first two games of the onship. The night’s hero was Ja- as Ryan Pepiot struck out 11 in a Chicago Cubs 44-28, Milwaukee Home Runs: Cal Raleigh (Se- The individual game results series at home, losing the first len Williams with 40 points. 7-1 win over Baltimore Orioles. Brewers 39-34. (Last - Pittsburgh attle Mariners) and Aaron Judge have been: Panthers 5-4, Panthers game and winning the second The sixth game is scheduled Here are the season leaders in Pirates 29-44); West: Los Angeles (New York Yankees) 26; Shohei 6-1; Oilers 5-4 and Panthers 5-2 game. For the next two games, for in Indiana, for a “must win” both leagues: Dodgers 44-29, San Francisco Othani (Los Angeles Dodgers) they traveled to Indiana, and situation for the Pacers to force a AMERICAN LEAGUE: Giants 41-31 (Last - Colorado 25. Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, Per- fell behind 2-1, but came back seventh and decisive game which East: New York Yankees 42- Rockies 15-57). sonal Golf Library, MSN, On-Line media sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez TV Spaun’s last hole, where a slip J.J. Spaun after he won: “That was tured Oklahoma City Thun- 400 meters, high jump, hammer on top of him. from the eventual winner could awesome dude! Congrats!” der star and 2025 NBA MVP Shai throw and javelin, Georgia wom- Michigan’s Savannah Suther- BASEBALL: mean a playoff or lifting the tro- Caitlin Clark, the WNBA super- Gilgeous-Alexander spending over en’s track and field won its first na- land concluded her track and Shohei Ohtani came back to phy by himself, McIntyre smiled star and avid golfer, asked, “Is Oak- six minutes signing autographs tional outdoor title. field college career Saturday in pitch after several weeks in the in- and clapped at J.J.’s winning putt. mont even fun to play?” The best for fans arriving earlier to Game 5 Julien Alfred, the Olympic record-breaking fashion. The se- jured list, allowing singles to the CLASSY! answer is: “It depends!” of the NBA Finals. Whatever you champion from Saint Lucia powers nior from Saskatchewan won the first two batters he faced and a run Sam Burns, who started the final think, that is classy! away from a strong field, including 400-meter hurdles national title in in his one-inning Dodgers pitching day leading the U.S. Open, began TENNIS: NBA history made: The Thun- Dina Asher-Smith, to claim the 52.46 seconds at the NCAA Out- debut Monday evening against the “leaking oil” and a bad ruling at the Jannik Sinner just passed No- der made history in Game 5 for 100m victory in a meeting record door Championships in Eugene, San Diego Padres at Dodger Sta- wrong time was not what he needed vak Djokovic for 4th longest stint their ability to force turnovers. 10.75 at the Stockholm Diamond Oregon, finishing 2.20 seconds dium. Dodgers’ Manager said that to keep fighting for the lead, which at #1 in consecutive weeks. With The Pacers finished with 22 turn- League. It marks her second win in faster than second-place runner Ohtani will be able to pitch one he had along with four others at the 54 weeks as #1, he trails Lleyton overs, compared to the Thunder’s just four days. Akala Garrett of Texas. inning longer each week. Dodgers time (JJ Spaun, Tyrell Hatton, Adam Hewitt (75), Jimmy Connors (160) 11. The Pacers set an NBA re- What was supposed to be an- won 6-3. Scott and Carlos Ortiz were the oth- and Roger Federer (237). But total cord by becoming the first team other athletic feat and personal ac- INTERNATIONAL SOCCER er four). His ball, barely on the fair- number of weeks at #1 he is 13th. in NBA Finals history to record complishment quickly turned into Bayern from Munich, has the GOLF: way, appeared to be in “casual water”, Novak Djokovic is 4th with 122 15-plus steals and 12-plus blocks. a disaster at San Francisco’s annu- best start of the FIFA’s Club World Scottish player, Robert McIntyre but two different referees said “no total weeks, but first in number of Who keeps track of all of these al “Escape From Alcatraz” event Cup by winning 10-0 against Auck- who has won the Scottish and Ca- free drop”. He hit a bad shot, finished majors won with 24. statistics? when Jose Perez, a firefighter from land City from ? nadian Open championships, had a the hole with a double and was never Chicago became paralyzed from an Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, Per- classy reaction to J.J. Spaun’s putt to a factor again. NBA: TRACK & FIELD injury sustained during the triath- sonal Library, MSN Sports, On-Line claim the U.S. Open: watching on Viktor Hovlands five words to ESPN/ABC cameras cap- Fueled by strong showings in the lon when another swimmer landed media.