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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2025 • 3 Shawn Wilson and son checking out Paislee Robertson, I don't know Heston Brown - Winner of KECO Gabe Edney - General Manager Chase Rogers - a $25,000 Hole in Brooks Robertson - Eagle #4 on his players during KECO tournament about eagles - I just want ice! Horse Race KECO One! way to 3rd in the KECO Horse Race Derek Hann PGA - Making a Ruling Brett Nichols - A winning Captain Red View Ranch - KECO Championship winners Sean Price - Eagle #4 during KECO Horse Race College & Local Sport By Alex Alvarez is an addition in services or an im- provement in communication with K.E.C.O. OPEN golfers, like on line live scoring! CO-SPONSORED BY Some of the course changes 1-SOURCE & ARC ENERGY include, temporarily lengthen- The 28th playing of the KECO ing holes #4 (from 455 to 527), #7 Open at the Elk City Golf & C.C. (from 185 to 237), #8 (from 421 to Heston Brown & Tres Hill - surely stayed in the fairway! I can't believe it didn't go in! had one of the best finishes on re- 492), #12 (from 377 to 446) and #16 cord with four teams tied for 1st at (from 312 to 365, which, being up- could not continue. It was Brett morning round and some play in managed by the 10 FBS confer- drafted in the NFL: Grey Zabel (Se- 17 under par, which was short of the hill all the way, plays to a yardage of Nichols’ first team win, though his the afternoon round) started on ences and Notre Dame, outside the attle Seahawks); Charles Grant (Las record of 21 under par due to some over 400 yards). This in addition to team has placed in the top three be- Hole #11. NCAA governance structure. Those Vegas Raiders); David Walker (Tam- changes to the course as set up by new tournament tee boxes for holes fore. Brett tied for 1st in the Horse that participate in the NCAA-run pa Bay Buccaneers); Carson Vinson Greens Chairman Dustin Gunkel, #13 and #14. Race once with a teammate in an COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIPS football championship belong to (Baltimore Ravens); Jackson Slater maintenance superintendent Matt The four teams that tied for first exciting finish that required several All of the 2024-2025 Champion- the Football Championship Subdi- (Tennessee Titans); Tommy Mellott Coleman and of course, requests in the Championship Flight were: playoff holes, the last of which was ships are complete. Division I hosts vision. (Las Vegas Raiders); Cam Miller from KECO owner Blake Brewer, Red View Ranch, captained by Brett tied with a birdie before play was 26 NCAA championships — 13 In all other Division I sports, (Las Vegas Raiders); Junior Bergen KECO General Manager Gabe Ed- Nichols; Surf & Turf captained by cancelled due to darkness. in men’s sports and 13 in women’s schools compete in NCAA-run (San Francisco 49ers). Coming up ney and Aaron Kauk, from “Skinny Taylor Artman; Helios, captained by Other Results: sports — that annually give the championships. At championship will be NBA and Hockey, along with on Sports” and board member at Heston Brown (and winner of the “A”: 1st Fore Amigos (53); 2nd thousands of student-athletes who events, Division I athletes are cele- major League Baseball which will be Elk City Golf and C.C. Friday Horse Race) and Tyler Sprin- Ben E Kieth (56); 3rd Culver Elec- participate in them the experience brated on television and digital net- much later. Last year, the San Diego This popular tournament has kler captained by Keith Pasby. tric #1 (57) of a lifetime. Each championship is works. Through the NCAA’s part- Padres drafted Kash Mayfield from been full every year the last 12-15 The playoff began on #18 playing “B”: 1st Culverstone (60); 2nd Jett run by a committee of coaches and nerships with Turner/CBS, ESPN Elk City High School before he went years (72 teams of four or 288 play- “alternate shots”: Red View Ranch Distributing (60); 3rd ARC Energy administrators from NCAA mem- and others, all Division I champion- to college and NCAA, a move not ers) not just because the golf, but made a 3, Helios and Surf & Turf #2 (60) ber schools who are experts in their ships are either broadcast nationally frequent but allowed. Mayfield has because of the amenities offered, the made a 4 and Tyler Sprinkler made “C”: 1st Culver Electric #2 (65); sport. or streamed live. been playing in AAA and getting services on the course during the a 5, which put them in fourth place. 2nd MPLX (65); 3rd Windy Nissan In football, schools in the Foot- Then NCAA Championships are ready for a great future in MLB. tournament, a great dinner and per- Surf & Turf and Helios continued (65) ball Bowl Subdivision can compete a source of players for professional Sources: NCAA, MSN Sports, sonal attention to all players. Add until dark and decided to split the Note: Scorecard Playoff (neces- in bowl games. This includes the teams in the NFL, MBL, Hockey, Local Clubs that it seems that every year, there 2nd and 3rd place winnings as they sary since some teams play in the College Football Playoff, which is NBA, etc. Eight FCS players were Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez he is close to the top pretty often. one major before the 50 and over Keegan Bradley 9th Harris En- defending champion will face Fa- The playoff went five holes. All tour (an Open Championship). LPGA’S DOW CHAMPIONSIP glish 10th Tommy Fleetwood 11th bio Fognini from Italy, while #1 ROCKET CLASSIC three parred the 18th hole the first Cink and Harrington were tied Americans Lexi Thompson and Maverick McNealy 12th Andrew ranked player Italian Jannik Sinner IN DETROIT time around. Kirk dropped out of after fourteen holes at 11 under Megan Khang, who finished the Novak 13th Corey Conners 14th will face Luca Nardi, a compatri- A twenty-year old Tour pro- the playoff on the second hole after par, before Cink finding a fairway day with a tournament best of 60 Ludvig Aberg 15th Collin Mori- ot. Best American ranked player, fessional wins the Rocket Classic missing a short putt for par. Max bunker on #15 that led to a bogey for a 20 under par, fell just short of kawa Taylor Fritz, seeded #5 will face for his first ever tour win. Al- and Aldrich tied the third and the giving the lead to Harrington by a win by losing a playoff to Somi Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard from drich Potgieter, from South Africa fourth holes with par and birdie one. Cink missed birdie putts in- Lee and Jim Hee Im when the RYDER CUP STANDINGS: France and twenty-four major matched two other players, Max respectively before Aldrich mak- side eight feet on #16 and #17 to South Koreans made birdie on the 1st Scottie Scheffler 2nd Xan- winner, Novak Djokovic, seeking Greyserman and Chris Kirk at 22 ing birdie on the fifth playoff hole. catch Harrington. first playoff hole. The playoff was der Schauffele 3rd J.J. Spaun 4th 25th major win, is seeded #6 and under par to be part of a three way The win puts Aldrich in 36th On #18 Harrinton hit his ap- played in “alternate shot” format Russell Henley 5th Bryson De- will play Alexander Muller from sudden-death playoff at the De- place in the FedEx Cup stand- proach to 10 feet putting the pres- and started on a par-3 hole. The Chambeau 6th Justin Thomas 7th France. Djokovic is in the upper troit Club. They all beat Michael ings and 123rd in the Golf World sure on Cink who hit it to 35 feet, South Koreans hit to 12 feet and Collin Morikawa 8th Ben Griffin draw along side #1 Jannik Sinner. Thorbjomrsen and Jake Knapp by Rankins and makes him the his miss for birdie gave Harrington the Americans to five feet, courtesy 9th Keegan Bradley (Captain) First round matches ladies: one after finishing at 21 under par. youngest South African to ever an easy win as he only needed two of Lexi’s great iron shot. After Somi 10th Harris English 11th Maverick American Coco Gauff, #2 ranked Jake had the lowest round of the win in the PGA Tour. putts from 10 feet to win his sec- made a birdie from 12 feet, Megan McNealy 12th Brian Harman 13th player and seeded #2 will play tournament with a 61 on Saturday. ond U.S. Senior Open. Meanwhile, missed a five-foot putt giving the Andrew Novak 14th Patrick Cant- Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine, Chris Kirk finished first setting the IRISH PADRAING Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, South Koreans the win. Manon De lay 15th Sam Burns while Aryna Sabalenka, #1 seed target score. Aldrich began the day HARRINGTON WINS U.S. who has won four times in 2025 Roey (Belgium) playing with Pau- will play Carson Branstine from as the tournament leader and bird- SENIOR OPEN including a major, who started the line Rousin-Bouchard (France) WIMBLEDON Canada. ied #17 for a 69 to catch Kirk and “Paddy”, as he is known, be- day at 3 under par, reached 10 un- and Lindy Duncan (USA) playing CHAMPIONSHIPS Both, in the gentlemen’s side Thorbjomrsen. gan the day tied for the lead with der par, one behind the leaders at with Miranda Wang (China) tied The Wimbledon Champios- and the ladies side, if the #1 and #2 The long hitting Aldrich turned American Stewart Cink and Aus- the time before making bogey on for third at 18 under par. nhips, a grass court major and seeds reach the final, it will be the pro at 19 and qualified for the tour tralian Mark Hensby at 8 under the last hole to finish at 9 under third biggie of the year, started on second time this year that #1 and in 2025, where he has made six par. Harrington won three majors par. FEDEX CUP STANDINGS: Monday, after our deadline for the #2 play for a major. cuts in twenty tournaments and (two Open Championships and His 64 (six under par) was the 1st Scottie Scheffler 2nd Rory week. Sources: ESPN, TV Sports, had a previous best of second and one PGA Championship) before best of the day and finished third. McIlroy 3rd Sepp Straka 4th Rus- First round matches Gentle- Wikipedia, Golf Channel, CBS three top 10’s out of six cuts which joining the PGA Tour Champions Hensby finished in a tie for fourth sell Henley 5th Justin Thomas men: Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, #2 Sports, Personal Golf Library, shows that when he makes the cut, (AKA Senior Tour) and Cink won with Thomas Bjorn at 5 under par. 6th Ben Griffin 7th J.J. Spaun 8th ranked player in the world and MSN Sports Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez vision 1 Schools who was draft- and hockey). Thus far, here are (Last - Colorado Rockies 19-65). (New York Yankees) 30; Shohei Eastern Conference and seven in ed either in the first or second the present standings of both Miami Marlins have the best Othani (Los Angeles Dodgers) the Western Conference. OKC THUNDER CHAMPION- rounds. He was drafted by the leagues: winning streak with 7; Arizona 29. Though the Indiana Fever is SHIP PARADE New Orleans Pelicans, who fin- AMERICAN LEAGUE: Diamondbacks and Cleveland three games behind New York The state of Oklahoma cele- ished last in the Southwest Divi- East: New York Yankees 48- Guardians have the worst losing WNBA Liberty and Atlanta Dream, brated it first professional bas- sion of the Western Conference. 35, Tampa Bay Rays 47-37 (Last streak with 4. The 2025 WNBA season is in they are the most viewed and ketball championship in style: The Pelicans had only 21 wins - Baltimore Orioles 36-47); Cen- Pitching 2025: Max Fried full stride with 17 out of 44 reg- followed team. Kaitlin Clark Nothing was destroyed before in the season, while the Western tral: Detroit Tigers 53-32, Cleve- (New York Yankees) 10-2, ERA ular season games played. The has only played 9 games of 17 or after the parade. It was a great Division champions, Oklahoma land Guardians 40-42 (Last – 1.92; Tarik Skubal (Detroit) 10- drafting of Caitlin Clark by the this season due to injuries and parade with all of the players and City Thunder had 68 wins in the Chicago White Socks 28-56); 2, ERA 2.15); Framber Valdez Indiana Fever gave the women’s has averaged 33.3 minutes per staff riding and walking through regular season. West: Houston Astros 50-34, (Houston Astros) 9-4, ERA 2.72; basketball league a “shot in the game with 24.3 average points the streets of Oklahoma City in a Seattle Mariners 43-40 (Last - Carlos Rodon (New York Yan- arm” in viewership, especially per game. very civil manner, with children MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Oakland Athletics 34-52) kees) 9-5, ERA 2.92). since the former Iowa Hawkeye Conference Leaders: of all ages attending the parade. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE: Batting 2025: Aaron Judge girl has been in the news more Eastern: New York Liberty 11- It was truly a great parade with In eight weeks or so, we will be East: Philadelphia Phillies (New Yor Yankees) is best so far than any other player because 5; Atlanta Dream 11-6; Indiana no over-reactions from the pub- talking about who is most like- 49-35, New York Mets 48-37, with a .356 avg, followed by Ja- of her play and the seemingly Fever 8-8. lic. The seventh and final game ly to be in the October playoffs (Last – Washington Nationals cob Wilson (Athletics) with .338; rough plays against her by play- Western: Minnesota Lynx 14- of the NBA Championships was of Major League baseball, the 35-49); Central: Chicago Cubs Jonathan Aranda (Tampa Bay ers who have been several years 2; Phoenix Mercury 12-5; Seattle followed by the 2025 draft. game that features more profes- 49-35, Milwaukee Brewers 47- Rays) .325; Jeremy Pena (Hous- in the league. Storm 10-7. Jeremiah Fears, from Okla- sional games (162) during the 37. (Last - Pittsburgh Pirates 35- ton Astros) .322. The WNBA has two confer- Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, homa University, was the only season than any other sport (17 50); West: Los Angeles Dodgers Home Runs: Cal Raleigh (Se- ences, Eastern and Western with On-Line media sports. player from the Oklahoma Di- for Football, 82 for basketball 53-32), San Diego Padres 45-38 attle Mariners) 32; Aaron Judge a total of 13 teams, six in the