August 30, 2025 Issue, Page 3 of 10

Page Text

SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2025 • 3 Elk City - William Villa, Dashel Jones, Grey Foster & Elk City - Nate Thomas (2212) & Kruz Kilhoffer (2207) Elk City - Kylee Coffey & Natalie Youngbull, Fairview Elk City - Coach Jim Taylor & MS Boys Kase Kilhoffer leading the start Maggie Elder, Cordell Eva Rennison Fairview - Jenna Chruch (Not even Elk City - Atticus Jones Cordell - Kalliy Walker (1st Varsity) Canute - Blakelee Kamphaus Woodward - Holden Simmons Weatherford - Kevin Ramirez a bad knee keeps her out) Kingfisher - Scout Snodgrass Elk City - Elizabeth Snyder Elk City - Leticia Rivera Elk City - Riley Tripp Elk City - Parker Felts Elk City - William Villa giving Atticus Jones a lift. High School Sports By Alex Alvarez Middle School Girls: Elizondo (Darlington). Best Elk City 1st Vanna Bahne (Weatherford), Runner: Nate Thomas, 1:25 behind ELK CITY HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Kenia Chavez (Carnegie), 3rd the winner. ATTENDS 1ST CROSS Lexy Stutzman (Weatherford) 4th Note: Cross-Country Meet was COUNTRY MEET OF 2025 Amelie Stephens (Cheyenne), 5th hosted by Merritt High School last Over 1,000 young athletes attend- Bracket Ridling (Canute). Best Elk Thursday and results will be in next ed the meet in Weatherford this last City runner: Cassidy Bradshaw who issue. Saturday at Rader Park in four races: came 2:35 behind the winner. Varsity Boys (12 Schools), Varsity Varsity Boys: OTHER HIGH SCHOOL Girls (12 Schools), Mid School Boy 1st Dathan Custar (Woodward), RESULTS SINCE LAST (11 Schools) and Mid School Girls 2nd Keon Lackey (Weatherford), REPORTING: Elk City - Audrey Kauk & Kingfisher - Mattie Slezickey Elk City - Audrey Kauk, Kayleigh Cooper & Jalyn Meadows (10 Schools). The winners were as 3rd Brayden Cowan (Thomas Fay/ High School fall sports have be- Canute Baseball, Coach Bobby 5-2, Arnett 10-7. Losses versus: Shattuck 1-11, Union follows: Custer) 4th Nathan Gable (Duke), gun. Here are the results of local Blackburn. Record 7-2. Elk City Softball, Coach Kaleb City 4-5, Lookeba/Sickles 0-4, Cyril Varsity Girls: 5th Bentlee Hernandez (Clinton). high schools. These results represent Last two: 1-1. Win versus Fort Murray. Record 9-1. 3-6. 1st Calliy Walker (Cordell) 2nd Best Elk City Runner: Parker Felts, games played by last Sunday, August Cobb/Broxton 7-2, Loss versus Dale Last four: 4-0. Wins versus: Leedy Scout Snodgrass (Kingfisher) 3rd 31 seconds behind the winner. 24. 4-7 2-1, Bridge Creek 6-2, Hobart 7-3, FOOTBALL IS COMING UP! Khole Clemence (Woodward), 4th Middle School Boys: So far, results of high schools Canute Softball, Coach J.W. Gil- Clinton 2-0 Probably the biggest sports draw Mckinley Moore (Cordell), 5th Cora 1st Dylan Cradduck (Thomas), playing sports around the area have lett. Record 8-2 Marritt Softball, Coach Sarah in Elk City is football, started on Hamons (Weatherford). Best Elk 2nd Conner Cummins (Sayre), 3rd a winning record, so our local sports Last six: 5-1. Loss versus Leedey Partain Record 9-7. Friday the 29th against Canadian at City Runner: Audrey Kauk, 50 sec- Kadem Burcum (Carnegie), 4th fans have been treated to a good start 3-6; wins versus Navajo 10-2, Vici Last 7: 3-4. Wins versus: Fredrick home. Results will be published next onds behind the winner. Kyler Didier (Thomas) 5th Jeffrey to fall sports. 14-2, Ripley 9-1, Arapaho/Butler 10-1, Cyril 5-2, Elk City JV 17-2. week. Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez The word is that three years ago, he Championship at St. Andrews three my’s 68. Cup standings. The top six, which gest purse of all time at $90 million!! was offered north of $50,000,000 to years ago, had come close, but hadn’t There was something about Tom- earned a spot are: Scottie Scheffler, (more than any golf tournament, FED-EX CUP – TOUR join LIV, and he turned down the won until three weeks ago, and after my that said, “this is his week”. On J.J. Spaun, Xander Shauffele, Russell more than any golf major as well). CHAMPIONSHIP money. His goal had always been that, he has been in the top 10, but the third round, he went in the water Henly, Harris English and Bryson Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz A Fitting End for Tommy Fleet- to win on the PGA Tour. Period. It not come really close to contend- on #15 and had a double bogey, but DeChambeau. Places 7th-16th are: will be seeded #1 and #2 respective- wood and Golf’s Regular Season took him 164 starts. By last week ing. Stats say that only about 5% of came back and made birdie on the 7th Justin Thomas, 8th Collin Mori- ly, so they won’t play each other until Finally! You can call it a Cindere- for sure, he was the “Best Player Tour players ever win a tournament. next two holes. Other men would kawa, 9th Ben Griffin, 10th Maver- the final if they both make it there. la Story, or a Surprise Story… or, as Without a Win”. In the previous 163 Golf is a game where you lose a lot have caved in to the pressure. Every ick McNealy, 11th Keegan Bradley, Sinner is the defending champion, above, a fitting end to a golf season starts, he had 44 top 10 finishes, 30 more than you win. Think of Tiger time he lost a close one before this 12th Brian Harman, 13th Andrew meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka will that saw a man so close to victory so top 5 finishes, 6 third place finishes Woods, the most dominant player week, his attitude was of a gracious Novak, 14th Cameron Young, 15th be seeded 1st and Iga Swiatek will be many times, only to come up short. and 6 runner-up finishes! And it all of all time since Jack Nickalus: He sportsman who knows he can’t win Patrick Cantlay, 16th Sam Burns. seeded 2nd. Aryna is the defending A bridesmaid without luck, a play- included a couple of heart breaks in played in 378 events, and won 82. them all but keeps trying. Russell The European team’s top six are: champion as well. er who seemingly “choked” some the last 45 days. All of which he took That means that he, the most dom- Henley and Patrick Cantlay tied for 1st Rory McIlroy 2nd Robert Mac- In the first round, Sinner will victories away, but always came our with the heart of a champion, some- inant player for 15-16 years, “lost” second at 15 under; Corey Con- Intyre 3rd Tommy Fleetwood, 4th play Vit Kopriva (CZE) and Al- smiling and saying, “it’s better to be one who, although wanted to win, 296 times! ners, Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Justin Rose 5th Tyrell Hatton and caraz will play Reilly Opelca (USA) there, close to victory and fail, than was not defined as a man by failing Anyway, the last pairing was Tom- Young tied for fourth at 14 under par 6th Shane Lowry. Pics announced . In the women’s side, Sabalenka will not being there at all”. True. You to come through. SO many people my Fleetwood and Patrick Cantlay and Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley last week: play Rebecca Masarova (SUI) and don’t lose a tournament in the last asked, “what happened out there?”, who is one of the best players on and Sam Burns tied for seventh at 13 Swiatek will play Emiliana Arango round, or even the last few holes, if “When are you going to win?”. “I’ll the 21st Century. He has played 200 under par. TENNIS – U.S. OPEN (COL). you didn’t put yourself in that posi- keep trying, that’s all I can do!” Tour events and won 8. Both players Top finishes in this event did The last Tennis major of the sea- The best American seed in the tion at all. Winning on the PGA Tour is very, started at 16 under par, tied for the not count for Ryder Cup points, son officially began last Sunday (Aug men’s draw is Taylor Fritz (4) and the Although Tommy Fleetwood had very difficult. Especially nowadays lead and two ahead of the field, in- and Captain Keegan Bradley will 24th). One hundred and twenty best American in the Women’s draw already won in the European Tour where the depth is so deep. For in- cluding Scottie Scheffler who started disclose his six pics on Wednesday eight players in both, men and wom- is Coco Gauff (3) eight times, he had made it his goal stance, Cameron Young, who was four behind, just like last week when morning. Many people want him en will compete. To win the cham- Sources: ESPN, TV Sports, Wiki- to win on the PGA Tour… THE BIG “the player to watch for the last three he came from four behind to win the to pick himself and be a playing pionship, you must win 8 matches. pedia, Golf Channel, CBS Sports, Per- TOUR, the tour that EVERYONE years” for his first victory, especially BMW Championship. This time, the captain, but that is in the air. He The U.S. Tennis Association has sonal Golf Library, MSN Sports wanted to be in from childhood golf. after he took second in the Open “favorite” (Cantlay) shot 71 to Tom- ended up in 11th place in the Ryder announced that it will be the big- Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez Diamondbacks. All other division great comebacks by some teams Kansas City Royals 67-64 (Last – Garrett Crochet (Boston) 14-5, ERA The playoffs are just about a leaders from the last 4-5 weeks re- that were far behind with 30 games Chicago White Socks 47-83); West: 2.38; Carlos Rodon (NYY) 14-7, month away, and the top 8 teams in MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL main the same. before the end of the season. For Houston Astros 72-59, Seattle Mari- ERA 3.24; Max Fried (New York the league, regardless of conference Yankees stop slide with 100th ho- As the last part of the regular sea- instance, in 2011, the St. Louis Car- ners 70-61 (Last - Oakland Athletics Yankees) 13-5, ERA 3.14; Nick Piv- will make the playoffs. The eight mer by Jazz Chisholm who had an son unfolds, with 30-31 games left, dinals were 10.5 games behind the 60-72) etta (San Diego) 13-4, ERA 2.82. League leaders are as follows: Min- emotional game after the death of there is a strong possibility that four Atlanta Braves and went 23-9 in NATIONAL LEAGUE STAND- Batting: Aaron Judge (New Yor nesota Lynx 30-7; Atlanta Dream 24- his closest friend. Yankees beat the of the six divisions finish the same their last 32 games while the Braves INGS: Yankees) .324, Jonathan Aranda 13; Las Vegas Aces 24-14; Phoenix Red Sox 7-2 to avoid a sweep, nev- way as they are now, with the West went 9-18 in their last 27. The Car- East: Philadelphia Phillies 76-54, (Tampa Bay) .316, Jeremy Pena Mercury 22-24; New York Liberty ertheless, Yankees continue in third in the National still a tossup between dinals clinched a wild-card spot, New York Mets 69-61, (Last – Wash- (Houston) .306, Bo Bichette (Toron- 22-15; Seattle Storm 20-18; Indiana place of the American League East, the Padres and the Dodgers who are carried their momentum and won ington Nationals 53-77); Central: to) .304. Fever and Golden State Valkyries half game behind the Red Sox and now tied at the top, and the West in the World Series versus the Texas Milwaukee Brewers 81-50, Chicago Home Runs: Cal Raleigh (Seattle 19-18 and only two games ahead of 5.5 games behind first place Toronto the American League with a differ- rangers in seven games. Pother great Cubs 76-55 (Last - Pittsburgh Pirates Mariners) 49; Shohei Othani (Los 9th place Los Angeles Sparks. Blue Jays. ence of two games, where Houston comebacks include 2007 Philadel- 57-74); West: Los Angeles Dodgers Angeles Dodgers) 45; Kyle Schwar- Current Conference standings: Meanwhile, the Padres are fight- leads Seattle by two games. Mean- phia Phillies and the 1995 Seattle 74-57, San Diego Padres 74-57 (Last ber (Philadelphia) 45; Aaron Judge Eastern: Atlanta Dream 24-13; ing to get to the top of the National while, the Cleveland Guardians went Mariners. - Colorado Rockies 37-94). (New York Yankees) 40. New York Liberty 22-15; Indiana West Division, and are now tied with from 2nd to third in the American AMERICAN LEAGUE STAND- Pittsburgh Pirates have the best Fever 19-18. the Dodgers, who would have gone Central after a 1-5 trip around the INGS: winning with 4; Cleveland Guard- WNBA STANDINGS Western: Minnesota Lynx 30-7; down to second place had they not country playing versus Arizona Dia- East: Toronto Blue Jays 76-55; ians have the worst with 5 straight New York Liberty fell from the Las Vegas Aces 24-14; Phoenix Mer- won the last game against the Padres mondbacks and Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox 71-60, Yankees losses. top of the Eastern Conference and cury 22-14. on Saturday. Both teams are 67-57 probably ended any playoff dreams. 70-60 (Last - Baltimore Orioles 60- Pitching: Freddie Peralta (Mil- is now behind Atlanta Dream. No Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, On- and 10 games ahead of the Arizona However, let’s remember some 70); Central: Detroit Tigers 78-54, waukee Brewers) 15-5, ERA 2.78; Changes in the Western Conference. Line media sports.