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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025 • 3 ECG&CC - Couples' Champions - EC - Ragan Hulen - Always Tough EC - Officer Chaney Escorted Girls EC - Lou Waytt's attempt to a very EC - Kami McClure Scoring EC - Escort to I-40 Ricky & Lisa Nagle on 2nd Base high throw to Home Plate EC - Mayor Micah Kilhoffer Attend- EC - Magi Geno - Hit Run Batted in EC - Blakely Ball EC - Brenyn Ball - Out! EC - Ready to Play ed Elkettes Game College & High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez in the year, and 4-0 in the confer- let’s not get ahead of ourselves, we ence. Good luck to the Cowboys in first have to show if we are good OKLAHOMA COLLEGES their search and their progress! enough with #8 Ole Miss, then pre- FOOTBALL At the same time, the Oklaho- pare for the other two. Currently, Oklahoma State Cowboys con- ma Sooners won their sixth game OU Sooners are 7th in the SEC, tinues a downhill spiral with a of the season against the South with only three conference games loss to Cincinnati at Boone Pick- Carolina Gamecocks at the Wil- at 2-1. Texas A&M stands at first ens Stadium and fell to 1-6 for the liams-Brice Stadium in Columbia with a record of 7-0 and 4-0 in the season. A search for a head coach South Carolina. The Sooners won conference. has not yielded a new coach to re- 26-7 in a display of great running place Mike Gundy who coached and defense. John Mateer threw CURRENT STANDINGS OF the Cowboys for 21 seasons with a for 150 yards and one touchdown, AREA SCHOOLS IN FOOT- record of 170-90, including one Big with Tony Blaylock rushing for BALL EC - Jennifer Keyes - Always Ready to take action photos 12 Championship in 2011. With 82 yards and one touchdown and Merritt Football, Coach Dustin NIL and direct payment to players Xavier Robinson for 49 yards. The Beasley. Record 3-4 “A” – 1st (63) Ricky & Lisa Nagle; now allowed the whole scene in Gamecocks were zero for six in Last Game: Win versus Hinton 2nd (64) Will Jeffries/Naomi Floyd; colleges changed, especially those third down conversions while the 40-0. 3rd (64) Rusty & Mandy Wilson who were not as big nationally as Sooners converted five out of eight Elk City Football, Coach Zach “B” – 1st (65) Nick & Julie Lewis, others and it affected many pro- third down conversions. Next game Maynard. Record 3-4 2nd (66) Kallen & Kathy Nichols, grams who were more into helping for the Sooners is against #8 Ole Last game: win versus Douglas 3rd (67) Ronnie & Leah Redd athletes achieve a future outside Miss at home on October 25, then 37-6. “C” – 1st (70) Russ & Nancy Le- football, as in the case of OSU. two games away at ranked teams, BASKETBALL AND WRES- nius, 2nd (71) Jason Hulin & April Many fans thought this was not the first #17 Tennessee and then #4 Al- TLING WILL BE NEXT! Scott, 3rd (71) Scott Garrison & solution to make the team better. abama. Last time they played Ala- Jennifer Crow Their next game will be at #14 Tex- bama was last year when the Soon- ELK CITY COUPLE FINALE Coming Up Saturday October as Tech in Lubbock TX who come ers came victorious 24-3 against a The Elk City Golf & C.C. had its 25: Baseball Booster Scramble from their first loss this season and rebuilding Alabama team, but this Couples Finale last Sunday with a Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, are 6-1. The leaders in the Big-12 is a different year and Alabama at record 28 couples. The field was di- MSN, GOOGLE, Wikipedia, Other are the BYU Cougars who are 7-0 home will be a daunting task! But vided in three flights: Internet Media Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez In Virginia, Ernie Els took the when he reached the Apr-5 18th players at -7, Michael Wright, Watson, Hale Irwin and Kevin in the final in straight sets 6-2, lead after 36 holes at 11 under hole in two shots and faced a K.J. Choi and Ricardo Gonzalez. Sutherland. 6-4. This is the biggest prize of GOLF par, setting a Sunday finale with 15-footer for eagle and the out- Fifty-four players will tee up Miguel Angel Jimenez leads all in tennis with $6,000,000 to The PGA Tour was idle last several players in the mix for the right lead. The putt went in the in the second leg of playoffs and the points race, with Stewart the winner and a minimum of week, but they are playing the title. Els was accompanied in center of the hole for a 68 and 12 thirty-six will play the final at Cink in second and Ernie Els in $1,500,000 to all players who Bank of Utah Championship as the last group by Y.E. Yand and under par. Phoenix C.C., in Phoenix AZ third place. Bernhard Langer, a participate. You win a match, you read this column. ageless Bernhard Langer, the Ernie Els, two groups behind, on November 13-16 in a seven- two-time Master champion sits and you add to your $1,500,000. But, the PGA Tour Champi- 68-year-old golf phenom who was not able to make birdie on ty-two-hole event. The winner in 24th place in his first year Sinner beat American Taylor ons, AKA Senior Tour, began has won 47 times in the Senior the last hole, and Leonard was of the Charles Schwab Cup will without a win (so far) in the last Fritz in the semifinal, and Carlos their end of the year playoff sea- Tour. Els was at 11 under, while the winner of the first playoff get an additional $1,000,000 bo- 19 seasons. He has won at least beat Novak Djokovic. Djokov- son for the Charles Schwab Cup Yang and Langer were at 9 un- tournament of this season. Els nus aside from tournament win- once in the previous 18 seasons, ic retired from the third-place at the Country Club of Virginia, der. Two groups ahead were Jus- shot a even par round of 72 and nings. and still has two tournaments match against Taylor Fritz due in Richmond VA. The top 72 tin Leonard, Retief Goosen and tied for second at 11 under par Bernhard Langer has won left to extend his record of at to physical issues. Sinner did not players in the money list at the Ricardo Gonzalez, where Justin with Thomas Bjorn, who, like the Charles Schwab Cup more least one win in 19 straight sea- drop a set during the tourna- end of the previous week qual- Leonard kept hitting it close to Justin Leonard, finished with times than any other golfer, sons. ment and has now won it twice. ified for this event, after which, the hole with his approaches, but a 68, matching the low round with a record six wins. He is the the top 54 qualified for the next kept missing many the shortish of the day. Other high finishers only player to have won the sea- TENNIS Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, playoff tournament, this week- putts he was leaving himself. He were, Freddie Jacobsen at -10, son-long points title more than Jannik Sinner won the Personal Library, MSN Sports, end (October 24-26), at Pleasant got to 10 under par with three Tag Riddings, Retief Goosen and twice. Other multiple winners “6-Kings Slam”, in Riyadh, Saudi On-Line media. Valley C.C. in Little Rock, AR. birdies and a bogey in 17 holes, Bernhard Langer at -9, and three are Tom Lehman, Jay Hass, Tom Arabia, defeating Carlos Alcaraz Professional Team Sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez Marco Penge is 31st. FAULT” Did we read the last By Alex Alvarez games were played in Toronto, are leading their team to the top Does the name Tom La- three words right? with Toronto evening the series of their division: Jalen Hurts and BASEBALL: Fountain ring a bell? I bet you MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL – at 3-3 after winning the sixth the Philadelphia Eagles are 5-2 Ohtani sets record that will didn’t know he had worked COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE WORLD SERIES COM- game 6-2. The seventh and deci- and one and a half games ahead be very difficult to break, if not with and on Tiger Woods for OU Sooners climbed to #11 ING UP! sive game was played on October of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC impossible: during the fourth 27 years! He is the PGA Tour’s in the Coaches’ poll and #13 in The National Championship 20th and the Toronto Blue Jays East; and Baker Mayfield and the and what ended up being the director of chiropractic ser- the AP polls, still fighting to series was as short as it could be came from behind, trailing 3-1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 5-1 in decisive game of the National vices! get to the top 8 and an invita- with the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 3-run homerun by George the NFC South. League Championship Series Justin Leonard eagles the tion to Division One playoffs. dominating the Milwaukee Brew- Springer to take the lead 4-3 that In Denver, the Broncos over- that the Dodgers won 4-0 ver- last hole of the Dominion En- This would have been a day ers in four games and out! First, sent the Blue Jays the World Se- came a 19-0 deficit going into the sus Milwaukee Brewers, Sho- ergy Charity Classic to win that Chris Mortensen, the Los Angeles Dodgers who qual- ries after 32 years. World Series fourth quarter and another 13 hei Ohtani pitched 6 1/3 in- first playoff tournament of the great NFL journalist who died ified as a wild card, had to visit will begin on October 24 with the points scored by the New York nings, 10 strikeouts, not runs Charles Schwab Cup. He de- in 2024, would have loved. the Brewers in Milwaukee and first two games being in Toronto. Giants and scored 33 points to and then as a batter, hit three feated the great Ernie Els by His son, Alex, made his head won 2-1 and 5-1, then the Brew- The Mariners have never been in win by one in a thriller with a homeruns! one stroke. coaching at UAB (University ers traveled west to Los Angeles the World Series and this year it field goal in the last seconds of the Will Los Angeles Dodgers of Alabama at Birmingham) and again the Dodgers won 3-1 was the closest they have been game. With 37 seconds left on the have an advantage with the ex- TENNIS: by stunning the No. 22-ranked and 5-1. In this last game, Shohei by winning three games in the clock, the Giants went ahead 32- tra rest? Carlos Alcaraz, who has 42 Memphis Tigers 31-24. Keep Ohtani set a record for pitchers Championship Series. 30 after missing the extra point weeks total as #1 (before and going Alex! hitting as well. Ohtani had three on their touchdown. Denver has GOLF: after Jannik Sinner was #1), home runs as a hitter, and, as a NFL: two seconds left and kicks a 39- When will the PGA of says he would like to break OTHER pitcher, he pitched 6 1/3 innings, A seventh week full of surpris- yard field goal to complete the America name its Ryder Cup Novak Djokovic’s record of Australian Kaylee McKe- no runs and ten strikeouts. That es! In a duel of “over 40’s” quar- most unlikely comeback. Captain for 2027 to be played 428 weeks as #1. Will he? own set a new World Record last game was October 17. terbacks who have won the Su- STANDINGS AFTER MON- in Dublin, Ireland? Does the in the women’s 200m back- Meanwhile, in the American perbowl, the Cincinnati Bengals DY, October 20, 2025 name Tiger Woods sound pos- NFL stroke with 1:57.87! She is the League, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31 AFC: East: New England Patri- sible? Denver Broncos scored 33 reigning Olympic champion and the Seattle Mariners have at the Paycor Stadium sold to full ots 5-2, Buffalo Bills 4-2; North: Tommy Fleetwood wins DP points in the fourth quarter in the 100 and 200 meters been trading games. First, Seat- capacity. Joe Flacco beat Aaron Pittsburgh Steelers 4-2, Cincinna- World Tournament in India, to win their game versus New backstroke. tle visited Toronto and like the Rodgers in a duel where Joe Flac- ti Bengals 3-4; South: Indianapo- has he gone from a really good Yor Giants 33-32. It was the World Record holder (400 Dodgers, won the first two games co had 3 touchdowns and 342 lis Colts 6-1, Jacksonville Jaguars player to stardom? most-points ever scored by a meters freestyle), Australian away, 3-1 and 10-3, putting the passing yards, and Aaron Rodg- 4-3; West: Denver Broncos 5-2, The new Masters qualify- team in the fourth quarter af- Ariarne Titmus, who won 2 Toronto Blue Jays in a very dif- ers 242 yards, 4 touchdowns. The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas ing rule is to invite the win- ter being scoreless in the first gold medals in Paris in 2024 ficult position as the next three difference was that Rodgers had City Chiefs 4-3. ners of certain national open three quarters. Hope someone has retired from competitive games would be scheduled in Se- two costly interceptions. Rodgers NFC: East: Philadelphia Ea- tournaments, that means that put a nice bet that the Broncos swimming at age 25. “I have attle. However, the Blue Jays came and the Steelers were better in the gles 5-2, Dallas Cowboys 3-3-1; the 500th ranked player in the would come back: does 5,034 realized that some things in prepared to win and won the next third down efficiency at 7 of 10, North: Green Bay Packers 4-1-1, world coming into the week, to 1 sounds right? my life that have always been two games, 13-4 and 8-2, becom- while Bengals were 7 of 14. The Detroit Lions 5-2; South: Tam- Naoyuki Kataoka, who won Jerry Jones on Dallas Cow- important to me are just a little ing the sixth team in history to Steelers are now 4-2 in the North pa Bay Buccaneers 5-2, Carolina the Japan Open, will be invited boys’ defense: “It’s going to bit more important to me now lose the first two games at home while the Bengals are 3-4 in the Panthers 4-3; West: Two teams to the Masters along with the get work. It has room for im- than swimming”. in a series, and win the next two same division. Had the Steelers tied at 5-2: San Francisco 49ers winner of the Open of Spain provement. You can tweak away. Seattle won the fifth game won, it would have been 5-2 and and Los Angeles Rams. two weeks ago, Englishman defenses and make dramatic Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, 6-2 before returning to Toron- 2-5, a much more difficult deficit Marco Penge. The latest rank- difference. … We’ve had three Personal Library, MSN Sports, to, with the series in favor of the to climb. Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, ings of these two are: Naoyu- different coordinators over the On-Line media. northwest team 3-2. The last two Two former OU quarterbacks Wikipedia, On-Line media sports. ki Kataoka is now 355th and last three years. THAT’S MY