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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2025 • 3 EOY Scramble - Paytyn Broadbent taking great pics and videos at golf Baseball Boosters - Hunter Wom- EOY Scramble - Xuan Banh EOY Scramble - Terry Stone EOY Scramble - Ricky Marr events Baseball Boosters - Let's Bat Instead ack helping partner read a putt Baseball Boosters - Riley Boyd, Jordan Williamson, Baseball Boosters - Robert Lakey, Jack Coody, Jeff Baseball Boosters - Craig Martin, Justin Twyman, Baseball Boosters - Kaleb Keith, Jason Cordell, Bart David Dyson, Quint NJichols Rule, Eddie Davis Derek Hahn, Tristen Dunn Barnett, Baylar Barnett College, High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez 2-2 in the conference. Next will be Gundy as their coach. a visit on Nov. 1 to #14 Tennessee EOY Scramble - Joe Wynn EOY Scramble - Jeremiah Erwin EOY Scramble - Terry & Jackie OKLAHOMA COLLEGES Volunteers, and next, to #4 Ala- ELK CITY SPORTS FOOTBALL bama Crimson Tide. Texas A&M Along with football, the wres- & Country Club hosted three tour- 1 & 2. Jennifer Keyes. Both Oklahoma teams lost their leads the SEC Conference with an tling season will begin on Novem- naments, one each on Friday, Sat- OKLAHOMA BANKERS RE- last Saturday game, the #13 Okla- 8-0 record and 5-0 in conference, ber 2 with a meet at Bridge Creek. urday and Sunday. With Daylight SULTS TUESDAY NIGHT SCRAMBLE homa University Sooners lost to just ahead of Alabama, who is 7-1 Basketball will begin a month later Savings time gone, the afternoon 1st (54) Legacy Bank, 2nd (56) FINALE #8 Ole Miss at the Gaylord Family and also 5-0 in the conference. on December 2. nine-hole outings of men, women Interbank, 3rd (58) Bank of Hydro. Tie for First at 56: Craig Martin Memorial stadium in a close game Meanwhile, Oklahoma State CURRENT STANDINGS OF and couples will not be possible, so (AKA “Mr. Golf”), Toby Dixon, where a late fumble cost the Soon- Cowboys lost 42-0 to the Texas AREA SCHOOLS IN FOOTBALL they have all been hosting their fi- BASEBALL BOOSTER RE- Gordon Layman, Cody Crow and ers a chance to score a tying touch- Tech Red Raiders, who are now Merritt Football, Coach Dustin nales along with the late scheduled SULTS Xuan Banh, Terry Stone, Jonathan down. Sooners erased a 12-point ranked #13. The Cowboys are now Beasley. Record 3-5 events: “A”: 1st (52) GAS, 2nd (52) Mo- Gore and Alex Alvarez. I can attest deficit after falling behind 25-13, 1-7 and 0-5 in the Big-12 Confer- Last game: loss versus Hooker On Friday the Oklahoma Bank- ran Equipment, 3rd (54) Elk City that Xuan and Jonathan hit great and took the lead late in the third ence which is led by the #10 BYU 20-53 ers Association hosted their annu- Golf & C.C. shots and putted great, carrying me quarter 26-25, then failed a 2-point Cougars with a record of 8-0 and . Elk City Football, Coach Zach al tournament; on Saturday, the “B”: 1st (58) Night Energy, 2nd and Terry during this beautiful day conversion which would have giv- 5-0 in the conference, followed Maynard. Record 3-5 Baseball Booster Club hosted their (58) Elk City Mudcats, 3rd (58) for golf. en them a 3-point lead. It would closely the Cincinnati Bearcats at Last Game: Loss versus Weath- annual fundraiser and on Sun- Helios be their last score of the day, as the 7-1 and 5-0. Coming up for the erford 21-28 day, the Tuesday Night Scramble “C”: 1st (61) Coach Green, 2nd Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, Rebels scored 9 unanswered points Cowboys, who are dead last in the Group hosted their finale which (63) MOXY Realty, 3rd (64) Cody MSN, GOOGLE, Facebook, OS- which included taking advantage Big-12, is Kansas, in Kansas City LOCAL GOLF SEASON COM- was played on 18 holes, followed by Varnell SAA, Wikipedia, Other Internet of a fumble recovery. The Sooners, and then Kansas State at home. No NG TO AN END a great lunch. Last in the calendar is Note: the pictures of the Baseball Media now #18 are 6-2 in the season and word yet on who will replace Mike Last weekend, the Elk City Golf the Elk City Cup being hosted Nov Booster Tournament were taken by CBA Volleyball Accomplishments Northwest Volleyball Conference Ashlyn Young OBA Addison Pitts Chisholm Addison Farrell Sharon-Mu- needed it. I am proud of the way she Alayna was a great example of a All-Conference Team Brylie Driskill CBA Caisyn Schroeder Minco tual stepped up to be a leader on and off selfless leader. She was encouraging Most Outstanding Player Alayna Floyd CBA Izzy Davis OBA Kristen Frank Hennessey the court as well. and willing to do whatever it took to Kate Stewart CBA Hailey Nichols Chisholm Cashlyn Spencer Sharon-Mutual Kate was our go-to player all year. Brylie ran our offense so well this keep the ball off the floor. She han- All Conference Team Abigail McCracken Minco Ivonne Fraire Hennessey She was reliable and consistent and season. Her quickness and fast reac- dled everything well and made Bry- Lucia Gorendyke OBA Melissa Clark Chisholm Honorable Mention: able to find a way to score when we tion time make her tough to beat. lie’s job much easier. Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez cided to give him an exemption in and won by seven shots over Rich- Miguel Angel Jimenez, who won teenager Joao Fonseca won the their championship. Michael shot ard Green and Tad Riggins. Stew- four times earlier. The points in TENNIS biggest tournament of his young GOLF rounds of 67-65-64-66 on the Par- art Cink, former Open Champi- the playoffs count double. Stewart Valerie Camillo will run wom- career by beating Spaniard Ale- PGA TOUR: On the PGA Tour, 71 Black Resort Course for a 22 onship champion and winner of 8 Cink is next, followed by Ernie en’s professional tennis as the new jandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 Michael Brennan, a young man of under par win. Four shots behind other PGA Tour events was at 11 Elsa and then Thomas Bjorn in chair of the WTA Tour. Valerie, and 6-4 at the Basel (Switzerland) 23-years old and a sponsor’s spe- was Rico Hoey at 18 under par, under par, with four golfers tied fifth place. an American, last served as the Open. He will now be ranked in- cial invitation, won his first PGA followed by David Ford, Thorb- for 5th at 10 under par: Freddie Ja- LPGA: Australia team wins the President and CEO of Spectacor side the top 30 in the world, climb- tournament as a professional (he jorn Olesen, Ben Silverman, Justin cobson, Cameron Percy with two 2025 Hanwha Lifeplus Interna- Sports & Entertainment. Camillo ing from 46 to 28. had previously participated in two Lower, Pierceson Coody and Matt other former Open Championship tional Crown against teams from will begin her role on November On the Women’s Tour, Belinda PGA Tour events as an amateur). McCarthy (last year’s champion) at winners, Darren Clarke and Justin USA, Japan, South Koren, Thai- 17, 2025, working with the WTA Bencic wins the tenth tournament By winning, he is exempt for the 16 under par. At 15 under par were Leonard. land, Sweden, China and “World” Board to guide and implement the of her career at the Pan Pacific rest of the year and all of 2026. He former PGA Tour winners Max The Finale of the Charles Team. Australia played the final organization’s long-term vision Open and Elena Rybakina took is also invited to at least one of the Homa and Brandt Snedeker. Schwab Cup will be played by the against the team of the United and strategy at a time of tremen- the last spot for the WTA finals “signature” events with a larger PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: top 36 point winners of the se- States. Representing Australia dous opportunity for players, fans, with her win in Tokyo over Victo- purse. Steven Alker, from Australia, won nior circuit on November 13-16, were: Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, tournaments, and partners world- ria Mboko. Michael is not a stranger to win- the second leg of the Schwab Cup the only 72-hole tournament of Grace Kim and Stephanie Kyri- wide. With over 50 tournaments ning since he won 3 times in the playoffs with an outstanding per- this tour, aside from the majors. acou. Representing the USA were across six continents, this will be a Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, PGA America’s Tour, which is one formance of 20 under par in three With the win, Steven Alker took Angel Yin, Yealimi Noh, Lilia Vu daunting task. LPGA.com, AP Tennis, Personal Li- of the reasons the Bank of Utah de- days. He had rounds of 61-66-69 the lead in the Cup standings over and Lauren Coughlin. On the men’s side, Brazilian brary, MSN Sports, On-Line media. Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, Blue Jays (for the record, he has last year against the Yankees on beat up the Dallas Cowboys to the Colts 7-1, Jacksonville Jaguars 4-3; was as dramatic as it can get, go- done so good, that he now has a game one, which was also a Grand tune of 44-24 this last weekend. West: Denver Broncos 6-2, Los WORLD SERIES PROMISES ing to NINE extra innings (yes, 9 five year, $58 Million contract with Slam. Ohtani is scheduled to pitch Meanwhile, three teams have Angeles Chargers and Kansas City TO BE A GREAT SHOW extra innings!). Both teams had a and a $6 Million signing bonus). on Tuesday, after our deadline, so started their season on the other Chiefs 5-3. So far, this year it promises to a chance to score with players in The Dodgers tied the game in the results of game four and sub- side of the winning spectrum at NFC: East: Philadelphia Eagles be a great World Series, with de- scoring position during the first the fifth innings with a homerun sequent games will be in our next 1-7: New York Jets, Tennessee Ti- 6-2, Dallas Cowboys 3-4-1; North: fending champions Los Angeles eight of the extra innings, only to by Shohei Ohtani, this one with a issue. tans and New Orleans Saints. The Green Bay Packers 5-1-1, Detroit Dodgers, who qualified as a wild get beat by the man on the mound player on base. Both teams traded New York Giants are not doing Lions 5-2; South: Tampa Bay Buc- card, and won the National League (the teams used a combined 19 one run in seventh inning, and no NFL: much better at 2-6. caneers 6-2, Carolina Panthers 4-4; Championship, and the Toronto pitchers during the game!). But one scored in the final two innings, Although the Kansas City Chiefs Two teams are trying to revive a West: Two teams tied at 5-2: Seattle Blue Jays who won the East Divi- someone had to win, and the Blue which sent the game to extra in- did not start as strong as other winning status with 40+ year-old Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. sion of the American League, and Jays blinked first when in the 18th nings. Finally, after 10 scoreless times, they now look unstoppable, quarterbacks, or are they trying to then the American Legue Cham- inning, Freddie Freeman, with a innings, and just before midnight winning their last two games hand- revive these two quarterbacks’ ca- NBA: pionship. Both teams have tremen- full count of 3-2, took advantage of Pacific Time, Freddie Freeman, ily as Travis Kelcee, most likely a reers? Both Joe Flacco, who plays Basketball has started, and the dous power and both teams have a sinker pitch by reliever Brendon facing Brendon Little from the first ballot Hall of Famer, contin- for the Cincinnati Bengals and Oklahoma City Thunders, last great pitching. Little that he hit over the fence to mound, hit his second walk-off ues to set personal playing records: Aaron Rodgers who plays for the years’ champions, have begun their The first game, played on Octo- end the game with a walk-off solo home run in a World Series that scored his 83rd career touchdown Pittsburgh Steelers are former Su- season 4-0. Their first game was a ber 24th in Toronto, gave the Blue home run. won the game 6-5. The game lasted (80th receiving touchdown) and per Bowl champions and starting thriller against Houston Rockets Jays a victory of 11-4. It was a sur- During the first game next to a record 6 hours 40 minutes and a 100th including playoffs. As a tight quarterbacks in late team trades. that went to overtime which was prise that the Dodgers lost such a the Pacific Ocean, the Dodgers record 18 innings. end, he has the NFL record of 1,416 Rodgers is 4-3 with the Steelers, won 125-124. Chicago Bulls and one-sided game. On the second took the lead with a solo Ohtani’s After the game, Freddie Free- yards (2022), he recorded the most and one of those losses was against Philadelphia 76ers are at 3-0. With- game, also in Toronto, the Dodgers homerun in the second inning, man said, “This is Ohtani’s game, receptions (110) of any Chiefs tight Joe Flacco against the Bengals. The out a win this early season are New came back with a 5-1 victory where and increased it with another solo not mine” (Ohtani hit two import- end in a single season. As a tight Bengals are 3-5 and two games be- Orleans Pelicans and Indiana Pac- Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a homerun in the third inning. Then, ant home runs during the game end, he also has the most-consec- hind Pittsburgh in the AFC North. ers at 0-3. As the season progresses, complete game for the Dodgers, the Blue Jays scored 4 runs in the and reached base a record nine utive 1,000-yard seasons in NFL STANDINGS AFTER MONDY, we will post standings in confer- and where his Japanese compatriot, fourth inning, which included a times). Some people would argue history (7) and most 100-catch October 28, 2025 ence and division. Shohei Ohtani increased the lead three-run homerun by Alejandro Freddie’s statement, as Freddie seasons (3). After dropping their AFC: East: New England Patri- from 3-1 to 5-1 in the 8th inning Kirk, a $7,500 sign up from the is now the only player in history first two regular season games, the ots 6-2, Buffalo Bills 5-2; North: Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, On- with a two-run homerun. Mexican League who is now a first- with two walk-off home runs in Chiefs are now 5-3 and one game Pittsburgh Steelers 4-3, Cincinnati Line media sports. But the third game, played at rate player and ace catcher for the the Fall Classic, his first one being behind the Denver Broncos who Bengals 3-5; South: Indianapolis