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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2025 • 3 Patrick Mahomes - Out for the Season Matt & Cameron Kuchar Lindsey Vonn Dak Prescott - Only one playoff win in career Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez not present for this event. Matt the Players Championship or a few start, that is seventeen, and he has played the event with his dad majors in the Senior Tour. Matt was says it has been his favorite event GOLF and another son,but never got too invited a few years back because he of all time. PNC FATHER-SON close. Frank passed last February of won the Players Championship in The PNC Father-Son Tourna- a heart attack during the celebra- 2012, 13 years ago. DP TOUR ment turned out to be a very emo- tion of Matt’s mom 70th birthday. Other top finishers were: Davis Jayden Schaper won a playoff to tional weekend for the winners, Coming up #18, with the tourna- Love III and son Drew and John win his second straight DP Tour Jayden Schaper Lee Trevino - Winner of 6 majors Matt Kuchar and son Cameron ment won as they lead by 4 at the Daily and John Daily Jr. at 26 un- event. Jayden and Ryan Gerard who will attend TCU in the future. moment, Matt hit an approach shot der; ijn fourth place at 25 under finished at 22 under par at the when Schaper pitched in form 50 Andreas Halvorsen came in The team broke the previous re- to 5 feet on the par five to set up an were Nelly Korda and dad Peter AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, yards or so for an eagle that Ge- fourth at 16 under, next were John cord of 28 under set by the Langer eagle, which Cameron made. As he and Steve Stricker and daughter five ahead of their nearest compet- rard could didn’t match with his Parry and Zander Lombard at and the Woods team last year of 28 started walking towards the green, Izzi. And sixth at 24 under was Da- itor, Casey Jarvis who finished at own chip shot. Jayden had won the 15 under, followed by Alexander under by 5 shots, scoring 57 and he broke down crying, as his son vid Duval and son Brady. 17 under par. previous week when he took the Levy and Manuel Elvira at 14 un- 54 for a 33 under par. It was very put his arms around him. The oldest player in the tour- Schaper and Gerard went out for Alfred Dunhill Championship, and der par. emotional for Matt and his family The PNC invites 20 teams to stay nament, Lee Trevino at 86, who a playoff, and tied the first playoff came in second place at the Gary because it was the first time since at the resort of Ritz/Hilton who this year played with son Daniel, hole with a birdie, on the second Player invitational the previous Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, Matt has been playing this tour- qualify for this event: the PGA Tour finished way back. Lee has played playoff hole, a Par-5, Gerard was week, easily topping the Opening LPGA.com, AP Tennis, Personal Li- nament that his dad, Peter was player must have won a major, or every PNC tournament since its very close to the green in two shots, Swing Standings. brary, MSN Sports, On-Line media. College, High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez as and Notre Dame must be versus Oklahoma State 85-76 versus Kansas City 91-79, and Record 8-2 Last Three: 3-0. Wins vs Ca- scratching the ceiling, both of and Kansas City 89-67. Loss Fullerton 94-89. Loss versus Last three games: 1-2. Win nute 51-49, Cheyenne /Reydon THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL whom should probably be in versus Arizona St 70-86 OU 76-85. versus Duke 60-57; losses ver- 59-46, Apache 78-32 QUARTERFINALS ARE SET instead of Tulane and James Coming up: Stetson (12/22), Coming up: Bethune (12/29), sus Fort Cobb/Broxton 44-71, Coming Up: Mid American OKLAHOMA ELIMINTAED Madison. Miss Valley St. (12/29), Ole Texas Tech (1/3) and UCF (1/6) Arapaho/Butler 30/43 Tournament 12/29 – 12/31 They say, “It’s better to get The quarterfinals are set, top Miss (1/3) Conference Position: Tied Coming up: Texoma 1/3), Ar- there and fail, than fail before half of the draw January 1st, Conference Position: Tied 3rd nett 1/6, Tournament in Merritt ELK CITY. CLASS 4-4 you get there.” True, but it still Rose Ball, 3:00 p.m. Indiana vs 9th. Vanderbilt Commodores Conference Leader: Iowa Girls. Coach Tatum Ridling. BASKETBALL hurts to those who are cheering Alabama and Texas Tech vs Or- 12-0. State Cyclones 12-0 Record 9-1 Boys. Coach Tyler Foale. for the team that lost, in this egon at the Hard Rock Stadium #9 Oklahoma Sooners. Wom- #18 Oklahoma State Cow- Last Three 3-0: Wins vs Am- Record 0-7 case Oklahoma, who started the in Miami Gardens on January en. Southeastern Conference girls. Women. Big-12 Confer- ber/Pocasset 49-36, Arapaho/ Last Three: 0-3. Losses vs De- game against the Alabama Cris- 1st at noon. (AKA – SEC) ence Butler 58-23, Duke 97-19 catur 45-55, Childress 48-52, mon Tide with a 17-0 lead. It all The bottom half of the draw Coach: Jennie Baranczyk Coach: Jacie Hoyt Coming up: Texoma 1/3, Weatherford 31-65 looked great, until a couple of is Ole Miss vs Georgia, also on Record: 12-1 Record: 12-2 Arnett 1/6, Cheyenne/Reydon Coming Up: Anadarko 1/6, mistakes gave Alabama the start January 1st, 8;00 p.m. at the Last three games: 3-0. Wins Last three games: 2-1. Wins 1/13 TBA at Weatherford 1/8, 1/13 of 27 unanswered points and a Caesars Superdome in New versus Oklahoma St 92-70, NC Tulsa 90-58 and Cincinnati 91- Weatherford 10-point lead. The Sooners Orleans, and Ohio State versus Central 126-54, Little Rock 63; Loss versus OU 70-92 MERRITT CLASS 2-A Girls. Coach Mason Jones. scored a touchdown to get with- Miami will be Wednesday De- 103-48 Coming up: Baylor 12/31), BASKETBALL Record 6-2 in 3 points, but that was as close cember 31st at the AT&T Stadi- Coming up: Texas A&M, Houston (1/3), TCU Boys. Coach Tyler Snowden. Last 3: 2-1. Wins vs Clinton as they got, as Alabama scored um in Arlington, TX Mississippi St., Ole Miss Conference Position: 6th Record 3-4 54-22, Childress 44-40. Loss one more touchdown, and won Conference Position: Tie 6th Conference Leader: Tied 1st Last Three: 3-0. Wins vs Seil- versus Weatherford 25-39 the game 34-24 and are headed OKLAHOMA COLLEGES Conference Leader: Texas Arizona St Sun Devils, Texas ing 80-26, Fargo-Gage/Fort Coming up: Anadarko 1/6, to the Rose Ball in Pasadena to BASKETBALL Longhorns and Alabama 14-0 Tech Lady Riders at 14-0 Supply 70-53, Apache 57/51 TBA 1/8-1/10 Tournament at play against the #1 Indiana next Oklahoma Sooners. Men. Oklahoma State Cowboys. Coming Up: Navajo 1/6; Anadarko week. Southeastern Conference Big-12 Conference ELK CITY BASKETBALL Sayre 1/13, Burns Flat/Dill City Texas A&M lost to Miami, Coach: Porter Moser Coach: Steve Lutz CANUTE CLASS A - 1/13 Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, Oregon beat James Madison Record: 8-3 Record: 11-1 BASKETBALL Girls. Coach Jeff Daugherty. MSN, GOOGLE, OSSAA, Wiki- and Ole Miss beat Tulane. Tex- Last three games: 2-1. Wins Last three games: 2-1. Wins Boys. Coach Brock Steffes. Record 4-0 pedia, Other Internet Media Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez on Monday December 22, but West: (x) DENVER 12-3, LOS (z) = Clinched Division Eastern Conference: Detroit Canadiens 43-points (19-2-5), it was after the deadline for ANGELES 11-4, Kansas City Pistons (22-6), New York Knicks New York Islanders 42-points NFL: this column. The San Francis- 6-9, Las Vegas 3-12 NBA: (20-8), Boston Celtics (17-11), (19-13-4), and four teams tied at The Dallas Cowboys were co 49ers visit the Indianapolis South: JACKSONVILLE 11-4, Oklahoma City Thunder has Philadelphia 76ers (16-11), Or- 41 points: Philadelphia Flyers, the next “fan-favorite” team to Colts, and both have a chance to HOUSTON 10-5, Indianapolis dropped two of their last five lando Magic (16-12), Toronto Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jer- have been eliminated from the the playoffs…if Colts lose, they 8-6, Tennessee 3-12 games, and is 25-3 for the year, Raptors (17-13). sey Devils and Boston Bruins. playoffs when Philadelphia beat are eliminated, if San Francisco NFC: and continues to be in first place Western Conference: Okla- Western Conference: Colo- the Washington Commanders loses, they are not eliminated East: (z) PHILADELPHIA overall with the best record in homa City Thunder (25-3), San rado Avalanche 59-points (26- 29-18. The Green Bay Packers but their path to win division is 10-5, Dallas 6-8-1, Washington both conferences. Antonio Spurs (21-7), Denver 2-7), Dallas Stars 55-points lost to the Chicago Bears 22-16 severed very badly. 4-11, NY Giants 2-13 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Nuggets (20-7), Los Angeles (25-7-5), Minnesota Wild making it a little tougher for the Standings by Division: (CAPS North: (x) CHICAGO 11-4, from the Oklahoma City Thun- Lakers (19-8), Minnesota Tim- 49-points (22-10-5), Anaheim Packers to win their division. ARE TEAMS THAT WOULD GREEN BAY 9-5-1, Detroit 8-7, der continues to be one of the berwolves (19-10), Houston Ducks 44-points (21-13-2), Ve- Buffalo Bills beat the Cleveland BE IN PLAYOFFS IF SEASON Minnesota 7-8 top scoring leaders with an av- Rockets (17-9),. gas Golden Knights 42-points Browns to stay in touch with ENDED NOW): West: (x) SEATTLE SEA- erage of 31.9 points per game. (16-8-10), Edmonton Oilers the Patriots in their division, AFC: HAWKS 12-3, (x) LOS ANGE- Second on the team is followed NH- STANDINGS AS OF 42-points (18-13-6) and two and if Philadelphia hadn’t won East: (x) NEW ENGLAND LES 11-4, (x) SAN FRANCIS- by Chet Holmgren with 19.6 LAST MONDAY teams at 39-points: Los Angeles to eliminate the Cowboys, the 12-3, BUFFALO 11-4, Miami CO 10-4, Arizona 3-12 and Ajay Mitchell with 17.1 in- Eastern Conference: Carolina Kings and Utah Mammoth. team would have been eliminat- 6-9, NY Jets 3-12. South: CAROLINA PAN- dividually. Only Luka Doncic is Hurricanes 47-points (22-0-3), ed by losing to the Los Angeles North: PITTSBURGH 9-6, THERS 8-7, Tampa Bay 7-8, At- ahead of Alexander with 35.6 Detroit Red Wings 45-points Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, Chargers 34-17. Baltimore 7-8 Cincinnati 5-10, lanta 6-9, New Orleans 5-10 points per game. (21-13-3), Washington Capitals On-Line media sports. One important game was Cleveland 3-12 (x) = Clinched Playoff berth Standings as of Monday: 43-points (19-12-5), Montreal Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez South African player wins two Lee Trevino from 80 yards. The and so are his charities. Super-G at Val D’lsere (French Georgetown has suspended in a row in the DP Tour by chip- ball doesn’t know age or gender! Like the Cowboys 40 years Alps). She is definitely the best head basketball coach Ed Cool- NBA ping in for eagle from 50 yards Joh Daly said something most ago, the Patriots, who were American so far in the upcom- ey for one game after he struck a Oklahoma City Thunder in the second hole of the playoff. people should think about, even bought at $172 million in 1994, ing Winter Olympics in Milano child in the stands with a water drops a third game of the sea- It reminded them of Isao Aoki those who love Tiger or Nick- are now worth much more, Cortina, Italy. bottle in a moment of frustra- son against the Minnesota Tim- winning the Hawaiian Open in laus: “Golf doesn’t define me”. think $9 billion! Jones and Kraft Tom Brady on Roger Federer: tion, according to a statement berwolves. Again, what’s wrong the 80’s by chipping in for eagle We look at Tiger or Jack’s records have done well! “You’re at the top of your profes- from the school on Sunday. with you guys? (but they still as well from about the same dis- as a definition of them, but they LONG Shot: Few have talked sion, too. We’re all just working Many say that is not enough. But lead both conferences with a re- tance! are people, human beings, and it about the Jaguars, but they have hard trying to be the best we can remember, we all have bad mo- cord of 25-3. With 13 additions from the shouldn’t define their lives. a path to the No. 1 seed. If they be at it, and he had a great run. ments and there are worse things World Golf Rankings, the 2026 win their final three games, and Always respectful of everybody, less punished. But, if it was my GOLF: Masters reaches 86 players, in- NFL if the Broncos lose in either Week and it meant a lot. He cared a child who got struck, I’d be ask- Lee Trevino plays his 17th Fa- cluding Ryan Gerard who trav- Jerry Jones: “I can’t explain 17 at Kansas City or in Week 18 lot. He maximized his opportu- ing for an autograph of all his ther-Son tournament and vows eled 10,000 miles to the Mau- our failure”. What can we say? to the Chargers, and the Patri- nities. That’s all we can all ask of players along with a public and to keep playing if invited. He will ritius Open, where he finished Hard to swallow the defeat by ots lose once more, Jacksonville ourselves.” written apology!... and season get the invite for sure! second after a playoff loss, but millions of Dallas fans! would be the AFC’s No. 1 seed. Oregon Coach, Dan Lanning tickets! Tiger watched on TV how got enough points to get in the After missing the playoffs on James Madison: our hat’s off Matt and Cameron Kuchar top 50 at the end of this year. the last three seasons, the New OTHER to James Madison who never Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, obliterated his and the Langers’ There were two hole-out ea- England Patriots are back, and The Bionic Woman, Lyndsey gave up even when they were 4 Personal Library, MSN Sports, record by five shots! 33 under to gles at the PNC Championship, with the best record in the NFL. Vonn, keeps surprising people touchdowns down. True, and On-Line media. 28 under. Not even with Charlie one by Nelly Korda from the Is this another dynasty? Don’t in the World Cup races in Eu- thank you for showing sports- will that be possible! green-side bunker and one from know but Robert Kraft is happy, rope. She took 3rd place in the manship!