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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2026 • 3 Mark Robinson Jymmy Joe Martin & Grandson Graham Depee Hunter Hart Hudson Pearce Hayden Hart NCAA Basketball & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez Carolina. In the second round and the biggest upset: #9 Iowa THERE ARE JUNIOR GOLF- defeated #1 Florida (last year ERS ANYWHERE! champions)! There are many kids that vis- Women: #6 Tennessee defeat- it all golf courses in Western ed #3 Virginia, #6 Notre Dame Oklahoma: Hayden, Hunter, defeated #3 Ohio State, #10 Vir- Hudson and Mark visit Elk City, ginia beat #2 Iowa. Altus, Sayre and other nearby The Sweet 16 are all set and courses often. These four had the matchups are as follows: a challenging putting contest Men: #1 Duke vs #5 St John’s; recently. Their pics are pub- #3 Michigan St vs #2 UConn, Joe Wynn and Grandson Keaton Stan Perry and Grandson lished in this issue. SUPPORT #9 Iowa vs #4 Nebraska; #3 Illi- JUNIOR GOLF! Play with your nois vs #2 Houston; #1 Arizona On some state news: #1 seed Coach jay McClure. Record: 5-5 Pitch. Coach Rodney Givens. Wins vs Woodward 8-7, Fred- kids and grandkids, and if you vs #4 Arkansas; #11 Texas vs #2 South Carolina defeated #9 Uni- The Elks current record is Record 1-0 erick 17-1, Granite 16-6, Weath- do not play the game, go watch Purdue; #1 Michigan vs #4 Al- versity of Southern California 4-4: Wins vs Woodward 18-8, Win vs Burns Flat/Dill City erford 11-0, Leedy 11-9, Sterling them play, even if they’re not in abama; #2 Iowa St. vs #6 Ten- Trojans by a lopsided score of and 104; Western Heights 11-0, 11-0 20-2. Losses vs Edmond Memo- a tournament. nessee. These games were/are 101-61 and will face #4 Oklaho- Victory Christian 9-4 and Wag- CANUTE SLOW PITCH rial 3-11 and Moore 2-10. March 26-27. ma Sooners in the Sweet 16 in oneer 9-7. Losses vs Chickasha SOFTBALL. Coach JW Gillett. CANUTE Slow Pitch Softball. NCAA TOURNAMENT LIVES Women: #1 UConn vs #4 a match where Southern Cali- 6-7, New Castle 8-21, Tuttle Record 3-4 Record 3-3. TO IT’S GIVEN TOURNA- North Carolina; #6 Notre Dame fornia will be heavy favorites. 0-16, Shawnee 6-7 and Mount Wins vs Sterling 15-5, Ei- Wins vs Sterling 15-5, Macar- MENT LABEL: “MADNESS!” vs #2 Vanderbilt; #1 South Car- The #8 OSU Cowgirls lost by 19, St. Mary 0-13. senhower/MacArthur 18-4, Ft thur 18-4 and Ft. Cobb/Broxton Men: First round surprises olina vs #4 Oklahoma; #3 TCU 87-68 to #1 UCLA and did not MERRITT Baseball. Coach Cobb/Broxton 22-13. Losses vs 22-13. Losses vs Mustang 1-13, included #12 High Point beat- vs #10 Virginia; #1 UCLA vs reach the Sweet 16. Jett Snowden. Record 1-2 Mustang 1-13, Arapaho/Butler Rof 10-11, Arapaho/Butler 14- ing #5 Wisconsin, #10 Texas #4 Minnesota; #3 Duke vs #2 Win vs Burns Flat/Dill City 14-25, Roff 10-11 and Leedey 25. A&M defeating #7 St. Mary’s, LSU; #1 Texas vs #5 Kentucky; HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 24-6; Losses vs Hobart 21-23 8-13. Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, #11 Texas defeating #6 BYU, #3 Louisville vs #2 Michigan. AND SOFTBALL and Apache 0-8. CANUTE Baseball. Coach OSSAA, On-Line media sports. and #11 VCU beating #6 North These games are March 27-28. ELK CITY H.S. Baseball. MERRITT Softball Slow Bobby Blackburn. Record 6-2 Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez but the Cowgirls lost to UCLA finish on the back nine for a 40 Arroyo, 2-B Mariners; Carlos Durant surpassed Michael Jordan years! That is over $168 million in the second round. The Soon- and 76, and a tie for 18th. LaGrange RH-Pitcher for Yan- for fifth place on the NBA’s all- more than Roger Staubach made NCAA BASKETBALL – IT IS ers will play #1 South Carolina in John Daly “belly-flopped” in kees, Bishop Letson, RH Pitcher time scoring list, achieving this during his whole career! (A little CALLED “MARCH MADNESS” their third game. the sandy desert of Tucson while Brewers, John Kasevich INF Blue with a 3-pointer against the Mi- over $500,000 in player’s salary, FOR A REASON hitting an uphill shot from the Jays, Logan Henderson RH Pitch- ami Heat. but don’t feel sorry for him: he In the men’s tournament: #9 Iowa GOLF: side a green. Thankfully he was er Brewers. Let’s see what we hear Luka Dončić has been on a built a $600 million company af- defeated #1 seed Florida (last year’s Again, the 54-hole leader lost not hurt and laughed it off. He during the season. scoring tear, highlighted by a ter retiring!) champions) 73-72! In the second the tournament on Sunday: Sung- went down over 30 feet into the Meanwhile, we’d like to know 60-point performance against Mi- round; #12 High Point (from North jae Im took the lead at 11 under desert! what the San Diego Padres have ami! TENNIS Carolina) defeated #5 Wisconsin par, but shot 74 (+3) on Sunday in mind with Kash Mayfield from Ajay Mitchell (Thunder) and Sebastian Korda stunned world in the first round 83-82; #10 Texas and ended up in a tie for 4th while BASEBALL: Elk City, USA who had a career Justin Champagnie (Wizards) both No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the Miami A&M defeated #7 Saint Mary’s by last week’s 54-hole leader Matt Max Clark, a top prospect for high 9-stikeouts last August. received one-game suspensions for Open’s third round, securing a 13 points in the first round, #11 Fitzpatrick who lost last Sun- the Detroit Tigers and leadoff bat- fighting…. We think Justin was massive upset with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Texas defeated #6 BYU in the first day, now redeemed himself and ter against the Pittsburgh Pirates, NBA upset that they lost at home! victory, citing advice from John round 79-71, and #4 Kansas Jay- won by one at 11 under par over had a really honest 3-word, Cen- Oklahoma City Thunder de- McEnroe. We hope it is not just a hawks lost to #5 St. Johns. American David Lipsky, who is a tury 21 reaction to Seth Hernan- clined an invitation to visit the NFL lucky match, but a breakthrough! In the women’s tournament: rookie on the PGA Tour. dez’s opening pitch of their spring White House when they went to Patriots plan to release backup Roger Federer was elected to #10 Virginia beat #7 Georgia, #10 Brandt Snedeker. Who opened breakout game when the pitch play the Washington Wizards in quarterback Josh Dobbs after no the International Tennis Hall of Virginia beat #2 Iowa. birdie-par to take the lead at was clocked at 102.4 mph: “What DC. It’s okay, White House was trade materializes. Professional Fame. Really? What took them so As far as “Okies” go: both Okla- 10-under par in the Valspar Open the heck!!!?” (use your imagina- not going to get upset that you Football is a tough business! long? homa’s teams won their first game. in Florida, could not control his tion!) won by 21 at the home of the Wiz- Seahawks signed Wide receiver Sources: ESPN, Personal Li- The Sooners also won the second nerves and back nine costly mis- Five prospects that have im- ards. axon Smith-Njigba to a record ex- brary, Google, MSN Sports, On- game and reached the Sweet 16, takes sent him to a five over par pressed the experts: Michael Historical Milestone: Kevin tension of $168.6 million for four Line media. Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez twelve games and continue a sol- nets 37-34. Best 10 game streak: NHL never be about one person. It’s all Eastern Conference: Carolina id 3 games ahead of their nearest Atlanta Hawks 9-1. Worst streak: According to several, Jack about the USA Hockey brother- Hurricanes 96 points, Buffalo Sa- NBA NEWS AND STANDINGS competitor. They also clinched a Washington 0-10. Hughes’ “golden goal” that hood. We’re just such a team.” Just bres 95 points, Tampa Bay Light- Less than 15 games are left in playoff berth, while the San Anto- Western Conference: Okla- gave the USA the gold medal in think, it had been 46 years since ing 91 points, three teams tied at the NBA’s regular season, and the nio Spurs clinched their division. homa City Thunder 57-15; San overtime in last month’s Winter USA won the gold medal in hock- 86 points: Montreal Canadiens, standings continue the same in The Oklahoma City Thunder Atonio Spurts 54-18; Los Angeles Olympics, has changed him a lot. ey, and on the road to this victo- Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh the conferences, though there are (57-15) is currently the top team Lakers 46-26; Denver Nuggets He says that he has watched the ry, they had lost to Canada a few Penguins, and two teams tied at teams who have climbed closer to in all of the NBA, with 57 games 44-28; Minnesota Timberwolves video over 50 times, and still gets times. This time, it was the USA 85 points: Columbus Blue Jackets the top. Like the Atlanta Hawks, won. Only three teams are at 50 44-28, Houston Rockets 43-28, nervous: “what if it didn’t go in?” over Canada times two, as the and New York Islanders. with the best last ten at 9-1, have or above games won: The Thun- Phoenix Sun 40-32; L.A. Clippers he asked ESPN? The fact is that it women also won the gold medal Western Conference: Col- climbed to the top 6 in the East- der, San Antonio Spurs with 54 35-36; Portland Trail Blazers 35- did, you never know, you just take in a game against our northern orado Avalanche 102-points, ern Conference at 40-32 and so and Detroit Pistons with 52. 37, Golden State Warriors 33-38. a shot, and it has a 50-50 chance of neighbors. Jack plays for the New Dallas 97-points, Minnesota far, an automatic berth to the Conferences Standings: Best 10 game streak: Oklahoma being successful or unsuccessful! Jersey Devils who happen to be Wild 92-points, Anaheim Ducks playoffs starting next month. In Eastern Conference: Detroit City Thunder 10-0, the San Anto- That’s it, but if you don’t take the way down in the Eastern Confer- 82-points; and Utah Mammoth the Eastern Conference the De- Pistons 52-19; Boston Celtics nio Spurs are at 9-1 and while Los shot, it’s 100% sure that you won’t ence with 72 points, which makes 80-points, Vegas Golden Knights troit Pistons have clinched a play- 47-24; New York Knicks 47-25; Angeles Lakers 8-2. Worst streak score. He says, “It changed all of Hughes’ selection even more sig- 78-points, Edmonton Oilers off berth. Both, Miami and Or- Cleveland Cavaliers 44-27; To- Memphis Grizzlies 1-9. Houston our lives. We’re champions. We’re nificant because his team has not 77-points, Nashville Predators lando Magic fell out of the top 6. ronto Raptors 40-31; Atlanta Rockets fell to 6th place and are Olympic gold medalists. To break shined, therefore, its players not 75-points, Los Angeles Kings 73. Meanwhile, in the Western Hawks 40-32; Philadelphia 76ers in danger of not getting an auto- that streak and win a gold medal, seen very often. Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, Conference, the Oklahoma City 39-33; Orlando Magic 38-33; Mi- matic spot in the playoffs. it bonds us forever,” Hughes said CONFERENCE STANDINGS Google, On-Line media sports. Thunder has a 12-0 in the last ami Heat 38-34; Charlotte Hor- after returning from Milan. “It’ll ARE AS FOLLOWS: Professional Individual Sports: Golf & Tennis By Alex Alvarez Sungjae Im took the lead at 11 Tour in 2022 via finishing 12th on at Menlo Park, CA, playing the CHAMPIONS TOUR: Co- 13 under, followed by Thongchai under par after three rounds, but the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021, and Sharon Heights Golf & Country loguard Classic Jaydee at 12 under, and four golfers GOLF was five over par after 10 holes on has kept his card since. Club, it was nice to see Nelly Kor- For the second year in a row, tied in 6th place at 11 under: K.J. PGA TOUR: VALSPAR Cham- the fourth round, before making For a while, Snedeker was lead- da play well and get a second-place Steven Alker won the same tour- Choi, Thomas Bjorn, Stewart Cink pionship two birdies to finish with a three ing at 10 under par until his back finish. Nelly began the last day five nament in the same way: a playoff and ageless Bernhard Langer. 2026 President’s Cup Captain, 45 over par 74 and in a tie for 4th at 8 nine began and faded back. En- shots behind Hyo Joo Kim but in the desert. Alker finished with a year old Brandt Snedeker, took the under par. He was tied with Xander glishman Jordan Smith took third shot 69 while Kim shot 73 and 65 to Padraig’s Harrington 67, after TENNIS: lead in the Valspar Championship Schauffele and Marco Penge. Xan- with 9 under par. In a tie for 7th finished only one shot behind and missing a short par putt on the 54th MIAMI OPEN: Nelly Korda’s after two holes on Sunday, but his der closed with a 6 under par 65 there were four golfers: Stephan four ahead of two players who tied hole that would have won the tour- brother, Sebastian, stuns #1 Carlos great putting and short game of the and Penge shot 71. Jaeger (66), Patrick Cantlay (67), for third at 11 under par: Jin Hee nament. So, they went back to #18. Alcaraz and after losing the first set, previous day when he only needed Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick, Emiliano Grillo (65) and S.H. Kim Im and Sei Young Kim. The next Padraig hit a 9-iron second shot he won the next two sets and elim- 21 putts, left him on the back nine, who last week was leading late in (70). Last round scores in paren- American, actually two, were Aus- to about 30 feet, while Alker hit a inated the #1 seed from the Miami shot five over par 40 and finished in the Player Championship, but a bo- thesis. ton Kim and Angel Yin, both who wedge to 4 feet. Padraig’s putt for event. It’s the second straight tour- 18th place. Not many of the top 25 gey on 18 and a birdie by Cameron Coming up: Texas Children’s finished in a tie for 19th place at 7 a birdie slid by a few inches from nament that Carlos does not make golfers in the world played in this Young on 17, was the difference and Houston Open (Mar 26-29), Valero under par. Seven players tied for the hole, and Alker made his for it to the final. The finals will be this tournament that was played on a finished second after a 68, matched Texas Open (April 2-5) and Mas- 5th at 10 under par: Carla Tejedo the win. They both finished at 15 weekend of March 28-29. very challenging course and the his last round score at Valspar, and ters Tournament (April 9-12). Mulet, Nasa Hataoka, Miyu Ya- under par. Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, winning score was the highest in this time won by one over Ameri- mashita, Gaby Lopez, Minjee Lee, Other high finishers were Zach LPGA.com, AP Tennis, MSN Sports, relation to par on all year: 11 under can David Lipsky who ended at 10 LPGA: Fortinet Founders Cup Haeran Ryu and Cassie Porter. Johnson and Tommy Gainey (the On-Line media. par. under par. Lipsky qualified for the On the other side of the U.S.A., man with two gloves) in 3rd at