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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026 • 3 'A' 2nd - Tripp Higgins, Hunter Higgins, Blake Johnson 'A' 3rd - Danny McKee, Kelly Smith, Slayte Smith & Juan 'B' 1st - Mark Burrows, Hunter Burrows, Ryder Bur- 'B' 2nd - Mike Higgins, Keith Weldon, Josh Trent, Kru & Cole Eason Rivera rows. Bailey Davis Higgins, CH Hughes 'B' 3rd - Brittain Parsons, Rdige Parsons, Danny Rolens 'C' 2nd - Jim Burrows, Darren Loftiss, Chris Eason, 'C' 3rd - Phil Keil, Jon England, Vince Boyd, Chris & Dayton Rolens 'C' 1st - The Lundy's; Jared, Gary, Noel, Dash Mitchel Borynack Garvin Local Golf By Alex Alvarez Championship Flight: 1st Kee- Cordell that goes around a winding gan Hall/Karen Hall, 2nd Justin creek. ELK CITY GOLF & C.C. - Twyman/Keaton Twyman, 3rd After retiring from education, FATHER’S DAY Terry Stone/Heston Patton, 4th Jerry continued giving himself to TOURNAMENT Trey Campbell/Jackson Campbell others. He dedicated countless Last weekend there were two golf “A” Flight: 1st Dustin Mahoney/ hours to helping kids and caring for tournaments around the area we Gracie Stewart, 2nd Poole/Morris, the golf course, often manicuring it are familiar with; the Elk City Golf 3rd Baylor Cotts/Brian Cotts, 4th without pay simply because he be- and Country Club hosted their an- Tyler Windsor/Tripp Windsor lieved in what it meant to the com- nual Father’s Day Tournament that “B” Flight: 1st Ronnie Redd/ munity, to the kids. Many came to has grown so much that it required Austin Redd, 2nd Michael Rob- know him as “a professional volun- two tee times to accommodate all inson/Connor Crabb, 3rd Roach/ teer,” a fitting description for a man the teams (8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.). Keith, 4th Herndon/Herndon whose labor was guided by gener- The winners were: “C” Flight: 1st Aubrey Edwards/ osity, humility, and love. Ryder's Supprt Team (part of A.M. Results Son 2nd Utah Robinson/Madison Today, Lynn Walker, Jerry’s it) - Jared Andresen, Sean Cowan, Rocky Andresen & Ann Cowan (file Coach J.J. Williams & Asst. Coach Macrae Brunker with Champions Team Championship Flight: 1st Wyatt Robinson, 3rd Anna Ediger/Justin daughter has taken the reins of this and Jerry's Daughters. Porter/Luke Phillips, 2nd Trotter/ Ediger, 4th Andy Elizondo/Lexy tournament and with Jerry’s fami- photo 2021) Trotter, 3rd Gunkel/Gunkel, 4th Elizondo ly joyfully they all remember him Cordell had captured this state title, Young adults remember him Bailey Davis; 2nd - Mike Higgins, Quint Nichols/Bryler Nichols and honor his life by hosting a golf making the achievement a historic fondly, as do older adults. It would Keith Weldon, Josh Trent, Kru “A” Flight: 1st Jason Meece/Jana JERRY BURROWS MEMORIAL: tournament that continues to grow moment for the school, the ath- be appropriate to add a big picture Higgins, CH Hughes; 3rd - Brittain Meece, 2nd Hunter Womack/Rick HONORING A LEGACY tremendously each year. More than letes, and the community. of Jerry inside the clubhouse along Parsons, Rdige Parsons, Danny Ro- Womack, 3rd Jack Coody/Jake Jerry Burrows left behind a lega- a memorial event, the tournament Jerry Burrows’ life was a labor of with the stone that bears his name lens & Dayton Rolens Coody, 4th Damon Butcher/Zane cy rooted in love for young people, has become a living extension of love. His work deserves to be re- and a map of the golf course just “C” Flight: 1st - The Lundy’s; Butcher public education, and the game Jerry’s values. It raises scholarship membered, celebrated, and carried outside the pro-shop with a little Jared, Gary, Noel, Dash, 2nd - Jim “B” Flight: 1st Clark Callawy/ of golf. Through his years as an funds for local students, helping forward beyond the efforts of his history of the man who gave birth Burrows, Darren Loftiss, Chris Ea- Kelcee Calaway, 2nd Keith Hulen/ educator, he helped build minds, young people pursue opportunities immediate family. By supporting to golf in Cordell, OK. A smiling son, Mitchel Borynack; 3rd - Phil Rylek Hulen, 3rd Robinson/W encourage character, and shape fu- that reflect the same belief in edu- the tournament, scholarships, and man at that! Keil, Jon England, Vince Boyd, Robinson, 4th Kim Jordan/Blake tures. His commitment to service cation and community that defined youth-centered opportunities con- “A” Flight: 1st The Browns - Jeff, Chris Garvin Jordan extended far beyond the classroom; Jerry’s life. nected to Crooke Creek, the com- Heston, Megan & Birdie; 2nd - The Girls who won the 2-A State “C” Flight: 1st Brad Harri- he also helped build a place where This year, in addition to sup- munity can help perpetuate a leg- Tripp Higgins, Hunter Higgins, Championship were: Birdie Brown, son/Bryce Harrison, 2nd Brian families, students, and community porting scholarships, the family acy that continues to build futures, Blake Johnson & Cole Eason; 3rd MacKinlee Brunker, Myle Brunker, Hutchinson/Lakin Hutchinson, members could gather, compete, also purchased championship rings strengthen local pride, and honor Danny McKee, Kelly Smith, Slayte Rylee Kelly and Killie Rasmussen. 3rd Tori Windsor/Lucas Broad- and enjoy the outdoors: Crooke for the five girls who played on the a man who gave freely so others Smith & Juan Rivera Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, bent, 4th Shannon McAbee/Rhett Creek Golf Course. A nice 9-hole team that won the 2-A State Cham- could grow: learn from it and con- “B” Flight: 1st - Mark Burrows, PGA Tour, Wikipedia.org, Google, P.M Results golf course just a few miles west of pionship. It marked the first time tinue growing! Hunter Burrows, Ryder Burrows. On-Line media sports. Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez es; followed by Tampa Bay with 43- difference. Mayfield sometime soon. imagination. I’m guilty of doubting Supermax salaries reached $1.4 mil- 31. And in the National League, the In batting, none of the Los An- The standings per Division are as their success, but then, many players lion, and the league minimum in- LET’S TURN FROM NBA AND Dodgers have the most wins at 49 geles batters are in the top 25 in follows: became real stars and when Caitlin creased drastically to $300,000. STANLEY CUP TO MLB AND with 29 losses, which puts them in homeruns, while Ben Rice sits in AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD- Clark arrived, the only white girl So, forget that you are watching WNBA second place to the Atlanta Braves 4th place with 22 home runs and ERS: East: New York Yankees (46- among the stars, the interest went women play a game that you are used MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL who have one less win and one less Aaron Judge with 17 in 17th place. 30), Tampa Bay Rays (43-31); Cen- high above expected. to watching men play, watch the bas- Most betting outlets have the Los loss as well, by a slim lead of 0.004 Now, in Runs Batted In, And Pag- tral: Cleveland Guardians (41-37), Record Viewership: The league ketball and you will see great games Dodgers favorites to “threepeat.” winning percentage (.628 for Los es from Los Angeles Dodgers sits Chicago White Sox (39-37); West: experienced its most-watched sea- and great plays! Start with your lo- It would be their first time ever. A Angeles against .632 of Atlanta). in 4th place with 57 and ben Rice Seattle Mariners (40-39), Athletics son in over two decades, with games cal high school! Remember, Merritt threepeat has been done four times: No question that Los Angles has in 8th with 53. And “on Base” per- (38-40) averaging massive spikes in viewer- Girls were State Champion a couple three by the New York Yankees who some of the best sluggers and pitch- centage, Shohei Ohtani sits in 3rd in NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD- ship on major networks like ABC of years back and the Canute Troja- did a “threepeat” (1998-2000), a ers, and one who does both sides the league with .418, and the nearest ERS: East: Atlanta Braves (48-28), and ESPN. nettes won the last State Tournament “fourpeat” (1936-1949) and a “five- Shonei Othani. competitor from New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies (42-35); Cen- Digital Following: The WNBA in their division. GREAT GAMES! peat” (1949-1953) and one by the If you see wins & losses, the lead- is in 13th place: Ben Rice with .388 tral: Milwaukee Brewers (41-34), St. generated nearly 2 billion video STANDINGS: Oakland Athletics (1972-1974). ing pitcher is Aaron Ashby (Mil- with teammate Aaron Judge at .375. Louis Cardinals (41-34); West: Los views across social platforms, suc- Eastern Conference: Atlanta Obviously not something as easy as waukee) with a 10-1 record and an No one else from the Dodgers is in Angeles Dodgers (49-29), San Di- cessfully engaging younger audienc- Dream 11-4, New York Liberty 11- they make it to be. ERA of 3.18, on the other hand Jus- the top 25. So, to me, it ius a “tossup” ego Padres (39-37). es. Merchandise and apparel sales 6, Indiana Fever 9-7. Western Con- Let us look at the records on both tin Wrobleski (Dodgers) has an 8-2 on which of the two teams is better. similarly surged ference: Minnesota Lynx 13-4, Las leagues: in the American League, record and Ohtani a 7-2 record, but Meanwhile, many of us in Elk WNBA Salary Cap Surge: The landmark Vegas Aces 12-4, Dallas Wings 12-6. the New York Yankees are on top of their ERA is much better: Wrobleski City would like to see the San Di- There is no question that the CBA running through 2032 qua- Sources: ESPN, GOOGLE, the league with 46 wins and 30 loss- is 2.72 and Ohtani is 1.47. Pretty big ego Padres do better and play Kash WNBA has grown beyond anyone’s drupled the salary cap to $7 million. SPORTS CHANNELS. Sports Tidbits USGA’s Premier Championship By Alex Alvarez It was not a battle about making birdie putt to take a two shot lead By Alex Alvarez home run in the eighth inning The WNBA announced it will birdies in a “birdie fest” like oth- to the 17th hole. It is called, “play against North Carolina during expand the regular season from 44 THE U.S. OPEN er tournaments, but a battle of to win”. MLB BASEBALL Game 3 games to a massive 50 games start- The 126th U.S. Open will be saving pars when balls that were Sam made par in the last two Yankees and Dodgers are taking The Branch family had mixed ing in 2027. one to remember for a while. struck perfectly but missed the holes, including a slight lip-out command of their division. Will feelings: Kyle plays for the Sooners And don’t forget Caitlin Clark: Wyndham Clark, the U.S. Open mark by a foot or two, ended up on the last hole, which if it went they meet in the World Series? and Kolby played for the Georgia New record assists (19); fastest to Champion in Los Angeles in 2023, in places where par would be dif- in, would have given him a tie MLB All_Star 2026: Shohei Bulldogs. Sooners beat Georgia 400 points and 200 assists; Most lost his way for a while, went from ficult, if not impossible for most with Wyndham who made bogey Ohtani remains leading vote getter twice. consecutive games with 20 or more #5 in the world, to outside the top humans. on #17. Wyndham was not done in the National League, while Ernie points and 5 or more assists! 100, and came back to the top, After taking a six shot lead yet giving so suspense: he missed Clement surges atop of the Ameri- NBA & WNBA taking his second U.S. Open title coming into Sunday, Wyndham the fairway on #18, and when can League ballot update. Stephen A Smith gives props to GOLF with poise and a “never give atti- played steadily, but not brilliantly, he hit his second shot he felt it Pat Riley after Miami Heat trading Sam Burns gets close again… tude” not seen before. He holed not separating himself from the would be short of the green, but COLLEGE BASEBALL for Giannis. Will it be a good trade? Sam was leading last year’s U.S. putts that many have missed in field, but not allowing the field to it did reach the front of the green, Unseeded Oklahoma Sooners Free agent guard Ayo Dosun- Open until he was denied a drop the middle of a battle in the last 36 get closer than two shots… until about 50 feet from the hole. He surprise the world of college base- mu intends to sign a five-year, form casual water leading to a dou- holes. Just when you thought he the last 5 holes, when Sam Burns steadied and lagged to less than a ball and win the College World $112 million contract to return ble bogey and fall from contention. would give up a stroke to the field, got within one of the lead by mak- foot for a sure par and a one shot Series against #5 North Carolina, to the Minnesota Timberwolves. A year later, he closed with a 67 but he would hole out a difficult putt ing birdie on #16 while Wyndham win over charging Sam Burns. earning their third National Cham- That much money for a guy who was one shot off. Next year? for par from 6-20 feet. He putted hat hit a wide tee shot to the left The win gave him a second U.S. pionship. averaged 14.5 points a game? I Wyndham Clark gets help from good, as do all champions, but the rough, drawing a lie that 90% of Open and a rebirth to this man’s Sooners had 46 home runs would have loved to have his man- two women to win the 2026 Open: times when everyone thought he Tour players, would have laid up great talent. I look forward to see- during the NCAA Tournament ager negotiate my jobs as active Julie Elion for his head, and Emily was about to give up the lead, he sideways. If Wyndham made bo- ing him win more majors and be Sooners Deiten Lachance, Jason PGA Professional! Tanner for his heart. came out with an outstanding “up gey, they would be tied at -3, in- Scottie’s true rival. Of course, you Walk, and Dasan Harris hit multi- Brittney Griner made WNBA Scottie Scheffler will have to wait & down” from places others made stead, he hit the most important can’t ignore his putting during the ple home runs during the College history by becoming the league’s at least one more year to complete bogeys or worse. shot of his Sunday round, giving tournament, and great shots, like World Series. all-time career leader in blocks Shinnecock Hills showed its him a chance to reach the green Kyle Branch hit a three-run (878) See TIDBITS page 9 teeth, especially the last two days. in regulation, then holed a 25 foot See USGA page X