May 28, 2019 Issue, Page 20 of 20

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Page 20 The Elk City Daily News- Elk City, Oklahoma, Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Elk City and Merritt High Athletes and coaches will have School Sports Schedule an open period during summer By William B. Carroll and would create an open OSSAA Associate Director OSSAA member institutions to contact students for the May 28 Sports Editor period in which presumably Mike Whaley said the rule for a number of years, but purpose of coaching, training no sports related activity also benefits coaches. was not agreed upon until last or instructing during that This summer, the would occur. “This rule is just as fall when it was implemented period of time. Oklahoma Secondary School According to Elk City important for coaches,” to start in 2019, The one caveat to the rule ELKCITY Activities Association will be Athletic Director Bill Whaley said. “They also “The association holds is participation in a national implementing a new “dead Weatherly, part of the want to spend time with meetings at 11 locations level tournament is permitted period” policy which would reasoning behind the period their families and this gives around the state in October if that tournament occurs run from July 1 through July is to give athletes and parents the coaches a period of every year,” Whaley said. during the dead period and KidsInc. Boys Pee Wee 9 this year. a specific time when they time where they don’t have “This item had come up three the student qualified for the The policy would restrict know there will not be any to worry about camps or or four years in a row but students and coaches sports related activities for practices.” we could never reach any tournament earlier in the select games 5:30 to 9 p.m. at OSSAA schools from the purpose of planning ‘According to Whaley, the consensus on when or how to summer. interacting with one another vacations and family time. policy has been discussed by implement it.” The penalties for violation In 2018, Whaley said the of the rule would include OSSAA provided a series the suspension ofa coach Kids Inc. 12U fast pitch of surveys to member or sponsor for the first half institutions, including schools of the regular season in the in districts such as Elk City athletic activity connected to ‘softball 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Merritt and the structure the student. School personnel that was implemented was who are not designated as the one a significant majority acoach or sponsor and who of institutions wanted. violate the rule would not be Whaley said the period suspended but their violation May 29 would be centered on July would result in that sport’s 4 every year and that all head coach being suspended schools would be required to from the first half of the honor the designated dead season. ELK CITY period. Whaley said that like As Weatherly had mentioned, Whaley said many rules promulgated the timeframe would allow by the OSSAA, the member KidsInc. Boys Coach parents to know when they institutions will have to police would have free time each themselves. He noted that the year to schedule vacations timeframe being the same Pitch select games 5:30 to or other important family for all schools though would activities. make it easier for districts According to the rules, to oversee activity on their which can be found on campuses. Whaley noted 9:30 p.m. www.ossaa.com, the dead that other states, such as period will be nine days in Missouri, allow each school length and will begin with to pick their own nine days, Kids Inc. 10U fast pitch the weekend preceding or which could add difficulties including the Fourth of July in enforcement. and the weekend following. Whaley said that since this The Elk City football team finished up spring practice Friday. Here several Elk City During that period of is the first year the OSSAA ‘softball 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. linemen are working on blocking drills during a practice last Thursday. Staff photo by time any student enrolled or is implementing the dead pre-enrolled at an OSSAA William B. Carroll member school may not period he figures there will use the school’s athletic be adjustments to the rule facilities in connection with as time goes on, just as there May 30 Oe rrrSC‘i any athletic event governed are with any new rules, but by the OSSAA, and coaches, he feels the rule will be a ELKCITY Trojans improve to 3-0 assistant coaches and sponsors are not permitted significant improvement for athletes, coaches and schools. in summer ball KidsInc. Boys T-Ball The Canute Trojans score giving the Trojans an baseball team blanked 8-0 win, Granite 8-0 Thursday ‘Trojan’s starting pitcher Select games 5:30 to 9:30 afternoon for their third win Keenan Smith pitched the in three games during the entire game and allowed only summer. two hits in five full innings of pm. The Trojans scored in work. Smith recorded eight every inning they came up to strikeouts in the contest bat including three runs in the first, two runs in both the while Kasen Legrand led Kids Inc. girls coach second and third innings and all hitters with two hits on GARAGE SALES! one run in the fourth inning. the afternoon. Overall the The game ended in the fifth ‘Trojans belted 10 hits in the pitch softball 5:30 to 9:30 after Granite again failed to contest. | pam. STORY, EF May 31 17 10781 N.1990 ROAD NORTHWEST game warden stationed in McCurtain County. 17.607 NORTH ELK Foss: May 20. Elevation 7 1919 SOUTH RANDALL 07 TI4 ELMWOOD CIRCLE above normal, water mid- Eufaula: May 17. Elevation 7 107 HUBERT DRIVE ELKCITY above normal, water 67 and 17.216 CYPRESS 60s and clear. Walleye fair ‘on worms around the main murky. Blue and channel 1.303 HAYDEN (7 RANDALL STORAGE UNITS #0 1.809 SHORE DRIVE lake. Elevation 1/2 ft. above catfish fair on cut bait along (0.407 NORTH ADAMS KidsInc. Boys Midget normal with gates open. the river channel. Crappie 7 141 EAST BONITA 7 1006 JAMI Catfish good with cut baits. fair on tube jigs around creek 101 MOCKINGBIRD LANE 7.304 PARKVIEW. 7.504 NORTH MADISON Striped bass hybrids slow to channels and riprap. Report fair with hard baits. Crappie submitted by Jake Bersche, 915 NORTH VAN BUREN 7.305 PARKVIEW 17 120 RAMSEY DRIVE Select games 5:30 to 9:30 fair around fish docks with game warden stationed in 0 327 SONDRA DRIVE jigs and live bait. White bass ‘McIntosh County. (11.308 PARKVIEW 7 135 CLUBHOUSE PLACE fair with live baits. Report submitted by Eric Puyear, B Konawa: May 16. Elevation 7 816 WEST oth STREET 7.317 SONDRA DRIVE 17.2603 PARADISE pam. normal, water 70 and clear. 7 112 TMBERRDGE & K Bait House, Largemouth bass excellent on (11 805 WEST AVE C 17 1201 WALTER WAY Ft. Supply: May 20. crankbaits, jigs, plastics and oth & ADAMS (stoRAGE Uns) 7.519 WEST 1OTH STREET 17 1209 COLORADO Kids Ine. 14U fast pitch Elevation above normal, topwater lures around main 1 324 MARY water 69. Crappie and white lake, points, river channel 7 1416 WEST 1ST STREET 1 602 ARKANSAS (SAYRE) bass fair on hair jigs, jigs and minnows below the dam and weed beds. Striped bass hybrids and white bass good 7 1728 WEST 7TH STREET CT CORNER OF 8th STREET & 17.915 NORTH WASHINGTON softball 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and around brush structure, on crankbaits, live shad C212 SWALES WASHINGTON (WATE METAL 325 PEGGY DRIVE main lake, shallows and and spoons around coves, shorelines. Channel catfish discharge and river channel. 0.324 és SOUTH LESTER UIILDING) 17.209 CEDAR AVE fair on stinkbait around dam Channel catfish good on 7 19655 1130.RD (/2MUeW OF F 117 CARTER ROAD and riprap. Report submitted chicken liver, cut bait and 17.210 CEDAR AVE June 5 by Mark Reichenberger, stinkbait around coves, inlet, MERRIT'SCHOOL-NORTH SIDE) 07 137 CARTER ROAD game warden stationed in riprap and weed beds. Report 114109 SOUTH WASHINGTON Woodward County. submitted by Garret Harley, (1.207 MAGNOLIA 7 602 WEST BROADWAY 7.309 SOUTH ELK game warden stationed in (0105 A SUWANNEE ues 14D > 804 WESTWOOD PLACE ELKCITY SOUTHEAST Seminole County. CARTER ROAD Lower Mountain Fork: May {1 S0ONORTH PEACE Broken Bow: May 17. Elevation above normal, 17. Elevation normal, water All Sports Association water 68. Largemouth, clear. smallmouth and spotted bass Rainbow trout good on 17151) WEST COUNTRY CLUB good on crankbaits, flukes caddis flies, crankbaits, small o and plastics around points lures and tube jigs below meeting at the High School and standing timber. Crappie the dam, around rocks and good on jigs and minnows spillway. Report submitted by around brush structure and Mark Hannah, game warden 8am. standing timber. Report stationed in McCurtain submitted by Dru Polk, County.