February 27, 2021 Issue, Page 5 of 8

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February 27, 2021 Oilers cage Big Elks on road to Hinton Carnegie By Kerry Hookstra drained a three with a two In the third the Comets went bucket apiece from Kane Craig and on a 16-4 run. Cooper Church apiece. A Feb. 9 trip to meet the Corey Culver. sank 2-2 free throws Comets turned out to be the ‘The second was tied 13-13. with a field goal by Dunlap to Wheeler pumped in 14 to final regular season contest Craig and Culver paced Elk City account for the Big Elk scoring. lead the Comets and all scor- for Elk City. Hinton defended with two baskets Final frame play saw a 10-9 ers. Craig and Pranabdev By Kerry Hookstra the third as the Oilers had a their home court with a 50-38 each. Caden Dunlap stepped margin for Hinton. Craig paced led the Big Elks with nine decision. A 12-11 edge went to outside to bury a trey while Elk City with a 7-5 advantage. Coby Skelton each. Others scoring included: In a contest played on the drained a trey with a basket by the Big Elks in the first. Vivek Pranabdev hit a bucket. The big basket and one from the Culver-6, Dunlap-5, Church-4, Wildcat home court Feb. 9 Carr plus two from the line for Pranabdev led the attack with Elks were up 25-24 at half charity stripe. Church, Tres Merritt put together a big Justus. deuce and a trey. Kye Keyes time. Hill, and Pranabdev added a Keyes-3, Hill-2. fourth quarter rally to pull Final frame play featured an out a 52-49 victory. Carnegie 18-15 Merritt margin to give took the first quarter 20-15. them the win. Rylan Givens Elkettes hammer Hinton ‘The Oilers were led by Trever found the range from down- Fowler with an old fashioned 3-point play and two baskets. town for a pair of threes. Coby Skelton worked an old fash- Coby Skelton buried a trey with a deuce and free throw ioned 3-point play plus a buck- from Hagen Justus plus a et while Fowler, Justus, and By Kerry Hookstra Laja Martin, and Campbell 10-5. A trey and a deuce from Jill Meador. bucket by Zack Carr. Christian Skelton connected Rainey. N. Martin led the way. Jones Wheeler led the Lady Com- Merritt came on to hold a for a field goal each with a free Elk City hit the road to take ‘The second went to Elk City went downtown for three with ets with 10 to share game high 12-9 margin in the second. throw from Carr. on the Lady Comets Feb. 9. 15-9. Matti Jones drained a two by Abby Jo Robbins. Christian Skelton led the way Worley led the Wildcats with Putting together a solid offen- a three. Buie, Kiera Coslow, Final frame scoring went with Elk City’s N. Martin. Oth- with a three, a two, and one at 13 and took game high hon- sive game the Elkettes rolled Carsen Culver, Deason, and to the Elkettes 16-6. Jada ers scoring included: Buie-8, the charity stripe. Carr, Justus ors. Coby Skelton paced the to a52-25 victory. The Elkettes Danni Sotille addeda two each Kimball found the range for Jones-6, Kimball-5, Deason-4, and Jason Slife put in a field Oilers with 11. Others scoring got out to an 11-5 first quarter with 2-2 free throws from L. a deuce and a trey. Buie hit a L. Martin-4, Delacruz-3, Co- goal apiece. Carnegie led 28- included: Fowler-9, Justus-9, lead. Nae Nae Martin buried a Martin. The Elkettes led 26-14 three anda gift toss with a trey 27 after two periods of play. Christian Skelton-8, Givens-6, trey with a deuce apiece from at halftime. from Adrianna Delacruz and slow-2, Culver-2, Meador-2, Offense took a break in Carr-5, Davis-2, Slife-2. Hailey Buie, Jordan Deason, In the third Elk City was up deuce each by N. Martin and Rainey-2, Robbins-2, Sotille-2. Merritt Middle School Students of the Month Middle School Students of the month at Merritt are Lacey Bonner and Dason Harman. Courtesy photos. ECHS senior Felix Gonzales placed third at re- gionals February 22 and qualified for state. Cour- tesy photo. Elk City wa ls hy Good Luck to all of attends meet our area teams! in Chickasha TERRY’Ay FURNITURE © (580)225-4006 OR (800)925-4006 ECHS juniors Landon Hester, Daylan Thompson SAYRE: 711 N.E. Highway tenrysfumitureshowroomcom and Brendan Wilhelm competed at a power lift- ELK CITY: 2714 W. 3rd St. 102 S. Main St. 580.225.2580 580.928.2580 SHOWROOM Monday ing meet in Chickasha on Tuesday. Hester and https://www.fnbec.com/ 2001 SOUTH MAIN ‘Through Wilhelm both finished first, and Thompson fin- Saturday Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA ished second. Courtesy photos. Good luck teams you are Keep up the great Greater. work teams! Elk City RV Sales Great Plains Bank 580-243-3300 a West 3rd© Elk cm oy 3306 S. Hwy, 6 Elk City, OK 73644 Great Plains National Bank = iam aN(580)225-1525 22 Member FDIC www.elkcityrvsales.com Ld Pe ore