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May 4, 2022 Sports Elkettes win Regional Elk City Tennis wins By Kerry Hookstra one stroke over Clinton. The meet included six teams with 37 golfers. The top three teams and winner shot an 82 with Brett Barnett coming in second at 84 for Elk City. Lillian Rhodes took meet hosted at OKC Elk City hosted Regional Golf Apr. 26. The Elkettes shot a team score of 369 to win by the top three individual finishers not playing with a full team advanced to State. The meet fourth with an 88 and Campbell Rainey claimed sixth carding a 94. Tennis Center By Kerry Hookstra Elkettes fall in Regional Elk City Head Tennis Coach Gina Curtis says, “Boys were the Elk City-OKC Classic Champions today, and the girls placed 3rd! We are so very proud of all of them and it was a very good April 27 for Elk By Kerry Hookstra the plate Elk City had just two hits with a home run, a walk, anda strike- City Tennis,” out. Brianna Butler belted the solo homer and J'Lynn Hodnett swatted “We took the JV to the Clinton Hub City Tourney today, April 28. Elk City saw their season end in Regional action with a pair of losses asingle. ‘The boys placed second by one point, thus almost taking the champi- to Plainview and Cushing, The Lady Indians prevailed 12-1 and the Lady Elkettes-Cushing/Regional Game Two onship. The girls may have not placed, but they gained a ton of expe- Tigers tossed a 12-0 shutout. ‘Three runners crossed the plate for the Lady Tigers in the bottom of rience today and memories to boot. We are so proud ofall of them!” Elkettes-Plainview/Regional Game One the first and they would need no more but added nine to the total. They observed Elk City Head Tennis Coach Gina Curtis Elk City scored their only run of the contest in the top of the first. scored six in the second, two in the third, and one in the fourth to take a ‘The Lady Indians answered with four in the bottom of the inning, After run tule decision. a scoreless second, Plainview tacked on three in the third and five in the fourth to end the game via the run rule. Elk City pitching was touched for 11 hits including two home runs, with four walks and no strikeout. The defense made two miscues. Elkette Elkette pitching was roughed up for 13 hits including a home run bats managed four hits with a walk and no strikeouts. Hailey Buie, Bri- Elk City at with five walks and no strikeouts. The defense committed two errors. At anna Butler, J’Lynn Hodnett, and Jada Kimball swatted a single apiece. Weatherford Classic, OU Baseball: Sooners drop Regional Track By Kerry Hookstra final game to Kansas State, ‘The Big Elks and Elkettes traveled to Weatherford Apr. 26. The Big Elks scored 59 points to place sixth behind meet champion Chickasha with 90. 12.62 Dacorrius Jones claimed third in the 100 at 11 53. Devin end series with 2-1 win Simmons took second in the 200 with a 22.82 and Jones was sixth run- ning a 23.71, The 16000 saw Lane Hargrove take the race in 4:38.36 while Ethan Banks was third with a 4:45.63. They had previously run first and second in the 1600 at the Elk City Classic but a timing malfunc- tion did not report that result. The 4X80 relay team of Hargrove, Banks, Jesse Crittenden, The Sooners responded with a run in ‘The Sooners got three straight ‘Trevin Michael pitched 3.2 in- Brackston Thompson, and Alonzo Geno ran to second with an 8:24.17. Norman Transcript the fifth and two runs in the sixth outs in the top of the ninth to give nings for the Sooners, striking out ‘The Elkettes picked up six points to place 15th. Weatherford ran to push their lead to four runs. themselves a chance but were un- six batters but surrendering eight away with the meet title scoring 213 points. Ella Sotille ran to third in the In the first game of the series ‘That's when things fell apart able to score in the bottom of the hits and six runs. 800 with a time of 2:34.15 to account for the Elk City scoring. against Kansas State, the Sooners for the Sooners. frame, as the Wildcats secured an Regional Track took Elk City to Chisholm Apr. 30. The Big Elks scored ‘The Sooners’ record now sits scored 14 runs on 16 hits. 8-7 win over the Sooners at L. Dale ‘The Wildcats added two runs 80 to place fourth behind Bethany in first with 143 points. The Elkettes managed 10 for a 12th place finish as Weatherford won going away with at 27-15 with just three more con- ‘The second game, the Sooners in the seventh inning and the Mitchell Park. However, the Sooners still 203. Elk City saw Simmons take second in the 100 with an 11.20. Har- ference series to go in the regular scored 22 runs on 13 hits. During Sooners couldn't answer as their took the series win and outscored season, They'll be back in action at grove was second in the 1600 at 4:38.54 while Banks claimed fourth run- the final game Sunday, the Soon- lead was cut to two. The Wildcats the Wildcats 43-20 over the three ning a 4:43.64, The relay teams were the point makers for the Big Elks Dallas Baptist at 6:30 p.m. Tues- with the 4X100 team of Marino Rivers-Noblitt, Rylee Miller, Cooper Gar- ers’ continued to find hits, record- kept it up with four runs in the games, ing 13. However, the runs were in eighth inning to take the lead. day, barino, and Simmons running to fourth with a 44.73. They took second Jackson Nicklaus led the Soon- shorter supply this time around. Cade Horton hit a sacrifice fly to Jesse Crittenden is the sports in the 4X200 at 1:31.85 and second in the 4X400 running a 3:30.04. The ers with three hits, two RBIs and They started off well, jumping score Wallace Clark in the bottom editor of The Transcript and covers 4X800 team of Hargrove, Banks, Brackston Thompson, and Alonzo Geno a run. Clark added three hits, won the event with an 8:29.93. OU athletics. Reach him at jesse@ out to a 3-1 lead through the first of the frame, but the Wildcats two RBIs and two runs, and Brett Two events gave the Elkettes their points. Ameri Attebery took fifth two innings. The Wildcats added hung onto a one-run lead heading Squires added two hits, two RBIs normantranscript.com or at 405- in the 100 hurdles with a 17.22. Remi Murray returned to the pole vault a run in the fifth inning, but the into the final inning, anda run. 366-3580. pit and qualified for State with a vault of 8-6 to earn second. OU baseball: Sooners’ offense continues hot stretch with blowout win over Kansas State Tarik Masri, The Norman the right fielder never saw the through the first two innings, The Wildcats homered two hits from John Spikerman and leadership coming from the top, Transcript ball, and the freshman was able Sandlin gave up his first on a solo more times in the fourth and Jimmy Crooks. [the more it helps us.] We've got to get on base for a single.home run by Raphael Pelletier. sixth innings before Sandlin The 12-run win was the good things to offer, every sport Finding a way to top Friday ‘Oklahoma wouldn't do any When Oklahoma made it was replaced by Carson Atwood. team’s second-biggest margin of on this campus. That's what's re- night's offensive explosion was more damage in the first inning, back out on offense, it put across ‘The redshirt sophomore had six victory this season and the big- ally fun about it, that’s the spirit no easy task for Oklahoma but it would prove to be a sign of 11 runs on just four hits. Kansas strikeouts and allowed five hits gest of any home game this sea- of the game is the fans in col- But the Sooners found a way more to come for both teams. State walked nine batters and and six runs. son, The Sooners’ drew a crowd lege.” Saturday, as a massive third in- “We had some good at-bats in hit another, while committing With the game nearly in of1,625 for their annual ‘Bark in ‘The Sooners (26-14, 8-5) will ning paved the way for a 22-10 that whole first inning, and then two errors all in the third inning hand, the Sooners were able to the Park’ game. close out their three-game week- win over Kansas State. we came out with the lead,” OU alone. try several different pitchers on “The berm has been fantas- end series with the Wildcats on The Sooners entered the head coach Skip Johnson said. ‘The bottom of the third in- the mound to dose the game. tic,” Johnson said about the Sunday at 2 p.m. game after hitting four home “.. David (Sandlin)'s first inning ning took nearly an hour, and by Atwood pitched an inning and home crowd. “Our fans are some Tarik Masri is a sports re- runs and 12 extra base hits in a was really good, really special. It’s the time Sandlin was back on the allowed three hits and four runs. of the best fans in the world. porter for The Transcript cover- 12-run win over Kansas State hard in a game like that, because mound the lead had ballooned to Carter Campbell and Colton ‘The more that (Oklahoma foot- ing OU athletics and area sports. the night before. In their sec- Tve been on both sides of it when 19-1. Sundloff finished out the game ball head coach Brent) Venables You can reach him by emailing ond game of the weekend series, ve been pitching. it’s really dif- “If you're throwing 95 miles allowing no runs and just one hit keeps talking about it and the tarikenormantranscript.com Oklahoma scored 19 runs in the ficult to keep executing pitches.” per hour and you sit ... I don’t over the final two innings. first three innings to win secure Brett Squires drove in two know how long (the second and ‘The Sooners finished with 17 the series win in a massive win. runs with an RBI double into third innings) were, but I'd guess team hits and were able to take After a scoreless first inning right field and Blake Robertson they were almost 40 minutes,” advantage of five Wildcat errors. for Kansas State, John Spiker- hit a two-run home run dur- Johnson said. “(Sandlin was) Still, of Oklahoma’s 22 runs, only man led off for the Sooners and ing an eight-run second inning running back and forth to try to one was unearned. Five Oklaho- play a little catch in between. It ma batters registered multiple hit a fly ball into short right field that put the Sooners up 8-0. Af- gets tough at times.” hits in the game, including four that looked like an easy out. But ter holding the Wildcats hitless Available for NEL draft: Wagoner’s PICKUP ov DELIVERY Rodriguez selected by Detroit Mike Kays, Muskogee Phoe- state championship teams in high school where he was also a son, who also played collegiately at OSU, was signed by the Chica- go Bears as a rookie free agent in state champion wrestler, led the Wagoner and Oklahoma Cowboys in tackles in each of the 2016. But Rodriguez is the first leading up to the draft. State ex Malcolm Rodriguez was last three seasons and finishing from Wagoner to be drafted. second as a sophomore in 2018 Harper and Rodriguez were roommates and trained togeth- er for three months in Arizona ‘One of those who hoped the $50 $75 selected on Day 3 of the NFL Rodriguez will start third on call would come from Dallas was 6 Months 1 Year draft by the Detroit Lions. Ro- before. He was the first OSU line- Detroit's depth chart at middle Rodriguez's high school coach. driguez was the ninth selection backer to be named an All-Amer- linebacker behind Alex Anzalone Dale Condict. Add the e-paper to a print subseriation for $/ per month in the sixth round, 188th overall. ican since 1981 after leading the and Anthony Pittman. "If he's 6-foot-2, he's prob- The Lions acquired the pick Big 12 in tackles in 2021. ‘There was certainly some lo- ably drafted in the first round,” earlier in the draft by dealing the He's the first linebacker out cal sentiment hoping that Rodri- Condict said. "This is just the be- 181st to Philadelphia and got guez would get selected by Dal- of OSU to be drafted since 1995. the 188th and 237th spots — He is the first from the area to las. The family has been Dallas ginning for him, but it's a good the latter a seventh-round pick, be drafted since Kamren Curl of fans as well. Ironically five picks Detroit did not have another seventh-round pick. Muskogee in the seventh round of the 2020 draft by the Wash- later Rodriguez's OSU team- mate, Devin Harper, was picked beginning and it's just so rare to (coach) a guy who gets to go play at that level. I'm very excited he's “ElkCityNews The 5-11, 230-pound Ro- ington Commanders. by the Cowboys, who had three getting that opportunity. 109 W. Broadway driguez, recruited to Oklahoma Rodriguez is also the second picks in the fifth round and took "It's been stressful for me to State as a safety after playing Wagoner product in recent years one linebacker then, LSU's Da- watch. I can't imagein what it's 580-225-3000 » www.elkcityoknews.com that and quarterback on three to head to the NFL. Kevin Peter- mone Clark. been like for them today."