August 24, 2022 Issue, Page 6 of 10

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6 - The Beckham County Record August 24, 2022 Grudge Match ee Cassy Sottile. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. Elk City Cross Country Begins 2022 Season Running to base is Aubrie Pogue and Melody Lowrance is a parent pictured. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. Canute Trojan baseball team bring home three wins in a busy four-game week By Shonda Little ona leash, allowing no runs to against the Arapaho Indians in big situations defensively, be scored. saw hot bats from both clubs on the mound, as well as at Canute Head Coach Taylor ‘The Trojans won 4-0. for a final score of 13-10. the plate. In our win Friday Varnell and his varsity squad On Friday, the team at a Like the previous game, the against Latta, I saw a lot of are starting the year with three-way meet-up with the Trojans came in with a strong good things out of my young solid success after going 3-1 Ft. Cobb-Braxton Mustangs, first inning. Canute had five ones. As they continue to set- during a busy week. the Latta Panthers, and the runs in the first inning. tle in and gain confidence, I ‘The first game was played Arapaho Indians. The Indians answered by look for us to keep improving. on August 16 against the C. Randall, L. Spitz, and PB putting six runs over the plate I was proud of how the boys Sentinel Bulldogs in Sentinel. Jacks took the mound for the in the second inning. The third bounced back from our loss Pitchers C. Randall, O. Elliot, Trojans in the tough 5-13 loss inning saw no runs from ei- against ft cobb to beat Latta in and B. Bryant and the strong against the Fort Cobb-Braxton ther club, each scoring one run our three-way with those two Trojan defense kept the dogs Mustangs. in the fourth inning. Friday. We got beat in a tough The Whinery _ brothers ‘The Trojans retook the lead game early, and they respond- shared a total of three RBIs. in the fifth inning by scoring ed by coming out with even Also bringing Trojans across two runs. Elk City High School boys. Courtesy photo. @ InterBank home plate were L. Spitz and In the tight game, the Indi- more intensity and taking care of business in the second C. Randall. ans tied up the score with one 1620 W. 3rd St After the lone loss, Varnell said his players rallied for an run in the seventh inning. Canute came out strong in game. My seniors have been doing Elk City High School and Middle School Cross Country Elk City OK teams kicked off the 2022 season at the Weatherford Sand 11-2 bat-o-Rama win over the the eighth and final inning, a good job leading both ver- batting in five more runs. Go- bally and by example. With Plum Invitational in Weatherford on August 20. Latta Panthers. The Trojans 580-225-5580 came out swinging in the first inning, scoring eight of their ing into the bottom of the in- ning, Canute was ahead 13-8. us having such a young team this year, I told them at the ‘The ECHS boys team took 4th place out of 14 teams at the Invitational. The top runner for the boys was Junior Jack Mor- 11 runs in that inning alone. The Indians attempted to beginning of the year that I gan, placing 3rd out of 154 runners. Senior Ethan Banks fol- @ fic J. Beutler and O. Elliott rally with two runs but even- would need that out of them, lowed Morgan at 7th, Sophomore Jack Thomas at 30th, Junior shared the win on the mound tually came up short. The Tro- and so far, they've done a while K. LeGrand sent a jans won 13-10. great job providing leadership Zach Rhodes at 34th, Senior Cy Barker at 72nd, and Freshman homerun deep over the fence. Coach Varnell said, “I've had and showing our younger guys Oliver Jones at 139th. Junior Jackson Ivester also competed, ‘The third and final game my freshmen come through how it’s done.” but his time and placing failed to record. Senior Paige Lane was the sole competitor for the ECHS girls America’s Drive-In. No. 8 Oklahoma Freedom (3-7) Finish in Weatherford, placing 97th out of 109 runners. In the middle school boys event, Elk City Parker Felts placed 928-2224 Eighth at PBR Team Series Event in Nashville Sth, Luke Thomas placed 6th, Colton Nebhut placed 26th out of 92 runners. For Carry Out Orders NASHVILLE, Tenn. - At the fourth regu- noon determined to not leave Nashville winless Campbell Garbarino was the top runner for ECMS girls, or Drive In at 715 N. 4th Jar-season PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Team as they played the Arizona Ridge Riders. How- Series event in Nashville, Tennessee, the home- placing 7th out of 105 runners. Nikki Kirkley followed Garbari- ever, the Freedom failed to score in the contest, stand for the Nashville Stampede, the Oklaho- suffering their third loss in the Volunteer State no at 23rd and Olivia Williamson at 28th. Fenli Simmons also ma Freedom finished eight, going 0-3 and earn- 257.5-0. ran for ECMS, but her time and placing failed to record. ing 1 bonus point. After a flawless 2-0 effort in Anaheim, Cal- In the bonus round, Head Coach Cord Mc- Next up for ECHS Cross Country is the Kingfisher Yellow- Coy tasked Deklan Garland with Magic Potion. jackets Cross Country Invitational in Kingfisher on Saturday, ifornia, last weekend, the Freedom began PBR Brought down in aswift 2.56 seconds, the Free- Stampede Days keen to continue their momen- August 27. ECMS teams will next compete in the Cameron Uni- Roger Mills tum as they took on the Kansas City Outlaws. dom finished last in the bonus round, earning ‘The Sooner State team, however, stumbled, just 1 point. versity Cross Country Invitational on Friday, September 9 in Memorial Hospital beaten 87.25-174.75. ‘The Oklahoma Freedom are now eighth in Lawton, along with the ECHS teams. Unable to right the ship, the Freedom sus- the regular season standings, having gone 3-7 Quality, affordable healthcare NOTES: Schools must have 7 runners per event to qualify for team tained their second game loss in the Music City in game play, amassing 13 bonus round points. right here, right now. ™ 501 South L.L, Males Avenue Cheyenne, Okla. 73628 as competition continued Saturday evening, ‘The Oklahoma Freedom are based at Pay- competition at meets and only the times/points from the top 5 team 580-497-3336 narrowly beaten by the PBR Team Series No. 1 com Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, runners count. 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