October 19, 2022 Issue, Page 4 of 8

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4- The Elk City News Sports October 19, 2022 Big Elk Football win over Chickasha gives Elks #1 rank in their district By Shonda Little The Big Elks came out asha scored their final touch- Coach Maynard made a little adversity with turnovers We were able to put together ready to rumble, putting 20 down, but Elk City succeeded special note of the perfor- in the third quarter, we were arguably our most complete ‘The Big Elks Stadium was points on the board in the first in scoring 8 points. mance by Tucker Garza, who able to put things away with game to take control of the dis- electric on Friday night as the quarter. The Big Elks continued had eight carries for 225 yards a few more scores, making trict lead. We control our own now 6-1 squad easily plucked ‘The Fightin’ Chicks put one their scoring bonanza in the and five touchdowns. the final 51-14. Tucker Gar- destiny from here on out with their visitors, the Chickasha of their only two touchdowns fourth quarter with nine more Maynard added, “We za had a career night of 209 our remaining games. It is a Fighin’ Chicks. on the board in the first quar- points. jumped on them early and of- yards on eight carries and five good feeling, and we have put Witha final score of 51-14, ter. Coach Maynard said, “This ten with a 20-7 lead early. We touchdowns. This was another ourselves in a great position Coach Zac Maynard witnessed Elk City was able to ad- win puts us in first place in would go on to have anoth- great district win for our guys. moving forward.” outstanding performances vance their lead to 34-7 in the the district — another huge er score with zero time left Chickasha was a team that we Elk City will travel to from several players, including second quarter. district game this week with on the clock before halftime, were competing against for Weatherford to take on the 4-3 underclassmen. In the third quarter, Chick- Weatherford.” making the score 32-7. After a one of the top spots in district. Eagles at 7 pm on Thursday. Merritt Merritt Football win over Sayre Eagles keeps playoff hopes alive Runners By Shonda Little Following last Thursday's We made good adjustments at halftime and held them to just six points in the second half. rival,” Coach Richardson said. the 1-6 Thomas Terriers at 7 pm on Friday at Oiler Stadium. Merritt saw great perfor- mances by several players. The game will have a spe- 48-28 win over the Sayre Ea- Getting the stops was the dif- “Caden Smith had a tre- cial guest, 2000 Merritt High Compete gles at home, Head Coach ference in the game.” mendous game with three School graduate and Medal Barrett Richardson says the The Oilers’ 2-5 record is not touchdowns and 276 yards of Honor recipient Earl Plum- win could keep their chance at reflective of many of the tight rushing. Kellen Lamar played lee, for the game. In addition, making the playoffs alive. games that Merritt has played. great defense and made some the Oklahoma National Guard Coach Richardson _ said, “This win still keeps play- key stops,” Coach Richardson has selected the contest as “We had a difficult time stop- off hopes alive, but it is much added. the Oklahoma National Guard Submitted by Billy Preston ping them in the first half. better when it is against your ‘The Merritt Oilers will host Game of the Week. ‘The Merritt Cross Country Teams made the short bus ride to Elk City Lake October 8th to compete in the first ever Cross Country meet to be held there. Finishing for the Oilerettes and Elk City High School and Junior High E-sports in third season Oilers were the following runners. Junior high girls’ 2400M results were second place - Milee Porter, seventh place - Allie Smith, ninth place - Hanna Stehr, 11th place - Jaeden Kruger, and 18th place - Journi Coy. They By Shonda Little ble to play, have a good record Big Elks and Junior Elks have ray advised. finished first as a team. of making the playoffs, and regularly scheduled meets. He added, “Then we will While e-sports is a fairly can win a championship at However, they also differ in start up the spring season Junior high boys’ 3200M results were ninth place - Carson new phenomenon, it is taking the end of the year. The best that sometimes events are from February until May. Af Gilmore, 11th place - Reed Snodgrass, 19th place - Cale Gilm- the country by storm. thing about e-sports is that held remotely, and others are ter that, the season basically ore, 23rd place - Elian Stokes, and 39th place - Carson Givens. In addition to his duties it gives kids a place to belong held in person. ‘They finished third as a team. on the softball diamond, and compete, even if they “All the regular season runs all school year long,” High school girls’ 3200M resulted in Elizabeth White plac- Coach Kaleb Murray serves don’t compete in competitive events are held online on a Coach Murray sees a lot of as the skipper for the Big Elks traditional sports.” Saturday every month,” Coach potential for success among ing third. High school boys’ 5000M results were third place - Riley and Junior Elks E-sports. Inits third year at Elk City, Murray said. “We play from his young competitors. Still, it leaves many un- Coach Murray says the pro- my classroom against all other “So far this year, we have Herndon, fifth place - Coy Bullard, and 18th place - Jackson knowing adults confused gram is off to a flying success. schools in the competitive on- a lot of our individual teams Bow. about what exactly e-sports “We have around 100 kids line matches. The playoffs are that are towards the top in Merritt runners are coached by first year head coach Cody entails. in the high school program in person and have been held almost every game. We have Calloway. Next action for the teams will be in the Regional “B-sports turns online this year, and about forty at the new SWOSU E-Sports had four state championship Meet. That location has not been announced yet. The State gaming into a competitive compete regularly. Our ju- Area. We have a group of kids teams over the last three Meet will follow at Edmond Santa Fe on October 29th. team sport played against nior high program has close who play Super Smash Broth- years and have a great group other schools and players,” to fifty kids as well. We add ers, and this year those events Coach Murray explained. kids every year that want in. have been moved to in-person of kids who I believe will have We hope “E-sports might look differ- We usually look at past grades once a month.” ent than traditional sports. and attendance as well as Participating a chance to continue that tra~ students dition for us.” Elk City E-Sports will com- you have However, it follows the same ability to compete in tourna- have a fall season that starts setup and makeup as other ments,” Coach Murray said. in August and goes until pete again this upcoming Sat- sports. Kids have to be eligi- Like any sports team, the Christmas Break, Coach Mur- urday. agreat 580.243.0466 year! Sayre Youth League Tackle Football We want to wish our teams scheduled to take on Canadian area teams a great season and we look at Sayre next Saturday hing MURINE] forward toccwaeetcd! Both games will be vying for the first 500-225-2432 you su place spot in the division Good Luck Area Teams! By Shonda Little In both games, Sayre Youth League Custodian Cinch Yake 1120 W 3rd St. advised that the teams will be battling for the #1 seed before Elk City, OX 73644 ‘The Sayre Youth League Eagles got a break from football the league goes into their playoff tournament. games during Fall Break. (580) 225-1160 On October 8, the 3rd and 4th graders beat Clarendon 34-0. However, both teams will square off against Canadian on ‘The Sth and 6th graders defeated Wellington, 28-0. ' Wwwwpizzahut.com Saturday at Sayre. Sayre Youth League has also opened registration for their ‘The 3rd and 4th grade Eagles will play at 3 pm and the Sth traveling team, the Spartans. 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