October 26, 2022 Issue, Page 4 of 8

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4- The Elk City News October 26, 2022 Merritt Runners Compete at Regionals Submitted by Billy Pres- a returning State Champion, in 28th place. ton and returning to the meet for The Merritt Cross Coun- the fourth time. In 20th place try teams are being coached On Sat., Oct. 22nd, the was junior Coy Bullard for his by first year head coach Cody Merritt Oilers and Oilerettes third appearance at State. At traveled to Warika to compete 32nd place, sophomore Jack- Calloway. in Regional action in an at- son Bow will be competing for “I couldn't be prouder of tempt to qualify for the State his second trip to State. John these young men and wom- Meet to be held Sat., Nov. 2nd Johnson placed 56th and this en. They have fought through at Edmond Santa Fe. will be his third trip to State. a season with every kind of ‘The Oiler runners finished Dawon Mitchel will be run- hardship possible and put in sixth place as a team in the ning for the third time in the together a great team effort 4 5K race to qualify them as a State meet. team for the State Meet. The Running strong in the to qualify for State. They’re individual finishes were in the 3200M race, but not qualify- a team foundation that will Pictured are the Merritt Cross Country team. From left are Jackson Bow, Riley Hern- following order: fifth place ing for State was sophomore continue on for years,” Callo- don, Dawson Michael, Coy Bullard, John Johnson, and Coach Cody Calloway. Courtesy photo by Billy Preston. senior Riley Herndon who is Elizabeth White who finished way said of his team. Big Elks continue winning streak on the gridiron against I-40 rival Weatherford Weatherford for a Thursday night game rather than the typical Friday scheduling. ‘The first quarter let fans on both sides of the stadium know they were in for a tight contest. Going into the second quarter, the Big Elks were able to score one touchdown. The ECHS boys earned third place at 4A Regionals and will boys in brown and white were compete at State on October 29 in Edmond. Left to right: then successful in making Brackston Thompson, Cy Barker, Ethan Banks, Jack Mor- their two-point conversion. gan, Jack Thomas, Zach Rhodes and Lake Hargrove. ‘The game remained tied at 14-6 until the fourth quarter. ‘The Eagles were successful in putting six more points on Elk City runners qualify for State the board, but the Elks were able to counter by adding eight to their total. ‘The final score was 22-12. Elk City High School boys Coach Zac Maynard said, continue Thompson in 47th place, se- to race toward a big nior Cy Barker in 48th place “Gage Eastman defensive- finish in 4A Cross Country and junior Lake Hargrove in ly had a great game, as well competition, earning third 67th place. as the rest of our defense. place at 4A Regionals and so- Freshman Kate Ivester led Offense played really well lidifying their spot to run in the ECHS girls at the Regional at times. Levy Ownes had a the upcoming 4A State Cham- Meet and qualified as an indi- Cooper Patton. Staff photo by Rose Cummings. good night running the foot- pionship Meet. vidual for State competition. ball, and Austin Jones threw ‘The team placed third out Ivester finished in 31st place of 15 teams competing in the the ball well. Kaden Holder 4A Regional Meet at Oklaho- in a field of 93 runners in the By Shonda Little caught a TD pass as well as ma Bible Academy in Enid on 4A varsity girls 3200m race. Tucker Garza.” October 22. Also competing were soph- Although the first quarter Coach Maynard noted Junior Jack Morgan led omore Gabby Gilliam with a ended with a 6-6 tied football that significant weight to the the ECHS boys with a 4th 45th place finish and fresh- place finish in a field of 105 man Jothsna Pranabdev with game, the Elk City Elks even- Weatherford victory. a 92nd place finish. The ECHS “This was a rivalry game runners in the varsity boys tually put one of their top ri- 5k. Senior Ethan Banks also girls did not have enough run- vals, the Weatherford Eagles, with Weatherford and guar- finished in the Top 5 with ners to qualify as a team. OILFIELD to bed last Thursday with a anteed us a playoff spot,” he 5th place. Morgan and Banks The 4A Cross Country HINTON,OK. ELK CITY,OK. 22-12 victory. said. were followed by sophomore State Championship Meet Due to Weatherford hold- The Big Elks travel to Jack Thomas in 26th place, will be held on Saturday, Oc- ing their Fall Break this last Woodward this Friday to play junior Zach Rhodes in 31st tober 29 at Edmond Santa Fe week, Elk City traveled to the 1-7 Woodward Bombers. place, sophomore Brackston High School in Edmond. We want to wish our Both Sayre Youth League Tackle Football area teams a great pin season and we look teams finish regular season undefeated Mtn forward to watching By Shonda Little Finally, near the end of the fourth The Eagles ended the first quarter quarter, Ruger Rippetoe was able to rush ahead, 24-0. you succeed! On Saturday, the Sayre Youth League 3rd and 4th grade team and Sth and 6th into the end zone, giving Sayre a 6-0 lead Sayre continued to hang points on Canadian in the second quarter, adding over Canadian. grade team hosted Canadian. ‘The Eagles were unable to complete a 12 more points. In the end, both teams came out with two-point conversion. No points were scored by either team wins and undefeated seasons. With little time left on the clock, Ca- in the third quarter. ‘The first game kicked off at 3 pm be- nadian was able to march down to the In the fourth quarter, the Eagles add- tween the 3rd and 4th grade squads. field into scoring position. ed 16 more points. In this game, both Sayre and Canadi- However, the Eagle defense held ‘The Eagles won 52-0. an were undefeated. strong, giving the Eagles the victory that Jett Maddox, Quaid Whitney, Daquir they needed to go into the postseason ‘The game was a tight nail biter. tournament as the #1 seed. Bagby, Connor Cummins, Billy Bridge, In the first three quarters, neither ‘At approximately 5 pm, the Sth and and Easten Kropp also scored points for team was able to cross into the end zone, 6th grade Eagles kicked off against the the Eagles. although several plays had gotten close. older Canadian team. Kropp led the team in tackles. The Eagles defense did a great job in ‘The Eagles came out ready with Rha- ‘The older SYL Eagles will also go into clutch situations by denying Canadian ziah Reese scoring the first of seven Ea- next weekend's postseason tournament any points. gles touchdowns in the first quarter. as the #1 seed. We Hope You Have A Great Season! COOU LICK Teams! ey Great Plains Bank 2017 W. Third | S. 1300 Main | gpbankok.com 1210 S. Main St, Elk City 580-225-0100 www.elksupply.com Yes Finance 1414 W. Sra St, Elk City, OK 580-225-1525 580-225-2065