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4- The Elk City News Sports November 2, 2022 District Honors For Oilerettes Submitted by Billy Pres- Herndon to be named to the sive win-loss record of 20 and ton team and second time for 13. Leading the team in stats Dobbins to be named. were Addison Carnes with an The 2022 Merritt Oil- Gaining Honorable Men- OBP of .700, Gracie Smith led erettes Fastpitch Softball tion; third baseman senior Ri- the team in runs scored with Team placed eight players on ely Hartman, second baseman 41, Marlie Mong led team All District teams. sophomore Gracee Carnes, members with a .486 batting ‘The All District teams are first baseman freshman Hal- average hit 37 singles and had nominated by their coach and lie Smith, and catcher sopho- 52 hits, Bug Herndon led the then voted on by all coach- more Tralee MaCain. team with 34 RBI's, 13 dou- es in the district. Gaining All Dobbins also received the bles and a near perfect field- District honors for the Oil- high honor of being named to ing percentage of .990, slug- erettes were pitcher senior the All Region Team as pitch- ger Riely Hartman led with Danny Dobbins, center fielder er. Rodney Givens received eight triples and two homer- junior Kayde Herndon short the honor of being named uns. stop freshman Marlie Mong Coach of the Year at the dis- ‘The Oilerettes had a strong and catcher/left fielder fresh- trict level. bench that contributed to man Gracie Smith. The Oilerettes finished their record. third baseman Reily Hartman due to graduation, but they for years to come returning This is the third year for the season with an impres- The Oilerettes will miss and pitcher Danny Dobbins will be a respected ball team seven starters next year. Elk City Cross Country teams place Big Elks clutch at Frederick Invitational District title Jones in 67th. Olivia Williamson was the top runner for the ECMS girls in the 1.5 mile junior in march to the high girls race. Williamson came in 10th place, followed by Kayleigh Cooper in 21st, playoffs Natilee Youngbull in 27th, By Shonda Little was also a success for the Big Elks coach to get valuable McKynzie McCain in 34th, Coach Zac Maynard’s Elk playing time for his backup Lauren Nichols in 52nd, Pres- City Big Elks football team players and underclassmen. Jey Deleon in 54th, Ella Brew- went into last Friday's game Coach Maynard praised er in 74th, Alexis Schneberger already with a secure spot in his offense. post-season play. in 82nd and Hazel Claborne After turning the lights “Offensively, Austin Jones in 88th. threw for four touchdowns. out on the Woodward Bomb- Elk City hosts its own ers with a 33-21 victory, the Levy Owens had four carries, Cross Country Invitational on Big Elks officially claimed the ee EIS 113 yards, and a touchdown,” spot as District Champions. he said. By Shonda Little runner for the ECHS Boys Country manager. October 8 at Elk Lake, then The Elk City boys came Coach Maynard added, in the varsity boys 5k race. Parker Felts led the ECMS ECMS teams will finish their “Offensively, we moved the out ready to play, scoring two It was a successful race Morgan came in 2nd place, boys with a 7th place finish season at the Junior High ball and scored very well. We touchdowns in the first quar- for Elk City High School and followed by Ethan Banks in in the two-mile junior high All-Star Cross Country Cham- ter. got some backups a lot of Middle School runners at 4th, Zach Rhodes in 18th, Cy boys race. Also placing for Elk pionship in Chickasha on At half time, the Big Elks playing time in the second the Frederick Cross Country Barker in 23rd, Dustyn Linker City were Miller Mayfield in went into their locker rooms half. A lot of young players Invitational on October 4. in 63rd and Oliver Jones in 13th, Spence Brewer in 18th, October 13. ECHS teams get ahead 27-0. got a lot of playing time and ECMS Boys placed first and 79th. Colton Nebhut in 20th, Wil- a two-week break to prepare In the third quarter, were Team Champions; ECHS Kate Ivester led the ECHS liam Villa in 23rd, Krew Keyes for the state qualifier at Re- Woodward finally managed to got some valuable experience for them moving forward to boys placed third; and ECHS girls and medaled in the varsi- in 32nd, Brody Egan in 43rd, gionals on October 22. The 4A get on the board with a touch- girls finished in 4th place at ty girls 2 mile run with a 23rd Ayden Warrach in 47th, Kase down. Elk City tacked on six next season.” State Cross Country Meet will more points. ‘The Big Elks host Marshall the Meet. In addition, 12 Elk place finish. Also competing Kilhoffer in 57th, Michael next Friday for the final game City runners finished in the were Jothsna Pranabdev in Copeland in 66th and Dashel be held at Edmond Santa Fe ‘The game ended with a fi- High School on October 29. nal score of 33-21. The game of the regular season. Top 25 and earned individual 48th place, Jocelinn Lopez medals at Frederick. in 67th place and Emma Sib- Jack Morgan was the top —- Both Sayre Youth League Tackle Football teams come home as League Champions following the weekend tournament OILFIELD SERV HINTON, OK. ELK CITY,OK.. SYL Eagles end season undefeated By Shonda Little ‘The 3rd and 4th-grade team got a bye fourth quarter, Sayre 3/4 was up 12-0. in the first round and played Childress Canadian scored a touchdown in the We want to wish our When the Sayre Youth League took immediately following the older team’s fourth quarter, but the strong Eagle’s de- on the ambitious endeavor of allowing second win. fense denied them any other points. area teams a great each willing child athlete to play in their ‘The 3/4 Eagles followed their older Immediately following the game, league for free two years ago, organizers counterpart’s footsteps, beating Chil- Coach Sanderford gave each player their pin season and we look and volunteers knew that the challenge dress 30-0. gold medal. Both teams knew their most signifi- Mtn forward to watching would be no small feat. In the last game of the evening, the On Sunday, the fruits of their labor cant challenges would be on Sunday. Sayre Sth and 6th grade Eagles played were evident, arriving in the form of ‘The 3/4 Eagles played first. Kick- the Wheeler Broncos. you succeed! first-place medals and the championship off was behind schedule following an trophy for both the 3rd and 4th-grade overtime game between Childress and Both teams went into the game un- defeated. team and the 5th and 6th-grade team. Wheeler for the consolation bracket. Like the younger Eagles, the Sayre Both Kade Sanderford’s young squad Childress ultimately won that game. and Cinch Yake’s older squad went onto At approximately 4 pm, the Eagles 5/6 fans were in for a nail-biter, coming the gridiron undefeated on Saturday. took on Canadian, who went into the down to the wire. On Sunday evening, they both left tournament as the #2 seed. The two However, Coach Yake’s squad stayed the same way. teams had just met the week prior, with dedicated until the final buzzer, winning ‘The Sth and 6th-grade team played the Little Eagles winning 6-0 in the 18-14. first on Saturday, squaring off first fourth quarter. Sayre 5/6 also immediately received against Shamrock and then against Ca- ‘The two teams would once against their gold medals. nadian. have a close match-up. Both coaches praised the season-long ‘The 5/6 Eagles beat Shamrock 40-0 ‘The Eagles would ultimately hold off efforts of their players, assistant coach- and Canadian 34-6. Canadian once again. Going into the es, parents, and SYL volunteers. 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