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SPORTS 6• SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025 The Elk City News Keaton Whinery Graham Easttom Kingston Dixon Kynli Carlson Logan Webb Gracie Snowder Destiny Jackson Abby Brown Makenzie Thompson Campbell Garbarino Ella Sottile Kaz Ulrich Lucy O'Hara Lucy O'Hara Luke Spitz Taylor Polensky Mikaela Shiffrin Brian Campbell Junior Elk City Cheerleaders Austin Meador and Kahne Lowrance Brooke Thomas Canute Cheerleaders Amateur & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez not as well. In “2A”, Merritt Oilerettes Sean Hamm), gave a thriller in the half, Lucy O’Hara made and with 5 seconds remaining, In “A” class, Canute Troja- (Coach Jeff Daugherty), who performance in their district a nice jump-shot to cut the Lucy O’Hara, again, scored on EXCITING HIGH nettes (coach Tatum Ridling) won the State Championship game against Woodward, that deficit to 17 points before the a jump-shot to give the team SCHOOL BASKETBALL seem unstoppable, with current last year, won their District ended with an exhibition of a half-time buzzer. No one could a 53-51 victory. Now, they are AROUND THE AREA… win-loss record of 24-3 (one of game against Frederick 67-27. great comeback with the atti- have predicted that O’Hara’s headed to the Regional Tourna- In the Elk City area, we are the losses was against a bigger They followed with a win in the tude of “playing to win” and basket would be the energy ment, which started on Thurs- blessed to have three school school), and ranked 4th in the regional tournament against never giving up. With less shot they needed to mount a day, too late for us to get the teams we can follow, all in dif- state, they won their District Hinton with a score of 80-35, than a minute left in the sec- great comeback. Coach Sean result in this issue. While Lucy ferent classes: “A” (Canute), game against Arapaho-Butler and a loss against Riverside 37- ond quarter, the Elkettes were Hamm made some changes in O’Hara might seem the game’s “2A” (Merritt) and “4A” (Elk 56-37, followed by a victory 40. At the time of this writing, losing by 19 points. They just the defense and at one point, “hero” by starting and finishing City). District and region- over Apache 70-25 in the first there is no notice of their third could not stop the girls from the Elkettes had a run of 18-2, the comeback, there is nothing al games are under way, and regional game, then a victo- game, or, whether or not, they Wooward who seemingly then drew even at 51 with less she could have done by herself. we have watched some great ry against Cheyenne/Raydon will qualify for the State Tour- had a path to the basket and than forty seconds to go. Af- It was a great show of grit and games. Our girls’ teams are do- 39-26. On the way to the State nament in 2025. many layups, along with a few ter Woodward missed a layup, ing very well, our boys’ teams Tournament! The “4A” Elkettes (Coach 3-Pointers. With 10 seconds left Elkettes drove down the court, See LOCAL page 10 Professional Inidividual Sports By Alex Alvarez Giannis Antetokounmpo, from Cleveland Cavaliers (47-10); retirement; Defense remains ul- letics 10-3 on the 22nd, and lost Eastern Conference: Milwaukee, but has played 44 Southwest, Orlando Magic (29- timate downfall for Suns in loss to the Chicago Cubs 10-5 on Atlantic Division: Toronto NBA games. Jaden Williams has an 30) (*). to lowly Raptors; Warriors stay February 24th. Maple Leafs 72 Points, Florida The Oklahoma City Thun- average of 32.8 in 54 games and Best Winning Streaks as of hot since Butler trade and beat Panthers with 71 points. der continues dominating the holds the 34th best scorer spot n Monday, are the Cleveland Cav- Dallas Mavericks 126-102. Greg NATIONAL HOCKEY Metropolitan Division: Northwest Division in the the NBA aliers and the Detroit Pistons Popovich not expected to come LEAGUE Washington Capitals with 84 Western Conference. With a re- with 7 wins in a row. Next best is back and coach San Antonio Western Conference: points, followed by Carolina cord of 46-11, they are 8 games LEADERS BY DIVISION: five by the Boston Celtis. Spurs for the rest of the season. Central Division: Winnipeg Hurricanes with 70 points. ahead of the Denver Nuggets Western Conference: North- (*) – Orlando Magic is the Jets leads with 85 points, fol- Canada won the 4-Nations who have a 38-20 record. Shai west, Oklahoma Thunder (46- only team that is leading their MLB lowed by Dallas Stars (*) with 76 Cup in a final against the U.S.A. Gilgeous-Alexander leads the 11); Pacific, Los Angeles Lakers division with a losing record. Preseason has started, and we points; team in overtime after the teams NBA with an average of 34.2 (34-21); Southwest Memphis Other NBA Headlines: War- will be following the San Diego Pacific Division: Vegas Gold- tied 2-2 in regulation time. With points per game, having played Grizzlies (37-20) riors’ Stephen Curry and Steve Padres and Kash Mayfield. San en Knights leads with 74 points, the politics involved, this will be 56 games. Also with an aver- Eastern Conference: Atlantic, Kerr send an emotional message Diego beat the Mariners 5-2 on followed by Edmonton Oilers a very big rivalry from now on, age of 34.2 points per game is Boston Celtics (41-16); Central, to Andre Iguodala at his jersey Feb 21, beat the Oakland Ath- with 72 points. bigger than ever! Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez an had qualified for the Tour in his second last group start of the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024. the short suspension. Venezue- the Khalifa International Tennis 2017, but finished 180 on the season. He was in third place at Coming up on the PGA Tour: lan Daniel Vallverdu thinks the and Squash Complex. It was his PGA TOUR – MEXICO money list and lost his card, the Farmers Open going into Cognizant Classic in Palm public’s criticism is pointed at second win in Qatar. OPEN forcing him to go to the Web. the last round, but shot 78 and Beach Gardens, FL, Feb 27-Mar the wrong direction as Grigor -Britain’s Cameron Norrie has The stop in Puerto Vallarta, com Tour (now the Korn Ferry moved down to 15th place. This 2; the Arnold Palmer Invitation- Dimitrov’s coach suggests the been beaten by teenage Ameri- Mexico, saw a first-time winner Tour). He worked hard and got time, he started as a leader, and al on March 6-9. anti-doping agencies should be can qualifier Learner Tien in the on Tour, when American Brian back on tour in 2025. Now, he ended up tied for first, but lost receiving the heat instead of Jan- opening round of the Mexican Campbell shot a round of one is exempt for two full seasons the playoff. PGA CHAMPIONS TOUR nik Sinner. Open in Acapulco. Tien did under par to tie Aldrich Potgiet- until the end of 2026. His win There was another first on (AKA SENIOR TOUR) -Russian player Andrey Ru- very well in the Australian Open er at 20 under par in regulation. also qualifies him for the Play- Tour and in the tournament as Did not have a tournament blev was crowned champi- reaching the quarterfinals. Aldrich, from South Africa, shot ers Championship, The Masters, well: a kid (only 17 years old!), this week. Next on the schedule on of the Qatar ExxonMobil a round of even par, that includ- The PGA Championship and Blades Brown, made the cut is the Cologuard Classic, in Tuc- Open men’s tennis tournament SKI WORLD CUP ed three nervous bogeys when the “Signature Events” of 2025. and finished at 9 under par in son, AZ on March 7-9. (ATP 500 category) for the American Mikaela Shiffrin he could not get “up-and-down” Brian Campbell played for the a tie for 34th place, one shot Ernie Els leads the Schwab second time in his career after won the Audi Fis Cup and made from just off the green. Playing University of Illinois, was low behind Weatherford’s (Oklaho- Cup, followed closely by Miguel defeating Britain’s Jack Drap- history with her 100th World together in the last group, and amateur in the U.S. Open in ma) Quade Cummins, who had Angel Jimenez, and then Justin er today. Rublev, the fifth seed Cup victory! Mikaela is not just tied at 19-under going into the 2015, and turned pro shortly rounds of 69-68-68-69 for a ten Leonard. in the tournament and the 2020 a “skier”, she is a promoter of last hole, they both made birdie after his U.S. Open silver medal. under par finish. Quade, who champion, secured victory youth, with her ‘MIK100: Reset on #18, setting a playoff, which Meanwhile, Aldrich, a 20- played high school in Weath- TENNIS over his British opponent, the the Sport’ campaign, she aims to was won by Campbell, who is year old Tour rookie, would erford Oklahoma, and college Short Notes: eighth seed, in a three-set bat- raise $100,000 for youth initia- on his second season, not con- have been the youngest winner golf for the Oklahoma Sooners, -The three-month suspension tle (7-5, 5-7, 6-1) in the final, tives. Her specialty is the slalom. secutive, on the PGA Tour. Bri- of this event, had he won. The qualified for the 2025 season by of Jannik Sinner has many of which lasted two hours and four American Lyndsey Vonn has long hitting South African, had finishing on the top 25 of the the top tennis players upset at minutes on the center court of the most downhill titles with 81.