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SPORTS 6• SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 The Elk City News Myleigh Flowers Marlie Mong Gracie Carnes Abby Brown Allie Britton Ella Sottile Fred Stolle - Great passed away Athea Gibson - 1st Black Woman to Ashley Partain Campbell Garbarino Lucy O'Hara Kaz Ulrich at 86 Win Tennis Major Amateur & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez son game, against Texas, in Texas. The Sooners beat The OKLAHOMA SOONERS Longhorns 76-70 and may SPORTS: have a chance at getting a spot BASEBALL: No. 13 Oklaho- in the NCAA Tournament lat- ma completed the three-game er this month. Auburn won the sweep over Sam Houston with conference (27-4 overall, 15-3 a pair of wins Sunday. conference). Sooners ended up Arthur Ashe - 1st Black Man to Win Rusell Henley - Wiinner 2025 AP SOFTBALL: No. 1 Oklaho- with an overall record of 19-12 Tennis Major Invitational Jodi Vance Jason Caron - Cinderella Story ma Softball (22-0, 3-0 SEC) and 6-12 in conference. clubbed back-to-back-to-back WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: at the Twin Dolphin Golf Club Frogs with an overall record of ENDS Woodward 54-48, which sent homers in game one to out- The women’s basketball team in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 31-3 and 16-2 in conference. Though all three teams in them to the Area Tournament, last No. 10 South Carolina ended their season with an The team ended with a total of our area were eliminated this where they lost their first game, (20-3, 0-3 SEC), 10-9, while overall record of 25-6, and 11-5 nine under par, five shots be- NCAA TOURNAMENT week, they all ended with a and last game of the season, to freshman Audrey Lowry was in the conference. Conference hind Arizona State at 14 under (AKA: MARCH MAD- winning season, two of them Oologah-Talala 43-53. The girls efficient and effective in a com- leader Texas Longhorns 15-1, par. In third place was Florida NESS) reached the State Tournament, ended the season with a record plete game victory in the sec- 30-2. They have a good chance State with an even par. Individ- Men’s Top 16 have not one was eliminated in the Area of 19-9. ond contest as OU won, 2-1, of being invited to the NCAA ually, Cowboy Preston Stout changed: Tournament: Sunday, March 9. Tournaments – AKA “March tied for 1st at 8 under par with South Region: #1-Auburn; Canute Trojanettes (A): After SPRING HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: The Sooners played Madness” two other players, Pongsapak #2-Texas A&M, #3-Wisconsin, qualifying for the State Tour- SPORTS in Las Vegas at the Southern Laopakdee from Arizona State #4-Texas Tech nament by beating Cheyenne/ Let the sunshine and warm Highlands Collegiate, finishing OKLAHOMA STATE and Tyler Weaver from Florida West Region: #1-Florida, Reydon in overtime 29-27, weather come! Golf, Softball, at 19 over par for the tourna- SPORTS: State. Ethan Fang from Okla- #2-Houston, #3-Kentucky, the girls traveled to Oklahoma Baseball, Soccer, andTrack & ment and in a tie for 5th in the BASEBALL: Cowboys swept homa State finished fourth one #4-Michigan City for the State Tournament, Field have started or will start desert’s wind-swept tourna- a double header against Illinois shot behind at 7 under par. Midwest Region: #1-Ala- where their winning season shortly. ment. Auburn, ranked #2, won State. The 14th-ranked Cow- MEN’S BASKETBALL: the bama, #2-Purdue. #3-Iowa ended with a loss in the first ELK CITY H.S. BASEBALL: with nine under par, followed boys took the opener by a 16-1 OSU Cowboys finished their State. #4-Kansas round to Seiling 35-40 in a very The Elks already have three by UNLV, currently ranked count before posting an 18-1 basketball season with a 15- East Region: #1-Duke, tough game. Tatum Ridling wins with no recorded losses: #31. Auburn was the only team victory in the nightcap; both 16 overall record and a 7-13 #2-Tennessee, #3-Arizona, #4- and her girls ended with a re- Won vs Woodward 7-2; won under par. On the first day, two games went seven innings. in conference. Houston Cou- St. Johns cord of 25-5. against Altus 9-6 and won of the Sooners had food poison, OSU improved to 9-6 with the gars won the conference with Final Selection is Sunday, Merritt Oilerettes (2-A): after against Bishop/McGinness 9-4. with one of them staying in the showing, while Illinois State is a record of 27-4 and 19-1 in March 16. Last Four i: March defeating Walters (39-29) and ELK CITY H.S. TENNIS: No hotel (Matthew Troutman). Ry- now 3-10. conference play. Cowboys last 18-19; First round March 20- Riverside (45-39) in the Area results from the Altus Tourna- der Cowan, who was one of the SOFTBALL: In a matchup game was a win vs Cincinnati 21; Second Round: March Tournament, they lost the first ment posted yet players with stomach problems, featuring two of college soft- 78-67. 22-23; Sweet 16: March 27- game of the State Tournament ELK CITY H.S. GOLF: Both, played sick 80-68-72 for a four ball’s elite pitchers, Ruby Mey- WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 28; Elite 8: March 29-30; Final against Dale 33-66. The team, boys and girls begin on March over finish. Cameron Cheek lan and No. 15/13 Oklahoma The OSU Cowgirls finished Four semifinals April 5 (San coached by Jeff Daugherty, 26. was the best Sooner with a final State were 10-1 run-rule vic- third place in the Big 12 Con- Antonio); Final, Monday April ended with a record of 25-4 for ELK CITY H.S. SOCCER: score of 3 over par. tors over NiJaree Canady and ference with an overall record 7 (San Antonio) the year. Boys won 10-0 vs Cordell and MEN’S BASKETBALL: No. 16/15 Texas Tech at Rocky of 25-6 and 14-4 in conference Elk City Elkettes (4-A): The Girls won 8-4 vs Cordell Sooners climbed one spot, and Johnson Field Sunday. play. Their last game was a loss ELK CITY AREA girls, coached by Sean Hamm, CANUTE SOFTBALL: Tro- ahead of Texas Longhorns by GOLF: The Cowboys took to Baylor 74-84. Winner of the BASKETBALL GIRLS’ won the Regional Tournament janettes won 24-3 vs Navajo winning their last regular sea- second in the Cabo Collegiate conference was TCU Horned POSTSEASON RUN by beating Clinton 66-32 and Lady Indians. Professional Inidividual Sports By Alex Alvarez two) when watching interna- This week alone, there were and Fred was one of the first be- a veteran from Australia, and Russell now led by one. After tional tennis. Some people do, some historical things that hap- fore Rod Laver and others who Jason Caron, a former club pro matching pars on #17 and #18, ATHLETES ARE HUMANS even though all three and many pened in the world of sports, followed and gave Tennis an who sold equipment and gave Russell was crowned as cham- TOO others are gone. mostly sad, that many did not international interest. A human lessons to make a living. Both pion. Famous athletes, in most If you ask “millennials” who even know about, or that were who made a mark is now gone. tied at 13 under for first place, Coming up on PGA Tour: cases, should be role models. made the tour wealthy, they’ll in- ignored. Athletes who give us RIP! Steven Alker birdied the first Players Championship March But never forget they are hu- variably answer, “Tiger Woods”. excitement today, should not SADDEST: On Feb 27, Jodi playoff hole to deny Jason his 13-16, just as you are reading man too. Kids look up to those But, there was a Tour before Ti- be viewed as “Achilles” figures, Vance, who was considered a first win on the Over-50 golf this column. who make the news. They are ger, and Tiger has said that he but humans who play a game promising figure in the body- tour. Professional individual “heroes”, “invincible”, (almost) wanted to beat Jack Nicklaus’ we like for our entertainment, building world, having recent- sports are very difficult, so for TENNIS “immortal” and no kid ever record, and before them, there and it will stop one day. Here are ly secured third place in the someone who did not play any The final of the Indian Wells thinks that something may go was a man by the name of Ben some stories, some sad, and one Women’s Physique category at tour consistently, like a club Open is being played this week- wrong. If a kid is a Dallas fan, he Hogan, who, in the 50’s, dou- almost Cinderella story of this the 2024 NPC Battle of Texas, professional, it would have been end. As of Monday, March 10, never thought that Dak Prescot bled his Monday appearance past week: passed away at the tender age a true Cinderella story for Jason top players Daniil Medvedev, would be injured and out for a fees from $1,000 to $2,000, and SAD: Former Olympian of 20! Vance was also a trainer to win. We will be rooting for Stefanos Tsitsipas and Tommy season; if you were a Patriots fan purses began to grow then, and makes FBI’s “10 Most Wanted with a dedicated following who him for sure! Paul are still in the hunt for the 20 years ago, you never thought have grown ever since. EV- List”. Ryan Wedding, 43, a skate- closely followed her career in trophy. Aaron Hernandez would be ERY YEAR! Other professional boarder was charged with run- bodybuilding. Tragically, she GOLF charged with murder; if you golfers also doubled their fees ning a drug smuggling opera- passed away while attending the PGA TOUR: ARNOLD NASCAR: lived 100 years ago, you never from $500 to $1,000. But it all tion “which routinely shipped Arnold Sports Festival in Co- PALMER INVITATIONAL Christopher Bell, a Norman, thought that Bobby Jones would started with Hogan, not with hundreds of kilograms of co- lumbus, Ohio. Her death was at- Collin Morikawa and Rus- Oklahoma man, became the retire at age 28 in 1930. Yes, we Woods. The rise in purses was caine from Colombia, through tributed to complications from sell Henley matched middle first Cup Series driver to earn need to live in the present, and “perfected” by Arnold Palmer, Mexico and Southern Califor- severe dehydration, which led rounds of 68-67 in the Arnold back-to-back wins since 2023 enjoy what we see, but never whose charismatic personality nia into Canada and then to the to cardiac arrest. This one is sad- Palmer Invitational. They both when he won Atlanta and Cir- forget that the ”tomorrow” is was key to making golf a sport U.S.A. My question is “Why?” A dest of all because she did not had 2 rounds in the 70’s which cuit of the Americas. He took not always granted. The say- for all, and began a growth in good name who represented the live long enough to reach her turned out to be the difference: another checkered flag by win- ing “Legends never die” is true, public courses. It was a snowball red, white and blue that turned potential. A human who made Russel had 72 (Thu) and 70 ning a photo finish at Phoenix at least for people who have helped by the birth of television. bad. A human who lost its way. some early life marks gone. RIP! (Sun) while Collin had 71 (Thu) on Sunday, becoming the first studied a little sports history. High school sports coach- SADDER: Fred Stolle died AN “ALMOST” CIDEREL- and 72 (Sun). One shot differ- driver to win three straight rac- Though not many people re- es should teach a little history at the age of 86, with tributes LA STORY: In the world of ence and $1,800,000 difference es since 2021. With three wins member the name Ben Hogan of their sport along with their pouring in across the world for professional sports, there are in pay, when Russell won the in four races to start the year, (first golfer to win three majors teachings in their sport. If these the Australian tennis legend those who, because of their $4,000,000 paycheck and Col- Bell has quickly emerged as the in a year) when watching a golf kids never make it to the profes- following his remarkable career. consistency are the favorites. lin “only” $2,200,000! Collin early season favorite for the Cup tournament, or Athea Gibson sional realm of their sport, or Stolle, nicknamed ‘Fiery’, won They have been “there” at the was leading by 3 going into the championship and four wins in (first black woman to win a ma- even to the college ranks, they two Grand Slam singles titles moment of the trophy presen- tough #14 Par 3 hole. Henley a row! “Get it done, Chris!” jor in tennis – she won four) or will know why they were priv- and clinched 10 major doubles tation, many times. This week, made birdie and Colllin made Sources: On Line, MSN Arthur Ashe (first black man to ileged to play a sport that was trophies before enjoying success on the PGA Tour Champions bogey. Lead cut to one. Two Sports, ESPN, Wikipedia, ATP. win a major in tennis – he won born “somewhere” and who is as both a coach and tv commen- (AKA Golf Senior Tour), there holes later, on #16, Russell made com PGATour.com behind what they like. tator. Every sport has its heroes, was a great finale. Steven Alker, eagle and Collin made par and