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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025 • 3 Lynn Burrows Walker flanked by Lynn Walker & Dad's Best friend CH Mom Randi Wynn congratulating Guest Sy Freeman Guest Stoney Hartronft Guest Pete Axelson Emma Wynn & Reece Higgins Hughes Emma Guest Mike Starbuck Guest Anthony Banh Easton Allen Colt Randall 1st Place J B Memorial- Jeff Brown 1st Place J B Memorial - Meghan Brown Vincent Boyd-Jeff Rainbolt-Chris Garvin-Jim Burrows-Darren Loftiss-Jon England-Phil Keil Guest Toby Davis with Guest Hunter Laughlin & Member Blake Ramirez Luke Duffy - Strikeout! NCAA Championships & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez LSU did by winning game #1, 1-0 THE “TWISTER” – A MEN’S ous one, culminated with a “Horse Pope; 2nd Brandon Embery-Andy he started Crooked Creek Golf and game #2 by a score of 5-3. ONLY MEMBER-GUEST Race” that included the top teams Wright Course near Cordell, OK and fos- COLLEGE BASEBALL Note: In what would be the fi- The traditional Member-Guest of each of the four flights that com- “B” – 1st Kallen Nichols-Pete tered a trend of volunteerism and As the summer begins, the nal game on Sunday, Coastal Car- of the Elk City Golf & C.C. was prised the event. Axelson; 2nd David Dyson-Mike take care of youth programs that is NCAA college championships are olina Head Coach Kevin Schnall replaced this year by “The Twist- Another change was that the Starbuck still alive keeping the course open coming to an end, and the Baseball was ejected before the first inning er”. In truth, the original mem- tournament was expanded from “C” – 1st Clint Clark-Sy Free- for all at a minimal cost with all championships become one of the ended! The ejection occurred sec- ber-guest was a Member-Guest/ one round of 18 holes to two man; 2nd Darrell Dunn-Lee Rich- the volunteers that take care of the most watched sports. The Cham- onds after Sebastian Alexander Member-Member tournament, rounds of 18 holes, plus the Horse ardson course on a regular basis! pionships began with 64 teams di- stole second base following a called which as well liked as it was, it was Race (nine holes) reserved for the The Horse Race winners were The field was divided in three vided into 16 regional events. The strike on a pitch to Walker Mitch- not a “true” member-guest, but it top teams of each flight. The first 36 Clint Clark & Sy Freeman flights and the winners were: winner of each region had an elim- ell. Schnall approached home plate attracted well over 50 teams. It was holes were played in a “Quota” for- “A” – 1st Jeff Brown-Meghan ination to come up with the final umpire Angel Campos yelling. Ac- also open to ladies, which added mat, similar to Stableford, but with JERRY BURROWS MEMORI- Brown (64); 2nd Tripp Hig- field of eight teams which played cording to the ESPN broadcast, the 12-18 entries to the tournament. It a pre-required quota points a team AL GOLF TOURNAMENT gins-Hunter Higgins (67); 3rd for the National Championship at NCAA said he was complaining was one of its kind, as all tradition- has to reach. Then, the horse race, The second Jerry Burrows Me- Mark Roberts-Reed Roberts (68) the Charles Schwab Field Omaha, about the called strike. He was then al Member-Guest tournaments in for the “Champion of Champions” morial attracted 35 teams of two “B” – 1st Randy Lundy-Rex in Omaha Nebraska. given a warning from the umpire country clubs, are usually only for to have a better term, is played golfers raising a few thousand dol- Trent (74); 2nd Jake Wedel- Mer- Louisville, Oregon State, Ari- but proceeded out of the dugout men, which now the Twister will on the back nine and is played in lars for the scholarship program rick Moore (76); 3rd Jimmy Edel- zona, Coastal Carolina were the anyway. That prompted an ejec- be. “foursome” format (AKA alter- started in Mr. Burrows’ memory. en-David Harms top bracket and UCLA, Murray tion, after which Schnall continued The Twister began its histo- nate-shots). Last year, there were three schol- “C” – 1st Al Geisbauer-Ric Amos St, LSU, Arkansas were the bot- arguing, prompting a further sus- ry with 17 teams of true mem- The winners were as follows: arships: Georgia Willingham (76); 2nd Brian Kirkhart-Darren tom side. The final was between pension that kept Schnall out for a ber-guest teams, all of whom had CHAMPIONSHIP – 1st Jorey (Cordell), Tessa Spikes (Hammon) Loftiss; 3rd Gary Madison-Mike LSU and Coastal Carolina, neither potential Game 3 of the series that to have a USGA handicap (the Price-Garrison Mendoza; 2nd Kee- and Logan Webb (Elk City). Jerry Stowers (79) of which had dropped a game, so, never came. previous tournament did not have gan Hall-Toby Davis was superintendent of the Cordell Sources: NCAA, MSN Sports, the winner had to win twice, which that qualification) and, as the previ- “A” – 1st Quint Nichols-Paul Schools for years and in retirement Local Clubs, Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez a three stroke lead over Keegan and Fleetwood, was short on the naments to play, including the last Griffin 7th J.J. Spaun 8th Keegan 13. Both Jannik Sinner (#1 in the Bradley and Russell Henley who fringe. First, Henley chipped in to major of the year, the Open Cham- Bradley 9th Harris English 10th world) and Carlos Alcaraz (#2) will “CAPTAIN AMERICA” – WINS had an even better round than finish at -14; then Fleetwood, inex- pionship (AKA British Open) to be Tommy Fleetwood 11th Maverick be there, and tennis fans are waiting TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP Fleetwood with a 61. Sunday begun plicably, left hist first putt from the played at Royal Portrush from July McNealy 12th Andrew Novak 13th for another opportunity to watch The tournament began with de- with Fleetwood at -16, and Henley fringe very short, just outside Cap- 17-20. Corey Conners 14th Ludvig Aberg both of these great champions to fending champion, and #1 ranked and Keegan Bradley at -13. tain America’s ball and on the same 15th Shane Lowrey meet in the final of a major champi- player in the world Scottie Scheffler For the whole round, the three line. Fleetwood missed his par putt SENIOR TOUR onship. Carlos has five finals I ma- scoring a flawless 62, eight under battled for the lead. Fleetwood had and finished at -14, while Keegan Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, RYDER CUP STANDINGS: jors and five wins, Jannik has four par. Scottie was nine under par, but a chance to extend the lead on #16, made his to finish at -15 and the at 61, continues one of his best 1st Scottie Scheffler 2nd Xander finals and three wins, with the only bogeyed #17 to finished tied for but missed a short putt inside 7 feet. win. years of golf by winning the Kaulig Schauffele 3rd J.J. Spaun 4th Russell loss to Carlos in the Franch Open the lead with Austin Eckroat. They Coming into #18, the 72nd hole Keegan Bradley, who was over- Companies Championship at Fire- Henley 5th Bryson DeChambeau at Roland Garros three weeks ago. were two ahead of three players: of the tournament, Fleetwood had looked for the last Ryder Cup as a stone CC, in Firestone, OH. Mi- 6th Justin Thomas 7th Collin Mori- Carlos is defending champion in Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy and the lead at -15 (one over par for the Captain’s choice, has said that he guel Angel finished at 10 under par kawa 8th Ben Griffin 9th Keegan Wimbledon. Wyndham Clark, all of whom had day), while Keegan Bradley was at would “only be a player/captain” if tied with Steven Alker over the sto- Bradley (Captain) 10th Harris En- On the women’s side, both, #1 won majors. -14 (one under par for the day) and he made it on points, and would ried club where the defunct World glish 11th Maverick McNealy 12th Aryna Sabalenka and #2 Coco Scottie shot 69 (-1) on the second Henley at -13. Keegan, who is this not select himself as one of the six Series of Golf used to be played. Brin Harman 13th Andrew Novak Gauff will be there too. The last round and began the third round year’s Ryder Cup Captain coming picks that the captain has. With this They both made par on the first 14th Patrick Cantlay 15th Sam time these two met was at Roland tied for the lead with Justin Thom- up in September at Bethpage Black, win, Keegan jumped to 9th in the hole, and Jimenez made birdie on Burns Garros and Coco beat Aryna in the as (67-64) and Englishman Tom- in New York, was cheered all day standings, with Collin Morikawa the second hole for his fourth vic- final in three sets. my Fleetwood who had rounds of by the gallery, especially when he and Ben Griffin ahead of him in tory of the year. WIMBLEDON CHAMPION- Sources: ESPN, TV Sports, 66-65. Scottie and Justin faded on made a good shot, all yelling “USA, the 7th and 8th positions. The top SHIPS Wikipedia, Golf Channel, CBS the third round with rounds of 72 USA, USA!!!” which gave him the six make the team automatically FEDEX CUP STANDINGS: The third tennis major of the Sports, Personal Golf Library, MSN and 73 respectively, while Tommy nickname of “Captain America”. while the other six players are cap- 1st Scottie Scheffler 2nd Rory year is coming up starting June Sports Fleetwood had a brilliant 63 in the On the last hole, Henley hit wide tain picks. Will he make the team McIlroy 3rd Sepp Straka 4th Russell 30 and will go on for two weeks touch Saturday conditions to take left, Captain America hit to 6 feet in points? Only a few more tour- Henley 5th Justin Thomas 6th Ben with the final being played on July Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez Well, Oklahoma no longer miss- (Bold scores were home scores). Tampa Bay Rays 43-35 (Last - Bal- winning streak with 4; Minnesota es these players, and now they The Thunder ended the regular timore Orioles 33-44); Central: De- Twins have the worst losing streak STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS: BLUE-ORANGE OKC THUNDER have the 2024-2025 MVP in Shai season with the most wins in the troit Tigers 49-30, Cleveland Guard- with 3. None of the last ten champions WINS 1ST NBA CHAMPION- Gilgeous-Alexander who starts with East and Western Conferences and ians 39-37 (Last – Chicago White Pitching 2025: Max Fried (New have been from Canada, and the SHIP Luguentz Dort, Jalen Williams, Chet were seeded #1 while the Pacers were Socks 25-53); West: Houston Astros York Yankees) 9-2 (ERA 2.05); Car- last two have been from “hot, sun- For most Oklahomans who follow Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. The seeded #4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexan- 45-33, Seattle Mariners 39-37 (Last - los Rodon (New York Yankees) 9-5 ny” Florida, as the Florida Panthers professional basketball, it was a thrill series against the Indiana Pacers der had 29 points on Sunday night Oakland Athletics 32-48) (ERA 3.10); Robbie Ray (San Fran- defended their Stanley Cup title by to watch the Oklahoma City Thun- went to seven games, the last one during the decisive game, where the cisco Giants) 8-2 (ERA 2.83); Tarik beating the Edmonton Oilers in five der win its first NBA championship which was played at the Paycom Pacers took the lead by one at half NATIONAL LEAGUE: Skubal (Detroit) 8-2 (ERA 2.06). games 4-1. The scores were 5-1, 5-2, after they moved from Seattle to Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday time, but the Thunder proved to be East: Philadelphia Phillies 47-31, Batting 2025: Aaron Judge (New 4-5, 6-1, 5-4. Oklahoma. In years past, we thought the 22nd. too much for them on the second New York Mets 46-32, (Last - Miami Yor Yankees) is best so far with a .367 Sam Bennett of the Florida Pan- Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, The Oklahoma City Thunder, who half, at one time leading the game by Marlins 31-45); Central: Chicago avg, followed by Jacob Wilson (Ath- thers was the best scorer with 15 Paul George or James Harden would had the best record in the league, was 23 points. Cubs 46-31, Milwaukee Brewers 43- letics) with .349 and Will Smith (Los goals in the playoffs. Leon Drai- lead Oklahoma to a championship. the host team for four games, the 35. (Last - Pittsburgh Pirates 31-48); Angeles Dodgers) .328. saitl and Connor McDavid of the The closest it came was with Kevin first two, the fifth and the seventh. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL West: Los Angeles Dodgers 48-231, Home Runs: Cal Raleigh (Seattle Edmonton Oilers led all players in Durant when they reached the finals The scores were as follows (OKC-In- STANDINGS San Francisco Giants 44-34 (Last - Mariners) 31; Aaron Judge (New points with 33 each but lost in five games 4-1, then Du- diana): 110-111; 123-107; 107-116; AMERICAN LEAGUE: Colorado Rockies 18-60). York Yankees) 27; Shohei Othani Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, On- rant left for “greener” pastures. 111-104; 120-109; 91-108; 103-91 East: New York Yankees 45-32, Milwaukee Brewers have the best (Los Angeles Dodgers) 26. Line media sports.