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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2025 • 3 Madi Cordini Madi Cordini Kasen Wynn Briggs Nightengale Berkley Russell Briggs Dyer Luke Lundquist Carter Cordini Braden Lucas Alejandro Salazar Easton McClellan College, High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez after a 25-yard pass by Ty Simpson seal the win. It was an important siers 3.- Texas A&M Aggies 4.- to cut the Sooners lead to 3 with a win for Oklahoma which before Georgia Bulldogs 5.- Ole Miss Reb- OKLAHOMA COLLEGES 17-14 score to end the first half, but the game was ranked #11, and only els T6.- Oregon Ducks and Texas FOOTBALL not before the Crimson Tide tried a the top 10 get in the playoffs, while Tech Raiders 8.- Oklahoma Soon- Oklahoma Sooners made it field goal to tie the game with sec- Texas, who was ranked #10 before ers 9.- Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the final whistle with the lead onds left on the clock, but Taylor the weekend, lost to #5 Georgia. 10.- Alabama Crimson Tide against #4 Alabama 23-21! Most Wein jumped over his players and The job is not complete, Sooners people thought Alabama would tipped the ball to deflect it and keep have two important games left, OKLAHOMA COLLEGES BAS- stomp on Oklahoma. The Soon- the lead before the half. The second both games away, one at Missouri KETBALL ers took the lead 3-0 with a field half was a fight between the defens- and the final one against a danger- Apology and correction, last goal by Tate Sandell. Both defenses es of both teams. First, the Sooners ous LSU. A shout to the Sooners week we reported the wrong bas- stopped each team from scoring for were stopped twice and were only Defense! The Sooners are only 6th ketball standings. a while until Ty Simpson threw an able to score a field goal to make the in SEC Conference with a 4-2 con- The Sooners are tied for last interception by Eli Bowden at the score 20-14 before Alabama scored ference record which is led by the in the Southeastern Conference Brooks Lundquist Sooners 13th yard line and ran the touchdown, their only score on the Texas A&M Aggies with a 10-0 re- with a record of 2-2. No one has ball for an 87-yard touchdown for a second half, to take the lead 21- cord and 7-0 in the conference. played any conference games yet. a record of 3-0 in the Big-12 con- 28 and their season is over and 10-0 lead. Eight minutes later, Dan- 20. The Sooners then score a field Our other state team, the Okla- The Sooners last game was against ference with their last game a win finished the season 5-6. Thank iel Hill had a 1-yard rush touch- goal that made it 23-21 in their homa State Cowboys lost to Kan- Nebraska which they lost 105-99. against Prairie View 94-67. you to all players and coaches. It down for Alabama to make it a favor with about five minutes left. sas State 14-6. The Cowboys, now On top of the conference are sev- is never easy! 10-7 game. With six minutes left in Both offenses tried to score only 1-9 in a disappointing season, also eral teams at 4-0but the Georgia ELK CITY SPORTS Basketball will begin in Decem- the half, John Mateer rushed for a to be stopped, but the best stop have two games left, UCF and Iowa Bulldogs have the most points ad- Our football team, 5-5, visited ber. touchdown to make it 17-7, and two was by the Sooners with seconds State. vantage. Ardmore 7-3 last Friday in the Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, minutes later, Alabama responded left, when they made the Crismon NCAA FOOTBALL RANKINGS North of Norman, at Stillwater, first part of the OSSAA playoffs. MSN, GOOGLE, OSSAA, Wikipe- with a touchdown by Josh Cuevas Tide turn the ball back in downs to 1.- Ohio State 2.- Indiana Hoo- the Oklahoma State Cowboys have Elk City lost by a touchdown 21- dia, Other Internet Media Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez Rory hit his tee shot in the penalty Ludvig Aberg (who attended Texas secured a top 100 finish and a card the Schwab Cup a record six times. son. The top five in the Cup finale area and was not able to get up and Tech), Rasmus Neergaard, Laurie for 2026. Alex Smalley is in 71st and The final day, which started with were: 1 Stewart Cink 2. Steven Alk- GOLF down from a long bunker shot on Canter and the favorite by many, also a tour card in his pocket. Steven Alker at 17-under par one er 3. Miguel Angel Jimenez 4. Ernie DP TOUR: Just like we have the the Par-5 #18. Tommy Fleetwood. ahead of Stewart Cink, was a battle Els and 5. Thomas Bjorn. FedEx Cup, the DP Tour (former It was the third time that Matt PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: not only for first, but for the top five European Tour which has now Fitzpatrick won this tournament, PGA TOUR FALL EVENTS The last senior tournament of the spots in the final standings of the TENNIS expanded to many corners of the and the 7th time that Rory McIlroy In the wind-swept Bermuda year, the Charles Schwab Champi- Cup with bonuses from $1,000,000 The ATP finals were held last world, finishing in Dubai) has the wins the new top money winner Championship, which was the sec- onship, and the only 72-hole tour- to $100,000. Stewart Cink shot a weekend at the Inalpi Arena in Tu- Rolex Tournaments leading to the of the year, second time as Race to ond to last FedEx Fall event, Adam nament of the year for the over-50 round of 69 while Steven Alker had rin Italy, a hard-court indoor arena. end of the “Race to Dubai”, which is Dubai winner and sixth time total. Schenck shot a 12 under par, with players, was held at the Phoenix a 71, and won the Cup for the first Not surprisingly, Spaniard Carlos the new “Order of Merit” (top mon- For the record, Colin Montgom- an even par, hard fought round on Country Club, in Phoenix AZ last time. Steven Alker has won it twice. Alcaraz and Italian Jannik Sinner ey winner) in the DP Tour. ery has eight European Tour money the last day on winds of 30-40 mph, weekend. Mathematically, five play- Stewart Cink won both, the last met in the final after Carlos beat The last tournament, DP Tour titles but never won in the U.S. Matt and won the event by one over ers were in the run for the Charles tournament and the Cup. Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime Championship, was hosted in Fitzpatrick is one of four people Chandler Phillips, who also shot an Schwab title, which was a bonus af- A special mention to Tommy 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal and Dubai at the Jumeirah Golf Estates who have won the U.S. Amateur even par round. The best round of ter the season: Steve Alker, Miguel “2-Gloves” Gainey. Tommy did not Jannik Sinner beat Australian Alex Earth Course in Dubai, United and the U.S. Open (Bobby Jones, the day was only 3 under par, shot Angel Jimenez, Stewart Cink, Ernie play the full season, but was able to de Minaur 7-5, 6-2 in the other. In Arab Emirates. Rory McIlroy ea- Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods) by Alex Smalley which earned him a Els and Thomas Bjorn. In the end, play only 3 tournaments, which he the final, Jannik Sinner beat Car- gled the last hole of the tournament and attended Northwestern Uni- tie for third with Vince Whaley and only Alker and Cink were on top of qualified via Monday. He played so los Alcaraz 7-6 and 7-5, but Carlos to tie fellow Ryder Cup player, Matt versity before turning professional. Frankie Capan III, all of who ended the leaderboard of the tournament well that he made the top 36 com- ended the year as #1. Fitzpatrick at 18 under par, one The four players who tied for sec- up at 10 under par. Adam Schenk and the other three were far behind, ing to Phoenix, and played well in Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, ahead of four other players. In the ond at the Tour Championship of jumped to 67th in the FedEx points, even behind 68-year-old golf leg- the finale taking third place, in a tie LPGA.com, AP Tennis, Personal Li- playoff, Matt won with a par after the DP Tour at 17 under par were: Chandler Phillips jumped to 92 and end, Bernhard Langer who has won with Jerry Kelly and Freddie Jacob- brary, MSN Sports, On-Line media. Professional Team Sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez NOVEMBER 10, 2025 8-5. By Alex Alvarez golfers used in the Race to Dubai Championship? AFC: East: New England Patri- Western Conference: Oklaho- At least of the clubs from everyone had a Golf Pride NFL: ots 9-2, Buffalo Bills 7-3; North: ma City Thunder (14-1), Denver GOLF: grip! Dallas fans had a nice week- Pittsburgh Steelers 6-4, and Bal- Nuggets 10-3, Houston Rockets Charlie Woods shot 4-Under par the last day of end when the Cowboys won their timore Ravens 5-5; South: Indi- 9-3, Los Angeles Lakers 10-4, the Florida State High School Tournament and fin- NFL fourth game of the season by anapolis Colts 8-2, Jacksonville Minnesota Timberwolves 9-5, ished fourth overall at 2-under par but helped his Every single starting quarterback from the OU beating the Las Vegas Raiders 33- Jaguars 6-4; West: Denver Bron- Golden State Warriors 9-6 team win the State Title. In other words, he’s good, Sooners from 2015 to 2023 is playing in the NFL: 16. The Raiders are now 2-8. cos 9-2, Los Angeles Chargers but a long way from Tiger Woods good at the same Baker Mayfield (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Jalen Dak Prescott and the Dallas 7-4. NHL age. He has yet to choose a college. Hurts (Philadelphia Eagles), Kyler Murray (Arizona Cowboys ended a two-game skid NFC: East: Philadelphia Ea- Standings as of last Monday: Kai Trump played her first tournament in the Cardinals), Spencer Rattler (New Orleans Saints), in Week 11’s edition of “Monday gles 8-2, Dallas Cowboys 4-5-1; Eastern Conference: New Jer- LPGA and shot 83-75. The 75 was a nice comeback Caleb Williams (Chicago Bears) and Dillon Gabriel Night Football,” jumping to 4-5-1 North: Chicago Bears 7-3, Green sey Devils (13-4-1) and Carolina but far from threatening to the best women players (Cleveland Browns). on the 2025 NFL season after the Bay packers 6-3-1; South: Tam- Hurricanes (13-5-1) 27 points; in the world, where the worst score in the first two The New England Patriots debuted their “nor’eas- win over Geno Smith and the Las pa Bay Buccaneers 6-4, Carolina Pittsburgh Penguins (10-5-4) rounds from anyone else who made the cut was a 74 ter” uniforms on Thursday football as part of the Vegas Raiders. Prescott had one Panthers 6-5; West: Los Angeles and Boston Brewers (12-9-0) 24 by Anna Nordquist which she followed with a 65. NFL’s “Rivalries” program against the New York Jets. of his better games this year, com- Rams 8-2, Seattle Seahawks 7-3. points; Detroit Redwings (11-7- McIlroy acknowledged Colin Montgomery’s 8 The Patriots wore “Storm Blue” color jerseys with pleting 25-of-33 passes for 268 1) and Montreal Canadiens (10- money titles (seven in a row), which he did versus white pants and six starts on their helmets, then beat yards and four touchdowns, tied NBA: 6-3) 23 points. many players who won majors, Ernie Els, Sir Nick the Jets 27-14 to keep them with only 2-8, one game for a season-high. The Cowboys The good news for Oklahoma Western Conference: Colora- Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria better than the Titans who are 1-8. continue in second place of the is that the Oklahoma City Thun- do Avalanche (13-1-5) 31 points; Olazabal, Sandy Lyle, Bernhard Langer, plus former Antonio Brown legal problems are BIG! The for- NFC east, 3 ½ games behind the der continues to do very well and Dallas Stars (12-4-3) 27 points; #1 players Lee Westwood and the recent Ryder Cup mer start faces up to 30 years in prison for attempt- Philadelphia Eagles. have the best record in either Anaheim Ducks (12-6-1) 25 Captain Luke Donald, etc. Good for him! (Of course, ed murder! How do you get there after a successful In Denver, the former AFC conference with 14-1. Their best points; Los Angeles Kings (10-6- Colin thanked him for the recognition). sports career? Champions, Kansas City Chiefs, start ever. Shai Gilgeous-Alex- 4) 24 points; Seattle Kraken (9-4- Phil Mickelson always has something to say, this are not doing much better than ander leads the Thunder with an 5) 23 points; six teams tied at 22 time he got political when he supported the GOP TENNIS the Cowboys in the NFC with a average of 31.9 points per game, points. candidate for supporting offshore drilling to lower Novak Djokovic made mention of the suspension 5-5 record after Denver Broncos followed by Chet Holmgren with Note: The last number in their gas prices in California (In a way, that is nice, since of Jannik Sinner earlier in the year, and says rules beat then 22-19 in last seconds of 19.9 and Ayai Mitchell with 16. record is not for ties, it is for he can afford anything himself). need to change so that every player is treated the the game. Shai also has 6.7 assists per game. “Overtime Losses” which award Former Tour star Anthony Kim (40) who did two same. He says other players would have been banned There are seven games left in Standings as of last Monday: 1 point in the standings. There years in LIV without success, says he still wants to more than the three months that Jannik was, but he the regular season, and if popu- Eastern Conference: Detroit are 2 points for a win, zero for a play golf, but his pro-future is uncertain. Kim lives does not fault Jannik, nor for the cause of it, which lar Dallas and Kansas City want Pistons (12-2), Cleveland Cava- loss, except when it is in overtime, in Norman, OK and attended OU and has a record he says he is sure that it wasn’t on purpose, but ATP to get in the playoffs, they better liers (10-5), Toronto Raptors and which is one point. of one round with the most birdies (11) at Augusta must make rules applicable to all. find winning ways! Atlanta Hawks 9-5 and New York Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, National. STANDINGS AFTER MONDY, Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers On-Line media sports. 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