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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2025 • 3 Zaidec Fite Wildcats - Trace Howard Wildcats - Drake Manuel Wildcats - Boston Burns Thunderbolts - Xailen DeLaCruz Thunderbolts - Olie Tosh Thunderbolts - Gunner Greteman Thunderbolts - Wyatt Blanken Ruby Garcia Gracey Delafuente Gaby Taliaferro L.J. Delafuente College, High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez 1-11 (worst season in losses). Their worst season ever was in 1991 OKLAHOMA COLLEGES when they finished 0-10-1, when Thunderbolts - Coaches Ashley FOOTBALL there were no victories. Their new Ashley - Basketball Coach & Jessika Sophie About to Score Wildcats - Jordy Weind Oklahomans must be very hap- coach, Eric Morris, who became Oklahoma (10-2), 9.- Notre Dame #9 Oklahoma Sooners. Women. Coming up: Sam Houston (12/2- Basketball season started! Can- py that one of their college football the 25th coach of the Cowboys, (10-2), 10.- Alabama (10-2), 11.- Southeastern Conference (AKA – H), Grand Canyon (12/6-H) ute has played three games, while teams did so well in the SEC, the will have a lot of work to do. Coach BYU (11-1), 12.- Miami (10-2). On SEC) Conference Position: Tied 2nd Merritt and Elk City began their elite NCAA Division I Conference Morris comes from a nice winning the Bubble 13.- Vanderbilt (10-2), Coach: Jennie Baranczyk Conference Leader: Colorado season on December 2, after the with eight teams in the top 25 in the season with North Texas where his 14.- Texas (9-3), 15.- Utah (10-2) Record: 7-1 Buffaloes 8-0 deadline for this column, so results nation. The Oklahoma Sooners fin- team finished 11-1. The conference Last three games: 3-0. East Texas #18 Oklahoma State Cowgirls. and pics will be posted next week. ished the season with a 10-2 record, championship will be between #11 OKLAHOMA COLLEGES BAS- A&M (112-59); Coppin St (100- Women. Big-12 Conference Canute A-Class: and ranked 8th in the nation, which BYU Cougars and the #5 Texas KETBALL 46); Florida St (109-91) Coach: Jacie Hoyt Boys Basketball. Coach Brock will most likely qualify them for the Tech Red Raiders. Both teams fin- Oklahoma Sooners. Men. South- Coming up: #16 NC State (12/3- Record: 8-1 Steffes. Record 3-0 College Playoffs. Next week, there ished at 11-1. Texas Tech Raiders, eastern Conference H), MD Eastern (12/7-H), Little Last three games: 3-0. Wins ver- Wins versus Leedey 70-63, will be conference playoffs which now ranked #5, were as high as #3, Coach: Porter Moser Rock (12/11-H) sus Texas A&M CC (98-45); Char- Cache JV 75-37, Hydro/Eakly 66- will determine the final rankings but lost their last game to Texas, Record: 5-2 Conference Position: Tie 10th lotte (74-65); Miami (87-84) 50 of the teams. #10 Alabama will play which complicates the selection of Last three games: 3-0. Wins ver- Conference Leader: Georgia Coming up: North Texas (12/3 – Girls Basketball. Coach Tatum #3 Georgia for the SEC Conference teams for the college playoffs. sus Oral Roberts; Alcorn State 72- Lady Bulldogs 9-0 H), Miss Valley St (12/6 – H), Okla- Ridling. Record 3-0 Championship. The Sooners beat NCAA FOOTBALL RANK- 53; Marquette 75-74 Oklahoma State Cowboys. Big- homa U (12/13 – H) Wins versus Leedey 61-45, Clin- six top 25 teams during the season. INGS AS OF DECEMBER 1st Coming up: Wake Forest (12-2- 12 Conference Conference Position: T5th ton JV 69-20, Hydro/Eakly 67-23 North of Norman, OK, in Still- 1.- Ohio State (11-0), 2.- Indiana A), Arizona State (12/6-H) Coach: Steve Lutz Conference Leader: Tied 1st Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, water, OK, the Oklahoma State Hoosiers (11-), 3.- Georgia Bull- Conference Position: 11th; Con- Record: 7-0 Iowa State Cyclones and Texas Tech MSN, GOOGLE, OSSAA, Wikipe- Cowboys, who play in the Big 12 dogs (11-1), 4.- Oregon Ducks (11- ference Leaders: Missouri Tigers Last three games: 3-0. Wins ver- Lady Riders at 9-0 dia, Other Internet Media Conference, finished their second 1), 5.- Texas Tech (11-1), 6.- Ole and Vanderbilt Commodores at sus South Florida 103-95; Nicholls worst season ever with a record of Miss (11-1), 7.- Ole Miss (11-1), 8.- 8-0. 95-81; Northwestern 86-81 ELK CITY SPORTS Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez is making a positive impact on the nament Series, Stage 1. After Stage Australian PGA Championship Tour are two events: of these hall of fame players. lives of students from under-re- 1, slightly less than 400 players go to played at Royal Queensland Golf The Crown Australian Open, to Nedbank Golf Challenge in GOLF sourced communities. They have Stage 2. Stage 3 or Final Stage (next Club took place last week. Spaniard be played December 4-7 at Royal Honor of Gary Player, also to be PGA Tour and LPGA Tour sea- served more than 217,000 students week) will have around 170 players. David Puig won with 18 under par. Melbourne, in Melbourne Aus- played on December 4-7 at Gary sons are over for 2025. through their education programs Stage 2 and Final are around $3,500. Chinese player Wenyi Ding came in tralia. Among the entrants for this Player C.C. in Sun City, South Af- This week (December 4-7), you and TGR Learning Labs, providing The top five players (if there is second at 16 under par. They were national championship are Rory rica, also with a very strong field in- have the Tiger Hero Invitational them with the knowledge, confi- a tie, there will be a sudden-death followed by five Australians all the McIlroy, Camero Smith, Marc cluding: Haotong Li, Marco Penge, with only 20 players invited, in- dence and tools needed to discov- playoff ) so ONLY five will move to way to 7th place: tied for third at Leishman, Adam Scott, and an Aus- Viktor Hovland, Aldrich Pitgieter, cluding Jordan Spieth who has not er their passions and unleash their the PGA Tour. The next 40 (again, if 15 under were Marc Leishman and tralian player by the name of Blake Johannes Veerman, who is the de- played since being eliminated from potential. a tie, there is a sudden-death play- Nic Voke; tied for fifth Min Woo Proverbs! Among the most promi- fending champion. the FedEx Cup before the final The following week, December off ) will be players in the Korn Fer- Lee and Daniel Hillier at 14 under nent champions, you have Arnold It just goes to show that golf has tournament of the Tour Champion- 11-14, is the tough “Q-School” or ry Tour. The remaining players will par and in 7th place Hall of Famer Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Nor- grown so much, with great players ship in Atlanta. Qualifying School, which is a tour- be looking for a job for 2026! Tough Adam Scott at 13 under par. This man, Peter Thompson, Rory McIl- around the world, and that every This tournament benefits the Ti- nament to see who joins the PGA to play in the big leagues! tournament is a precursor of the roy, Adam Scott and Gary Player field is worthy of watching. ger Woods Foundation, which in Tour and who joins the Korn Ferry bigger event in Australia: their open which shows that this tournament Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, turn is built on Tiger’s belief in the Tour. About 4,000 players pay up to DP TOUR championship. is one of the most important around LPGA.com, AP Tennis, Personal Li- power of education, the foundation $4,000 to enter the Q-School Tour- The DP Tour continued with the Coming up on the DP World the world by the participation of all brary, MSN Sports, On-Line media. Professional Team Sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez to call because Detroit is not too far individually, only Luka Doncic is By Alex Alvarez Game with Watson, Palmer, back at 7-5. ahead of Alexander with 35.1 points Nicklaus and Player, or Trevino NFL NFL: NFC South: Tampa Bay Bucca- per game. NBA or Couples. Dak Prescott is probably the Just about two thirds of the regular neers at 7-5 slightly ahead of Caroli- Meanwhile, LeBron James wore Riding a 12-game winning Questions about the Skins most hated quarterback by Dal- season is over, and the following sce- na Panthers with 7-6. Falcons too far his uniform last Sunday but didn’t streak, the Oklahoma City Thun- Game: 1) Why only 16 holes? 2) las fans, until he wins a game or narios are taking place: back at 4-8. play. He has played only 4 games in der (20-1) have become just the Why streaming instead of a net- two. He seems to throw more AFC East: It will be hard not to have NFC West: The closest of all divi- the 2025-2026 season, the 23rd of his fourth team in NBA history to work or Golf Channel? interceptions than any top quar- the New England Patriots at 11-2 and sions with Los Angeles Rams and Se- career. win at least 20 of their first 21. Martin Kymer, a two-time terback, however, he found a the Buffalo Bills at 8-4 in the playoffs. attle Seahawks at 9-3 and San Francis- Standings as of last Sunday: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now major champion, has a good way to win the last three games, AFC North: can’t be any closer, co 49ers at 9-4. Eastern Conference: Detroit Pis- owns the second-longest streak question for the DP World Tour: including the two teams who and every game is much more than With the rules for playoffs, the sce- tons (16-4), New York Knicks (13-6), of 20-point games ever (93), why make exceptions? When played in the last Super Bowl! Is important for Baltimore Ravens and narios can change but if all stayed the Toronto Raptors (14-7), Miami Heat trailing only Wilt Chamberlain’s players went to LIV, they were all it talent? Is it luck? The next five Pittsburgh Steelers who are tied at the same: (13-7), Atlanta Hawks (13-8), Orlan- 126-game run more than 60 fined and their membership was games will tell. top with a 6-6 record. Mathematically, AFC: 1-Broncos 2-Patriots 3-Jag- do Magic (12-8). years ago. revoked, so how come Jon Rahm T.J. Watt reached 115 sacks the Cincinnati Bengals are not out at uars 4-Ravens 5-Chargers 6-Colts Western Conference: Oklahoma and Tyrell Hatton can play in any and surpassed his brother J.J. 4-8, only because the top two do not 7-Bills. With five games left, on City Thunder (20-1), Los Angeles GOLF: DP tournament and represent Watt who ended his career with seem to produce any separation the “bubble” 8-Texans, 9-Steelers Lakers and Denver Nuggets (15-4), What are the top two feats that Europe in the Ryder Cup? The AFC South: closer than the AFC 10-Chiefs Houston Rockets (13-4), Denver Nug- Tiger did and Nicklaus couldn’t? answer is above my paygrade! See TIDBITS page 9 North with two teams, Jacksonville NFC: 1-Bears 2-Rams 3-Eagles gets (13-5), San Antonio Spurs (13-6), And what are the top two in Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts with 4-Buccaneers 5-Seahawks 6-Packers Minnesota Timberwolves (12-8). Nicklaus’ resume that Tiger can’t an 8-4 record and Houston Texans at 7-49ers. With five games left, on the match? Tiger won six U.S.G.A. 7-5. “bubble” 8-Lions 9-Cowboys 10-pan- NHL Championships in a row; Ti- AFC West: Denver Broncos at 10-2 thers. Standings as of last Monday ger won the “Tiger Slam (the with Los Angeles Chargers at 8-4, Upsets of the week, Carolina Pan- Eastern Conference: Tampa Bay four majors in a row - last three seem to be comfortably ahead. thers beat the Los Angeles Rams 31- Lightning (16-7-2) and Carolina Hur- of 2000 and Masters of 2001). NFC East: Philadelphia looked 28, Cincinnati Bengals beat the Ra- ricanes (16-7-2) 34 points; New Jersey Nicklaus won 18 majors and was like they had a commanding lead vens 32-14 and Houston Texans beat Devils (16-8-1) 33 points; Washington runner up 19 times; the last ma- over Dallas but have lost the last two Indianapolis 20-16. Capitals (15-9-2) 32 Points; Philadel- jor that Nicklaus won had a lea- games while Dallas has won the last phia Flyers (14-7-3) 31 Points; Boston derboard of the next 10 players three and are only two games behind. NBA: Bruins (15-12-0) 30 Points. who won a combined 23 majors! Nevertheless, The Eagles are at 8-4 Oklahoma City Thunder continues Western Conference: Colorado Av- Skins Game returned after 17 'HF  and Dallas at 6-5-1 is not a record that their own record season at 20-1with alanche 37-pointss (18-1-6) 42 Points; years. It featured Tommy Fleet- they can brag about… yet. a winning streak of 12 in a row (the Dallas Stars (17-5-4) 38-Points; Min- wood, Xander Schauffele, Shane NFC North: Chicago Bears have best ever start was by Golden State nesota Wild (14-7-5) 33 Points; Ana- Lowry and Keegan Bradley, who won 5 in a row, including a great win Warriors at 24-0, 2015-2016). Shai heim Ducks (15-9-1) and Los Angeles won the most money. Xander at Philadelphia against the Super Bowl Gilgeous-Alexander leads the Thun- Kings (12-6-7) 31 Points; Vegas Gold- won $0!! It was fun, but not as Champions and are at 9-3, slightly der with an average of 32.5 points per en Knights (11-6-8) 30 Points. gunshowtrader.com fun as the originals. You need ahead of the Green Bay Packers with game, followed by Chet Holmgren Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, On- charisma for this type of show a record of 8-3-1. Obviously, too close with 19.3 and Ayai Mitchell with 16.7. Line media sports. and will never match a Skins