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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026 • 3 Weatherford - Olivia Roper Tuttle Parents - Always Following Tuttle Coach Someone was having fun last Elk City - Smiley Meghan Suter Elk City - Patrick & Krissi Cordell - their Girls Monday! Always following Kai! Elk City - Madi Long Elk City - Kaidynce Cordell Elk City - Erin Womack reading a Elk City - Erin Womack displaying Elk CIty - Coach Rachel Poole & Elk City - Coach Poole checking birdie putt her powerful swing Pasty Poole (who has a tourna- scores in the OSSAA App ment named after her!) Local Sports By Alex Alvarez (4A). Coach Jason Xenos. Record 24) year after the Elks won the State 1-7 Tournament with Joby Gray, Berek HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL & Last 3: 0-3. Losses vs Blanchard CANUTE SLOW PITCH Dyson and Brock Walker as their SOFTBALL 0-10, Clinton 0-7, Newcastle 1-7 SOFTBALL (2A). Coach JW Gil- top three players, same three took ELK CITY H.S. Baseball (4A). Coming up: Woodward (Apr- lett. Record 16-10 the Elks to the State Tournament in Coach Jay McClure. Record: 15-10 21), Heritage Hall (Apr-24) Last 3: 1-2. Win vs Hydro-Eakly; 2011 but fell short. Elk City - Ana Price Mayor Mamdani at the Mets' Last 3: 1-1. Wins vs Clinton 14- losses vs Panam 4-6, Dale 12-14 This year, the team has been Clubhouse! 1, Altus 6-2. Loss vs Weatherford MERRITT Baseball (2A). Coach Coming Up: led by Senior Tristen Dunn and qualify for the State Tournament 15-16 Jett Snowden. Record 8-9 freshman Keaton Finnell. Every- is next week at the Elk City Golf & longed to Nora Riggs from Pla- Coming up: Weatherford (Apr- Last 3: 1-2. Win vs Burns Flat 18- CANUTE Baseball (A2) Ranked one has cooperated in every tour- C.C. on Monday the 28th. They will inview with a 70. Our girls scores 21), Blanchard (Apr-23), Tuttle 0, Losses vs Mangum 0-23, Hollis #2. Coach Bobby Blackburn. Re- nament. Their last one, was their be favorites to qualify for the State were as follows: Erin Womack 80, (Apr-25) 12-22 cord 18-3 worst showing in five events as at Winter Creek, one of the tough- Meghan Suter 92, Kaidynce Cord- Coming Up: Granite (Apr-21), Last 3: 3-0. Wins vs Mangum 12- they placed 4th in Tuttle. Tristen, est golf courses they play all year. ell 89, Madilynn Long 92 and Anna ELK CITY H.S. Boys. Soccer Hobart (Apr-23), Frederick (Apr- 0, Apache 13-0, Shattuck 12-0 who had not scored worse than Meanwhile, the girls qualified for Price 101. None of our girls are se- (4A). Coach Zak Stamm. Record 24) Coming up: Verden (Apr-21), 72 all year, shot an 86 in Tuttle. A the State Tournament by finishing niors so they have one more year to 5-6 Hollis (Apr-23), Arapaho/Butler surprising score! Fourth place was second to Plainview in the Region- get better and contend in the State Last 3: 1-2. Win vs Douglas 3-2. MERRITT Softball Slow Pitch (Apr-24) a surprising outing where Keatin al Tournament held at Elk City Golf tournament, especially long hitting Losses vs Weatherford 0-1, New- (3A). Coach Rodney Givens. Re- Finnell (80) and Hunter Womack & C.C. Plainview ran away with the Erin Womack. The State Tourna- castle 0-5 cord 18-7 ELK CITY HIGH SCHOOL (76) were the low scoring players in tournament with a score of 308, ment is this coming week at Dor- Coming up: Woodward (Apr- Last 3: 2-1. Wins vs Woodward GOLF: the team. Both, Keatin and Hunter beating Elk City by 45 shots (308 nick Hills, in Ardmore, OK. 21), Heritage Hall (Apr-24) 6-2, Fairview 9-0. Loss vs Asher 1-6 The Elk City Boys have won the have been scoring in the low to mid to 353). Sources: ESPN, MSN Sports, OS- Coming up: Leedey (Apr-21) first four tournaments they have 70’s before last Wednesday. The best score of the day be- SAA, On-Line media sports. ELK CITY H.S. Girls. Soccer and District Tournament (Apr-23- played in. First time since 2011, the Their regional tournament to The Masters By Alex Alvarez a story for another time). gone by Sunday - if he made Wednesday, including a PGA events, and was mainly play- stayed three ahead of the field, Against all odds, a player no the cut -, threw his clubs in the Tour winner, Brad Bryant, be- ing the Ben Hogan Tour, now which included the dangerous AGAINST ALL ODDS: one had heard about, and who trunk and took off for Indiana. fore John Daly took it. Korn Ferry Tour. He had played Nick Faldo and Craig Stadler. The PGA Championship is was the ninth alternate, who On the way, he stopped at a gas Nick’s caddy, Jeff “Squeaky” in two majors as he had quali- This course, as he admitted lat- coming up ON May 14-17 at had never seen the golf course, station and while his girlfriend Medlin, was in Indiana already, fied for, the 1989 and 1990 U.S. er, was made for him: long and Aronimink Golf Club in New- who did not even have time filled the car up, he made a call and agreed to caddy for whoever Open Championships. He made fairly wide. ton Square, Pennsylvania, near for a practice round, won the to a semi-nice hotel and made a was the alternate. John Daly trip the cut in 1989 and placed 69th As the world found out, was Philadelphia. It will be the sec- tournament. His name is John reservation for five nights. He took a little over drove 9 hours and missed the cut in 1990. So, very, very, very long. Using a ond time that this club hosts Daly. For John Daly to even be was confident that he would on Wednesday, from Memphis, Daly’s past play and experience 44 ½ “ Cobra UltraMid white the championship, the first time in the field was a small mira- make the cut. Tennessee to Carmel Indiana. did not give any indication that Kevlar composite head (only was in 1962, with Gary Player cle in itself, well, a big one. He What he did not know at the He went to his hotel, drank a he would be a threat and the 3/4” longer than standard), he as the winner at two under par was living in Memphis, Tennes- time was that he was the sev- couple of Diet Coke’s, went to 69 was news because it was so dominated the very long course 278. The course is a Donald see at the time, 8 house away enth player the PGA of America bed, and arrived the next day at surprising: he’d never seen the with fairly wide fairways, often Ross design, so you can imagine from where the PGA Champi- had called that Wednesday. The the golf course at mid-morning, golf course, probably had nev- outdriving the late and very that it is a great layout. onship would be held, and on first two alternates had been he met Squeaky on the range, er been in Indiana (that’s my well-liked Bruce Lietzke by 30- This year marks 35 years Wednesday, 24 hours before the contacted days before when hit a few balls, went to the prac- guess). When he followed his 40 yards. After a closing 71, he since a “nobody” won the PGA championship was to begin, he Lee Trevino and Paul Azinger tice green, hist a few putts and opening 69 with a 67 and took won by three over Bruce Lietz- Championship at Crooked Stick received a call from the tourna- pulled out. He was ninth on the chips, and at 1:58 p.m., John Da- the lead by one over Lietzke by ke, who finished three strokes Golf Club, in Carmel, Indiana. ment committee of the PGA of list. The only thing he knew is ly’s Cinderela story began with one, but with Nick Faldo, Ian behind at 9 under par. Nick Fal- None of the “names” in the “ex- America, that a spot had opened that he was taking Nick Price’s a caddy who had never caddied Woosnam and Craig Stadler, all do, the previous year’s Masters perts” lists made it close, well if he wanted to take it. John said place, the great South African for him. He proceeded to make major winners and only three Champion finished 9 shots be- maybe Bruce Lietzke, who was “yes”. He filled up his ca, packed who would later win three ma- the news by opening with a 69 at shots behind, just about every- hind, tied to Scott Simpson, the one of the best players at the his clothes along with 2 cartons jors in his career and that his the long layout. one thought his dream tourna- 1987 U.S. Open Champion. time, though he played very lit- of cigarettes and 2 cases of Diet caddie was available as well. Six At the time, Daly had played ment would end on Saturday. tle. No summers for sure (that’s Coke, both of which would be alternates declined the spot that less than a handful of PGA Tour Not so, he added another 69 and See MASTERS page 7 Professional Sports By Alex Alvarez #8 Phoenix Suns (OKC leads series series 1-0); #1 Hurricanes vs #4 Ot- McIlroy, the four-time major cham- ters title. the tournament, David Edwards. 1-0), #4 Los Angeles Lakers vs #5 tawa Senators (Hurricanes leads se- pion fought against one-time major Some stats that come to mind From there on, about a dozen who FINALLY: THE NBA HAS ITS Houston Rockets (L.A. leads series ries 2-0); #2 Pittsburgh Penguins vs champion, Matt Fitzpatrick don the concerning this tournament, that are not major winners have won the PLAYOFF TEAMS AS FOLLOWS: 1-0), #2 San Antonio Spurs vs #7 #3 Philadelphia Flyers (Philadelphia last 18 holes. Fitzpatrick has the one started in …. Scheffler has never event. The last seven have been won Once the top eight in each con- Trail Blazers (San Antonio leads leads series 2-0) major that Scheffler doesn’t, and made bogey on the tough Par-3 #14, by a major winner. The most victo- ference have been qualified, all series 1-0), #3 Denver Nuggets vs Western Conference: Scheffler has the other three that and he has a record of 100% rounds ries there belong to David Love III matches at to “Best of Seven” Minnesota Timberwolves (Series #1 Colorado Avalanche vs #4 Fitzpatrick is still chasing. under par at the venue. In addition, with five, and Stewart Cink with 3. The following are the first-round tied 1-1) Los Angeles Kings (Colorado leads Fitzpatrick led by three after 54 this venue probably has the largest Other high finishers this year matchups for the two conferences: series 1-0); #2 Dallas Stars #3 Min- holes and shot a 71, while Scheffler number or major winners ever. The were: 3rd S.W. Kim at -16, Tied Eastern Conference: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY nesota Wild (Series tied 1-1); 102), shot a 67, forcing a sudden death first one was played in 1969 when 4th at -13 were Collin Morikawa, #1 Detroit Pistons vs #8 Orlando LEAGUE ALSO HAS BEGIUN #1 Vegas Golden Knights vs #4 Utah playoff, which Fitzpatrick won after Arnold Palmer won it. Every winner Harris English and Ludvig Aberg, Magic (Orland leads series 1-0), #4 THE PLAYOFFS Mammoth (Golden Knights leads a great second shot to the #18 hole until 1977, when Graham Marsh 7th was bud Cauley at -12 and tied Cleveland Cavaliers vs #5 Raptors Meanwhile, athletes on ice have series 1-0), #2 Edmonton Oilers from 204 yards into a stiff wind. won was a major winner (Marsh at -11 were Rickie Fowler, Kurt Ki- (Cleveland lead series 2-0), #3 New also begun their playoffs for the cov- vs #3 Anaheim Ducks (Edmonton This was the second time Fitzpatrick went on to win two senior majors), tayama, Patrick Cantlay and Gary York Knicks vs #6 Atlanta Hawks eted Stanley Cup; leads series 1-0) wins at Harbour Town, both times then, the trend of major winners Woodland, who is a cinch for the (Series ties at 1-1); #2 Boston Celtics Eastern Conference: in a sudden death playoff, the first continues until 1980 when Doug “Ben Hogan Award” at the end of vs #7 Atlanta Hawks (Celtics lead #1 Buffalo Sabres vs #4 Boston PROFESSIONAL GOLF one against Jordan Spieth in 2023 Tewell won (he also won two senior the year. 1-0) Bruins (Buffalo leads series 1-0), #2 On the week following the first and now against Scheffler. Sheffler majors), and 1993 was the first time Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, Western Conference: Tampa Bay Lightning vs #3 Mon- major of the year, where Scootie won the tournament in 2024 the when a non-major winner on the LPGA.com, AP Tennis, MSN Sports, #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs treal Canadiens (Tampa Bay leads Scheffler took second place to Rory week after winning his second Mas- regular tour or the senior tour, won On-Line media. Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez him out as defending champion of mph pitches were “great”? Now the your mouth is” is another: don’t wait Terry Bradshaw, who won four phy sold for $375,000. Where’s all the the PGA Championship! norm is 100 mph. Do not tell me for the finals! Bet now! Super Bowls, due to low pay com- money he made playing tennis? GOLF: Etiquette and decorum are no that equipment did that. Athletes Oklahoma City Thunder ran over pared to modern stars, he worked as Italy to host Wimbledon tuneup “USA! USA!” chants on the last longer the biggest part of the atmo- are better trained now! “I feel like the Phoenix Suns 119-84 as the Bos- a car salesman in the offseason! on grass starting in 2028. Oh well! few holes of the Heritage when Scot- sphere of golf, these two have been 100 is the new 95,” said Los Ange- ton Celtis did the same over Philadel- Too late for nine-time major cham- tie Scheffler was chasing Matt Fiz- replaced by loud, unsportsmanlike les Dodgers reliever Will Klein. Be- phia 76ers 123-91. That’s dominant! TENNIS pion Ivan Lendl who never felt com- patrick on Sunday, worked against conduct. Just look at “The Loudest tween 2013-2016 87 pitchers reached Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the fortable on grass! Scheffler, it gave Fitzpatrick a extra Hole in Golf”, the 16th at the Phoe- 100 mph pitches, last year 82 (in one NFL Barcelona Open after undergoing incentive to win and drilled a 4 iron nix Open. Sorry, I’m old fashioned. year) reached 100+ mph. By 2035, I still can’t believe that Dak a test on his right wrist, the tourna- WNBA into the wind on the playoff hole to you’ll be looking at 110mph! Prescott is the highest paid quarter- ment announced Wednesday, which George W. Bush, the 43rd Presi- 12 feet, and made the putt to win. BASEBALL: back in the NFL! $61.5 a year! One means he cannot take over Jannik dent of the United States was named Come on people, this is not the Ry- New York Mets, after hosting NBA playoff wins in 10 seasons! You’ve got Sinner’s #1 ranking who returned “WNBA’s First Ever Honorary Com- der Cup or the President’s Cup. Yell Mayor Zohran Mamdani, lost 10 So far ESPN’s picks of Boston to be kidding! To put this in perspec- to #1 after his win over Carlos at the missioner” during a game of the “Scottie!” games in a row, to stretch their losing Celtics and San Antonio Spurs are tive, that is higher than the budget Monte Carlo Open. Will he play in WNBA Dallas Wings. By the way: Scottie Scheffler is just streak to 11 losses in a row. Ouch! on mark. But who will bet against the for Elk City, Oklahoma! No wonder the French Open at Roland Garros Sources ESPN, Personal Library, warming up! His last three starts are Ouch! Ouch again! Oklahoma City Thunder? Wishing why tickets at AT&T stadium aver- next month? Google, MSN Sports, On-Line media. 4th, 1st, 2nd and 2nd. Don’t count Does anyone remember when 90 is one thing, “putting money where age $450 during regular season! Boris Becker’s 1989 U.S. Open tro-