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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2026 • 3 Tumbleweed - 4th Chris & Robin Tumbleweed - 3rd Toby & Rachel Tumbleweed - 2nd Dustin Gunkel & Tumbleweed - 1st David & Rachel Sayre Super Seniors 1st - Robert Sayre Senior 1st - Bill Arganbright Evans Davis Haylee Gray Poole Lakey Sayre Jr Girls 1st - Trystyn Clear Sayre Jr Boys 1st - Kason Rippetoe Sayre 'A' C 1st - Justin Barrick Saye Club Champion - Heston Brown Ryder Cowan Selected to Repre- Sayre Women's 1st - Avery Hoggard Sayre 'B' 1st - Trey Rippetoe Sayre 'C' 1st - Jonathan James sent the USA in the Walker Cup! Always Shake Hands After a Round! Local Golf By Alex Alvarez open the center. The center recently Xoonie Tunes (57), 3rd Chris Bless- player on this flight, had to with- (82-85), 3rd Gary Dye 173 (84-89) be played August 21-22 with Sayre closed its doors in Sayre and moved ington (57) draw at the last minute before the Super Seniors: 1st Robert Lakey hosting play on the 21st and Elk LAST WEEKEND: to Purcell, OK as an extension of “C”: 1st Moran Equipment (62), final round. He had opened with a 158 (77-81), 2nd Doug Johnson City hosting play on the 22nd. Lots of golf played this weekend Rob’s Ranch, which has been the 2nd Pete Drouhard (62), 3rd Tom 69. 175 (89-86), 3rd Craig Puckett 179 in the area, Elk City hosted Path to parent organization of Path to Mir- McShane (53) “A”: 1st Justin Barrick 148 (78- (91-88) August 28 (Friday), Sayre Na- Miracles with thirty 4-Man teams acles. The tournament also offers other 70); 2nd Ryder Burrows 151 (77- Women: 1st Avery Hoggard 98 tional will host the inaugural Car- and Sayre National hosted its annu- Having started with a fundraiser prizes: 74), Teagan Counts 154 (79-75) and (46-52), 2nd Katelyn Morley 99 son Perry Memorial Tournament al club championship with over 70 that drew 14 teams a little over a de- “Last Place” Harvest Fellowship Hunter Burrows 155 (76-79). (45-54), 3rd Samantha Clear 110 in memory of young Carson Perry players. cade ago, Path to Miracles fundrais- Closest to Hole #5: Travis Stout B”: 1st Trey Rippetoe 157 (81- (52-58). who died in an accident. Carson ing tournament has drawn as many Closest to the Hole #13 Brett 76), 2nd Hunter Gholston 163 (84- Junior Boys: 1st Kason Rippetoe did not play golf, and was a young- ELK CITY: as 38 teams, with this year, after the Porter 79), and two tied in third at 165 176 (87-89); Tie 2nd at 200 Owen ster killed in an ATV accident 18 Path To Miracles tournament move to Purcell, drew thirty teams. Longest Drive #4 Erin Hutchin- with identical day scores of 82-83, Batterton (103-97) and Landry months ago. The Perry family is in was the 11th in its history and is the Thank you, Jeremy, for continuing son-Williamson Bobby Martin and Justin Louis. Lakey (103-97) the “bull business” and has started “brainchild” of Jeremy Gray who with the same work that helps so “C”: 1st Jonathan James 173 (91- Junior Girls: 1st Trystyn Clear a scholarship fund in the name of over a decade ago left a great paying many people! SAYRE NATIONAL: 82), two tied for 2nd at 176, Diquay 105 (49-56); 2nd Moxee Martin 108 Carson. There will be silent auc- job and opened Path to Miracles in The results were as follows: Results of Sayre National Club Bradford (89-87) and Landon Saw- (55-53) m 3rd Kenzie Haas (61-57) tions of different items related to Sayre, OK, a Christ centered drug “A”: 1st Barber-Dyson Ford (50); Championship: yer (92-84) and 4th Billy Haas 177 that business, and the parents are and alcohol in-patient treatment 2nd TIIPS Insurance Agency (51); Championship Flight: 1st Heston (90-87). COMING UP: really proud to have started the center, which he credits Uncle 3rd Hutchinsons (52) Brown 130 (64-66) Seniors: 1st Billy Arganbright A combined match with Elk event. They already have 18 teams Todd Gray with the inspiration to “B”: 1st Colt Randall (57), 2nd Note: Garrett Thomas, a second 153 (75-78), 2nd Jimmy Clark 167 City and Sayre National players to secured! Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez in a row against Kansas City, lost main #1 and #2 in their division, (61-64). Caminero (TB) 35; Hunter Good- political correctness born from a three out of four games against the with Houston Astros two games NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD- man (COL) 34. simple fact: the league has not been MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Milwaukee Brewers, all at Dodgers ahead of the Texas Rangers. ERS: Games Won: Christopher San- able to define what a woman is for The two-time World Series Stadium in Los Angeles. The series With all of last week’s games, the East: Atlanta Braves (74-50), chez (PHI) 15; Sonny Gray (BOS) eligibility to play: woman at birth, defending champions have been went 4-5, 3-1, 1-4 and 2-6 in favor Milwaukee Brewers have the best Philadelphia Phillies (67-58); Cen- 15; Chase Burns (CIN) 14; Chase transgender or simply by pretend- struggling as of late. Recently, they of the Brewers. The only winning win/loss percentage with .616, with tral: Milwaukee Brewers (77-48), Burns (CIN), Aaron Ashby (MIL), ing. It shows that Engelbert has not had a skid of seven straight loss- pitcher was Yoshinobu Yamamo- Tampa Bay at .602, Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs (72-53); West: Los Sandy Alcantara (MIA) and Foster made up her mind publicly. Here es, and now, after acquiring Tarik to. However, the Dodgers are still .597 and Los Angeles Dodgers at Angeles Dodgers (74-51), San Di- Griffin (CLE & WSH)13. are the standings: Skubal, Logan Henderson, who seven games ahead of second place .592. ego Padres (67-58). ERA: Jacob Misiorowski (MIL) EASTERN CONFERENCE: stroke out six Dodgers players, San Diego Padres and eight ahead As of last Sunday, here are the PLAYER STATS: 1.75; Chris Sale (ATL) 2.16; Cam Indiana Fever 23-12, Atlanta outdueled the Cy Youn winner and of the Arizona Diamondbacks. standings: Batting Percentage: Yordan Schlittler (NYY) 2.19, Dylan Cease Dream 21-13, New York Liberty lost their series against the Milwau- On the American League, New AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD- Alvarez (HOU).321; Luis Ar- (TOR) 2.42; Chase Burns (CIN) 22-14. kee Brewers losing the last game York Yankees fell a little farther ERS: raez (SF).315; Chandler Simp- 2.47. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 6-2 playing at home winning the behind the Tampa Bay Rays by East: Tampa Bay Rays (74-49); son (TB).309; Gabriel Moreno Minnesota Lynx 29-7, Gold- season’s series 4-3. going 5-5 in their last 10 games New York Yankees (69-55); Cen- (ARI).308; Otto Lopez (MIA).308. WNBA STATS & STANDINGS: en State Valkyries 24-9, Las Vegas The Dodgers, after losing two out while Tampa Bay went 7-3. Also, in tral: Chicago White Sox (65-58), Homeruns: Kyle Schwarber Unfortunately, the bad news Aces 24-12. of three games against the Arizona the American West, the two Texas Detroit Tigers (60-64); West: Hous- (PHI) 37; Yordan Alvarez (HOU) continues about the way the league Sources: ESPN, GOOGLE, Diamondbacks and winning three teams at the top, went 4-6 and re- ton Astros (63-62), Texas Rangers 36; Matt Olson (ATL) 36; Junior is handling different players due to SPORTS CHANNELS. Professional Golf By Alex Alvarez Tied with Sam Burns for third six. After the St. Jude Champion- the back nine that took him out of qualmie Ridge, WA, Stewart Cink saen who finished at 21 under par place was big Alex Noren. In a tie ship, the top six for Presidents Cup climbing to inside the top 50, and bested Miguel Angel Jimenez one shot behind Jeeno. American THE FEDEX PLAYOFFS HAVE for 5th at 7 under were this year’s are: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron merely climbed one spot to 52 from in a playoff for the tournament. Sophia Schubert came in fourth at ARRIVED! U.S. Open Champion Wyndham Young, Sam Burns, Russell Henley, 53. Jimenez had closed with a round 17 under par. Narin Ang (KOR), Scottie Scheffler showed why he Clark and Sungjae Im. Five players Ben Griffin, Collin Morikawa. On Last week was significant for the of 8 under par while Cink finished Pajaree Anannarukarn (THA) and is #1 in the world: after a couple of were tied for 7th place at 6 under the top six, Sam Burns climbed to top 50 and a chance to be exempt with a round of seven under par. Celine Boutier (FRA) tied for fifth weeks of rest after his last tourna- par: Luvid Aberg, Xander Schauf- 3rd after last weekend and Russell to the 2027 Signature events and Cink made birdie on the first play- at 16 under par. ment, where he placed second for fele, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Henley dropped one spot to 4th. to earn more points to get into the off hole while Jimenez made a par. the fifth time in 2026, Scottie did Fleetwood and Jake Knapp whose The next 6 positions are: Wyn- top 6 point earned in the Presidents Next at 11 under par was Soren DON’T FORGET: not want to be called “the almost” water ball on #16 cost him a tie for dham Clark, Chris Gotterup, Xan- Cup standings. This week, twenty Kjeldsen and seven players finished Two international competitions first place anymore and won the 3rd or better. der Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Justin more will be eliminated from the in a tie for fourth place at 10 under will come up in September: The opening FedEx playoffs with a Seventy players had qualified for Thomas and Jacob Bridgeman. Last playoffs and thirty will make it to par: Ernie Els, David Toms, George Solheim Cup (United Staes versus win in Memphis, TN at the St Jude the tournament, and twenty were week, Wyndham Clark climbed the final at East Lake next week. McNeil, Fred Couples, Jerry Kelly, Europe) for the women, in Crom- Championship. With scores of 68- eliminated for the second playoff three spots to 7th place and Chris Right now, “in the bubble” are #26 Steve Flesch and Steven Alker. voirt, Netherlands on September 61-68-66 for 17 under par, he won tournament on August 20-23 at the Gotterup lost one spot and went to Tom Kim, #27 Adam Scott, #28 There are still several tour- 11-13; the Presidents Cup (United by eight over Si Woo Kim who fin- BMW Championship in St Lou- eighth place. This week will decide Kurt Kitayama, #29 Bud Cauley naments left to earn a trip to the States vs rest of the world excluding ished at 9 under par. is, MO played as we speak at the the final top six. and #30 Rickie Fowler. Close at #31 Schwab Cup Championship in Europe) to be played at Medinah Paired with good friend Sam Bellerive C.C. where fifty players Meanwhile, the top fifty of the to #35 are Gary Woodland, J.T. Pos- Phoenix on November 12-15. C.C. near Chicago on Sept 25-27. Burns on the last day, whom he are competing to decide the last 30 FedEx Cup were decided, and ton, Nicolai Hojgaard, Alex Noren So far, the top 10 in the standings Top Solheim Cup standings: was leading by two shots, everyone at the Tour Championship at East Keith Mitchell was the only one and Jake Knapp in that order, with are: Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Nelly Korda, Angel Yin, Jennifer expected a tough match, but Sam Lake C.C. in Atlanta, GA. who was inside the top 50 who fell a top 20 finish, if number 26-30 Padraig Harrington, Boo Weekly, Kupcho, Auston Kim, Yealimi Noh, shot three over par 73 and finished The fifty players at this week’s out of the top fifty after making a do not earn enough points, any of George McNeil, Ernie Els, Retief Allisen Corpuz, Lauren Cogh- in a tie for 3rd place at eight under BMW Championship will be ex- bogey on the last hole in Memphis. these players #31 to #35 could get Goosen, Miguel Angel Jimenez lin, Andrea Lee, Lindy Duncan, par on the tough, Bermuda grass empt to all Signature events in 2027. Had he made a par, Matt McCarty, in, however, anyone behind them Darren Clarke and Steve Alker. Lucy Li, Meghan Kang and Jenny covered and wind and drought It is also the last event at which you now #50, would have been out at with a top 5 finish could get in as Bae make the top 12 in that order. stressed TPC Southwind in Mem- will earn points for the team that #51. From out of the top 50 to in- well, with the possibility of bump- LPGA: STANDARD PORTLAN There will be three captain picks, phis, TN where the balls rolled over will represent the United States side, was Sunjae Im who climbed to ing up to four players out. CLASSIC and nine will make the team: top 30 yards on the dry fairways, how- in the Presidents Cup at Medinah #40 after a tie for fifth that earned Jeeno Thitikul rallied with a 64 six in the points standings, and the ever, if you missed a fairway, your C.C. on September 25-27. The top him enough points to get from “out PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: to win the Standard Portland Clas- top three not already qualified in lie on the thick and wiry Bermuda six-point earners get an automatic to in.” BOEING CLASSIC sic to join two other golfers from the Rolex World Rankings. turf, was anything but easy to ad- spot, while Brandt Snedeker, this Former FedEx Cup champion, After they both finished at 12 Thailand in the top three: Arpicha- Sources: PGA Tour, Google and vance to the hole. year’s captain, will choose another Jordan Spieth, had three bogeys on under par at The Club at Sno- ya Yubol and Chanettee Wanna- on-line sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez Edward Cabrera’s future with special things here, and that is as months on the job? dace Parker. barrass itself: WNBA fan subreddit Chicago Cubs appears to be in far as my vision and field go right Lakers Sale & Front Office: The bans posters from using Sophie MLB BASEBALL jeopardy… Not enough wins! now. So, for [almost] two months, NBA & WNBA Los Angeles Lakers have report- Cunningham’s name after de- Phillies expected to part ways New York Mets fired manger I’m locked in on making this as Hall of Fame: The 2026 class edly been sold for a massive sum, fense of women’s sports! What’s with Don Mattingly and hire Alex Carlos Mendoza in June and hired good as possible.” Why do people was enshrined over the weekend, continuing a turbulent ownership next? Cora to replace him. Is he retiring Andy Green as interim manager, ask stupid questions? “What do you headlined by legends like Doc Riv- transition window. or getting fired? who answered, “I want to do some think Mr. Green” after less than two ers, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Can- The WNBA continues to em- See TIDBITS page 10