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BASKETBALL
Fundraising
pancake meal
set Saturday
The Perkins-Tryon
Tip-In Club will be
hosting a fundraising
pancake breakfast from
7:30-10:30 a.m. Sat-
urday at Applebees in
Stillwater.
Tickets are $7 each
and proceeds will be
used for the P-T basket-
ball programs. Tickets
can be purchased at the
door.
For more information,
contact Casey Martin at
(405) 742-7468.
CALENDAR
Thursday, Jan. 17
PTJH girls' basketball
vs. Heritage Hall, 6 p.m.,
CD Warehouse Classic
championship finals at
Bethel High School.
P-TJH wrestling at
district dual tournament, 5
p.m., Pawnee.
P-TJH basketball with
Chandler: boys, here, 4:30
p.m.; girls, there, 4:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS wrestling
hosts Midwest City: JV, 6
p.m.;-varsity, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18
Agra HS basketball
hosts Coyle, 6:30 p.m.
Carney HS basketball
hosts OCA, 6:30 p.m.
Ripley HS basketball
hosts Oilton, 6:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS basket-
ball at Edmond Santa Fe,
6:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 21
P-THS basketball
hosts 66 Conference Tour-
nament through Saturday,
Jan. 26.
P-TJH wrestling at
Pawnee tournament.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
P-THS wrestling at
Tecumseh dual, 6 p.m.
Agra HS basketball at
Oilton, 6:30 p.m.
Carney HS basketball
hosts Ripley, 6:30 p.m.
Coyle HS basketball
hosts MulhalI-Orlando, 6:
30 p.m.
Stillwater HS basket-
ball at Ponca City, 6:30
p.m.
Stillwater HS wrestling
hosts Broken Arrow: JV, 6
p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Perkins-Tryon coaches'
show broadcast on KGFY
105.5 FM, 6-6:30 p.m.,
D'Mario's Pizza.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Agra HS basketball at
Paden tournament through
Saturday, Jan. 26.
Carney HS basketball
at Paden tournament
through Saturday, Jan. 26.
Coyle HS basketball
at Cashion tournament
through Saturday, Jan. 26.
Riplay HS basketball at
Kiefer tournament through
Saturday, Jan. 26.
Stillwater HS basket-
ball at Shawnee tourna-
ment through Saturday,
Jan. 26.
Stillwater HS wrestling
hosts Norman: JV, 6 p.m.;
varsity, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26
P-TJH wrestling at Will
Rogers Conference Tour-
nament at Newkirk.
See BRIEFS Page B4
Perkins-Tryon Lady Demons basketball head coach Jerry Burnett is congratulated by his players following last Tuesday
night's win over Kingfisher that gave the Iongtime skipper his 500th career win. Burnett has been at P-T for over 20 years
and has accumulated over 400 of those wins here.
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
500 wins & counting for Burnett
If it wasn't for a tele-
phone call early last week,
we wouldn't have known
Lady Demons head coach
Jerry Burnett was reaching
yet another milestone in his
career at Perkins-Tryon.
He gained his 500 th career
coaching win when his
squad defeated Kingfisher
before a nice crowd at the
P-T Gymnasium.
His players surprised
him with a cake and bal-
loons while those sitting
on both sides of the gym-
nasium honored him with
a well-deserved standing
ovation.
He's now on his way
on the next century block
with a pair of wins last
weekend at the CD Ware-
house Classic in Bethel.
However, the tournament
finish was postponed until
6 p.m. today when his No.
2 ranked team in Class 3A
faces Heritage Hall for the
tournament championship.
P-T did host Seminole
Tuesday night even though
the results weren't available
at presstime, we're confi-
dent a win was notched in
that contest as well.
When you talk to him
about this plateau he's
reached, he's very humble
with his responses and in
typical coach-speak, gives
all the credit elsewhere.
"It's a tribute to those girls
who have come through
the system and Jim (assis-
tant coach Jim Hill) who
has been with me for 21
years," he said.
But success or failure
with an endeavor begins
with the leader. And this
program has had its share
of success during his 21
years as the skipper.
Burnett told us he
notched his 100 th win after
he took over the program
here so that means his
P-T teams have notched
over 400 wins. And in a
time when you rarely see a
coach stay at one program
that long, it is simply amaz-
ing.
Our newspaper ventures
with The Journal began
just before he won his 2004
game. Along the way we've
seen wins 300 and 400 and
Lady Demons in finals;
event resumes tonight
BETHEL - Perkins-
Tryon's Lady Demons
have to wait until tonight
before they can help deter-
mine the outcome of the
championship finals of
the CD Warehouse Classic
at Bethel High School as
inclement weather forced
the postponement of some
of Saturday's games.
P-T will face Heritage
Hall at 6 p.m. for the tour-
nament title. Enroute to
the championship game,
the Lady Demons rolled
to uncontested wins over
Bridge Creek in the semifi-
nals and Little Axe in first
round action.
Then earlier last week,
head coach Jerry Burnett
reached another milestone
as he collected his 500 th
career win as the Lady
Demons overcame a rash of
turnovers to beat Kingfisher
60-52 at home last Tuesday.
Burnett is in his 21 st season
as the Lady Demons skipper
and has notched over 400 of
all those in between. And,
they've come in the same
fashion: playing good fun-
damental basketball on both
ends of the floor. We're
glad to be in the position to
see those wins continue to
increase.
In talking with him
before his game last Friday
See BURNETT Page B4
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his career wins here.
Against Bridge Creek, P-
T set the tone early enroute
to the 70-33 win over the
Lady Bobcats.
P-T jumped out to a 20-
10 first quarter lead led by
McKenzie Stanford's nine
points in the frame. The
lead expanded to 35-15 at
the intermission as Bridge
Creek turnovers and poor
shooting took is toll.
The Lady Demons put
together their most solid
second half performance of
the season with a 35-point
output while limiting the
Lady Bobcats to 18 points.
Stanford led P-T in scor-
ing with 18 points with
Bailey Wensler following
with 16. Jordan Gorham
notched 14 despite some
first half foul trouble. P-T
also received quality bench
scoring with Jessica Foster
leading the way with seven
points in relief of Gorham.
In the opening round
game, P-T put Little Axe
away early by keeping the
Lady Indians scoreless in
the first quarter. The Lady
Demons cruised to a 65-21
verdict.
P-T notched 21 first
quarter points then added
another 23 for a 44-5
halftime advantage. Little
Axe's first bucket came
with 2:14 left in the second
quarter. P-T also held a 21-
16 second half advantage.
Gorham led the way with
20 points while Stanford
added 10.
On a night that was his-
toric for Bumett, it nearly
didn't happen as a pesky
Lady Yellowjackets team
nearly rallied in the second
half but fell short.
The Lady Demons led
19-10 at the end of the first
quarter then expanded the
lead to 24-21 at halftime.
Kingfisher began taking
advantage of P-T second
half turnovers that tallied
See FINALS Page B4
P-T hosting
conference
tournament
The Perkins-Tryon
Gymnasium will be the
site for this year's 66
Conference Tournament.
Action begins Monday in
the week-long event.
The host Lady Demons
and Demons won't take to
the court until the Tuesday
slate of first round games.
The top-seeded Lady
Demons will face No. 8
seed Chandler in a 7 p.m.
game. The Demons are
seeded No. 5 and will take
on No. 4 seed Prague at 8:
30 p.m.
Monday's slate begins
at 4 p.m. with Meeker and
Seminole battling in girls'
action. The second girls'
game of the night will tipoff
around 7 o'clock with No.
2 seed Prague taking on
Holdenville. The boys'
action on Monday starts
with No. 1 seed Okemah
facing Holdenville at 5:30
p.m. and No. 2 seed Stroud
playing Chandler at 8:30
p.m.
The early games on
Tuesday will have Meeker
playing Seminole in the 4
p.m. girls' game and the
same two schools in the 5:
30 p.m. boys' contest.
See TOURNEY Page B4
Perkins-Tryon's Hayden McBride (21) applies some defen-
sive pressure on a Bridge Creek player during last Friday's
consolation semifinals game of the CD Warehouse Classic at
Bethel. Ready for backside help is teammate Carlton Belford
(11). The Demons won the game enrOute to a consolation
championship.
Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
Demons earn
consolation title
By Rick Lomenlck
Journal Sports Editor
BETHEL - Another
tournament and another
consolation bracket
championship for Perkins-
Tryon. But this time for
the Demons it came down
to the last shot.
Caleb White's running
shot beat the buzzer to allow
tlae Demons to gain a 34-
33 win over the Newcastle
Racers Saturday afternoon
in the CD Warehouse Clas-
sic in Bethel. The win also
avenged an earlier loss to
NHS, which occurred in
the first round of the Bison
Invitational Tournament in
Shawnee. The Racers raced
to a 53-35riumph in open-
ing round action.
Both teams battled to a
9-9 first quarter tie before
Newcastle used a second
quarter surge for a 22-
16 lead at halftime. The
Demons cut into the deficit
during the low scoring third
quarter. P-T outscored NHS
7-4 to trail 26-23.
White's winning shot
was part of an 11-7 P-T
See FINALS Page B4
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