Sports
THE JOURNAL, Thursday, February 12, 2015 - B3
SWS swimmers pass regional test
During his 26 years as
Stillwater High's boys and
girls' swimming coach,
Kurt Goebel has guided
competitive, talented teams
on a yearly basis.
This season appears to be
no different as the Lady Pio-
neers and Pioneers turned
in impressive performances
last Saturday in the Class
5A West Regional Swim-
ming Meet in Edmond.
The Lady Pioneers easily
captured the Class 5A West
Regional crown with a team
score of 378. Altus was
second with 288 points and
Carl Albert High finished
third with 219 points.
The Pioneers finished as
the regional runner-up with
318 points behind regional
champion Altus, which
ended with 435 points.
After going against the
talented teams in the state's
largest classification for
numerous seasons, Still-
water's chances of compet-
ing for a state crown were
enhanced with the move
down to Class 5A in recent
years.
By Ron Holt :1
Both teams have realistic
chances of emerging with
state crowns during the
State High School Swim-
ming Championships,
Feb. 20-21 in the Edmond
Aquatic Center.
The Lady Pioneers will
battle Altus along with the
top three teams from the
Class 5A East Regional.
Tulsa Washington won
the 5A East title with 296
points followed by Harrah
(262), Shawnee (242) and
Ft. Gibson (214).
The Pioneers will not
only battle Altus but will
be challenged by Class
5A East Regional powers,
in order, Ft. Gibson (415
points), Tulsa Washington
(337), Ponca City (208) and
Harrah (190).
Leading the Lady Pio-
neers at the regional meet
were champions Alexx
Thomas and Savanna Barth.
Thomas won the 100 but-
terry in 1:03.12 and Barth
won the 500 freestyle in a
time of 5:33.6.
The SHS foursome of
Isabelle Smith, Thomas,
Barth and Brooke Njaa won
the 200 freestyle relay in
1:47.17 and the foursome of
Smith, Barth, Dewi Blose
and Kayla Dunn won the
400 free relay in 3:57.19.
Finishing as Lady Pio-
neer regional runners-up
were Smith in the 200 free-
style, Barth in the 200 indi-
vidual medley, Thomas in
the 50 freestyle, Blose in
the 100 backstroke and
Njaa in the 100 breast-
stroke.
Bringing home third
place medals were Dunn in
the 200 freestyle, Njaa in
the 200 individual medley,
Blose in the 100 butterfly,
Smith in the 100 freestyle
and Dunn in the 500 free-
9th girls split games last week
HARRAH - The fresh-
men Lady Demons dropped
a 42-28 decision at Harrah
Thursday night. P-T began
the week with a 33-30 home
win over Chandler last
Monday.
Against Harrah, P-T let
a first half lead slip away.
The Lady Demons led 14-4
at the end of the first quar-
ter and 18-16 at halftime.
Harrah outscored P-T 22-10
in the second half for the
win.
Bailey Wamsley led P-T
in scoring with 9 points.
Against Chandler, the
Lady Demon used a fourth
quarter rally for the win.
P-T held a slim 14-11
first half lead before Chan-
dler used a 14-6 third quar-
ter run for a 25-18 advan-
tage. The Lady Demons
outscored the Lady Lions
13-5 in the final period for
the win.
Baylee Wells led in scor-
ing with 9 points.
Harrah 42, P-T 28
P-T 14 4 3 7-28
HJH 4 12 12 10-42
Bailey Wamsley 9, Kagen Dun-
ivan 6, Baylee Washington 3,
Abby Wynn 3, Makayla Jones
2, Kaytee Washington 2, Baylee
Wells 2, Raygan Holder 1.
P-T 33, Chandler 30
CJH 7 4 14 5-30
P-T 6 8 6 13-33
Baylee Wells 9, Raygan Holder
6, Bailey Wamsley 6, Kagen
Dunivan 5, Baylee Washington 3,
Makayla Jones 2, Abby Wynn 2.
3-point goals - Washington,
Wells
Freshmen Demons earn sweep
The freshmen Demons
gained a pair of wins last
week. It ended with a 26-24
win over Harrah here last
Thursday night and began
with a 28-14 win at Chan-
dler last Monday.
Against Harrah, P-T
used a fourth quarter rally
for the win.
Harrah led 10-8 at half-
time after holding P-T
scoreless in the first quarter.
The Panthers maintained
DEMONS
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way back into contention
in the closing moments
taking advantage of a P-T
squad that didn't used good
clock management in trying
to run out the time. The
Demons also hit only one
free throw in four attempts
in the closing three minutes
also and that came from
Waitt with nine seconds
remaining.
Neither teams could get
much generated offensively
in the first quarter as Chan-
dler held a 5-4 lead. In
the second period, neither
could gain any separation
again. The Lions clung
the advantage after the third extend the score.
period with a 19-16 score.
But in the fourth period, the
Demons used a 10-5 surge
to claim the win.
Brandon Martin led in
scoring with 10 points.
At Chandler, P-T raced
to a big first half lead then
coasted to the win.
The Demons held a 14-3
advantage at the intermis-
sion. In the second half, P-T
used a slim 14-11 surge to
Jace Burress led P-T in
scoring with 13 points.
P-T 26, Harrah 24
HJH 7 3 9 5-24
P-T 0 8 8 10-26
Brandon Martin 10, Ethan Hobbs
8, Chad Black 3, Conner Cowan
3, Ba!ley Shropshire 1.
P-T 28, Chandler 14
P-T 7 7 5 9-28
CJH 1 2 6 5-14
Jace Burress 13, Chad Black 8,
Ethan Hobbs 4, Conner Cowan
2, Brandon Martin 1.
3-point goals - Burress 1.
style.
The Pioneers 400 free-
style relay team won first
in 3:30.68. Team members
were Trey Cushing, Nate
Carman, Ben Cowles and
Keven Mykel Owens.
Regional runners-up
were Carman in the 500
freestyle and the 100 back-
stroke and Cowles in the
100 breaststroke. The boys'
200 medley relay team
placed third.
The Lady Pioneers only
state championship triumph
came in 1998 while Pioneer
swimmers won state in
1973, 1974 and last season.
Northwestern bound
Perkins-Tryon football standout Jacob Peyton signed a
letter of intent last Wednesday to play college football at
Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. Jacob will
join his older brother Devin as a member of the Rangers
squad. Seated with him on signing day were his mother
Tannah Abernathy, his brother Jordyn Abernathy, and his
grandmother Billie Krug. Standing behind him is P-T football
coach Bruce Williams. Photo provided
POST-SEASON
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On the boys' side, Saturday, Feb. 21. The Dis-
Demons skipper Norman
Tippeconnie was pleased
with his draw and felt it was
pretty good.
"We saw Prague earlier
in the year and played well
against them and we'll be
prepared for them in the dis-
trict tournament," he said.
"Hopefully we can make
some noise in the playoffs.
It will be tough but I like
our chances."
The Demons rolled past
the Red Devils to claim the
third place trophy from the
recent 66 Conference Tour-
nament in Stroud.
Elsewhere in Area I,
Heritage Hall was awarded
a district tournament bye
but will be a regional main
site. P-T will be a sub-re-
gional site for Districts 2
and 3. Oklahoma Christian
School willaost Jones in
the District 2 tournament on
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to a 16-15 advantage at
half time.
P-T opened the third
quarter with an 8-0 run to
hold its largest advantage of
23-16 at the midway mark
of the period. Chandler con-
trolled the final two minutes
of the period with a 9-4 run
to trail 27-25 heading into
the final quarter.
Chandler opened the
fourth with a bucket for
a 27-27 tie but Waitt fol-
lowed with a field goal then
hit only one of three free
throw attempts after getting
fouled on a three-point. But
it did give P-T a 31-27 lead
Harris 66
to set up the finish.
Waitt led the Demons
in scoring with 17 points
off the bench. Talon Sharp
followed with 10 points.
At Meeker, the host Bull-
dogs erased a double-digit
halftime deficit including
the game-winning shot late
to slip past the Demons
64-63 last Tuesday. It was
the third time Meeker has
defeated P-T this season.
P-T raced to a 17-10 first
quarter lead then expanded
it to 37-25 at the intermis-
sion. Meeker use a 19-14
third quarter run to close
the gap to 51-44. In the
fourth quarter, the Bulldogs
continued with a 20-12 run
for the win. The winning
shot came with less than
five seconds left in the
game. It was the only time
Meeker led,
Both teams attempted
POKES
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at the same venue, when
history repeated itself and
his free throws then allowed
Flower Mound to win the
state championship,
The two successful free
throws also vindicated one
he missed near the end of
regulation that could have
led to a win.
Texas also had opportu-
nities to win at the charity
stripe including a 1-and-1
situation with three sec-
WRESTLE
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decision at 138 pounds and
Ty Elwood followed with
a pin in the final seconds
of the second period at 145
pounds to pull P-T to 2 l- 15.
Mannford stopped the two-
match winning streak with
a fall at 152 pounds for a
27-15 score.
Zac Hall won by a pin
at 160 pounds followed by
Jake Peyton's forfeit win
at 170 pounds to enable the
Demons to tie the match
at 27-27. Logan Crotty
regained the lead at 182
trict 4 tournament will be
Chisholm hosting Newkirk
on Friday, Feb. 20.
Tippeconnie was excited
to see Heritage Hall in the
same area and looks for-
ward to a possible rematch
of last year's area conso-
lation championship game
that the Chargers won by a
single point.
"We played a great game
with Heritage Hall last year
and we would love to see
them again," he said. "I
know they are really good
but what we're excited
about is we feel we're really
close to putting together
four quarters but it hasn't
happened yet."
On the girls' side, it is
Chisholm that has Burnett' s
attention as preparations
slowly begin.
"They have been hiding
all year from the rankings
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pounds with a second
period pin for a 33-27 score.
Mannford countered
with decision wins at 195
and 220 pounds for a 33-33
tie heading into the 285-
pound match.
Against Bethel, only
four matches were wrestled
and P-T won all by first
period pins.
The pins came from
Elwood at 152 pounds,
Crotty at 195 pounds,
Gould at 220 pounds, and
Hart at 285 pounds.
Forfeit wins were
awarded to Phibbs at 106
pounds, Jacob Luster at
120, Hunter Phillips at 136,
Chance Carpenter at 132,
Dusty Ollar at 138, Swink
at 145, Nathan McFee at
160, and Peyton at 170
pounds.
WINS
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P-T would lead 18-10 at
half time.
P-T managed to reach a
double-digit lead for the first
time when Bailey Wens-
ler sank a bucket nearly a
minute into the third quar-
ter for a 21-10 advantage.
The Lady Demons main-
tained that cushion until
the final two minutes when
a 9-0 surge created a 37-18
advantage heading into the
fourth quarter.
Stevenson hit an inside
bucket early in the fourth
quarter to push the Lady
Demons past the 20-point
plateau at 39-18. Chandler
used six straight points to
close out the final 90 sec-
onds of the game to reach
the 43-28 final score.
Hobbs led all scorers
with 14 points while Ste-
venson followed with 10.
At Meeker, Wensler
reached a scoring milestone
and was one of four Lady
Demons in double figures in
the 52-40 win over the Lady
Bulldogs in 66 Conference
action.
Wensler finished with
eight free throws in the
second half with Meeker
hitting all of them. P-T
was 5-for-8 in the final two
quarters.
Waltt led all scorers with
29 points. Thunder Sharp
followed with 13.
P-T 41, Chandler 38
P-T 4 11 12 14-41
CHS 5 11 9 13-38
P-T (13-7) -Waitt 17, Ta. Sharp
10, Th. Sharp 8, Wells 4, Aldridge
2.
Chandler (5-13) - Wilson 19,
Myers 7, Norrell 6, Johnson 3,
Wehrie 2, Hutchins 1.
3-point goals - P-T: WaRt 1.
CHS: Johnson 1, Norrell 1.
Meeker 84, P-T 63
P-T 17 20 14 12-63
MHS 10 15 19 20-64
P-T (12-7) -Waitt 29, Th. Sharp
13, Ta. Sharp 8, Wells 6, Springer
3, Hobbs 2, Huckabay 2.
Meeker (14-4) -Schilling 25,
Ellis 15, Whitfield 13, Trevino 10,
McKissick 1.
3-point goals - P-T: Waitt 3.
MHS: Trevino 2, Ellis 1, Schil-
ling 1.
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onds left in regulation. The
attempt missed and the
game went into overtime.
Nash led the Pokes with
17 points while Hickey
followed with 15. Forte
chipped in 14.
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OSU split a pair of con-
ference games that included
a much-needed 65-57 win
at Kansas last Saturday.
O-State lost to Baylor 69-52
last Wednesday here.
but finished the year in the
top 10," he said. "They
can play and no one else in
the state knew that but we
did and we ranked them
high all year. We hoped we
wouldn't get them but we
did so we'll go after them
if we have to play them."
On the bottom side of the
Area I bracket, Riverside
will host ASTEC in the Dis-
trict 5 event. In District 6,
Millwood will host Harding
Fine Arts Academy. Both
of those sites will play on
Saturday night. On Friday,
Luther will host Chandler
in the District 7 tournament
and Hennessey will host
Crooked Oak in the District
8 event.
Hennessey will be a
sub-regional site with Mill-
wood hosting the main
regional toumament. Cush-
ing will host the area tour-
nament for Area I.
P-T 33, Mannford 30
106-Phibbs, P-T, win by pin;
113-Guffey, MHS, win by pin;
120-Christian, MHS, dec Phillips,
9-5; 126-Jensen, MHS, pinned
Carpenter, 2:35; 132-Griffin,
MHS, pinned Beal, :00; 138-
Swink, P-T, dec. Knox, 2-1 ; 145-
Elwood, P-T, pinned Jenkins,
3:57; 152-Kieser, MHS, pinned
McFee, 0:51; 160-Hall, P-T,
pinned Betts, 3:35; 170-Peyton,
P-T, win by forfeit; 182-Crotty,
P-T, pinned Towns, 3:06; 195-
Moore, MHS, dec. Lawson, 3-0;
220-Terry, MHS, dec. Gould, 7-3;
285-Hart, P-T, dec. Cook, 1-0.
P-T 72, Bethel 0
106-Phibbs, P-T, win by forfeit;
120-Luster, P-T, win by forfeit;
126-Phillips, P-T, win by forfeit;
132-Carpenter, P-T, win by for,
felt; 138-Ollar, P-T, win by forfeit',
145-Swink, P-T, win by forfeit;
152-Elwood, P-T, pinned Pruitt,
1:20; 160-McFee, P-T, win by
forfeit; 170-Peyton, P-T, win by
forfeit; 195-Crotty', P-T, pinned
Hopkins, 1:44; 220-Gould, P-T,
pinned Akins, 1:19; 285-Hart;
P-T, pinned Cordero, 1:28.
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10 points but only needed
seven to reach 1,000 for
her career. Rylee Craycraft
and Brianna Hobbs added
10 points each. Ericka Ste-
venson led all scorers with
15 points.
P-T held a slim 12-10
first quarter lead but used a
15-8 second quarter surge
for a 27-18 halftime cush-
ion. The Lady Demons
outscored Meeker 25-22 in
the second half.
P-T 43, Chandler 28
P-T 10 8 10 6-43
CHS 5 5 8 10-28
P-'[ (17-3) - Hobbs 14, Steven-
son 10, Wensler 9, Craycraft 8,
Vigil 2.
Chandler (8-10) - Washburn 8,
B. Solberg 7, Herring 6, J. Sol-
berg 4, Kalka 3.
3-point goals - P-T: Craycraft
2, Hobbs 1, Wensler 1. CHS:
Washburn 1.
P-T 52, Meeker 40
P-T 12 15 12 13-52
MHS 10 8 3 19-40
P-T (16-3) - Stevenson 15,
Craycraft 10, Hobbs 10, WenSler
10, Hall 7.
Meeker (9-9) - Powell 12,
Jennings 11, A. Stansell 6, M.
Stansell 5 Hilburn 4, McCutch-
eon 2.
3-point goals - P-T: Craycraft 1,
Hall 1, Hobbs 1, Wensler 1. MHS:
Powell 3, Jennings 1 :
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