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BASEBALL
Scrimmage
schedule
announced
Perkins-Tryon's
Demons will take part
in five preseason scrim-
mages to prepare for the
upcoming high school
baseball season.
Four of the scrim-
mages will be at home
beginning Saturday at
noon with the Stillwater
Pioneers. P-T will host
Tecumseh on Monday
and Chandler on Tues-
day + . Both are scheduled
to start around 4 p.m.
The Demons' only
road scrimmage will be at
Bethel on Monday, Feb.
25. P-T's final scrimmage
will be Tuesday, Feb. 26.
The final two tuneups are
so set for around 4 p,m.
CALENDAR
Thursday, Feb. 14
Agra HS girls' bas-
ketball vs. McComb, 1 :
30 p.m., Class A regional
tournament at McComb.
Main regional moves to
Agra On Friday.
Agra HS boys' bas-
ketball vs. Paoli, 3 p.m.,
Class A regional tourna-
ment at McComb. Main
regional moves to Agra on
Friday.
Glencoe HS girls' bas-
ketball vs. Wilson (Hen-
ryetta), 1:30 p.m., Class
A rgional tour qament at
Kellyville.
lencoe @,l0Ys' bas
ketball vs. Frontier, 8 p.m,
Class A regional tourna-
ment at Kellyville.
Carney HS boys bas-
ketball vs. Prue, 3 p.m.,
Class B regional tourna-
ment at Cushing.
Coyle HS girls' bas-
ketball vs. Bluejacket, 6:
30 p.m.p.m., Class B
regional tournament at
Beggs.
Coyle HS boys' bas-
ketball vs. Cave Springs,
8 p.m.p.m., Class B
regional tournament at
Beggs.
Friday, Feb. 15
P-THS basketball at
Perry, 6:30 p.m., Class
3A district tournament.
Games broadcast on
KGFY 105.5 FM with the
pregame show at 6:15
p.m.
P-THS wrestling at
Class 3A regional tourna-
ment at Berryhill through
Saturday.
Ripley HS boys'
basketball vs. Watonga,
8 p.m., Class 2A district
tournament at Luther.
Tournament continues
through Saturday.
Stillwater HS bas-
ketball at Lawton Eisen-
bower, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 16
P-THS baseball scrim-
mage here with Stillwater,
12 noon.
Ripley HS girls' basket-
ball vs. LutherANatonga
winner, 6:30 p,m., Class
2A district tournament at
Luther.
Stillwater HS bas-
ketball at Lawton High
School, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 18
P-THS baseball scrim-
mage here with Tecum-
seh, 4 p.m.
The end of an era
The Coyle Bluejackets go through pregame warmups in preparation for Saturday night's Class B district tournament
championship game with Claremore Christian. This was the final game being played in the old gymnasium, which was built
over 80 years ago. A new facility is being constructed and should be ready in time for high school graduation in May. The
Bluejackets and Lady Jackets will call it home next season. Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
Final games played in old Coyle gym
COYLE -- It ws the
end of an era for Coyle
basketball last Saturday
night.
Yes the Lady Jackets
and Bluejackets rolled to
easy Class B district cham-
pionships over Claremore
Christian. It was all about
the facility as those games
were the final varsity con-
tests that will be played
in it.
The Coyle basketball
teams from ielementary
all the way to varsity will
move into their new digs
in time for next season. In
fact, if all still goes well,
this year's senior class will
hold its commencement
I +++++++
/++++ By Rick Lomenick
[ Journal Sports Editor
ceremonies in it in May.
Saturday's games mir-
rored the hundreds from
the past. The teams used
their athletism to take the
opponents out early. Of
course, the gymnasium has
also had ts share of nail-
biters. Wr'9,had Several
opportunities to be a part
of the gym's history both
as a young player here at
P-T and most recently as
a member of the Fourth
Estate.
Three state champion-
ship boys' teams made their
preparations to bring home
the coveted "Gold Ball"
trophy on that floor. Also,
numerous other post-season
practice sessions were also
ent-day east-west direction
where it has been for the
past 70-plus seasons.
The CHS teams put their
games out of reach early
and it was only a matter
of finishing them without
getting anyone hurt. But
you couldn't really tell
with the way the home
crowd cheered throughout
the game. We would have
to say the Coyle crowd is
held for both teams. There's one of the most supportive
,notalot of facilities across of their teams. In :other
the state that can have that
kind of track record.
The gym was originally
built in 1927 then rebuilt in
1939 as a WPA project that
turned the floor to its pres-
words, you get there early
and not leave until the final
horn has blown.
What an atmosphere that
See GYM Page B3
Playoffs
start Friday
for P-THS
Post-season action for
Perkins-Tryon' s basketball
and wrestling teams begin
Friday.
The Lady Demons and
Demons basketball squads
will be in Class 3A Dis-
trict 4 tournament action
at Perry. The girls' game
starts at 6:30 p.m. with
the boys' game following
at around 8 p.m. P-T is in
Area I playoff bracket that
consists of schools primar-
ily in the northeast quadrant
of the state.
After district tournament
play, action will shift to the
Perkins-Tryon Gymnasium
for one of two regions[
tournaments. Teams from
Districts 1 through 4 will
be in this regional event in
girls and boys action. A win
by the Lady Demons over
Perry will put them in the
regional first round game
against the winner of the
Chisholm/Oklahoma Cen-
tennial district tournament
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
21. The losers will play on
the same day but at 1:30
p.m.
Other teams that will be
playing in the P-T regional
tournament will be Morris
and Oklahoma Christian
School from District 2
and Nowata and Kellyville
from District 3. Teams from
Districts 2 and 3 will be in
sub-regional action on Feb.
21 before advancing to P-
T for the remainder of the
regional tournament.
,' ,Okmulgee wilseire as
the main regional tourna-
ment site for Districts 5-8
with Beggs as a sub-site for
Districts 6 and 7.
See P-THS Page B4
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I emons sweep Prague, Stroucl Lad.yDemonSwlnleague
By Rick Lomenick
Journal Sports Editor
Perkins-Tryon survived
a late free throw shoot
flurry by the Prague Red
Devils for a 35-33 win to
conclude the regular season
home portion of the season
Friday night.
P-T opened the week
with a 43-40 win over
the Stroud Tigers. The
Demons concluded the
regular season at Cushing
on Tuesday night before
starting post-season action
Friday at Perry with district
tournament action. Tipoff is
set for around 8 p.m.
Prague outscored P-T
13-8 in the fourth quarter
with nine of those points
coming from the free throw
line out of 10 attempts.
During a three-plus minute
span, the Red Devils used
the charity shots to whittle
the deficit to a single point
at 32-31 with 50 seconds
left in the game.
That was when the
Demons used some timely
free throw shooting from
Carlton Belford in the clos-
ing second. Belford nailed
3-of-4 from the line to help
Perkins Branch
830 N, Main Street s Perkins
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secure the win.
P-T held a 7-2 first quar-
ter lead after four minutes
before Prague used the
second half of the frame
with six straight points
to claim a short-lived 8-7
advantage. The Demons
took advantage of cold
PHS shooting in the second
quarter with a 9-2 rally and
a 16-10 lead at halftime.
Belford tallied the first
five points of the third quar-
ter to give the Demons their
largest lead of the game of
11 points at 21-10 in the
opening minutes. Prague
managed to chip into the
deficit for a 27-20 score
when the period ended.
Talon Sharp hit an inside
bucket nearly a minute into
the fourth quarter before the
Red Devils began their free
throw shooting exhibition
and the close finish.
Belford led the Demons
in scoring with 11 points.
He got the starting assign-
ment due to the ankle injury
by fellow senior Caleb
White earlier in the week
at Stroud.
See DEMONS Page B4
Senior Carlton Belford drives in for a layup during second
half action of Friday night's regular season finale against the
Prague Red Devils. P-T held off a late Prague free throw
surge for a 35-33 win. Belford poured in a team-leading 11
points. Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
championship
By Rick Lomenick
Journal Sports Editor
The Perkins-Tryon Lady
Demons got off to a hot first
quarter start then held on
for a 32-25 win over the
Prague Lady Devils here
Friday night as part of
senior night festivities.
The win also gave
the Lady Demons the 66
Conference regular season
championship. P-T win the
conference toumament just
over two weeks ago with a
win over the Lady Devils
also at the P-T Gymnasium.
The week started with a
strong second half perfor-
mance in a 53-37 win at
Stroud last Tuesday.
After the regular season
finale at Cushing Tuesday
night, the Lady Demons
will set their sites on the
post-season with district
tournament action Friday
night at Perry. The tipoff is
scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
The Lady Demons hit
three of the game total
four three-point goals to
open the game and a 9-
See LEAGUE Page B4
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