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THE
JOURNAL, Thursday, March 1,2012. B3
SHS crowns three matmen; cagers still alive
Three Stillwater High wrestlers stood atop the medals'
platform Saturday night proudly displaying state cham-
pionship hardware.
Winning their first state crowns were l l3-pound
freshman Joe Smith, 220-pound senior Paul Wilson and
285-pound senior Travis Morgan.
Behind this trio, Coach Doug Chesbro's Pioneers
claimed third in the Class 6A State Tournament this
past weekend at the State Fairgrounds Arena in Okla-
homa City.
Broken Arrow finished as the tournament champion
with 122.5 points, followed by Tulsa Union with 108
points and Stillwater with 82.
Smith, the son of Oklahoma State head wrestling coach
John Smith, pinned Yukon's Boo Lewallen in 3:44 in the
113-pound finale. Wilson held off Seth Calvert of Broken
Arrow, 2-0, in the 220-pound finals and Morgan edged
Chase Duke of Sapulpa, 3-1.
Stillwater also had a consolation finals champion as
106-pounder Kaid Brock scored a 12-3 major decision
over Jacob Fontanez of Owasso.
During Coach Chesbro's tenure, the Pioneers' best
finishes were a couple of state runner-up finishes, while
SHS also had another third place finish.
Smith is on track to become a rare four-time state cham-
pion, while it was good to see Wilson and Morgan finally
capture a state crown after a couple of near-misses.
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Stillwater High's boys and girls basketball teams will
take the more difficult path if each expects to advance to
the Class 6A state tournaments in a couple of weeks.
Both teams were defeated in regional tourney title
games last week, forcing both into the losers' bracket.
The Pioneers and Lady Pioneers will have to win twice
this weekend to earn the coveted state tourney trip.
The Pioneers dropped a 56-52 decision at Tulsa
Edison in the regional finale, while the Lady Pioneers
were defeated by Tulsa Washington, 57-34, in a regional
title contest.
The Lady Pioneers will travel to Bixby for Area Tour-
nament play, beginning tonight against Tulsa Union at
8 o'clock. If SHS survives tonight's game it plays the
loser of a winners' bracket game between Bartlesville
and Muskogee Saturday for the trip to state.
SHS's boys go to Sapulpa where the Pioneers will
challenge Bixby at 8 p.m. Friday. If the Pioneers get past
Bixby they will take on the loser of a winners' bracket
game between Tulsa Union and Tulsa Washington on
Saturday with the winner going to state.
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Stillwater High' s basebaUers open the season Saturday
when Coach Tony Holt's Pioneers host Bartlesville for a
doubleheader, starting at noon at Couch Park diamond.
The twinbill will be the first of a five-game, season
opening home stand for SHS. The Pioneers, who have
lofty expectations this season, entertain Tulsa Kelley for
two games on Tuesday, March 6, starting at 4 p.m. and
host Midwest City for a single game, starting at 5 p.m.
Friday, March 9.
Meet participants
The Stillwater Stars Level 8 gymnastics team competed first at the Dynamo Invitational in
Oklahoma City on Feb. 4. Gavy Weigleb placed in the top ten on the floor, bars and vault.
Chaynie McSparrin placed in the top ten in all four events and Bayley Holt placed third on
beam and fifth on floor. The team also competed at the Nadia International Invitational at
the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City Feb. 10. Gavy Weigleb placed in the top ten
on Vault and bars, Chaynie McSparrin placed fifth on Bars and Beam and Baylie Holt placed
send on beam and top 10 on floor.
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GLENCOE
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run to lead 21-13.
Okarche led 39-35 at
halftime and the 55-50
score at the end of the third
quarter.
Ty Lazenby led the
Panthers with 27 points.
John Lazenby III followed
with 18.
Coyle reached the con-
solation finals with a 48-35
win over the Welch Wild-
cats Friday afternoon.
The Bluejackets built a
comfortable halftime lead
of 25-9. Welch nibbled
into the deficit slightly in
the second half for the final
verdict.
Aska scored 17 points
and pulled down 17
rebounds to lead the Blue-
jackets.
CHS opened the area
consolation bracket with a
hard fought 51-47 win over
the Woodland Cougars last
Thursday.
Coyle held a slim 20-19
halftime advantage before
Woodland surged in the
third quarter the gain a 34-
32 lead. The Bluejackets
outscored Woodland 19-13
in the final period to gain
the win.
Domonique Payne and
Aska turned in double-
double performances.
Payne was the leading
scorer with 19 points and
pulled down 13 rebounds.
Aska notched 17 points and
a team-leading 19 boards.
Jakobi Brown added 10
points.
Glencoe 60, Coyle 46
GHS 17 16 12 15-60
CHS 13 13 10 10-46
Glencoe - Kagen Castle-
bury 15, Hunter Hall 13, Ty
Lazenby 10, Jake Lazenby
9, John Lazenby 9, Jake
Corbin 4:
Coyle - Tony Aska 12,
Ryan Weathers 12, Domi-
nique Payne 7, Fidel Simp-
son 7, Jakobi Brown 6, Dalton
Anderson 2.
3-point goals - Hall 1, Jo.
Lazenby 1, T. Lazenby 1.
CHS: Brown 1, Simpson 1,
Weathers 1.
Another split last week
for Cowboy basketball
It was another lose one-
win one week for Okla-
homa State last week as
the season begins drawing
to a close.
The Cowboys opened
with a 77-64 Bedlam loss
at Norman last Wednesday
but the week ended with a
solid 60-42 home win over
Texas A&M Saturday after-
noon. The split ensures the
Pokes will finish no worse
that seventh in the Big 12
regular season standings. In
fact, that was where OSU
was predicted to finish in
the preseason.
Against the Aggies, it
was the first game without
freshman La'Bryan Nash
who fractured his left hand
in the game against Okla-
homa. At first it was ruled
a season-ending injury but
head coach Travis Ford told
the media after the game
he would evaluate things
before making a decision.
The Cowboys led 29-26
Coyle 48, Welch 35
WHS 5 4 14 12-35
CHS 12 13 11 12-48
Welch - Mount 11,
Burhanan 10, Chenoweth 7,
Davis 6, Smith 1.
Coyle - To'ny Aska 17,
Ryan Weathers 9, Domo-
nique Payne 8, Fidel Simp-
son 7, Dalton Anderson 4,
Jakobi Brown 3.
3-point goals - WHS:
Chenoweth 1. CHS: Simpson
1, Weathers 1.
Okarche 77, Glencoe 66
GHS 13 22 15 16-66 Coyle 51, Woodland 47
OHS 21 18 16 22-77 WHS 6 13 15 13-47
GHS-Ty Lazenby 27, CHS 12 8 12 19-51
John Lazenby 18, Jake Woodland-Zachery 15,
Lazenby 8, Kagen Castle- Franks 11, Bartlett 9, Tucker
berry 7, Jake Corbin 4, 8, Wilson 4.
Hunter Hall 2. Coyle - Domonique
OHS - Grellner 23, B. Payne 19, Tony Aska 17,
Carver 22, Pfaff 21, Kretch- Jakobi Brown 10, Fidel
mar 8, Schaefer 3. Simpson 5.
3-point goals - GHS: Jo. 3-point goals - WHS:
Lazenby 3, T. Lazenby 3, Ja. Franks 1. CHS: Payne 1.
Lazenby 1. OHS: Pfaff 4, B.
Carver 1, Kretchmar 1.
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at halftime. Then both teams
went in opposite directions
in the second half. O-State
outscored the Aggies, who
will be part of the South-
eastern Conference next
season in all sports, 31-16.
Texas A&M shot a cool 30
percent from the field which
included an 0-of-8 from
beyond the three-point arc.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys
hit 10-of-23 second half
shots for a respectable 43.5
percent. From three-point
range, OSU was 4-of-5.
OSU also had the advan-
tage of points in the paint
(20-14), second chance
points (7-4), fast break
scoring (2-0), and bench
scoring (9-2). That last stat
is a welcomed sight now
that Nash appears to be out
of action.
A&M's 42 points were
the lowest by an OSU oppo-
nent in Big 12 Conference
play this season and was
one point more than the
fewest allowed by a league
team since the conference
was formed in 1996-97,
according to information
released by the OSU media
relations team.
Three players finished in
double figures for OSU led
by Brian Williams with 17
points, 13 of which came
in the second half. Keiton
Page added to his storied
career with 15 points.
More on him in a bit. And
Markel Brown chipped in
12 points.
Page became the all-time
school leader in minutes
played for a career. The
Pawnee senior played 35
against the Aggies for
4,166, which wa one more
that Bryant "Big Country"
Reeves played during his
four-year career.
With three three-point
goals, Page sat a 278 for his
career, which was one short
of the school record held by
Randy Rutherford who had
279 in his three-year stint.
He was also one shy of
tying John Lucas for the
seventh-most by a Big 12
player. Most likely he broke.
those marks in Monday
night's regular season finale
against Kansas.
Against the Sooners,
the Cowboys were on the
receiving end of yet another
conference road loss. OU
led the entire game despite
the efforts of Page .....
Page finished with29
points with 26 of the, tfi
coming in the second hali
He also lit up the Lloyd
Noble Center hitting 9-
of-17 three-point goals,
In fact, the only way the
Sooners were able to stop
him was when he fouled out
with 13 seconds left. Wil-
liams added 11 and Nash
chipped in 10.
It was reported Nash left
with his hand in a splint:
Now we all know what the
result was.
As mentioned, the Cow-
boys finished up the home
portion of the schedule
Monday night against
the Jayhawks. With Page
being the only senior, it was
only fitting he should have
the limelight to himself
because of the accomplish;
ments he's earned during
his career.
OSU will be at Kansas
State Saturday to finish up
the regular season. The Big
12 tournament starts next
Wednesday.
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