B2 THE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 14, 2019
In time, veteran Still-
water High track and field
coach Rusty Atkins has
high expectations for both
the Pioneer and Lady Pio-
neer track teams this season.
Because of a barrage
of chilly, rainy and windy
weather recently, Coach
Atkins and SHS assistant
coaches were limited in
workout sessions. Weather
has hampered workouts and
has made for uncomfortable
conditions in early—season
meets.
“The weather has been
bad. I think we had only one
complete week in which we
could have a solid week of
practice,” Coach Atkins
said. “It truly has been a hit
or miss season so far. It’s
hard to be patient but with
time and effort we think
good things will come for
the Pioneers.”
Stillwater’s boys’ and
girls’ teams participated
against a 20-team field last
Friday in the Tate Boys Tire
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Metro Christian 13, P-T 2
The Patriots set the tone
early with a six-run first
inning outburst including a
leadoff home run to claim
the district win. Metro
added two more runs in the
second and five more in the
fourth inning. .
P-T plated its two runs
in the bottom of the third
inning. Lawson led off
with a walk and advanced
to second when Cooper
Tanner broke up the poten—
tial no—hitter with a single
to right field. Later, Taylor
singled up the middle to
score Lawson for an 8-1
score. Aldridge followed
with a double to left field
that plated Tanner. Those
were the only three hits the
Demons would get.
Aldridge took the loss
on the mound after lasting
the first inning. Six runs
were scored but only one
, was earned. Aldridge also
notched two strikeouts.
Weather hampering SH
Chandler 11, P-T
P-T 003 302 0— 8101
CHS 250 040 x—11 20 0
P-T: Aldridge, Taylor (4"), Shep-
ard (5”), Allen (6“) and Box.
CHS: Thomsen, Greenfield (4"),
Curio (4") and Greenfield, Under-
wood (4").
McLoud 16, P-T 3
MHS 327 40—16 14 0
P-T 01011— 3 12 6
MHS: Ryan, Pennington (4") and
K. Keller. P-T: Stropes, Shepard
(3"), Bush (4“) and Box. W -
Ryan. L - Stropes (0-1).
Metro Christian 13, P-T 2
MC 620 50—13 11 0
P-T 002 22— 2 3
MT: Waits and Warren. P-T:
Aldridge, Tanner (2"), Taylor (5")
and Box. W — Waits. L —- Aldridge
(0-1).
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Belcher was the team
leader in assists with 83
from her point guard posi-
tion. Averaging 5.5 points
per game, she hit 49-of-146
shots from the field. Defen-
sively, she notched 38 steals
and was on the receiving
end of a team-leading 10
charge calls.
Rains was the team’s
leading rebounder with 190
with 93 on the offensive
end and 97 on defense. She
also tallied 19 blocked shots
“and 18 steals. Offensively,
Rains averaged 8.3 points
per game hitting 95—of-216
shots from the field.
Conference runner-up
Cushing placed three play—
ers on the all-conference
team. They were Braelynn
Berlowitz, Lola Naneto,
and Katelynn Carrier. With
two players each were Bri-
stow. Berryhill, and Mann-
ford. Cleveland and Sperry
each had one player named.
Journal Sports Writer
Bruin Classic at Bartlesville
High’s Custer Stadium.
The Pioneers finished
eighth in the chilly meet
with 45 points. Owasso
won the championship
hardware with 117.5
points, holding off Bixby
(101.5) and Bartlesville
(101). Sand Springs (75)
was fourth, Collinsville
(64) fifth, Broken Arrow
(62) sixth and Claremore
(61) seventh.
In the girls’ division, the
Lady Pioneers placed sixth
with 43.5 points. Owasso
gave the school a sweep of
meet plaques, finishing first
with 169 points followed
by Bixby (98), Bartlesville
(95.5), Collinsville (49) and
Grove (49).
“On the boys’ side, our
strength is going to be our
sprinters,” Coach Atkins
noted. “They are young,
but we are experienced.
We will also rely on the
distance boys. The field
events are mixed as far as
experience.
“With the girls, we have
experience in all areas,” he
added. “We are young in
the distance and sprints but
have some older athletes in
the field events this season.
“The weather remains a
concern but we’re hopeful
we can get in workouts and
meets. It’s just a matter
of letting the kids mature
during the season.”
With spring break on
the horizon, SHS’s varsity
track and field teams will
be idle until hosting the
Stillwater Invitational on
Friday, April 5, at Pioneer
S track
Stadium. Stillwater’s junior
varsity teams will compete
in the McGuinness High .
School meet today in Okla—
homa City.
Hopefully, the weather
improves while the Pio-
neers and Lady Pioneers are
out for spring break to allow
for an increase in workouts
to prepare for a demanding
schedule leading up the
Class 6A Regional Track
and Field meet, scheduled
May 4.
After the Stillwater Invi-
tational, the Pioneers and
Lady Pioneers travel to
meets at Ponca City (April
9), Tulsa Washington (April
12), OU’s John Jacobs Meet
in Norman (April 19) and
the Central Oklahoma Ath-
letic Conference meet in
Moore (April 25) prior to
the regional meet at a site
to be determined.
The Class 6A State
Track and Field Meet will
be held at Moore High’s
stadium, May 10-11.
Sam Taylor (7,) drives the ball up the middle to score Ayron Lawson during
the third inning
of last week’s game with Metro Christian. It was the first of two runs
scored by the Demons
in the inning. P-T lost the game 13-2. Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
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and a track meet is being
ran. “We will try to work
through it and let the girls
decide what they want to
do,” Griffin said. “But I feel
it will all work out.”
In the event that hap-
pens, some of the bench
personnel may be called
upon if a starter isn’t avail-
able. Griffin feels he will
have the players that will be
able to fill in plus have the
ability to move players to
different positions without
losing quality.
Delaina Herring will
return in the circle as the
main pitcher and has a
wealth of experience from
a year ago behind her. Her
battery mate behind the
plate will most likely be
Demi Aldridge. The infield
will most likely consist of
Rylie Shipp at third base,
Hailee Kastl at shortstop,
Graysen Stanley and second
base and Mattlin Stanek at
first base. The outfield will
include Madison Shipp in
left field, Coley Larson in
center field, Tatum Swink
in right field, and Ashlynn
Guerrieri as the rover in the
outfield.
Griffin noted that some
shifting may occur, espe—
cially early in the season,
to give him an opportunity
to see how players perform
in certain positions. As
mentioned, he feels his
substitutes off the bench
will contribute and some
will get their opportunities
to do so.
The first set of rank-
ings are set to be released
early next week and despite
losing the wealth of talent
from last year’s team, he
expects this year’s group
should be ranked pretty
high.
“I’m going to be disap-
pointed if we’re not ranked
in the top 10, very disap-
pointed,” he said. “I’ll even
be more disappointed if
we’re not in the top eight.”
Griffin added some have
questioned the strength of
the Lady Demons’ schedule
but he can counter by saying
perennial powerhouse Dale
is on the P-T schedule twice
this spring. The first time
is during a triangular at
Chandler on April 15. The
second meeting is set for
April 23 after the district
tournament. Also figure in
Ripley who was state run-
ner-up in the fall fast—pitch
season and Crescent who is
also strong in the slow-pitch
game. Cushing will also be
talented as well when P—T
plays there on April 8.
“Our schedule is tough
enough and we’ll be
tested,” he said. “But we
like to start out a bit softer
in order to evaluate players
at certain positions or in
certain situations.”
Consistency will be a
key in determining how
well this group performs
this spring. That means
being at the field for prac-
tice or games when needed.
“You’ve got to be con-
sistent, you’ve got to want
to come out and hit, you’ve
got to want to do or that,”
he said. “You say you want
to win it but we're going to
find out how hard you’re
going to want to.”
And staying focused will
also be a factor as well.
“You don’t have to go
crazy. Just stay focused and
know what’simportant and
what’s not,” Griffin said. “If
they play hard every day
then we’re going to win
most games because we’ve
got the right chemistry.”
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Oklahoma State’s Cameron McGriff slams home a bucket
during firsr half action of last Saturday's final regular season
game as part of a 85-77 win over West Virginia at Gallagh-
er-lba Arena. It was the second straight win for the Cowboys
who rallied in the seCOnd half last Wednesday for a 67-64
road win in Waco, Texas, against Baylor. O-State began
Big 12 Conference action Wednesday night taking on TCU.
OSU finished the regular season conference race in ninth
place and will return their entire roster back for next season.
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
BRIEFS
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Hominy. 4 pm.
' Stillwater HS baseball
hosts Bixby, 6 pm.
Wednesday, March 27
- P-THS boys golf at
Seminole.
Thursday, March 28
- P-THS baseball at
Meeker, 5 pm.
- P-THS softball at Black-
well tournament through
Friday, March 29.
- P-THS girls hosts P-T
Invitational Tournament at
Cimarron Trails.
- P-TMS track at Bristow.
- Agra HS baseball at
Shidler tournament through
Saturday, March 30.
Carney HS baseball
hosts Yale, 4:30 pm.
- Carney HS softball hosts
Oilton, 4:30 pm.
Ripley HS baseball at
Am-Po tournament through
Saturday, March 30.
- Ripley HS softball hosts
Agraand Wellston, 3:30
pm.
Friday, March 29
- P-THS track at Kel-
leyville.
- Ripley JH/HS softball at
Oilton, 4:30 pm. I >
- Stillwater HS baseball
hosts Lawton MacArthur, 6
pm.
Saturday, March 30
- P-THS baseball at
Bethel festival.
- Ripley JH softball hosts
Ripley Festival.
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