Thursday, April 21, 2016
&
Bandits still
seeking 2nd
The Bandit Football .
Association is taking
applications for a second
grade head football
Coach for the upcoming
season.
Those interested are
asked to contact BFA
president Alan Nieten-
hoefer at (405) 747-
0621 for more informa-
tion.
Thursday, April 21
P-THS track at
Konawa, 10 a.m.
P-THS baseball
resumes suspended
game with Berryhill, 5
p.m. then hosts Cushing,
7p.m.
P-TJH baseball at
McLoud tournament
through Saturday.
Agra HS baseball at
Depew for Class A district
tournament.
Carney HS baseball
at Calumet for Class B
district tournament.
Coyle HS baseball
at Kremlin-Hillsdale for
Class B district tourna-
ment.
Ripley HS baseball
hosts Class A district tour-
nament through Friday.
Friday, April 22
P-THS baseball hosts
Dale, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23
P-THS and P-TJH
track at Tulsa 7 Confer-
ence meet at Cushing, 9
~m.
Monday, April 25
P-THS baseball at
Berryhill, 4:30 p.m.
P-THS boys' golf
at Class 3A regional
Qualifying tournament at
Kingfisher.
Tuesday, April 26
P-THS baseball at
Guthrie, 5 p.m,
Class 3A girls' regional
golf tournament, TBD.
P-TJH baseball hosts
Enid, 5:30 p.m.
P-TJH track at
Pawnee, 9 a.m.
Ripley JH baseball
hosts Oak Grove 4 30
ursday, April 28
P-THS baseball in
Class 3A district tourna-
ment here with Meeker, 5
p.rn. Games broadcast on
KGFY 105.5 FM.
Class A regional base-
ball tournaments start,
sites TBD.
Class B regional base-
ball tournaments start,
sites TBD.
Saturday, April 30
P-THS track at Class
3A regional meet, TBD.
Wednesday, May 4
Class 3A girls' state
golf tournament at Chero-
eae Springs Golf Course,
hlequall. Tournament
ontinues through Friday,
May
Thursday, May 5
Class 3A I
beg
Tuesday,
Class 3A boys' state
golf tournament at Lincoln
Park (West) Golf Course,
Oklahoma City. Tourna-
ment continues through
Friday, May 10.
Perkins-Tryon will be one of 26
Class 3A baseball district tourna-
ment sites when the opening round
of post-season action begins next
week. The Demons will host the
Meeker Bulldogs on Thursday,
April 28, with the first of two
games starting at 5 p.m.
An "if necessary" game will be
held Friday, April 29, starting at 5
p.m. All district tournament games
will be broadcast on KGFY 105.5
FM. Assignments were announced
late last week by the Oklahoma
Secondary School Activities Asso-
ciation.
The winner of the tournament
will advance to regional tourna-
ment action the following week.
Those sites will be determined
after all the district tournaments
are completed.
Admission will be $5 for both
students and adults. The only
passes that will be accepted will be
those issued through the OSSAA.
As of last Friday, the Bulldogs
held a 2-17 record for head coach
Isaac Treadaway. Meeker has wins
over Community Christian and
Agra, 2-1 and 1-0, respectively.
The Demons and Bulldogs use to
be opponents when P-T was part
of the 66 Conference. Meeker had
been a district tournament oppo-
nent in recent years.
In addition to P-T, other district
tournament sites are Kingston,
Clelsea, Jones, Vian, Adair, Chan-
dler, Holdenville, Chisholm, Keys
(Parkhill), Alva, Hennessey, Wil-
burton, Cascia Hall, Spiro, Victory
Christian, Community Christian,
Lindsay, Perry, Idabel, Coman-
che, Oklahoma Christian School,
Marietta, Antlers, Kellyville, and
Eufaula.
The top six teams in Class 3A
will not be in district tournament
action. They are Verdigris, Beggs,
Salina, Stigler, Lincoln Christian,
and Metro Christian.
ames last
Perkins-Tryon split the
two games played last week
culminating with a 10-2
loss at Stroud last Friday.
P-T used a three-run
outburst in the home half
of the fourth inning to gain
a 3-1 win over Kingfisher
here last Thursday.
The Demons will resume
a game with Berryhill at 5
p.m. today then play a reg-
ularly scheduled game with
Cushing afterward. Both are
Tulsa 7 Conference games.
P-T was trailing Berryhill
3-0 in a game earlier this
season before it was halted
by rain. Monday's game
with Berryhill originally
scheduled as a home date
will move to Berryhill.
P-T took a short-lived
1-0 lead against Stroud.
Dillon Longbrake walked to
leadoff the game and later
scored on a Chad Black sac-
rifice fly ball to centerfield.
The Tigers responded with
three runs in each the first
and second innings for a 6-1
advantage.
The Demons' final run
came in the top of the fourth
inning when Caleb Tuley
led off with a single. He
eventually scored when
Brady Dougan reach on
an error for a 6-2 score.
Stroud added single runs in
the fourth and fifth innings
then ended the game early
in the sixth frame with two
more scores.
Tuley, Damon Walkup,
Bradyn Littau, and Donny
Beck each singled for the
Demons. Reed Aldridge
was the losing pitcher as he
was relieved in the second
inning. Tuley, Beck, and
Black finished the game on
the hill for P-T.
Against Kingfisher, P-T
didn't need very many hits
as walks given up by Yel-
lowjacket pitchers helped
the cause in the 3-1 win.
The game was scoreless Perkins-Tryon's Dillon kongbrake hurls a pitch to the
until the home half of the plate during fifth tuning action of last Thursday's game with
Kingfisher here. The Demons gained a 3-1 triumph to give
third inning when a rally Longbrake his team-leading seventh win on the mound.
See DEMONS Page B2 Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
Still some questions after spring game
To the casual football
fan, a spring game helps get
some excitement built for
the upcoming season. That
was most likely the case for
a majority of the estimated
17,500 fans that filled the
south side of Boone Pickens
Stadium as the Oklahoma
State Cowboys officially
concluded spring drills.
But to those who follow
the Pokes on a fairly con-
sistent basis, the approx-
imately two-hour event
still left some unanswered
questions that plagued
the team at least through
last season and in some
instances before.
But in all fairness to the
coaching staff and players,
there wasn't any need to
do too much in terms of
complexity and physicality.
Yes, the offenses of both the
Orange and Black teams
were very much basic. The
same holds true for the two
defenses as well. No major
injunes were reported and
folks for the most part left
with a warm and fuzzy feel-
ing, especially since they
got to spend some up close
and personal time with
players afterward.
"The scrimmage went
well for us from a health
standpoint. We were able
to tackle and had a physi-
cal scrimmage," said head
coach Mike Gundy after-
ward.
One thing that was
missing was any kind of
establishment of a running
game. But in taking a look
at the statistics handed out
to the media afterward,
the number of rushing and
passing plays were nearly
equal. However. there were
no breakaway threats by
either group. That was one
of the things that was an
issue last season. But that
didn't seem to be an issue
with Gundy.
One of the decisions
coaches will be making
heading into the fall drills
will be who will backup
See SPRING Page B2
Tracksters
shine at
Tecumseh
TECUMSEH - Per-
kins-Tryon High School
tracksters brought home
several medals from last
Friday's Tecumseh Savages
Track and Field Meet.
On the girls' side, three
relay teams won first place
medals. They were the 800-
meter team of Coley Larson,
Tierra Vigil, Tatum Swink,
and Megan Burke. The
1600-meter team consisted
of Larson. Jaci McDaniel,
Vigil, and Madison Shipp.
On the 3200-meter relay
team were Larson, Vigil,
Swink, and Shipp.
McDaniel finished
second in the 400-meter
run with Larson finishing in
third place. Burke rounded
out the medalists with a
fifth place finish. Vigil was
fourth in the 800-meter run
and Shipp finished right
behind her in fifth place.
Swink was fifth in the 200-
meter dash.
In the field events, Swink
was third in the high jump
while Abby Wynn was
fourth in the discus and fifth
in the shot put.
The Demons also had
three relay teams finish
with medals. The 400-meter
relay team of Trey Waitt,
Chrys Bell, Shawn Crosby,
and Markel Waitt finished
in third place. The 1600-
meter group of Ty Hill,
Trey Waitt, Jake Gould,
and Daniel Wall finished
fourth. The 3200-meter
team of Nate Barta, Crosby,
Gould, and Hill finished in
fifth place.
Crosby was fourth in
the 100-meter dash while
Hill finished fourth in the
400-meter run and fifth in
See TRACK Page B2
Corey Hassel, Oklahoma
State's senior right-fielder,
was leaving a hotel elevator
last Thursday night when he
was wished good luck prior
to the Pokes' three-game
Big 12 Conference series
last Friday in Waco, Tex,
against the Baylor Bears.
"Thanks ... we're going
to be okay," said Hassel,
a former two-sport star at
Stillwater High.
Hassel's optimism was
significant since the Cow-
boys entered the Baylor
series saddled with a four-
game losing streak.
Hassel and the Cow-
boys put their optimism
into action with a sweep of
the Bears, a sweep which
featured standout pitching,
timely hitting and impres-
sive defense.
"I absolutely believed
we would get things going
... I knew it was just a
matter of time," Hassel said
prior to a Monday practice.
"It all started clicking for
us. We were pressing too
much and just let our love
of the game take over.
"It showed up last week-
end that when we play good
baseball we are a tough
team to beat. Baylor has
a good team. They have
struggled some this season
but we knew we had to play
See SPARK Page B2
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