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THE JOURNAL, Thursday, April 22, 2010 - B3
12 U @arks win A disappointing week for Ripley
season opener
By Barbara Herring
The Perkins 12-and-under Sparks softball team started
their regular season on Monday, April 12, with a nice
16-7 win over the Bristow Strikers.
Bristow's first two batters got on base and later scored
before Perkins defense could shut them down. Pitcher
Cheyenne Hankins struck out two and threw to first
baseman Macy Hall for the other out. The Strikers had
a hort-lived 2-0 lead.
Perkins started strong with Shaina Edwards and Jamie
Nichols being walked. Rylie Wilson hit to center field,
which brought Edwards home, but a throw to second
put Nichols out. Wilson was later put out trying to steal
home.
Halie Runner, Hankins, Hall, and Bailey Aldridge
all walked and scored. Darby Shell hit a single and was
brought home with Alexis Hoang's hit to left field. That
ended the inning as there are only six runs per inning
allowed.
Bristow went three up and three down to start the
second inning. The Sparks again got six runs with Shell
collecting a home run that ended the inning. Perkins had
a comfortable 12-2 lead.
The third inning was a highlight for the Strikers as they
managed five runs to move them closer to the Sparks.
Michaela Herring led of for the Sparks by walking after
four pitches. She scored when Nichols hit to left field.
That was Perkins only score in the inning, but they led
13-7.
Bristow was held scoreless in the fourth inning.
Runner, Megan Burke, and Hall all hit and scored for
Perkins before time ran out. Also pitching for the Sparks
were Addie Newmann, and Hoang.
Girls'basketball
camp signups taken
T-shirt and basketball and
registration is due June i.
However, after June 1, the
cost increases to $70. A
concession stand will be
available for lunch items
and/or breaks.
For more information,
contact Lady Demon bas-
ketball coach Jerry Burnett
at 547-5724.
The Ripley Warriors
went a disappointing 1-2 in
baseball action last week.
It ended with an appear-
ance in the Roff tourna-
ment where the Warriors
lost two games before the
weather washed the rest of
the tournament out. Ripley
lost to No. 4 Rattan 9-1 last
Thursday and followed
with a 10-3 setback to
No. 12 Fort Townsend last
Friday. The week began
with an 8-7 rally win over
Mulhall-Orlando at home
last Monday.
Against Rattan, the War-
riors prevented the shutout
with a single run in the top
of the sixth inning. Rattan
quickly scored in the bottom
of the first and added single
runs in the third and fourth
innings. Two more were
plated in the fifth and four
in the sixth frame.
P-THS cheer
hosting golf
tournament
The Perkins-Tryon High
School cheerleaders are
sponsoring a four-person
golf scramble at Cimarron
Trails on Saturday. The
shotgun start tees off at 8:
30 a.m.
The entry fee is $50 per
person and includes green
fee, cart, and range balls.
Mulligans can be purchased
for $5 each. Team prizes
are $300 for first, $200 for
second, and $300 for third
place.
For more information,
contact Mary Lou Wert-
man at 547-2090 after 5
p.m. Make checks payable
to Cimarron Trails and
mail them to Wertman at
P.O. Box 549, Perkins OK,
74059.
Signups are being taken
for the annual Perkins-
Tryon Lady Demon Bas-
ketball Camp. The event is
June 21-25 from 9 a.m.-2
p.m. daily and is open to
campers who will enter the
third through ninth grades
next fall.
The camp will cost
$65, which includes camp
Come in for Hometown Service
Friendly & Familiar Faces You Know
East Hwy. 33. Perkins
547.2499
Ripley was held to seven
hits with Kaleb Hoffman
leading the way with a 2-
for-4 performance with a
double and run batted in.
Michael Blose and Taylor
Ballard added doubles.
Blose was the losing
pitcher despite a solid per-
formance at the mound. He
struck out eight and walked
two. However, the War-
riors stranded 10 runners
and couldn't get a big hit
at the right time to sustain
a rally.
Fort Townsend jumped
out to a 7-1 lead early then
coasted to the win Ripley
pulled to within five runs
when Blose blasted a two-
run homer, his first of the
season in the bottom of the
third for an 8-3 score. Fort
Townsend, however, plated
single runs in the sixth and
seventh innings for the 10-3
decision.
Hoffman again led
Ripley at the plate with
a 2-for-2 outing with a
double. Blose was 2-for-4
with a single to go with the
round-tripper.
Jake O'Donnell was
the losing pitcher. He was
relieved in the fifth inning
by Hoffman.
Against M-O, the RHS
rallied in the bottom of the
seventh inning to break a
7-7 tie for the win.
Dalton Watts led off
the inning reaching on an
error. Dakota. Combs fol-
lowed with a double to put
runners on second and third.
After an infield ground out,
Hoffman was intentionally
walked to load the bases.
Blose followed with a
single to score Combs for
the win.
M-O plated three runs
in the top of the first for
an early lead. Ripley got
on the board in the bottom
of the second with a single
run. The fifth inning was
a big one for the Warriors
with five run s highlighted
by Taylor Ballard's second
home run of the season.
LOCALS
From Page B2
suffering a late-season
injury.
The hard-working 149-
pounder is expected to be a
key contributor next season
for the nationally-ranked
UCO mat squad.
Recently completing his
second season .as an assis-
tant wrestling coach is Josh
Leadingfox, a multi-sport
standout at Pawnee.
And, Calvin Miller, the
pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church in Stillwater and
former Oklahoma State
player/coach, was an assis-
tant coach for the Broncho
football team this past
season.
Good luck to all the
Broncho athletic depart-
ment staffers and student-
athletes the rest of the
school year.
That gave RHS a 6-3 lead.
M-O closed to within a
run in the top of the fifth
with two runs for a 6-5
score. A run by Ripley
in the bottom of the sixth
increased the margin to 7-5
before M-O plated two runs
in the top of the seventh to
forge a 7-7 tie and set up the
exciting finish.
Ballard went 3-for-4
with his dinger to lead
the Warriors at the plate.
Calden Greenfield fol-
lowed with two hits in three
appearances.
O'Donnell got the win
after relieving starter Blose
in the fifth inning.
Rattan 9, Ripley 1
Ripley 000 001 0-1 7 4
Rattan 101 124 x-9 10 1
Ripley: Michael Blose and
Kaleb Hoffman. Rattan: Taylor
and Carper. W-Taylor. L-Blose
(1-1).
Extra-base hits - Ripley: Bal-
lard 2B, Blose 2B, Hoffman 2B.
Ft. Townsend 10, Ripley 3
FTHS 251 001 1-10 9 1
RHS 102 000 0- 3 5 6
FT: Clay, Day (6 th) and King:
RHS: Jake O'Donnell, Kaleb
Hoffman (5 th) and Kaleb Hoff-
man, Dalton Watts (5t").
HR - RHS: Blose.
Extra-base hits - RHS: Hoff-
man 2B.
Ripley 8, MulhalI-Orlando 7
M-O 300 020 2-7 8 9
RHS 010 501 1-8 10 4
M-O: Hook, Golay (4th),
Kingston (T h) and Schwartz.
RHS: Michael Blose, Jake
O'Donnell (5 th) and Kaleb Hoff-
man. W-O'Donnell, L-Kingston.
HR - RHS: Ballard.
CLASSIC
Continued from Page B1
In Saturday's action play at P-T and No. 3 seeds
beginning at 11 a.m., the at Cushing.
No. 2 seeds from both pools Saturday's game times
will play at P-T. The No. 4 may be adjusted due to
seeds will play at Cushing. many schools having prom
At 1:30 p.m., top seeds will that night.
DISTRICT
Continued from Page B1
p.m. If the two teams split, Warriors began their dis-
the deciding game will be trict tournament Wednes-
played at 2 p.m. Friday. day hosting Garber and
Carney will host athree- Morrison. Garber played
team district tournament Morrison at 11 a.m. with
beginning at 3 p.m. today, the loser playing Ripley
The Bulldogs will be joined at around 1 p.m. The final
by Agra and Oklahoma game of the day was against
Christian Academy. Three Ripley and the first game's
games will be played today, winner.
The district championship The championship
game will start at 4 p.m. game is scheduled for 4
Friday but the "if neces- p.m. today. The "if neces-
sary" game follows if the sary" game is scheduled
need arises, for 6 p.m.
The Coyle Bluejackets Regional tournament
are in district action at assignments for the Classes
Mulhall-Orlando. Cross- A and B schools will be
ings Christian will join the released Monday by the
three-team field. The Blue- Oklahoma Secondary
jackets will play at 4 and 6 School Activities Associa-
p,m. today, tion.
In Class A, the Ripley
GOLF
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of 342, four shots behind
third place finisher Stroud
with a 338. The junior
varsity group finished sev-
enth with a 408. The Lady
Demons fired a team score
of 343.
Michael Atkins led the
Demons with a l0 over par
82 in the 18-hole event.
Travis Battles followed
with an 83 and Hayden
Wilson fired an 86. Corey
Simma added a 91 and
Bryan Champion carded
a 92.
For the JV team, Matt
Kollar and Tommy Casey
each:shot scores of 98.
Brooks Winn added a 105
and Dustin Bickell finished
with a 107.
Rachel Dobbs led the
Lady Demons with a 53 in
the nine-hole tournament.
Katie Decker followed with
a 57, Robyn Simma added
Bt
a 62, Brylea Lind shot a 73,
and Taylin McCoy a 73.
Prague won the boys'
championship with a team
score of 320. Seminole was
second with a 328.
Winning the girls' team
title was Chandler with
a 194. Seminole finished
second with a 210.
The Lady Demons
competed in a tournament
at Shawnee last Tuesday
and logged a third place
finish.
Individually, Decker
led the Lady Demons with
a 108, which was good
enough for eighth high indi-
Vidual on the par 71 course.
Dobbs followed with a 112
and was 10 th high. Simma
added a 121 and Lind and
McCoy each shot a 137.
Choctaw finished first
with a 389:
