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the East a 5-4 lead. The
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finished as the Majors
State Tournament runner-
up a year ago.
A three-way is scheduled
at Couch Park diamond Sat-
urday with the Legionnaires
playing Lawton's Colonels
at 2 p.m., followed by
Lawton taking on Three
Rivers at 4 p.m and Still-
water playing Three Rivers
at 6 p.m.
Stillwater's schedule
intensifies next week with
the Legionnaires scheduled
to play six games, starting
with a doubleheader at Mid-
west City on Tuesday, July
15. Stillwater will play the
defending state champion
Outlaws of Midwest City
in the first game and will
play the OC Sandlot team
in the second game of the
three-way scheduled at
Rose State Junior College's
diamond.
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Stillwater's Pioneers,
coached by Stillwater
High head coach Tony
Holt and assistants Casey
McCullough and Chance
Jeffery, took first place in
the annual Trent Vorndran
Memorial Tournament in
While trying to put
together some team chem-
istry with several newcom-
ers on the team, Stillwater's
American Legion Majors
baseballers have gotten off
to a 3-4 start entering this
week.
The Legionnaires were
rained out of Monday's
scheduled game with the
Stillwater Pioneers, a game
that will be rescheduled if at
all possible.
Weather permitting,
Stillwater was sched-
uled to play three of the
next five games at home,
starting with Wednesday
night's home game with the
Okmulgee County Twins.
The Legionnaires travel
to Ada to meet the powerful
Braves in a doubleheader,
starting at 5:30 p.m. Ada
E00emon basketball camp nears
and team play and individual contests held.
A concession stand will be open.
A registration form is available on
the school district's website at www.p-
t.kl2.ok.us. Forms can be mailed to the
P-T Basketball Camp, Norman Tippecon-
nie, P.O. Box 549, Perkins, OK 74059. For
more information or questions call Tippe-
connie at the high school, 547-5724.
The Perkins-Tryon Demons boys' bas-
ketball camp will be held June 28-July 2
from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each day.
The camp is for boys who will enter the
third through ninth grades next school year.
Each camper will receive a camp T-shirt
and basketball. Camp fee is $65 and regis-
tration is due by Thursday, June 10.
Basketball fundamentals will be taught
STUFF
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it would all but cause the
conference to fold much
like the former Southwest
Conference did years ago
when Texas, Texas Tech,
Texas A&M, and Baylor
joined the former Big 8
Conference to form the
Big 12. As you remem-
ber, Arkansas had already
become part of the South-
eastern Conference.
The Pac-lO isn't the
only major conference
looking to expand as
the Big 10 is wooing
Nebraska and Missouri to
join its allegiance. Given
that scenario, that would
leave Iowa State, Baylor,
Kansas, and Kansas State
left to keep the conference
afloat or move on to other
leagues. Those schools
have their strengths as
well and could bolster any
conference.
Once these mega-con-
ferences start strength-
ening, they will all but
swallow up the smaller
and mid-sized confer-
ence sprinkled around the
country. That wouldkeep
these schools from taking
advantage of major TV
time unless they agree to
schedule someone from
these super-conferences.
To some, the only good
thing quite possibly would
be the nice payout they
would receive. But there
will be the instances when
the upsets occur, Just ask
the University of Michi-
gan a couple of seasons
ago.
Of course nothing is
going to happen overnight
because there's a lot for
each school to look at.
And you can bet some
guidance from key alumni
might also play into the
equation as well.
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consist of USC, UCLA,
California, Oregon,
Oregon State, Washington,
and Washington State.
As complicated as
this seems, it simply
comes down to one issue
- money.
If this becomes fruition,
the new conference would
have the teeth to negoti-
ate a new television deal
that would provide much
higher payouts the schools
are receiving now. That,
in turn, would give the
s-hool the financial means
to improve facilities both
athletically and academi-
cally with hopes to lure
the nation's top student/
hthletes. Also don't forget
e national exposure the
schools would be gaining
too.
There are definite pros
.and cons to this issue. By
pulling these teams out,
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Perry this past weekend.
The Pioneers out-
manned Pioneer and Pauls
Valley enroute to a finals
showdown with Guthrie.
Stillwater edged Guthrie,
2-1, to win the tourney
crown.
The tournament is named
in memory of former Perry
High standout catcher Trent
Vorndran, who also played
AA American Legion base-
ball in Stillwater.
Vorndran died in an
automobile accident in
August, 1993. He was
attending Northwestern
State University in Alva at
the time.
Winning the tourney was
important for coach Holt
since Vorndran was a cher-
ished friend of his nephew
Brad Holt, the former Pio-
neer and Legionnaire who
died in an automobile acci-
dent July 4, 1991. The duo
had spent time together the
night of Holt's accident.
"I know what this tourna-
ment means to Trent's mom
(Cathie Benes), his family,
the Perry team and the
people of Perry. It means
a lot to me for our team to
win this tournament," coach
Holt said.
It was also important to
coach Jeffery, who lived in
Perry when he was younger.
Vorndran helped coach
Jeffery's 10-and-under little
league team at the time.
SUMLIN
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secondS remaining enabled
the Class B team to gain the
exciting win.
Sumlin finished the
game leading the Class B
group with 18 points.
West would hold a 13-10
advantage when the quar-
ter ended.
In the second period,
Willson deflected a West
shot near the midway point.
The East would surge in the
quarter to take a 25-20 half-
time lead.
Willson was in the
second group when she
entered in the third quarter.
And during her three-min-
utes of playing time, she
strongly contributed to the
East's dominance. Willson
recorded two defensive
rebounds in addition to
two steals. Offensively,
she drilled a three-point
shot from the top of the
key with 23 seconds left
that give the East a 34-25
lead, which held up until the
end of the quarter.
She would add two more
defensive rebounds and two
steals in the fourth quarter.
After her second steal, Will-
son spotted up and drilled a
three-point bucket with 45
seconds remaining to finish
with eight points. She would
also commit three personal
fouls in the game.
Willson, who has signed
to play basketball at Seward
County Community Col-
lege in Liberal, Kan., was
the second leading scorer
for the Small East with 8
points.
All-state notes: Band
of brothers: The broth-
ers Burnett had players
participating in the slate
of games. Older brother
Bill is at Wayne followed
by middle brother Benny
at Dale. Younger brother
Jerry is at P-T .... Streak
continues: Justice Payne
was the fourth straight
Lady Demon to play in the
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OGBCA All-State games
and the fifth overall ....
Academic honor: P-T's Jes-
sica Wilkinson was named
to the OGBCA Academic
All-State team
Middle East 75,
Middle West 71 (OT)
East14 17 19 19 6-75
West15 14 18 22 2-71
Middle East- Britney Morgan
(Pawnee) 16, Taylor Collins
(Heavener)9, Paiten Taylor
(Hulbert) 9, Kortni Kendrick
(Kansas) 6, Justice Payne (P-
T) 6, Chelsey Stricklen (Adair) 6,
Carissa Crutchfield (Fort Gibson)
5, Lacey Dickerson (Tishomingo)
4, Brooke Panther (Kansas) 4,
Christian Key (Victory Christian)
3, Alex Tucker (Crowder) 3,
Brenna Burnett (Dale) 2.
Middle West - Kristin Milster
(Washington) 10, Ashlyn Briegga
(Perry) 7, Tiffany Harper (Weath-
erford) 7, Taylor Neidy (Clinton)
7, Ronay English (Anadarko) 6,
Cara Pugh (Bishop McGuinness)
6, Lauren Winham (Cache) 5,
Meagan Henson (Christian
Heritage Academy) 4, Lauren
Pittman (Washington) 4, Paige
Pulliam (Newcastle) 4, Allison
Randolph (Chisholm) 4, Tiffany
Bellamy (Anadarko) 3, Kalia
Lucas (Harrah) 3, Rylee Rackley
(Sulphur) 3.
Small East 48,
Small West 31
East10 15 9 14-48
West13 7 5 6-31
Small East - Teryn Gillett
(Barnsdall) 10, Kelsey Willson
(Ripley) 8, Whitney Barnes
(Indianola) 7, Bailee Cartwright
(Moss) 7, Hope Conneywerdy
(Frontier) 5, Kyra Underwood
(Moss) 4, Misty Johnson
(LeFIore) 3, Javen Henson
(Red Oak) 2, Kassi Baughman
(Caney) 1.
Small West - Taylor Posey
(Wayne) 9, Ashley Baughman
(Chattanooga) 4, Brittany Pfaff
(Okarche), Cassidy Boggs
(Cyril) 3, Jonna Gregory (Vici) 3,
Chelsea Tate (Selling) 3, Jessi
Treadway (Amber-Pocasset)
3 Adalynn Klugh (Fort Cobb-
Broxton) 2.
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