B2- THE JOURNAL, Thursday, June 21 ,:2012
Sports
Busy summer
As the closing days of
June tick down, so do the
summer schedules of sev-
eral Perkins-Tryon High
School athletic teams. And
from what we've seen so
far, there's plenty to be
excited about when their
respective seasons begin.
It appears the Lady
Demons basketball team
could make another solid
run to a state tournament
appearance regardless of
what classification they end
up in. Some would think if
P-T could drop down to
Class 3A, we could be one
of the favorites to win a
championship. It still could
be a bit tougher in Class
4A.
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the fourth inning to set up
the dandy fifth frame for P-
T that led to the win.
Chappell shined at the
plate going 2-for-2 with a
sacrifice fly and four RBIs.
Adkism, Dotter, and Martin
schedules making P-T teams better
Head coach Jerry Bur-
nett has one starting posi-
tion open and his varsity
girls have had several
opportunities to show
why they should be in the
starting lineup. Right now
we would have to say it is
still open after watching the
Lady Demons play in their
second Summer Shootout
session late last week.
Coach • Burnett wouldn't
didn't drop any hints as to
who he's leaning toward
and rightly so.
The softball team will
again be young as there
has been only one senior
play this summer. There is
some pretty good talent in
this group but the young-
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ning pitcher after going
four and one-third innings.
Waitt finished the pitching
chores to earn the save.
The summer season will
come to a close the next
few days. P-T's final road
game will be at Mannford
tonight before ending the
week with a home date with
Perry Friday night with the
varsity game starting at 6
p.m.
The Demons will host
Davenport on Monday and
Kingfisher on Tuesday to
close out the schedule. Both
have 6 p.m. starts.
Miner said he's hoping
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followed with a hit each.
Shelton was the winning
pitcher in going the distance
in the circle. Shelton over-
came her slow start to finish
with six strikeouts.
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for a strong finish by his
young team, which could
be used to build on for
next season.
"Our expectations have
raised some as we develop
more consistency with our
play," Miner said earlier
this week.
One area that has pleased
Miner is the development
of his pitching staff, espe-
cially since graduation took
a huge toll after the spring
season. Miner said the staff
he's starting to put together
are complimenting each
other well.
sters will have to mature
quickly in order to compete.
Head coach Carla Hart has
had some challenges with
the 'summer slate due to
weather and other conflicts.
However, there seems'to
have been ,mple games
played to/ive her some
things to ponder before the
start of the fall fast-pitch
season late next month.
In the games we've seen
thus far, this group has
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shown it can do the right
things and see the suc-
cesses in the end results.
Hopefully the players can
build from that in these
closing games.
We've really enjoyed
watching the Demon base-
ball team as well, espec_ially
seeing how this incoming
crop of freshmen will help
fill holes left by graduation
last spring. And so far, so
good.
In talking with new head
coach Kevin Miner earlier
this week, he's been pleased
with the progress the squad
has already made to this
point.
Before Monday's game,
P-T only had a couple of
losses. There are several of
these freshmen who will see
some major playing time
next spring. Sprinkle them
with the returning players
and that makes for a pretty
good mixture. And like the
softball team, this is also a
young group with only one
senior.
We didn't get a chance
to catch any of the Demons'
basketball games during a
summer session at Ripley
right after school w.s over.
We do know there are some
pretty big holes to fill. How-
ever, there's no doubting
that head coach Norm
Tippeconnie and his staff
will have a team thtat will
compete each game despite
a lack of major size.
It's hard to believe that
another school year will
begin in less than two
months and with that all
the respective activities.
We're looking f0rqard to
more great performances by
our student-athletes nd we
hope you'll join in to.
Fields, Holliday enjoy recent success
A couple of Stillwater
High graduates, Matt H01-
liday and Josh Fields, who
were both outstanding
quarterbacks and baseball
players • at SHS, have gotten
into an offensive groove
recently.
Entering this week, Hol-
'liday, an all-star leftfielder
with the St. Louis Cardinals,
had raised his batting aver-
age to .282. On the season,
he hit 12 doubles, one triple
and blasted 12 home runs.
He's driven in 41 runs.
In a recent inter-league
game with the Kansas City
Royals, Holliday had an
outstanding game this past
weekend. In a Cardinal win,
he was 4-for-5 and drove in
five runs. He clubbed two
doubles and hit a monster
home run into Big Mac
Land, which is into the third
deck at Busch Stadium.
Holliday credited adjust-
ments in his swing and
advice from hitting coaches
Mark McGwire and John
Mabry for noting changes
in his mechanics that aided
the recent success.
Fields, who is currently
playing third base for the
Albuquerque Isotopes of
the Pacific Coast League,
raised his batting average
to .325 entering this week.
On the season, Fields
has hit 19 doubles, two
triples and six home runs.
He's driven in31 runs and
has stolen two bases in 68
games.
In a road game last week
against the Iowa Cubs in
Des Moines, Iowa, the 6-2,
220-pound Fields played
a major role in an Isotope
win. He was 4-for-5 and
drove in one run. He hit
a double and homered in
the win.
Fields just missed
earning a spot on the Los
Angeles Dodgers' roster
at the end of spring train-
ing. He's trying to increase
his chances to be called
up while playing for LA's
AAA team.
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Playday Golf Tournament
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Club.
It is the booster club's
main fundraiser and it
helps support all sports at
Stillwater High School and
the junior high. More than
$63,000 was used to handle
coaches' request for their
teams last season, items
that normally wouldn't fit
into the small budgets.
The requests included
uniforms, equipment
purchases and travel
expenses.
Format for the 1 8-hole
golf outing is a four-man
scramble with tearras able
to tee off at either 8:30
a.rn. or 1:30 p.m. , lunch
for the players is included.
Each 18-hole round was
limited to 20 teams.
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
there will be a cookout at
the course. At that time,
players will be able to bid
on a wide variety of silent
auction items, including
autographed iternts, gift
certificates and travel
opportunities.
All Pioneer fans are
encouraged to attend during
that time to purchase a ham-
burger and become a part of
the silent auction
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