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RIPLEY - The Ripley
Warriors dropped a 9-5
decision to Cimarron in the
consolation finals Saturday
of the Maveric Mini-Mart
Classic at Ripley.
Cimarron scored five
runs in the top of the sev-
enth inning to take the lead
then held on in the bottom
of the frame against the
Warriors offense. Ripley
had held a short-lived 5-4
Perkins-Tryon's junior That gave the Demons an on fourth down and goal
varsity Demons gained 8-0 halftime lead. from inside the one-yard
a 22-12 win over the McLoud cut the deficitline was recovered by P-T
McLoud Redskins here on with a 70-yard TD passto seal the win.
Monday, Sept. 12. early in the third quarter Reese accounted for over
P-T scored most of its but failed to convert on the 200 yards of total offense
points in the second half two-point conversion to by rushing three times for
after a 15-yard touchdown leave an 8-6 P-T lead. The 70 yards and a rushing TD
pass to receiver Matt Demons extended their and hit 8-of-ll passes for
Waitt from quarterback lead later in the frame on 172 yards for two more
Shelby Reese with 3:51 a 67-yard scoring pass to scores.
left in the first quarter, receiver John Sasser from Sasser caught three
Tanner Bridenstine added Reese with4:51 left. Reese passes for 102 yards and a
the two-point conversion, added the two-point attempt score while Waitt had four
for a 16-6 lead. receptions for 60 yards and
Ripley drops Each team added a a score.
9-5 decision score in the fourth quar- Bridenstine rushed the
ter. McLoud scored on a ball four times for 20 yards,
five-yard run while Reese Josh Yarbrough twice for
in consolation rushed for a one-yard TD 15 yards, John Curry had
tourney finals at the 4:35 mark. three rushes for 10 yards,
The Redskins had one and Bryce Mason ran twice
final scoring opportunity for six yards.
late in the quarter but a The Demons jayvees
solid goal line stand kept played at Cushing last
the visitors out. A fumble Monday night.
lead after plating two runs
in the p0ttom of the sixth.
Gatrett Gosney entered
the g Ine in a save situation
in the top of the seventh.
Catilden Greenfield pitched
the first six innings and new
the ball well, said head
coach Donnie Hoffman.
Ripley began tourna-
ment action last Thursday
with a 13-1 run-rule win
over Earlsboro.
Huston Twoguns was
the winning pitcher in his
second varsity start. He also
helped the offensive output
TULSA-Clockwise, the leave their seats and take
Oklahoma State Cowboys cover either on the con-
had to wait an extra day to course areas of both sides
post the lopsided 59-33 win or in the adjacent Donald
over the Tulsa Golden Hur- W. Reynolds Center where
ricane last weekend. TU plays basketball. Or
A severe thunderstorm they could retreat to their
rolled through the Tulsa personal vehicles. But we
areajust prior to the sched- the people of the Fourth
uled 9:10 p.m. Saturday Estate held our ground
kickoff. Lightning and on the fourth level of the
heavy rains forced a delay pressbox.
of just over three hours. We got a nice view ofthe
That meant the kickoff was heavy rains that pelted the
around 12:16 a.m. Sunday. area and the many flashes
The start of the delay of lightning to illuminated
could be traced back to the sky. We were also told
about an hour before the the game's start would be
kickoff. Word in the press- postponed until 9:20 p.m.,
box at Chapman Stadium about 10 minutes later than
was a severe thunderstorm the scheduled start.
would be rolling into the There was a lot of dia-
Tulsa area right about kick- logue by officials from both
schools as to the fate of the
game! After about an hour of
heavy rains, the conditions
seemed to begin improv-
with his first varsity home off time. There was even a
.... "i:un in the seconding, tornado warning issued
He finished with a 3-for- for Osage County, which
3 outing that included a prompted some concerns.
single and double and four So about six minutes
until kickoff, an announce-
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ing but it was the flashes of
lightning that kept things on
hold. Several of the writers
from the daily papers were
contemplating what kind
of story to send for Sunday
editions. And because of the
already scheduled late start,
deadlines would have been
Oklahoma State's kick return specialist Justin Gilbert (4) eludes a would-be Tulsa tackler
enroute to a 96-yard kickoff return during the first quarter of the Cowboys' 59-33 win over
the Golden Hurricane. The game, which was scheduled to start shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday,
was delayed just over three hours because of a severe thunderstorm that rolled through the
area. It finally kicked off around 12:16 a.m. Sunday. This was Gilbert's third kickoff return
for a score in his young career.
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Josh Cooper also had seven
catches for a team-high 78
yards.
The defense seemed less
inspired during the second
.... JournalSports Editor half as the Golden Hur-
tested even if the weather TU kicked a field goal for ricane notched 26 points
cooperated, an early 3-0 lead. Gilbert and some of those came
Finally both teams is no stranger to finding his on big plays. TU had to
retumedtotheturfandwere way to the endzone in this go to backup quarterback
allowed to go through a manner. This was his third Kalen Henderson as stand-
22-minute warmup period, career return for a score out starter G.J. Kinne was
Finally, the Cowboys with the last one coming in injured during the firstquar-
received the opening kick- last year's Bedlam game. ter after a 23 yard run when
off at around 12:15 a.m. Tailback Joseph Randlehe was hit out of bounds
Sunday. The game wrapped scored two of his three by OSU safety Daytawion
up at around 3:35 a.m. touchdowns also in the first Lowe. It wasn't a vicious
And because the game half on runs of one and five hit but a good call by the
officially was played yards. The other score was officials.
Sunday morning, it marked a 36-yard scoring pass to OSU played very aggres-
the fourth different day of Hubert Anyiam from quar- sive during the first half in
the week OSU would play terback Brandon Weeden. holding Tulsa out of the
this season. In addition to Weeden would finish the endzone. I believe it was
the normal Saturday games, night with three touchdown a good demonstration on
the Cowboys have already passes and percentage-wise what kind of potential this
played on a Thursday night he had another solid game unit has wheo called upon.
and will play on a Friday hitting 29-of-39 passes for And that won't be none
night at Iowa State in 369 yards. He did have two too soon as the Cowboys
November. more passes intercepted to open the Big 12 portion
And this wasn't the keep his string ofconsecu- i' the schedule Saturday
first time OSU and Tulsa tive games intact at three. Texas A&M. It also shows
have played on a Sunday. Reciever Justin Black- the confidence the defen~
You have to go back to mon saw his string of has in the offense to kee
1982 when the two teams 100-yard games receiving scoring points to main~
squared off at Tulsa and the come to an end with only a comfortable cushion.
Golden Hurricane posted a 57 yards on seven catches. This could also be the
25-15 win. It was obvious Tulsawasn't last time OSU and Texas
The Pokes held a com- going to let Blackmon beat A&M and will face each
fortable 31-6 halftime lead. them. It does make it nice other in a conference set-
Thebigsparkofthefirsthalf that the Cowboys have ating. A&M is expected to
scoring was Justin Gilbert's stable of other receivers bolt to the 5outheastern
96-yard kickoff return after who can take up the slack. Conference next season.
Perkins Lions Club
ber 30, 2011
P-T High School Commons
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Pancakes, bacon,
and sausage.
All you can eat/
Adults $5,00
Students $3,00
(Pre K to 12th grade)
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