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P-T runners
solid at Luther
Xcountry event
L~R- Perkins-Try-
on's cr~s country teams
turned in solid perfor-
mances at a meet last Sat-
urday in Luther.
The middle school girls
were led by Karmyn Win-
diate and her second place
individtiTal finish. Kinley
Angling was 16th and Whit-
ley Flynn was 24tb.
On the high school side,
Avery Anglin led the way
with a ninth place finish and
Alice Stevenson was 13th.
Bailey Kerns was 21't and
Hannah jackson was 25~'.
For the middle school
boys, Hunter Windiate with
the top finisher at 12t~ place.
Eric Stevenson followed in
13~ place. Corbin Gait and
Kyle Durnal finished 37th
and 38~h, respectively.
In the high school boys
race, Sam Taylor was the
top P-T finisher in 15th
place. Nick Buck was close
behind itt~6th place. Caleb
Romero finished 62"d and
Blake Tippeconnie was
63rd.
P-T 7th, 8th
notch home
wins over
Kingfisher
The Perkins-Tryon
Middle School Demons
notched a pair of wins over
Kingfisher here last Thurs-
day at Mcllvain Field.
The seventh graders
rolled to a 41-12 win while
the eighth grade muscled
their way to an 18-6 tri-
umph.
In the seventh grade
game, helped account for
touchdowns three differ-
ent ways. It started with a
77-yard kickoff return in
the first quarter and fol-
lowed with a two-yard run
later in the frame.
Smith threw touchdown
passes of 37 and 35 yards to
Dylan Davidson and Pres-
ton Gajewski, respectively.
Those also took place in the
second and third quarters
as well.
Special teams play also
With the regular season
in tile rearview mirror, Still-
water High's Lady Pioneer
fast-pitch softball team
focuses its attention on the
Class 6A Regional Tour-
nament.
Slillwater, led by veteran
coach Kari Linsenmeyer,
ended the regular season at
Cushing last Monday and
ers
game last season, the Lady
Pioneers won the regional
title at Tulsa Union.
In 2017, the talented
immediately went to work Lady Pioneers qualified
preparing for a demanding for the Class 6A state tour-
regional assignment, ney at the USA Hall of
The Lady Pioneers were Fame Stadium in Oklahoma
assiguedtheJenksregionai, City. Stillwater whipped in style.
scheduled today through Yukon, 10-2, in the state
Friday atJenks High's soft- quarterfinal before losing
bail field, to Mustang, 12-3, in the
iT he host Lady Trojans state semifinals. Mustang
drew afirstronndbye while blanked Moore, 4-0, to win
Pioneerschailenge the 2017 state crown.
Bartlesville in the regional Other Class 6A regional
opener at noon Thursday. tourney hosts, and teams
The winner plays Jenks in each entertains, includes
a winners' bracket game at Broken Arrow (BA,Sapulpa
2 p.m. Thursday. and Bixby), Edmond-
Friday, the Stillwa- Deer Creek (Deer Creek,
ter-Bartlesville loser plays Lawt6n, Choctaw and Mid-
the loser of the 2 p.m. west City), Edmond North
game with Jenks, starting (North, Norman North.
Ripley second baseman Reagan Splva leape to make a at noon. The winner of the Norman and Moore),
catch during last Thursday night's Clare A regional touma- noon game plays for the Westmoore (Westmoore.
ment game with Preston. The IdadyWerdom gained a 4-3 championship at 2 p.m. An
win in eight innings. Journal photo by Ri~Lomenick if-necessary championship
RIPLEY game is scheduled for 4
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Saturday on Field No. 1: decide the outcome of the
In the championship winners' bracket contest in
game, the game was score- the final game of ~ open-
less until the bottom of the ing day.
sixth inning. Riley PaYne Speedster Carlee Moilet
would pitch her second scored the winning run in
shutout of the tournament the bottom of the eighth
in limiting Strother tojnst inning when Gobble
two hits. A solid defensive clubbed a fielder's choice
effort also helped in the .ground ball. Mollet was
win. able to slide in under a tag
pan. Friday.
Stillwater has enjoyed
successful regular season
moments but hopes to
play its best softball of the
season in the regional and
earn a repeat appearance
in the state tourney. After
being forced to a decid-
ing regional championship
MEAT
Putnam City West, Putnam
City and Southmoore).
Yukon (Yukon. Edmond
Memorial, Edmond Santa
Fe and Mustang), Owasso
(Owasso, Muskogee and
Ponca City) and Sand
Springs (Sand Springs,
Enid, Putnam City North
and Tulsa Union).
Each regional winner
advances to the Class 6A
State Championship Tour-
nament, scheduled Oct.
11-13 at The Bailfields at
Firelake in Shawnee.
While the softball team
enters the state playoffs,
Stillwater's Lady Pioneer
volleyball team is wrap-
ping up the regular season
SHS, coached by Zoe
Stinchcomb, enters the
week after an impressive
performance in last week-
end's annual Stillwater
Invitational. Stillwater
didn't lose a set en route
to winning the tourney title
over third-ranked Edmond-
Deer Creek.
Stillwater, which was
ranked fourth with a 24-5
record in the last rankings,
has an opportunity to move
up in the rankings after last
weekend's effort. Edmond
Santa Fe was ranked No.
1, followed by Edmond
Memorial, Deer Creek,
Stillwater and Norman
North among the top five.
Stillwater ends the reg-
ular season tonight against
13th-ranked Southmoore in
the Pioneer Field House
at 6 p.m. It's Senior Night
and should be an emotional
evening since Stillwater has
numerous talented seniors
on the roster.
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hasn't been giving the Demons much
part in the offensive rally Preston scored two runs
as she led off the inning in the top of the second respect despite the undefeated start. How-
with a double to left field, inning. Ripley cut the deft- ever, this group oflate has been able to take
Her courtesy runner Erica tit in half in the bottom of care of opponents rather quickly.
The rushing attack has been the dom- brake has been pleased with the way his
Terrell would advance to the fourth with a run. Two
inate force offensively with sprinkles of group has been able to improve weekly
third base on Bailey Gob- more runs came in the home
ble's single up the middle, half of the sixth inning that the passing game added to keep opposing with their technique. Those improvements
Gobble advanced to second gave RHSthe lead. Strother defenses honest. The Demons will have to will also be tested tonight.
be able to effectively move the bail in both "We knew this part of the season was
on the throw in from the sent the gaw mm me extra . .
outfield. Skye Tiliey fol- inning with a single run in- phases plus not turn the bail over and give coming and we've taken that 'why not us'
lowed and walked to 10ad the top of the seventh, the Chargers cheap scoring opportunities, attitude ." Longbrake said. "We're playing
the bases. Mollet went 4-for-5 with Head coach Bruce Williams knows his the big dogs now but why not us and as
Betty Wolfe bunted two RBIS to ]eadthe Ladysquad will be greatly challenged but are long as our kids keep giving the effort they
and reached on a fielder's Warriors at the plate. Payne readY to face it head on. have the past five weeks then we're going
choice that allowed Ter- was the winning pitcher. "It will be a tough row to hoe but to to be okay."
Elsewhere around the district, the rest
rell to score the first run,
Reagan Spiva grounded out against Strother, Payne
In the toumamentopener
be the best you have to beat the best and
I am kind of anxious to see how we stack
shined from the Demons. to first base to allow pinch tossed a complete game
Eric Stevenson blocked a runner Jessica McIntire to no-hitter. The senior right-
first quarter punt and Hagen score for a 2 -0 lead. The big hander struck out 10 and
Cundiff recovered it in the blow was a two-out single, didn't allow a walk. Payne
first quarter. In the second byCa~lieSadlerthatscored was on her way to pitching
half, Stevenson stripped Tilley and Wolfe fortbe 4-0 a perfect game but that fell
the bail from a Kingfisher
returner and dashed in for a
score. D ,idson also kicked
five extni points.
Defensively, Smith
added a 28-yard intercep-
tion return.
Kingfisher scored a
couple of late touchdowns
to prevent the shutout.
In tk eighth grade
game, T@nner Dawes and
Dax Edwards combined
for two touchdown passes
in the win.
Tile first was a 23-yard
connection in the first quar-
ter followed by a 64-yard
strike in the second period
to build~a 12-0 lead. The
final score came in the
fourth quarter when Kadin
Prather plunged in from two
yards out.
The defense provided
several big plays including
an interception from Ste-
phen Johnson that halted a
serious Kingfisher scoring
threat in the first half. He
would return the ball 12
yards. Johnson added his
second interception in the
third quarter with a return
of seven yards.
Harry Jackson and Ca, son
Lightfoot highlighted the
special teams play with
a blocked extra point on
Kingfisher's lone score late
in the game.
advantage, short with an error in the
Strother managed a lone sixth inning.
sidgle in the top ofr the Ripley plated tworuns
seventh as Payne notched in the top of the third and
two strikeouts to help end another in the third for the
the game. .win.
Sadler went 2-for-3 to PayneandKelsieMeCo-
lead Ripley at the plate with gum led the way with two
her two runs batted in. hits each.
It took an extra inning to
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lived 1-0 lead with arunin big sister Madison Shipp
the top of the third inning, while courtesy runner
P-T countered with two Jenna Brown scored when
runs in the bottom of the Kasfl reached on a fielder's
inning. Grayson Stanley choice.
scored when Coley Larson Aldridge clubbed a two-
reached on a fielder'S run RBI single as partofa
choice hit and Haiey Kastl four-run fifth inning. This
scored on Demi Aldridge.'s was after Blackwell plated
up" he said.
The varsity defense has only given up
a handful of points before relinquishing
the reins to the backup players. The unit
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Lawson plowed his way
in from eight yards out for
the score. Caden Williams
kicked the fifth of his nine
extra points for the lopsided
advantage.
P-T scored on its first
drive of the second half
and it didn't take long. On
the fifth play of the drive,
Guerrieri would later cross
the plate on Blackwell's
lone error for the 12- 3 final
score. BHS scored its final
run in the top of the inning.
Aldridge went 3-for-4
with five RBIs to lead the
Lady Demons at the plate.
Rylie Shipp would also
duplicate the hitting effort.
Aldridge.was the win-
ning pitcher surrendering
the throe runs on I 1 hits.
She also walked three and
struck out two.
has also forced 11 turnovers with eight of
those interceptions and the remaining three
fumble recoveries.
Defensive coordinator Russell Long-
of the games will be played Friday night.
That slate has Kingfisher at Bridge Creek,
John Marshall at Blackwell, and Mount St.
Mary at Mannford.
"We probably scored too
fast because it gave them
chances to score" Williams
said.
The varsity defense con-
tinued to show the domi-
nance it has had since the
second half of the Hen-
nessey game.
"The kids are playing
great and anytime you can
shut anybody out is a great
feat," defensive coordinator
Russell Longbrake said
afterward.
P-T rushed for 481 yards
with Hill accounting for
231 of it all in the first half
on 15 carries and the three
scores.
Mages hit 2-of-4 passes
for 36 yards and a score.
Defensively, Teegan Shep-
ard led the way with six
tackles with three of them
for losses. Connor Wil-
liams. Kendrick Bell, and
Kevin Stropes each had a
quarterback sack.
one more run in the top of
the inning asp of a 10-2
score. In the sixth, Madison
Shipp would score when
Ashlyn Guerrieri reached
on a fielder's choice then
Mages capped it with a
19-yard scamper and with
the extra point kick to score
increased to 42-0 and the
reins were turned over to
the junior varsity kids.
Williams was pleased
the younger players were
able to get ample playing
time and they took advan-
tage of it by putting together
scoring drives of their own
in the fourth quarter.
Freshman Gannon
McCutchen scored on the
first play of the final period
on a 24-yard run. Backup
quarterback Cole Aldridge
added a touchdown with
just over nine minutes left
on a 22-yard run. The final
score came from sopho-
more Owen Osborn on a
determined 32-yard run up
the middle.
Blackwell's varsity
offense managed three
scores in the fourth quarter
as well.
sacrifice fly ball.
Four runs were added
in the fourth inning with
Aldridge stroking a one-
Out single that scored Rylie
Shipp and Kastl. Rylie
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