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because of holding penalty.
The Demons would eventu-
ally have to punt. '
It. was the defense that
notched the first score and
it came on Comanche’s ini-
tial drive of the game. On a
third down play the Indians’
quarterback fumbled the
ball and linebacker Teegan
Shepard returned it 25 yards -
for the scoop and score with
9:00 left in the first quarter.
Dylan Davidson was per-
fect on extra point kicks and
it started when he drilled
the first of seven through
the uprights for a 7-0 lead.
The offense notched the
second score of the first
quarter on its next drive.
Mages capped the six-play
52-yard drive with a one—
yard quarterback sneak with
3:34 left to double the lead
to 14—0.
Four more Demons
scores followed in the
second quarter that bal-
looned the lead to 42-6 at
halftime. Mages dashed
18 yards for his second
score with 9:47 left for a
21-0 lead. Mages went to
the air and connected with
receiver Cashtin Craycraft
on a well-executed 65-yard
pass on a one play drive
with 8:28 left in the first
half. Tre Stevenson found
the endzone later on a four—
yard run at the 7:09 mark.
The defense added its
second score when defen-
sive tackle Gage Allen fell
on a Comanche fumble
in the endzone at the 9:43
mark. The Indians started
the drive from its own one-
yard line after a kickoff
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second time out was called.
“We talked about to win a state cham-
pionship you have to play 21 ~outs and that
21“ is the hardest to get and it proved true
right there,” Hoffman said. “So, when I
called time and went out there I said ‘Hey
girls, we’re playing 21 outs and we need
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one more, who wants it.
Final out came shortly after play
resumed. It was a ground ball to second
baseman Kendyl Overton who threw it to
her sister Carolyn Overton to begin the
celebration. Hoffman even joined the tradi-
tional dogpile in the infield despite slipping
on the loose dirt making his way there.
“I always said that I wasn’t going to
dogpile unless we win a. state champion—
ship so I wasn’t going to get cheated,” he
said with a laugh.
Mollet led the offensive attack with
4-for—4 outing with a RBI and two runs
scored .
The tournament opened against Moore-
land. Ripley used a six-run fourth inning
to erase a 1-0 deficit. All six runs were
We
Tre Stevenson falls into the endzone to score the Demons
fourth touchdown in the second quarter of last Friday’s game
at Comanche. P-T rolled to a 29-26 win.
sailed over the heads of the
return men.
Williams was pleased
with the defensive effort
despite Comanche’s lone
score which was a 76-yard
pass completion.
The final minutes of the
first half and the entire
second half was turned
over to the bench personnel.
The junior varsity Demons
found the endzone once on
a 23—yard pass completion
to Beck Smith from Gunner
Thrash with 4:09 left in the
third quarter that ballooned
the lead to 49—12.
Williams 'said everyone
who traveled got in the
game and this was better
than playing in JV games
on Monday nights. ‘
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
“We got a lot of guys
meaningful reps even in the
first half,” Williams said.
f‘Anytime you get those
guys Friday night reps it’s
just huge. The really good
programs make a habit of
winning. like that and those
kids get to play Friday
nights.” I -
It was a bit of a home-
coming for Williams and
his family as he spent some
early years of his coaching
career in Comanche. He and
wife Mandi arrived in 1999
and left in'the summer of
2002. He was able to make
contact with a few people
he knew.
“We were babies back
then but its fond memories
for sure,” he said.
frame with a three-run double. Two more
runs came in the six and a single run was
plated in the seventh.
Mooreland’ s lone run came on a Ripley
error. With a runner on base, it was ruled a
third strike was dropped by catcher Dakota
Hall. Her throw attempt to first base ended
up down the right field line allowing the
baserunner to score and the batter to end up
' at third. The third out was finally notched
before further damage was done.
Against Sterling, Ripley rallied for four
runs on three hits and a sacrifice fly in the
bottom of the sixth inning to forge a 4-4 tie.
Sterling had scored two runs in the top of
the first inning and two more in the sixth.
In the bottom of the seventh, Hall
reached on a single and later scored on
. Gobble’s walk-off double ‘for the win.
Four players had two hits each for the
Lady Warriors.
Gobble pitched all three games for the
scored with two outs. Collier sparked the
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eight. '
Against Harrah in
the first game, the Lady
Demons scored all their
runs in the bottom of the
third inning to gain the win.
Trailing 1-0 heading
into the bottom of the third
inning, sisters Hailey and
Madison Kastl clubbed
back-go-back singles.
Ryllie Shipp followed with
another single that scored
Hailey Kastl to tie the score.
Larson continued the hit
parade with a two-run base
hit that plated Madison
Kastl and Shipp for a 3-1
advantage. V
Stanley singled to score
3 Cox to increase the lead to
4-1. Hailey Kastl returned
to the plate a second time
and this time doubled to
score Jenna Brown and
Stanley for a 6-1 lead.
Harrah answered with
single runs in the fourth
and sixth frames.
Hailey Kastl and Shipp
each went 3-for-4 tolead
P-T offensively.
Tuttle scored early and
often to move to Friday’s
championship round.
Tuttle plated a pair of
runs in the top of the first
inning but P-T rallied in the
bottom of the frame to forge
a 2—2 tie with the help of
three extra-base hits.
The Lady Tigers
responded with two runs in
the second inning, single
runs in the third and fifth
innings, three in the fourth,
and four in the sixth. P-T’s
final runs game in the
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wins. She gave up nine total runs with three
of them earned on 16 hits and six walks.
She also struck out 29 opposing batters.
bottom of the sixth.
Ariana Bell and Addi
Brown led off with back—to—
back singles. Molly Poteet
would walk to load the
bases. Hailey Kastl would
ground out to score Bell and
Cox’s sacrifice bunt scored
Brown to extend the game
an extra inning.
Wolfe went 2-for—2 to
lead- the Lady Demons at
the plate.
Sports
Stillwater faces Edmond
Memorial at state tOurney
After rallying through
the losers’ bracket to win
last ‘week’s Class.6A
Regional Tournament
crown, Stillwater’s Lady
Pioneers face another chal-
lenge in the quarterfinals
of the Class 6A, Regional
Thursday through Satur-
day at USA Hall of Fame
Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The 19-16 Lady Pio-
neers play Edmond Memo-
rial, the defending Class 6A
state champions, in the state
tourney opener at 4 pm.
Thursday. 7
In other Class 6A state
quarterfinal games Thurs—
day, Deer Creek—Edmond
tests Mustang at 1‘1 a.m.,
Jenks plays Southmoore
at 1:30 pm. and Shawnee
meets Owasso at 6:30 pm.
The Stillwater—Edmond
Memorial winner meets
the Shawnee-Owasso in a
semifinal game at 1:30 pm.
Friday. The Class 6A state
title game is set for 5
Saturday.
Stillwater overcame a
losing streak to advance
to the state toumament for
the third time in the past
four seasons under head
coach Karie Linsenmeyer.
Coach Linsenmeyer led the
Lady Pioneer program from
1997—2000 before taking
the head coaching post at
Northern Oklahoma Junior
Col‘lege-Tonkawa. She
returned to SHS in 2014.
After struggling at the
end of the regular season
— losing five straight — Still-
water defeated Muskogee,
16-4, in the regional opener
at Sand Springs before fall-
ing to the hosts, 2—0, in the
winners’ bracket. The Lady
Pioneers rallied to defeat
Enid (9-0) before handing
the Lady Sandites two con—
secutive losses by scores of
7—5 and 10-7.
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Stillwater’s struggling
Lady Pioneer volleyball
team faced a demanding
challenge when they opened
Class 6A Regional Tourna-
ment play last Tuesday
at Bishop Kelley High’s
gymnasium in Tulsa.
Tournament semifinal
games and the champion-
ship match were all sched—
uled this past Tuesday to
determine the qualifier for
next week’s volleyball state
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Ron Holt .
tournament.
Stillwater, led by sec—
ond—year head coach Kyle
Liechti, was assigned to
the regional hosted by
the No. 1 ranked team in
the state — BishOp Kelley,
which was 26-3 entering the
regional. Also competing in
the regional are 16‘“—ranked
Bartlesville (1.7-17) and
Tulsa Washington.
Stillwater, which lost
three games to two against
Bartlesville in the recent
Kelley tourney, was likely
paired with Tulsa Kelley.
in a semifinal game in the
single-elimination tour-
nament. Bartlesville takes
on Tulsa Washington. The
winners played for the
regional crown and berth
to the Class 6A State Tour-
nament at Choctaw, Oct.
19-20.
Bishop Kelley is guided
by long-time coach Jerri
Berna. Kelley’s assistant
coach is Lisa Baumann,
the former head volleyball
coach at Stillwater.
Runners place at CHS meet,
CUSHING — Per-
kins-Tryon finished with
a pair of top 10 finishes in
the high'school division at
the Cushing Invitational
Cross Country Meet last
Thursday.
The Lady Demons
finished in fourth place
with 122 points while the
Demons were in seventh
place with 167 points.
The middle school Lady
Demons alsoplaced in
their division with an eighth
place finish.
Arrianna COyner 'had
the best finish for the high
school girls at 29‘“ with a
time of 14:44 on the two-
mile course. Karmyn Win—
diate finished in 315‘ place
with a time of 14:50. Kinley
Anglin was 35!“ with a
14:59 and Jaelin Cox was
right behind her’ in 36‘“
place with a time of 15:03.
Rachel Burns finished in
40‘“ place with a time of
15:16,
The Demons ran on a
5K course and were led
by Corbin Galt with a
second place overall finish
of 17:18. Kade Moorman
was 25‘“ with a 19:48 and
Tony Arthur finished in 48'“
place with a time of 21:34.
Hunter Windiate was 70‘“
with a time of 23:29, Beau
Burch finished in 76‘“ place
with a time of 23:56 and
Eugene Williams was 84‘“
with a time of 24:53.
The middle school Lady
Demons were led by Brynn
Stone with a 45'“ place
finish and a time of 7:43 on
the one-mile course. Talor
Meadors was 48‘“ with a
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8' i
time of 7:45. Kinley Cook-
erly was 58‘“ with a time of
7:59 and Kiki Rivas was
59'“ with an 8:01. Isabella
Rivas was 86‘“ with a time
of 8:52 followed by Isabella
Peugh with atime of 9:24.
Kaylyn Morgan finished
in 106‘“ place with a time
of 10:21.
Rogelio Martinez was
the middle school boys’
leading finisher with a 24‘“
place outing and a time
of 13:36 on a two-mile
course. Mason Kinzie was
31th with a 13:49 and Gabe
Hara was 96‘“ with a time
of 17:11.
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