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FOOTBALL
Football awards
assembly set
for Wednesday
The Perkins-Tryon
High School football
assembly will be held
Wednesday, from 5:
30-6:30. p.m. in the high
school commons.
The event will recog-
nize the seniors in addi-
tion to passing out vari-
ous awards. The event is
open to the public.
Roundballers open up Tuesday
Perkins-Tryon will take to
the hardwoods next week after
weeks of preparation. P-T will
host Cleveland on Tuesday for
a varsity/JV twinbill in the P-T
Gymnasium.
Junior varsity action starts at 4
p.m. with the varsity games tipping
off at 6:30 p.m.
P-T will once again be in Class
3A after last year's stint in Class
4A. The Lady Demons were a state
semifinalist squad a year ago and
is one of the favorites to not only
return to the state tournament, but
win a state championship. P-T was
24-6 last year.
The Lady Demons bring a
wealth of talent to the court with
several starters and others who saw
significant playing time last year
to bring much depth to the team.
The Demons, who finished 15-11
last year, will also have a lot of
experience returning as well with
some quality underclassmen to fill
role positions.
In taking a look at the schedule
prior to the Christmas break, the
only possible change could occur
on the second game. P-T scheduled
to play a home date with Stroud
on Friday, Nov. 30. However, the
Tigers football team is still in the
playoffs and another win this week
could force a postponement in the
game to another date.
P-T will have one more home
date before the holiday break
when Holdenville comes to town
on Dec. 14. Two road trips will
also be played at Perry on Dec. 4,
and McLoud on Dec. 11. The Lady
Demons and Demons will play in
one tournament and that will be
the Oklahoma Baptist University
Classic in Shawnee Dec. 6-8.
P-T will have three more home
games after the Christmas break.
The first will be Jan. 8 against
Kingfisher and a week later on
Jan. 15 with Seminole. Prague will
be the final regular season home
opponent on Feb. 8.
Perkins-Tryon will be the host
site of the 66 Conference tourna-
ment scheduled for Jan. 21-26. It
is the second of two tournaments
during January with the other
being the CD Warehouse Classic
at Bethel Jan. 10-12.
Road games are scheduled at
Cleveland (Jan. 4), Meeker (Jan.
29), Stroud (Feb. 5), Okemah (Feb.
9), and Cushing (Feb. 12).
Radio station KGFY 105.5 FM
will also broadcast eight regular
season games in addition to all
the post-season action for P-T.
Tuesday will be the first broadcast
against Cleveland. The pregame
show starts things off around 6:15
p.m. with the tipoff at 6:30.
Other home broadcast dates are
Dec. 14 with Holdenville, Jan. 15
with Seminole, and Feb. 8 with
Prague. The road games are Dec.
4 at Perry, Dec. 11 at McLoud,
Feb. 1, at Chandler, and Feb. 12
at Cushing.
CALEN DAR
Saturday, Nov. 24
P-THS boys' basket-
ball scrimmage at Bristow,
9a.m.
Monday, Nov. 26
P-T 7th-8 th basketball
hosts P-T tournament
through Saturday, Dec. 1.
P-T 9 th basketball
at McLoud tournament
through Saturday, Dec. 1.
Coyle 7-8 t" basket-
ball at Ripley tournament
through Saturday, Dec. 1.
Agra JH basketball
hosts Agra tournament.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
P-THS basketball
hosts Cleveland: JV, 4
p.m.; varsity, 6:30 p.m.
Varsity games broadcast
on KGFY 105.5 FM with
the pregame show at 6:
15 p.m.
Agra HS basketball at
Coyle, 6:30 p.m.
Carney HS basketball
hosts Davenport, 6:30
p.m.
StUlwater HS wrestling
p.m.;
Wednesday, Nov.
Ripley HS basketball
hosts Coyle at Chesa-
peake Energy Arena,
Oklahoma City, 12 noon.
Thursday, Nov. 29
Stillwater HS basket-
ball hosts Tulsa NOAH,
7p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30
P-THS basketball
hosts Stroud: JV, 4 p.m.;
varsity, 6:30 p.m.
P-TJH wrestling at
Cushing tournament
through Saturday, Dec. 1.
Agra HS basketball at
Ripley, 6:30 p.m.
Carney HS basketball
hosts Oilton, 6:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS basket-
ball hosts Southeast, 7
p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1
Stillwater HS Wrestling
at Arkansas City, KS,
tournament.
Monday, Dec. 3
P-TJH basketball with
Chandler: Girls, here, 4:
30 p.m.; boys, there, 4:
30 p.m.
Coyle HS basketball
at Frontier tournament
through Dec. 8.
Agra 7 & 8th basket-
ball hosts OCA, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
P-THS basketball at
Perry: JV, 4 p.m.; varsity,
6:30 p.m. Varsity games
broadcast on KGFY 105.5
'FM with the pregame
show at 6:15 p.m.
Agra HS basketball
hosts Carney, 6:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS wrestling
hosts Bartlesville dual: JV,
6 p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6
P-THS basketball at
OBU tournament through
Saturday, Dec. 8.
Perkins-TryonChead football coach Lloyd Wertman con-
gratulates receiver Matt Waitt who made the game-winning
touchdown catch against Bristow earlier in the season. The
win was one of the high points of the season before a string
fo four straight losses.
Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
Demons' season filled
with several highs, lows
By Rick Lomenick
Journal Sports Editor
In taking a look back at
the recently completed foot-
ball season, Perkins-Tryon
head coach Lloyd Wertman
compared it to two seasons
wrapped into one.
The Demons did make
another appearance in the
Class 3A state playoffs but
were handed a 48-12 loss
by the Jones Longhorns
nearly two weeks ago. The
loss ended the season that
saw a lot of success early
but none at the end.
"I have never seen like
likes of this season," said
Wertman. "To go from
the highest of highs to the
lowest of lows with turn-
overs and injuries in mass
quantities. It's been a very
unraveling year with the
way it all transpired from
Jones (first meeting), to the outcome wouldn't be
Bethany, to Bristow then the same as the opening
to Okmulgee." week.
P-Thadlost four straight "It's just crazy the way
games quite handily after it happened," Wertman
being in contention for a added. "Nobody planned
much higher playoff seed, it that way and nobody
especially after the huge
win at Bristow. But it was
that game when things
started to change; especially
with the number of injuries
the team began suffering.
District successive dis-
trict losses to Cushing and
Chandler put the Demons in
the position of not making
the playoffs heading into
the season finale against
non-district foe Okmul-
gee. Despite losing to the
Bulldogs, P-T got the help
it needed to advance to the
playoffs but the opponent
would be a familiar one
in Jones and unfortunately
wanted it that way. It was
a very tough year."
But if there was a silver
lining to this season, it
would the ability to get
that extra week of work,
especially with the younger
players who were pressed
into service because of the
onslaught of injuries.
"That was a big plus
for us by having that extra
week with as many young
kids as we were playing,"
Wertman added.
Because P-T did not have
a very big senior class, the
See SEASON Page B4
Three wrestlers place in open tournament
side of the state we don't
usually see," said head
coach Shawn Matheson.
Approximately 18 schools
were represented with a lot
of them from Class 6A. P-T
will be competing in Class
3A this season.
Leading the way was
two-time state qualifier
Blake Avery. Avery, a
junior, finished the 126-
pound bracket with a 4-0
record and first place finish.
Three of Avery's wins were
by pins, said Matheson.
Senior state qualifier
Brett Cheary finished third
at 138 pounds with a 4-1
record. Cheary won his
first two matches before
losing in the semifinals. He
MOORE - Perkins-
Tryon placed three wres-
tlers placed in last Satur-
day's Southmoore Open
wrestling tournament.
"This was the first time
we've wrestled in this
tournament and it was a
good one for us because
we were able to see a lot
of teams from the west
Early signee
Perkins-Tryon senior Jordan Gorham took advantage of the early signing period Saturday
morning to sign her national letter of intent to Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond.
Gorham is a returning starter for the Lady Demons who have reached the state tournament
in two different classes the past two years. P-T begins the season Tuesday night. She is
pictured with her mother, Freda Tippeconnie, and father, Herschel Gorham.
Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
rallied in the consolation
rounds with two wins for
third place.
Senior Brandon Moody
finished fourth at 160
pounds with a 3-2 record.
Moody gained a pair of nament, I though Connor
close wins in his matches.
Junior Connor Johnson See WRESTLE Page B4
finished 3-2 at 106 pounds
and was praised by Mathe-
son for his efforts on the
mat.
"While I believe all our
guys did well at this tour-
Tournament action
awaits JH cagers
Perkins-Tryon Junior High basketballers will return
from the Thanksgiving Break with tournament action
both locally and on the road.
The freshmen teams will play in the McLoud 9 a' Grade
Invitational Tournament beginning Monday. The Lady
Demons will play Prague at 4 p.m. and the Demons
will follow around 5:10 p.m. also against Prague in the
elementary gymnasium. The tournament will continue
on Thursday, Nov. 29, with winners' bracket games in
the high school gym and losers' bracket games in the
elementary gym. The tournament will conclude on Sat-
urday, Dec. 1.
The seventh and eighth grade teams will host the P-T
tournament that also starts Monday. Seventh grade games
will be played at the junior high school and the eighth
graders at the high school gym.
P-T has earned first round byes in all four brackets and
won't play until Thursday, Nov. 29, against the winners of
the Stroud/Highland West games. The seventh grade girls
will play at 4:30 with the seventh grade boys following
at 5:30 p.m. The eighth grade girls will play at 6:30 and
the boys will follow at 7:30 p.m.
The tournament will conclude on Saturday, Dec. 1.
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