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BASKETBALL
P-T Tip-In Club
pancake meal
fundraiser set
The Perkins-Tryon
Tip-In Club will host
a fundraising pancake
breakfast on Saturday,
Dec. 14, at Applebee's
in Stillwater from 7:30-
10 a.m.
Tickets are $7 per
person and proceeds will
benefit the P-T basket-
ball programs. Tickets
can be purchased at the
door.
CALENDAR
Thursday, Dec. 5
• P-THS basketball at
Bison Invitational Tourna-
ment in Shawnee through
Saturday.
• P-T 7th-9th basketball
with Stroud: boys, home,
4:30 p.m.; girls, there, 5
p.m.
• Ripley 5th-6 th basketball
at Yale, 5 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6
• P-TJH wrestling at
Cushing tournament
through Saturday.
• Agra HS basketball at
Ripley, 6:30 p.m.
• Coyle HS basketball
hosts Carney, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7
• Ripley HS basketball
at Carney, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9
• P-T 7th-9th basketball
with Chandler: Boys, here,
4:30 p.m.; girls, there, 4:
30 p.m.
• Coyle HS basketball
at Frontier tournament
through Saturday, Dec,
14.
• Ripley 5th-8 th basketball
hosts Oilton, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
• P-THS basketball
hosts 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.
• P-T wresting at
Pawnee triangular with
Mannford, 6 p.m.
• Agra HS basketball at
Carney, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
• Perkins-Tryon
Coaches Show, 6 p.m.,
broadcast live from
Perkins Pizza Factory on
KGFY 105.5 FM.
Thursday, Dec. 12
• P-T 7=-9 th basketball
with Guthrie: Boys, there,
4:30 p.m.; girls, here, 4:
30 p.m.
• Agra HS basketball
hosts Agra tournament
through Saturday, Dec.
14.
• Ripley HS basketball
at KOFM Classic in Enid
through Saturday, Dec.
14.
Friday, Dec. 13
• P-THS basketball at
Stroud: 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.
• P-THS wrestling
at Bristow tournament
through Saturday, Dec.
14.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
• P-THS basketball
hosts McLoud: JV, 4 p.m.,
varsity, 6:30 p.m. Varsity
game will be broadcast
on KGFY 105.5 FM with
the pregame show at 6:
15 p.m.
Wertman's kind will be hard to replace
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Journal Sports Editor
vain Field and before that
Wilhite Field don't count.
Also remember that seven
of those seasons resulted in
trips to the playoffs either
in Class 2A or 3A. There
were also a couple of dis-
trict championships along
the way too.
He continued a trend
that was started by the
one before him Steven
Grotheer, that that was sta-
bility within the program.
As you remember, Coach
Grotheer was at the helm
for six seasons and put the
Demons in the playoffs
several times including
their state semifinals season
of 2001. While none of
Lloyd's teams ever got that
far, he continued that trend.
Unfortunately, that could be
something that could end.
It seems now, coaches
aren't staying as long at a
place as before. I guess you
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By now word has spread
about the resignation of
Perkins-Tryon head foot-
ball coach Lloyd Wertman.
He'll subsequently retire
from full-time coaching
and teaching duties at the
end of the current school
year. There's no doubt his
presence will be missed
around here.
Coach Wertman skip-
pered the P-T ship nine
seasons and in that time
recorded a 57-42 mark. He
was one game from hitting
the century mark of 100 in
games coaches. Unfortu-
nately scrimmages and the
many hours spent at McI1-
Thanksgiving harvest
Travis Beams, son of Kenny and Belinda Beams and grandson of Betty Harper, all of Per-
kins, shot this lO-point whitetail buck east of town Friday morning. The buck's longest tint
measured 15 inches and it had unofficial gross scores of 176. Beams, who lives in Oklahoma
City, was using a .308 rifle to harvest his holiday catch. Photoprovided
can say they're working
their way up the proverbial
corporate ladder. And those
who've been successful are
the ones making the bigger
moves. While that is good
for them, it often brings an
air of inconsistency for a
school program.
To say the least, we
want get the best possible
coach we can to lead our
football program and I feel
there should be an ample
number of applicants to
choose from. P-T has a lot
going for itself with regards
to the school district, the
location, and the facilities
to name a few. We've got
good kids and have several
coming back who've seen
playing time.
Personally, I want to
thank Coach Wertman for
what he's done for this
school district and this pro-
gram. I'll miss our Monday
afternoon sessions talking
about the previous week's
game and our upcoming
opponent. Many times we
would just "sit and visit"
after the interview. Those
were good times and I'm
looking forward to doing
the same with our new
coach whoever it will be.
See WERTMAN Page B2
Matmen working
hard for openers
Despite not recording a
lot of wins at last Wednes-
day's wrestling event at
Oklahoma City University,
Perkins-Tryon's junior high
and high school grapplers
are still working hard as
regular season events start
this week.
P-T wrestlers combined
for eight wins at the OCU
Pre-Turkey event, which
draws some of the top high
school wrestling programs
from around the state in all
classifications. P-T was rep-
resented by 14 junior high
and high school wrestlers.
"This is really a young
group and it looked like
they were nervous early
but they really wrestled
hard," said head coach
Shawn Matheson. "This
tournament helps us gauge
what we need to work on
and right now we need to
continue working on the
basics."
Freshman Jalon Lawson
and eighth grader Jaxon
Swink each recorded 2-2
records for P-T. Lawson
wrestled at 200 pounds
and Swink at 126 pounds.
Junior Logan Crotty went
1-2 at 195 pounds as did
freshman Nathanael Ellis
at 113 pounds.
Eli Phibbs at 98 pounds,
Hunter Phillips at 113
pounds, Elijah Green at 175
pounds, and Garrett Self at
220 pounds went 0-2 in
high school action.
Eighth grader Nathan
McFee got the team's
first win of the day at 132
See MATMEN Page B2
SHS basketballers compete in Bixby tourney
Improving and becom-
ing more consistent will be
on the agenda for Stillwater
High's boys' and girls' bas-
ketball teams as they com-
pete in the annual Bixby
Invitational Tournament
Thursday through Saturday
at Whitey Ford Gymnasium
in Bixby.
Both the Pioneers and
Lady Pioneers will take 1-
1 records into the tourney
after opening the season a
week ago in the Ponca City
Festival.
The Bixby Tournament
annually is a challenge and
this year's bracket for both
:.: freshman at the University A first round loss would
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li ':'i*ii, :iiiii the Pioneers to a 58-56 against the Putnam City-
!:ii victory. East Central loser.
Stillwater lost to Tulsa In other first round
down-to-the-wire game, Edison in the semifinals and games, Oklahoma City
which has become com- placed third. Edison fell to Northwest Classen meets
monplace when these two Putnam City in last year's Class 6A's 15'-ranked
teams meet. SHS and Bixby tournament finals. Bartlesville and Del City,
have played each other six If the Pioneers defeat ranked fifth in Class 5A,
times in the past three Bixby, they will play the meets Tulsa Edison, fourth-
years and each game was winner of a first round game ranked in 5A.
competitive, between Putnam City and Stillwater's girls, who
The two teams met Tulsa East Central at 8:30 struggled in last year's tour-
in the first round a year p.m. Friday. Putnam City nament losing to Claremore
ago and the game wasn't is ranked 10 th in Class 6A, and Tulsa Edison, will also
decided until senior guard while East Central is ranked
Rico Thompson, who is a 13 th in Class 5A. See PIONEERS Page B2
By Ron Holt
the boys and girls shapes up
to be no different.
Coach Michael Davis'
Pioneers will face a familiar
foe in the tourney opener as
they take on the host Bixby
Spartans at 8:30 tonight.
Both teams are top-20
ranked teams early in the
season as the are ranked
13 h in Class 6A and the
Pioneers are ranked 16%
It should be another
Frigid Bedlam awaits Cowboys, Sooners
a bit confusing, especially
with the outcome of the
Baylor-Texas game. OU
was virtually eliminated
from a conference title fol-
lowing last week's Baylor
win over TCU.
To say the least, the
Cowboys have been on a
roll in recent games, espe-
cially the back-to-back
games with Texas and
Baylor. The offense seems
to be clicking along and
the defense has continued
to show its consistency,
especially with forcing
turnovers and even con-
verting points on some of
them. Those points will be
important against the Soon-
ers, who seem to be playing
well after their quarterback
switch.
By now we've seen
some changes with the
weather and that could be
a factor as well. Remember
how nippy it was during the
Baylor game? Expect the
same or possibly colder on
Saturday, especially with
the early start. We'll be
interested to see how many
tailgaters will brave the
conditions.
The same would hold
true with the expected
crowd for the game. With
it being Bedlam, naturally
there should be a big
crowd.
And naturally, the major-
ity will be wearing orange.
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Two Marcus Smart turn-
overs in the final moments
of Sunday night's cham-
pionship finals of the Old
See BEDLAM Page B2
To say that Saturday's
Bedlam matchup between
Oklahoma State and Okla-
homa is a big game is an
even bigger understate-
ment. And with all the
early-season inconsisten-
cies that plagued the Cow-
boys, it would show how far
the program has come just
this season.
The Pokes and Sooners
will square off at 11 a.m.
for brunch at Boone Pick-
ens Stadium. The game
will be nationally televised
on ABC, which makes the
early start a bit more bear-
able. Besides, it doesn't do
much good to gripe because
the Big 12 television con-
tract has all the say in the
matter.
OSU enters a 10-point
favorite as of earlier this
week and its bowl location
scenario is simple with a
win. It would be another
trip to the Fiesta Bowl with
its second Big 12 Confer-
ence championship in three
years. A loss and things get
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