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CALENDAR
Thursday, Dec. 29
." P-THS girls' basketball
at Bertha Frank Teague
Mid-America Classic in
Add through Friday.
Stillwater HS girls' bas-
ketball at Enid tournament
through Saturday.
T~ay, Jan. 3
' ;Stillwater HS wrestling
fiosts B!ackwell dual, 7
p.m.
ThiJrsday, Jan. 5
,, P-T.T"-8~ basketball
at ~arrah tournament
through Saturday, Jan. 7.
-Agra HS basketball
at Davenport tournament
through Saturday, Jan. 7.
" Carney HS basket-
ball at Moss tournament
through Saturday, Jan. 7.
' Carney 5t"-8~ basket-
ball hosts Oak Grove,
4:30 p.m.
Coyle HS basketball at
MuihallrOrlando tourna-
mehi through Saturday,
Jan, 7.
~pley HS basketball
ho~ Walking F Ranch
Cla~SiCi~hrough Saturday,
Perkins-Tryon's Alton Allen works to gain an advantage on his Pawnee opponent during the 220-pound match in last
Tuesday's home dual with the visiting Black Bears. The Demons rolled to a 57- 12 win. Allen won his match by a 9-2 decision.
It iwll be a b ~sy January for the P-T matmen with several events scheduled. Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
By Rick Lomenick Big
Journal Sports Editor wi~ OVeF PawI/I~
Even though a large
majority of the individual serving as springboard
match wins came from
dan. 7,
Stillwater HS basket- forleits, the Perkins-Tryon Jeremy Love afterward, second period with another
ball at Bartlesville tourna- Demons still used the 57-12 The Demons split the takedown before gaining
ment through Saturday, win dual win over Pawnee four matches they partic- the fall.
Jan. 7. last Tuesday night as a ipated in. Nathaneal Ellis "l thought Nathaneal
Stillwater HS wrestling springboard for the 2017 gained a second period p:n Ellis eally wrestled well
at Sand Springs, 7 p.m. portion of the schedule, at 152 pounds while Alton and had a good match "
Friday, Jan. 6
P-THS basketball "We came out tonight Allen earned a9-2 decision Love said.
hosts Seeworth Academy: with a fu'l team and even at 220 pounds. Allen led 5-0 after tne
JV, 4 p.m.; varsity, 6:30 though Prwnee was down Ellis held a commanding first period with a takedown
p.m. Varsity games broad- and with some wrestlers 7-1 lead after the first period and a near fall. The lead
cast on KG.FY105.5 FM hurt the guys who didwith two takedowns and was extended in the second
with the pregame show at wrestle, wrestled well," added another three points period with a takedown
6:15 p.m.
P-THS wrestling at said first-year head coach for a near fall. He began the while giving up an escape
Cushing tournament for a 7-1 advantage. In the
through Satumay, Jan. 7. third period Allen gained
' Stillwater HS wrestling two points on a reversal
at Ge~I0~tr~sme~t: ? :: i while, allowing -another
through Saturday, Jan. 7.
Monday, Jan. 9
P-T ?~h-9~ basketball
with Bristow: girls, here, 5
p.m.; boys, the~e, 5 p.m.
Agra 5t"-8th basketball
hosts Ripley, 4:30 p.m.
Carney 5~-8 basket-
ball at Coyle, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 10
P-THS basketball
hosts Bristow: JV, 4 p.m.;
varsity, 6:30 p.m.
P-T wrestling hosts
Berryhill and Bdstow,
TBA.
Agra HS basketball
hosts MulhalI-Orlando,
6:30 p.m.
' Carney, HSbasketball
at G e~, 6:30p
,. Coyle HS basketball
~osts Oilton, 6:30 p.m.
" Ripley HS basketball
at Davenport, 6:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS basket-
Iball at Edmond Memorial,
6 p.m.
Stillwater HS wrestling
hosts Cushing, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 11
, AgraHS basketball
with Davenport, 12 noon,
Oklahoma City.
Carney 5t"-8= basket-
ball at Ripley, 12 noon.
.Thursday, Jan. 12
, P-THS wrestling at
Glass 3A district dual
tournament at Perry.
P-T 7~-9t~ basketball
With Cushing: girls, here,
5 p.m.; boys, there, 5 p.m.
Agra 5=-8= basketball
fiosts Davenport, 4:30
p.m.
i: Carney HS basketball
hosts Paden, 6:30 p.m.
,. Coyle 5~-8~ basketball
hosts Ripley, 4:30 p.m.
Stillwater HS wrestling
Ponca City, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 13
" - P-THS basketball
hosts Cushing: JV, 4 p.m.;
varsity, 6:30 p.m. Varsity
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First-year wrestling head coach Jeremy Love reacts to a
move made by one of the Perkins-Tryon wrestlers during last
week's dual here with Pawnee. In the background assistant
coach Chuck Taylor and a couple of wrestlers watch the
action. Journal photo by Rick Lomenick
Gaining wins by forfeits
were Brenton Robinson at
120 pounds, Eli Phibbs at
132 pounds, Brett Chap-
man at 132 points, Boone
Westfall at 145 pounds,
Alex Guerrieri at 160
pounds, Jalon Lawson at
170 pounds, Preston Ardery
at 182 pounds and Garrison
Allen at heavyweight.
The Demons surren-
dered a forfeit at 126
pounds. Colten Klein lost
in a second period fall at
106 pounds.
The junior high grap-
plers wrestled a series of
exhibition matches prior to
the varsity dual. Competing
for P-T were Kavan Meyers
and Tyler Payne at 89
pounds, Kaeland Carpenter
at 98 pounds, Josh McFee at
106 pounds, Austin John-
son at 120 pounds, Hunter
Robinson at 120 pounds,
Gage Allen at 200 pounds,
and Kolton Chapman at
heavyweight.
Love said he's been
pleased ~’ith the effort his
matmen have displayed at
both the junior high and
high school levels.
"S;nce we got out of
football they've come in and
done everything that I've
asked and coach (Chuck)
Taylor has asked," Love
said. "It's a long season
and hopefully we just keep
'.corking at getting better."
During the current
Christmas break, the
Demons have been working
out in preparation for the
2017 portion of the season.
And it will be a busy one
during the first couple of
weeks of January, espe-
cially for the high school
squad.
P-T will compete in the
highly-competitive tourna-
ment at Cushing on Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 6 and 7.
A triangular dual event with
Tulsa 7 Conference oppo-
nents Berryhill and Bristow
will be here on Tuesday,
Jan. 10, for both the junior
high and high school. The
high school team will be at
the Class 3A district dual
tournament at Perry on
Thursday, Jan. 12.
Another home confer-
ence dual will be held on
Tuesday, Jan. 17. A high
school dual tournament at
Newkirk is scheduled for
Saturday, Jan. 21.
Love feels the strength
of his high school group
is with the three seniors
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tourney field
Perkins-Tryon's seventh
and eighth grade basketball
teams will compete in tour-
naments at Harrah begin-
ning Thursday, Jan. 5, and
ending on Saturday, Jan. 7.
The seventh grade
brackets will be played
at the middle school. The
eighth grade brackets will
play at the high school.
Both P-T seventh grade
teams will play Ada in first
round action. The girls will
start at 2:40 p.m. on Jan. 5
while the boys will follow
at 3:50 p.m.
A win would put the
girls in the 5 p.m. champi-
onship semifinals game on
Jan. 6, against the winner of
the Harrah and Little Axe
game. The losers will play
at 12:20 p.m. On the boys'
side, the winners' bracket
semifinals game will be
6:10 p.m. while the losers
will play at 1:30 p.m. The
Demons would also face
outcome of the Harrah and
Little Axe opening round
bracket.
Saturday's seventh
grade tournament brackets
will start at 10 a.m. with the
girls' consolation champi-
onship. Third place games
will start at 12:20 p.m. with
the championship games
starting at 2:40 p.m.
Other teams in the sev-
enth grade tournament are
Midwest City Carl Albert,
Norman Alcott, Shawnee,
and El Reno.
In the eighth grade
brackets, the Lady Demons
and Demons will also play
Ada on Thursday, Jan. 5.
The girls' game will start
at 5 p.m. P-T will play the
winners and/or losers of the
Mustang and Shawnee con-
test. The winners' bracket
games are set for 5 p.m.
and 6:10 p.m. for the girls
and boys, respectively, on
Jan. 6. The losers' bracket
games are 12:20 p.m. and
1:30 p.m.
The Saturday, Jan. 7,
slate starts with the conso-
lation championships at 10
a.m., followed by the third
place games at 12:20 p.m.
The championship finals
will begin at 2:40 p.m.
Other teams in the eighth
grade tournaments are
Harrah, Little Axe, Ponca
City, and Carl Albert.
Chesbro seeks consistency from matmen
If veteran Stillwater
High head wrestling coach
Doug Chesbro makes New
Year's resolutions, it's
obvious what might be one
resolution -- consistency
in 2017 for his Pioneer
matmen. SHS wrapped up
2016 at the annual Kansas
City Stampede which pro-
vided both a learning expe-
rience and a test for the
Pioneers.
"The Kansas City Stam-
pede turned out to be a
great learning experience
for some of the younger
By Ron Holt
Journal Sports Writer
kinds in our lineup and a lone Pioneers to compete
great test for our veterans," in the Gold Bracket, which
Coach Chesbro said. "Due included the top two placers
to some injury and eligibil- from a five-man pool. Bahl
ity issues we only took 10 placed second and Lee fin-
wrestlers but each won mul- ished fourth.
tiple matches and wrestled SHS's coaches had trou-
as many as eight times in ble assembling a consistent
the two-day event." lineup for most duals and
Veterans Kendon Lee tournaments early in this
and Christian Bahl were the season for a variety of rea-
sons. Hopefully that trend season. Conner and Jace
will end in 2017. haven't been in competition
"The health of our team yet this season, while Chris-
has been an issue for every tian is the only only one
competition so far this who hasn't missed a match.
season," Coach Chesbro "Now that winter has
said. "We have yet to put arrived we are experiencing
the same 14 kids on the mat, the normal cold and flu bug
making our lineup a little going around the team," he
unstable, added. "Hopefully, we can
"Our returning state use the four days off that
qualifiers Tyler Dierienger, we are giving the team and
Kendon Lee, Conner Wil- the other eight practices to
coxen, Christian Bahl and heal up, get in shape and be
Jace Brownlee have all ready for the always tough
had some sort of medical January schedule."
problem at some point this CHESBRO, Page A2
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