HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES

Week 8 on the high school football schedule came and went on Friday night. Elk City won their first district game of the season up in OKC against Douglass 34-12. In other 4A District 1 action, Wford sewed up the district title with a 13-7 win over Cache. Clinton’s on track to finish second and host a playoff game after dismissing Bethany 28-18. Wford’s the district champ and has a 5-0 record. Clinton’s second alone at 3-1. Woodward and Bethany are tied for 3^rd with 2-2 records. Cache is next at 2-3. Elk City’s 1-3 and Douglass is 0-4.

The Battle for Beckham Co was played out at Merritt on Friday night. The Oilers started fast but they eventually were vanquished by the Eagles 34-16. Elsewhere in that district, Fairview shutout Tonkawa 17-0, Crescent whipped Hinton 40-6, Hooker smoked Watonga 54-13. Fairview and Crescent lead the district standings at 5-0. Tonkawa’s next with a 4-1 record. Sayre and Hooker are tied at 2-3. Watonga and Hinton are 1-4. Merritt’s 0-5.

In other high school football action around the area, Carnegie outlasted Mooreland 14-12, Mangum hammered Frederick 57-8, Thomas edged Hobart 17-14, Hollis belted Waurika 66-16, and MVG beat up on Snyder 40-14

CROSS COUNTRY STATE MEET

The Class A thru 4A State Cross Country Meets were held at Carl Albert High school this weekend. In Class A Girls, Regent Prep was the team champ. Laverne came in second. Navajo’s 7^th and Mooreland 8^th. Indvidually Jocelyn Pope of Laverne finished 4^th. Remle Ross of Mooreland was 8^th. Brynli Woods from Laverne came in 9^th. Rainee Woods of Laverne was 15^th. Cordell’s Cally Walker finished 19^th. McKinley Moore from Cordell ran 25^th. In the Class A Boys race Regent Prep was the team winner with Laverne 2^nd Sweetwater 5^th BFDC 6^th, Hollis 11^th, Cheyenne-Reydon was 12^th and Mooreland 14^th. Individually Gentry Long from Laverne is the State Champ. His team Andrew Sanchez ran 8^th. The sweetwater duo of Jude Lunsford and Blake Laster were 10^th and 11^th. Ryan Rainey from Hammon finished 12^th. C-R’s Oscar Gonzalez ran 20^th. BFDC’s Isaiah Lucero was 22^nd. Caleb Holcomb from Leedey was 33^rd. In the 2A Girls race Parker Morris from Sayre finished 4^th. Kyanna De La Crus from Merritt was 69^th. Susanna Swint from Sayre ran 77^th. In the 2A Boys race Hooker was 7^th, Frederick 8^th, Hobart 12^th, Merritt 13^th, and Watonga 15^th. Inidividually the best finishers included Jase Harrel from Hobart 16^th. Reed Snodgrass from Merritt was 28^th with Merritt’s Eiland Stokes finishing 30^th. Both Wford teams finished 9^th in the 4A Races.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEKEND

Both in state teams were victorious on the college football gridiron this weekend. Ok State struggled early then blew away Colorado 57-24. QB Drew Mestemaker completed 21/36 for 386 yards and 4TD. OSU hits the road to face Iowa State this week. Oklahoma went down to Starkvegas and knocked off Miss St 23-15. QB John Matter went 22/29 for 283 yards and a pair of TDs. OU’s back at home this week against So Carolina.

THUNDER WIN; J DUB HURT

The Ok City Thunder improved to 3-0 last night with a 108-101 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, but at what cost. Cason Wallace went out with an apparent shoulder injury. Then with just over a minute left J Dub drove the paint to go dunk. When he came down he suffered a gruesome leg in jury the effects of are still not known. OKC has to go back out there tonight to face Phoenix. Pregame starts at 5:30 with the tip to come at 7

WORLD SERIES GAME 3

Game 3 of the World Series is tonight between Milwaukee and Tampa. The Brewers held serve at home with one run wins in both Games 1 and 2. The scene shifts to Tampa Bay for tonight’s Game 3. The Brewers will start Robert Gasser with the Rays answering with Freddy Peralta. First pitch is at 7