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SKELTUR TOURNAMENT

3rd straight for PCH

Waukomis girls get
Katy Rasmussen hugs her father after making her victim impact state-
first title since 1967
ment Thursday in Lansing, Mich., during the fourth day of sentencing
for former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who pleaded guilty to multiple By Tim Godfrey
counts of sexual assault. (Dale G. Young / Detroit News via AP) Staff Writer

Failure of adults
The Pond Creek-Hunter Panthers
boys are Skeltur Conference
Tournament champions once again
after pulling out a 61-56 win against
the Garber Wolverines in the title

enabled doctor’s
game at Central National Bank
Center.
Saturday night’s win makes it the
third consecutive time the Panthers
(13-3) have won the tournament. For

sexual abuse PCH head coach Darin Jones, it’s

something that will never grow old
for him or his team.
“It’s a wonderful feeling,” he
said. “You never get tired of winning
When adults fail kids, this historic, 94th annual Skeltur
the consequences can be Conference Tournament. I’m very Pond Creek-Hunter’s Foster Shamburg (0) sails to the bucket against Garber’s Will
tragic and long-lasting. happy.” Curl (14) and Dayne Fuxa (12) during the 94th annual Skeltur Conference Basketball
This was brought into harsh Tournament championship game Saturday at the Central National Bank Center. (Bonnie
focus over the past several While Jones expressed his hap- Vculek / Enid News & Eagle)
days in the sentencing of piness following the final round, a
disgraced, convicted child more expected emotion might have
pornographer and child been relief as the Wolverines tussled “Garber is a very good basket- opportunity to break away from the
molester, Dr. Larry Nassar, with the Panthers through the final ball team,” Jones said, adding the Wolverines in the second quarter.
who victimized countless second of the game. Wolverines are a hardworking team Led by Jones with 12 points, the
In the first quarter, the two teams who are coached well. Panthers scored 23 to end the first
young girls under the guise
of performing examinations
THE DEEP END traded the lead seven times in their The Wolverines (14-3) were able half with a 39-32 lead. Jones fin-
while he was the official Dave Ruthenberg offensive back-and-forth. PCH to diversify their shots throughout the ished the game with a team-high 31
team physician for USA senior Cole Jones opened the scor- game, feeding the ball to Phelps and points.
Gymnastics and on staff at ing drag race with a 3-point shot, freshman TJ Bennett, or working the Coach Jones said the Panthers
Michigan State University. have their letters read into but Garber senior Rodney Phelps ball inside to seniors Jake Beebe or were able to separate themselves by
Nassar was in court in the record. And Wetzel’s answered back with a field goal and Dayne Fuxa. The Wolverine offense executing on their shots.
Michigan this week as a reporting has been quite a fellow senior Dayne Fuxa drove the kept pace with the Panthers and the “When you see the ball go in it
heart-wrenching parade public service as we get a lane for a layup for the first of seven game was tied 16-16 after one. gives you a bit of confidence and
of young women shared look at the horrific dam- lead changes in the first half alone. But the Panthers found their then on the other end you play harder
their horrifying experiences age that has been done to because you made a shot,” he said.
with Nassar at a hearing at Nassar’s victims. Garber tried to rally in the fourth
the Ingham County court. Jessica Thomashaw, quarter, outscoring PCH 16-13, but
Nassar currently is serving 17, shared her story. “He when the Wolverines fouled PCH
60 years on the touched the to stop the clock, the Panthers went
child pornogra- “I testified to let most innocent 4-for-5 at the free throw line, sealing
phy conviction the world know that places on my the game and the tournament title.
and could face you are a repulsive body,” she said.
up to 125 years liar and those ‘treat- “I couldn’t be See SKELTUR, Page B3
after pleading ments’ were pathet- just a normal
guilty to sexu- ically veiled sexual girl anymore,
ally abusing his and I forever
patients.
abuse. Perhaps you
lost a big piece GIRLS
have figured it out
Their tales by now, but little
of my child- CHAMPIONSHIP
would bring hood due to
tears and girls don’t stay little his abuse.” She Waukomis 54, Garber 43
clenched fists forever. They grow said she was
to even the into strong women first abused by BOYS
most hardened that return to Nassar at age 9.
observer, thank- destroy your world.” The 3rd place
fully we didn’t ~ Kyle Stephens Associated Press
have to sit also has been Cimarron 61, Drummond 49
and listen, but reporting from
Yahoo! Sports’ Dan Wetzel the week-long hearings and
was there everyday during one AP report describes
BOYS
the four days where over
100 of Nassar’s victims
victims “experiencing Waukomis’ Makayla Conrady (21) drives toward the bucket for two against Garber defenders
during the 94th annual Skeltur Conference Basketball Tournament championship game
CHAMPIONSHIP
were expected to speak or See RUTHENBERG, Page B4 Saturday at the Central National Bank Center. (Bonnie Vculek / Enid News & Eagle) Pond Creek-Hunter 61, Garber 56

CHEROKEE STRIP CONFERENCE

Lomega girls, Timberlake boys win titles
By James Jarrett
Seeing the Lomega girls win
the Cherokee Strip Conference
Tournament is nothing new, but watch-
ing Timberlake’s boys claim the tour-
nament title is another matter.
Lomega’s girls, top-ranked in Class
B, won their third straight tournament
title and ninth overall with a 66-59
win over No. 7 Burlington Saturday
night in the championship game at the
Chisholm Trail Expo Center.  Lomega 66, Burlington 59
Timberlake, No. 7 in Class B,
then toppled Class A’s 15th-ranked
Ringwood, 68-41, in the boys title tilt
for its first-ever tournament champi-
onship.
Lomega’s girls have now won three
of the last four tournaments with their
only setback coming in 2015 against
Kirsten Pruett’s Burlington club. It
looked for a while Saturday night that
Pruett’s club was going to dial up the
Girls
7th Place
Medford 38, DCLA 31
5th Place
Ringwood 48, Cherokee 41
3rd Place
Timberlake 65, Kremlin-Hillsdale 42
1st Place
same magic again until late in the third
quarter.
“Burlington’s good. (Coach Pruett)
does a real good job with them,” said
Lomega head coach Kevin Lewallen.
“They came out and played real good
defense. I think we had a 10-12 point
lead at one time in the first half and
kind of relaxed.”
Boys
7th Place
Medford 55, DCLA 24
5th Place
Lomega 43, Cherokee 37
3rd Place
Kremlin-Hillsdale 49, Burlington 46
1st Place
Timberlake 68, Ringwood 41
Two free throws by the Lady Elks’
Stephanie Croft gave Burlington a
47-45 lead with 2:20 left. But Lomega
then took control, going on a 12-2
run then next five minutes. The Lady
Raiders’ pressure defense forced a cou- Lomega’s McKenzie Lamer dribbles against Burlington’s Anna
ple of turnovers at the beginning of Motycka during the championship game of the Cherokee Strip
Basketball Tournament Saturday at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center.
See CHEROKEE STRIP, Page B3 (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)

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Sportsline
EHS girls notch win
over Broken Arrow JV
TULSA — Enid’s
girls used a 24-1 run in
the second period to blitz
the Broken Arrow JV,
50-25 in the seventh-place
game of the Jenks-Union
Tournament Saturday.
The win broke a
four-game streak for the
Pacers, now 3-13.
“It’s always good
to get a win,’’ said
Pacers coach Gerrett
Spears.”Hopefully, this
is something that we can
build on.’’
Spears took out his
starters early when the
Tigers raced out to a 14-8
first period lead, but EHS
answered back with the
24-1 spurt to take a com-
manding 32-15 lead at
halftime.
Broken Arrow made
only three field goals in
the final three periods.
“It takes a while to get
going when you’re play-
ing at 10 a.m.,’’ Spears
said. “The girls regrouped
well. Breeasha Shaver
was a difference-maker
out there.’’
The 25 points matched
the fewest points EHS
has allowed this season
(78-25 over U.S. Grant on
Dec. 29).
Niesha Fuston led the
Pacers with 10 points, all
of which came in the first
half.
“Niesha was the best
player on the floor,’’
Spears said. “She could
have scored a lot more,
but she’s a little banged
up now and we wanted to
rest her.’’
Ashley Handing had
seven of her nine points
before intermission, while
Izzy Plunkett had six of
her eight points in the
second half, including a
three-pointer.
Faith Zachary led
Broken Arrow JV with 10
points.
Enid will be back in
action Tuesday when the
Pacers travel to Ponca
City.
Plainsmen fall
to Kickapoo
TULSA —
Springfield, Mo.,
Kickapoo dialed long
distance to beat the Enid
Plainsmen, 59-40 in the
consolation finals of the
Jenks-Union Tournament
at the U-Mac Center on
the Union High School
campus.
The Chiefs, 7-6, drilled
nine three-pointers com-
pared to three for the
Plainsmen, who dropped
to 2-14 with the loss.
Kickapoo’s
Sam Wallin had six
three-pointers — four in
the first half — to lead
the Chiefs with 23 points.
Anton Brookshire had the
other three treys to have
13 points. Tanner Oetting
had 10 points.
Sophomore Darrin
Ryan was the lone
Plainsman in double
figures with 12 points.
Carlos Mennefield had
seven points.
The Plainsmen com-
mitted only 10 turnovers
but couldn’t find the range
from the field.
“They shot the ball
well and we didn’t, that’s
a bad recipe for us,’’ said
Enid coach Paul Duncan.
“They were bigger than
us and we couldn’t get
any offensive rebounds. I
still thought it was a good
week for us (with win
Friday against Holland
Hall).’’
EHS will go to Ponca
City Tuesday.
Vrabel named Titans’
new head coach
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) — The Tennessee
Titans have hired Houston
defensive coordinator
Mike Vrabel as their new
coach in a fast search that
wrapped up after three
interviews and just five
days after firing Mike
Mularkey.
CONTACT US
Sports editor: Dave Ruthenberg
548-8153 / daver@enidnews.com
Reporter: Bruce Campbell
548-8144 / bcampbell@enidnews.com
Reporter: Tim Godfrey
548-8154 / tgodfrey@enidnews.com
EHS BASKETBALL
Girls
Jenks-Union Classic
7th place
ENID 50, BROKEN ARROW JV 25
BA  14    1     4   6  —  25
Enid     8 24   12   6  —  50
Broken Arrow JV  — Zachary 10, Powell
5, Peyton 4, Davidson 2, Clark 2, Johnson
2
Enid (3-13) — Niesha Fuston 10, Ashley
Handing 9, Izzy Plunkett 8, Cayti Moeller 7,
Edith Vega 7, Breeasha Shaver 4, Kelsey
Wilson 3, Zurae Robinson 2
 
Boys
Jenks-Union Tournament
5th place
KICKAPOO 59, ENID 40
Kickapoo 12 13 14 20 — 59
Enid      7    8  12  13 — 40
Kickapoo (7-6) — Sam Wallin 23, Anton
Brookshire 13, Tanner Oetting 10, Jalen
Mcgarrah 5, Cole Forbes 2, Mitch Closser
2, Luke Rebmann 2, Kolton Giefer 2
Enid (2-14) — Darrin Ryan 12, Carlos
Menefield 7, Baron Winter 5, Carlos
Owens 4, Cyson Mathis 3, Telin Phillips 3,
Matt Clark 2, Jerra Williams 2
SKELTUR GIRLS
Championship
WAUKOMIS 54, GARBER 43
Waukomis 7 15 10 22 — 54
Garber      16   3    9  15  — 43
Waukomis — Conrady 15, Cue 13,
Moody 9, Eck 7, Mariah Ramirez 6,
Makayla Ramirez 4
Garber — Beebe 13, Macy Swart 10,
Frickenschmidt 8, K. Plunkett 6, Mady
Swart 3, Miller 2, Myers 1
SKELTUR BOYS
3rd place
CIMARRON 61, DRUMMOND 49
Drummond 4 8 20 17 — 49
Cimarron    21   9    9  22  — 61
Drummond — Coontz 20, Pool 16,
Isbell 4, Longpine 3, Stites 2, W. Gray 2,
S. Gray 2
Cimarron — Wood 21, Schmidt 15,
Helm 14, Masters 11
Championship
POND CREEK-HUNTER 61,
GARBER 56
Garber 16 16 8 16  — 56
PCH      16  23   9  13  — 61
Garber — Bennett 23, Beebe 18, Fuxa
7, Phelps 4, Vandriver 4
Pond Creek-Hunter — Jones 31, Hart
17, Shamburg 10, Davis 3
CHEROKEE STRIP GIRLS
7th place
MEDFORD 38, DCLA 31
DCLA     9  3  12 7 — 31
Medford 11 9 10 8 — 38
DCLA — Kayden Rhea 15, Taylor
Tingley 7, Brianna DeBoard 6, Ashlynn
Bellin 2, Madison Quillin 1
Medford — Bailey Cless 13, Trenity
Schanbacher 10, Makeena Sterling 8,
Tarlin Clinage 5, Emilee Hunter 2
5th place
RINGWOOD 48, CHEROKEE 41
Cherokee 17  8  6  10  — 41
Ringwood  19  13  12  4  — 48
Cherokee — Weve 19, Webster 15,
Wyatt 5, Solis 2
Ringwood — Ry. Detrick 16, Maples 10,
Resendiz 7, Wallace 6, Ools 5, Jones 2,
Re. Detrick 2
Championship
LOMEGA 66, BURLINGTON 59
Burlington  6  20  13  10 — 59
Lomega  22  13  18  13 — 66
Burlington — Croft 29, Highfill 14,
Flackman 11, Trujillo 3, Motycka 2
Lomega — Lamer 23, Meier 7, Chestnut
6, Smalley 6, Yost 4, Dunigan 3
CHEROKEE STRIP BOYS
7th place
MEDFORD 55, DCLA 24
DCLA      6   4    4   10  —  24
Medford 15 17 13  10  —  55
DCLA — Matthew Mora 7, Aaron Stahl 6,
Austin Sewell 3, Reed Reynolds 2, Heath
Braden 2, Colby Smith 2, B. Hohmann 2
Medford — Tate Schuermann 16, Issac
Koehn 9, Brayden Keller 9, Amon Bonham
6, Jayce Cline 3, Dalton McClure 2, Carter
Bowen 2, Ethan Gee 2, Dustin Dell 2
5th place
LOMEGA 43, CHEROKEE 37
Cherokee  5  21  6  5 — 37
Lomega  7  9  16  11 — 43
Cherokee — Chace 18, Hall 10, Hague
6, James 3
Lomega — Mowery 14, Snowden 13,
Lumpkin 7, Risenhoover 5, Ott 2, Glazier 2
Championship
TIMBERLAKE 68, FAIRVIEW 41
Fairview  13  8  5  15 — 41
Timberlake  13  17  30  8 — 68
Fairview — Patterson 14, Decker 10,
Ratzlaff 7, Mason 3, Briggs 3, Aguilar 2,
Resendiz 2
Timberlake — Stearns 19, Pierce 17,
Redding 16, Bishard 8, Frech 8
PREP GIRLS
Buckle of the Wheat Belt
7th place
MCGUINNESS JV 58,
WEATHERFORD JV 46
Weatherford 7 11 13 15 — 46
McGuinness 14 21 12 11 — 58
Weatherford JV — Abbie Moses 19,
Dawysn Case 11, Brooklyn Read 5,
Maddison Whitson 5, Ireland Helton 3,
Addison Hicks 3
McGuinness JV — Sterling Senner 18,
Grace Starr 14, Joy Ejifor 6, Rachel Abbott
5, Natalie Edmonds 5, Shelby Savely 5,
Grace Engle 5
5th place
CHISHOLM 59, MUSTANG JV 33
Chisholm  17  15  12  15  — 59
Mustang JV  8  10  10  5  — 33
Chisholm — Long 22, Yunker 13,
Pasby 6, Raynor 5, Stidham 4, Sefcik 3,
Riebsoner 2, Peterson 2, Corey 2
Mustang JV — Miller 11, Booth 8,
Dorsey 4, Woodard 4, Picklo 3, Oldham
2, Riviera 1
3rd place
KINGFISHER 53, BETHANY 32
Bethany  8  8  5  11  — 32
Kingfisher  10  10  15  18  — 53
Bethany — Cotter 14, Farni 5, Conrad
4, Lambert 3, Nguyen 3, Walstad 2, Garrett
1 Tulsa 64, Memphis 51
Kingfisher — Matthews 16, Whipple 8,
Ballard 8, Wood 8, Wilfong 3, Barton 3, Cyr
2, Taylor 2, Stolz 2, Muggenborg 1
Championship
WEATHERFORD 26, ELK CITY 24
Elk City  11  4  6  3  — 24
Weatherford  3  12  5  6  — 26
Elk City — Miller 9, Southard 6, Crouch
5, Butler 4
Weatherford — Sage 9, Cummins 9,
Roberson 6, Hicks 2
SCOREBOARD
Okeene Tournament
7th Place
ALVA JV 33, GEARY 29
Alva JV    8   5  10  10  — 33
Geary     10   9  5    5  — 29
Alva JV — Samaniego 12, Stewart 10,
Turner 7, Meyer 2, Caldwell 2
Geary — Bates 12, Evans 7, Duran 5,
Girard 2, Cox 2, Paulcei 1
5th place
HENNESSEY 43, OKEENE 38
Okeene      7  10  11  10  —  38
Hennessey 11  16   9    7  —  43
2
Okeene — Howe 25, Mayfield 11, Taylor
Hennessey — Tillman 13, Dunigan 9,
Orozco 8, Wymore 8, Siminuek 3, Tuell 2
3rd place
CANTON 46, WATONGA 45
Watonga    15   9   6   15  —  45
Canton      5   11  15  15  —  46
Watonga — Hussey 14, McKenzie 13,
Gorman 12, Cooper 4, McCrary 2
Canton — Martin 23, Hysell 13, Surveyor
3, Linder 2, Delgado 2, Nusz 2
Championship
FAIRVIEW 43, OBA 42
OBA  13  10  8  11 — 42
Fairview  12  10  10  11 — 43
OBA — Price 19, Hawk 12, Watkins 5,
Kroeker 4, Roberts 2
Fairview — Mason 20, Pembrook 11,
Gilchrist 6, Grove 4, Reihm 2
All-Tournament team
MVP —Maddie Mason, Fairview.
Canton: Kalee Hysell, Gabby Martin.
Fairview: Lexie Reihm, Christina
Pembrook. Hennessey — Hali Tuell. OBA
— Elizabeth Price, Devan Hawk, Peyton
Watkins. Watonga —Emma Hussey
Buffalo Tournament
7th place
FREEDOM 36, ALINE-CLEO 27
Freedom     8 8 14  6  — 36
A-C      4 5 11  7  — 27
Freedom — Galemore 16, Ralston 10,
Weber 7, Reed 3
Aline-Cleo — Edwards 8, Ingraham 5,
Corbitt 5, Hamon 4, West 3, Ramey 2
5th place
WAYNOKA 31, YARBROUGH 23
Waynoka 10 5 5 11 — 31
Yarbrough 12  2  3   6   — 23
Waynoka — Hagelberg 13, Ross 10,
Nusz 4, Budy 2, Ferguson 2
Yarbrough — Moreno 5, E. Nevarez 5,
Vengun 2, Hernandez 3, Gutierrez 2, V.
Nevarez 2, Martinez 2
3rd place
HARDESTY 55,
FARGO-GAGE-FORT SUPPLY 49
Hardesty 15   6  13   21  —  55
FGFS      13  10   8    8  —  49
Hardesty — Rivera 25, Loonman 12,
Estrada 11, Hernandez 4, Scott 3
FGFS — Cannon 18, Gartrell 13,
Delgado 6, Hagemeir 5, Monday 4,
Haweleer 2, Woodson 1
Championship
BEAVER 59, BUFFALO 32
Beaver     16 10 25   8  — 59
Buffalo     7    2    9  14  — 32
Beaver — Sohlessmamon 21, White
Eagle 8, Pugh 8, Damon 5, Landson 5,
Looper 4, Weaver 4, Mills 2, Starr 2
Buffalo — Wilkinson 11, Inderlied 7,
Brown 6, Herd 5, Mesta 2, Barton 1
Cashion County Line Tournament
CROSSINGS 54, OCS 42
Crossings  14  7  10  23  — 54
OCS  6  20  7  9 — 42
Crossings — Redwine 16, Darter 13,
O. Keyser 10, Middendorf 8, C. Keyser
5, Murphy 2
OCS — Lynn 14, Griffin 11, Ellis 6,
Harris 6, LeBlanc 5
CRESCENT 42, PERRY 39
Crescent  13  8  4  17 — 42
Perry  6  9  10  14 — 39
Crescent — Battello 12, Hieden 8,
Toepher 7, Lovett 3, Johnson 3, Wilson
3, Cronister 2, Morgan Wilson 2, Megan
Wilson 2
Perry — Shields 16, Dwyer 7, Freeman
4, Wilson 4, Williams 2, Pierce 2
 
ALVA 47, RIVERSIDE 35
Alva  11  21  5  10 — 47
Riverside  11  11  6  7 — 35
Alva — Jones 30, Rouse-Murphy 6,
Derkee 3, Spellman 3, Clarke 3, Owen 2
Riverside — New Holy 13, Boltz 7,
Whiteplum 6, Villagecenter 3, Slenky 2,
Calf Boss Ribs 3
Champion - Cashion; runner-up - Dale;
3rd - Alva; Consolation - Crescent
Bi-County Tournament
Championship
SEILING 55, HAMMON 44
PREP BOYS
Buckle of the Wheat Belt
7th place
KINGFISHER JV 71, OKC KNIGHTS 70
Knights 11 30 13 16 — 70
Kingfisher JV 10 20  20 21 — 71
OKC Knights — Jack Henry Dutcher 12,
Noah Phillips 10, Sam Davis 10, Connor
Swanson 9, Jayce Jansen 9, C. J. Janssen
8, Issac Schrader 6, Layne Posey 3,
Benny Floyd 3
Kingfisher JV — Harrison Themer 21,
Aryan Haro 17, Creighton Bugg 11, Dylan
Carey 10, Maverick Ridenhour 9, Kase
Simon 3
 
Consolation Finals
CHISHOLM 66, HARRAH 61
Chisholm  14  22  11  19  — 66
Harrah  13  11  16  21  — 61
Chisholm — Childers 24, Grebe 13,
Hann 12, Angleton 11, Kuehn 4, Smith 2
Harrah — Drew 27, Cunningham 17,
Taby 6, Nolan 5, Slang 4, Ankey 2
3rd place
WEATHERFORD 62, ELK CITY 48
Elk City  12  7  15  14  — 48
Weatherford  16  15  18  13  — 62
Elk City — Bradford 19, Skelton 10,
Lewellan 9, Rogers 7, Thornton 3
Weatherford — Teasley 20, Ransome
15, Hoffman 15, Hill 4, Kirk 4, Ratterree 2
Championship
KINGFISHER 73, BETHANY 49
Bethany  12  15  11  11  — 49
Kingfisher  16  19  13  25 — 73
Bethany — Burns 16, Miller 11, Flinton
8, Burns 6, Shaw 3, Brandt 2, Barnes 2,
Sailer 1
Kingfisher — Green 24, Sternberger 23,
Cortes 13, Stone 8, Birdwell 4, Lafferty 1
Okeene Tournament
GEARY 64, ALVA JV 62
Alva JV   18  10  10  14  —  62
Geary     18   10  20  11  —  64
Alva JV — Perez 27, Sneary 11, Heisen
8, Faulkner 8, Ritter 4, Gaisford 2, Whitely
2
Geary — Morales 26, Birdshead 19,
Brown 9, Johnston 8, Yellowfish 2
5th palce
OKEENE 41, CANTON 29
Okeene     4   9   11  16  — 41
Canton     2    6    6   15  — 29
Okeene — C. Cagle 15, N. Cagle 15,
Buhr 6, Marcus Howe 3, Graham 2
Canton — Scott 18, Cox 3, Evans 3,
Murray 2, Nippert 2, Edwards 1
3rd place
OBA 65, WATONGA 63
OBA    10  8   16   18   13  — 65
Watonga  12  9  17   14   11  — 63
OBA — Price 26, Salyer 14, Minx 14,
Potter 5, Smithson 2, Crismas 2, Do 2
Watonga — Schroeder 26, Kearney 16,
Geels 6, Cope 6, Renteria 5, Dorsey 3,
Pinkerton 2
Championship
HENNESSEY 66, FAIRVIEW 52
Hennessey 15  12  23  16  — 66
Fairview    11   6  17  18  — 52
Hennessey — Rojo 23, D. Vinson 20,
Ramirez 8, A. Rodriguez 8, H. Rodriguez 7
Fairview — Eischen 16, Doty 13, Dillard
10, McGolden 6, Schmidt 5, Zuniga 2
All-Tournament Team
MVP — Dalton Vinson, Hennessey.
Fairview: Kade Dillard, Jay Eischen.
Hennessey: Carlos Rojo, Brandon
Ramirez, Hugo Rodriguez. OBA: Jud Minx,
William Price, Noah Cagle. Watonga —
Donovan Kearney
Buffalo Tournament
7th Place
ALINE-CLEO 49, HARDESTY 40
A-C      12 20 5 12 — 49
Hardesty    5     5  13  12   — 40
Aline-Cleo — Conway 16, Swinney
12, Conway 7, Brooks 6, Bloyd 5, Boethin
2, West 1
Hardesty — Hernadez 19, Kistler 8,
Salinas 7, Gonzales 3, Esquivel 2, Brough
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5th place
FREEDOM 64, YARBROUGH 60
Freedom 21    7   17   19  — 64
Yarbrough  6   23   15   16  — 60
Freedom — Fargo 41, Wood 17, Boler
4, Cardenas 2
Yarbrough — Wiggin 28, Guiterrez 12,
Knelsson 8, Rodman 6, Lopez 6
3rd place
BEAVER 44, WAYNOKA 40
Beaver      6   13  11  14  —  44
Waynoka  11    4   10  15  —  40
Beaver — McDonald 15, Gonzales 12,
Perry 6, Contryras 5, Pugh 4, Scott 2
Waynoka — Budy 10, Castillo 10,
Blankenship 6, Geroge 6, Redgate 3,
Green 3, Olson 2
Championship
BUFFALO 63,
FARGO-GAGE-FT SUPPLY 41
Buffalo 13   15   21   14  —  63
FGFS     14   10  10     7   —  41
Buffalo — Carter 16, Lizardo 14,
Wilkinson 12, Beales 11,Silver 8, Barton 2
Fargo-Gage-Fort Supply — Vaughn
16, Tune 16, Morris 4, Honeycutt 3, Barrett
1, Barby 1
Cashion County Line Tournament
6th place
PERRY 58, CASHION 47
Perry      14 8 12 24 — 58
Cashion 10  8  13  16 — 47
Perry — Drake 19, Goldsberry 17,
Allen 6, Layne 5, Douglas 4, Williams 3,
Richards 2, Rhodes 2
Cashion —Seth Brown 21, Jacob Woody
14, Roberts 4, Suntken 3, Branson 3
CROSSINGS 80, CRESCENT 45
Crossings 31  16  19  14 — 80
Crescent  13  15  13  4 — 45
Crossings — Ramer 24, Clickenbeard
12, Travis 7, Gudell 6, Little 6, Middendorf
6, Koontz 5, Smith 3, Lovelace 3, Ballen 2,
Johnson 2, Stevens 2, McWilliams 2
Crescent — Babb 15, Heskett 13,
Johnson 5, J. Johnson 4, Haber 3, Lovett
2, Fisher 2, Lacey 1
 
OCS 74, ALVA 49
OCS  17  17  19  21 — 74
Alva  12  9  22  6 — 49
OCS — Gee 20, Rothwell 19, Streller
10, Hodson 8, Rubik 6, Bray 3, Donovan
3, Chapman 3, Jennings 2
Alva — Beiswander 15, Scourbrough
8, Gordon 6, Faulkner 4, Meyer 4, Flint 4,
Madsen 4, Martin 2, Rose 2
DALE 54, RIVERSIDE 43
Dale  16  19  8  11 — 54
Riverside  20  11  8  4 — 43
Dale — Gouge 18, Johnson 11, Forstye
11, Woodruff 10, Roberts 4
Riverside — Edmo 17, Plumley 11,
Howlingcrane 5, Casey 5, Jackson 5
Champion - Dale; Runner-up - Riverside;
3rd place - OCS; Consolation - Crossings
Bi-County Tournament
Championship
SEILING 81, GRANITE 32
NWOSU WOMEN
NWOSU 75, EAST CENTRAL 62
East Central 13 15 21 13 — 62
NWOSU 24 23 14 14 — 75
East Central (6-9, 6-6, GAC) — Lakin
Preisner 16, Kendall Schulte 7, Madison
Rehl 7, Alexa Adair 5, Maci Hanson 2,
Devon Branch 16, Aalyiah Blakley 6,
Madison Nickens 3
NWOSU (9-8, 5-6, GAC) — Selena
McDonald 12, Bailey Forell 10, Jade Jones
9, Kinsey Neiderer 9, Bailey Brown 3,
McKenzie Billy 12, Hanah Peterson 10,
Jakeria Otey 7
 
NWOSU MEN
NWOSU 101, EAST CENTRAL 93
East Central     35   58   —  93
NWOSU      51   50   — 101
East Central (9-6, 7-4 GAC) — Marcus
Lytle 37, Cameron Hines 16, Camron
Talley 11, Gabe McKenzie 10, Da’Rion
King 7, Jeremiah Fleming 6, Jamey Woods
4, Tyler Armstrong 4
NWOSU (12-4, 8-3 GAC) — Cody
Halvorson 31, Greg Minor 20, Treyvon
Andres 11, A. J. Jones 9, Cedric Collinge
8, Brandon Green 18, John Godwin 3,
Saba Gvedashvill 1
OU-OSU MEN
OKLAHOMA ST. 83,
No. 4 OKLAHOMA 81, OT
OKLAHOMA (14-4)
Lattin 2-3 0-0 4, Manek 3-10 0-0 8,
Odomes 3-8 0-0 6, James 3-11 2-2 8,
Young 14-39 12-12 48, Doolittle 1-6 0-1 2,
Freeman 0-1 0-0 0, McNeace 0-0 0-0 0,
Shepherd 0-0 0-0 0, McGusty 2-4 1-2 5.
Totals 28-82 15-17 81.
OKLAHOMA ST. (13-6)
Solomon 1-5 0-0 2, Sima 3-4 0-0 6,
Averette 4-8 0-2 8, Shine 6-14 0-0 16,
Carroll 8-22 5-8 23, McGriff 2-4 0-0 4,
N’Guessan 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 7-16 3-4
20, Dziagwa 0-2 0-0 0, Waters 2-7 0-0 4.
Totals 33-82 8-14 83.
Halftime--Oklahoma St. 42-30. End
Of Regulation--Tied 73. 3-Point Goals-
-Oklahoma 10-35 (Young 8-20, Manek
2-7, Odomes 0-1, Freeman 0-1, James
0-6), Oklahoma St. 9-30 (Shine 4-9, Smith
3-7, Carroll 2-8, Averette 0-1, Dziagwa
0-1, Waters 0-4). Fouled Out--Shine.
Rebounds--Oklahoma 52 (Doolittle, James
11), Oklahoma St. 40 (Carroll 13). Assists-
-Oklahoma 11 (Young 8), Oklahoma St. 19
(Averette 7). Total Fouls--Oklahoma 14,
Oklahoma St. 19. A--20,334 (13,611).
OU-OSU WOMEN
NO. 24 OKLAHOMA ST. 70,
OKLAHOMA 67
OKLAHOMA ST. (14-4)
Coleman 3-9 0-0 6, Jensen 10-20 7-9
29, Goodwin 1-18 3-4 5, Hobbs 3-3 0-0
8, Miller 4-9 2-2 13, Holt 0-1 0-0 0, Jones
0-1 0-0 0, Castro 3-3 0-0 9, Totals 24-64
12-15 70.
OKLAHOMA (9-10)
Pierre-Louis 6-12 2-2 14, Llanusa 5-11
2-2 13, Manning 2-8 0-0 4, Ortiz 4-12 0-0
10, Pellington 11-15 4-6 26, Odimgbe 0-2
0-0 0, Simpson 0-0 0-0 0, Penzo 0-0 0-0 0,
Totals 28-60 8-10 67.
Oklahoma St. 8 18 19 25 — 70
Oklahoma 11 8 25 23 — 67
3-Point Goals--Oklahoma St. 10-18
(Coleman 0-1, Jensen 2-3, Goodwin
0-5, Hobbs 2-2, Miller 3-4, Castro 3-3),
Oklahoma 3-14 (Llanusa 1-2, Manning
0-2, Ortiz 2-10). Assists--Oklahoma St. 12
(Goodwin 6), Oklahoma 8 (Pierre-Louis
3). Fouled Out--Oklahoma Pierre-Louis.
Rebounds--Oklahoma St. 36 (Jensen
13), Oklahoma 39 (Pierre-Louis 20). Total
Fouls--Oklahoma St. 11, Oklahoma 12.
A--4,529.
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Boston 34 12 .739 —
Bethune-Cookman 85, Delaware St.
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Philadelphia 22 20 .524 10
Boston U. 75, Navy 68
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Brooklyn 17 29 .370 17
CCSU 72, LIU Brooklyn 63
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Miami 27 19 .587 —
Duquesne 95, George Mason 89, 2OT Washington 26 20 .565 1
Fairfield 104, Niagara 85
Fairleigh Dickinson 73, Mount St.
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13 32 .289 13½
Mary’s 72 Orlando 13 32 .289 13½
Georgetown 93, St. John’s 89, 2OT Central Division
Harvard 62, Dartmouth 57, OT W L Pct GB
Jacksonville 63, NJIT 61 Cleveland 27 18 .600 —
Lafayette 62, American U. 53 Indiana 24 22 .522 3½
NC A&T 66, Md.-Eastern Shore 64 Milwaukee 23 22 .511 4
Northeastern 76, Delaware 64 Detroit 22 22 .500 4½
Providence 85, Creighton 71 Chicago 18 28 .391 9½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Rider 60, Marist 57
Saint Joseph’s 68, Fordham 46
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Saint Louis 66, UMass 47
Houston 32 12 .727 —
St. Francis (Pa.) 73, Sacred Heart 60
St. Francis Brooklyn 85, Bryant 80
San Antonio
New Orleans
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24 21 .533 8½
Temple 60, Penn 51
Villanova 81, UConn 61
Memphis 16 29 .356 16½
Dallas 15 30 .333 17½
Wagner 62, Robert Morris 49 Northwest Division
West Virginia 86, Texas 51 W L Pct GB
Xavier 73, Seton Hall 64
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Minnesota
Oklahoma City
30 18 .625 —
26 20 .565 3
Alabama 68, Mississippi St. 62
Alcorn St. 68, Alabama A&M 52
Portland
Denver
24 21 .533 4½
23 23 .500 6
Utah 19 27 .413 10
Auburn 79, Georgia 65
Pacific Division
Belmont 83, Austin Peay 59
Clemson 67, Notre Dame 58
Golden State
W L Pct GB
37 10 .787 —
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L.A. Clippers 23 22 .511 13
Coll. of Charleston 76, Hofstra 70
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Florida 66, Kentucky 64
Florida Gulf Coast 66, Kennesaw St.
L.A. Lakers 99, Indiana 86
New York 117, Utah 115
49 Saturday’s Games
Florida St. 91, Virginia Tech 82 Oklahoma City 148, Cleveland 124
Furman 78, Samford 67 Chicago 113, Atlanta 97
Georgia St. 83, Georgia Southern 66 Miami 106, Charlotte 105
Grambling St. 72, Jackson St. 45 New Orleans 111, Memphis 104
Philadelphia 116, Milwaukee 94
Howard 84, NC Central 78, OT
Jacksonville St. 68, E. Kentucky 60 Houston 116, Golden State 108
James Madison 75, Drexel 73 Minnesota 115, Toronto 109
Utah 125, L.A. Clippers 113
Lipscomb 85, Stetson 82
Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m.
Louisiana Tech 69, Rice 54
Today’s Games
Marshall 86, UAB 78, OT
Middle Tennessee 66, W. Kentucky 62
Orlando at Boston, noon
New York at L.A. Lakers, 2:30 p.m.
Morehead St. 74, Tennessee Tech 55 Brooklyn at Detroit, 3 p.m.
New Orleans 74, Incarnate Word 70
Indiana at San Antonio, 6 p.m.
Norfolk St. 78, SC State 54
North Carolina 80, Georgia Tech 66 THUNDER 148, CAVALIERS 124
North Florida 100, SC-Upstate 80 OKLAHOMA CITY (148)
Old Dominion 73, FAU 62 George 12-19 7-8 36, Anthony 11-19
Richmond 81, La Salle 74 4-4 31, Adams 12-13 1-5 25, Westbrook
SE Louisiana 85, Northwestern St. 58 9-17 4-5 23, Roberson 4-7 0-4 8, Grant
1-5 2-2 4, Huestis 0-2 0-0 0, Patterson 2-5
Savannah St. 103, Hampton 101
0-0 6, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Felton 3-8 0-0
South Alabama 83, Appalachian St. 77
8, Abrines 0-0 0-0 0, Ferguson 4-5 0-0 9.
Southern Miss. 85, North Texas 78 Totals 58-100 18-28 148.
Southern U. 63, Alabama St. 61 CLEVELAND (124)
Tennessee 70, South Carolina 63 James 8-17 2-4 18, Crowder 7-12 1-1
UCF 71, South Florida 69 17, Love 0-2 0-0 0, Thomas 8-14 4-5 24,
UNC-Greensboro 70, Mercer 66, OT Smith 3-11 0-0 8, Osman 1-1 0-0 2, Green
UNC-Wilmington 73, Towson 71, OT 4-8 4-5 12, Frye 2-3 0-0 5, Thompson 2-3
VCU 87, George Washington 63 5-6 9, Calderon 1-1 0-0 2, Rose 5-9 2-2 12,
Wade 4-5 3-3 11, Korver 1-3 1-1 4. Totals
VMI 88, The Citadel 81
Vanderbilt 77, LSU 71 46-89 22-27 124.
William & Mary 80, Elon 73 Oklahoma City 43 33 38 34—148
Wofford 71, Chattanooga 67
MIDWEST
Cleveland 24 36 34 30—124
Akron 82, N. Illinois 67 3-Point Goals--Oklahoma City 14-30
Bradley 66, Evansville 53
Butler 79, DePaul 67
(George 5-11, Anthony 3-6, Patterson
2-3, Felton 2-4, Westbrook 1-1, Ferguson
CS Bakersfield 89, Chicago St. 78 1-2, Grant 0-1, Huestis 0-1, Adams 0-1),
Cleveland 10-37 (Thomas 4-8, Crowder
Cent. Michigan 84, Bowling Green 75
Cincinnati 86, East Carolina 60
2-5, Smith 2-9, Frye 1-2, Korver 1-3,
Drake 61, Missouri St. 58
Wade 0-1, Rose 0-1, Love 0-2, Green
0-2, James 0-4). Fouled Out--None.
Fort Wayne 92, N. Dakota St. 88 Rebounds--Oklahoma City 52 (Anthony,
Grand Canyon 86, UMKC 69
Adams 10), Cleveland 28 (Thompson 7).
Ill.-Chicago 87, Cleveland St. 80 Assists--Oklahoma City 37 (Westbrook
Indiana St. 84, Illinois St. 54 20), Cleveland 32 (James 7). Total
Iowa St. 70, Texas Tech 52 Fouls--Oklahoma City 23, Cleveland 18.
Kansas 70, Baylor 67 Technicals--Oklahoma City coach Billy
Kansas St. 73, TCU 68 Donovan, Patterson. A--20,562 (20,562).
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Milwaukee 66, Wright St. 61
N. Kentucky 77, Green Bay 65 NFL PLAYOFFS
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Oakland 92, Detroit 86
Ohio 72, E. Michigan 66 Conference Championships
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S. Dakota St. 98, W. Illinois 70
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Arkansas St. 70, UALR 62
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Texas-Arlington 71, Louisiana-Monroe
Winnipeg 2, Calgary 1, SO
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Colorado 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
UTSA 65, UTEP 61 Boston 4, Montreal 1
Carolina 3, Detroit 1
FAR WEST
Arizona 73, Stanford 71
CS Northridge 72, Cal Poly 54
Toronto 4, Ottawa 3
Nashville 4, Florida 3
Arizona 5, St. Louis 2
Gonzaga 75, Santa Clara 60 San Jose 2, Pittsburgh 1
Idaho 84, N. Arizona 80
N.Y. Islanders 7, Chicago 3
Idaho St. 71, Sacramento St. 65 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Montana 67, Montana St. 52 Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
New Mexico 79, San Diego St. 75 Today’s Games
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S. Utah 66, E. Washington 62, OT Vegas at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Southern Cal 74, Oregon St. 67 Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
UNLV 79, Colorado St. 74 San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Washington 72, Colorado 62 N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
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SPORTS

Waukomis’ Slater Eck and Garber’s Paige Frickenschmidt battle for the ball during the 94th annual Skeltur
Conference Basketball Tournament championship game Saturday at the Central National Bank Center.
(Bonnie Vculek / Enid News & Eagle)

SKELTUR
Continued from Page B1

Waukomis ends 51-year

Skelter title drought 
Waukomis found itself
down by nine points in
the championship game
Timberlakes’s Cooper Redding grabs a rebound against Ringwood’s Jeremiah Decker and Carlos Auilar
during the championship game of the Cherokee Strip Basketball Tournament Saturday at the Chisholm Trail
of the Skeltur tournament,
Expo Center. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle) but the Lady Chiefs (14-5)
rallied in the second quar-
ter to overtake the lead and
CHEROKEE STRIP eventually the game with a
54-43 victory over Garber.
Continued from Page B1 The tournament
championship was only
the fourth quarter that led to two straight smaller Tigers played a savvy game against Waukomis’ fourth Skeltur
Alyssa Smalley field goals and a 57-49 a taller Ringwood club. Timberlake used Conference Tournament
lead. its quickness to harass Ringwood most of title and its first since
“They were giving us the back side of the night. The Red Devils committed 15 1967.
the zone and we finally bumped some in. turnovers in the contest. Chiefs head coach Matt
I thought that was the turning back of the “I couldn’t ask them to play any better,” Cue said his team was able
game,” Lewallen said. said Timberlake head coach Kale Pierce. to accomplish the come-
Burlington battled back to within 62-58 “They played with effort and played with back—and finish the game
on Stephanie Croft’s field goal with a cou- confidence.” on top—due to the team’s
ple of minutes left, but couldn’t get any Timberlake reached the finals last year, tenacity throughout the
closer. but lost to Lomega. Pierce said the tourna- game.
Tournament MVP McKenzi Lamer ment title was important. “I am just so proud
scored 23 to lead the Lady Raiders. Croft “That’s one of our goals,” he said. “I of these girls,” Cue said.
finished with a game-high 29 to pace don’t think we have ever won it on the boys “I’m just so excited, they
Burlington. side, but I knew we were capable. This is a fought hard.”
Lomega improved to 19-1 on the season tough tournament.” The game’s intensity
and won its fifth straight game. Tournament MVP Xaylen Stearns was evident from the start,
Burlington fell to 17-3. scored a game-high 19 points. “He played with both teams displaying
“We didn’t play our best,” Lewallen great. He is capable of playing like that tough defensive sets. But
said. “We missed a lot of easy bumps. I every time. He’s a great player,” Pierce Garber found a way around
didn’t think we attacked them well, offen- said. the Lady Chiefs’ defense
sively. The first half McKenzi shot the Preston Pierce netted 17, and Cooper through range shots and Garber’s T.J. Bennett takes the ball to the hoop in front of Pond
ball pretty well and after that we didn’t Redding 16 to lead a balanced Tiger attack.
shoot the ball very good. I thought Mady Camden Patterson added 14 and Jeremiah drives to the net. The Lady Creek-Hunter’s Cole Jones during the 94th annual Skeltur Conference

Meier played pretty good and Courtney Decker netted 10 points for Ringwood. Wolverines (11-6) pulled
Fox stepped it up in the second half.” Timberlake improved to 17-1 this sea- out to a 7-point lead mid-
son after picking up its fifth win in a row. way through the first quar-
The Red Devils are now 11-7. ter before Waukomis had a
Timberlake routs Ringwood  “I’m proud of them. They beat a pretty chance to respond.
Timberlake’s boys used a 30-point third good Ringwood team this week,” Pierce Cue said the team’s
quarter to put the late game away. The said. goal was not to drive
the paint in the opening
quarter; instead the Lady
Chiefs relied on field
“We didn’t play our best. We missed a lot shooting. But the Garber
defense made things dif-
of easy bumps. I didn’t think we attacked ficult, driving Waukomis
back towards the 3-point
them well, offensively ...” line.  shots, giving Waukomis
The momentum shifted
in the second quarter for
~ Lomega coach Kevin Lewallen the Lady Chiefs.  15 points.
Waukomis went on a
Basketball Tournament championship game Saturday at the Central
National Bank Center. (Bonnie Vculek / Enid News & Eagle)
9-2 run through the first his team’s focus was to get
few minutes thanks to into the paint in the sec-
offensive drives from ond half and force Garber
freshman Brynlee Cue and to move out of the zone
junior Makayla Conrady. defense.
With 4:50 left in the quar- Garber cut the lead to
ter, Waukomis tied the one point midway through
game off a Cue layup. the third quarter, but
Then, Conrady, who had a Conrady and junior Slater
team-high 15 points, drew Eck expanded the lead to
another foul and sank two four before the third quar-
ter’s end. Waukomis ended
the halftime lead at 22-19. the fourth quarter outscor-
Conrady led the team with ing Garber 22-15 to keep
its distance and close out
Cue said at halftime, the game on top. 

Jeffries leads Tulsa to 64-51 win over Memphis

TULSA (AP) — DaQuan Jeffries
finished with career highs of 24 points
and 11 rebounds to notch his first dou-
ble-double and propel Tulsa to a 64-51
victory over Memphis on Saturday
night.
Jeffries connected on 8 of 15 shots,
including 3 of 4 from long range, for the “I am just so proud of these girls.
Golden Hurricane (11-9, 4-4 American
Conference). Jaleel Wheeler added 13 I’m just so excited, they fought hard.”
points, five rebounds and three steals
for Tulsa, while Corey Henderson Jr. ~ Waukomis coach Matt Cue
and Martins Igbanu scored 12 and 11,
respectively.

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Larry Nassar is escorted into the courtroom Thursday in Lansing, Mich., during the fourth day of sentenc-
ing for the former sports doctor who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault. (Dale G. Young /
Detroit News via AP)
RUTHENBERG
Continued from Page B1
“searing pain” during the assaults and hav-
ing feelings of shame and embarrassment.
They said it had changed their life trajec-
tories affecting relationships, causing them
to be distrustful and leading to depression,
suicidal thoughts, and anger and anxiety
about whether they should have spoken up
sooner.”
Donna Markham said her daughter
Chelsey killed herself in 2009 at age 23
several years after Nassar sexually assault-
ed her during an examination. “It all start-
ed with him,” Markham said, as she related
her story about Chelsey’s fatal descent into
drug addiction.
Nassar’s abuse was constant and
wide-ranging. It included up-and-comers
to Olympic medal winners — McKayla
Maroney, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas
and Simone Biles — he spared nobody.
Nassar stooped to drugging Maroney.  thousands of hours of pleasure you had at
According to her statement, at 15 she was
given a sleeping pill on a flight to Tokyo.
“The next thing I know I was all alone
with him in his hotel room getting a ‘treat-
ment.’ I thought I was going to die that
night.” Maroney, now 21, said the abuse
began at age 13 and continued until she
left the sport. “It seemed whenever and
wherever this man could find the chance,
I was ‘treated.’ It happened in London
before my team and I won the gold medal,
and it happened before I won my silver,”
she said.
University of Oklahoma gymnast
Maggie Nichols’ mom spoke at the hear-
ing as well. Earlier this month Nichols
revealed she too was a victim of Nassar.  lied and Michigan State looks incredibly
“A real doctor ... helps heal,” Gina Nichols
said at the hearing, addressing Nassar. “He
doesn’t hurt. You actually are not a real
doctor. You’re not a doctor at all. You’re a
serial child molester — a pedophile.”
The most powerful statement may have
been delivered by Kyle Stephens as she
addressed Nassar.
“I testified to let the world know that
you are a repulsive liar and those ‘treat-
ments’ were pathetically veiled sexual
abuse,” she said. “Perhaps you have fig-
ured it out by now, but little girls don’t
OSU women edge Sooners
NORMAN (AP) — Kaylee Jensen scored
29 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for
her 37th career double-double and No. 24
Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma 70-67 on
Saturday to claim a Bedlam sweep.
Oklahoma missed a 3-pointer with eight
seconds left and Jensen grabbed the rebound
but she was called for traveling. The Sooners
turned it over on an inbound pass and fresh-
man Braxtin Miller made two free throws
with one second left for a three-point lead.
Miller finished with 13 points for
Oklahoma State (14-4, 5-2 Big 12). Maria
Cyclones churn past No. 8 Texas Tech
AMES, Iowa (AP) — After a lofty
start this season, No. 8 Texas Tech
was humbled this week.
The Big 12 has a way of doing that
— even ones as experienced and tal-
ented as the Red Raiders.
Freshman Cameron Lard scored
18 points and Iowa State cruised past
Texas Tech 70-52 on Saturday, its
first win over a ranked opponent this
season and its biggest win over a Top-
10 team in terms of margin of victory.
Nick Weiler-Babb, Lindell
Wigginton and Donovan Jackson each
added 13 points for the Cyclones
(11-7, 2-5 Big 12), who handed the
Red Raiders (15-4, 4-3) their second
straight loss to an unranked opponent
on the road.
NO. 6 WEST VIRGINIA 86,
TEXAS 51
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) —
Jevon Carter scored 22 points and led
a big second-half run that propelled
No. 6 West Virginia to an 86-51 vic-
tory over Texas on Saturday.
James “Beetle” Bolden added 19
stay little forever. They grow into strong
women that return to destroy your world.”
Nassar, who was finally fired at MSU
and USA Gymnastics, but only years after
the allegations first arose, audaciously
tried to play the role of the victim when
he asked the judge to be excused from the
proceedings saying facing his victims was
too tough “mentally.”
Presiding judge Rosemarie E. Aquillina
was having none of it.
“You may find it harsh that you are here
listening, but nothing is as harsh as what
your victims endured for thousands of
hours at your hands collectively,” Aquilina
said, Wetzel reported. “You spent thou-
sands of hours perpetrating criminal sexual
conduct on minors.
“Spending five or six days listening to
them is significantly minor considering the
their hands, ruining their lives.”
It’s clear every step of the way adults
horrifically failed to protect these children
who have been damaged, some beyond
repair. There will be plenty of recrim-
inations and Michigan State and USA
Gymnastics will be held to account.
You may ask where were the parents
and that’s a fair question. The parents,
and the victims, were assured Nassar and
everybody involved would look after their
kids and put their trust in the system,
maybe some blinded a bit by an ambition
for gold.
Nassar will be put away for the rest of
his life. USA Gymnastics has been sul-
incompetent. But that pales compared to
the lost innocence and the damaged lives.  Jeffrey Carroll had 23 points and 13
But through their tearful, harrowing
testimony, many of the victims of Nassar’s
abuse have emerged as the winners in
an ordeal they should never have had to
endure if only adults had not failed in their
most basic duty: protecting innocent chil-
dren.
Ruthenberg is sports editor of the News & Eagle. Contact him
at daver@enidnews.com.  first win over a Top 10 team for first- of boost they needed to strengthen their
Castro made all three of her 3-pointers for
nine points as the Cowgirls were 10 of 18
from distance. Jensen, averaging 22.2 points
and 12.2 rebounds in conference play, was
10 of 20 from the field and 7 of 9 at the line.
Freshman Shaina Pellington had a sea-
son-high 26 points with six rebounds and
three assists for Oklahoma (9-10, 4-4). It was
her fifth 20-plus game of the season for the
most points by an OU freshman since Aaryn
Ellenberg in 2011. Vionise Pierre-Louis
added 14 points, 20 boards and three assists
for her sixth double-double of the season.
points, Daxter Miles Jr. scored 15
and Sagaba Konate had 10 points,
14 rebounds and six blocks for West
Virginia (16-3, 5-2 Big 12), which
had lost its previous two games.
This time, West Virginia held onto
a double-digit lead in the second half
after surrendering such leads in loss-
es to No. 8 Texas Tech and No. 10
Kansas.
KANSAS ST. 73,
NO. 24 TCU 68
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — On
throwback day at Kansas State, the
Wildcats threw down another ranked
opponent.
Wearing the lavender jerseys and
deep purple shorts that were popular
when coach Jack Hartman took the
team to the Elite Eight in 1981, these
Wildcats got off to a fast start and
beat No. 24 TCU 73-68 Saturday.
The scoreboard was retro-fitted
to reflect those days and the cheer-
leaders wore outfits to match. The
Wildcats did their part, too, with
Dean Wade scoring 20 points.
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SPORTS
Oklahoma guard Trae Young (11) is fouled by Oklahoma State guard Lindy Waters III (21) in the second
half Saturday in Stillwater. (AP Photo)
OSU in OT
Norman on Jan. 3.
Cowboys beat Sooners The Cowboys played a nearly flaw-
less first 10 minutes and bolted out to
as Young’s shot misses a 25-6 lead. The Sooners slowed the
surge with an 8-0 run, but Oklahoma
State held strong. Smith’s 3-pointer as
By Cliff Brunt time expired in the first half gave the
AP Sports Writer Cowboys a 42-30 lead. The Cowboys
held Oklahoma to 30 percent shooting
STILLWATER — Trae Young had a before the break. Young scored 14 points
sinking feeling when his final shot left in the first half, but he made just 4 of 15
his hand. shots.
The freshman point guard scored “Got to start out the game better,”
48 points, but he missed a deep 3 Young said. “That’s the one thing. I’m
at the buzzer in overtime as No. 4 going to get back and watch film. Just
Oklahoma fell to Oklahoma State 83-81 being ready to go from the beginning.
on Saturday. That starts with me. I didn’t bring the
“I knew it wasn’t going to go in,” he energy from the beginning. So just do
said. “No, I didn’t feel comfortable.” that and we will get better.”
Young, who leads the nation in scor- Oklahoma scored the first seven
ing, had 34 points after halftime. He points of the second half to force an
matched the fifth-highest scoring effort Oklahoma State timeout. A dunk by
in Sooners’ history after also missing a Brady Manek on an assist from Young
3-point try at the end of regulation. cut Oklahoma State’s lead to 44-41. The
Young shot 14 for 39, including 8 for Sooners tied the game at 53 on a long
20 on 3-pointers, and made all 12 of his pass from Young that led to a layup by
free throws. ESPN Stats & Info said the Kameron McGusty, and a 3-pointer by
39 shots and 20 3-point attempts were Young gave the Sooners the lead for the
both Big 12 records. first time.
None of Young’s teammates scored Smith’s 3-pointer at the end of reg-
more than eight points. ulation gave the Cowboys a
“We’ve got to work harder Oklahoma’s chance to regroup.
on getting more motion away Trae Young “He is, in a lot of ways, the
from the ball and get the ball scored 34 of his epitome of what our team is,”
moving a little bit,” Oklahoma 48 points in the Boynton said. “We’ve had a lot
coach Lon Kruger said. “Again, second half. of tough moments, for what-
obviously what Trae is doing ever reason at different times,
with the ball is pretty special, and those kids don’t quit. They
but we need to get a little bit of move- don’t give up, they don’t feel sorry for
ment, too.” themselves.”
BIG PICTURE
rebounds and Kendall Smith added 20 Oklahoma: The Sooners had a back-
points for Oklahoma State (13-6, 3-4 breaking week. Two losses to unranked
Big 12). Smith’s 3 with 8 seconds left in teams, even on the road, won’t look good
regulation tied it at 73. for the Sooners on Selection Sunday
“It’s a game of runs,” Smith said. when it comes time to consider the high-
“They were playing well, but we fought est seeded teams.
and did what we were capable of. We’re Oklahoma State: The Cowboys have
fighters, and that’s what it came down had several close calls against good
to.” opponents this season and finally got
The Cowboys went on to post their their breakthrough. It’s exactly the kind
year coach Mike Boynton. NCAA Tournament resume.
“Really happy for my kids as they QUOTABLE
continue to show what they’re about and Young, on stepping up in the second
who they are as people,” Boynton said. half: “I could have done that the whole
“Guys that keep fighting for each other, game. I wasn’t attacking as much. I was
keep fighting for the culture that we’re thinking too much in the first half. I didn’t
trying to build, keep fighting to try to play my game in the first half. That came
help people understand that we’ve got back and bit me. I just didn’t play my
a pretty good basketball team. We can game in the first half but I did in the sec-
compete with anybody in the country.” ond.”
Oklahoma State led by two points late REMEMBER THE 10
in overtime when Carroll missed a free Oklahoma State held a pregame moment
throw that gave the Sooners a chance of silence to honor the 10 people affiliated
with 7.4 seconds remaining. Young with the school’s athletic program who
struggled to get the ball up the court and died in a plane crash on Jan. 27, 2001.
was forced into a poor shot. UP NEXT
Oklahoma (14-4, 4-3) was coming Oklahoma hosts Kansas on Tuesday.
off a loss to Kansas State. The Sooners Oklahoma State visits Texas Tech on
had beaten Oklahoma State 109-89 in Tuesday.
Sophomore Makol Mawien added
a career-high 18 points on 8 of 11
shooting. He had totaled just 13
points in Big 12 play this season for
the Wildcats (14-5, 4-3).
NO. 10 KANSAS 70,
BAYLOR 67
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Malik
Newman scored seven of his game-
high 24 points in the closing min-
utes, Baylor turned the ball over on
the final inbounds play and Kansas
rallied to beat the Bears 70-67 on
Saturday night.
The Jayhawks (16-3, 6-1 Big 12)
trailed 67-61 with 2:05 to go before
Newman went on his scoring binge,
giving them the slimmest of leads
again. The Bears (12-7, 2-5) had
a couple of chances after that, but
Manu Lecomte missed a 3-pointer
and his layup attempt high off the
glass with three seconds left was no
good.
Devonte Graham added a pair of Iowa State’s Cameron Lard (2) grabs a rebound over Texas Tech’s
free throws before Baylor squandered Norense Odiase (32) during the second half Saturday in Ames,
a chance at the final shot. Iowa. (AP Photo)
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Jaguars don’t fear Patriots’
history in AFC title matchup
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The
week started with a little trash talk from the
underdog. The rest of it was dominated by
speculation about a certain 40-year-old quar-
terback’s injured throwing hand.
Plenty of intrigue for when the Jaguars and
Patriots meet in today’s AFC championship
game?
New England (14-3), the defending Super
Bowl champion, is favored heading into its
seventh straight conference title game. But
the polished veneer it normally displays at
this time of year is showing flecks of imper-
fection after Tom Brady injured his right hand
during practice.
The injury kept Brady limited in workouts
to begin the week and caused him to sit out
practice entirely on Thursday.
Brady has never missed a playoff start
during his 18-year career that includes four
Super Bowl MPV honors. He said a bit con-
tentiously only “We’ll see” on Friday when
asked if he would play today.
He wore red gloves and responded to other
questions about the hand’s status by saying
“I’m not talking about that.”
The Patriots’ top-ranked offense will need
another signature performance from Brady
against the Jaguars’ second-ranked defense.
Jacksonville (12-6), trying to earn a trip to
its first Super Bowl, has scored eight defen-
sive touchdowns this season, three more than
any other team. That’s the most defensive
touchdowns in a season by one team since
the 2012 Bears.
Brady has faced a top-2 scoring defense
in the playoffs three times, going 3-0 with a
passer rating of 100-plus in each game.
Jaguars defensive end Calais Campbell
said their respect for Brady is high. Then
he dismissed the notion that anyone in
Jacksonville felt like the Jags were simply
playing with “house money” after surprising
Pittsburgh in the divisional round.
“We have earned the right to be here,” he
said. “We have put a lot of time and effort
in, so this is an opportunity we feel like we
deserve and we have prepared for. I can hon-
estly say I expected to be here.”
Jacksonville also will be up against his-
tory: The Patriots have won the past seven
meetings with the Jaguars and two straight in
the postseason. Since Jacksonville entered the
NFL in 1995, it is 1-10 against the Patriots,
including playoff games.
“We are going to go out and there do
everything possible to stay alive and earn the
right to be in the Super Bowl,” Campbell said.
“They say you have to beat the best to be the
best, so I can’t wait to get out there and try.”
Quarterback Blake Bortles, who has been
the subject of criticism at times during his
career, said today isn’t about trying to prove
anyone wrong.
Defense wins championships
... or at least the NFC title
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One team has a
suffocating defense. The other has the NFL’s
No. 1 unit.
Defense should win at least the NFC cham-
pionship.
Two of the league’s elite defenses go at it
today when the Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
host the Minnesota Vikings (14-3) in the con-
ference title game.
“They have a great defense, we have a great
defense,” Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham
said. “Whoever is most complete will win.”
The Vikings allowed the fewest yards
(275.9) and fewest points (15.8) per game. The
Eagles were fourth in yards allowed (306.5)
and fourth in points (18.4).
May the best defense reach the Super Bowl.
“Typically, when you’re good defensively,
you’re going to stay in the ballgames,” Vikings
coach Mike Zimmer said. “Then you have a
chance to win them at the end.”
Minnesota has three Pro Bowl players on
defense: end Everson Griffen, outside line-
backer Anthony Barr and cornerback Xavier
Rhodes. Safety Harrison Smith and Rhodes
are All-Pros.
“It’s just a smothering defense,” Eagles
coach Doug Pederson said. “(Griffen) is a
game wrecker. They just mix it in. You don’t
know necessarily what’s coming. Rhodes
is a tremendous corner, safeties are playing
extremely well.”
Defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and safety
Malcolm Jenkins are Philadelphia’s Pro Bowl
picks. Defensive end Brandon Graham had
an excellent season and cornerbacks Ronald
Darby and Jalen Mills are solid.
Hearing about Minnesota’s defense all
week is extra motivation for Philadelphia,
which is a home underdog for the second
straight game.
“When you’ve got the No. 1 defense com-
ing in statistically, obviously, it fires us up,”
Cox said. “We know going into this game that
whoever’s defense plays better is going to win
the game. The way we’re prepared, we won’t
change nothing that we do. We’ll just go out
and be ourselves.”
Here are things to watch for in the NFC
championship game:
BATTLE OF THE BACKUPS: Case
Keenum and Nick Foles were teammates in St.
Louis in 2015 and began this season as back-
ups. Keenum had a breakout season for the
Vikings after Sam Bradford was injured. Foles
is 3-1 since MVP candidate Carson Wentz
tore his ACL. Expect defenses to focus on the
running backs and challenge the quarterbacks.
“We’ve got to make Nick Foles win the
game,” Griffen said. “We’ve got to make him
win the game but we’ve got to stop the running
game, affect him and give the ball back to our
offense as much as possible so that they can
SPORTS
“I don’t think so. Personally, I do not
care,” he said.
Here are some things to watch for:
FOURNETTE’S HEALTH: Jaguars
rookie RB Leonard Fournette said he is feel-
ing “good” after he was rear-ended in what
authorities say was a minor three-car crash
early in the week.
Fournette ran for 109 yards and three
touchdowns against the Steelers despite rein-
juring his right ankle in the first half. It was
his most productive game in three months.
“I feel good in spite of the ankle and stuff,”
Fournette said. “Just taking care of my body,
but overall I feel good.”
BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL?
All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey caused a
stir when he told thousands of fans await-
ing the team’s return after their win over the
Steelers that the Jaguars “are going to the
Super Bowl and we are going to win that
(expletive).”
Asked about Ramsey’s comment, Patriots
special teams captain Matt Slater said Ramsey
has reason to show confidence.
“He should be confident, because he is
very, very good,” Slater said. “The good Lord
made that guy, and he said, ‘Let there be cor-
ner.’ And there he is. I’d be confident if I were
him as well.”
CONTAINING GRONK: Coach Doug
Marrone has seen plenty of Rob Gronkowski
dating back to his stint as Buffalo’s head
coach. His approach to trying to slow down a
tight end he calls a “nightmare” of a matchup
hasn’t changed much.
“Hope they do not throw him the football.
Hope he drops it,” Marrone said. “There is
no secret formula. I’d like to watch a game
where someone has been able to do it. He is
going to make his plays and you hope those
plays don’t end up killing you.”
In his past six postseason games, Gronk
has 512 yards receiving and seven touch-
downs. He is looking for his seventh playoff
game in a row with a TD catch.
SIZING THEM UP: Brandin Cooks is
used to being underestimated because of his
size. So the 5-foot-10 Patriots receiver isn’t
worried about matching up against the taller
players in Jacksonville’s secondary.
Both Jaguars starting cornerbacks, Ramsey
and A.J. Bouye, are listed at 6-foot-1 and 6-0
respectively.
“I mean, you go and play,” Cooks said.
“We’re not talking measurements at this point
in the season, you know?”
Cooks said Bouye he’s gotten better since
he faced him during joint practices this sum-
mer.
“At the end of the day, they’re physical.
And that’s how they play,” Cooks said. “And
they use that to their strength. So we gotta be
ready to be able to match that physicality.”
score points.”
OWNING MINNESOTA: Eagles receiv-
er Alshon Jeffery has more catches (45), yards
(685), and touchdowns (7) against the Vikings
than he has against any other team. But Jeffery,
who spent his first five seasons with the Bears,
did most of his damage against other cor-
nerbacks while also being the featured guy
in Chicago’s offense. The Eagles spread the
ball around, so Jeffery had only 789 yards
receiving, but his nine TDs were the sec-
ond most in his career. Jeffery, by the way,
turned down more money in free agency from
Minnesota to join the Eagles on a one-year
deal. Philadelphia gave him a four-year, $52
million extension during the season.
BROTHERLY LOVE: The Kendricks
family from Northern California is guaranteed
to have a son playing linebacker in the Super
Bowl. Eric Kendricks is in his third season
with the Vikings, and Mychal is in his sixth
year with the Eagles.
Eric had his best season with 136 tackles
to lead the team for the third straight time,
nine passes defended and one interception
return for a touchdown. Mychal was fifth on
the Eagles with 72 tackles in 2017, adding
two sacks.
Both were second-round draft picks, Eric
out of UCLA with the 45th overall selection
in 2015 and Mychal from Cal with the 46th
overall pick in 2012. Their father, Marvin, was
UCLA’s leading rusher in 1970 and 1971 and
went on to play in the CFL.
With both teams at the top of the NFC and
both defenses at the top of the league all sea-
son, the two siblings have traded their share of
friendly trash talk along the way. Family mem-
bers have been known to wear split jerseys to
support both players.
“I always make jokes: I feel like my broth-
er gets a little bit of the advantage as far as
who the family roots for, because he’s the first
born,” Eric said. “It’s all love, though.”
FIND THEIR FOOTING: The Eagles
laid fresh sod between the hash marks this
week to help improve the conditions at Lincoln
Financial Field. The weather should help, with
a dry forecast and expected temperatures in
the 40s, but the Vikings have been preparing
for the worst.
Zimmer had a video put together of Falcons
players sliding and slipping on the field last
weekend. Players have been encouraged to try
seven-stud cleats in pregame.
NOT YET: The Vikings are 0-3 against
the Eagles in the postseason. Philadelphia
won a wild-card game in Minnesota after the
2008 season and home games in the divisional
rounds on the way to Super Bowl appear-
ances following the 1980 and 2004 seasons.
Minnesota has not been to the Super Bowl
since 1977 and is 0-4 in them.
Pouring it on
Russ, OKC Thunder
blitz Cavs, 148-124
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James
came up just short of 30,000 points.
Oklahoma City nearly got there, too.
Unable to stop Paul George, Russell
Westbrook or Carmelo Anthony, the
Cavaliers were embarrassed 148-124 on
Saturday by the Thunder, who not only
rolled to their fourth straight win but kept
James shy of a historic milestone.
George scored 36 points, Westbrook
had 23 and 20 assists and Anthony
dropped a season-high 29 points as the
Thunder tied the record for the most
points given up by a Cleveland team in a
regulation game. Philadelphia scored 148
on the Cavs back in 1972.
“I’ve never in my basketball life gave
up 148 points, not even probably play-
ing video games,” James said. “They got
everything that they wanted. Inside, out-
side, they had it moving.”
A roller-coaster season in Cleveland
is on a steady, accelerating descent. The
Cavaliers have lost 10 of 14, and in the
past 12 days, the three-time defending
Eastern Conference champions have been
blown out by 28, 34 and 24 points.
It’s gotten so bad, so quickly that coach
Tyronn Lue’s job could be at stake.
“I would hope not, but I really don’t
know,” James said when asked if Lue
could be fired. “I don’t know what’s going
to happen with our team. I have no idea
what conversations have been going on.
Me personally, I’ve been trying to stay as
laser-sharp as I can to keep my guys ready
to go out and play.
“Obviously, it hasn’t resulted in wins,
but I got to stay as fresh mentally as much
I can with the struggles. I can’t worry
about job securities and trades and things
of that nature. I just stay as focused as I
can every night to go out and compete and
try to help us win ballgames.”
James finished with 18 points and
remains seven shy of becoming the sev-
enth player in NBA history to reach the
30,000-point plateau. His next chance is
Tuesday when the Cavs visit San Antonio.
James entered the fourth quarter with-
in reach of 30,000. But after he missed
two shots, James was replaced with 6:37
remaining and the Cavs trailing 128-101.
The 33-year-old hoped to make history in
front of his home fans and family, but it
wasn’t to be.
James will eventually get to 30,000
and join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387
points), Karl Malone (36,928), Kobe
Bryant (33,643), Michael Jordan (32,292),
ASTROGRAPH
by Bernice Bede Osol
You’ll have plenty to consider when han-
dling your personal interests. Let your imag-
ination help you come up with a cost-effi-
cient, effective plan. Personal improvements
can be successful if you are budget con-
scious. Handle partnerships cautiously.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —
Indulgent tendencies should be avoided.
Taking care of your health through diet and
exercise will help you gain the strength
you’ll require to put your plans in motion
and excel.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
Concentrate on personal and financial
improvements. Lay out a practical plan that
will help you investigate the best way to
move forward. Combine what you enjoy
doing with your professional pursuit.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Work on
self-improvement as well as helping others.
Your life will be enriched through interac-
tions you have with people as innovative and
enthusiastic as you. Romance is encouraged.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — What
you offer others will bring interesting
returns. Do your part to help make a differ-
PREMIER PUZZLE ANSWER
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook (0)
grabs a rebound ahead of Cleveland Cavaliers’
Jae Crowder (99) in the first half Saturday in
Cleveland. (AP Photo)
Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk
Nowitzki (30,808) on the select list.
The Thunder didn’t want to be props in
a ceremony for James.
“I was hopeful it took two games for
him to get that,” George said. “I’ve been
part of a lot of those baskets he’s had.
That’s an achievement or a milestone I
didn’t want to be a part of.”
Oklahoma City center Steven Adams
scored 25 points on 12-of-13 shooting,
and the Thunder’s starters combined for
121 points as the Cavs were unable to do
anything defensively.
That’s been a major problem all season
with the league’s oldest team.
“We gotta go back to the drawing board
on that end,” said Isaiah Thomas, who
finished with a season-high 24 points but
was exposed on the defensive end. “As
players, we gotta take pride in defense. We
gotta take pride in getting stops as a group
collectively.”
The Thunder had their way with
Cleveland in the first half. They scored
76 — the most given up in any half by the
Cavs this season — and took the air out of
the Quicken Loans Arena crowd. Before
the second half began, the arena’s in-game
emcee told the fans, “The first half is over.
Forget about it.”
That was impossible as the Thunder
extended their lead to 24 when Anthony
drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key,
sapping whatever energy Clevelanders
had left.
The Cavs made one last push with
James making a layup to cut the lead to
12. But Oklahoma City didn’t let up and
eventually pushed the lead to 31.
The Thunder host Brooklyn on Tuesday.
ence to your family or community. Take
steps to ward off bad health and indulgent
behavior.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’ll
have big ideas and plans, but before you
decide to move forward, check the costs
involved. You may want to scale down
before making promises you won’t be able
to keep.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Hone
your skills and prepare a presentation that
spotlights your intelligence and desire to
take on new projects. Children, friends and
relatives will play an important role in the
decisions you make.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Initiate dis-
cussions if it will help clear the air between
you and a loved one. Host a family gathering
or reconnect with people you haven’t seen
for some time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Getting
together with people from your past will be
revealing and will spark your interest in
something you haven’t done for a long time.
Expand and explore your interests and
friendships.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Take action
and put your energy to good use. Look for
the most efficient way to improve your life
and secure your assets. Don’t leave anything
to chance.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Home
improvements will bring you peace of mind.
You cannot change what others do, but you
can change the way you respond. Strive for
peace, tranquility and simplicity.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —
Before making a move, use your intelligence
to filter what is and isn’t true. Have your
facts ready and face a challenge head-on.
Emotional manipulation is apparent.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Look
for ways to use your talents. Putting your
skills to the test will stir up interest.
Someone will point out the flaws in your
plan, and someone else will highlight the
possibilities. Accept good advice and pro-
ceed.
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
LSU Eunice’s Justin
Barton raises his arms
as teammates dog pile
following their 5-3 vic-
tory over Parkland CC
to win the 2018 NJCAA
DII World Series
Friday at David Allen
Memorial Ballpark.
(Billy Hefton / Enid
News & Eagle)

Fuller’s walk-off homer gives Bengals 6th title

By Tim Godfrey
Staff Writer
In the bottom of the ninth inning at David
Allen Memorial Ballpark, LSU Eunice first
baseman Slate Fuller stood at the plate in a tie
ball game against Parkland. Down 3-2 in the
seventh inning, the No. 1 seed Bengals had
tied the game in the eighth.
With the game locked in a 3-3 tie, the
Bengals (59-6) had the winning run on first
base. But LSU Eunice also had two outs and
Fuller had two strikes against him.
“After strike two when I fouled the ball
off, I stepped out and honestly, I said, ‘God,
this at-bat is in your hands,’” he said. “And I
blacked out from there.”
Fuller launched a walk-off, two-run home
run over the left field wall as LSU Eunice
claimed a dramatic 5-3 win over No. 2 seed
Parkland to sweep the best 2-of-3 champi-
onship series, in clinching the Bengals sixth
NJCAA Division II World Series title.
Fuller said he when he swung, he never
looked up.
“I just ran,” he said.
Friday night’s victory was the fourth con-
secutive game LSU Eunice, which had an
undefeated run through the World Series, com-
pleted a comeback victory.
Friday’s results
Championship
LSU Eunice 5, Parkland 3
“So very, very proud of our guys for stay-
ing the course,” LSU Eunice head coach Jeff
Willis said following the game. “(I’m) very
proud of the guys.”
No. 2 seed Parkland finished its season at
51-16-1. As his players received their tourna-
ment medals, Cobras head coach David Garcia
said he was proud of the way his team battled
LSU Eunice.
“I couldn’t be more proud of them,” Garcia
said. “This sort of environment, down (one
game in the best-of-three series), I just thought
LSU Eunice’s Slate Fuller (left) lets out a yell while getting hugged by Hayden Mixon after his walk off 2-run
home run to give the Bengals a 5-3 victory over Parkland CC to win the 2018 NJCAA DII World Series Friday
See BENGALS, Page B2 at David Allen Memorial Ballpark. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)

Storybook ending for

purple and gold fans
By Dave Ruthenberg
Sports Editor
From her front row seat Friday night
just to the right of the Bengals’ dugout,
Roxanne Milner was instantly noticeable
as the Bengals squared off against Parkland
at David Allen Memorial Ballpark, one win
away from a NJCAA Division II World
Series crown.  great, humble kids with good hearts.” She
Wearing a striking homemade Bengals
hat that she calls her “spirit hat,” and wav-
ing her “Geaux Bengals” sign, Milner was
among the most enthusiastic of a fired-up
contingent of Eunice fans, who sported
thunder sticks, plenty of purple-and-gold
and of course Mardi Gras beads.
Milner’s cheers weren’t just reserved
for her nephew, Bengals freshman infielder
Slate Fuller, whose larger than life face was
on a hand placard she unabashedly waved.
Roxanne Milner holds a sign supporting LSU Eunice during their 5-3 victory over Parkland CC to win the Her contagious enthusiasm extended to the
2018 NJCAA DII World Series Friday at David Allen Memorial Ballpark. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle) entire team.
But by the end of the night, Fuller would
be cheered wildly by the entirety of purple
and gold nation in attendance at David Allen
Memorial Ballpark as a storybook ending
unfolded.
Milner has been in Enid since the Bengals
arrived and has followed the team around
this season.
“I just love it,” Milner said. “The kids are
said she has followed Fuller since he was 6.
“All we know is baseball,” she said.
“We never want them to be without sup-
port,” Milner said, adding that her late mom
always said “hit one out for Nana,” and is
carrying on the tradition.
She has enjoyed her visit in Enid. “It’s
a great town,” she said. “The downtown
is great.” And her homemade Bengals hat
has even found its way atop some of Enid’s
landmarks around town.
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Sportsline
Majors take 2
from OKC Broncos
OKLAHOMA CITY
— The Enid Majors
got strong pitching
performances from
Brett Russell and Evan
Gowalski in sweeping
the Oklahoma City
Broncos, 10-1 and 13-1
at Hefner Park Friday.
Russell, in five
innings, allowed only
one hit while striking
out 11 and walking one.
Gowalski struck out
six and gave up three
hits in five innings.
Conner Gore was
two-for-four with two
RBI in the opener, while
Hayden Priest was 2-for-
3 with a triple.
Russell was two-for-
three in the second game
with a home run and
a triple. Blake Adams
was three-for-three and
Ambren Voitik was two-
for-three with a double.
 The Majors (7-0)
will face Fort Smith,
Ark., at 5:30 p.m.
Monday at the Northern
Oklahoma Shootout.
Blaney claims pole
for Pocono race
LONG POND, Pa.
(AP) — Ryan Blaney was
tops again at the site of his
lone NASCAR Cup victo-
ry, turning a lap of 176.897
mph to win the pole Friday
at Pocono Raceway.
Blaney won his first
career Cup race in the
June 2017 race driving for
Wood Brothers Racing,
which had an alliance
with Team Penske. Blaney
moved to the No. 12 Ford
for Roger Penske this
season and has had solid
results.
Blaney has led 418 laps
this season and is 11th in
the points standings. He
won his fourth career pole.
Kevin Harvick joins
Blaney on the front
row. He leads the series
with five wins.Jamie
McMurray, Martin Truex
Jr., and Kyle Busch com-
plete the top five.
Kershaw back on DL
DENVER (AP) —
Los Angeles Dodgers
ace Clayton Kershaw
has returned to the dis-
abled list, this time with
a strained lower back.
The three-time
NL Cy Young Award
winner experienced
tightness during his
five-inning outing
against Philadelphia on
Thursday. The Dodgers
made the move Friday.
BENGALS
Continued from Page B1
I just thought they battled as best as they
could.”
“I think we showed how good we are
tonight, as well.”
Unlike their previous three games, the
Bengals took an early lead Friday night.
With runners on the corners in the bot-
tom of the second inning, Parkland starter
Colton Thompson, who transferred from
Northern Oklahoma College Enid, threw a
wild pitch, which gave Fuller the green light
to run home for the first run. Jacob Richard
drove in the second run with an RBI double
to give the Benglas a 2-0 lead.
LSU Eunice starter Zach Hester took
the mound Friday night and had seven
strikeouts through the first three innings,
never facing more than three batters in each
LSU Eunice’s
Slate Fuller wipes
his brow follow-
ing his walk off
2-run home run
in the bottom of
the 9th inning to
give the Bengals
a 5-3 victory
over Parkland
CC to win the
2018 NJCAA
DII World Series
Friday at David
Allen Memorial
Ballpark. (Billy
Hefton / Enid
News & Eagle)
JUCO WORLD SERIES
Championship
 LSU EUNICE 5, PARKLAND 3
Parkland 000  210    000     —     3     3     1
LSU E    020 000    012     —     5     8     1
WP — Barton, 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 R,
2 strikeouts, 0 walks. LP — Sidoti, 2/3
inning, 2 hits, 2 R, 2 R, 1 strikeout, 0 walk.
Parkland — Joyce, run scored; Aube, run
scored; Raikes, 1-for-3, 2 RBI, double;
Wisz, 1-for-4; Downs, 1-for-3, RBI, home
run. LSU Eunice — Hebert, 1-for-3, run
scored; Fuller, 2-for-4, 2 runs scored,
home run, 2 RBI; Mixon, 1-for-3, run
scored; Horton, 1-for-2; Faulk, run scored;
Richard, 1-for-3, RBI; Westbrook, 2-for-
4, RBI
WOMEN’’S WORLD SERIES
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City
All Times EDT
Double Elimination; x-if necessary
Late Thursday, May 31
UCLA 7, Florida State 4
Friday, June 1
Game 5 — Washington 6, Oregon 2
Game 6 — UCLA 6, Florida 5
Saturday, June 2
Game 7 — Arizona State (48-12) vs.
Oklahoma (55-4), 11 a..m.
Game 8 — Georgia (48-12) vs. Florida
State (52-12), , 1:30 p.m.
Game 9 — Florida (56-10) vs. Game 7
winner, 6 p.m.
Game 10 — Oregon (54-8)vs. Game 8
winner, 8:30 p.m.
NCAA REGIONAL BASEBALL
Double Elimination; x-if necessary
At Boshamer Stadium
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — North Carolina 11, N.C. A&T 0
Game 2 — Houston 9, Purdue 1
At Doak Field at Dail Park
Raleigh, N.C.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Auburn 13, Northeastern 4
Game 2 — Army 5, N.C. State 1
At Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium
Greenville, N.C.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — South Carolina 8, Ohio State
3
Game 2 — East Carolina 16, WNC
Wilmington 7
At Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Clemson, S.C.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Vanderbilt 2, St. John’s 0
Game 2 — Clemson 4, Morehead State 3
At Springs Brooks Stadium
Conway, S.C.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Washington 7, UConn 1
Game 2 — Coastal Carolina 16, LIU
Brooklyn 1
At Foley Field
Athens, Ga.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Troy 6, Duke 0
Game 2 — Campbell (35-24) at Georgia
(37-19), ppd.
At Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, Fla.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Oklahoma 20, Mississippi
State 10
Game 2 — Samford 7, Florida State 6
Saturday, June 2
Game 3 — Mississipi State (31-26) vs.
Florida State (43-18), 11 a.m.
Game 4 — Oklahoma (37-23) vs.
Samford (37-24), 4 p.m.
At Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
Gainesville, Fla.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 —Florida 13, Columbia 5
Game 1 — Jacksonville 5, FAU 3
At Melching Field at Conrad Park
DeLand, Fla.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 —Game 1 — Oklahoma State 9,
South Florida 2
Game 2 — Stetson 8, Hartford 3
Saturday, June 2
Game 3 — South Florida (35-21) vs.
Hartford (26-30), Noon.
Game 4 — Oklahoma State (30-24) vs.
Stetson (46-11), 6 p.m.
At Siebert Field
Minneapolis
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — UCLA 6, Gonzaga 5
Game 2 — Minnesota 10, Canisius 1
At Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze
Field
Oxford, Miss.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Tennessee Tech (48-9) vs.
Missouri State (39-15), ppd..
Game 2 — Saint Louis (38-18) at
Mississippi (46-15), 7:30 p.m., ppd.
At Baum Stadium at George Cole Field
Fayetteville, Ark.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 —Arkansas 10, Oral Roberts 2
Game 2 — Southern Miss. 9, Dallas
Baptist 0
At Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Lubbock, Texas
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Texas Tech 9, New Mexico
State 2
Game 2 — Louisville 13, Kent State 6
At UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Austin, Texas
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Texas A&M 10, Indiana 3
Game 2 — Texas 10, Texas Southern 0
At Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Corvallis, Ore.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 —LSU 6, San Diego State 4
Game 2 — Northwestern State (37-22) at
Oregon State (44-10-1), late.
At Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Stanford, Calif.
Friday, June 1
Game 1 — Cal State Fullerton 6, Baylor 2
frame. It was his second start of the tour-
nament against Parkland. His first Series
start saw him throw 14 strikeouts against
Brunswick in the Bengals opening win.
“It was unbelievable,” Hester said of his
start. “I knew I had to come out here strong
for my team again.”
But in the fourth inning, Parkland found
its opportunity to get two runs off Hester.
With runners on first and second base,Trys-
tin Raikes hit a two-RBI double that tied the
game, 2-2.
The following inning, designated hitter
Max Downs sent a solo shot over the left
field wall to give the Cobras a 3-2 lead.
With the lead in Parkland’s hands, Hester
never got down on himself.
“I was thinking, ‘I made one bad pitch
SCOREBOARD
Game 2 — Wright State (39-15) at
Stanford (44-10), late.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Atlanta
W L Pct GB
34 23 .596 —
Philadelphia 31 23 .574 1½
Washington 32 24 .571 1½
New York 27 28 .491 6
Miami 20 37 .351 14
Central Division
Milwaukee
W L Pct GB
36 22 .621 —
Chicago 31 23 .574 3½
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
30 25 .545 5
30 27 .526 6
20 37 .351 16
West Division
W L Pct GB
Colorado
Arizona
30 27 .526 —
29 27 .518 ½
Los Angeles 27 30 .475 3
San Francisco
San Diego
26 30 .464 3½
25 33 .431 5½
Thursday’s Late Games
San Diego 8, Miami 3
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 4
Atlanta 4, Washington 0
Chicago White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 0
L.A. Dodgers 11, Colorado 8
Arizona 9, Miami
Cincinnati at San Diego, late.
Philadelphia at San Francisco, late
Saturday’s Games
Milwaukee (Chacin 3-1) at Chicago White
Sox (Shields 1-5), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Kuhl 4-3) at St. Louis (Weaver
3-5), 1:15 p.m.
Washington (Gonzalez 6-2) at Atlanta
(McCarthy 5-2), 3:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 1-1) at N.Y.
Mets (deGrom 4-0), 6:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 3-1) at Colorado
(Marquez 4-5), 6:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harvey 1-3) at San Diego
(Lauer 1-3), 7:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Velasquez 4-5) at San
Francisco (Suarez 1-4), 9:05 p.m.
Miami (Smith 4-5) at Arizona (Greinke
3-4), 9:10 p.m.
PIRATES 4, CARDINALS 0
Pittsburgh St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi
A.Frzer 2b 4 2 2 0 M.Crpnt 3b 4 0 0 0
S.Rdrig 2b 1 0 0 0 Bader cf 3 0 0 0
Crvelli c 4 0 1 1 Mrtinez 1b 4 0 1 0
S.Marte cf 5 0 1 0 Ozuna lf 4 0 2 0
J.Bell 1b 1 1 0 1 De.Fwlr rf 3 0 1 0
Dckrson lf 4 1 2 1 Munoz ss 3 0 0 0
Moran 3b 3 0 1 1 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0
Polanco rf 4 0 1 0 Pena c 2 0 0 0
Mercer ss 4 0 0 0 Pham ph 1 0 0 0
Taillon p 3 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 0 0 0 0
Freese ph 1 0 1 0 Mikolas p 1 0 0 0
E.Sntna p 0 0 0 0 G.Grcia ph 1 0 0 0
Tvilala p 0
Mayers p 0
0
0
0 0
0 0
Gyorko ph 1 0 0 0
Cecil p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 30 0 4 0
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
001 010 020—4
000 000 000—0
E--Munoz (3). DP--Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis
1. LOB--Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 4. 2B--A.
Frazier (3), Dickerson (16), Polanco (16),
Martinez (14). 3B--A.Frazier (2), Cervelli (3).
SF--J.Bell (4), Moran (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Taillon W,3-4 8 3 0 0 1 6
Santana 1 1 0 0 0 0
St. Louis
Mikolas L,6-1 6 6 2 1 1 2
Tuivailala 11/3 1 2 2 1 3
Mayers 2/3 1 0 0 0 1
Cecil 1 1 0 0 0 0
HBP--by Mikolas (Cervelli).
Umpires--Home, Quinn Wolcott; First,
Jeff Kellogg; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third,
James Hoye.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 39 19 .684 —
New York 36 17 .679 1
Tampa Bay 28 27 .509 10
Toronto 25 32 .439 14
Baltimore 17 40 .298 22
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 30 26 .536 —
Detroit 27 30 .474 3½
Minnesota 23 30 .434 5½
Kansas City 20 37 .351 10½
Chicago 17 37 .315 12
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 37 22 .627 —
Seattle 34 22 .607 1½
Los Angeles
Oakland
30 27 .526 6
30 28 .517 6½
Texas 24 35 .407 13
Thursday’s Late Games
Seattle 6, Texas 1
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 1
Detroit 5, Toronto 2
Minnesota 7, Cleveland 4
Houston 7, Boston 3
Chicago White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3
Oakland 16, Kansas City 0
Saturday’s Games
Milwaukee (Chacin 3-1) at Chicago White
Sox (Shields 1-5), 1:10 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 1-2) at Kansas City
(Hammel 2-5), 1:15 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 6-2) at Baltimore
(Gausman 3-4), 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 4-3) at Minnesota
(Lynn 3-4), 3:10 p.m.
Toronto (Happ 7-3) at Detroit (Boyd 3-4),
3:10 p.m.
Boston (Price 5-4) at Houston (Verlander
7-2), 6:15 p.m.
Texas (Hamels 3-5) at L.A. Angels
(Richards 4-4), 8:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 3-3) at Seattle
(Gonzales 5-3), 9:10 p.m.
ATHLETICS 16, ROYALS 0
Oakland Kansas City
ab r h bi
Joyce lf 4 1 1 1 Jay rf
ab r h bi
4 0 0 0
Chpmn 3b 5 2 2 1 Mrrfeld cf 3 0 3 0
Lowrie 2b 3 2 0 1 Mstakas 3b 4 0 0 0
Semien ss 0 0 0 0 S.Perez c 2 0 0 0
K.Davis dh 4 1 1 2 Butera c 1 0 0 0
Canha dh 1 1 1 0 Soler dh 4 0 0 0
M.Olson 1b 4 3 3 5 A.Grdon lf 3 0 1 0
Pinder ss- 5 0 0 0 A.Almnt lf 1 0 1 0
Pscotty rf 5 1 2 2 H.Dzier 1b 4 0 1 0
Du.Fwlr cf 5 2 3 4 Goins 2b-ss 3 0 1 0
Lucroy c 5 3 3 0 A.Escbr ss 2 0 1 0
R.Trres 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 16 16 16 Totals 32 0 8 0
Oakland
Kansas City
017 001 007—16
000 000 000— 0
DP--Oakland 3, Kansas City 1. LOB-
-Oakland 4, Kansas City 7. 2B--Piscotty
(13), Merrifield (16), Goins (5). 3B--Lucroy
(1), A.Almonte (1). HR--M.Olson 2 (11),
Du.Fowler 2 (3). SF--Joyce (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Oakland
Montas W,2-0 8 7 0 0 0 2
Pagan 1 1 0 0 0 2
Kansas City
Kennedy L,1-6 3 7 8 8 2 3
Barlow 3 3 1 1 0 5
Flynn 2 3 4 4 3 2
Adam 1 3 3 3 0 1
Flynn pitched to 4 batters in the 9th
HBP--by Montas (Perez), by Montas
(Merrifield). WP--Kennedy.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Oklahoma City 8, Omaha 7
Saturday’s Games
Omaha at Oklahoma City, 7:05 p.m.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Tulsa 4, Corpus Christi 3
Saturday’s Games
Corpus Christi at Tulsa, 8:05 p.m.
NHL FINALS
STANLEY CUP
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Vegas 1, Washington 1
Monday, May 28: Vegas 6, Washington 4
Wednesday, May 30: Washington 3,
Vegas 2
Saturday, June 2: Vegas at Washington,
8 p.m.
Monday, June 4: Vegas at Washington,
8 p.m.
Thursday, June 7: Washington at Vegas,
8 p.m.
x-Sunday, June 10: Vegas at Washington,
8 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 13: Washington at
Vegas, 8 p.m.
AUTO RACING
Pocono 400 Lineup
Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday
At Pocono Raceway
Long Pond, Pa.
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 176.897 mph.
2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 176.807.
3. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,
176.626.
4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 176.516.
5. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 176.478.
6. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 176.208.
7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 176.184.
8. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet,
175.864.
9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 175.798.
10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 175.792.
11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 175.230.
12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 174.689.
13. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 174.676.
14. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet,
174.490.
15. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,
174.365.
16. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet,
174.253.
17. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 174.213.
18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 174.115.
19. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr. ‥, Chevrolet,
173.708.
20. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 173.635.
21. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 173.297.
22. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet,
172.997.
23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford,
172.473.
24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet,
173.054.
25. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 172.808.
26. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 172.612.
27. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet,
172.457.
28. (51) Cole Custer, Ford, 172.424.
29. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 170.914.
30. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford,
170.768.
31. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet,
170.107.
32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 168.685.
33. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet,
168.297.
34. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 167.115.
35. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 167.032.
36. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 166.892.
37. (7) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 166.868.
38. (99) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet,
164.375.
GOLF
Memorial scores
(a-amateur)
Second Round
Kyle Stanley
Joaquin Niemann
67-66—133
65-68—133
Byeong Hun An 68-67—135
Wesley Bryan 68-68—136
Hideki Matsuyama 65-71—136
Jason Day 68-68—136
J.B. Holmes 70-66—136
and he delivered on it,” he said. “You can’t
live and die on one bad pitch. You have to
play the full nine innings.”
The Cobras’ pitching staff and defense
kept a normally productive Bengals’ offense
silent for most of the night. LSU Eunice
scored at least nine runs or more in its prior
four games.
Parkland used four pitchers Friday night,
each throwing no more than two innings.
Thompson finished the game with two runs
allowed off three hits while striking out
three batters. The rest of the bullpen sur-
rendered just two hits through the seventh
inning.
“Hats off to what Parkland and their
arms did tonight,” Willis said.
With two outs on the board in the bottom
FANS
Continued from Pag B1
Sitting behind Milner was her sister,
Slate Fuller’s mom, Stacy Fuller, who
just got in to Enid today from Louisiana.
While wishing she could have been in
Enid earlier, it would turn out her timing
couldn’t have been better.
“We weren’t able to get here until
today,” she said. “We streamed the
games back home, but we were dying,
we missed the two home runs.” Like her
sister, she speaks with pride about her
son Slate, but also the entire team and
has enjoyed the season and the postsea-
son run.
Also in attendance were Fuller’s
dad and grandfather. “They’re around
here somewhere too,” she said looking
around.
“I couldn’t wait to get here,” Stacy
Fuller said.
There would be no watching stream-
ing home runs Friday night for the Fuller
family.
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11 a.m. — Third round of French Open, Channel 4
Auto Racing
8:30 a.m. — Qualifying for Xfinity Seies Poono Green 250, Fox
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10:30 a.m. — Final practice for Monster Energy Cup Pocono 400,
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of the eighth inning, Bengals designated hitter
Cameron Horton drew a walk before Richard
was hit with a pitch, putting two men on base.
Then, Koi Westbrook — who was one of the
hitting heroes in LSU Eunice’s 9-5 win over
Parkland on Thursday — hit an RBI single to
centerfield that drove in the tying run.
Westbrook was named MVP of the tour-
nament.
Hester was named Pitcher of the Tournament
following the win. He finished the game with
nine strikeouts through eight innings, while
allowing three runs —two earned runs — off
three hits. He finished the tournament with 23
strikeouts.
“Any time you have a Zach Hester on your
team, you want him to have the ball in a game
that matters,” Willis said. 
Battling back from a 3-2 deficit
against Parkland to tie the game 3-3 in
the 8th inning, the Bengals, needing one
win to claim their sixth World Series title
and fourth since the Series arrived in
Enid, had a man on base as Slate Fuller
stepped to the plate with two outs in the
bottom of the ninth inning.
It was nearly too nerve-wracking as
some Eunice faithful couldn’t bear to
watch.
Then it happened.
With one swing of the bat, Slate
Fuller sent the ball over the left-center-
field wall for a two-run walk-off home
run and pandemonium broke out as LSU
Eunice walked-off with a 5-3 win on
only his second home run of the season
And along the third base line the
cheers, tears and bedlam erupted.
Fuller won the game, etched his name
in LSU Eunice history and hit one out
for Nana.
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OU, OSU have
hot bats in
regional wins
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
(AP) — Oklahoma scored
nine runs in the seventh
inning and had its most runs
in an NCAA baseball region-
al tournament game since
1999, helping the Sooners
defeat Mississippi State
20-10 in the opening game
of the Tallahassee regional
on Friday.
The Sooners, who trailed
10-7 after six innings, sent
15 batters to the plate in the
seventh as they got seven
hits and took advantage of
a pair of errors. Thomas
Hughes had two hits in
the inning, while Brandon
Zaragoza and Cade Harris
each drove in a pair of runs.
Zaragoza went 4-for-
7 and drove in four runs,
while Justin Mitchell, Kyle
Mendenhall and Blake
Brewster all had three hits.
Oklahoma (37-23)
advances to the win-
ners bracket today while
Mississippi State (31-26)
faces an elimination game.
The Bulldogs had four
home runs in the loss. Dustin
Skelton, who had a two-run
shot in the second for his
first collegiate home run,
drove in four runs.
Kyle Tyler (6-2) got the
win in relief and JP France
(4-5) got the loss. The
teams combined to use 13
pitchers, including eight by
Mississippi State.
OSU 9, S. FLORIDA 2
DELAND, Fla. (AP) —
Colin Simpson had three
hits, and Oklahoma State
defeated South Florida 9-2
on Friday in the first game
of the NCAA baseball tour-
nament’s DeLand regional.
The game was tied 1-1
before the Cowboys’ Carson
McCusker opened the fifth
inning with a home run to
left center. Christian Funk
extended it to 4-1 in the sixth
with a two-run shot to right.
Oklahoma State (30-
24-1), which will play in
the winners’ bracket today,
broke it open in the ninth
with four runs, including
a two-run double by Jon
Littell.
Carson Teel (8-4) got
the win in relief, allowing
one run and five hits in six
innings.
Coco Montes and Kyle
Phillips each had two hits
for South Florida (35-21-1),
which will play an elimina-
tion game on Saturday. Chris
Chatfield’s solo home run in
the second gave the Bulls a
short-lived lead.
USF starter Peter
Strzelecki (9-4) allowed five
runs, four earned, and 10
hits in 51/3 innings.
Red Raiders rout New Mexico State
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Zach Rheams homered in
the first inning, Michael Davis drove in three runs and
Texas Tech opened NCAA regional play with a 9-2 win
over New Mexico State on Friday.
The Red Raiders (40-17) went ahead to stay with a
three-run first, when Grant Little had an RBI double before
Rheams hit his 14th homer of the season.
Oklahoma’s Paige Parker pitches against Washington during the second game of the NCAA softball Women’s
College World Series in Oklahoma City, Thursday. (Nate Billings/The Oklahoman via AP)
Parker leaves legacy at OU
By Cliff Brunt
AP Sports Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Paige
Parker is closing out one of the great college
softball pitching careers.
As a sophomore in 2016, she was the Most
Outstanding Player of the Women’s College
World Series as she helped the Sooners win
the national title. Last season, she was a key
figure as the Sooners repeated. Now, she’s try-
ing to help Oklahoma join UCLA as the only
schools to win three straight national titles.
“She’s been the face of our program since
she stepped on it,” OU coach Patty Gasso
said. “She kind of grabbed the torch from
Keilani (Ricketts) and said, ‘I’ll take it from
her,’ and she’s done a great job.”
After eight career WCWS wins, she final-
ly took a loss Thursday against Washington.
That means today’s elimination game against
Arizona State could be the last time she takes
the circle for the Sooners.
“It’s just about just making a change men-
tally and just being ready to go out on the
field and give it your all and leave nothing out
there,” she said.
Parker was one of four finalists for the
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
and was selected by the USSSA Pride in
the first round of the National Pro Fastpitch
League draft. She is one of 34 players to be
chosen to one of the three National Fastpitch
Coaches Association All-America teams all
four years of her college career.
“It’s truly a blessing to be a four-time All-
American,” she said. “This is something that
you only dream about. Very, very blessed and
just can’t thank my family enough for always
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mates.”
Parker went 28-7 as a freshman and
matched a Division I record with four perfect
games. She went 38-3 as a sophomore, col-
lected five wins at the World Series and led the
nation in victories. She went 26-5 as a junior
and won three more World Series games.
She’s 29-3 as a senior and posted by far the
best earned run average of her career. She
entered the Women’s College World Series
with an ERA of 0.86, second in the nation.
“I think just taking a mindset coming into
this year, knowing it was my last year, it was
just to go out and give it my all and pitch fear-
lessly,” she said.
Even in her loss to Washington on
Thursday, she gave up only one run and three
hits in six innings. Gasso pulled her in the fifth
inning, then put her back in the game in the
sixth — a common practice in softball — with
the bases loaded. She escaped without allow-
ing a run, showing the kind of toughness she
has displayed throughout her career.
“Coming back in, it was just shutdown
mode, do whatever I had to do to not let them
score,” she said.
Before the World Series began, Parker
couldn’t quite grasp all she had accomplished.
“It’s hard to put it in perspective right now,
but it’s just an honor to be back at the College
World Series,” she said. “This is the time of
your life. It’s so much fun to be here with your
teammates. I’m just so fortunate that I get to
finish my career here.”
The OU-Arizona State game will begin at
11 a.m. and will be televised by ESPN. The
winner plays another elimination game at 6.
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Big 12 exceeds
projections with
another record
revenue distribution
By Sean Isabella
CNHI Sports
IRVING, Texas — Gordon Gee couldn’t contain himself.
On a day when the Big 12 revealed yet another record distri-
bution to its 10 members, the West Virginia president — known
for his outspoken personality and bow ties draped from his
neck — was already looking ahead to next year when figures
are projected even higher.
“I’m planning on spending $40 million, so get it up there,
OK?” Gee said Friday as he turned to Big 12 Commissioner
Bob Bowlsby.
Laughs were shared as the league spent a portion of this
week’s annual meetings celebrating at the Four Seasons Hotel
and Resort following a $364.9 million revenue distribution to
its 10 members for the fiscal year 2017-18.
The average take-home amounts to $36.5 million per
school, up from last year’s announced average figures of $34.8
per school. In 2017, the Big 12 trailed only the SEC ($40.9
million) and Big Ten ($37 million) in average distributions.
The Big 12 is the first Power Five program to release 2017-18
figures.
“I have great appreciation for this conference,” said Gee, the
chairman of the Big 12 board of directors. “We have institutions
that are very like-minded. We have institutions that I think have
a real sense of purpose about what they are doing academical-
ly and obviously athletically. We feel we are in a very strong
position.”
Bowlsby expected 2018 distributions to be flat, perhaps
even decrease, in large part due to the College Football Playoff
schedule. In 2018, 2021 and 2024, the CFP occupies the Big
12’s tie-in with the Sugar Bowl, a scheduling quirk that costs
the league about $40 million each year it doesn’t appear in the
Louisiana-based bowl game.
Several additional factors aided in the increase. Bowlsby
said the Big 12’s decision to bring back a football championship
game in 2018 was worth $30 million. The league also saved on
operations worth $7.5 million in unanticipated savings.
“We’ll continue to do well on that, too, because it’s a guaran-
teed one versus two matchup,” Bowlsby said of the title game.
“It’s really the only game that has a baked-in matchup between
the two best teams.
“Pleased we were able to show an increase this year because
our budget didn’t show one last year going in.”
Bowlsby said television contracts and bowl games account
for roughly 80 percent of the league’s revenue, with NCAA
distributions and ticket sales accounting for the rest.
Moving forward, the Big 12 will benefit from the NCAA
basketball fund that pays out conferences for units earned in the
NCAA Tournament. This year, the Big 12 earned a record 19
units that will be paid out as part of a six-year rolling average.
With each 2018 unit worth $273,000, the conference will earn
more than $31 million — $3.1 million per school — over the
next six years.
Those figures are part of next year’s basketball fund that
could prove lucrative if the Big 12 can continue to string togeth-
er 15 to 20 units, especially when a historically low eight units
from 2012-13 roll off in two years. Member distributions could
surpass $40 million for the first time when the Big 12 resumes
its share of Sugar Bowl revenue in 2019.
“We have escalators in several of our revenue streams, so it
could be that or more,” Bowlsby said. “We have an excellent
profile of increase over the coming years.”
Big 12 distributions have doubled since 2012-13 when each
team averaged $19.8 million. The current figures are a sign
of the league’s financial growth during that time. In 2016 and
2015, the league doled out an average of $30.4 million and
$25.2 million, respectively, to its members.
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BACK in the GAME
Will Phillips’ recovery from injury was also a journey of personal discovery
By Dave Ruthenberg
Sports Editor
Will Phillips’ best friend and
teammate Jerra Williams raced up
to him, imploring him to get up off
the D. Bruce Selby Stadium turf.
Phillips had just rushed for a
50-yard gain in Enid’s 2017 foot-
ball season-opener against Guthrie.
Barely halfway into the opening
quarter, he already had rushed for
85 yards in the first game of what
was promising to be a strong sea-
son for the then-junior running
back.
Coming off a sophomore cam-
paign that saw him rush for 1,108
yards, Phillips already was garner-
ing press clippings for his exploits
in his hometown paper and beyond.
There appeared to be little that
could stop Phillips. Then “the play”
happened.
A Guthrie player had the angle
on him and reached out and
pulled Phillips down from behind,
horse-collar style, and those on
the sideline knew immediately it
was bad.
Enid’s Will
Phillips
runs
through
drills during
the first day
of practice
Aug. 6 at
D. Bruce
Selby
Stadium.
(Billy
Hefton /
Enid News
& Eagle)
NFL preseason still irrelevant
This week is the start of both
high school and college football in
many parts. While some won’t be
opening until the next week, by the
end of August we will be in full
swing. Except for the NFL.  play at most one or two quarters
This week marked only the half-
way point of the NFL preseason.
Is there anything less intriguing
or interesting than preseason NFL
football, other than the NFL Pro
Bowl? Ostensibly it is a time for
teams to weed out their rosters,
drop the dead weight, set their
practice squads and prepare for the
regular season. But in reality, as far as the fans are
concerned, it’s really just an opportunity to separate
them from their hard-earned cash.
It seems borderline criminal that the NFL con-
tinues to allow and encourage its ownership to
swindle fans by peddling these scrimmage-level
games as the real thing. Every season ticket hold-
er is forced to purchase two exhibition games as
part of their season ticket package and at full price.
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Will Phillips is attended to by Plainsmen head coach Steve Hayes and athletic trainer Kayla Dickson after being tackled in the
first quarter against Guthrie Aug. 25, 2017, at D. Bruce Selby Stadium. Phillips suffered a season-ending injury on the play. (Billy
Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)
“Jerra was telling me ‘Will,
get up,” Phillips recalls. “After
that, he tried to help me up and
I couldn’t walk. As soon as that
happened, I knew I wouldn’t play
the rest of the season.”
It was hard to discern what was
“
more painful at that moment, the
actual injury or the thoughts of
what it meant to his plans.
“I felt like my leg was just
sitting there, dangling, my ankle
was just dangling,” Phillips said.
He was right. It was dangling. “I
pretty much felt like it was over
right there.”
As he was transported off the
field on a cart after having the
leg immobilized and accompanied
by athletic trainer Kayla Dickson,
Phillips draped a towel over his
face, wanting to hide the tears.
Later at the hospital the extent of
the injury was revealed: a broken
fibula, broken ankle and ligament
damage to the inside of his ankle.
His season was done.
Family a driving force
Phillips started playing football
at the age of 7, always with his
friend Jerra Williams there with
him. Williams, who went on to
have a record-setting season at
wide receiver last season for the
Plainsmen, taught Phillips about
football. “We just started play-
players that will not come close to
sniffing big time football once the
ax falls before the season begins.
What’s worse, for the fans any-
way, is that the top players may
combined over the course of the
four games. Coaches don’t want to
risk their meal tickets going down
with a season-ending injury and
THE DEEP END having to endure the wrath and
scorn of fans and media alike for
Dave Ruthenberg playing their star player in a mean-
ingless game.
Undoubtedly, teams need to
assess their talent to see who can cut it against
NFL competition in game-settings. But when both
teams are rolling out waves of second-, third- and
fourth-string players, it hardly is going to be a true
measure.
Not surprisingly, the atmosphere at NFL sta-
diums for these games is about as electric as an
Amish farm. With nothing at stake for the fans,
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Friends and family have played
a large role in Phillips’ life. His
mom died when he was three
years old, and he has been raised
by extended family in a caring
It made me
mentally stronger.
... I felt like this
built my character
up a massive ton.”
- Will
Phillips
environment, living with his
grandmother.
His older brothers pushed him
and younger brother Telin, now a
junior running back for Enid who
came on strong at the end of the
2017 season. Phillips says it was
his big brothers that made him
and Telin tough, making them do
push-ups and playing basketball
with the older kids.
It’s family that drives Phillips’
desire to succeed to the next level
and beyond and it’s what caused
Prescott solid in Dallas’
21-13 loss to Bengals
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
— Dak Prescott and the Dallas
Cowboys had another efficient
preseason showing.
Andy Dalton bogged down a
bit with his Cincinnati Bengals.
Prescott led a pair of scor-
ing drives in three possessions,
capped with a scrambling 6-yard
scoring pass to Terrance Williams
before the Bengals rallied after
halftime for a 21-13 exhibition
victory Saturday night.
The Bengals had just one
first down in four Dalton-led
possessions a week after he
threw for two touchdowns with
an offense that was revamped
after finishing last in the NFL.
The lone first down was on
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him those tears as he was leaving
the field that late August night last
season.
The thought of a lost junior
season — usually the table-setting
season for a college prospect to
get noticed and attract potential
offers — was bad enough, but the
thought of family was foremost,
especially his mom.
“I’m doing all of this for her
and my family,” Phillips said. “I
just want them to be proud of me.
They all support me in every way
they can. I just want to make my
mom happy.”
Becoming a
better teammate
Phillips has big hopes that
include playing Division 1 college
football and the NFL. But first he
had to get through rehab.
Surprisingly, Phillips says the
rehab “wasn’t that bad,” three
days per week of intense work
to strengthen his damaged leg
that lasted a month. Whenever
he found himself getting down,
there was encouragement from
family.
“They were telling me, ‘Just
stay working ... stay mentally
tough .. you can overcome it.’
They were there for me the whole
time. They did so much for me I
can’t explain it all,” Phillips said.
The toughest part initially was
being on the sidelines, not able to
participate. He particularly hated
having to move around with the
aid of the medical knee scooter
that supported his injured leg.
But then something else hap-
pened. He became a better team-
mate.
“I hated watching, but I was
happy they were putting all their
effort into it, as much as they
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pair of three-and-outs.
A week after throwing a
30-yard touchdown to rookie
Michael Gallup on his only drive
of the preseason opener in San
Francisco, Prescott was 10 of 15
for 86 yards. The TD drive for
a 10-0 lead was kept alive by
an 8-yard slant to Gallup, who
reached out for a nice catch inside
the Cincinnati 10.
The concern for the Cowboys
(0-2) was the status of four-time
Pro Bowl guard Zack Martin, who
left early on what would have
been his last drive with a knee
injury. There was no immediate
update on the severity of the inju-
ry, which happened when Martin
bent down to block cornerback
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Former GM Bass
dies at age 89
SAN ANTONIO
(AP) — Bob Bass, the
former San Antonio and
Charlotte general man-
ager who was an integral
part of the front office
for most of the Spurs’
first 20 years in South
Texas, has died. He was
89.
The two-time NBA
Executive of the Year
spent 20 seasons with
the Spurs in various
roles — returning three
times as coach — before
going to Charlotte as the
GM in 1994. He spent
nine seasons with the
Hornets. Bass coached
his alma mater of
Oklahoma Baptist from
1952-1967, first joined
the ABA as coach of the
Denver Rockets in 1967-
1968. He went back to
college at Texas Tech
from 1969-1971, then
back to the ABA with
the Floridians in 1971-
1972 and the Memphis
Tams in 1973-1974
before landing with the
Spurs.
Bass had a 311-300
career regular-season
coaching record in the
ABA and NBA.
LSU receiver
arrested, suspended
BATON ROUGE,
La. (AP) — LSU says
junior receiver Drake
Davis has been suspend-
ed indefinitely following
his arrest for allegedly
hitting and threatening a
woman he was dating.
An arrest warrant
issued Friday by LSU
Police says the alleged
victim told police about
four incidents between
May 2017 and this past
June.
The woman told
police Davis punched
her hard enough to frac-
ture one of her ribs in
one instance, began to
strangle her in another
and later texted that he
might kill her. The war-
rant says police obtained
the text and photos of
bruising.
It’s unclear whether
Davis has an attorney.
He was being held in the
East Baton Rouge Parish
Prison without bond on
Saturday.
The 6-foot-4 Davis
caught three passes last
season, two of which
went for touchdowns of
36 and 87 yards.
Gordon homers,
Royals beat Sox, 3-1
CHICAGO (AP) —
Alex Gordon homered
and Jorge Bonifacio had
a go-ahead RBI single
in the decisive sixth
inning, and the Kansas
City Royals rallied past
the Chicago White Sox
3-1 on Saturday night.
Rookie Brad Keller
pitched five solid
innings for the Royals,
who won for the third
time in their past nine
games. The White Sox
had their win streak
stopped at three.
Nicky Delmonico
homered in the second
inning off Keller (6-5),
driving a changeup over
the right-center field
fence. That was the only
blemish against Keller,
who allowed seven
hits, struck out five and
walked none.
The White Sox had
five hits combined in
the fourth and fifth
innings but were unable
to score.
Dylan Covey (4-10)
returned to the form
he had displayed the
first 2½ months of the
season but remained
winless in five starts
since July 21. The
right-hander allowed
two runs on four hits
and three walks in 52/3
innings.
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PREP SOFTBALL
ENID 11, NW CLASSEN 6
NWC     321  —   6   5  1
EHS      56x  —  11  8  1
WP — Paige Mullen, 2 innings, 4 H, 4 R,
4 ER, 0 strikeouts, 3 walks. LP — DeLeon,
1 inning, 3 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 strikeout, 1
walk. Northwest — Jameson, 2-for-2, run
scored, 2 RBI, 2 doubles; Hernandez,
1-for-1, run scored, double, RBI; DeLeon,
1-for-2, 2 runs scored. Enid — Keelah
Williams, run scored; Stanley, run scored,
RBI; Schwandt, 3-for-3, 2 runs scored,
3 RBI, 2 doubles; Henry, 1-for-2; Kyana
Martin, 1-for-1, 2 runs scored; Ky’Andra
Martin, 2-for-2, 2 runs scored, RBI; Tori
Jackson, run scored; Megan Hart, run
scored, 2 RBI; Revels, 1-for-1, run scored,
double, 3 RBI
 YUKON JV 8, ENID 0
PREP BASEBALL
DRUMMOND 10, LEEDEY 2
Drummond  000 073 — 10 6 1
Leedey  000 200 — 2 4 2
WP — Coontz. LP — Goff. Drummond
— Longpine, 2B; Schlecht 3 RBI, 2B
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 68 54 .557 —
Philadelphia 68 55 .553 ½
Washington 62 62 .500 7
New York 53 69 .434 15
Miami 49 76 .392 20½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 71 51 .582 —
St. Louis 68 56 .548 4
Milwaukee 68 57 .544 4½
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
62 62 .500 10
54 69 .439 17½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 68 55 .553 —
Colorado 67 56 .545 1
Los Angeles 66 57 .537 2
San Francisco
San Diego
61 63 .492 7½
48 77 .384 21
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Friday’s Late Games
Arizona 9, San Diego 4
L.A. Dodgers 11, Seattle 1
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 1
Miami 7, Washington 5, 10 innings
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 1
Colorado 5, Atlanta 3, 10 innings
St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 2
Arizona at San Diego, late
L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, late
Sunday’s Games
San Francisco (Suarez 4-8) at
Cincinnati (Castillo 6-10), 12:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Quintana 10-9) at
Pittsburgh (Taillon 9-9), 12:35 p.m.
Colorado (Marquez 10-9) at Atlanta
(Sanchez 6-3), 12:35 p.m.
Miami (Lopez 2-3) at Washington
(Gonzalez 7-9), 12:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Chacin 12-4) at St. Louis
(Gant 5-4), 1:15 p.m.
Arizona (Greinke 12-8) at San Diego
(Kennedy 0-2), 3:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-5) at Seattle
(Elias 2-0), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Vargas 2-8) vs. Philadelphia
(Pivetta 7-9) at Williamsport, Pa., 6:10 p.m.
CARDINALS 7, BREWERS 2
Milwaukee St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Yelich lf 4 1 1 1 M.Crpnt 1b 4 1 0 0
Cain cf 3 0 1 0 Molina c 4 1 0 0
Mstakas 3b 4 0 0 0 O’Neill rf 4 1 1 1
Aguilar 1b 4 0 1 0 Ozuna lf 2 2 1 1
T.Shaw 2b 4 1 1 1 DeJong ss 4 1 2 3
Broxton rf 2 0 0 0 Gyorko 3b 3 1 0 0
Thms ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Bader cf 4 0 1 2
Kratz c 4 0 0 0 Wong 2b 1 0 1 0
O.Arcia ss 3 0 1 0 G.Grcia 2b 2 0 0 0
Miley p 2 0 1 0 Mikolas p 2 0 0 0
Knebel p 0 0 0 0 Mrtinez ph 1 0 0 0
Schoop ph 1 0 0 0 Mayers p 0 0 0 0
Jnnings p 0 0 0 0 Shreve p 0 0 0 0
Burnes p 0 0 0 0 Wisdom ph 1 0 0 0
Pncdlon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 32 7 6 7
Milwaukee 010 000 010—2
St. Louis 013 002 01x—7
E--O’Neill (2), O.Arcia (10). LOB--
Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 5. 2B--Cain (20),
O.Arcia (8), DeJong (17). 3B--Bader (2).
HR--Yelich (19), T.Shaw (24), Ozuna (15).
SB--DeJong (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Miley L,2-2
Milwaukee
5 4 4 1 1 7
Knebel
Jennings
1 1 2 1 1 1
1 0 0 0 0 1
Burnes 1 1 1 1 1 1
St. Louis
Mikolas W,13-3 6 5 1 1 0 7
Mayers 1 0 0 0 0 2
Shreve 1 1 1 1 0 1
Poncedeleon 1 0 0 0 0 1
HBP--by Mikolas (Cain), by Burnes
(Garcia).
Umpires--Home, Cory Blaser;
First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Stu
Scheuwater; Third, Gary Cederstrom.
T--2:54. A--46,040 (45,538).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 88 36 .710 —
New York 77 46 .626 10½
Tampa Bay 62 61 .504 25½
Toronto
Baltimore
55 68 .447 32½
37 86 .301 50½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 70 52 .574 —
Minnesota 58 64 .475 12
Detroit 51 73 .411 20
Chicago 45 77 .369 25
Kansas City 38 85 .309 32½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 74 49 .602 —
Oakland 74 49 .602 —
Seattle 70 53 .569 4
Los Angeles 62 62 .500 12½
Texas 55 69 .444 19½
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Friday’s Late Games
Oakland 4, Houston 3, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 11, Seattle 1
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 11, Toronto 6
Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2
Oakland 7, Houston 1
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 2
Detroit 7, Minnesota 5
Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1
L.A. Angels at Texas, late
L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, late
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay (TBD) at Boston (Sale
12-4), 12:05 p.m.
Toronto (Borucki 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Happ 13-6), 12:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Cashner 4-10) at Cleveland
(Clevinger 8-7), 12:10 p.m.
Detroit (TBD) at Minnesota (Odorizzi
5-7), 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Fillmyer 1-1) at Chicago
White Sox (Lopez 4-9), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Barria 8-7) at Texas
(Colon 7-10), 2:05 p.m.
Houston (Verlander 11-8) at Oakland
(Manaea 11-8), 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-5) at Seattle
(Elias 2-0), 3:10 p.m.
Cardinals down Brewers 7-2, move into wild-card spot
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell
Ozuna homered and Miles Mikolas
tossed six effective innings to push
the St. Louis Cardinals into the second
wild-card spot in the NL with a 7-2
victory over the Milwaukee Brewers
on Saturday night.
St. Louis moved a half-game ahead
of Milwaukee and within four of the
first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL
Central.
The Cardinals, who are a half-
game behind wild card-leading
Philadelphia, have won 10 of their last
11 and captured their seventh straight
SCOREBOARD
ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 1
Kansas City Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Mrrfeld 2b 5 0 1 0 Moncada 2b 4 0 1 0
A.Grdon lf 2 1 1 1 Y.Sanch 3b 4 0 1 0
S.Perez c 4 0 1 0 J.Abreu 1b 4 0 2 0
Duda 1b 4 1 1 0 Palka dh 4 0 1 0
Bnfacio rf 3 1 1 1 A.Grcia rf 4 0 0 0
O’Hearn dh 3 0 0 0 Dlmnico lf 3 1 1 1
Hrrra ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 0 0
Mondesi ss 3 0 0 0 K.Smith c 3 0 1 0
B.Phllp cf 3 0 0 0 L.Grcia ph 1 0 0 0
A.Escbr 3b 4 0 1 1 Engel cf 3 0 2 0
Narvaez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 35 1 9 1
Kansas City
Chicago
000 002 001—3
010 000 000—1
LOB--Kansas City 7, Chicago 8.
2B--Duda (10), Y.Sanchez (25), J.Abreu
(35). HR--A.Gordon (8), Delmonico (5).
SB--Mondesi (16), A.Escobar (7), Engel
(13). CS--Engel (4).
IP H R ER BB SO
Keller W,6-5
Kansas City
5 7 1 1 0 5
Flynn H,3 2/3 0 0 0 1 1
McCarthy H,12 /3 1 0 0 0 1
2
Hill H,11 2/3 0 0 0 0 2
Maurer H,2 1 1 0 0 0 3
Peralta S,8-8 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chicago
Covey L,4-10 52/3 4 2 2 3
Cedeno 11/3 0 0 0 0
6
1
Gomez 2/3 1 0 0 0 1
Avilan
Minaya
1 0 1 1 2
1/3 1 0 0 0 0
0 Caution Flags: 9 for 70 laps.
WP--Covey.
Umpires--Home, Tripp Gibson; First,
Ryan Additon; Second, Adrian Johnson;
Third, Mark Carlson.
T--3:06. A--19,018 (40,615).
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Saturday’s Games
Iowa at Oklahoma City, late
Sunday’s Games
Iowa at Oklahoma City, Game 1, 3:35
p.m.
Iowa at Oklahoma City, Game 2, TBD
TEXAS LEAGUE
Saturday’s Games
San Antonio 4, Tulsa 1
Sunday’s Games
San Antonio at Tulsa, 7:05 p.m.
NFL EXHIBITION
Saturday’s Games
Jacksonville 14, Minnesota 10
L.A. Rams 19, Oakland 15
Cincinnati 21, Dallas 13
Houston 16, San Francisco 13
Tampa Bay 30, Tennessee 14
Chicago at Denver, late
Seattle at L.A. Chargers, late
Monday’s Games
Baltimore at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.
BENGALS 21, COWBOYS 13
Cincinnati 0 0 11 10 —21
Dallas 3 7 0 3 —13
First Quarter
Dal--FG Bailey 35, 6:40.
Second Quarter
Dal--Te.Williams 6 pass from Prescott
(Bailey kick), 10:47.
Third Quarter
Cin--FG J.Brown 55, 11:55.
Cin--Carson 2 run (J.Ross pass from
Driskel), 1:10.
Fourth Quarter
Cin--FG J.Brown 34, 13:35.
Dal--FG Maher 45, 9:22.
Cin--Hill 3 pass from Barkley (J.Brown
kick), 7:46.
A--88,883.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
PASSING--Cincinnati, Dalton 5-7-0-
41, Driskel 10-16-1-119, Barkley 3-4-0-54,
Woodside 1-3-0-4. Dallas, Prescott 10-15-
0-86, Rush 6-9-0-37, Mi.White 8-16-0-76.
JAGUARS 14, VIKINGS 10
Jacksonville 0 7 0 7 —14
Minnesota 3 0 7 0 —10
First Quarter
Min--FG Forbath 44, 7:18.
Second Quarter
Jac--Fournette 1 run (Lambo kick),
14:57.
Third Quarter
Min--Boone 1 run (Carlson kick), 4:23.
Fourth Quarter
Jac--Wilds 1 run (Lambo kick), 1:55.
A--66,637.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
PASSING--Jacksonville, Bortles 12-20-
1-159, Kessler 11-16-0-72. Minnesota,
Cousins 3-8-0-12, Siemian 5-10-0-46,
Sloter 10-15-0-82.
RAMS 19, RAIDERS 15
Oakland 0 0 6 9 —15
L.A. Rams 0 13 3 3 —19
Second Quarter
La--Kelly 2 run (Zuerlein kick), 12:11.
La--FG Zuerlein 42, 2:05.
La--FG Zuerlein 28, :00.
Third Quarter
La--FG Ficken 35, 7:11.
Oak--Warren 3 run (pass failed), 2:42.
Fourth Quarter
Oak--FG Nugent 31, 11:58.
Oak--Whalen 10 pass from Manuel
(run failed), 9:52.
La--FG Ficken 32, 5:46.
A--69,037.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
PASSING--Oakland, C.Cook 6-12-
0-49, Manuel 10-16-0-89. Los Angeles,
Mannion 10-16-0-84, Bra.Allen 6-11-1-68.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Saturday
At Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tenn.
Lap length: 0.533 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Kurt Busch, Ford, 500 laps, 46
points.
2. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 5048.
3. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 500, 50.
4. (19) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 45.
5. (14) Erik Jones, Toyota, 500, 39.
6. (16) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 500, 44.
7. (10) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 46.
8. (22) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 500,
30.
9. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,
500, 32.
10. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 500, 36.
11. (23) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 500, 26.
12. (24) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet,
500, 25.
13. (18) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500,
24.
14. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 23.
15. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500,
22.
16. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 499,
21.
17. (15) David Ragan, Ford, 499, 20.
18. (21) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 499,
19.
19. (28) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet,
499, 18.
20. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 497, 17.
21. (32) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 496, 16.
22. (29) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 496,
15.
23. (5) William Byron, Chevrolet, 496,
14.
24. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford,
495, 13.
series after winning the opener of the
three-game set on Friday.
The seven-series winning streak is
the longest since St. Louis won eight
in a row from April 10-May 7, 2015.
Travis Shaw and Christian Yelich
homered for the Brewers, who have
lost six of eight.
Ozuna hit his 15th homer of the
season in the second off Wade Miley
(2-2).
Paul DeJong and Harrison Bader
added two-run hits as St. Louis
improved to 21-10 under interim man-
ager Mike Shildt, who took over after
Page designed by: Joe Malan
25. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet,
493, 12.
ON THE AIR
26. (35) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet,
492, 0.
27. (40) Blake Jones, Toyota, 485, 10.
28. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, 481, 0.
29. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,
435, 8.
30. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, acci- Radio
dent, 431, 7.
31. (8) Aric Almirola, Ford, 428, 19. Sunday
32. (34) JJ Yeley, Toyota, accident,
Major League Baseball
423, 0.
33. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 1 p.m. — Brewers at Cardinals, KCRC (1390 AM)
accident, 338, 4.
34. (30) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, elec-
trical, 234, 3.
35. (33) Jesse Little, Toyota, accident, TV
59, 0.
36. (4) Paul Menard, Ford, accident, Sunday
28, 1.
37. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, acci-
Major League Baseball
dent, 10, 1. 11 a.m. — Replay of Saturday’s Angels at Rangers, Fox Sports
38. (27) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet,
accident, 3, 1. Noon — Blue Jays at Yankees, TBS
39. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet,
accident, 1, 1.
1 p.m. — Brewers at Cardinals, Channel 39
40. (38) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 2 p.m. and Midnight (replay) — Angels at Rangers, Fox Sports
accident, 1, 1.
------ 7 p.m. — Mets at Phillies, ESPN
Race Statistics
College Soccer
Average Speed of Race Winner:
89.543 mph. 7 p.m. — Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, Fox Sports
Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes,
35 seconds. 9 p.m. — Replay of Nebraska at Oklahoma, Fox Sports
Margin of Victory: 0.367 seconds.
Pro Soccer
Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers. 7:30 am. — Premier League, Manchester City vs. Huddersfield Town,
Lap Leaders: K.Larson 1-13; K.Harvick
NBC Sports Network (Channel 43)
14-15; K.Larson 16; R.Blaney 17-62;
K.Larson 63; R.Blaney 64-130; A.Almirola
10 a.m. — Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Manchester
131; K.Harvick 132-137; C.Elliott 138-
191; R.Blaney 192-199; A.Almirola United, NBC Sports Network (Channel 43)
200; J.Logano 201-254; K.Larson 255;
J.Logano 256-296; C.Elliott 297-354; 6:30 p.m. — MLS, New England at D.C. United, Fox Sports1
K.Larson 355; C.Bowyer 356-441;
Auto Racing
R.Newman 442; C.Bowyer 443-476;
Ku.Busch 477-500
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,
Noon — IMSA, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Michelin GT
Laps Led): R.Blaney, 3 times for 118 laps; Championship at VIR at Alton, Va., Fox Sports1
C.Bowyer, 2 times for 118 laps; C.Elliott,
2 times for 110 laps; J.Logano, 2 times 1 p.m. — IndyCar ABC Supply 500, NBC Sports Network (Channel 43)
for 93 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 23 laps;
K.Larson, 5 times for 12 laps; K.Harvick, 2 1 p.m. — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCarChampionship, Michelin GT
times for 6 laps; A.Almirola, 2 times for 0
laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 0 laps.
Challenge at VIR at Alton, Va., Fox Sports2
Youth Baseball
IndyCar Lineup
After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday 8 a.m. — Game 13 of Little League World Series, ESPN
At Pocono Raceway
Long Pond, Pa.
10 a.m. — Game 14 of Little League World Series, ESPN
Lap length: 2.500 miles 11 a.m. — Championship game of Junior League World Series, ESPN2
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, Noon — Game 15 of Little League World Series, ESPN
219.511 mph. 1 p.m. — Game 16 of Little League Wrold Series, Channel 5
2. (1) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-
Chevrolet, 218.802. American Legion Baseball
3. (27) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-
Honda, 218.758. Noon — American Legion World Series, Northeast vs. Mid-Atlantic,
4. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-
ESPNU
Honda, 217.806.
5. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara- 3 p.m. — American Legion World Series, Great Lakes vs. Northwest,
Chevrolet, 217.769.
6. (6) Robert Wickens, Dallara-Honda, ESPNU
217.612.
7. (26) Zach Veach, Dallara-Honda, 6:30 p.m. — American Legion World Series, Southeast vs. Western,
217.587.
8. (18) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-
ESPNU
Honda, 217.296.
9. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-
Women’s Pro Basketball
Honda, 217.009. 6 p.m. — Washington at Minnesota, ESPN2
10. (30) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, Golf
216.863.
11. (98) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 6 a.m. — Final round of European Tour Nordea Masters, Golf Channel
216.658.
12. (10) Ed Jones, Dallara-Honda, Noon — Final round of PGA Tour Wyndham Championship, Golf
216.547. Channel
13. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda,
216.410. 2 p.m. — Final round of Wyndham Championship, Channel 9
14. (14) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-
2 p.m. — Final round of Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open,
Chevrolet, 216.328.
15. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-
Golf Channel
Chevrolet, 216.025.
16. (21) Spencer Pigot, Dallara- 3:30 p.m. — Championship match of U.S. Amateur, Fox Sports1
Chevrolet, 215.177.
4 p.m. — Final round of LPGA Tour Indy Women in Tech Champion-
17. (19) Pietro Fittipaldi, Dallara-
Honda, 214.336.
ship, Golf Channel
18. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-
Honda, 214.225.
19. (23) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-
6 p.m. — Final round of Web.com Tour WinCo Foods Portland Open,
Chevrolet, 211.919. Golf Channel
20. (4) Matheus Leist, Dallara-
Tennis
Chevrolet, 211.696.
1 p.m. — Women’s finals of Western & Southern Open, ESPN2
21. (59) Max Chilton, Dallara-
Chevrolet, 209.599.
22. (88) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet,
208.951.
3 p.m. — Men’s finals of Western & Southern Open, ESPN2
Gymnastics
GOLF 7 p.m. — U.S. Championships, women’s events, Channel 4
Horse Racing
Wyndham Championship 3 p.m. — Saratoga Live, Summer Colony Stakes, Fox Sports2
Saturday
At Sedgwfield Country Club
Beach Volleyball
Greensboro, N.C. 3:30 p.m. — AVP Pro Tour, Manhattan Beach Open semifinals and
Purse: $6 million
Yardage: 7,127; Par 70 finals, Channel 4
Partial Third Round
Drag Racing
Michael Thompson 66-70-63—199
Jamie Lovemark 66-70-64—200 11 a.m. — Qualifhying for Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd, Minn.,
Rory Sabbatini 69-67-64—200
Martin Laird 69-66-65—200 Fox Sports1
Sangmoon Bae 67-67-66—200
1 p.m. — Qualifying for Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd, Minn., Fox
Webb Simpson 66-68-66—200
Hideki Matsuyama 69-68-64—201 Sports1
Kevin Tway
Tom Hoge
67-69-65—201
69-66-66—201 Surfing
Matthew Fitzpatrick 70-67-65—202
2 p.m. — Red Bull Signature Series, Volcom Pipe Tour at Oahu,
Rafa Cabrera Bello
Shawn Stefani
68-69-65—202
68-68-66—202 Hawaii, Channel 8 (KOKH)
Patrick Rodgers 68-67-67—202
Chris Kirk 69-65-68—202
Hudson Swafford 67-70-66—203
Joaquin Niemann 68-69-66—203
Scott Piercy 70-67-66—203 Jin Young Ko 65-66-70—201 U.S. Amateur
Sam Saunders 66-70-67—203 Angel Yin 64-69-69—202 Saturday
At Pebble Beach Golf Links
Johnson Wagner 70-66-67—203 Brianna Do 66-70-67—203
Danielle Kang 65-68-70—203 Yardage: 7,075; Par: 71
Mackenzie Hughes 68-68-67—203
William McGirt
Danny Lee
69-68-67—204
68-69-67—204
Marina Alex
Hannah Green
68-70-66—204
69-67-68—204
Pebble Beach, Calif.
Semifinals
Ariya Jutanugarn 70-65-69—204 Devon Bling, Ridgecrest, Calif. def.
Roberto Diaz 68-69-67—204 Isaiah Salinda, South San Francisco, 1 up.
Jennifer Song 68-67-69—204
Jonas Blixt 69-68-67—204
Dylan Meyer
Harold Varner III
67-68-69—204
66-69-69—204
Mi Hyang Lee
Thidapa Suwannapura
66-69-69—204
67-67-70—204
Viktor Hovland, Norway, def. Cole
Hammer, Houston, 3 & 2.
Bronte Law 69-69-67—205 Sunday’s Championship Tee Times 10:30
Lanto Griffin
Billy Hurley III
69-68-68—205
68-69-68—205
Chella Choi
Lydia Ko
68-70-67—205
66-71-68—205
a.m. and 3 p.m. - Devon Bling, Ridgecrest,
Calif. vs. Viktor Hovland, Norway.
Bill Haas 69-68-68—205 Cristie Kerr 69-67-69—205
Sam Ryder 72-64-69—205 Eun-Hee Ji 71-69-66—206
Chesson Hadley
Martin Flores
68-68-69—205
64-73-69—206
So Yeon Ryu
Wichanee Meechai
68-71-67—206
70-68-68—206
UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE
Blayne Barber
Ricky Barnes
68-69-69—206
66-70-70—206
Wei-Ling Hsu
Emma Talley
67-71-68—206
70-67-69—206
Stephan Jaeger 67-68-71—206 Madeleine Sheils 67-70-69—206 Saturday, August 18
Graeme McDowell 70-67-70—207 Caroline Hedwall 65-68-73—206 OKC Energy 4, Rio Grande Valley 2
Jenny Shin 72-68-67—207
Ollie Schniederjans 64-73-70—207 Tulsa at Real Monarchs, late
Brittany Lang 69-71-67—207
Xinjun Zhang 68-67-72—207
Brooke M. Henderson 70-69-68—207
Julian Suri 71-66-71—208
Jeong Eun Lee 70-69-68—207
Jason Kokrak 69-68-71—208
Caroline Inglis 69-70-68—207 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Richy Werenski
Conrad Shindler
68-69-72—209
69-68-73—210
Shanshan Feng 69-70-68—207
Angela Stanford 68-71-68—207
Leaderboard Jane Park 65-74-68—207 Saturday, August 18
Name Par Thru Jessica Korda 71-67-69—207
1. Brandt Snedeker -16 7 Seattle 5, LA Galaxy 0
Sandra Gal 70-68-69—207
New York 2, Vancouver 2, tie
2. Brian Gay -13 12 Haeji Kang 71-66-70—207 Philadelphia 2, New York City FC 0
3. Trey Mullinax -12 12
Cindy LaCrosse 70-67-70—207 Montreal 2, Chicago 1
3. Keith Mitchell -12 8 Paula Reto 69-68-70—207 Sporting Kansas City 3, Portland 0
3. C.T. Pan
3. D.A. Points
-12
-12
7
6
Jackie Stoelting
Beatriz Recari
70-66-71—207
69-70-69—208
Real Salt Lake 2, Houston 1
Minnesota United at FC Dallas, late
7. Michael Thompson -11 F Anne-Catherine Tanguay 68-70-70—208 Toronto FC at San Jose, late
7. Ryan Armour -11 15 Alena Sharp 67-71-70—208 Sunday, August 19
Austin Ernst 68-68-72—208
7. Ryan Moore -11 13 Columbus at Atlanta United FC, 3 p.m.
7. Sergio Garcia
11. Jamie Lovemark
-11
-10
9
F
Pernilla Lindberg
Ashleigh Buhai
67-69-72—208
66-70-72—208
New England at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 9 p.m.
Moriya Jutanugarn 68-72-69—209
11. Rory Sabbatini -10 F
Katherine Kirk 71-68-70—209
11. Martin Laird
11. Sangmoon Bae
-10
-10
F
F Morgan Pressel 70-69-70—209
TRANSACTIONS
Caroline Masson 69-70-70—209
11. Webb Simpson -10 F
Jaye Marie Green 70-68-71—209
11. Denny McCarthy -10 16 Candie Kung 70-68-71—209
11. Jim Furyk -10 13 Yu Liu 69-69-71—209 BASEBALL
11. Nick Taylor
11. Brett Stegmaier
-10 11
-10 10
Sophia Popov 70-67-72—209 American League
Maria Torres 68-69-72—209 BOSTON RED SOX — Placed LHP
11. Harris English -10 9 Katelyn Dambaugh 69-67-73—209 Chris Sale on the 10-day DL, retroactive to
11. David Hearn -10 7 Lindy Duncan 70-70-70—210 Wednesday, Aug. 15. Recalled RHP Brandon
Jacqui Concolino 70-69-71—210 Workman from Pawtucket (IL).
LPGA Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-69-71—210 National League
Saturday Mariah Stackhouse 66-72-72—210
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated
At Brickyard Crossing Golf Club Kris Tamulis 69-68-73—210 RHP Antonio Senzatela from the 10-day DL.
Indianapolis Carlota Ciganda 66-70-74—210 Optioned INF Pat Valaika to Albuquerque
Purse: $2 million Julieta Granada 68-71-72—211 (PCL).
Yardage: 6,456; Par 72 Brittany Altomare 70-69-73—212 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Activated
Third Round Nicole Broch Larsen 67-73-73—213 RHP Hunter Strickland from the 60-day DL.
(a-amateur) Azahara Munoz 70-69-74—213 Transferred INF Pablo Sandoval to the 60-day
Lizette Salas 62-69-64—195 a-Erica Shepherd 71-67-75—213 DL.
Amy Yang 68-64-65—197 Camilla Lennarth 70-68-75—213 WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed
Sung Hyun Park 68-63-66—197 Dori Carter 72-68-74—214 RHP Jeremy Hellickson on the 10-day DL,
Lexi Thompson 68-68-64—200 Annie Park 70-70-74—214 retroactive to Aug. 16. Recalled RHPs Jefry
Mina Harigae 69-67-65—201 Peiyun Chien
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
72-68-75—215
70-70-77—217
Rodriguez and Jimmy Cordero from Syracuse
(IL). Optioned RHP Trevor Gott to Syracuse.
Nasa Hataoka 64-69-68—201
Mike Matheny was fired on July 14. walk to Ozuna, DeJong hit a two-run
Mikolas (13-3) gave up one run on single to push the lead to 4-1.
five hits. He struck out seven and did St. Louis infielder Matt Carpenter
not walk a batter in winning his fifth had a 35-game streak of reaching base
consecutive decision. snapped with a 0-for-4 performance.
Miley surrendered four runs on DeJong drove in three runs.
four hits over five innings. Three of Milwaukee manager Craig
the runs were unearned thanks to a Counsell was ejected in the first
missed third strike by catcher Erik inning by home plate umpire Cory
Kratz that prolonged a three-run third Blaser. Blaser had warned Miley for
inning. throwing inside to O’Neill. Mikolas
Tyler O’Neill broke a 1-all tie with hit Lorenzo Cain in the top of the first.
a bloop single to right following the Counsell came out to argue the
passed ball by Kratz, which would warning and was ejected for the fourth
have ended the inning. Following a time this season.
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PHILLIPS
Continued from Page B1
could,” he said. He was happy
to see Marlo Hughes stepping up
and gaining yards and felt a lot of
pride watching younger brother
Telin “getting the job done.”
It also made him more deter-
mined.
“It made me mentally stron-
ger,” Phillips said. “I was not like
this positive (as I am now) toward
my teammates. When I was a
sophomore, I wasn’t the same. I
felt like this built my character up
a massive ton.”
Plainsmen head coach Steve
Hayes has noticed a difference
too, saying the injury and recovery
have given Phillips “an edge.”
“He’s definitely more focused
than he’s ever been,” Hayes said.
“I think he’s a better teammate and
much more purposeful than he’s
ever been. He’s more coachable.
I think in the long run it’s going
to be for his good. Obviously he
wants a healthy year this year
and truly showcase all the hard
work he’s done. I’m real proud of
him. I’m real proud of how he’s
responded to adversity.”
College offers
Phillips said it was around
March or April that he felt he
was nearly completely back to
his pre-injury health and made
it to state as a long-jumper, with
encouragement from Kareem
Sears, Enid’s boys track coach
and assistant football coach.
Phillips also proceeded to make
a name for himself at various
football camps, including run-
ning an eye-opening electronical-
ly-timed 4.67 in the 40 at a Nike
camp. Schools invited him to their
camps, and showing no ill effects
from his injury, offers followed,
first from Division 2 schools such
as East Central, Northeastern, Fort
Hays State and Central Oklahoma.
Then came his first Division
1 offer from Eastern Michigan
University after visiting EMU’s
campus and meeting the coaches
and impressing the staff there.
EMU had scouted him at Enid
practice, as did scouts from
Oklahoma State and Wyoming.
Recently he visited Division 1
(FCS) Central Arkansas, and an
Enid’s Will Phillips carries the ball during practice Thursday at D. Bruce Selby Stadium. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)
offer is likely forthcoming contin-
gent on academics.
Phillips’ preference, of course,
is to play Division 1.
“I’m setting my mind to D1
programs,” he said. “The facilities
are so great, and the scholarships
and what they provide are awe-
some.”
Fully recovered
Phillips has shown no residual
effects from his injury. He daz-
zled with his speed and elusive-
ness during Enid’s spring game
and then again during the team’s
intrasquad scrimmage. With a
combination of power and shift-
iness, it is obvious what schools
see in him and why they want him
as part of their program.
What he showed on the field
as a sophomore, and briefly as a
junior, has been backed up in the
preseason.
His dedication to working
out is obvious. At 6 feet, 200
SPORTS
Will Phillips is taken off the field on a cart with his leg immobilized Aug. 25, 2017, at
D. Bruce Selby Stadium. (Billy Hefton / Enid News & Eagle)
pounds, he is physically impres-
sive and imposing. He has the
definition and size colleges seek.
Besides workouts with the team at
Honigsberg Fieldhouse, he has a
personal workout regimen.
“I do a lot of squats,” he said
“Squats are my favorite part of the
workout. I do core stuff and lift a
little bit with my upper body.” He
also is a regular at HotWorx that
“breaks a lot of sweat.”
He says he is in the best shape
he has ever been in “throughout
my whole high school career.”
Setting big goals
He has big goals for this sea-
son for the team and him person-
ally. He believes Enid, despite
moving up in class, can break
its playoff drought that started in
2010. He said he looks forward to
the tough competition.
For himself, he has set goals
of rushing for 2,000 yards, and
at least 1,000 yards receiving and
13-14 touchdowns.
“It’s my senior year, I have to
give it my all,” Phillips said. “I
cannot hold back at all. So, I have
to put everything I have into it.”
Hayes thinks Phillips’ person-
al stat goals are not beyond reach.
“Those goals are attainable,”
Hayes said. “I think he can do
it — the only thing that could
keep his numbers down is we
may have fewer snaps.” The
Plainsmen are breaking in a new
quarterback this season and have
slowed the tempo a bit from past
seasons.
Coming full circle
Phillips is also looking for-
ward to when the Plainsmen
open this season at home Aug.
24 against Guthrie as everything
seemingly comes full circle with
the Bluejays again the opening
opponent at home.
He has the number of the
player who pulled him down
from behind, in what Phillips
said was definitely a horse-col-
lar tackle.
“I looked at the film and it
was terrible,” he said. He said he
is looking forward to matching
up again with the Guthrie safety,
“so whenever I break loose in the
backfield and it’s one-one-one, I
am going to run him over.”
He’s not worried about taking
that first big hit.
“No, no, no. That’s all to the
side,” Phillips said. “I’m over it.
I’m just ready for the season to
begin. I am beyond ready.”

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ideas should be toned down. Start small and
by Bernice Bede Osol look for unique alternatives. Taking a dif-
ferent path may not be appreciated by oth-
Aim to please, but don’t go overboard ers, but if it satisfies your needs, you should
trying to impress someone. Making person- proceed.
al changes and redefining what it is you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —
want to accomplish should be your priori- Emotional deception is present. Whether
ties. Listen to your heart as well as to the it’s you or someone else being dishonest, a
people you trust for guidance. It’s OK to reality check will be required to get back on
take baby steps. Change doesn’t happen track. Let intelligence and facts guide you.
overnight. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Children, Change begins within. A new start will help
loved ones, family and close friends will you see things differently. The effort you
have an impact on you. Spend time nurtur- put in will bring results that will not disap-
ing important relationships and making point you. Follow your instincts.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans watch before a preseason NFL game against the Philadelphia Eagles Aug. 9 in personal changes that will enhance your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —
Philadelphia. (AP Photo) life. Romance is featured. Partnerships will undergo change. You are
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Short best off listening and observing without
trips will lead to interesting changes and offering too much input. Once you decipher
RUTHENBERG plans. The people you meet along the way
will offer insight into new possibilities. Be
what’s happening, you will know how to
best respond. Anger won’t solve anything.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
Continued from Page B1 receptive to suggestions and offers of assis-
Emotional manipulation is apparent.
tance.
there is little compelling and the empty For high school and college, the LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Refuse to Consider what’s being offered and the
seats will attest to that. But don’t feel bad non-district or non-conference games let anyone make demands of you. Get strings attached in order to get what you
want. Renegotiation should be strongly
for the owners, those seats may be empty, (and related stats) actually count in their involved in organizations or events that
considered.
but they’ve collected their ticket revenue overall records and a misstep or two in contribute to society. Getting together with
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t
for those seats.  the non-conference season for colleges old friends or colleagues will be eye-open-
let anyone limit what you can do. Someone
With the NFL still much in demand can spell the early end of a once-prom- ing.
in a superior position may try to bring about
(despite its national anthem missteps), ising season. There is little chance
fans are willing to accept the cost of they will hold out their better players, PREMIER PUZZLE ANSWER unwanted change. The choice to decline is
yours. Do what’s best for you.
a couple of extra games to especially considering the TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
make sure they can secure It seems borderline magnitude of some of their Embrace change and visit a place you’ve
their season tickets. The criminal that the NFL non-conference games. never been before. Make new friends and
empty seats though are a tes- continues to allow Contrast that to the NFL learn more about different cultural back-
tament to the pointlessness of and encourage its preseason and how com- grounds. The wisdom and knowledge you
it all as most folks can’t even ownership to pletely meaningless the NFL gain will be powerful assets moving for-
give those tickets away.   swindle fans by preseason is as a precursor ward.
This sparked some conver- peddling these to regular-season success.  GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — An ener-
sation in our sports depart- scrimmage-level When the Detroit Lions getic approach to what you want to do will
ment. After all, high school games as the real went 0-16 in 2008, they help you overcome any challenge you face.
and college football teams thing. Every season were a perfect 4-0 in the Personal improvements can be made, and
don’t make fans sit through preseason. The same with problems can be solved.
totally meaningless games, ticket holder is forced the Cleveland Browns, who CANCER (June 21-July 22) — If you
yet manage to make assess- to purchase two went 0-16 last season, but change the way you deal with others, you’ll
ments with just the benefit exhibition games as were a perfect 4-0 in the gain respect. Offer suggestions, but don’t
of a scrimmage or two at part of their season preseason. The New England give in and do the work that someone else
the high school level and an ticket package and at Patriots were 1-3 in pre- is responsible for. Develop a creative idea.
intrasquad scrimmage in col- full price. season play in 2017 before
lege. Could NFL teams do the going 13-3 in the regular
same? season on their way to an
Now, the argument can be made that AFC Championship.
high school and college have their own It could be worse though.  233-6600
versions of the preseason. In high school Until 1978, the NFL consisted of six
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more important district schedule. Colleges
too use the non-conference portions for
similar reasons. But there is a significant Ruthenberg is sports editor for the News & Eagle. Contact him
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SPORTS

Pacers beat Knights

for season’s first win
By Bruce Campbell
Staff Writer
EL RENO — History
repeated itself for the Enid
softball team Saturday at
the El Reno Tournament.
The Pacers — for the
second straight year — got
their first win of the season
at the tournament with a
win over Northwest Classen
(11-6).
The game was stopped
in the third inning because
of time limits.
The Pacers had dropped
to 0-8 earlier in the day with
an 8-0 loss to the Yukon JV.
“We bounced back pret-
ty well,’’ said Enid coach
Danielle Smith. “We just
In this July 19 photo, Baltimore Ravens cornerbacks Jackson Porter (from left), Darious Williams, Bennett Jackson and Stanley Jean-Baptiste didn’t go 0-for in the tourna-
stretch during an NFL football training camp practice at the team’s headquarters in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo) ment. It was good to finally
get a win. A win is a win.
the first and getting a bas-
es-loaded walk in the sec-
ond. She scored a run.
Ky’Andra Martin was
2-for-2 with two runs
scored and an RBI single in
the first.
Jessica Revels had a
two-RBI double in the first
and a bases-loaded walk in
the second.
Kylee Stanley had a bas-
es-loaded walk for an RBI
in the second and scored
a run.
Kyana Martin was 1-for-
1 with two runs scored.
Tiara Henry was 1-for-2.
Keelah Williams scored
Enid’s first run in the first
when she reached on an
error, went to second on a
walk to Stanley, stole third
and scored on Schwandt’s
single.

Finding balance
NFL players benefit from practicing yoga
By Terrin Waack
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Without
stretching, New York
Giants offensive lineman
Chad Wheeler folds his
6-foot-7, 317-pound frame
over far enough to place his
palms flat on the ground.
His knees are straight but
not fully locked, because
that’s poor form, and he
can comfortably hold him-
self there — he’s that flex-
ible.
That’s nothing for
Wheeler. Like many NFL
players, he does yoga.
“It’s funny doing it as a
team because a lot of guys
haven’t done it,” Wheeler
said. “It makes me feel
proud in a way. Like guys
that are way more athletic
than me, I can bend better
than them in certain posi-
tions.”
Football players don’t
fit the mold of a yogi,
someone who regularly
practices yoga. They’re
large athletes with sculpt-
ed muscles from countless
hours of lifting and condi-
tioning. Most do not look
capable of the contortions
required of the ancient dis-
cipline, such as standing
on one foot with the other
propped up on their knee in
a tree pose for an extended
period without falling over.
Yet in recent years, the
presence of yoga has grown
in the NFL. The fast-paced,
hard-hitting sport has
accepted the more calm-
ing practice that emphasiz-
es conscious breathing and
body flow. Much like yin
and yang, the two comple-
ment each other both men-
tally and physically.
“Obviously (yoga)
helps with flexibility, what
we call join integrity, disci-
pline, focus and balance,”
said Los Angeles Chargers
Director of Football/
Medical Services James
Collins, an NFL athletic
trainer for 31 years. “It
has a lot of different enti-
ties to it. And one thing
about professional foot-
ball players is that if you
explain something to them
and give them the science
and reasoning behind it,
you can get them to buy
into it.”
Many teams hav-
en’t adopted yoga, but
their players practice it
individually, including
Denver Broncos line-
backer Brandon Marshall,
Buffalo Bills placekicker
Steven Hauschka and New
York Jets quarterback Sam
Darnold.
The Giants, Jacksonville
Jaguars, New Orleans
Saints and Chicago Bears
offer it to their players
on recovery days. Others
make it a team activity:
the Chargers, Cleveland
Browns and Dallas
Cowboys.
“I was going into it
expecting to tell them
all the reasons why they
should be practicing yoga
and why it’s so beneficial,”
said Kaleen Lugo, the
Chargers’ yoga instructor.
“They’re just like, ‘You’re
In this July 28 photo, Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle La’el Collins (left) and running back Ezekiel Elliott
(center) listen to yoga instructor Stacey Hickman (right) as the team does some flexibility exercises at NFL
football training camp in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo)
preaching to the choir, girl.
We know.’”
PHYSICAL
BENEFITS
Getting ready in his
pass-rush stance, New
York Jets defensive line-
man Leonard Williams
has his legs spread, knees
bent and feet staggered. He
leans forward with a hand
on the ground.
That’s how he stays
until the ball is snapped,
holding his 6-5, 302-pound
body in the three-point
stance.
“For my position, you
can get knocked off,”
Williams said. “When
we’re playing double
teams, we got to stunt
and do stuff, so it’s like
sometimes we have to be
on one foot, plant and go
somewhere. I feel like
yoga helps with that, when
we’re doing one-legged
poses and stuff like that.
It helps with my balance.”
Yoga helps with so
much more than balance,
and flexibility.
Collins, who’s also
the Professional Football
Athletic Trainers’ Society
president, said yoga is great
for multidirectional joints
such as the elbows, wrists,
ankles, hips and shoulders.
Regular stretching is linear
and doesn’t help strength-
en those areas.
Yoga also keeps mus-
cles pliable and allows
them to recover faster.
“At minimum, doing
it helps maintain what
you have,” Collins said.
“Especially as an athlete
and a football player, as
he’s going through a sea-
son and his bodies getting
beat up, everything starts
to shut down — ‘Boy, I
feel stiff. I’m sore. I can’t
do this.’ But if you’re
doing things throughout
the season, like yoga, to
help maintain what you’ve
established with your body,
that helps you get through
the season, helps reduce
your chance of injury and
things of that nature.”
Each player — position,
really — is different, too.
Gwen Lawrence, found-
er of Power Yoga for Sport,
has been teaching ath-
This should be a confidence Tori Jackson had a walk
builder for us. Everybody in the second and scored.
did pretty good.’’ Enid was able to take
Every Pacer either had advantage of seven walks
a hit or scored a run. The and three hit batsmen.
Pacers had scored only Paige McMullen pitched
seven runs in their first two innings to get the
eight games. win. She allowed four
“We finally sat back on
some stuff at the plate,’’
Smiths said.
hits and four earned runs.
She walked three. Jessica
Emmerson pitched the third
Haylie Schwandt was giving up one run, one hit
3-for-3 with two doubles and one walk while striking
and a single. Both doubles out two.
came in the second inning “Our defense was still
when EHS had 12 batters a little rocky,’’ Smith said.
come to the plate. The sec- “We’re trying to find what
ond double brought in two defenses mesh with what
runs. She had an RBI sin- pitchers.’’
gle in the first when Enid Smith said EHS’ defense
scored five times to over- was “pretty bad’’ in the loss
come a 3-0 deficit. to the Yukon JV.
“Haylie did pretty Enid will host dis-
good,’’ Smith said. trict rival Union at 4 p.m.
Megan Hart had two Monday at David Allen
RBI being hit by a pitch in Memorial Ballpark.
lete-focused yoga for 25 paying attention to the psy-
years and taught the Giants chology of the athlete,” said
for more than a decade National Athletic Trainers’
under former head coach Association president Tory
Tom Coughlin. While she Lindley, who’s also the
would work on arm and Senior Associate Athletic
spine strength — spinal Director for Health,
rotation — for a quarter- Safety and Performance Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) looks to throw against
back, she would focus and Director of Athletic the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of a preseason game
more on the neck, hips and Training Services at Saturday in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo)
wrists for a lineman. Northwestern University.
It comes down to releas-
ing tension and building
“That mind-body connec-
tion is critical.”
COWBOYS
strength in overworked On the field and off it. Continued from Page B1
parts of the body. In 2003, Jacksonville
“I didn’t realize once I Jaguars linebacker Keith Dre Kirkpatrick in the open field on a run by Rod Smith.
got the hold of it how much Mitchell sustained a Dalton’s final possession ended when Dallas defensive
stronger I felt,” Giants career-ending injury. It end Taco Charlton forced a fumble on a short completion to
linebacker Jordan Williams came after seven years in Tyler Boyd, with cornerback Byron Jones getting the recovery.
said. “I wasn’t doing any- the NFL, mostly spent with Dalton was 5 of 7 for 41 yards.
thing but using my body the Saints. He was lost, The Cowboys forced two turnovers after getting three
weight, and I felt so much saying he showed signed against the 49ers. The highlight was Chidobe Awuzie’s leaping
stronger.” of depression and had sui- interception, which he tipped to himself along the sideline late
cidal thoughts, until he in the first half.
MENTAL found yoga. Cincinnati’s first points came on backup kicker Jonathan
BENEFITS Mitchell credits medita- Brown’s 55-yard field goal in the third quarter.
tion and conscious breath- The Bengals went ahead 11-10 when Tra Carson scored on
Bending to the side, ing for getting him through a 2-yard run and Jeff Driskel threw a 2-point conversion pass
Detroit Lions running back the tough time. Now, he’s a to John Ross. Matt Barkley’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Brian
Ameer Abdullah reaches yoga instructor and hopes Hill wrapped up the scoring midway through the fourth quarter.
for a block on the floor. the practice grows in the LONG TIME COMING
He then lifts his other legs NFL because he wishes he Dallas defensive end Randy Gregory played for the first
straight out so he is parallel had done it as a player. time since the finale of the 2016 regular season. He missed all
to the ground and extends “The game, I always of last season after getting suspended three times in 2016 for
his free arm upward. say, is 80 percent mental,” violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. Gregory didn’t
Each limb is stretched Mitchell said. “So anything show up in the defensive stats but pressured Dalton on a third-
out straight, as he breathes we can do to reboot the down misfire to an open A.J. Green on Cincinnati’s opening
through the diffi- mind — I call it possession.
culty of holding “I didn’t realize a meditation and TALE OF TWO WORKLOADS
yoga’s half-moon once I got the I teach it as a With star running back Ezekiel Elliott sitting again for
pose. hold of it how mind practice — Dallas, Smith had 13 carries in the first 18 minutes, finishing
That’s where much stronger that’s just going with 49 yards. His workload was helped by a nearly nine-min-
the mind-over- I felt. I wasn’t to make you even ute drive to Williams’ touchdown. Bengals starter Joe Mixon
matter mentality doing anything more impactful, got just four carries for 8 yards.
comes in. but using my more effective on LEE SIGHTING
“They need to body weight, your endeavors.” Dallas linebacker Sean Lee started and played a few snaps
be trained when and I felt so Many players after finally going through a full practice for the first time this
they’re in a tough much stronger.” do it for the men- past week at training camp in California.
situation, they tal aspect alone, O-LINE OVERHAUL
can’t just bail,” ~ Jordan saying yoga gets The work in progress that is the overhauled offensive line
Lawrence said. “A Williams, their mind right for the Bengals remains that way, this time after fired line coach
lot of times they’ll Giants and prevents Paul Alexander was watching from the opposing sideline after
be like, ‘Ah, this linebacker overthinking. It getting hired by Dallas. Cedric Ogbuehi was at right tackle to
is too hard. This forces them to be start the second half when gave up a sack to Charlton while
hurts,’ and they’ll jump out in the moment, otherwise getting called for holding. Cincinnati running backs had just 7
of that. You can’t do that in there’s no way they’d be yards on six carries before halftime.
a game, and you can’t do able to accomplish some NATIONAL ANTHEM
that in yoga.” of the poses, which make The Cowboys were standing for the national anthem in the
Mental toughness is one them feel better physically. first preseason home game, “toe on the line” as owner Jerry
of the six facets Lawrence One thing leads to Jones declared they would be in his opening remarks at train-
teaches in her yoga class, another, much like the flow ing camp last month. The Dallas players, with some coaches
along with strength, flex- of a good sun salutation — sprinkled in, were single file on the sideline, spanning about 50
ibility, balance, focus and moving from one pose to yards. As usual, all the Bengals were standing.
breath. But she also has another. INJURY REPORT
a six-week mindfulness “When you feel good, Bengals: Rookie CB Davontae Harris was ruled out with
course Coughlin had the you play good,” Lugo said. a knee injury in the first half. ... TE C.J. Uzomah sustained a
medical staff and players “When you play good, it’s cut to his face early in the game, but came back with a 23-yard
go through. The well-be- all good. They know that catch in the first half.
ing of the mind is just as comes from so much more Cowboys: S Xavier Woods left with a hamstring injury.
important as the well-being than just keeping your ... Rookie RB Bo Scarbrough, a seventh-round pick out of
of body. body in peak shape and Alabama, went to the locker room with a hip injury. ... DE
“We spend a lot of time condition.” Datone Jones and S Jameill Showers left with knee injuries.