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Jake McCool - Baseball Pacers Volleyball by Billy Tipps, EHS Athletic Director
by Robert Faulk
This Enid School Pacer volleyTheyear’s Enid High Baseball team has a new look, to andima ball team has continued will and throughout desire that that seaprove this the season. son will turn around and they Just after the midway point in can run at a the Big 8PlainsConthemake 2021a season, ference Championship. men are finding their grove and Jake McCool is a big part First, history – in Enid of thatsome success. Pacer Head Coach Michael Nelson’s first season last year, they Jake has played baseball had and 12 losses, finishfor 18 thewins Plainsmen since middle ing runner-up in the Conschool and has hadBig his8sights set onbefore starting for the Plainsference losing to Owasso the round entire of time. His motiinmen the first Regionals. vation was then, and still is, to be besthad he 4can be every Thatthe team senior startdaysowhen he shows to pracers, replacing themup has been or games. That Junior motivation notice small chore. Enter star had paidHitter off, asKyleigh he is currently Outside Whitethe 1st and plays in head, andbaseman 4 other Junior rotation the outfield for the Plainsmen. players to a fairly inexperienced The starting position onestahe squad. Whitehead has is been has haddominant to work and hardwill and be tistically likely patient for. His advice to upgarner post season awards with coming athletes is toSide “work as her play. Senior Right Hitter hard as you can every day.” Faith Tommy, a newcomer to Varsity, has been a critical piece to this year’s wins with her positive attitude This past year has been different for everyone to say the least, and constant cheering for the squad, which have been noticed by opand for athletes around the world, including Jake, it is just another posing coaches. challenge in their lives. “This year I have learned that you can’t give up no matter how bad things seem.” Jake goes on to say that being Coach Nelson decided to beef up this year’s schedule and throw the an athlete has helped prepare him for this type of event. “Being an team into the fire, to hopefully prepare them for the rigors of the post athlete has made me a better person because it has taught me how season. to be self-disciplined in many different situations.”
As usual, first goal is to win the Big 8 Conference championship. where he isthe at today.” With matches against the Putnam City schools, Choctaw and Ponca We look forward to seeing Jake continue that work and City, Coach Nelson believes they measure up and willhard compete with play at the next level. He will continue a long tradition of Plainsmen Choctaw for the championship this year. Choctaw was able to pull out baseball doing great things highthe school. the close players win in their first match, but beyond he believes ladies are improving and has a great shot at beating them in the conference tournament October 5 in Choctaw. The regional tournament starts a week later, on October 12, location to be determined.
BecauseJake of the difficult schedule, his theacademic team is only as of career this writCoach Nelson says the future of Pacer Volleyball is bright as there is plans on extending and6-11 athletic at ing, but Coach Nelson believes are learning from Northwestern Oklahoma State they University where he willtheir playmistakes, baseball a ton of talent in the middle school programs, with Waller MS finishing getting better and it will only help them later in the season. and pursue a degree in Business. Coach Gore, the Enid High head second in two tournaments, and Emerson/Longfellow finishing 3rd in baseball coach adds that “Jake has had to work very hard to get to one. So come cheer on your Enid Pacer Volleyball team! 28 | OCTOBER 2021 | ENID MONTHLY
