3A, 4A teams head to regionals

Fridayland schools in Classes 3A-4A begin their quest for a state championship as they compete in regional meets this Saturday across the area.

Harding Charter Prep is the lone institution in 4A and competes at Chisholm near Enid.

Meanwhile, Crossings Christian and Mount St. Mary also participate in a 3A regional at Chisholm and Heritage Hall is at Plainview.

Both 3A and 4A state meets are to be staged May 5-6 at Ardmore.

In addition, 5A and 6A regionals take place next weekend as local teams compete at Putnam City, Moore and Jenks.

ANTLER GIRLS TAKE 2ND AT MWC

Keyed by three individual gold medalists, the Deer Creek girls track team finished and the Heritage Hall girls were third at the Mid-

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The Charger boys also grabbed third place at the meet.

Along with three from Deer Creek, four other Fridayland athletes earned event titles.

Deer Creek’s Maddie Cottier enjoyed a big day with a pair gold medals, a silver and another spot in the top 5. Cottier cruised to a 10-second victory in the 800 meters in 2:26.75 and a bigger 25-second triumph in the 1600 meters in 5:33.31.

Teammate Gabrielle Schwabe finished second in both events.

Cottier also came in second in the 300-meter hurdles and fourth in the 100 hurdles.

Emmory Carter and Natasha Martin rounded out the Antlers’ gold-medal trio as Carter won the 200 meters by a fraction of a second in 26.51 seconds and Martin took the 400 meters in 1:03.32.

Carter also finished third in the 200 meters for the Antlers.

Heritage Hall boast- ed three athletes to win gold medals at Midwest City.

Addy Washington earned two victories in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.66 seconds and the long jump with a winning leap of 16 feet, 9 inches.

Anya Birch and Andy Bass swept the 100 meters as Birch won in 13.31 seconds and Bass broke the tape in 11.08 seconds. Bass also took second in the 200 meters, while Birch was fourth in the long jump.

Casady’s Madeline Fares captured the 3200-meter distance title with a 5-second victory in 18:43.46 for the Cyclones.

In addition, the Deer Creek girls earned a gold medal in the 4-by400 relay in 4:22.28 while the Charger girls won the 4-by-800 relay in 11:13.60 and took second in the 4-by-200 relay.

The Heritage Hall boys added a gold medal in the 4-by-800 relay in 9:01.51 and were third in the 4-by-100 relay. The Antler boys’ best finish was third in the 4-by-200 relay.

KNIGHTS FINISH 3RD AT LUTHER

Four medal winners helped both the Crossings Christian boys and girls squads to third place at the Luther Lion Invitational last week.

Savanna Meek led the way with a pair of gold medals in the hurdle events. Meek edged the field by a half-second in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.50 sec-

Golf Roundup

Boys regionals set for Monday

Eight Fridayland boys golf teams embark on a journey toward a state championship as they compete this Monday at regional tournaments across the state.

Deer Creek and PC North travel north to Enid for their Class 6A regional at Meadowlake Golf Club.

McGuinness stays a bit closer to home for its 5A regional at Cedar Valley Golf Club in Guthrie.

Three teams are slated to compete in 4A, with Crossings Christian, Harding Charter Prep and John Marshall playing at Kingfisher Golf Club and defending state champion Heritage Hall traveling to Lake Murray Golf Club in Ardmore.

Mount St. Mary also ventures south to Purcell for a 3A regional tournament at Brent Bruehl Memo- onds and earned a more comfortable 5second victory in the 300 hurdles in 45.66 seconds. rial Golf Club.

Three others picked up silver medals, including Grayson Swaim in the 200 meters, Trey Bishop in the 3200 meters and Nate Rouse in the 300 hurdles.

Jayden Fowler grabbed third in the 300 hurdles and sixth in the 110 hurdles. Story continued at OKCFRIDAY.com.

Boys state tournaments are set for May 8-9, with 6A at Bailey Ranch in Owasso, 5A at Territory Golf and Country Club in Duncan, 4A at Prairie West in Weatherford and 3A at Lakeview Golf Club in Ardmore.

GIRLS REGIONALS COULD FACE DELAYS

Intermittent rain and thunderstorms likely have delayed the playing of girls regional golf tournaments last Tuesday.

No scheduling changes had been announced at press time, but check out okcfriday.com for any other developments.

In 6A, PC North traveled south to Norman for a regional at Westwood Park and Deer Creek competed at Ponca City Country Club.

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Girls regional tourneys set for Monday

Seven Fridayland girls tennis teams commence their quests for a state championship as they compete in regional tournaments this Monday in the OKC and Tulsa metro areas.

Both Deer Creek and PC North drew spots in the Class 6A West division with the Antlers playing at Mustang and Panthers at Yukon.

Heritage Hall hosts a 5A West regional, while John Marshall participates in an East regional at Ada.

In 4A, host Crossings

Christian and Mount St. Mary compete in a West regional tournament at Edmond Center Court and Harding Charter Prep plays in an East regional at LaFortune Tennis Center in Tulsa.

The 4A-6A state tournaments are set for May 5-6 at OKC Tennis Center in Will Rogers

Park.

Irish Girls Win At Claremore

Finishing fourth or better in all four divisions, including two titles, the McGuinness girls tennis team captured the tournament title at Claremore last Monday.

Olivia LaForge earned a title in No. 1 singles, as did Juli Abbott and Lauren Potter in No. 1 doubles.

Chelsea Le and Olesya Rodgers picked up a third-place trophy, and Elizabeth Newbold claimed fourth in No. 2 singles.

The Irish boys also boasted two division titles on the way to a third-place finish.

T.J. Shanahan won the No. 1 singles title, while Carl Amaya and Matthew Dell’Osso earned the No. 1 doubles crown.

Joseph Dickerson and Sam Purnell finished third in No. 2 doubles, and Rusty Cleaver grabbed fifth

Soccer Roundup

Irish get past Southeast in finale

Finishing the regular season on a high note, the McGuinness boys soccer team held on for a 2-1 victory at Southeast last Friday.

Jesse Hauser and Joseph Coats scored a goal each to lead the Irish (8-1), as they won five straight games to end the season.

Goalkeeper Alejandro Ramirez also collected four saves.

Earlier in the week, McGuinness also collected a 2-1 win over Guymon at Pribil Stadium.

Hauser netted both goals and Ramirez had three saves to secure the victory.

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Baseball Roundup

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Cyclones Sweep Spc Duals

A trip to north Texas proved to be a good one as both Casady boys and girls squads swept a pair of Southwest Preparatory Conference duals last weekend.

The Cyclone boys escaped with a 3-2 victory at Dallas-Cistercian on Saturday. Thomas Rudnicki cruised to a win in No. 2 singles as did Eric Thien and Warner Hayhurst in No. 1 doubles.

Thatcher Wallis and Bryce Johnson pulled off a 3-set triumph in No. 2 doubles.

Meanwhile, the Cyclone girls also came away with a 3-2 win over Fort Worth-Country Day as they swept all three singles matches.

Emilia Mantila won in No. 1 singles as did Lili Tran in No. 2 singles and Ava Sachdev in No. 3 singles.

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Knights run over Cyclones

Jumping out to a big lead in the first inning, the Crossings Christian baseball team cruised to a 12-2 victory against Fridayland rival Casady last Monday afternoon.

Silas Ward and Alex Foraker collected three hits each for the Knights (15-9-1).

Ward drove in three runs and scored another, while Foraker scored three times and drove in a run.

Preston Mahen belted a pair of doubles with four RBIs and Jake Robison chipped in a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Mahen also picked up the pitching victory, allowing six runs on four hits and striking out four over two innings.

Casady (5-13) mustered four hits by Max Geib, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Ethan Knowles and Jack Barber. Fitzpatrick scored a run and Barber drove in another.

The Cyclones ended their season last Thursday at Oakridge.

Chargers Snuff Out Rockets

Scoring three runs in the sixth inning, Heritage Hall escaped with a 4-3 win over Fridayland rival Mount St. Mary last Monday.

Isaac Beeson doubled and scored a run to lead the Chargers (24-3). Zach Fetrow had an RBI single, as Austin Lemon and Kaeden Woods accounted for the other three hits.

Beeson allowed two runs on six hits and struck out two over four innings to take the pitching victory.

Owen Kuklinski battled 2-for-3 with a double and run scored for the Rockets (16-10). Joshua Shropshire also collected two singles and drove in a run.

Pitcher Michael Lynch allowed three runs on a hit and recorded a strike out over 1 2/3 innings in the loss.

ANTLERS BLANK ED. MEMORIAL away for a 7-0 win at Edmond Memorial on Monday.

Taylor Tomlin paced four players with at least two hits with an RBI double and a run scored. Brittain Brewer belted a triple and drove in a run, while Kellen Frizzell and Luke Schimmels combined for two RBIs and two runs scored.

Pitcher Brady Hamilton struck out 11 batters and tossed a 2-hit complete game shutout for the victory.

Eagles Top Okc Bronchos

Harding Charter Prep plated five runs in second inning to secure a 5-4 victory over the OKC Bronchos JV.

Sean Carr and Zach Sisson collected two hits and scored a run each to lead the Eagles (11-14). Tillman Redwine, Donovan Leonard, Quincy Robinson and Xavier Sarkey accounted for the other four hits.

Heritage Hall cruised to a 4-1 triumph at Community Christian last week in the regular-season finale.

Alex Alspaugh netted two goals to lead the Chargers (8-1). Will Porter and Noah Ragozzino accounted for the other two scores.

Knights Shut Out Atoka To End Season

Crossings Christian finished its regular season in style with a 10-0 boys soccer win at Atoka.

Charlie Cook and Kaden Laisle scored 25 goals each to lead the Knights (8-1) in 2023. Laisle also finished with a team-best 14 assists and Cook added 11 assists.

Harper Nance chipped in nine goals and nine assists.

Goalkeeper Benton McKim collected 95 saves and recorded six shuouts in nine total games.

Geib surrendered six runs on five hits in an inning in the pitching loss.

Deer Creek broke open a close game with six runs over the final three innings to pull

Sarkey also picked up the win on the mound, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out two over three innings.

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