Hornets sting Guthrie soccer on home sod

The schedule makers did not do any favors for the Guthrie High School soccer teams in start the 2010 district play. Not to mention playing on the East side of the state in district three.

Both the Jays and Lady Jays opened district play on the road for the first two games before entertaining Booker T. Washington, Tuesday evening, in Guthrie for only the second home game for the Jays.

The Hornets and Lady Hornets both entered the game ranked No. 4 in Class 5A and did not hurt their ranking by collecting two wins over Guthrie.

The Lady Hornets shut out the Lady Jays 10-0 and the Hornets got by the Jays 4-1.

The Guthrie boys have dropped two games in a row and currently stand 5-4, but 1-2 in district play. The Lady Jays have now lost six in a row and are 2-7 overall and 0-3 in the district.

Tennis competes in Stillwater Tournament

Hank Hudson and Josh Wehrenberg made yet another finals, but fell short against Class 6A’s Norman North doubles team in the Stillwater Tournament.

The duo played Chickasha and beat them 6-0, 6-0 in their first match, in the second round defeated Claremore 6-3, 6-3.

In the finals, Guthrie won the first set 6-3, lost the second set in a tie-breaker after being down 4-0 and then lost the super tie-breaker for the third set.

Barrett Porter won the consolation round in No. 2 singles. He lost his first match to Bartlesville 6-1, 6-4. In the next round  Porter beat Owasso, 6-1, 6-3 and in the consolation finals he defeated Mustang 7-6, 6-1.

Dalton Jones and Seth Vicchio playing for the first time together took on No. 2 doubles they placed sixth. They lost their first round to Claremore 6-2, 6-1, but won their second round against Chickasha 7-5, 4-6 10-2, and lost their consolation finals to Bartlesville 6-4, 6-4.

Dylan Williams played No. 1 singles and placed seventh. He lost his first round match to Claremore 6-0, 6-0 and lost his second round match to Chickasha 6-4, 6-1 and won his final round against Owasso 6-3, 6-2.

In girls action, Shawnee Smith playing No. 1 singles and got fourth place. In the first round she defeated Chickasha 6-1, 6-0, in the second round she lost to Bartlesville 6-0, 6-1, and in the match for third place she lost to Norman North 6-3, 6-3. 

The Lady Jays No. 2 doubles team also placed fourth. Sarah Howells and Taylar Swartzbaugh defeated Stillwater 6-0, 6-3, n the second round they lost to Mustang 6-0, 6-0, and in the match for third place they lost to Bartlesville 6-2, 6-1. 

The No. 1 doubles team of Brooke Powell and Paige Powell placed sixth overall. They lost to Mustang 6-4, 7-6 in the first round, but then defeated Norman North 6-1, 6-0 in the second round before dropping to Bartlesville in the consolation finals 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.

Kristyn Reed played No. 2 singles and placed seventh. She lost her first round to Mustang 6-0, 6-0 and her second round to Chickasha 1-6, 6-3 10-6. She won her last round by default.

Next up on the schedule is the Texas Tango, on Thursday, at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center.

Brothers receives some ESPN recognition

Kentrell Brothers works out in the Under Armour combine in Bedford, TX. Photo by Davide De Pas/ESPN.com

Guthrie junior Kentrell Brothers continues to stay busy on the recruiting trail and recently attended the Dallas-area Under Armour combine on Saturday in Bedford, Texas.

Brothers has been tabbed as a top five recruit in the state of Oklahoma and currently has 11 offers on the table with more to come. Current offers include: Missouri, Duke, Syracuse,  Kansas State, Baylor, Iowa State, Tulsa, Washington, Connecticut, Kansas, and Arizona.

ESPN’s recruiting writer Gerry Hamilton was in Bedford and filed a report on Brothers. To read the story click here.

He is heading to Dallas to the Nike Football Training Camp this weekend for an invite event.

Brothers younger sibling, Richard, will participate in the Dallas Nike Combine event on Saturday.

Jays make short work of Wolves

No one timed Guthrie head baseball coach Jon Chappell, Tuesday evening, but the skipper may have spent more time on the field maintaining the yard then his ball club did playing.

Senior John Cotton ripped his 7th home run of the season in a 9-1 win over Shawnee. Cotton had 16 big flies a season ago.

The Jays collected 9 runs on 13 hits and run ruled the Class 6A Shawnee Wolves, 9-1, in four and a half innings. Game time was a total of 57 minutes as eight Jays collected at least one hit.

Senior John Cotton lead the way and did a lot in the 57 minutes. Cotton picked up the pitching win, collected two hits, smashed his seventh home run of the season, and picked up four RBIs.

Bryan Dutton and Luke Davis started the first inning with hits and was cleared off the bases with a Hayden Seifert two run double. Fellow sophomore Landry Chappell followed that up with a RBI double to give the Jays a 3-0 lead after one.

Senior outfielder Dustin Bowman gave Guthrie their third double with a smash off the right field wall. Scott Pickle then picked up a single, but was cleared off the bases on a double play. Davis, who scored three runs, then drew a base on ball and came across on Cotton’s double to go up 5-0.

In the fourth inning, Guthrie collected four runs, in which, three came off the bat of Cotton and his smash to dead center field that was a no brainer. Davis collected the other RBI and along with Cotton, Bowman, and Seifert each had two hits.

Guthrie improves to 15-6 and has won two games in a row and improves to 9-0 in the Suburban Conference. Next up is Northwest Classen, on Thursday, before hosting McGuinness and Ponca City on Saturday.