How the Jays opponents did in week 3

 

The BlueJay football team tasted defeat for the first time in the 2010 season in a back-and-forth momentum of a game to Enid 37-36. Here is how the Jays opponents did in Week 3 as district play is set to begin Friday night.

Duncan 10, Carl Albert 42

Kenton Whittington rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Carl Albert Titans past the Duncan Demons 42-10. Duncan falls to 1-2 while the Titans improve to 2-1.

Ponca City 27, Shawnee 40

The Shawnee passing game struggled in the win as the rushing game prevailed in the second half for the Wolves on the road. SHS running back Darrell Parker who carried the ball 21 times for 125 yards. QB Brayle Brown rushed 15 times for 91 yards.

Deer Creek 35, Tecumseh 13

Deer Creek’s Alex Christiansen ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to propel the Deer Creek over Tecumseh. Tecumseh committed five turnovers — three interceptions and two fumbles. Two of the interceptions were returned for touchdowns — 45 yards by Isaiah Byrd in the first quarter and 50 yards by Ian Smith in the final quarter.

Ada 63, US Grant 6

Ada got into the win column for the first time in the 2010 in a big way over the US Grant Generals. Ada dropped two competitive losses to rivals Ardmore and McAlester to begin the season. 

Noble , Chickasha

The game was canceled due to the tragic death on Chickasha lineman Cody Turner, who collapsed Tuesday while running wind sprints in a Chickasha practice. Turner died early Friday morning at OU Medical Center.

Carl Albert 42, Duncan 10

Kenton Whittington rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Carl Albert Titans past the Duncan Demons 42-10. Duncan falls to 1-2 while the Titans improve to 2-1.

El Reno 14, Elk City 28

Western Heights 12, Piedmont 49

Southeast 31, Capitol Hill 6

Softball wins wins in win win games

 

The Guthrie Lady Jays softball team took part in the WIN-WIN WEEK in a double header with Western Heights, Thursday evening, at the softball field.

The Lady Jays collected two wins to snap their two game losing streak. Guthrie is currently 11-18 on the season and ranked 19th in Class 5A.

Win Win week is a collaboration between the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association and the OU Cancer Institute. 

Guthrie is competing for a state championship trophy issued by the OSSAA for most successful cancer prevention and fundraising programs with other schools. Student-athletes, student council members,  cheerleaders, spirit squad members, marching band members and other student leaders have help prevent cancer and raise funds to help cancer patients from all over Oklahoma.

In the first game of the varsity double-header, Guthrie made quick work of the Lady Jets in a 13-3 win, but the second game was a slugfest between the two north division teams.

Western Heights came across for 14-runs, but Guthrie’s offense was able to stay ahead of the Jets and scored 22 runs in the win.

Earlier in the week, the softball’ers dropped a division game to Deer Creek, 8-1, and an out of conference game with Kingfisher 11-6. The Lady Jays are scheduled for seven more games of the regular season in the next two weeks before regional play begins. Next up are the Carl Albert Titans on the road Monday afternoon before returning home Tuesday and taking on Crescent.

Enid’s late touchdown rallies Plainsmen past the Jays

 

The Guthrie BlueJays controlled the scoreboard for the majority of the game in their showdown with the Enid Plainsmen Friday night inside D. Bruce Selby Stadium, but a late Enid score put the final touches on a see saw second half.

Guthrie jumped out to a 15-0 first quarter lead and led at the half 22-7, but Enid finished a 10 play drive with a touchdown pass to finalize the score, 37-36, with just :31 seconds left in the game. At times, the Jays were their own worse enemy with penalties and personal fouls that gave Enid great field position in key moments of the game.

The Jays fall to 2-1 on the season while Enid improves to 2-1 as well. Guthrie opens district play with Deer Creek, at Jelsma Stadium, Friday. For post game comments by Rafe Watkins go to the home page of Guthrie Sports Page.

The Jays seemed to have lost some of their momentum in the first series of the second half when senior running back Alphonso Wilcots went down with an injury. The senior, who has rushed for over 100 yards in back-to-back weeks, finished with 12 carries for 59-yards before he was forced to leave. The injury has not been diagnosed at this time.

The Plainsmen, who ran 20 more offensive plays than the Jays, did not have their first lead until 1:51 left in the game when they scored on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Alex Patterson to Tanner Miller, in which, came on a third down and 27 play.

However, Guthrie responded 43 seconds later when Jays quarterback Bryan Dutton found Devonte McCulley over the middle, who then broke a tackle and sped by two Enid players for the 67-yard score, but left Enid with 2:05 to work with.

The game winning score came from Patterson to Jonathan Burton in the corner of the end zone came after a BlueJay defensive back slipped in the end zone. Guthrie got the ball back, but were just able to get to the 50 yard line to end the game.

Just last week Enid let go of a 17-0 first quarter lead to Midwest City to only see themselves rally from a 15-0 first quarter deficit against the Jays.

Dutton scored the first score on an 11-yard run and the Jays followed that with a 2-point conversion when Dutton found Luke Davis on the screen pass.

Guthrie quickly made it 15-0 when Enid lined up in a diamond formation with four receivers and Kentrell Brothers made a great read to try to jump the route, but it went through his hands, however, the ball was thrown behind the line of scrimmage and junior linebacker Landry Chappell picked it up and ran after Enid had thought it was incomplete pass as Chappell scored from 57-yards out.

Enid got on the board for the first time with Burton’s 7-yard run on the first play in the second quarter to pull Enid to within 15-7. Both teams would trade punts before Guthrie struck again.

Dutton on the eighth play of the drive hit McCulley for a 19-yard touchdown score to give Guthrie back their 15-point lead at 22-7 with :42 to play before the half. However, Guthrie executed a well-played onside kick and recovered the ball, but the Jays would miss a 30-yard field goal as they went into the locker room.

McCulley finished the night with 3-catches for 96-yards and two touchdown scores and was named the Farmers and Merchants Player of the Game.

Enid struck twice quickly in the third quarter with touchdown drives of 42 and 33 seconds to tie the game at 22-all thanks in part to two touchdown passes from Patterson and a 2-point conversion with 3:39 left in the third. Patterson was poised all evening with a good rush by the Jays and was able to scramble long enough to find open receivers especially in the second half.

On the Jays ensuing drive, Brothers was hit late on the kick return and with the penalty the Jays were set up at the Enid 45-yard line. Guthrie then went on an 8-play drive capped off by Derrick Kelley’s 5-yard run to recapture the lead at 29-22.

Neither team could get anything going in the first part of the fourth quarter, but Enid sliced the Jays lead down to four with a 43-yard field goal with 6:16 left on the clock.

The next possession for the Jays, who were needing to take time off the clock, could only hold on to the ball for 1:26 before having to punt the ball away as Enid scored two touchdowns in the next 2:17 to pull out the victory.