Luke Hill struck out 10 batters and surrendered just one run as Okarche took a step toward a chance to win a state title in baseball.
The Okarche Warriors downed the Ripley Warriors 6-1 Thursday to advance to a Friday game. And that means there will be no school in Okarche Friday.
Okarche will play Wright City at 11 a.m. Friday. Wright City eliminated Caddo Thursday.
Hill gave up just seven hits Thursday in the game with Ripley.
Okarche jumped to a 3-0 lead against Ripley through three innings Thursday at Oklahoma Christian University’s Dobson Field.
The score was 4-0 after Jett Mueggenborg scored in the bottom of the fifth. The score was 6-1 in the Okarche Warriors favor in the top of the seventh inning with two outs. Hill had two hits in the game. Brett Carnott, Jett Mueggenborg and Colin Hendrickson each had a hit.
Since Okarche baseball won Thursday school will be out Friday for all grades for a virtual day.
The Warriors had a record of 18-6 and a ranking of #5 in Class A-1 into the tournament May 8.
On Monday, May 5, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletic Association released the final regular season rankings.
Okarche was in fifth place behind Ripley, #4; Wister, #3; Dewar, #2, and Wright City, #1.
Wright City had a record of 27-3; Dewar, 32-2; Wister, 24-3; and Ripley 31-2.
The other teams in the tournament are Wister, Arapaho-Butler, Amber-Pocasset and Dewar.
Okarche right-fielder Lane Rother (4) catches a foul ball for the third out of the top of the first inning at the state tournament opening round game with Ripley at Oklahoma Christian University Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Photo by Robert Medley)
Read more about the Okarche Warriors’ baseball season in spring 2025 and how they got to the state tournament in today’s Okarche sports section.
Last fall, in the state tournament for fall season, Okarche’s starting pitcher Luke Hill was roughed up on the mound against Rattan in the first inning of the second game of state tournament for Class A at Edmond Santa Fe High School.
The championship game in spring will be played in Shawnee.
Check the Okarche Warrior for schedules and results.
