By Patrick B. McGuigan Associate Publisher Throughout the evening at last week’s Devon Energy College Basketball Awards, fans gently lobbied Marcus Smart, the star player for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, to stick around for a second season at the school in Stillwater. At the end of the evening, it was Michigan State University head [...]
Staff Report Bishop McGuinness senior, Elyse Hight recently signed a letter of intent to play soccer for the University of Notre Dame. Elyse is the daughter of Joe and Nannette Hight of Edmond. A three year member of National Honor Society, Elyse currently serves as the club Historian. She has been an active member of [...]
Staff Report Anthony Davis of Kentucky, winner of the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award as the men’s National Freshman of the Year, will be honored Monday, April 16 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) chose Davis for the honor. This year’s winner of the Tisdale [...]
by Patrick B. McGuigan Executive Editor This morning (Wednesday, February 15), the five finalists for the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year award were announced. (Some fans got the word early, form a twitter release at halftime of the Ohio State vs. Minnesota basketball game on ESPN. The finalists for the honor, recognizing the [...]
Staff Report Oklahoma City University has been slated as the top-ranked team in NAIA baseball in the preseason coaches poll. The Stars collected four first-place votes and 481 points to make their 28th appearance as the No. 1 team in the NAIA baseball rankings since 2000 to rank second behind Lewis-Clark State (Idaho). OCU has [...]
By Patrick B. McGuigan Executive Editor Keith Synor, new athletic director for the Oklahoma City Public Schools, takes justifiable pride in the success of the system’s athletic teams in 2010-11, pointing to a range of championships (one in football) and competitive squads in many sports. At the dawn of the fall 2011 season, Synor – [...]
By Joni Menton Staff Writer In the world of elite fast pitch softball, a high tech “Virtual Reality” pitching simulator has now become accessible for competitive softball athletes in Oklahoma City. The participation of women in intensely competitive sports continues to grow in the United States and abroad. With the significantly increased profile of [...]
Staff Report OCT Equipment, a Case Construction Equipment dealership with 58-year local history, is hosting a Case Triple Threat Rodeo Series Competition on Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at 7100 SW 3. The Case Triple Threat Rodeo is a competitive event that pits our area’s most talented heavy equipment operators [...]
Staff Report Oklahoma City University’s women’s softball season drew to a close after a 7-3 loss to sixth-ranked Belhaven (Miss.) last week at Alabama’s Gulf Shores Sportsplex in the NAIA softball championships. The ninth-ranked Stars were knocked into the loser’s bracket after a 1-0 setback to top-ranked California Baptist. OCU (48-14) stayed alive with a [...]
Before playoffs, they won the Bishop Kelley tournament, and are shown in this photograph celebrating that title. The lads defeated Sand Springs 2-1; then host Bishop Kelley in a 6-5 shootout classic; Booker T. Washington 2-0 and, for the championship, Tulsa East Central, 2-0. In addition to Antonio Zamarippa, headed to Oklahoma Wesleyan University on [...]
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