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For the second time in as many seasons, the 8U Alva Chilis returned to Woods County with gold rings following a league tournament held at the Crystal Beach Sports Complex in Woodward. On Friday, the organization's young squad won three straight to complete the NWOK Kids Tournament Championship, including back-to-back wins over the Woodward Knockouts in the championship round. Alva's three wins came following a loss to the Knockouts earlier in the tournament. The Chilis are 4-3 against the...
ALVA, Okla. – Coming off an historic season in 2018, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University cross country teams look to build the momentum going into the 2019 campaign. On Tuesday, head coach Jill Lancaster and first-year assistant coach Craig Binkley announced the schedule for the 2019 men’s and women’s cross country seasons. The Northwestern runners will hit the course for the first time in early September when they take part in the UCO Land Run in Edmond on Sept. 7. That was will be followed the next weekend with the currently sched...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University head football coach Matt Walter has announced the Ranger preseason camp schedule, including multiple two intrasquad scrimmages and media day on at Ranger Field. Northwestern football will start the fall camp when the team reports Aug. 10-11 for preseason meetings. Practices will begin the evening of Aug. 12 at 7:15 p.m. The first scrimmage of the preseason with officials is set for Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m., and a situational mock game is set for Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. The annual media day will be h...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Student-athletes compete during their season on the respective playing surface to succeed in competition, but they also work extremely hard to their competition with their time in the classroom. Tuesday, the Great American Conference honored the conference student-athletes who also excelled in academics with the announcement of the Winter/Spring GAC All-Academic Teams. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative 3.30 grade point average on a 4.0 system and completed a full academic year at the...
PEMBROKE, N.C. – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has named Johnnuelle Ponce as a NCAA Div. II Baseball All-America Honorable Mention, it was announced Wednesday afternoon. Ponce, who was named First Team All-Central Region on May 23, becomes the eighth Northwestern player in program history to be named an All-American, and the second at the NCAA level. Jonathan Freemyer was the Ranger to be selected All-American when he was named to the National Association of Baseball Coaches Third Team in 2014. A native of Puerto Rico, P... Full story
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s basketball is excited to announce two upcoming summer camps at Percefull Fieldhouse on the Northwestern campus. New head coach Vinay Patel and associate head coach Jordan Franz will lead an Elite Camp for high school students on June 16, followed by a three-day Day Camp June 24-27. The Elite Camp will give potential student-athletes an opportunity to receive considerable individual position specific work. Athletes will participate in the same drills Ranger basketball players take par...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Johnnuelle Ponce continued to pick up post-season hardware as the Northwestern Oklahoma State University outfielder was named First Team All-Central Region by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, it was announced on Thursday. With his selection to the first team, Ponce is now eligible to be nominated for NCBWA All-American. Last week, Ponce was named D2 Conference Commissioners Association First Team All-Central Region. He became the first Ranger to be selected to an All-Region team since Jonathan Freemyer was...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University senior outfielder Johnnuelle Ponce continued to add to his post-season accolades this week when he was named to the D2 Conference Commissioners Association All-Central Region First Team. With his selection on the first team, Ponce is now eligible to be nominated for D2CCA All-American. The D2CCA awards are voted on by members of the NCAA Div. II Sports Information Directors Association (D2SIDA). Ponce is the first Ranger to be selected to an All-Region team since Jonathan Freemyer was n...
ALVA, Okla. – Following a successful tenure at Oklahoma City University, Vinay Patel has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Director of Athletics Brad Franz announced on Monday. “I am very pleased to welcome Coach Patel, wife Megan and son Jaxon to the Ranger family as our men’s basketball head coach,” said Franz. “He rose to the top of a quality pool of applicants. Coach Patel has a strong background at the NCAA Division II level and has been extremely successful over the past four season...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball is geared up for its 2019 camp season with the upcoming Summer Prospect Summer Camp and the Summer Youth Camp. The Prospect Camp is slated for Tuesday, May 28, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. For high school students, freshman through senior, the camp is an opportunity for players to receive personalized instruction from collegiate coaches in all aspects of the game, including throwing, infield and outfield play, catching and hitting. A tour of the N...
ENID, Okla. – Johnnuelle Ponce earned his first postseason award of the 2019 season Saturday morning when he was named the Great American Conference Player of the Year. With his honor as the Player of the Year, Ponce also was named First Team All-GAC. Joining Ponce with postseason conference awards were Justin Bundy and Bryce Donovan. Bundy was recognized by the conference coaches on the Second Team in the outfield, while Donovan was named All-GAC Honorable Mention at the catcher position. A native of Puerto Rico, Ponce had an historic s...
ALVA, Okla. – An early six-run deficit was too much for Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball to overcome on the diamond Friday evening as a late rally falls short in an 11-8 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. Northwestern will close its season Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader with the Bulldogs beginning at 1 p.m. Entering the final two games of the season, the Rangers are 23-24 overall and look to tie the mark for most wins by an NCAA Ranger team with 25. Senior Day festivities will t...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State University track and field team continued to show growth into the final day of the Great American Conference Outdoor Championships Saturday afternoon, held at Oklahoma Baptist. Keiazyiah Young and Cayla Smither continued to earn All-GAC finishes as they tacked on Second Team honors in the triple jump at the meet. Young finished the event in fifth place with a new personal record (PR) at 11.45 meters, while Smither was just behind her in sixth at 11.12 meters. Young and Smither joined Kayla G...
ALVA, Okla. – It was a tough afternoon at the ballpark Saturday for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball team as they dropped a pair of doubleheader games against Southeastern Oklahoma State at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. While Northwestern was able to rattle off 18 hits in the first game, the Savage Storm made their opportunities count with a 10-7 win over the Rangers. In the nightcap, Northwestern wasn’t able to move runners across the plate in an 8-3 loss. Northwestern (22-23, 11-18) will play its final midweek con...
WICHITA, Kan. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University pitching allowed just four hits Tuesday afternoon at Newman as the Rangers snuck away from Wichita, Kansas, with a 2-1 win over the Jets. Northwestern moved its record back to .500 this season with a 23-23 record after the victory. The Rangers will close the regular season this weekend at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium with a three-game series against rival Southwestern Oklahoma State. First pitch of the series is Friday evening at 6 p.m. Taking the ball to start the game on the b...
ALVA, Okla. – Baseball can be a cruel game sometimes, and no matter how hard the ball is hit, it can be hit right at a fielder. That was much of the story of the game Friday night at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium as the Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball team fell at the hands of Southeastern Oklahoma State, 3-1. Northwestern’s lone run on the evening came in the bottom of the fourth with the Savage Storm leading 2-0. Johnnuelle Ponce, who has been on a tear as of late, continued to get on base with a leadoff triple. He sco...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Having a good showing at the first ever conference outdoor meet is always a goal for a new or relaunched program. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University track and field did more than that during the first two days of the Great American Conference Outdoor Championships, currently going on at Oklahoma Baptist in Shawnee. Northwestern’s performances were highlighted by a championship mark in the javelin by junior transfer Zarin Goodrich. The Iowa native threw a distance of 40.02 meters to shatter the previous GAC Outdoor Cha...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball redshirt senior Johnnuelle Ponce was named Great American Conference Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday morning The honor for Ponce comes following a blow-out weekend in a 2-1 series win over East Central. Ponce earned a .412 average (7-for-17) during the series, with 23 total bases and 12 RBIs. The Puerto Rican launched five home runs during the week, with three in the first game of the doubleheader Monday a...
ALVA, Okla. – It was a little unusual Sunday evening as the Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball team was the visiting team on the Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium scoreboard against East Central. Because of heavy rain Saturday that made the ECU field unplayable, the series between the Rangers and Tigers was moved to Alva. Unfortunately, the Rangers were unable to fend off an eighth inning comeback and the Tigers took Game 1 of the series, 8-6. Northwestern dropped to 20-19 this season and 9-15 in Great American Conference p...
ALVA, Okla. – Johnnuelle Ponce joined a short list of Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball players Monday afternoon in a Ranger offensive explosion over the East Central Tigers at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium. Northwestern tallied 41 runs and 41 hits on the afternoon en route to a doubleheader sweep of the Tigers. The Rangers took the first game in a run-rule victory, 18-2, only to top their total in the first game with a 23-11 win in the night cap. The Rangers' two-game run to... Full story
GOODWELL, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University's baseball team earned win No. 20 of the season in a big way Tuesday after with a 19-8 victory over the Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies in Goodwell. The win, which snapped a small four-game losing streak, moved the Northwestern record to 20-18 on the season. It was the most runs scored by the Rangers this season. While the Aggies jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first inning, the Northwestern hitters remained patient at the plate. The Rangers forced the OPSU pitchers into allowing 16 t...
FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s and women’s golf teams took part in the 36-hole Hardscrabble Invitational the past two days in Fort Smith, Arkansas, at the Hardscrabble Country Club. The Northwestern golfers will have a short week as they begin the final tournament of the season Sunday at the Great American Conference Championships in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Rylie Eller had the story of the tournament for the Northwestern teams as she set a new school record with a three-round total of 234 with consi...
YUKON, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University triple jumper Cayla Smither walked away with an event championship Saturday evening at the SCU/Paul Parent Invitational in Yukon, hosted by Southwestern Christian. It was a well-rounded meet for the young Rangers track and field program with two event championships, 19 Top 5 finishes and 15-plus new personal records (PR). Head coach Jill Lancaster addressed the team factor of the performances at the meet and how they can show in the conference outcome. “Our team performances are showing tha...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball dropped a pair of games on the road Friday afternoon at Arkansas Tech in Great American Conference play. A big first inning wasn’t enough for the Rangers in game one as they fell to the Wonder Boys, 12-7. In the second game, the offense was almost non-existent until the seventh inning in a 10-3 loss. The day started strong at the plate as it looked like the Rangers were going to put a lot of runs on the board. Northwestern started with five hits in as many at bats when Das...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – A big inning by Arkansas Tech was too much for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers to fight back from Saturday afternoon in Russellville, Arkansas. The Rangers fell to the Wonder Boys, 12-11, to suffer a Great American Conference sweep. Johnnuelle Ponce put the Rangers on top when hit the first of two home runs on the day in the top of the first inning with a two-out, two-run home run over the left field wall to make to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead. Luis Cintron came across on the home run after reaching on a...
