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DURANT, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball suffered a pair of setbacks Saturday as they were swept on the road by Southeastern Oklahoma State. The Rangers dropped the first game of the day 8-3 in nine innings before the Savage Storm rallied for five runs in the 4th inning to steal game two 7-6. Right fielder Judah Zickafoose had a career day at the plate, going 5-for-7 with three home runs and five RBIs to go along with a stolen base. Game 1 Redshirt junior Cole Jackson made the start for Ryan Bowen's squad, but the right-hander l...
ADA – The East Central University softball team earned its Great American Conference series sweep, with two wins on day two against Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Tigers (10-8, 5-3 GAC) first claimed a 13-4 win in six innings and then took a 10-7 victory in the final game of the series. ECU hit .406 as a team for the day and allowed just a .250 batting average by the Bulldogs (0-16, 0-8 GAC). The Tigers were led by freshman Jacey Henry who hit .800 for the day, with four hits, five runs, a double, home run and three RBIs. Junior Breecia C...
WEATHERFORD, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team fell in the final two games of the Great American Conference series with Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Tigers (1-15, 0-9 GAC) lost 20-4 in game one and then 22-8 in the night cap. ECU was led by junior Marcus Sonnier, who hit .667, with four hits a run and five RBIs for the day. Sophomore Ryan White added a .600 average, three hits and two runs. The Tigers are scheduled to host Arkansas-Fort Smith, Tuesday, March 6 at Ken Turner Field at 2 p.m. SWOSU 20, ECU 4 (7) The Bulldogs (...
WEATHERFORD, OKLA. – The East Central University softball team picked up two Great American Conference victories at Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Tigers (8-8, 3-3 GAC) first claimed a 14-2 victory and then defeated the Bulldogs (0-14, 0-6 GAC) 8-3 in the night cap. ECU was led by senior Claresha Clemons, who hit .600 for the day, with three hits, three runs and two RBIs. Sophomore Catherine Barrera added a .571 average, four hits, two runs and four RBIs. Freshman Jacey Henry and freshman Angel Stoker both picked up a win in the circle, with...
BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. –In a rematch of the 2016-17 Great American Conference Championship game, the No. 3 East Central University men's basketball team ended up falling to No. 6 Arkansas-Monticello in double overtime in the Great American Conference quarterfinals at Bruin Fieldhouse. Photo Gallery The Tigers (15-12, 13-9 GAC) were led by sophomore Camron Talley, who netted 27 points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals. Junior Da'Rion King added 14 points, four boards, three assists and a block, while senior Tyler Armstrongrecorded 11 p...
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist split a pair of games with Southern Arkansas in a key Great American Conference doubleheader Friday. SAU won the opener 5-2 before Zach Fowler shut out the Muleriders 1-0. The teams meet in the series finale at 1 p.m., Saturday. Albertus Barber (4-1) struck out 11 batters and allowed five runs, four earned, over 7.2 innings. Caleb Bly tossed 1.1 innings with no hits and two strikeouts. Brett Berghammer homered in the first inning to tie the game at 1-1, but SAU built a 3-1 lead. Berghammer grounded out to score PJ H...
ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern closed out the series against Northwestern Oklahoma State by earning a split to win the series, picking up a 9-6 victory in the finale after dropping the opener 13-8 in Alva, Okla., on Saturday afternoon. The split moves the Savage Storm to 12-9 overall on the year and improves to 6-2 in Great American Conference play. In the series finale, Symphoni Shomo and Keeshia Thompson each logged three hits, while Destiny Riddle, Karsyn Brigance, and Mykaela Wallace each added two hits as the Storm piled up 13 as a team. R...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Fourth-seeded Southeastern saw its 2018 postseason run come to an end on Saturday afternoon with a 90-86 double-overtime loss to top-seeded Southern Nazarene in the semifinals of the Great American Conference Tournament in Bartlesville, Okla. The loss drops the Savage Storm to 15-14 overall on the season. Markell Henderson led the way with 24 points on 8-of-17 shooting with four threes, while Jett Jobe and Adam Dworsky added 17 each and Kevin Buckingham finished with 15. Jobe handed out three assists to lead the way for t...
ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern picked up its fifth-straight win by sweeping Northwestern Oklahoma State in Friday's twinbill, taking game on 6-2 before picking up an extra-inning win, 6-5 in eight innings in the nightcap in Alva, Okla. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 11-8 overall on the season and 5-1 in Great American Conference play with the final two games of the series slated for noon on Saturday. Destiny Riddle, Keeshia Thompson, and Sydnee Hinkleeach posted three hits, while Karsyn Brigance added a pair of hits. Hinkle drove in a pair of r...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Fifth-seeded Southeastern saw its 2017-18 season come to an end on Friday night in a 73-63 loss to No. 4 seed Harding in the quarterfinals of the Great American Conference Tournament in Bartlesville, Okla. The loss ends the Savage Storm season with a 13-15 record. Courtney Brady paced SE on offense with 16 points, while Sa'Liesha Hunter was right behind her with 15 on the night. Katie Branam followed them with 14 points, but hit 4-of-4 from three in the effort, while Emem Davis was next in line with six points. Branam a...
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene dropped both games in the doubleheader Saturday against Arkansas-Monticello at Feland Field 14-8, and 13-2. The Weevils (13-3, 9-0 GAC) took all three games in the series as they leave Bethany as the only remaining team in the GAC that is undefeated in conference play. Jefferson Harris got the start in the opener for the Crimson Storm (6-10, 2-7 GAC) as he struck out three and gave up eight runs, six earned, in six innings of action. Cody Tolbert took his second loss of the year, as he allowed three runs on fo...
EDMOND, Okla. — Southern Nazarene fell 9-0 to No. 12 Midwestern State Saturday morning. Noelia Gomez and Judit Mas fell 8-3 at No. 1 doubles while Anna Garcia and Dragana Samardzic lost 8-3 at No. 2. Zoe Gray and Polina Chala lost 8-2 at No. 3 to round out doubles. In singles, Noelia Gomez and Polina Chala were the only two players to win a set at No. 1 and 2 singles. Gomez won her first set 6-4 over No. 5 (South Central Region) Maddy Coffman, but lost 6-3 in the second set and fell 10-3 in the tiebreaker. Chala, ranked No. 7 (Central R...
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 2, 2018) – Oklahoma Christian figured out a way to break through against Cameron pitcher Andrew Garza in just enough time to secure a doubleheader sweep on Friday. Garza threw eight innings of one-hit baseball, but Chad Kennedy homered to start the ninth and Kyle Bottger delivered a dramatic two-out RBI single to give the Eagles a 2-1 win in the second game at Dobson Field. In the opener, Kennedy also homered and drove in two runs as OC beat the Aggies 5-2. Playing for the first time in 21 days, the Eagles quickly jumped o...
TULSA, Okla. (March 2, 2018) – Oklahoma Christian will face St. Edward's (Texas) in a battle of Heartland Conference Championship Cinderellas in the tournament semifinals on Saturday. Sixth-seeded St. Edward's (18-11) punched its ticket to the semifinals on Friday by knocking off third-seeded Newman (Kan.) 71-62. Landon Goesling, the Heartland's scoring leader, led the Hilltoppers with 20 points, and former OC player Dorian Lopez had 12 points and nine rebounds. Seventh-seeded OC (11-17) stunned second-seeded (and No. 17-ranked) A...
TULSA, Okla. (March 2, 2018) – Addy Clift did her thing, Oklahoma Christian's freshmen played like veterans and that combination proved enough Friday afternoon to give the Lady Eagles their first postseason win as NCAA Division II members. Clift continued her recent hot streak with 32 points, Katie Mayo had 22 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots and Delyssa Miller recorded her first career-double double with 11 points and 14 rebounds as OC led almost all the way while beating Newman (Kan.) 83-72 in a Heartland Conference Championship...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – A walk-off game-winning walk in the ninth inning gave the Rogers State softball team a 4-3 victory over Texas A&M International as the navy and red swept both games of a doubleheader on Saturday (March 3) at the Diamond Sports Complete. RSU took the first game by a 5-2 score with Danelle Day hitting two home runs. The two wins upped the Cats' winning streak to 13 games, moving their record to 17-4 and a perfect 4-0 in the Heartland Conference, their best start in Heartland play. RSU 5, TAMIU 2 Day knocked out two home runs f...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Connor Brady went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, however it was not enough as the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (10-7, 5-4 GAC) came up short, falling 6-4 to Ouachita (5-14, 2-7 GAC) in the opening game of the doubleheader. In the nightcap, Harry Gard went a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored to help the Wonder Boys beat the Tigers 11-0 at Tech Field on Saturday afternoon. UP NEXT Arkansas Tech return to the field on Tuesday, Mar. 6 as the Wonder Boys travel to Batesville, Ark. to play Lyon c...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — Henderson State got 22 points from Haleigh Henson and held Ouachita Baptist to 31.1 percent shooting for the game, as the Reddies pulled away to defeat their rival for third time this season 66-50 and claim their first Great American Conference Tournament win in program history. The victory advances the Reddies to the GAC semifinals for the first time since the inception of the conference in 2011. After leading by eight points at the break, Henderson (21-8) saw its lead trimmed down to 38-35 at the 4:53 mark of third, as O...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – For the third time this season the Ouachita Lady Tigers basketball team lost to Henderson State, this time it was a 66-50 loss in the Great American Conference quarterfinals. Ouachita (14-15) finished the game shooting just 31 percent from the field and only made two three-pointers in the game. Meanwhile, Henderson State (21-8) completed around 43 percent of their shots for the game. The game was a back-and-forth affair between the two squads in the opening quarter of play. The two squads traded baskets as the Reddies l...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – The No. 35-ranked Mulerider baseball team built a big lead early in the game that helped stave off a late offensive Bison rally as Southern Arkansas totaled nine runs on 14 hits on Saturday afternoon to take the series over the No. 24-ranked Oklahoma Baptist with a 9-8 victory in game three. HOW IT HAPPENED: Southern Arkansas wasted little time starting off the scoring in the game as back-to-back singles from Austin Baker and Jake Tisevich to lead-off the first inning provoked a hasty 5-0 advantage for the Muleriders by the end...
SHAWNEE, Okla. – No. 12-ranked Lady Muleriders swept the GAC doubleheader over Oklahoma Baptist on Friday evening after an exciting 5-4 win in the first game, followed by a run-rule victory in game two that saw SAU's offense combine for 10 runs on 12 hits that led to a 10-2 final decision in the sixth inning. HOW IT HAPPENED- GAME ONE: Southern Arkansas broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning to grab a 1-0 lead over Oklahoma Baptist courtesy of an RBI single to left field off the bat of Jill Roye. In the bottom of the fourth i...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When a photo of Eli popped up in her email inbox last fall, Renee Charron was smitten. "I love this dog," the St. Luke's Hospice social worker thought. She didn't realize that she had met the dog's owners before — when she admitted their loved one into hospice care. Eli was up for adoption through the Pet Peace of Mind program, a national organization that partners in the Treasure Valley with St. Luke's Hospice. The program helps St. Luke's hospice patients keep their pets in their final days, makes sure the pets are hea...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Laurie Works visits the memorial erected in honor of her two sisters just a couple of times a year. "I don't come here a ton, but more than the cemetery," she said last month. "It's a special place — it's the last place I saw them. I feel them here, when I come." Her family's van was parked in the east lot of New Life Church on Colorado Springs' north side on Dec. 9, 2007, when a 24-year-old gunman opened fire. Laurie's younger sister, Rachel, and her twin, Stephanie, died. Their dad was shot but fully recovered....
WALTHILL, Neb. (AP) — For decades, the mostly vacant structure with the leaky roof at the top of a steep hill was known mostly as "the old hospital" or simply the "old white building." Few people knew the amazing backstory — that it was once a hospital, founded by the nation's first Native American physician, a humble woman who braved harsh weather to minister to her tribe, as well as the white settlers, on northeast Nebraska's Omaha Indian Reservation, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Now, a new effort is underway to restore the thr...
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping is poised to make a historic power grab as China's legislators gather from Monday to approve changes that will let him rule indefinitely and undo decades of efforts to prevent a return to crushing dictatorship. This year's gathering of the ceremonial National People's Congress has been overshadowed by Xi's surprise move — announced just a week ago — to end constitutional two-term limits on the presidency. The changes would allow Xi, already China's most powerful leader in decades, to extend his rule over...
