Articles from the January 20, 2017 edition
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Ladybugs notch an easy win over Stillwater JV at North Country Classic
TONKAWA – The Alva High School Ladybugs added another win to start their North Country Classic Tournament against the Stillwater junior varsity Pioneers on Thursday night at the Tonkawa High S...
Lady Rangers control the Bison on the way to victory
ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State's women's basketball team controlled the large majority of the game en route to a 77-73 victory over Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday night inside Percefull F...
Strong Second Half Propels Women's Basketball to Victory
BETHANY, OKLA. – After trailing the entire first half, the East Central University women's basketball team pushed back in the second half to claim a 62-60 victory over Southern Nazarene in Great American Conference action. Photo Gallery The Tigers (...
Custer Goes for 27 in Loss
ALVA – Katy Custer scored 27 points but an OBU rally came up short in a 77-73 loss at Northwestern Oklahoma State Thursday night. Custer canned 11 of 15 field goal attempts, all four of her free throws and added a three-pointer for her 27 points. S...
Robinson a Finalist For Women's Hoops HOF
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern Hall of Famer Crystal Robinson is among 12 finalists for induction into the 2017 class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Aside from Robinson, the other 11 finalists for the Class of 2017 are, Yelena Baranova (...
Second Half Run Lifts Storm to Win at SWOSU
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Southeastern opened the second half on a 19-2 run on its way to a 75-62 victory on Wednesday night over Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Okla. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 7-9 overall and 3-7 in Great American C...
Southern Nazarene can't slow down the Tigers
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene had its four game winning streak snapped as East Central edged out the Storm 62-60 Thursday night. Adrienne Berry led the Crimson Storm in scoring with 21 points on 6-of-16 shooting and 4-of-10 shooting from the 3...
Tucker Takes Over to Lead Lady Dawgs Past Southeastern
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Hailey Tucker scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Lady Bulldogs overcome an eight-point deficit early in the period and defeat Southeastern 87-79 inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. Hayden Priddy got t...
Bulldogs Fall to Savage Storm at Home
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The Bulldogs fell to Southeastern Oklahoma State on Monday night 75-62 for their fifth-straight loss of the season. The Dawgs were battered on the boards, getting out rebounded by a +21 margin on the night and were held to 38% sh...
UAM Women's Basketball holds on to defeat Ouachita on the road
Arkadelphia, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello women's basketball team was victorious on the road against Great American Conference foe Ouachita Baptist Thursday evening by a final score of 74-67. UAM (7-7, 4-6 GAC) secured the win...
Harding Women's Basketball Moves to 10-0 in GAC with Victory over Southern Arkansas
SEARCY – Harding used a 26-point second quarter to erase an early deficit and defeat Southern Arkansas 66-56 on Thursday night in Great American Conference women's basketball action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. The victory was Harding's s...
Henderson's Gives Valiant Effort in Loss to No. 14 Arkansas Tech
Henderson State gave No. 14 Arkansas Tech all it could handle before the Golden Suns pulled away late in the fourth quarter in beating the Reddies 68-62, Thursday at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville, Ark. Henderson, 7-9 overall and 7-3 in the Great...
Trio of Lady Muleriders named as preseason All-Americans by Fastpitch News
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas softball standouts Maddie Dow, Kaylee Garner, and Brooke Goad have been named as 2017 Fastpitch News Preseason NCAA Division II All-Americans as the media outlet announced the selections on Thursday. Goad, a j...
Brown scores 22 as Kansas St. tops Oklahoma St. 96-88
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Kansas State finally made the plays late to claim its first Big 12 road win. Barry Brown scored 22 points to help the Wildcats defeat Oklahoma State 96-88 on Wednesday night. D.J. Johnson scored 18 points and Wesley Iwundu a...
Oklahoma shocks No. 7 West Virginia 89-87 in overtime
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jordan Woodward's return from a leg injury has infused some hope in Oklahoma's season. Woodard's layup with 2.2 seconds left in overtime lifted the Sooners to an 89-87 victory over No. 7 West Virginia on Wednesday night. Wood...
Body of missing 52-year-old woman found in Grand Lake
LANGLEY, Okla. (AP) — The body of a 52-year-old woman has been recovered from Grand Lake in eastern Oklahoma. The Grand River Dam Authority Police Department said in a news release that the woman's body was found in about 5 feet of water on T...
Bill would end use of electric chair in Oklahoma executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Use of the electric chair in Oklahoma executions would end under a bill filed in the state House. The bill filed Thursday by Republican Rep. Harold Wright lists which execution methods would be used in the state. Lethal i...
Jury finds Tulsa man guilty in slaying of girlfriend
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury has found a Tulsa man guilty in the death of his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child four years ago. KOTV-TV (http://bit.ly/2jtwvGj ) reports the Tulsa County jury took less than three hours Wednesday in the trial o...
Oklahoma oil tank battery explosion kills 1
WAUKOMIS, Okla. (AP) — Officials say one person has died in an oil tank battery explosion west of Waukomis in Garfield County. The explosion occurred Wednesday evening. The Enid News and Eagle (http://bit.ly/2iOEdZq ) reports that Garfield County S...
Lawmaker proposes $10,000 pay raises for Oklahoma teachers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma teachers would receive a $10,000 pay raise by 2021 under a bill filed by Republican state Sen. David Holt. The bill calls for a $1,000 raise for 2017-18, followed by $3,000 raises for each of the following three y...
Flu-related death toll in Oklahoma rises by 1, total now 6
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of Oklahomans who've died due to the flu this flu season has risen to six with one additional death during the past week. The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported the latest death was in Tulsa C...
Fort Sill accuses gambling panel of shirking court order
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Oklahoma-based American Indian tribe is accusing the National Indian Gaming Commission of shirking a federal court order to reconsider an earlier decision that prohibited the tribe from conducting gambling on its land i...
Pipeline ruptures lead to settlement with Oklahoma company
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A subsidiary of Magellan Midstream Partners will complete $16 million in upgrades to pipelines and pay a $2 million fine as part of a federal settlement following pipeline ruptures in three states. Federal officials said in a s...
