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Rangers' late effort not enough to overcome the Savage Storm
DURANT – After taking a tough defeat at home against Southern Nazarene, the Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball were back on the road for another tough battle against Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Though the Savage Storm was fir...
Ladybugs get a big win on the road against Pond Creek-Hunter
POND CREEK, Okla. – The Alva High School Ladybugs faced off with the Pond Creek-Hunter Lady Panthers in their first meeting of the season as the Ladybugs were looking to answer back for the loss they took from PC-H in the previous season. It was a lo...
Goldbugs fall short on the road against the Panthers
The Alva High School Goldbugs fell to Pond Creek-Hunter on Thursday night, 71-41, despite Brooks Hadwiger's 15 points on the scoreboard. Despite Alva getting the early lead off a left wing three from Hadwiger, the Panthers went on a 7-0 run to get...
Ladybugs come out with a big win against the Lady Horns
CHISHOLM, Oklahoma – The Alva High School Ladybugs were looking to end their Wheat Capitol Tournament on a high note after taking another loss from Fairview in the semifinals Friday, 33-38. The L...
Alfalfa County commissioners to have new policy for their workout rooms
CHEROKEE – During their Tuesday morning meeting on Dec. 27, the Alfalfa County commissioners discussed setting up a stricter policy for the workout rooms that are used by the county employees. The county commissioner from District 2, Chad Roach, s...
Alfalfa County commissioners to award six-month bids next week
The Alfalfa County commissioners approved all the six-month bids that were turned in this week during their Monday meeting at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse. Though the bids were approved, none have been awarded yet, as they agreed to table that...
Goldbugs pick up their sixth straight victory over Fairview
FAIRVIEW – The Alva High School Goldbugs picked up their sixth straight win of the season on the road as they faced off with the Fairview Yellow Jackets on Friday night in the Echo Dome following t...
Ladybugs come up short despite their fourth quarter surge against the Lady Jackets
FAIRVIEW – Despite a big fourth quarter from the Ladybugs, outscoring the Lady Yellow Jackets 15-10, Alva couldn't overcome that eight-point gap falling in their second straight before the Christmas b...
Rangers pick up a win on the road
MOORE – The Northwestern Oklahoma State men’s basketball traveled to face off with Randall University on Saturday for one last game before the Christmas break with a 10-point win. Though Randall University started with the early lead off one mad...
The Rangers take a loss on the road against the Eagles
BARTLESVILLE – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball team were on the road Saturday afternoon for their final game before the Christmas break against the Oklahoma Wesleyan University Lady Eagles. Though the Rangers had a strong sta...
Goldbugs notch another win against Ponca City
The Alva High School Goldbugs tallied their fifth straight win as they hosted Class 6A Ponca City on their home court in a match-up that turned into a nail-biter. The Goldbugs tipped the game off to a 6-0 run, showing their range early from...
Ladybugs fall just short against Ponca City
Despite Whitney Randall’s 27 points – tie for her career-high – the Ladybugs fell just short as Class 6A Ponca City gave Alva their first loss of the season. Randall opened the game immediately with an easy two-point basket at the lower block to gi...
Goldbugs pick up back-to-back victories over the Plainsmen
The Alva Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade Goldbugs finished the night with two wins over the Enid Plainsmen on Monday night. 7th-Grade Boys Braden Hofen scored 14 points to bring AMS to a 40-28 victory over Enid on Monday. Claiming a 21-8 lead...
AMS Ladybugs sweep the Enid Pacers at home
The Alva Middles School seventh and eighth graders swept the Pacers on their homecourt as AMS hosed both the Pacers and the Plainsmen on Monday night and the seventh-grade girls tipped off at 4 p.m. 7th-Grade Girls The Ladybugs won 13-9 against the...
Rangers fall in the final quarter against Oklahoma Christian
The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team hosted Oklahoma Christian Saturday in a late night face-off at Percefull Fieldhouse. The Rangers were off to a great start, tipping off the...
Goldbugs take down the Longhorns in their fourth-straight win
The Alva Goldbugs continued their fourth win in a row with the Ladybugs as they defeated their longtime rivals the Chisholm Longhorns at home on Tuesday night. It was a close matchup throughout the fi...
Randall hits the foul shot that gets the win for the Ladybugs
The Alva Ladybugs hosted their rivals in a battle that went all the way to the wire, as Whitney Randall drained two foul shots that notched the win for the Ladybugs against the Chisholm Lady...
The Goldbugs get back-to-back wins at home
The Alva High School Goldbugs basketball team hosted back-to-back home games on Friday and Saturday – two of four straight home games coming up. Goldbugs Vs. Blackwell It was a hard-fought win for t...
Ladybugs take down two opponents at home
The Alva High School Ladybugs hosted their first home game Friday evening as they faced the Blackwell Lady Maroons. The Ladybugs had another game where they struggled to care of the ball, but fortunat...
Ladybugs and Goldbugs open season with wins
NEWKIRK – Both the Alva High School Ladybugs and Goldbugs started their season on a high note with back-to-back wins on the road as they faced off with the Newkirk Lady Tigers on Tuesday evening. Ladybugs At Newkirk Though the Ladybugs were able to p...
Rangers get their first conference of the season
The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team hosted their first conference game at Percefull Fieldhouse on Thursday evening as they faced off with Southern Arkansas University in an...
Motley's big game not enough for the Rangers
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Despite Adrian Motley’s big game against the Arkansas Tech University Wonder Boys (3-1, 2-0 Great American Conference), the Rangers (1-2, 0-1 GAC) couldn’t overcome their cooldown in the first half after a strong start to get...
Rangers struggle from the tipoff against No. 25 Golden Suns
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – The Northwestern Oklahoma State (0-3, 0-1 Great American Conference) women’s basketball team continued their road trip in Arkansas to face off with the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (1-1, 0-1 GAC), both searching for their fir...
Rangers start conference play against Harding
SEARCY, Arkansas – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball team (0-2, 0-0 Great American Conference) took their third loss on the road against a tough Harding University Bison (2-0, 0-0 GAC) on Thursday night. The Bison were first on the...
Rangers fall in fourth quarter surge from Southwestern
WEATHERFORD – Tensions were high Saturday evening as the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers (4-6) closed their season against their rivals Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs (4-6). It w...
