Articles from the February 10, 2017 edition
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Random Thoughts
In the 1930s a man named Ernest Vincent Wright set out to write perhaps the strangest novel ever written. I think it is fair to say that he basically succeeded. The book is called “Gadsby” (not to...
Motley and Barrios recognized with Player of the Month honors
Northwestern Oklahoma State's athletic department has announced basketball players Adrian Motley and Kori Barrios as the recipients of the Blue Sky Media January Athletes of the Month award. Both players have made direct impacts on the success of...
Weekend Preview: Baseball ready for final tune-up before conference
With opening weekend in the books, the Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball team will have just one more series this weekend to prepare for the opening of Great American Conference play. The first weekend of preparation saw extreme positives for the...
Lady Rangers Basketball bested by Savage Storm in second half, 76-67
ALVA, Okla. – A huge second quarter that gave the Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team a 12-point halftime lead was erased in the second half by Southeastern Oklahoma State on T...
Northwestern beats strong Savage Storm defense in 66-55 win
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State took care of business in a 66-56 win over the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm. Coming off their 10-point victory over Southern Arkansas, the R...
Ladybugs dominate Ponca City on the road
PONCA CITY, Okla.-The Alva High School Ladybugs hosted a tough No. 5 of Class 2A Fairview Lady Yellow Jackets Tuesday night. In their third meeting with their rivals, the Ladybugs had a long fight...
Rangers struggle in Game One of series against West Texas A&M
ALVA, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball team took the road for the first time this 2017 season, traveling to Canyon, Texas, to take on West Texas A&M Thursday. The Rangers were on the unfortunate side of a 15-0 game. Starting on the m...
ECU Holds Off Lady Bison
ADA – Oklahoma Baptist rallied from 17 points down to within four in the fourth quarter but the spree didn't deliver the lead in a 68-58 loss to East Central Thursday. ECU scored 14 three-pointers and held off the Lady Bison. Cameerah Graves led O...
Goldbugs take a loss against the Wildcats
PONCA CITY, Okla. - The Alva High School Goldbugs were coming off a big win at home against the Fairview Yellow Jackets from Tuesday night. With solid performances from several Goldbugs, led by...
Second-Half Rally Lifts SE to Win at NWOSU
ALVA, Okla. – Southeastern put together an 18-0 run in the fourth quarter to rally from a double-digit halftime deficit and pull away from Alva, Okla., with a 76-67 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday night. The win lifts the Savage S...
Storm Upset Bulldogs
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene's defense held Southwestern Oklahoma State to 32.0 percent shooting on their way to an 81-67 win over the Bulldogs Thursday night. Adrienne Berry led the Crimson Storm (10-9, 7-8 GAC) in scoring with 18 points on 8...
Offensive Woes in Bethany Halt Lady Dawgs Win Streak
BETHANY, Okla. – SWOSU shot 32% from the field and scored 67 points as the Lady Bulldogs fell to SNU 81-67 on Thursday night, snapping their four-game winning streak. Both the shooting percentage and point total for SWOSU marked the second worst p...
Bulldogs Edge UCO in Home Opener
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball embraced the cold and windy weather and pulled out a 3-2 victory over Central Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon in the first game out at the Athletic Complex. Ruben Rodriguez led the way for the Dawgs, collecting a...
Golden Suns roll past Southern Arkansas
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Anissa Pounds scored 17 points and grabbed seven boards, leading a cast of four Arkansas Tech players in double figures as the No. 21 Golden Suns (17-3, 13-3 Great American Conference) handed Southern Arkansas (5-15, 3-13 GAC) a...
Quick Start Leads No. 25 Harding Women Past Ouachita Baptist
SEARCY – Harding used a 31-point first quarter to pull away from Ouachita Baptist early and cruise to an 85-54 victory on Thursday in Great American Conference action at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. The victory was Harding's 12th in its last 13 gam...
Lady Tigers fall in Searcy, 85-54
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Lady Tigers lost to Harding University in Searcy, Ark. on Thursday night by a final of 85-54. The loss drops the Lady Tigers to 9-13 overall and 6-10 in Great American Conference play. Madison Brittain was the high...
Tigers take second-straight dual with 30-18 win over Drury
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Tigers' wrestling teamed defeated Drury University by a final of 30-18 on Thursday night in front of a packed house at the Hatcher Wrestling Complex. Blake Clevenger and Kaleb Rippy picked up wins by fall for the...
Tigers fall to Northwest Mo. State, 7-2
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Tigers' baseball team fell to Northwest Missouri State Thursday by a final score of 7-2. Kyle Alexander went 2-4 with a double and a RBI in the loss. Kason Kimbrell (0-2) took the loss for Ouachita, allowing five r...
Lady Muleriders handled by #21 Arkansas Tech on the road
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Three Lady Muleriders scored in double figures on Thursday evening inside Tucker Coliseum, but #21 Arkansas Tech used strong outings in the second and fourth quarters to handle Southern Arkansas, 83-40, in a Great American C...
Bolden, Adrian help No. 13 West Virginia hold off Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — James Bolden knows his opportunities to play for West Virginia often are limited, so he has to maximize the minutes he receives. His ability to do so helped the 13th-ranked Mountaineers immensely on Wednesday night. The f...
DA: Fatal shooting by Ottawa County sheriff was justified
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — The district attorney has ruled that the fatal shooting of an armed suspected auto thief by Ottawa County Sheriff Jeremy Floyd last month was justified. Ottawa County District Attorney Kenny Wright ruled Thursday that Floyd was j...
Ex-Oklahoma bank president gets prison for bank fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced the former president of an Altus, Oklahoma, bank to four years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $10 million in restitution. Paul Harold Doughty was sentenced Thursday in Oklahoma City a...
Number of flu deaths in Oklahoma more than doubles to 23
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of deaths due to flu in Oklahoma for the current flu season has more than doubled to 23. The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Thursday reported the number of deaths rose from 11 to 23 during the reporting week t...
Governor submits $1.3B worth of transportation projects
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An airport tower in Tulsa, a waterway rehabilitation in eastern Oklahoma and several highway projects are among nearly $1.4 billion worth of transportation projects that Gov. Mary Fallin submitted this week to the Trump a...
Former Oklahoma jailer pleads guilty in inmate's death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former McClain County jail administrator has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of an inmate who died while in custody. Online court records show Wayne Barnes pleaded guilty Thursday as part of a plea agreement in w...