Articles from the March 26, 2017 edition
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DEAN WITCHEY
Floyd Dean Witchey was born February 20, 1934, to Blanche (Crabb) and Floyd Elmer Witchey. He passed away March 24, 2017, at the age of 83 years, 1 month and 4 days at Grace Living Center in...
Oklahoma's elderly suffer as result of state's budgeting practices
It has been said that the true test of a civilization is how it treats it most vulnerable members. By that measure, Oklahoma does not score highly. Chronic under-investment in our health care system has left the state's skilled nursing facilities,...
The Coffee House Philosopher
Only a few days before the Battle of Gettysburg, General George Gordon Meade was promoted to be commander of all northern forces, and was in personal command of the Army of the Potomac. Lee had previously defeated all other northern armies to such a...
Paper boy memories
I was really excited about going to the Act 1 play Thursday evening. I was going to be a day early had I gone down to the theater because it opens Friday night. I know it will be a great play because...
Earnest throws shutout win in the Goldbugs win against Woodward
Stanton Earnest had a great performance on the mound against the Woodward Boomers on Friday as he allowed no runs and only three hits in Alva's 9-0 shutout victory. The Alva Goldbugs had an early rall...
Rangers fall in heartbreaker to Southern Arkansas 8-7
Northwestern Oklahoma State hosted conference foe Southern Arkansas for a three-game series and started off with a tough one-run loss, 8-7. Sean Rydell would earn the series opening start for the...
Baseball Falls in Double-Header at Henderson State
ARKADELPHIA, ARK. – The East Central University baseball team fell in the first two games of the Great American Conference series at Henderson State. The Tigers (8-17, 7-10 GAC) first fell 3-7 in the series opener and then 0-2 in the second game of t...
Track & Field Competes at OBU Invitational
SHAWNEE, OKLA. – The East Central University track & field teams returned to action, competing in the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational. The Tigers saw top-10 performances in five men's events and four women's events. OBU Invitational Results On the m...
Softball Splits First Day with Henderson State
ADA – The East Central University softball team split the first two games of the Great American Conference series against Henderson State at Tiger Field. The Tigers (18-12, 9-9 GAC) fell 0-4 in the opening game and then earned a come-from-behind 3...
Midwestern Tops Bison, 7-2
SHAWNEE - OBU men's tennis fell 7-2 in a difficult test to No. 21 Midwestern State Saturday morning. Gianluca Galdi won No. 5 singles 6-4 and 6-3 for OBU's lone singles win. Matias Le Fort and partner Babji Atturu defeated their No. 3 doubles...
Mustangs Hold Off Lady Bison
SHAWNEE - The 18th-ranked Lady Bison dropped a hard-fought match to No. 15 Midwestern State Saturday morning. Rouxanne Janse van Rensburg won in No. 1 singles 6-4 and 6-3, and Kim Moosbacher took No. 3 singles in a tie-breaker (3-5, 6-4, 10-6)....
Tech Rallies Past Lady Bison
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist took a couple on the chin at the hands of Arkansas Tech, 5-1 and 4-3, Friday. Bailee Saye took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, but allowed three in the fifth and two in the sixth to take the loss. OBU got its lone run i...
Metheny Ties Wins Mark in 10-5 win at OBU
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – A Jett Swigart grand slam highlighted a five-run eighth inning as Southeastern rallied for a 10-5 victory over Ouachita Baptist on Saturday afternoon, moving head coach Mike Metheny into a tie atop the NCAA Division II all-time w...
Softball Splits Saturday Twinbill
DURANT, Okla. – Symphoni Shomo connected on a one-out walkoff double to score Ashton Adkins and polish off a 4-3 rally victory in game two to save a split against Ouachita Baptist after dropping game one 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at the S...
Running with the Bison
SHAWNEE, Okla.— Southern Nazarene's track & field team had a great showing at the Oklahoma Baptist Inivational in Shawnee, Okla. as they took home one first place finish and set multiple season bests. On the men's side Southern Nazarene had one r...
Halted by Harding
BETHANY, Okla. — Harding completed the four game sweep, beating Southern Nazarene 6-2 and 17-5 in the final two games of the Great American Conference series Saturday afternoon. After a scoreless first, both teams scored in the second. Harding s...
Storm Fall to Bisons
EDMOND, Okla. — Southern Nazarene dropped an 8-1 match to Harding in their fourth Great American Conference match of the season. The Bisons (9-4, 1-0) breezed through doubles and gave up just one singles match. The Crimson Storm (2-6, 1-3) r...
Softball Drops Pair to Arkansas-Monticello to Begin Series
MONTICELLO, Ark. – SWOSU Softball lost to Arkansas-Monticello by scores of 11-1 and 7-2 on the opening day of the series Saturday. The two losses push the Dawgs' losing streak to six games after being swept by Southern Arkansas in four games last wee...
Bulldogs Split on Saturday, Avoid Sweep vs Boll Weevils
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball dropped the first game of the day 11-5, but recovered to take the third and final game 8-1 and avoid the series sweep against Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday. After letting the first game get away from them, the D...
Dawgs Downed in High Scoring Series Opener
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball fell to the Boll Weevils of Arkansas-Monticello 16-10 on Friday afternoon to drop game one of the Great American Conference series. With the wind howling to left-center field, the bats for both teams came alive t...
Collins solid early, offense picks up late as Eagles beat TAMIU
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 25, 2017) – Jake Collins was perfect early for Oklahoma Christian, while the Eagles' offense didn't arrive to the party until about the time he was leaving. Still, the combination was good enough for OC on a chilly Saturday at D...
7th-inning rally falls short as Lady Eagles lose at TAMIU
LAREDO, Texas (March 25, 2017) – Texas A&M International managed only three hits against Oklahoma Christian on Saturday afternoon, but unfortunately for OC, two of them came in one inning, along with three runs. The Dustdevils then held off an OC r...
Kennedy homers twice, Eagles rally twice to sweep TAMIU
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 24, 2017) – A stout south wind meant the baseballs flew out of Dobson Field at a high rate on Friday, and Oklahoma Christian's Chad Kennedy took full advantage of the situation. The junior outfielder from Hooker hit a home run i...
Heath records win No. 700 as Lady Eagles split at TAMIU
LAREDO, Texas (March 24, 2017) – Oklahoma Christian softball coach Tom Heath notched another landmark win on Friday with a bit of extra-inning magic, but the Lady Eagles' good fortune ran out in a second overtime game at Texas A&M International. T...
Hillcats Fall to No. 6 St. Mary's, 4-0
SAN ANTON IO, Texas – The Rogers State softball team fell, 4-0, to No. 6-ranked St. Mary's on Saturday (March 25) at the Park at St. Mary's in the final game of a three-game Heartland Conference series. The Rattlers scored their runs in the third a...