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Happy Birthday To Mar. 29: Leo Tolle, Kenzlie Bourassa, Dustin Rankin Mar. 30: Taelyn Eagan, Bryan Powers, Robert Babcock, Lonn Reutlinger, Kurtis Woodard, Maxine Bassett Mar. 31: Sheldon Darnell Apr. 1: Monte Hepner, Travis Olson Apr. 2: Karen Wilson, Eileen Gay, Colleen McGinley, Lisa Hepner Apr. 3: Joshua Shreeve, Chuck Armantrout, Kaylin Ledford, Sherrie Kornele, Erin Ledford Apr. 5: Darla Wise, Kevin Harris Apr. 6: Shawn Darr, Mike Graff, Lindsay Ferguson, Sadie Woodall Apr. 7: Matthew Lewis, Mele Nickelson, John Lastly, Ashley Murray...
Happy Anniversary To Apr. 7: Mr. & Mrs. Pat McGinley, Mr. & Mrs. Dean Welty, Mr. & Mrs. Mark Nixon Apr. 13: Mr. & Mrs. Travis Bradt Apr. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sample (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...
On Sunday, March 24, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Bible Study Thursday at 6:30 p.m. We are studying about the apostle Simon Peter. Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 124 Opening hymn: “I Surrender All,” led by Debra Brown Affirmation: Apostles Creed Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace: “Crown Him with Many Crowns” Offertory – Janell Reutlinger Ushers – Arly and Cooper Eden Doxology Offertory Prayer by Pastor Todd Special Music by Jennifer Finley Scri...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – There is a heartbreaking correlation among two areas where Oklahoma ranks worst in the country: Adverse childhood experiences and incarceration. Adverse childhood experiences – which include exposure to violence, neglect and abuse, parental incarceration and divorce – carry a devastating legacy of negative outcomes in adulthood, including chronic health problems, high-risk behaviors, even early death. Tragically, Oklahoma leads the country in the number of adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. Nearly half of the child...
Khrista McComb, Freedom High School senior, competed in last week's Regional Speech Tournament. The road to regionals began in January with her very first competition at Hennessey High School. There she placed third in poetry with her piece "To This Day" by Shane Koyczan. "To this Day" is a poem written from Koyczan's perspective of being bullied as a child and surviving to tell his and others' story. "It's a powerful piece, and it has a great and personal message," McComb said. "I wanted to sha...
Miss Freedom contest is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium. Summer Ralston is the only junior class member that wished to compete. The evening will include a music recital that will feature students in pre-K through fifth grade. Miss Tyree has chosen songs to highlight many cultures and countries around the world. Other entertainment includes high school talents such as Casey Luddington, Khrista McComb and Lance Bolar. Ralston will present her talent, a speech...
ADA, OKLA.- The East Central University softball team split the first of two mid-week doubleheader with arch rival Southeastern Oklahoma State, falling 6-2 in game one and then taking a 6-2 victory in the nightcap. Game 2 – ECU 6, SE 2 Southeastern Lineup Symphoni Shome (SS) Destiny Riddle (3B / P – 5th) Elexis Watson (1B) Kesshia Thompson (CF) Katie McCullar (DP) Karsyn Brigance (C) Mykaela Wallace (2B) Hope Deanda (LF) Kennedy Salyers (RF) Kamarie Wallace (RF – 5th) Emily Cudd (P 1st – 4th / PR – 4th) Brittany Chatellier (CF – 5th) ECU Lineup...
ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team wrap up their home-and-away non-conference series with Oklahoma Baptist, falling 13-4 at Ken Turner Field. Oklahoma Baptist Lineup Brock Carter (2B) Bryan Geurkink (PH -8th / 2B – 9th) PJ Harris (DH) Jake Gozzo (RF Ramon Enriquez (C) Eric Carlson (1B) Kaimana Bartolome (3B) Brett Bloomfield (SS) Kaden Betsch (LF) Joey Pledger (CF) Matthew Wilson (P 1st – 2nd) Caleb Bly (P 3rd- 4th) Dustin Jack (P 5th) Hudson Pearson (P 6th) Sam Webb (P 7th) Albert Monge (P – 8th) Thomas Shroder (P 9th) EC...
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Southeastern's Zach James picked up his fourth individual title of the season after besting Lindenwood's Markus Lindgren on the second hole of a playoff and helping to lift the Savage Storm to a second-place finish at the Lindenwood Invitational at Missouri Bluffs in St. Charles, Mo. SE shot a three-round score of 876, finishing tied with Central Oklahoma for second while both schools were seven shots off the top score posted by the host Lindenwood. The Storm finished 12 shots ahead of Central Missouri in fourth while W...
ADA, Okla. – Southeastern opened its midweek rivalry twinbill against East Central with a 6-2 win, but was unable to carry that momentum into game two, falling 6-2 in the nightcap in Ada, Okla., on Tuesday afternoon. The split moves the Savage Storm to 11-21 overall on the season and -13 in Great American Conference play. Elexis Watson and Mykaela Wallace each homered in game one, with Wallace finishing the game with two RBI, while Watson, Symphoni Shomo, and Keeshia Thompson each drove in a run. Shomo finished the contest with three of the t...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern used an eight-run fifth inning outburst to power its way to a 16-11 victory over Texas-Tyler in a midweek matchup on Tuesday at The Ballpark in Durant. The win moves the Savage Storm record to 13-14 overall on the season heading back into conference play on the weekend with a three-game series against Ouachita Baptist on March 29-30 in Arkadelphia, Ark. SE collected 12 hits on the afternoon and took advantage of nine walks to plate its 16 runs. Slayde Ortiz, Austin Ferguson, Caleb Dubler, and Chris Eusay each p...
BETHANY - In a pair of wild contests, the Southern Nazarene softball team used a four run sixth to earn a 4-2 win over Oklahoma Baptist in game one before a five run seventh inning from the Bison gave them a 10-5 win over the Storm in game two. In game one, it was a pitching duel between Brooklyn Sparkman and the duo of Chadler Roberts and Katie Long. Sparkman, despite some walks, managed and got out of situations. With the exception of a two-run home run from Cheyenne Demaree, Sparkman held the Bison offense in check. On the other end, SNU...
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. - The Southern Nazarene women's golf team shot a 323 (+39) on Tuesday afternoon for a two-round score of 648 (+80) to win the Natural State Golf Classic by nine strokes at the Red Apple Tees. After finishing second at their home event just two weeks ago, Derrick Taylor's squad followed up their impressive performance with their first tournament win since September 5, 2012. The Crimson Storm were led by an 81 (+10) from Emilie Jackson to place third individually for a two-round score of 159 (+17). Jackson led the way in Par...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Making their NCAA Division II Elite Eight debut, the SWOSU Women's Basketball team forced 31 turnovers to offset a poor shooting night and defeated Saint Anselm 71-61 in the national quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon at Alumni Hall. With the victory, SWOSU advances to the national semifinals, where they will meet the No. 3-seed in the bracket, #14/18-ranked Indiana (Pa.), who advanced with a 73-60 defeat of No. 6-seed Azusa Pacific in the first matchup on Tuesday. SWOSU and IUP will tip off at 5:00 pm on Wednesday evening, w...
ALVA, Okla. – SWOSU Softball split a rivalry doubleheader against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Tuesday afternoon in Alva. SWOSU (11-19, 10-12 GAC) returns to action on Friday, heading to Russellville, Ark., to open a four-game series at Arkansas Tech. Game 1: SWOSU 6, Northwestern 3 The Bulldogs bats started the game strong with a homerun from Amanda Moreno and a triple from Hannah Morris scoring two runs in the first inning. Northwestern answered back in the second inning by scoring one run. The Dawgs kept rolling offensively when F...
EDMOND, Okla. (March 26, 2019) – For the first time since the Oklahoma Christian-Central Oklahoma baseball series resumed in 2017, the Eagles are champions of the collegiate version of Edlam baseball. Hunter Markwardt, Blake Empkey and Alex Garcia combined for 10 hits, seven RBIs and five runs scored as OC took a commanding early lead, then held on for an 8-5 win over UCO on Tuesday night at Wendell Simmons Field. OC (18-7) has won the first two of three scheduled games this season against UCO (16-10), both of those played at UCO. The final g...
COMMERCE, Texas – The Rogers State Softball team dropped a non-conference doubleheader to No. 14 ranked Texas A&M Commerce on Tuesday at John Cain Family Field. The Hillcats fell in game one 2-0 before dropping the second game 7-1. Andrea Morales pitched well in defeat in game one, allowing just one earned run on five hits while striking out seven batters. The first hit against her was a homerun in the second inning, as the hosts took the lead. Rogers State would have their chance to tie the game or take the lead, loading the bases in the top o...
ALVA, Okla. – The Rogers State Baseball team picked up a 10-2 victory over Northwest Oklahoma State Tuesday afternoon in non-conference play at Myers Stadium. Nick Follett drove in four runs, while Christian Merriwether and Grant Ruthenberg had two RBIs each to lead the way for the Hillcats. Follett started the scoring in the top of the first with a sacrifice fly, scoring Zack Mann. After a run from the Rangers in the bottom of the first, pitching took over as the offenses were held scoreless into the sixth. Follett started the scoring again f...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Arkansas Tech (8-3) earned their sixth straight sweep of the season today, downing Ouachita (3-12) 7-0 in the Suns' first official Great American Conference matchup of the spring. NEXT UP The Golden Suns travel back to Arkadelphia on Monday, April 1, to take on the other Arkadelphia GAC rival Henderson State. Match time is 2 p.m. HOW IT HAPPENED Tech swept both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches, earning the lone doubles point. Annabel Rowlands and Kami Ward then won their match in the No. 1 spot 6-1 to secure the d...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas Tech senior Peerada Piddon was honored as Women's Golfer of the Week by the Great American Conference, the league office announced Wednesday. This is Piddon's third time receiving this award during the 2018-2019 season. Piddon finished in ninth place Tuesday at the Barry Women's Invitational in Miami Shores, Fla., leading the Golden Suns to earn third place. Piddon opened the tournament by firing an even-with-par 72 in Round 1 and a two-under-par 70 in Round 2 on Monday, and followed with a 74 in the final round...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Drake Norton pitched 8.0 shutout innings, while Dylan McDearmon went 2-for-5 with a home run and a pair of RBIs, helping the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boy baseball team (21-10, 14-4 GAC) defeat Henderson State (15-14, 9-9 GAC) 6-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Clyde Berry Field. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech will return to the field on Friday Mar. 29 as the Wonder Boys travel to Weatherford, Okla. for a three game series with Southwestern Oklahoma. A single game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP Korey Thompson (SS) Dylan M...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Megan Goodnight had a three-hit afternoon, pulling to within one hit of the all-time Arkansas Tech career hits record as the Golden Suns softball team (20-14, 14-6 Great American Conference) rolled to a doubleheader sweep of Harding (20-14, 12-10), winning the opening game 3-1 and the finale 8-1. NEXT UP The Golden Suns host Southwestern Oklahoma in a four-game series beginning on Friday, March 29 at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. HARDING LINEUP (Game 1) 1.Kyndal Pirtle (CF) 2...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced the league's second weekly honors for the 2019 women's outdoor track & field season. Harding's Anne-Noelle Clerima claimed the Track Athlete award and Southern Arkansas' Courtney Williams earned the Field Athlete accolade. GAC WOMEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Anne-Noelle Clerima, Harding, Fr., Paris, France Clerima ran the fastest 400-meter dash time in the GAC in winning at the Harding Invitational in 55.69 seconds. She became the first GAC track athlete to record an NCAA provisio...
MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Nolan Fertig singled with one out in the top of the ninth to score Jack Thomas from second base and give Harding a 2-1 victory over Christian Brothers Tuesday at USA Stadium, the former training center for the United States Olympic baseball team. The win was the sixth straight for Harding, who improved to 20-11 overall. The Bisons continue Great American Conference play Friday and Saturday against Northwestern Oklahoma in Alva. Christian Brothers suffered its fourth consecutive loss and fell to 8-22. Thomas led off the n...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Harding softball team dropped both games of the Great American Conference doubleheader at Arkansas Tech Tuesday. The Golden Suns won 3-1 and 8-1. The two teams will wrap up their four-game series April 9th with a doubleheader in Searcy. Harding falls to 20-14 overall and 12-10 in the GAC. Arkansas Tech improves to 20-12 overall and 14-6 in the GAC. Game One Key Innings (Arkansas Tech 3, Harding 1) - Arkansas Tech took a 1-0 lead in the first when Tymber Riley singled in a run for the Golden Suns. - Harding tied the g...
