Articles from the April 17, 2019 edition
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ECU's Hilton Earns Second GAC Player of the Week Honor
RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. – East Central University sophomore Tarah Hilton was named the Great American Conference Player of the Week, for April 16, marking the second time in 2019 that she earned the honor. The sophomore helped the Tigers (18-24, 14-19...
ECU Softball Splits Final Doubleheader at Northwestern
ALVA, OKLA. – The East Central University softball team earned the Great American Conference series victory after splitting the final doubleheader at Northwestern Oklahoma State. The Tigers (18-24, 14-19 GAC) first claimed a 5-1 win, before...
ECU Baseball Finishes Series against Northwestern
ALVA, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team wrapped up its Great American Conference series with Northwestern Oklahoma State falling 18-2 (7) in the opener and 23-11 in the finale. Game 1 – NWOSU 18, ECU 2 NWOSU Lineup Daschal...
Run-Rule Win for Bison in Tahlequah
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – For the second straight game the OBU offense pounded out 16 runs as the Bison run-ruled Northeastern State in a non-conference matchup. After scoring one in the opening frame, the OBU bats exploded in the second, plating six...
Southeastern Wraps up Sweep of SNU
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern finished off a series sweep of Southern Nazarene in walk-off fashion as Colton Buckner connected on an eight-inning solo homer to win the finale 2-1 after the Storm cruised to an 8-3 victory in Monday's opener at Mike...
SE Softball Splits Day Two at SNU
BETHANY, Okla. – Day two of Southeastern's series with Southern Nazarene was similar to day one as the Savage Storm closed the series with a 9-5 victory after falling 11-5 in game one on Monday afternoon in Bethany, Okla. The split moves the Storm...
SNU survives MACU 12-10 to complete season sweep
BETHANY — Southern Nazarene snapped a four-game losing streak with a come-from-behind victory over Mid-America Christian 12-10 at Feland Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Crimson Storm trailed heading into the bottom of the sixth and scored six runs...
SNU Closes Series with Split Against Southeastern
BETHANY - The Southern Nazarene softball team connected on four home runs on Monday afternoon to lead to a series split with Southeastern Oklahoma State, winning the first contest 11-5 before dropping game two 9-5. In pregame, Southern Nazarene took...
Savage Storm take both games of DH 8-3 and 2-1 on Monday
DURANT, Okla. — Southern Nazarene closed out the series versus Southeastern Oklahoma State with a pair of losses 8-3 and 2-1 on Monday at Mike Metheny Field. The Crimson Storm managed seven hits in the first game of the doubleheader, but just two...
Golf: Lady Bulldogs Finish as Runner-Up at GAC Championships
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – For the second straight season, the SWOSU Women's Golf team finished as the runner-up at the Great American Conference Championships after dropping from the top spot during Tuesday's final round at Hot Springs Country Club....
SWOSU's Alisa Friesen Tabbed GAC Freshman of the Week
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – SWOSU pitcher Alisa Friesen has been named the Great American Conference Freshman of the Week after helping her team to a 6-0 record over conference foes in the past week. This is the first weekly honor for Friesen in her...
Simmons, Hatchel Lead Bulldogs at 47th Annual SWOSU Rodeo
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Weather conditions were far from ideal on Saturday evening, but that didn't stop the cowboys and cowgirls who descended upon Weatherford for the 47th Annual SWOSU Rodeo from putting on a show for the fans in attendance. Behind...
SWOSU Softball Sweeps OBU, Extending Win Streak to Eight
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Bulldog Softball extended the longest active winning streak in the Great American Conference to eight straight games with a pair of victories over Oklahoma Baptist on Monday in Shawnee. With the wins, SWOSU improves to 19-26 on...
Golf: Weiner leads way as Golden Suns nab 5th straight GAC championship
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — All five Golden Suns finished within the top ten as Arkansas Tech nabbed its fifth straight Great American Conference championship Tuesday with a card of 885 (+21). The Suns were trailing Southwestern Oklahoma State by four...
Golf: Wonder Boys nab first GAC Championship since SINCE 2012-13
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — The Wonder Boys came from behind in the final round to win the Great American Conference Championships Tuesday, nabbing an even-with-par total of 864 and outpacing rival Henderson State by three strokes. Arkansas Tech entered...
Softball: Dempsey named GAC Pitcher of the Week
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas Tech senior pitcher Kristen Dempsey was honored by the Great American Conference as the league's Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday. Dempsey was instrumental in the Golden Suns' sweep against...
A Shutout and a Blowout; Harding Baseball Wins Series at Ouachita Baptist
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Harding baseball had the perfect response to being shutout on five hits in a 4-0 loss in game one of its Great American Conference doubleheader at Ouachita Baptist Monday. The Bisons came out and sent baseballs flying all over...
Harding Softball Splits Doubleheader with Ouachita Baptist Monday
SEARCY – The Harding softball team split a Great American Conference doubleheader with Ouachita Baptist Monday. The Lady Bisons won the first game 7-0 but dropped the second game 4-3. Harding moves to 30-18 overall and 22-14 in the GAC. It is the...
Baseball: Ouachita's Bahloul Throws Shutout Against Bisons
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.- Ouachita Baseball use a huge complete game shutout by Adam Bahloul to split the double header with Harding taking game one 4-0 and dropping the second game 13-2. Bahloul pitched nine scoreless innings only allowing five hits...
Ouachita Softball Splits Double Header Behind Ryburn and Finley
SEARCY, Ark. – Ouachita Softball splits double-header against Harding University to recapture the fourth seed in the GAC standings. Halley Ryburn led the Tigers as going 2-4 on the day including a run batted in that ended up being the game winning...
SAU Baseball split doubleheader with Wonder Boys
Russellville, Ark. – The SAU Baseball team split their doubleheader with Arkansas Tech on Monday, with a pair of games decided by 11 and seven runs, respectively, with the Muleriders run-ruling the first game before dropping the series finale. Game...
Softball: Muleriders swept by Golden Suns
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Softball team suffered its first GAC series sweep in exactly two years at the hands of Arkansas Tech as the Muleriders held leads in both games but ultimately came up short as their lead over the Golden Suns in the GAC...
Group seeks to reduce Oklahoma's high incarceration rate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A coalition of business and faith leaders pushing a package of bills aimed at lowering Oklahoma's highest-in-the-nation prison incarceration rate are running into a familiar obstacle — the state's elected district attorneys....
Attorney, businessman appointed OU regent by governor
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City businessman and lawyer has been appointed to the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the appointment Tuesday of Gary Pierson to the panel that oversees the state's...
Defense awards Boeing $14.3B bomber maintenance contract
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Boeing Co. has won a $14.3 billion contract to service and maintain all B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. The contract includes hardware and software development and...