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ROLAND YOUTH LEAGUE WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
Six Roland Youth League Wrestling members qualified for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by placing at last Saturday’s Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post Fie...
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OSU BASKETBALL
By UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA MEDIA RELATIONS 
February 20, 2025
STILLWATER — Despite trimming the deficit to five late in the second half, the Central Florida men’s basketball team came up short at Oklahoma State, losing 105-94 Wednesday night at Gallagher-Iba Are...
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SALLISAW BASKETBALL
Sallisaw girls, boys travel to Wagoner for Saturday night’s Class 4A District Tournament
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
Sallisaw Black Diamonds senior center Cooper Carter believes his team has a playoff run in them. That playoff run will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on the road against the Wagoner Bulldogs in the Class...
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KILGORE'S CORNER
February 20, 2025
I am hearing that there’s light at the end of the tunnel after the Siberian Express week we have just endured. Monday and Tuesday are supposed to have temperatures in the upper 60s on display. Whoever...
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SALLISAW TAKEDOWN CLUB
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Sallisaw Takedown Club saw 21 members qualify for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by doing well at last Saturday’s OKWA Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Po...
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UA BASKETBALL
By MIKE CAWOOD ARKANSASRAZORBACKS.COM 
February 20, 2025
AUBURN, Ala. — In a game where neither led by more than nine points, top-ranked Auburn went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line over the final 1:15 to hold on for a 67-60 victory over Arkansas on Wednesda...
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ROLAND BASKETBALL
Last-second hoop lifts Runnin’ Rangers as coach gets 700th win
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Roland High School basketball teams celebrated Senior Night with a sweep over the Sequoyah-Tahlequah squads Monday night at the Ranger Dome. The Runnin’ Rangers won in dramatic style as a last-sec...
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CASC WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
PRATT, Kan. — Several Carl Albert State College Vikings wrestlers qualified for next month’s NJCAA National Tournament at last Saturday’s NJCAA South Central District Tournament at Pratt Community Col...
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TU BASKETBALL
By TULSA MEDIA RELATIONS 
February 20, 2025
DENTON, Texas — A cold night from the floor hampered any attempt for Tulsa to overcome an early deficit as the Golden Hurricane trailed wire-to-wire in a 63-44 loss to the North Texas Mean Green Eagle...
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
JAY — Both the Sallisaw Lady Diamonds and Vian Lady Wolverines wrestlers competed at the Class 5A Regional Tournament on Monday, with the hopes of making this month’s state tournament. However, no one...
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GORE PIRATES YOUTH WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
At the Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post Field House last Saturday, four members of Gore Pirates Youth Wrestling qualified for this weekend’s OKWA State To...
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ORU BASKETBALL
By ORU MEDIA RELATIONS 
February 20, 2025
DENVER — Issac McBride surpassed the 2,000 careerpoint threshold as the Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team fell 71-60 to Denver on Wednesday night in Hamilton Gymnasium. A slow offensive st...
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
WILBURTON — Former Vian Lady Wolverines softball player Maisie Wells and the Eastern Oklahoma State College Lady Mountaineers dropped a pair of 2-0 games to the University of Arkansas-Rich Mountain on...
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VIAN WRESTLING CLUB
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Vian Wrestling Club saw 16 members qualify for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by placing at last Saturday’s Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post Field Ho...
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MULDROW BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
It was a successful Senior Night for the Muldrow High School basketball teams Monday night at Roger Sharp Activity Center in the regular-season finales against Heavener. The Lady Bulldogs started the ...
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February 20, 2025
The Lake Vian Hilltop Run will be March 1-2. There are multipledistance races ranging from four miles up to 100 miles. Participants are allowed to walk, hike or run. So far there are 278 participants ...
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
Four local high school boys wrestling teams will try to get as many members to next weekend’s state tournament by placing high enough in this weekend’s regional tournaments. The Sallisaw Black Diamond...
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BOXING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
It was quite a couple of months for both local preteen boxers Kaleigh Auld, age 9, and Dominic Adame, age 10. Auld was unopposed at the state silver gloves but wanted to fight for experience so chose ...
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BRUSHY WRESTLING CLUB
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
The Brushy Wrestling Club had 20 members qualify for this weekend’s Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association State Tournament by placing at last Saturday’s OKWA Southeast Regional Tournament at Paul Post F...
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
February 20, 2025
Mother Nature has played a hand in when the Class 2A and A high school basketball playoffs will resume. Due to this week’s snowstorm, the Class 2A and A Regional Tournaments will not get started until...