Boston Marathon excludes runners residing in Russia, Belarus

BOSTON (AP) — Athletes from Russia and Belarus previously accepted to compete in this year’s Boston Marathon who are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to participate, the Boston Marathon Association announced Wednesday.

Arapaho-Butler places 10th at regional competition

Arapaho-Butler FFA shooting sports attended the Northwest Regional event held at the Grand National Gun Club in Enid. A-B FFA placed 10th overall. Zayne Sawatzky placed 5th overall and qualified for the finals held in El Reno April 13th.

From green jacket to prison, Angel Cabrera’s big fall

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — His picture is still on the wall of champions in the press building at Augusta National, sandwiched between Trevor Immelman and Phil Mickelson.

Courtney Heerwald

Courtney Heerwald scored Clinton’s first goal in its 8-1 rout of Harding Charter Prepatory Tuesday evening. CDN | Adam Ewing

Nicholas O’Neale

Nicholas O’Neale puts the ball in play during a match earlier this season. O’Neale scored one goal in Clinton’s 4-3 setback versus Harding Charter Tuesday. CDN | Adam Ewing

Clinton track hosts Kay Crenshaw Inv.

CLINTON – Clinton track and field hosted the Kay Crenshaw Invitational Tuesday evening.Montiel Crane won the boys’ discuss with a throw of 134’1”.Wyatt Sawatzky placed third in discuss with a throw of 125’6”.Clinton’s Kat Meacham took first in girls’ shot put, turning in a throw of 37’06”.

Reds score 16 runs in sweep of Eagles

CLINTON – Clinton baseball swept its two-game series with rival Weatherford after a 12-6 shellacking Tuesday evening.Weatherford scored two runs in the first inning.Much like game one, Grady Gaunt led off Clinton’s half of the first inning with a walk.

Lady Reds take 1st at Elk City Tournament

ELK CITY – Clinton girls’ golf had an impressive showing at the Elk City Tournament Thursday, bringing home a first-place trophy after shooting a team score of 382.“We played pretty well as a team,” head coach Mike Lee said.

Tennis competes at Elk City

ELK CITY – Clinton boys’ and girls’ tennis competed at the Elk City Open Tuesday.“We did fairly well. We lost a couple close matches that I thought we should’ve won,” head coach Phil Veazy said.Emma Dowdell finished second in No. 1 singles, dropping her finals match to Elk City.

Ramírez, Guardians agree on 5-year, $124M deal

CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez forced the Guardians to go deep into their pockets.The All-Star third baseman agreed to a $124 million, fiveyear contract on the eve of opening day with Cleveland, a franchise that hasn’t been able to swing with baseball’s big spenders over the years.