NCAA Tournament features several dynamic guards, backcourt wizards

NCAA Tournament teams rise and fall with guard play.

Eastern Oklahoma routs Rose State

OKLAHOMA CITY – Eastern Oklahoma State College baseball won its 18th and 19th in a row Saturday with a sweep of its doubleheader versus Rose State College.

SWOSU track competes at Hendrix

CONWAY, Ark. – Southwestern Oklahoma State women’s track and field had an impressive showing at Saturday’s meet held at Hendrix College.SWOSU’s Delaney York took third in 200M with a time of 28.82.

Bulldogs sweep SNU

WEATHERFORD – Southwestern Oklahoma State baseball swept its threegame series with Southern Nazarene after hanging on to win 8-7 Monday evening.The Bulldogs tallied 11 hits in the triumph.

Bueckers, Clark among returning stars in women’s NCAA field

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark are back, this time as talented sophomores in the women’s basketball NCAA Tournament.The duo commanded center stage and the nation’s attention last year in one of the most anticipated women’s Sweet 16 showdowns between top freshmen Bueckers and...

Lady Dawgs swept by Southern Nazarene

BETHANY – Southwestern Oklahoma State softball dropped the opening game of Monday’s doubleheader with Southern Nazarene 8-3, before falling 7-6 in an extra-inning battle in the series finale.GAME ONEBoth sides played a scoreless first four innings, before a fiverun fifth inning by SNU broke the...

Astros’ Verlander ‘on cloud nine’ after 1st bullpen session

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No. 11 A-B goes 2-1 to open season

STERLING – Arapaho Butler Indians baseball opened the season with a second place finish Saturday in the Sterling Tournament.Arapaho-Butler started the tournament with an 18-2 trouncing of Empire (3-6).“We hadn’t seen live pitchinig up until that point,” Arapaho-Butler skipper Jared Cudd said.

Bulldogs end historic run in NCAA DII quarterfinals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Southwestern Oklahoma State men’s basketball ended their historic postseason run Saturday in the NCAA Central Region Quarterfinals after falling to No. 6 Augustana 83-64.Kamden Gipson became the third player in program history to notch 1,000 career points.

Briscoe races to first NASCAR win, pulls away late in Phoenix

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chase Briscoe jumped out of his car and was obviously emotional, kneeling by his No. 14 for a few seconds before a couple voice cracks during his postrace television interview.The 27-year-old Briscoe took his lumps last season as a NASCAR Cup Series rookie.