Archive - Jun 9, 2012 - Sports Article
There will be a LeFlore County high school fast-pitch softball player hitting the field for the last time this afternoon at the University of Oklahoma Softball Complex.
Poteau's Briley Benson will represent the county for the Middle East team in the Oklahoma Fast-Pitch Softball Coaches Association All-State Games today at OU. The Middle School All-State Game between Benson's East team and the West will take place at 1 p.m.
FORT SMITH, Ark. — It took 12 innings, but the Eastern Oklahoma Riverdawgs Major American Legion baseball team won its Maurice Katzer Tournament opener.
The Riverdawgs scratched across a run in the 12th inning to down Russellville, Ark., by a score of 7-6 Thursday night at Hunts Park.
The ’Dawgs (4-5) were to play Midwest Friday afternoon, then they will play in the championship game at 6 p.m. tonight at Hunts Park.
Spiro's Jeff Walden hit a Texas-League bloop RBI single in the 12th inning to score Spiro's Shane Thompson with the game-winning run.
I spent Memorial Day Weekend in Enid, helping my soon-to-be 86-year-old mother decorate the graves of our family and friends. We did 21 graves on a very humid Saturday morning before Memorial Day.
While I was putting flowers on the graves and sweating puddles of perspiration, I got a phone call from a local athlete's parent — Kim Standridge, whose son Austin, was on Cameron's baseball team.
I had put a preview story in the May 26 edition as an advance for the 40th Kiamichi All-Star Classic with the names of our local athletes who made the softball, baseball and basketball teams.
Coach-Pitch League
Monday's Games
Heavener Hurricanes vs. Heavener Titans, Spiro Dirtbags vs. Panama Sooners, Poteau Bombers vs. Spiro Diamondbacks, Spiro Reds vs. Poteau Drillers, Pocola Mudcats vs. Heavener Thunder, Spiro L'il Giants vs. Wister Wildcats.
Thursday's Games
Heavener Titans vs. Spiro L'il Giants, Panama Sooners vs. Heavener Hurricanes, Spiro Diamondbacks vs. Spiro Dirtbags, Poteau Drillers vs. Poteau Bombers, Heavener Thunder vs. Spiro Reds, Wister Wildcats vs. Pocola Mudcats.
Friday's Games
Boys
Monday's Games
At Howe
Howe vs. Cameron, 5 p.m.; Whitesboro vs. Stigler, 5:40 p.m.; Howe vs. Stigler, 6:20 p.m.; Cameron vs. Whitesboro, 7 p.m.; Cameron vs. Stigler, 7:40 p.m.; Howe vs. Whitesboro, 8:20 p.m.
At Panama
Panama vs. Gans, 5 p.m.; Kinta vs. Hartford, Ark., 5:40 p.m.; Panama vs. Kinta, 6:20 p.m.; Gans vs. Hartford, Ark., 7 p.m.; Gans vs. Kinta, 7:40 p.m.; Panama vs. Hartford, Ark., 8:20 p.m.
At Wister
The Poteau Spirit Center will have a dance camp from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday through next Saturday.
The entry fee is $65 per camper, and each camp will conclude with a performance on the camp's final day.
For additional information, call (918) 647-3547 or go online to www.poteauspiritcenter.webs.com.
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Any church interested in playing in the 2012 Poteau Coed Church League this summer needs to call Billy Bond at (918) 647-1939.
Entry Fee is $400 per team. Deadline for entry is June 28. There will be two divisions if enough teams enter.
