Archive - Aug 2012 - Sports Article
August 30th
BOKOSHE — The Cameron Lady Yellowjackets returned to the win column not once, but twice, as they swept a Green Valley Conference doubleheader from the Bokoshe Lady Tigers by scores of 15-8 and 11-3 Tuesday afternoon.
Talihina 2, Pocola 1; Pocola 3, Sallisaw 2; Sallisaw 9, Talihina 4: In Pocola, all three teams split their games in the three-way.
Wister 2, Spiro 1: In Spiro, the Lady Wildcats rebounded from Monday afternoon's heart-breaking loss to Panama. Wister scored twice in the first inning, and pitcher Bryanna Warren made the lead stand up as she struck out six batters in the win.
LEFLORE — The Howe Lions finally got win No. 2 for the fall 2012 season Tuesday night. The Lions rallied from an early deficit to down the Leflore Savages 13-5.
Down 3-0 after an inning, the Lions, thanks to a solo home run by Stephen Helmandollar leading things off, scored eight runs in the second inning to take an 8-3 lead.
Wister 15, Buffalo Valley 0: In Wister, senior pitcher Colby Turnipseed pitched his second perfect game in as many weeks for the Wildcats.
Turnipseed faced the minimum nine batters in the three-inning game, striking out six of them.
The Heavener Wolves will begin two new football eras when they open their 2012 season at 7 p.m. Friday against Union Christian Academy at Ramsey Junior High School in Fort Smith, Ark.
First, the Wolves will be a Class 3A team. Secondly, they will begin the Carl Lee era as he will coach his first regular-season game as the new coach.
With all that, plus the start of the season in general, the Wolves are ready for Friday night's opener.
The good news is the Spiro Bulldogs are ready to get the 2012 season going.
“They're anxious and getting fired up, more so than in the last few weeks,” said Chris Bunch, Spiro's coach.
However, the ’Dogs will have a tough opener as they will travel to meet Class 2A's top-ranked Vian Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
“They're rated No. 1 in their class and are picked to win state in their class,” Bunch said. “We're the underdogs, and our kids are going to have to step up to the challenge.”
The Talihina Golden Tigers football team wants to put an end to a five-game losing streak, which covered Weeks 6 through 10 of last season. They will get that chance at 7:30 p.m. Friday as they travel to meet the Wilburton Diggers.
“We're reloaded and we're ready to go,” said Kelly Gravitt, Talihina's coach. “We've had two pretty good practices, and we're just looking to round things out with a good practice (on Wednesday). The kids have a good feeling, and we're ready to go.”
Don’t forget about Oklahoma's annual Free Hunting Days this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Resident hunters do not need to possess an annual hunting license or HIP permit while hunting on these days.
The free days fall on the first two days of dove season that runs Sept. 1-Oct. 31, statewide, followed by another nine-day period open from Dec. 22-30, statewide. In addition to dove hunting, squirrel season also is open on these days.
August 29th
As I was approached by our sports editor, David Seeley, to write a feature story about the Poteau High School freshman team, I was at first not sure that I wanted to tackle the story. After all, the sports adages say that you do not talk to a pitcher when he has a no hitter going or you do not talk to a batter who has a hitting streak in process.
You see, this freshmen football class has been playing together since they were members of the Bandit, traveling team, seventh-eighth grade football teams, and to this point in time they have never lost a game when they have played together.
The Poteau Lady Pirates had to basically play two games, but they finally outlasted last year's Class 2A state champions in their home game on Tuesday.
Gabba Wilson's one-out, RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning scored Shelby Standridge, who got a double with one out, to defeat the Panama Lady Razorbacks 1-0 in a game which lasted almost 3.5 hours.
For a brief moment, things were not looking good for the Poteau Lady Pirates softball team in its home game Monday afternoon against the Sallisaw Lady Black Diamonds. However, the key word was brief.
After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first inning, the Lady Pirates ended the game with a 14-0 run to end up run ruling the game by a score of 14-2 in three innings.
WISTER — Grant Ralls, Panama's softball coach, said this was going to be a tough week for his Class 2A defending state champion Lady Razorbacks. If the first game is any indication, he's right.
The Lady Razorbacks were able to rally past the Wister Lady Wildcats for a 4-3 victory Monday afternoon.
Heavener 8, Howe 0; Idabel 8, Heavener 6; Idabel 10, Howe 0: In Heavener, the Lady Wolves split their two games, while the Lady Lions fell twice.
