FACE OFF – Bull rider Lane Williams of Henryetta and a bull seem to size each other up after the bull gets the better of Williams during Wednesday’s action at the International Finals Youth Rodeo at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. Related stories, Page 2A, 8A and 1B.

Siblings Dallie Bay, Dawson and Dually Taylor have one thing that other International Finals Youth Rodeo contestants do not. Each other.

Following a rodeo in New Mexico and a 16-hour drive, International Finals Youth Rodeo contestant Zack Crawford finally made it to Shawnee Saturday afternoon.

Representing a portion of the Missouri group at this year’s International Finals Youth Rodeo are Blake Ash, Nathan Enyart, Larae Porterfield and Cory Dummit and team-work is the theme of this group.

The Woodgroup Pressure Control group is sponsoring a benefit softball tournament for Shawnee High School freshman Steven “Ryan’ Perry.

There won’t be many ‘lounge’ weeks for Prague’s football squad during the 2008 campaign.

Shawnee products Anthony Davis and James Brown combined for a 2-3 singles record Monday as the Paul Duffield Junior Tennis Tournament opened a three-day run.
Davis and Brown were Shawnee’s only entrants in the boys 14-year-old singles competition.

Former Maud High School standout Harlon House has joined the Seminole High School football staff.

After watching his youthful offensive line perform at a recent University of Central Oklahoma football team camp, McLoud head coach Eric Cardin discovered three new reasons to be excited.

A season-opening schedule switch is a twofold pot of honey for Tecumseh’s football squad.

Young Italian boys would come to the U.S. air base where George Defenbaugh was stationed near Cerignola, Italy, in World War II, and offer to watch the airmen’s tents while they were on missions, in exchange for tips.
Defenbaugh became well acquainted with one boy, Umberto Albanese.
Twelve years younger than Defenbaugh, Albanese’ father had been killed while serving with Mussolini.

When Mike Snyder makes a bold statement concerning his Seminole football team, one should pay the strictest of attention. The Chieftain head coach since 1980, Snyder has molded his program into one of the state’s finest.

When the Bethel Wildcats strap on the gear for the 2008 football campaign, they will do so under a new direction. Heath Clayborn will enter his first season as a head coach, but don’t let that fool you. Clayborn has plenty of coaching experience and is ready to take the reigns as team boss.

A recent trip to a University of Central Oklahoma football team camp put some smiles on the face of Shawnee head coach Billy Brown.

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Take a seat Dwight Jones and Joe Atkinson. You’ve been ousted from the Faith 7 game record book.

Bo Bo Morgan didn’t mince any words when asked why he selected UCLA as his college destination.

On a history-making Friday, Shawnee’s girls put themselves in position to make a run for their first-ever state track championship.
Fueled by a 1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault, Shawnee heads the Class 5A state meet with 45 points. Ardmore is second with 24 and Tulsa East Central has 22.

It took a while, but when Willie Warren finally arrived in Shawnee for the Faith 7 all-star game festivities, he made a sudden impact on the hardwood ­— the same impact Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel is hoping for next season when Warren dons his crimson and cream jersey.