Oklahoma Baptist’s Bison, ranked third nationally and first in the Sooner Athletic Conference, will host No. 23 Southern Nazarene at 8 p.m. today in the Noble Complex.
St. Gregory’s Lady Cavaliers, at 15-8 overall and 8-8 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, will attempt to avenge an earlier loss when they host USAO’s Lady Drovers at 6 p.m. today at W.P. Wood Fieldhouse.
Shawnee’s varsity swimmers claimed seven first-place medals Tuesday at the Suburban Conference meet, and the girls’ and boys’ teams each finished the event as runners-up.
Oklahoma Baptist has hired Jason Melot as assistant football coach for the first Bison football team since 1940.
Oklahoma Baptist has added three more Oklahoma prep football players to its stable for the return of the sport to Bison Hill in 2013.
Junior Zach Fowler netted a career-high 37 points Tuesday as Asher’s Indians leveled Macomb 75-53.
Loren Brannon canned a 2-point jumper as time expired Tuesday night to hand Earlsboro’s girls a 56-54 triumph over Sasakwa.
Jacob Magruder collected 12 points and Sage Rockow concluded with 10 Tuesday night as McLoud’s boys pinned a 52-42 defeat on Jones.
The fifth-ranked Pirates of Dale, despite yet another injury, upended Konawa 57-51 Tuesday night.
The Tecumseh boys lost a heartbreaker Tuesday as they were nipped 48-47 by Noble.
Senior McKenzie Solberg poured in 23 points and teammate Andrea Gimondo added eight points and eight rebounds as Chandler’s girls blitzed Wellston 48-37 Tuesday night.
A torrid 3-point shooting display by Bethel crippled host Little Axe Tuesday, 65-18.
Bethel ripped Little Axe with a 20-1 first quarter and led 34-6 at the half.
Morgan Palmer was accurate on three shots from beyond the 3-point line Tuesday night as Meeker recorded a 50-47 win over Okemah.
Seminole coach Jerry O’Steen, following a 65-30 defeat at the hands of Class 3A second-ranked Prague, could find few kinks in the Lady Red Devils’ arsenal.
The host Ponca City girls tried to slow top-ranked Shawnee’s express by double-teaming Taylor Cooper.
Four games — two on the road and two at home — separate Shawnee’s top-ranked (Class 5A) girls from an unblemished regular season.
Wayland Baptist’s Kennedy Kithuka and Oklahoma Baptist’s Kameron Conley have been named Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Track and Field Athletes of the Week for Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
St. Gregory’s out-shot and out-rebounded visiting Mid-America Christian Monday night but still dropped an 83-75 Sooner Athletic Conference decision at W.P. Wood Fieldhouse.
Oklahoma Baptist shot 58 percent from the field and dominated Mid-America Christian 90-63 Saturday.
Alan Brewer tallied 17 points and Tecumseh went 11-of-13 from the charity stripe Saturday night en route to a 46-39 triumph over Harrah.
