Dillon Degraffenreid has served as a volunteer EMT for the International Finals Youth Rodeo since 2010. The 2013 Tecumseh High School graduate has been around the IFYR as a youngster when his family sold hay and stall shavings at the trade show.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma will still get to play its Red River rivalry game against Texas when the two teams go to the Southeastern Conference together, but there may be no more Bedlam for the Sooners against Oklahoma State.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Dave Aranda and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy sat just a few yards from the end zone where the Big 12 title was decided in their championship game seven months earlier, on a dazzling tackle at the pylon by the Bears.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark declared the league “open for business,” saying that while nothing is imminent all options will be considered as he takes over with conference realignment again shaking college sports.
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays fired manager Charlie Montoyo on Wednesday and promoted bench coach John Schneider to interim manager for the remainder of the season. Triple-A manager Casey Candaele was named interim bench coach.
Chris Brown is the new Shawnee strength and conditioning coordinator for the Shawnee High School athletic program. It’s a reunion of sorts for the trio of Brown, Director of Athletics Dax Leone and head baseball coach Kevin Paxson.
Meeker’s Bode Gatlin and Bristow’s Jim Watkins combined to post the best team roping time through five performances of the International Finals Tuesday morning at the Shawnee Expo Center. The pair registered a time of six seconds flat in Tuesday morning’s fourth performance as only three teams had broken seven seconds to that point.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Baker Mayfield said he was “shocked” to learn that he was not included in the Cleveland Browns’ future plans earlier this offseason.
Barrel racing action from Tuesday morning at the International Finals Youth Rodeo at the Shawnee Expo Center. Representing the area were Shawnee’s and Tecumseh High School’s Koree Thompson and Chandler’s Kenzie Cowden.