
OBU's Coner Jr., Brown receive All-GAC honors
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist University players Terry Coner Jr. and Ricky Brown were voted to the All-Great American Conference Men's Basketball Team on Wednesday.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist University players Terry Coner Jr. and Ricky Brown were voted to the All-Great American Conference Men's Basketball Team on Wednesday.

The Liberty Academy High School girls’ basketball team won the HCAA State Basketball Championship recently with a 64-35 victory over Gospel Light Christian. The Liberty Academy scoring included Britlyn Leader with 19, Sarah Armstrong with 14, Kate Jennings with 11, Lauren Semrad with eight, Mikelle Blythe with six, Lay Holmes with four and Teagan Winkler with two..

LAWTON – Oklahoma Baptist (10-10) lost both games of a doubleheader on Wednesday against Cameron University (9-9) at McMahon Field. The Aggies won two close affairs, 4-3 and 9-8.

Bethel’s three competitors at state last weekend were Dixie Holliday, Paxton Shultz and Emzley Miller. Holliday placed third at 105 pounds on the girls’ side and Shultz finished second at 120 on the boys’ side.

OKLAHOMA CITY – McLoud High School crowned two individual champions and had two runner-up finishes as the Lady Redskins claimed the Class 5A girls’ state title on Saturday.

Seminole State College played Rose State during the inaugural Battle at Bricktown doubleheader at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on March 1. The Trojans dropped the first game 7-2 but bounced back with a 7-1 victory in game two.

On a cold, windy and rainy Tuesday night, Shawnee soccer split with Glenpool. The Lady Wolves lost 3-0 but the Wolves rolled to a 6-1 win to start the season.
WEATHERFORD – The Oklahoma Baptist University Bison pounded out 20 hits, nine of which went for extra bases, in slamming Southwestern Oklahoma State 19-7 in seven innings Friday to open a three-game Great American Conference baseball series.

In a closely contested battle at Bison Softball Park, Oklahoma Baptist got some timely defensive plays and crucial homer from Greenlee Wells to hold off Southwestern Oklahoma State, 3-2, on Friday in Great American Conference play. The Bison won their fourth straight in the process and improved to 9-7 overall and 4-0 in the GAC.

The North Rock Creek Cougars got off to a 1-1 start to the baseball season after edging host Harrah 4-3 in the season opener on Saturday while falling to Bishop McGuinness 9-5 at home on Monday.