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TONKAWA -- The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks and Lady Mavs opened the 2021 season Wednesday night splitting two games against Cowley College at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse. The No.

Always a threat to capture the conference title, the Cowley College volleyball team was recently picked second out of 11 teams in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division pre-season selections. The Lady Tigers were picked behind only Johnson County.

Jan. 21—College football 2020 was a wonderful diversion from the COVID but not particularly satisfying compared to any other season. Most of the non-conference showdowns were canceled by the pandemic.

BARTLESVILLE -- In a pair of games that were close from start to finish, the Ponca City Lady Cats defeated Bartlesville 42-39, but the Wildcats’ boys team lost 74-66 Tuesday night. The games were nonconference affairs and were scheduled after the Ponca City teams lost all of December’s games due to response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jan. 20—NORMAN — Alondes Williams streaked toward the basket and elevated, slamming the ball home just before the buzzer to put a punctuation mark on a big OU run to end the first half Tuesday night against Kansas State.

EDMOND -- The Ponca City swim teams placed high in the Big 8 Conference meet Tuesday. The boys team finished second overall while the girls finished fourth.

TONKAWA -- The basketball season at Northern Oklahoma College is scheduled to open on Wednesday at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse. The men and women’s team are scheduled to play nonconference rival Cowley College from Arkansas City, Kan. The women’s game is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. while the men’s contest is scheduled for 7:30.

Ponca City’s varsity basketball teams will participate in tournaments, beginning Thursday, at different locations. The Wildcats boys team will travel to Carl Albert High School in Midwest City to participate in the Titan Classic.

Jan. 19—Before missing OU’s game at Kansas on Jan.

Next Sunday’s playoff games provide a contrast in starting quarterbacks. For the AFC title game it is a couple of youngsters, Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills. The NFC game has a couple of old geezers, Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers.