Sports

PRESS RELEASE Ponca City High School Swimming recently competed in the OSSAA State Championships. The swimmers competed well in the individual standings along with team relays.

PRESS RELEASE Ponca City High School Wrestling team recently competed in the OSSAA State Championships. The team finished in the Top 10, with two state placers.

Mar. 4—The Mavericks were 1-of-22 from 3-point range Wednesday night before Tim Hardaway Jr. drained a triple early in the third quarter to give Dallas a 10-point lead — its biggest of the night up to that point.

FT. SCOTT, Kansas -- Lynsey Ailey had five hits and won two games in the circle including a no-hitter as Northern Oklahoma College swept Ft.

Mar. 4—The Oklahoma men won their second event of the golf season at the Cabo Collegiate at TPC San Antonio on Wednesday.

The Ponca City Wildcats and Ladycats soccer teams will be playing their first home game of the season this Friday, March 5th at Sullins Stadium. The girls Varsity team will play at 5:30 p.m.

SEMINOLE, Oklahoma -- The Northern Oklahoma College Mavs and Lady Mavs swept Seminole State in NJCAA basketball action Tuesday night. The 5th ranked Mavs (10-0) whipped Seminole 73-50 while the Lady Mavs (3-6) beat the Lady Belles 72-64.

TAMPA, Fla. — Talk to one member of the Super Bowl 37 champion Bucs, and the team was focused, prepared and motivated to defend its NFL title the following season.

Mar. 2—STILLWATER — There’s no choice, Austin Reaves said.

I am a few days late, but I would like to make a contribution to Black History Month, which is observed in February. I was reading this past weekend about Emmett Ashford, who was the first black umpire in the baseball’s minor leagues and then went on to become the first black umpire in Major League Baseball.