Columnists, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
July 25, 2024
Tulsa is set to welcome its newest addition to the outdoor retail landscape: Scheels. Set to open on Oct. 19, this mammoth store undoubtedly will shake up the local outdoor gear market and provide a u...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
THE DIAMOND MINE
By BY DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 25, 2024
Congratulations to four individuals who were a part of the Class of 2024 to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame over the weekend — former players Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton along ...
Sports
UA FOOTBALL
By OLIVER GRIGG ARKANSASRAZORBACKS.COM 
July 25, 2024
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arkansas defensive lineman Landon Jackson was named to the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Team, earning second-team recognition from media covering SEC Football Media Days. J...
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GANS SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 25, 2024
Last year at this time, both former Gans Lady Grizzlies softball coach Laney James and her assistant Jacklyn Green weren’t put in place in those coaching posts until late summer break. Thus, there was...
Sports
OSU ATHLETICS
By GAVIN LANG OKSTATE.COM 
July 25, 2024
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State is sending a record 11 athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The list is comprised of men’s golfers Wyndham Clark (United States), Viktor Hovland (Norway), Alex Noren (Swede...
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SPEEDHORSE FUTURITY
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 25, 2024
Local race horse Ima Fancy Eye, owned by Shania and Terry Dale Cox and trained by Rhonda Valvidia, won last Saturday’s Speedhorse Futurity, which took place at Tulsa’s Fair Meadows Race Track. The win...
Sports
UA ATHLETICS
By SHAWN DAVID PRICE ARKANSASRAZORBACKS.COM 
July 25, 2024
EUGENE, Ore. — Five Arkansas Razorbacks earned their initial trip to the Olympic Games on June 30 in three different national championships. The crew included Amber Anning in the United Kingdom Athlet...
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SALLISAW SCHOOL ATHLETICS
July 25, 2024
The 2024 Sallisaw Black Diamond Football Camp will take place from 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium. The camp is open to those youth who will be in grades three through six th...
Sports
TU ATHLETICS
By TULSA MEDIA RELATIONS 
July 25, 2024
TULSA — Former University of Tulsa track and cross country star Patrick Dever will represent Team Great Britain in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, which will begin today. The four-time All-American and...
Sports
OSU FOOTBALL
By SEAN MAGUIRE OKSTATE.COM 
July 25, 2024
STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State Cowboys lead the Big 12 with six studentathletes on the 2024 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team that was announced earlier this month. It marks the most preseason allco...
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SALLISAW WRESTLING
July 25, 2024
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds Wrestling Camp will have three sessions taking place Aug. 3 at the wrestling room inside Sallisaw Middle School. The sessions will be from 10 a.m. to noon, 12:30-2 p.m. and...
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SALLISAW WRESTLING
Earns All-American status twice at Fargo
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 23, 2024
FARGO, N.D. — After a rough end to the Junior Freestyle Division portion of the 2024 USA National Juniors Wrestling Tournament for Sallisaw 106-pounder Cason Craft, things could not have ended any bet...
Sports
REMINGTON PARK
By RICHARD LINIHAN REMINGTON PARK 
July 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY — Remington Park should be a safer place for horses and jockeys during turf races as a new rail has been installed for the upcoming thoroughbred season that begins Aug. 16. The inner-tur...
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GORE WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 23, 2024
Gore has found its successor for wrestling coach Matt Hawkins, who earlier this summer took an assistant football coaching job with the Sallisaw Black Diamonds. The Gore Public Schools Board of Educat...
Sports
OSU SOFTBALL
By SERG THOMAS OKSTATE.COM 
July 23, 2024
STILLWATER — Jesse Martin, Oklahoma State Senior Associate Athletic Director and Sports Administrator for Cowgirl Softball, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Softball Committee for a four-year...
Sports
SALLISAW SCHOOL ATHLETICS
July 23, 2024
The 2024 Sallisaw Black Diamond Football Camp will take place from 6-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium. The camp is open to those youth who will be in grades three through six th...
Sports
SALLISAW HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 23, 2024
New Sallisaw Lady Diamonds softball coach Wes Green, who was at Central High School this past school year as he coached the Lady Tigers fast-pitch softball team and the Class 2A state-tournament quali...
Sports
OSU FOOTBALL
By SCOTT WRIGHT THE OKLAHOMAN 
July 23, 2024
LAS VEGAS — Mike Gundy isn’t always happy to adapt to the ever-changing landscape of college football, but the Oklahoma State coach understands the importance of it. His latest move, however, seemed t...
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MULDROW GOLF
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
July 23, 2024
CATOOSA — Although she was a last-minute replacement on the East All-State Golf Team, Muldrow’s Claire Tabor made the most of her appearance in Monday’s Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Golf Tou...
Sports
SALLISAW WRESTLING
July 23, 2024
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds Wrestling Camp will have three sessions taking place Aug. 3 at the wrestling room inside Sallisaw Middle School. The sessions will be from 10 a.m. to noon, 12:30-2 p.m. and...