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1 week ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
The Ponca City Red Summer baseball team picked up a couple of wins in games with Newkirk this week.The Red team topped Newkirk 10-4 and 7-2 in games played at the Po-Hi baseball field.Newkirk got on the scoreboard first in the opening game with two runs in the second inning. Ponca City retaliated with three in the second, four in the third and three in the fourth. Newkirk added lone runs in the…
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1 week ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Time to read less than 1 minute EDMOND -- The Ponca City Wildcats opened their summer baseball season Tuesday with an 11-0 loss to Enid.Enid scored seven runs in the fourth inning to put the game out of reach. Enid also scored once in the first, once in the second, once in the third and once in the fifth frames.Ponca City only got two hits in the game, a double by Kalon Covey and a single by Juan Chavez, both in the sixth…
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1 week ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Time to read 5 minutes As I was watching television on Sunday afternoon, a news item flashed at the bottom of the screen. It informed one and all that Alex Palou was the winner of this year’s Indy 500.I was surprised, not because Palou was the winner--I had never heard of the man. But I was more surprised that the race had already taken place and I was totally unaware that it was happening. There was a time when I…
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2 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Ponca City Wildcat baseball player Kalon Covey has been named to participate in this year’s Oklahoma State Games.The event involves competition between eight regional teams made up of high school baseball players. The games will June 23-24 at the David Allen Memorial Ball Park in Enid.Covey was named to the Northeast team, Other teams include Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Southwest, Southeast and…
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2 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
I’m not a big horse racing fan, but I usually choose to watch the three Triple Crown races (if I remember to turn on the TV). Saturday, I watched the Preakness and was really glad I remembered.When this year’s Kentucky Derby ran, I knew nothing about any of the horses that were in the race. But I immediately bonded with Journalism for two reasons. One was that it was an unusual name for a horse…
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2 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Time to read less than 1 minute Owasso, which was the top team in Ponca City’s Class 6A baseball district, finished in second place in the State Tournament losing 10-8 Saturday to Champion Edmond Santa Fe.Bixby, the team that won the regional in which Ponca City competed, made it to the semifinal round of the state before losing to Owasso 6-5.Owasso finished the season with a 39-3 record, while Santa Fe was 36-7 overall. Bixby…
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2 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Ponca City’s track and field teams participated in the recent Class 6A Regional meet at Owasso with three qualifying for Saturday’s state meet.In the Regional, Leryn Badley finished fourth in the girls shot put, Aven Hobbs was fourth in the boys 400 meter dash and Seth Sanchez was first in the boys shot put. None of the three won medals at the state.Complete individual results from Ponca City…
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3 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Time to read less than 1 minute Twenty-one students of Ponca City High School have signed letters of intent to participate in activities at the college level.Signing ceremonies honoring the students were held in February and May at Po-Hi.Those who were honored include:A J Landes, Southern Nazarene University, football Mattie Shearer, Indiana State University, swimming Ramsey Romero, McPherson College, football Ethan Pappan,…
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3 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Time to read 1 minute 4x400 Relay 100 CHOCTAW -- Ponca City track and field athletes competed in the recent Oklahoma Big Seven Conference meet, with the ninth grade girls winning their division.The Ponca City ninth grade boys were second in their division, the high school boys were sixth and the high school girls were sixth.Big Seven Conference members include Choctaw, Enid, Ponca City, Putnam City North, Putnam City…
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3 weeks ago | 
poncacitynews.com | David Miller
Colorado Rockies Manager Bud Black was fired this week after his team got off to its worst start in history. The Rockies had only won seven of their first 40 games and it wasn’t surprising that Black got the axe.It was sad news to me. I have always admired Black, first as a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals and later as manager of the San Diego Padres and later the Rockies. From my limited…
