David Miller

Oklahoma

Sports Editor at The Ponca City News

Articles

Oklahoma State has long baseball heritage

1 week ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

I have been enjoying watching the men’s college baseball World Series so far this year. I have decided that I will just be a casual observer for the remainder of the games. So far, when I settle on a team to favor, that team loses. Case in point, I was pulling for Arizona, due to my Big XII bias, and felt good about the Wildcats holding a 3-2 lead over Louisville in the eighth inning. Alas, in…
Summer Navy baseball team gains split

1 week ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read less than 1 minute The Ponca City Summer Navy team won a game and lost a game Monday in action against Carl Albert’s White team.The Navy Wildcats topped Carl Albert 2-1 in seven innings and lost 5-0 in five innings.In the Wildcats’ win, Ponca City scored first picking up two runs in the fourth inning. Carl Albert got its lone run in the fifth. Both teams had three hits.Sawyer Bartley had two of Ponca City’s hits…
Wildcats Red team wins one, loses one

2 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

SKIATOOK -- Playing a pair of games Wednesday night, the Ponca City Summer Red team came away with mixed results.Skiatook defeated the Wildcats 7-3 in a seven-inning game, but Ponca City was a 7-4 winner in a five-inning contest.The first inning saw the most scoring in the 7-3 loss. Ponca City opened with three runs in the first inning, but Skiatook retaliated with five in the bottom half of the…
Summer Navy team splits with Dewey

2 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read 1 minute In a two-game set at the Po-HI baseball field, the Ponca City summer Navy team lost once and won once against Dewey.Dewey thumped Ponca City 11-1 in a seven-inning affair, but Ponca City won 6-5 in a five-inning game.Dewey scored once in the second inning and then piled on one run in the third, three in the fourth, four in the fifth and two in the seventh. Ponca City got its run in the thirdâ€¦
Summer Wildcats ease past Carl Albert

2 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read 1 minute EL RENO -- Ponca City’s varsity summer Wildcats scored four runs in the first inning Tuesday night on their way to a decisive 18-4 victory over the Carl Albert Red team.The Wildcats added five in the fifth, two in the sixth, six in the seventh and one in the eighth inning of a nine-inning game. Carl Albert scored twice in the second, once in the fifth and once in the seventh inning.Ponca City…
Wildcats Navy team splits doubleheader

2 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read 1 minute The Ponca City Navy summer baseball team won once and lost once in two games played Monday against Skiatook at the Po-Hi baseball field.The Navy team lost to Skiatook 8-5, but then won a 2-1 decision to even things up.In a seven-inning contest, Skiatook broke open a scoreless game with five runs in the third inning. Ponca City picked up two in the fourth and one in the sixth to narrow the gap…
Old doesn’t necessarily mean incompetent

2 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Sometimes when I want to get aggravated, I watch sports talk shows. It is almost a guaranteed event. Usually someone will say something to make me grumble.The other day, I was watching a show where one analyst was obviously very young. He exuded a lot of self -confidence but had lousy opinions, in my opinion.The one thing he said that really got under my skin was to criticize Ron Washington, the…
Wildcat Red team tops Blackwell

3 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read less than 1 minute The Ponca City Summer Red team posted its third win of the season with a 9-5 victory over Blackwell Wednesday night at the Po-Hi baseball field.The two teams played one nine-inning game with Ponca City outhitting Blackwell 8-1.Coach Grant Middlebrooks took the opportunity to get playing time for a large number of players. Sixteen players were used at bat and nine were used on the mound.Collin…
1961 was good year in sports, wasn’t it?

3 weeks ago | poncacitynews.com | David Miller

Time to read 5 minutes This time of year seems to be good for high school reunions. My high school had its reunion over Memorial Day weekend. And the school I attended for the first eight years of my education also had its reunion then. I was thinking about making the trip all the way to Esbon, Kan., to be there for the high school get together, but at the last minute decided against such a move. I was fearful that I…
Wildcats Red team wins twice

4 weeks 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…