Southeastern pitcher Brandon Marris has been named the first Great American Conference Pitcher of the Week for the 2012 season following his performance in a...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern basketball will be looking to get back in the win column when it hits the road for a two-game road set beginning on Feb. 9 when ...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern basketball will be looking to carry its momentum into a two-game road swing beginning with a 7:30 p.m. matchup with Henderson St...
Silo’s track season ends in style Cody Shelton (soph) helped finish Silo’s 2013 track season in style.
Shelton qualified for the 2A State Track & Field competition in three events: 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter dash. Shelton, who placed 6th in the 400 meter dash at the 2012 State Competition, improved his ranking and placed fourth this year.
Coach Bobbie Pratt said, “I couldn’t be more proud of Cody. He has been blessed with speed and relentlessly works to get faste...
Colbert, Silo seize the day at state tournament Oklahoma City - The Silo Rebels and Colbert Leopards took the next step to become state champs on Thursday at Palmer Field in Oklahoma City. Colbert lite up the scoreboard with a 12-5 win over the Tushka Tigers and Silo was in a fight to stay alive as they edge Ketchum Warriors 3-2.
This sets up a possible match-up between Colbert and Silo in the state championship game on Saturday. Today at 11 a.m., Colbert is matched up against the number...
Durant sends three to state golf tournament Three members of the Durant boys golf team traveled to Tulsa Country Club to participate in the 5A State Tournament early this week. Brandon Mullens, Taylor Knox, and Trey Hunt represented the Durant team as individuals in the event. All three teammates played solid golf throughout the 3 round tournament.
Senior Taylor Knox led the way compiling rounds of 88, 81, and 79 which placed him in a tie for 32nd place. Senior Brandon Mullens follow...
Lady Storm opens Central 2 Regional on Friday against Winona State Coach Ron Faubion’s Southeastern softballers will take on Winona State at 1:30 p.m. local time Friday in first-day action at the 2013 NCAA Division II Softball Championship Regional Bracket.
Mankato, Minnesota, is the site of the Central 2 Regional shootout as Southeastern goes against strictly cold-weather teams with host Minnesota State University-Mankato and Augustana (South Dakota) rounding out the four-team field.
MSU-Mankato plays A...
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HAROLD HARMON Sports WriterDurant Daily Democrat
It’s good to have a plan; just don’t put any faith in the darn thing working Plans, best-laid and others
The original itinerary (plan) for the trip to Tucson, Arizona, and the NCAA Division II Leadoff Classic called for gathering in the 4:30 a.m. Thursday dark at the Southeastern softball field.
The original plan was revised and leave time was moved to midnight:01. The midnight was Wednesday, the :01 was Thursday.
The first plan allowed 18 hours with a 9 p.m. arrival.
The second plan allowed 22-plus hours, rem...
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HAROLD HARMON { USE MUGSHOT }Durant Daily Democrat
Bulldogs in the limelight at Calera sports banquet (Editor’s note: We are asking all Bryan County schools to send information about upcoming sports banquets to rbruce@civitasmedia.com . Please let us know the date, time and location or send photos and information if it has already occurred.)
Calera High School athletes were honored at an annual sports banquet Tuesday which was sponsored by the Bulldog Backers Booster Club.
Members of the basketball, baseball, softball and cheerleading sq...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Kingston draws Marlow to open state tourney The results are in, and Kingston has drawn Marlow as their opponent in the class 3A state baseball championship first round on Thursday.
As usual, the actual schedule depends on Mother Nature. But as of this morning, Kingston (No. 8; 24-9) will play Marlow (No. 3; 31-4) at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday at Deer Creek High School in Edmond.
REMINDER: The 2A baseball state championship bracket includes Bryan County representatives Colbert vs. Tush...
Local track, tennis athletes compete at state A number of Durant area athletes competed in the state tournaments in track and tennis over the weekend.
Christina Gomez placed fourth in girls tennis singles for the Durant Lions. Venessa Thomas went 1-2 in her singles matches at the state tournament, according to results posted by OSSAA.
In track and field, Bailee Weger of Colbert placed third in the girls 1600-meter run with a time of 5:46.75, and she also took third in the 3200-meter ...
Murray State softball wins district trophy TISHOMINGO - The Lady Aggies of Murray State College are district champions after pulling off the upset last week against East Central (Mo.) College.
Murray State (20-37) has now qualified to play in the NJCAA Division II National Championship in Clinton, Miss. The tournament will be held May 15-18.
To reach last week’s district final, MSC defeated North Arkansas (10-22) 5-0 and 9-0. The Lady Aggies then shocked East Central by scores of ...
SE softball in Regional tourney; must travel to Minnesota Yes, you’re hosting the regional tournament; no, you’re traveling to Minnesota for the regional tournament.
That’s the way it was Monday morning when the NCAA Division II Softball Selection Party was televised across the country.
Coach Ron Faubion’s team is No. 2 in the nation and has never been lower than No. 5 this season. Southeastern is 44-7 with regular-season and tournament championships in the Great American Conference.
Southeast...
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HAROLD HARMON Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
SE wraps up first round at Regional Round One Results :
KENOSHA, Wisc. – Southeastern got off to a slow start at the NCAA Division II Central/Midwest Super-Regional and fired a 305 which puts them in 20th after the first of three rounds at The Club at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha, Wisc.
Round two of the tournament will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, with Robert Perry teeing off in the first group, followed by Carson Daniel at 7:40 a.m., Marcos Sevilla Suarez at 7:50...
State baseball brackets announced Colbert (26-6) will play Tushka (26-6) at 4 p.m. Thursday in the class 2A state baseball championship tournament at Dolese Park in Oklahoma City (weather permitting).
Silo (29-5) will play against Ketchum (25-11) at 6:30 p.m. at the same venue, immediately following the Colbert/Tushka game.
The other two match-ups are Dale (27-4) vs. Alva (24-11) and Latta (23-6) vs. Caney Valley (22-5).
Unless weather forces schedule changes, winners w...
Colbert, Tushka return to State with regional sweeps Colbert and Tushka have both advanced to the state 2A baseball tournament, following regional championship sweeps in Ninnekah and Crowder.
Colbert up-ended Hobart 18-0 in the regional championship game after Hobart upset Sayre to advance. The deep Leopard rotation threw Chris Roberts at the Bearcats and he was good for six Ks, four hits and zero walks in five innings.
“This was our goal all season long,” said Colbert Coach Lance Britt. “W...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Durant bows out of regionals NOBLE - The Durant Lions began their trek through state regionals in Noble on Friday and their season ended on Saturday afternoon with an 8-0 loss to the Booker T. Washington Hornets.
“You never want to go out the way we did, losing in the regional tournament like we did.” said head coach Ron Norman, “I’m really proud of the kids, the way they battled through adversity. Like today, Tyler Stovall was sick today. We battled through things lik...
Lady Storm softballers climb to No. 2 in NFCA poll, stay No. 2 in Region Coach Ron Faubion’s LadyStorm softballers claimed the Great American Conference tournament championship last weekend and rode that feat to a one-notch jump in the national poll.
The latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) poll has the LadyStorm No. 2, trailing only Indianapolis in the Top 25 listing.
Indianapolis last week was a unanimous No. 1 with all 16 votes. This poll shows a drop of six first-place votes with Southeaste...
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HAROLD HARMON Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
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