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...
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
SE golf headed to NCAA Regional Tournament DURANT, Okla. – For the first time under head coach Don Hudson, Southeastern golf has earned a trip to the Central region tournament which will be held at The Club at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha, Wisc., May 6-8.
The Savage Storm are advancing to their second regional since resurrecting the men’s golf program in 2005, with the last trip coming in 2008.
SE is coming off a fifth-place finish at the Great American Conference tournament in whi...
Southeastern Baseball Puts Five on All-GAC Team DURANT, Okla. – A total of six Southeastern baseball players have been named All-Great American Conference, led by the trio of Chevis Springer, Evan Ramsey and Vance Woodruff on first team, with Tucker Alexander earning second team honors and Cameron Mann earning honorable mention.
The Savage Storm finished the season at 23-20 overall and 15-15 in GAC play and fell one-game shy of making the conference tournament.
Ramsey, a sophomore desi...
All-Star rosters full of Bryan County talent Four Bryan County basketball players have recently been named to state all-star rosters.
Darian Bradford of Colbert and Kenslie Stanley of Silo have been named to the “Small East” All-State Girl’s Team by Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association. Alternates from Bryan County are Katherine Hair of Colbert and Devyn Johnson of Rock Creek.
An all-star game featuring these youths will be held on June 1.
Markell Henderson of Boswell and...
Rebels zero in on regional crown SILO - The Rebels are one game away from the state baseball tournament after posting a pair of shutouts against Calera and Konawa.
Silo demolished Konawa 24-0 with seven home runs. Jarris Hamilton led the charge with a grand slam and a total of six RBIs on 3-for-4 batting.
Big hitters could be found up and down the Rebels lineup: Hunter Stephens was 2-4 with two homers and five RBIs; Andrew Bolin went 3-4 with two home runs and four RBIs;...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Calera splits regional games; must win Friday SILO - The Calera Bulldogs won a regional playoff game on Thursday, breaking open a close one against Rush Springs with a five-run outburst in the final inning for the 11-4 final.
Josh Loper scattered an equal amount of hits and strikeouts (eight) to go with four walks. Rush Springs struck first and took a 1-0 lead into the third inning.
That’s when Jesse Collett singled to score Connor Hamilton and Loper which gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lea...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Silo contiunes to roll through playoffs The Silo Rebels continued to flex thier muscles in the playoffs Monday against Kingston and Davis. The Rebels blanked both teams enroute to a 7-0 victory over Kingston and 4-0 win over Davis. The Rebels are on a 15 game winning streak.
The Rebels are sporting a 26-5 record on the year and are ranked 3rd in 2A baseball. The Rebels knocked down Kingston, who just won its district, are ranked 8th in 3A and had no problem with Davis who is rank...
Youngblood wins golf State Championship ARDMORE - Durant freshman Sydney Youngblood is the first Lady Lion to win an individual State Championship in golf.
Youngblood had an exceptional two days in the State Tournament at Dornick Hills Golf Course in Ardmore. Youngblood shot 71 on day one and had a 5 stroke lead as an individual headed into day two of the tournament on Thursday.
Youngblood kept her pace in round two on a day with winds gusting up to 21-30 mph and temperature of...
Rock Creek falls to eventual softball champion Rattan OKLAHOMA CITY - Southeast Oklahoma narrowly missed a complete sweep of the slow-pitch softball championships on Tuesday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Complex.
Rattan was the only regional team to come out on top, defeating Rock Creek 15-6 in the quarterfinal then run-ruling Wayne in the semifinal before shutting down Apache 11-6 in the final to capture their third consecutive state softball championship.
In the other class finals, Soper los...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Colbert’s Carter signs with Murray State COLBERT - Colbert Leopard catcher Cade Carter caught the eye of Murray State head coach Zach Crabtree, former Colbert graduate. On Tuesday, Carter quickly put ink-to-paper as he signed his letter on intent to play baseball for Murray State.
“It’s a very good baseball program and coach Crabtree has done a really good job there.” said Carter, “It wasn’t really much of decision to go there because of the great program and it’s close to home.” ...
Rain impacting baseball playoffs Five high school baseball teams from the Texoma region will be participating in the Oklahoma regional playoffs this weekend. But a blustery cold front is already delaying some games.
Durant (5A) was scheduled to play Booker T. Washington at 1 p.m. today in Noble. However, due to rain, the games have been postponed until Friday. Game times are the same for Friday’s games at 1 p.m. and a loss will mean they play again Friday at 5 p.m.
The N...
Tushka girls take state (NOTE: Run this headline in larger than normal type if room allows) OKLAHOMA CITY - Forget the rankings: The Tushka Lady Tigers have won the school’s first slow-pitch state championship by dethroning the Dale Lady Pirates 12-10 on Wednesday.
Tushka Softball Coach David Durbin and the Lady Tigers finish the 2013 slow-pitch season with a record of 36-5. The third-ranked Lady Tigers blasted No. 4 Mangum 14-1 and battled past No. 2 Washington 5-2 before facing the top-ranked Lady Pirates.
Dale, last year’s ch...
Lady Lions capture third place on day one of State Tournament ARDMORE - The Lady Lions golf team hit the ground running at the 5A Class State Tournament, held at Dornick Hills Golf Course in Ardmore, Ok., notching a third-place finish after day one of the two day tournament.
The Durant shot 344 which ties the school record set earlier this year by the Lady Lions. Duncan is currently in first place with a score of 337.
“In a tournament a month ago, we shot 374. Coming out today being 30 strokes bette...
Lady Lions bounced from soccer playoffs MIDWEST CITY - The Lady Lions put up a brave effort but ultimately fell 1-0 to the Carl Albert Lady Titans in the 5A soccer playoffs on Tuesday.
Bree Davis scored the game’s only goal just 100 seconds into the contest. She led all players with eight shots on goal.
But from that point on, defense was sharp on both sides of the ball. Durant soccer coach John Wilmoth filled in for girl’s coach Jeff Garrett, who was out of state for a family ...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Robinson takes coaching job in Utah, Daniel named MSC Interim Head Coach Next basketball season Murray State College Head Women’s Basketball Coach Crystal Robinson will once again be wearing the blue and white of Aggies basketball, but she won’t be doing it in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Robinson has accepted a job as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. She will be the first assistant coach underneath Jerry Finkbeiner, who has quite a coaching pedigree. Finkbeiner coached colle...
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Leopards work staff in 5-3 loss to Trenton COLBERT - The Leopards worked out four pitchers in a competitive 5-3 loss to Trenron, Texas, on Monday.
The game served as a warm-up act for this Thursday’s scheduled regional playoff game between Colbert and Hobart. The game is to be played at 1 p.m. in Ninnekah, but wet weather is expected to be a factor in the scheduling.
Hobart and Ninnekah are unranked, but Sayre (23-8) is listed as 13th by okrankings.com. Colbert is No. 6.
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