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Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma Legend and Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 84

Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma Legend and Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 84

Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma Legend and Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 84

Cliff Brunt
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Eddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn't hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony. The man who led three teams to the Final Four and was the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA Tournament, died Saturday. He was 84.
OSSAA Board Rejects New Plan, High School Activities to Restart Normally

OSSAA Board Rejects New Plan, High School Activities to Restart Normally

OSSAA Board Rejects New Plan, High School Activities to Restart Normally

News Staff
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Watonga High School varsity football senior captains Wade McCrary (50), Sebastian Whiteshirt (4), Ethan Henderson (76), and Dalton Laird (2) shake hands with captains from the Oklahoma Bible Academy squad on Oct. 11, 2019, prior to the Eagles’ home game vs. the Trojans this past football season.
Watonga High School wrestling head coach Grant Williams. Photos Courtesy of Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Watonga Republican

Watonga High School wrestling head coach Grant Williams. Photos Courtesy of Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Watonga Republican

Grant Williams Named as New Head Coach of Eagles’ Wrestling Program

News Staff
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Watonga High School has found its next head coach of the Eagles’ varsity wrestling program in Grant Williams, a Coweta High School and 23-year-old Oklahoma Wesleyan University alumnus. Williams was a standout wrestler at Coweta High School under Tigers’ varsity wrestling head coach David Gilstrap.
The Geary High School Lady Bison and Watonga High School Lady Eagles’ varsity basketball teams shake hands on Jan. 6 following a girls’ basketball game held at Watonga Gymnasium. All OSSAA-sanctioned activities in the state of Oklahoma have been officially canceled since March 26, including the Classes 6A-2A state basketball tournaments and all 2020 spring sports seasons. Andrew Salmi | The Geary Star

The Geary High School Lady Bison and Watonga High School Lady Eagles’ varsity basketball teams shake hands on Jan. 6 following a girls’ basketball game held at Watonga Gymnasium. All OSSAA-sanctioned activities in the state of Oklahoma have been officially canceled since March 26, including the Classes 6A-2A state basketball tournaments and all 2020 spring sports seasons. Andrew Salmi | The Geary Star

NFHS Releases Three-Part Plan to Allow High School Athletics to Make a Return

Bob Colgate
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has released guidance for its 51-member state high school associations to consider in reopening high school athletics and other activity programs across the nation.
Stadium seats are empty as a part of precaution against the new coronavirus during a baseball game on May 5 between Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea. With umpires fitted with masks and cheerleaders dancing beneath vast rows of empty seats, a new baseball season got underway following a weeks-long delay from the coronavirus pandemic. Lee Jin-man AP Photo

Stadium seats are empty as a part of precaution against the new coronavirus during a baseball game on May 5 between Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns in Incheon, South Korea. With umpires fitted with masks and cheerleaders dancing beneath vast rows of empty seats, a new baseball season got underway following a weeks-long delay from the coronavirus pandemic. Lee Jin-man AP Photo

Korean Baseball KBO League Begins in Empty Stadiums

News Staff
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
The new baseball season began in South Korea on Tuesday with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher’s mitt echoing around empty stadiums.
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