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Senior Braeden Cochran swims the backstroke in the 200M Medley Relay Saturday at the OCCC Aquatic Center. Cochran later missed qualifying for state in the 50 Free by .15 second, setting a new personal best time in that event.
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Chicks challenge at invitational
OKLAHOMA CITY – After winning three consecutive meets, Chickasha’s swimmers competed at the large and competitive Joe Stocker Invitational Saturday at the OCCC Aquatic Center.
The seven-man team went into the 6A-loaded meet with realistic expectations, and basically, to get some experience for the state meet in February.
“We do not go to Joe Stocker to win as a team,” Chickasha coach Terri Gallaway said. “With teams such as all of the Edmond schools, Broken Arrow and Putnam City Schools, it would be hard to win the meet with seven boys. We go for experience in the pool since that is where state is.”
The relay team (Braeden Cochran, Grant Snedeker, Isaac McKnight and Christian Lindner) placed seventh in both the 200 Yard Medley relay and the 200 Yard Freestyle relay, improving its time in the Freestyle.
Daniel Freeman couldn’t swim Saturday due to an injury, but the coach has been shuffling her relay lineups the past couple of meets and has had good success.
“One more time, I mixed up the relays and both relays swam state qualifying times,” Gallaway added.
“That means we add Christian Lindner to the list of qualifiers since the relay made state qualifying time with him swimming on it.”
Individually, McKnight won the 100 Yard Freestyle and placed second in the 100 Yard Backstroke.
Snedeker and Cochran both just missed qualifying for state in the 50 Yard Free, Snedeker by about 3/4 of a second and Cochran by 15/100ths of a second, a new personal best time for the senior. Cochran also placed ninth in the 100 Yard Back and Snedeker was 13th in the 100 Yard Breaststroke.
Lindner took 19th in the 100 Yard Breast and 34th in the 200 Yard Free with new personal best times in both events.
Dylan Dawson placed 25th in the 100 Yard Free and 31st in the 200 Yard Free with a new personal best time.
Cash Carver was 38th in the 100 Yard Free with a new personal best time and placed 45th in the 50 Yard Free. Russell Jobe placed 15th in the 100 yard Back and 33rd in the 100 yard Free.
Chickasha will host Mustang, Ada and Byng Thursday at the USAO pool in their final swim of the first semester. Racing starts at 5:15.
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Sooners' announcer to retire
NORMAN (AP) — Bob Barry Sr. announced Tuesday that he plans to retire as the radio play-by-play voice of Oklahoma football and men's basketball after the upcoming season.
Barry has been the radio voice of the Sooners for the last 20 years and he also had a 12-year stint in the job at the beginning of his career. In between, he handled the play-by-play for Tulsa basketball games and then for Oklahoma State football and basketball. -
Big 12 fans target Huskers during last go-round
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Cornhuskers shouldn't expect a fond farewell from fans when they go on the road this fall.
Century-old relationships will end when Nebraska leaves the Big 12 for the Big Ten in 2011, meaning this season's visits to places like Kansas State and Iowa State could be it.
Folks in those old Big Eight haunts already are planning raucous sendoffs.
The message from Iowa State fan Adam Gray: "Don't let the door hit you on the way out." -
Eagle project gives discs flight at park
Early this spring, Tanner Tibbetts, a scout from Troop 4306 in Chickasha began to plan his Eagle Scout Project. He decided on a Disc Golf Course.
He had seen a disc golf tournament at Duncan Lake while he was attending a camporee. There were more than a hundred campers who attended the weekend Disc Golf event at Duncan Lake. He continued to see this event for five consecutive years, because it was held on the same weekend as an annual scout camp.
It was surprising to him see so many people involved in an event that was unavailable in Chickasha. -
Alex visits Ryan for final scrimmage
RYAN – Alex coach Justin Savage took his Longhorns back home to Ryan Friday for their final scrimmage and came away pretty happy with his team’s performance.
With the new re-alignments, Ryan dropped to Class C this year but will still be pretty good despite losing quarterback Colby Barrett to graduation. Vype’s pre-season football magazine picked them to finish second behind Temple in a tough District C-2. -
Chicks struggle with Reds' run game
Clinton, ranked sixth in the Vype Pre-Season 4A poll, brought their powerful running game to Memorial Stadium Thursday for both teams’ final tune-up and presented Chickasha with some new challenges on both sides of the ball.
Tailback Saul Pina, who rushed for just under 1,200 yards (7.1 yards per carry) and 13 touchdowns last year, ran roughshod behind the Reds’ big front line and gave the Chick defense fits. -
Drover Baseball, softball programs host alumni weekend
The USAO baseball and softball programs, in conjunction with the Alumni Association, will host an alumni weekend in August for former players to come together socially and competitively.
“I think it’s a great thing. It keeps them involved in our programs and it provides tradition,” softball coach Jenn White-Cody said. “And I think people love to come back … It’s a way they can reconnect with the guys and gals they played ball with.”
Baseball and softball alumni will meet for dinner and drinks beginning at 5 p.m. August 28, and will follow with an alumni baseball or softball game, beginning at 1 p.m. the following day at Bill Smith Ballpark. Registration for both is $30. Any additional guests — including spouses — are $15 each. -
Chickasha splits matches in Lawton
Chickasha was at Lawton Tomlinson Thursday night for some middle school volleyball and came home with a split. The “A” team lost a close, three-game set and the “B” team won in straight games.
The “A” team prevailed in game one 27-25 but Tom answered with a 22-25 win to even things up and took the rubber game 12-15.
“Elizabeth Wilson and Chloe Moore both served for a five-point runs and Esteria Sanchez had a lot of good hits,” coach Amy Widener said.
Chickasha “B” came out on top in game one 25-19 and held Tom off 25-23 for their straight-game win. Widener said that Devyn Crosley and Athena Stallard both served well for the Chicks in that match.
“Everyone got to play and the girls were very excited,” the coach said. “They worked hard for their points, moved their feet well and never gave up.
“I was very proud of their effort tonight.”
The high school team will be at the Skiatook tournament Saturday then everyone will be back in action Monday at Tecumseh. Matches start at 4 p.m.
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Woods struggles during second round at Barclays
PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Tiger Woods was poised to take control at the Barclays on Friday. Instead, he went the other way.
Woods missed a 20-inch putt for one of his four bogeys over the last eight holes and shot a 2-over 73.
The difference from the rest of the year is this only cost him the lead, not a chance of winning.
Jason Day, the 22-year-old Australian who won his first PGA Tour event earlier this year, made three straight birdies late in his round and finished with a good par for a 4-under 67 that gave him a one-shot lead.
Day was at 8-under 134, one shot ahead of Kevin Streelman (63) and Vaughn Taylor (70). -
Carl Albert spoils CHS conference opener
Carl Albert spoiled Chickasha’s conference opener Tuesday, taking home a four-game match win.
Lady Chick coach Nancy Waters said her girls played “really, really well” winning the first game but “laid an egg” in game two and got pummeled. They got down early in the final two games but made the Lady Titans work for the match win.
“We fought hard in games three and four to try to extend it but we just couldn’t get over the hump,” she said. -
Drover women rout NOC in first scrimmage
The Drover women kicked off the fall soccer season with a 9-0 rout of Northern Oklahoma College Tuesday at the Drover Pitch.
USAO held the visitors from Tonkawa to four shots on goal while pounding 20 on Maverick keeper Darci LaRue, who still came up with 11 saves and played the entire 90 minutes.
Junior Nikki Thomas got the start in the nets for USAO, recording two saves in 57 minutes, before freshman Addie Tipton took over and also recorded two saves in her 43-minute shift.
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