Sports

Konawa athletes sign their letter of intent to run Cross Country for Seminole State College this Fall. Athletes L – R: Taylor Pacillo, Rayden Sitton and Rebeckah Sitton.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the third straight season, the road to the NBA title goes through Oklahoma City. And this latest No. 1 seed has put the Thunder in some storied basketball company.

The Wewoka Tigers and Lady Tigers traveled to Shawnee to compete in the OBU Track and Field Invitational Tuesday. Approximately 35 high schools participated in the events. Wewoka was the only Seminole County school that competed at the event.

THUNDER WIRE - The Oklahoma City Thunder had an easy 123-87 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. After a slow start, they completely opened it up in the final three-fourths of the game. They led by as many as 41 points.

SOONER WIRE – With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching soon, here are nine of the OU football players that participated in events at this year’s NFL scouting combine. Here’s how they performed: Deion Burks Position: Wide Receiver 40-yard dash: 4.

The LRC softball Tournament concluded Tuesday at the Firelake ballfields with some very close games. New Lima Falconettes, Strother Lady Yellowjackets and the Varnum Lady Whippets were still battling it out for the championship.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan put an exclamation point on a historic season in Monday’s national championship game, defeating UConn 69-63. Cadeau was named Most Outstanding Player after finishing with 19 points.

Strother Lady Yellowjacket Kyliegh Sweet add another run to Strother’s lead Monday. Strother beat Mason 15-3 and New Lima 8-7 Monday.

Varnum Lady Whippet Riley Batchelor pitches to the waiting Macomb batter. Varnum won 6-4 over Macomb and 6-2 over Moss on Monday.

Staff Photo by Bill Anderson New Lima Lady Falcon Abigail McCulley beats the throw and is safe at first base. New Lima won 8-7 over Earlsboro and lost 7-8 to Strother Monday.