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Bible verse of the day
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:24 NIV
Joke of the day
Why did the squirrel check into the hospital?
He went nuts.
Keota man dies in accident
A 38-year-old Keota man died in an auto accident at 6:30 p.m. on Highway 59, approximately 10 miles northwest of Spiro in LeFlore County.
Clayton Garrington was driving a 1991 Jeep south on Highway 59 when his auto was struck in the rear by a 2008 Toyota driven by Alan Deen, 37, of Sallisaw.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Garrington was pronounced deceased at scene with head and trunk-internal injuries. He was transported to the Tulsa Medical Examiner’s Office.
Deen was transported to the Cherokee Nation WW Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah with trunk-internal injuries where he was transported and released.
Seatbelts were equipped in both vehicles but it is unknown if they were in use. Airbags were equipped in both vehicles, but deployed in Deen’s vehicle, but not Garrington’s.
The accident was investigated by Trooper Jason Waits, assisted by Trooper Blake Palmer, Captain Derek Griffey, Lieutenant Ron Shatsar, Trooper Tim Parrish, LeFlore County Sheriff’s office, Bokoshe Police Department and Bokoshe Fire Department.
Wolves, Pirates take openers
By CRAIG HALL
HEAVENER—Heavener scored three times in 10 minutes and all four goals in the first half en route to a 4-0 win over Commerce in the opening round of the Class 3A state soccer Tournament at Harvey Stadium Tuesday evening.
The win earns Heavener, now 11-3, a trip to the Oklahoma City area for Friday’s quarterfinal at 12-1 Casady. Casady defeated Christian Heritage in another opener Tuesday, 5-1.
Poteau also opened at home with a 4-1 win over Miami. The Pirates, now 10-5, host Community Christian Heritage Friday night. Community Christian, now 11-4, edged Harrah, 2-1.
The Wolves got goals from Julian Sanchez, Chris Vasquez and Jesus Leyva in the opening barrage before Sanchez scored his second goal of the first half.
While Heavener did not score in the second half, the Wolves’ defense kept Commerce bottled up without getting many shots off and when the Tigers were able to get a shot off, Heavener goalie Marcos Venegas was able to snuff out all shots.
Pocola loses in semifinals
OKLAHOMA CITY—Silo scored four runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead for good and held on to defeat Pocola, 9-6, in a Class 4A state slow pitch softball tournament game.
Silo advanced to the finals and won, 14-4, over Dale to win the state championship. Silo ends with a 31-8 record, Pocola finishes ranked second with a 33-6 record.
Pocola opened with a 17-0 thrashing of Hinton in the opening round before coming up short in the semifinals against Silo.
To get the win, Silo outhit Pocola 19-9 and the Lady Indians committed three errors while Silo had one.
Kaydence Batt homered and was 2-4 with two RBI and a run to lead Pocola, Letty Parga went 2-3 with a run, Riley Jerrell doubled in a 1-3 outing with two RBI and a run. Pocola leadoff hitter Alyssa Parker was intentionally walked four times.
Silo 9, Pocola 6
SHS 2 2 0 0 4 1 0—9 19 1
PHS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0—6 9 3
The opening game against Hinton was a blowout from the start as Pocola scored 11 runs in the bottom of the first and six more in the second to end the game by run-rule after the middle the third inning with the Lady Indians only batting twice.
Jerrell homered twice and was 2-2 with four RBI and three runs, Kylie Merritt also homered and went 2-3 with two RBI and two runs, Elliott Alexander doubled and finished 2-2 with two RBI and a run, Parker homered while going 1-1 with three runs and two RBI, and Dauslyn Brown homered in a 1-1 outing with three RBI and a run.
Pocola finished with 10 hits and received five walks in the rout.
Pocola 17, Hinton 0
HHS 0 0 0—0 1 2
PHS 11 6—17 10 3
Wister, Panama open regionals at home
Wister and Panama will both open the Class 2A regional baseball tournaments at home Thursday.
Wister plays county rival Pocola at 11 a.m. Wilburton and Walters fill up the other side of the bracket. Winners play 4 p.m. Thursday with the losers of Thursday’s first two games playing 4 p.m. Friday.
Panama plays Fairview at 11 a.m. Tonkawa and Dibble are on the other side of the bracket. Winners play at 4 p.m. with the losers playing at 4 p.m. Friday.
The regional winners advance to the Class 2A state tournament.
Schubart carries OSU past Shockers
STILLWATER – Nolan Schubart notched a new school record with four home runs to lead No. 14 Oklahoma State to a 21-6 run-rule win over Wichita State in seven innings Tuesday at O’Brate Stadium.
With the win, the Cowboys improved to 31-14, while WSU fell to 22-24.
OSU smashed a season-high nine homers in the contest. Along with Schubart’s big night, Colin Brueggemann homered twice, while Carson Benge, Aidan Meola and Avery Ortiz also went deep.
Schubart finished the contest 5-for-5 with seven RBIs, while Benge was 2-for-3 with a grand slam and four RBIs. It marked the fourth game this season the Cowboy duo both went deep.
Prior to Schubart’s record-setting effort, OSU had 18 three-homer games in program history, with 14 different Cowboys achieving that feat. Schubart also became the fourth Poke to hit three or more homers in a game multiple times in a career, joining Roy York, Adam Carr and Trevor Boone.
Dominick Reid started on the mound and picked up the first win of his career as the right-hander worked three hitless innings and picked up five strikeouts. Five Cowboys came on in relief and combined for eight strikeouts in four innings, allowing six runs on six hits.
OSU scored 11 runs in the first inning, a new season-high. The frame consisted of four hits, two of them homers, and six walks.
The first three batters reached base in the opening frame, allowing Schubart to double and bring home two runs. Meola grounded into a fielder’s choice bringing another run home, and the next three batters walked to plate two more runs. A sacrifice fly from Kollin Ritchie added one more before OSU began its home run barrage.
Benge got things started with a grand slam for his 12th homer of the season, and Schubart followed with his first blast of the night to make the score 11-0.
Ortiz joined the home run derby by hitting his eighth bomb of the season in the second inning and pushing the lead to 13.
Three consecutive deep balls highlighted the third inning as Schubart, Meola and Brueggemann went yard, pushing the Cowboys’ total to six homers in the game and their lead to 16-0.
The Shockers scored five runs across the fourth and fifth innings, but the offense kept firing for the Pokes.
Schubart hit his third homer of the game with a deep shot to left field in the fifth, and Brueggemann followed up with his second deep ball two batters later to create a 20-5 game.
The sixth frame went down in OSU history as Schubart bombed a ball just over the wall in right-center field for his record-setting fourth round tripper.
OSU returns to Big 12 action Friday when the Cowboys open a road series at Texas. The opener in Austin is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
OU drops game at Oral Roberts
TULSA. — No. 22 Oklahoma dropped a midweek contest to Oral Roberts, 3-1, Tuesday night in Tulsa.
A pitcher’s duel to start between Sooner starting LHP James Hitt and ORU starter RHP Joshua Caravalho led to three and a half scoreless innings to start the contest.
After Hitt surrendered just one hit through three, the Golden Eagles (17-26-1) broke through in the fourth with two runs on three hits. After consecutive singles to start the frame, an RBI single and sacrifice bunt put the first runs on the board.
The Sooners (26-17, 15-6 Big 12) went quietly again at the top of the fifth before ORU added one via RBI double in the home half to make it 3-0 after five.
Oklahoma pushed one run across at the top of the sixth. After consecutive singles from freshman Jason Walk and junior John Spikerman to start the inning, an RBI groundout from sophomore Easton Carmichael scored Walk for OU’s only run of the night.
A scoreless final three innings brought the final to 3-1, Oral Roberts. OU’s three hits tied its lowest total on the year with last Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Wichita State.
Hitt (L, 2-5) took the loss in an otherwise solid showing, going four innings and surrendering two runs on four hits with one walk and a pair of strikeouts. Grant Stevens (1.0 IP), Carter Campbell (1.2) and Dylan Crooks (1.1) saw action out of the pen with Stevens striking out one.
At the plate, Spikerman, Walk and senior Anthony Mackenzie recorded OU’s three hits on the night, while Carmichael brought in OU’s run. Senior Bryce Madron drew a pair of walks.
OU returns to Big 12 conference play this weekend, May 3-5, in Lubbock vs. Texas Tech (29-17, 12-12). The three-game series begins Friday with a 6:30 p.m. CT first pitch. The series can be seen via Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.
Wood sharp in first start for Hogs
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas – Gage Wood fired three shutout innings with four strikeouts in his first career start on the mound to lead No. 2 Arkansas (38-7) to a 12-7 midweek win over Missouri State (18-25) Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.
With Tuesday night’s win in the series opener against the Bears, the Razorbacks improved to 11-0 in midweek games and 30-2 at home this year, clinching their fifth 30-win season at Baum-Walker Stadium since the venue opened in 1996. Arkansas also accomplished 30-win seasons at Baum-Walker Stadium in 2018 (34), 2019 (33), 2021 (30) and 2023 (32).
Wood was sharp in his first start on the mound, facing the minimum over three innings and allowing just one hit. The Arkansas offense scored early and often with nine runs across the first three innings, thanks to a four-run first and third.
Wehiwa Aloy (1-for-4, HR, 4 RBI) swatted his team-leading 11th home run in the bottom half of the first, connecting on his third grand slam of the year to put the Razorbacks up, 4-0, before recording an out. After Peyton Holt (2-for-5, RBI) added an RBI single in the second inning, Arkansas scored four more in the third, including RBI base knocks by Jack Wagner (1-for-4, RBI) and Hudson White (1-for-4, 2B, RBI), to open a commanding 9-0 advantage at Baum-Walker.
Missouri State would answer with four runs in the top of the fourth and three more in the top half of the seventh, but Arkansas, which used seven pitchers in relief, would maintain a healthy lead throughout Tuesday night’s ballgame. Ryder Helfrick (1-for-4, 2B, RBI) added to the Razorbacks’ edge with his run-scoring double, while Jared Sprague-Lott (2-for-4, HR, RBI) jacked a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to strengthen the Hogs’ advantage.
The Arkansas pitching staff combined for 15 strikeouts Tuesday night, led by Wood’s four punchouts. In relief, Cooper Dossett (0.1 IP, 4 R, 1 SO), Christian Foutch (0.2 IP, 2 SO), Stone Hewlett (0.2 IP, 2 SO), Will McEntire (1.0 IP, 1 SO), Parker Coil (1.0 IP, 3 R, 1 SO), Gabe Gaeckle (1.0 IP, 2 SO) and Jake Faherty (1.0 IP, 2 SO) contributed to the Hogs’ strikeout total.
Arkansas and Missouri State close out the midweek series tomorrow afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium, with first pitch between the Razorbacks and Bears is scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, on SEC Network+. With a midweek series sweep against Missouri State, Arkansas can finish unbeaten in midweek contests for the first time since 2005.
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The calendar
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Wednesday
High school softball: Whitesboro vs. Caney at 2:30 in Class B state tournament at USA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Thursday
High school softball: TBA
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North
Heavener City Council meets 6 p.m.
Friday
High school softball: TBD
High school baseball: TBC
High school soccer: Heavener at Casady, Community Christian at Poteau
Positively Poteau cruise night
Saturday
High school baseball: TBD
Monday
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
Poteau City meetings 5:30
Tuesday
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Oklahoma market report
Today in history
1931
Empire State Building dedicated
On May 1, 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City's Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building's lights. Hoover's gesture, of course, was symbolic; while the president remained in Washington, D.C., someone else flicked the switch... read more
19th CENTURY
1852
Adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is born
1898
The U.S. destroys Spanish Pacific fleet in Battle of Manila Bay
Art, Literature and Film History
1941
1967
Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
Cold War
1960
American U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union
Crime
2002
Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams indicted for manslaughter
EUROPEAN HISTORY
1851
First-ever "Great Exhibition" opens in London
1997
Labour Party returns to power in Britain
Inventions & Science
1926
Ford factory workers get 40-hour week
Sports
1955
Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins final LPGA tournament of her career
U.S. Government
1958
Women's History
1915
International Congress of Women adopts resolutions on peace, women's suffrage
1963
Gloria Steinem publishes first half of her undercover Playboy exposé "A Bunny's Tale"