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...
Lady Storm opens Central 2 Regional on Friday against Winona State Coach Ron Faubion’s Southeastern softballers will take on Winona State at 1:30 p.m. local time Friday in first-day action at the 2013 NCAA Division II Softball Championship Regional Bracket.
Mankato, Minnesota, is the site of the Central 2 Regional shootout as Southeastern goes against strictly cold-weather teams with host Minnesota State University-Mankato and Augustana (South Dakota) rounding out the four-team field.
MSU-Mankato plays A...
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HAROLD HARMON Sports WriterDurant Daily Democrat
It’s good to have a plan; just don’t put any faith in the darn thing working Plans, best-laid and others
The original itinerary (plan) for the trip to Tucson, Arizona, and the NCAA Division II Leadoff Classic called for gathering in the 4:30 a.m. Thursday dark at the Southeastern softball field.
The original plan was revised and leave time was moved to midnight:01. The midnight was Wednesday, the :01 was Thursday.
The first plan allowed 18 hours with a 9 p.m. arrival.
The second plan allowed 22-plus hours, rem...
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HAROLD HARMON { USE MUGSHOT }Durant Daily Democrat
Bulldogs in the limelight at Calera sports banquet (Editor’s note: We are asking all Bryan County schools to send information about upcoming sports banquets to rbruce@civitasmedia.com . Please let us know the date, time and location or send photos and information if it has already occurred.)
Calera High School athletes were honored at an annual sports banquet Tuesday which was sponsored by the Bulldog Backers Booster Club.
Members of the basketball, baseball, softball and cheerleading sq...
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Zach Maxwell Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
Kingston draws Marlow to open state tourney The results are in, and Kingston has drawn Marlow as their opponent in the class 3A state baseball championship first round on Thursday.
As usual, the actual schedule depends on Mother Nature. But as of this morning, Kingston (No. 8; 24-9) will play Marlow (No. 3; 31-4) at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday at Deer Creek High School in Edmond.
REMINDER: The 2A baseball state championship bracket includes Bryan County representatives Colbert vs. Tush...
Local track, tennis athletes compete at state A number of Durant area athletes competed in the state tournaments in track and tennis over the weekend.
Christina Gomez placed fourth in girls tennis singles for the Durant Lions. Venessa Thomas went 1-2 in her singles matches at the state tournament, according to results posted by OSSAA.
In track and field, Bailee Weger of Colbert placed third in the girls 1600-meter run with a time of 5:46.75, and she also took third in the 3200-meter ...
Murray State softball wins district trophy TISHOMINGO - The Lady Aggies of Murray State College are district champions after pulling off the upset last week against East Central (Mo.) College.
Murray State (20-37) has now qualified to play in the NJCAA Division II National Championship in Clinton, Miss. The tournament will be held May 15-18.
To reach last week’s district final, MSC defeated North Arkansas (10-22) 5-0 and 9-0. The Lady Aggies then shocked East Central by scores of ...
SE softball in Regional tourney; must travel to Minnesota Yes, you’re hosting the regional tournament; no, you’re traveling to Minnesota for the regional tournament.
That’s the way it was Monday morning when the NCAA Division II Softball Selection Party was televised across the country.
Coach Ron Faubion’s team is No. 2 in the nation and has never been lower than No. 5 this season. Southeastern is 44-7 with regular-season and tournament championships in the Great American Conference.
Southeast...
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HAROLD HARMON Sports ReporterDurant Daily Democrat
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
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