Oklahoma Scene: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Oklahoma Scene: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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Published: March 25, 2008

OSU golfers in third place

The Oklahoma State men's golf team was third after the first day of the U.S. Collegiate Championship on Monday at the Golf Club of Georgia in Alpharetta.

OSU finished 4-over and trailed leader UCLA by three strokes. Florida State is second, two strokes behind the Bruins.

Cowboys junior Trent Leon finished the first round with a 3-under 69 and is tied for second place. He trails leader Kevin Chappell of UCLA by one stroke. Freshman Rickie Fowler is the only other OSU player in the top 10. He stands 10th with an even-par 72.

Second-round play continues today, and the final round is Wednesday.

•Berge's season done: Mick Berge, an Oklahoma City native who plays hockey at Minnesota State-Mankato, is done for the season. Berge scored a goal, but the Mavericks lost to Minnesota 3-2 in the last game of a best-of-three playoff series. The junior forward helped the Mavericks take Minnesota to overtime all three games. Berge, whose father, Mark, played and coached for the Oklahoma City Blazers, finished the season with a team-high 21 goals.

•Gadowsky has Princeton in playoffs: Guy Gadowsky, who coached the old Oklahoma Coyotes roller hockey team, has Princeton in the NCAA hockey playoffs. Gadowsky, who has been Tigers coach since 2003, was Coyotes coach during the 1996 Roller Hockey International season. Princeton plays North Dakota at 2 p.m. Saturday in Madison, Wis. North Dakota is top seed in the regional.

•Practice canceled: State Fair Speedway officials have canceled Wednesday's driver practice. The track will begin its regular points season at 7:30 p.m. Friday for Super Sprints, Champ Sprints, USA Modifieds and Factory Stocks.

•Honor roll: Trey Sims of Kansas Wesleyan was named an NAIA All-American basketball honorable mention. The Tulsa native ranked second among Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference scorers at 16.2 points per game. The 6-foot guard was an all-conference pick after ranking in the top 10 among all categories, except rebounding.

•Josh Barnett of Cameron was named Lone Star Conference co-Hitter of the Week. The junior improved his on-base percentage to .475 and is second on the team with a .413 batting average.

•March Madness is king: KWTV-9's coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament dominated the week, topped by Oklahoma's two telecasts. Among the women's tournament coverage on ESPN2, the OU-Illinois State game earned a 6.0 and the OSU-East Tennessee State game a 4.1.

Sports events March 17-23

•1. Oklahoma vs. Louisville, men's basketball, Sunday, KWTV-9, 16.5.

•2. Oklahoma vs. Saint Joseph's, men's basketball, Friday, KWTV-9, 15.0.

•3. Texas A&M vs. UCLA, men's basketball, Saturday, KWTV-9, 11.8.

•4. Kansas vs. UNLV, men's basketball, Saturday, KWTV-9, 11.5.

•5. Kansas State vs. Wisconsin, men's basketball, Saturday, KWTV-9, 11.2.

From Staff Reports

Related Topics: Basketball, Sports, College Basketball, Golf, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament