NCAA clears OSU 7-foot center to play 4 hr ago | Comments 4 STILLWATER—The NCAA declared Oklahoma State freshman Teeng Akol eligible on Monday morning, OSU coach Travis Ford said. The 7-foot center from Sudan practiced with the Cowboys for the first time...

Chandler beats Millwood in Class 2A quarterfinal Yesterday | Comments 1 CHANDLER — In game that ended five and a half hours after it started and was played in two towns, Chandler bested Millwood 40-0 Saturday in a Class 2A quarterfinal game. A blown transformer...

Suburban death poses a mystery Sat, Nov 29, 2008 GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Maureen Steeves started what seemed like a normal day in suburbia cooking and doing laundry while her estranged husband ran errands and took their two teenage sons to a...

Oklahoma High School Notebook: Putnam City, McGuinness to play on TV Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment Putnam City, Irish to play on TV They might not have their stars available, but next month’s Putnam City-Bishop McGuinness boys basketball game in Dallas will still be on TV. ESPNU will carry...

Oklahoma scene: Former Moore High School football star Tarrion Adams honored by C-USA Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment Adams honored by C-USA Former Moore High School football star Tarrion Adams, now a running back at Tulsa, was named Conference USA co-Offensive Player of the Week. Adams ran for a school-record 323...

PREP BASKETBALL NOTES: Star’s Jan Johnson ponders retirement Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Add a comment Star’s Johnson ponders retirement Jan Johnson has been involved with Star Spencer’s girls basketball program, either as an assistant or head coach, for 33 years. Her 20th season as head...

Ex-star John Paul Merritt faces harsh reality Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 3 Long before he was a reality television star on "The Bachelorette,” John Paul Merritt was winning over potential business partners as he pursued the life of an entrepreneur. At the age...

Oklahoma prep wrestling preview: Loss in state finals motivated Del City's Dorrell Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 7 DEL CITY — Tyler Dorrell hated the feeling he had two years ago, when he lost in the finals of the Class 5A state wrestling tournament. The Del City wrestler felt like everyone was looking...

Oklahoma prep football: Mustang's Hunter Smith carries a big load Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 27 MUSTANG — There are three places Mustang running back Hunter Smith finds himself perfectly at home. The first is the football field. The second is outdoors, quail hunting with his father and...

Oklahoma prep notebook Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Heritage Hall picks Saturday Heritage Hall didn’t want to mess with its winning ways and chose to play Saturday night against Bridge Creek, quarterback Turner Petersen said. Petersen said...

Slain Oklahoma City athlete was full of energy Tue, Nov 18, 2008 Timothy Mooreland’s football coach said the 16-year-old was always smiling and often dancing in the locker room. "Tim had a bright future,” Centennial High School football coach...

Prep boys basketball: Harrison Dupont fine-tunes game Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment MIDWEST CITY — When Jay Price took over at Carl Albert six years ago, he quickly discovered he didn’t have a seventh-grade boys basketball coach. So he asked his dad, Pat Price, who had...

OSU football notebook: Buffs’ defense not a pushover Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 6 Buffs’ defense not a pushover Looking at the Colorado defense, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy sees a big, physical front line and a unit full of solid tacklers. The Buffs’ defense...

Prep football: Top-ranked teams finish strong as playoffs arrive Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment There are no changes at the top of the classifications in The Associated Press Oklahoma high school football poll after the final week of regular season. Union remain the unanimous pick at No. 1...

Prep football: Top performers from Week 10 Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Comments 1 To nominate someone for The Oklahoman’s high school player of the week, leave a comment on our high school sports blog at http://blog.newsok.com/highschoolsports. Here are some early...

Former OU signee Keith Clark turns pro Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Comments 7 Former Putnam City High School standout and Oklahoma signee Keith Clark is on the Tulsa 66ers training camp roster. Clark has turned professional after a short stay at OU over the 2006-2007...

Oklahoma sports scene Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment Cowgirls move to Big 12 semifinals Oklahoma State advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Soccer Championships with a 3-0 victory over Texas Tech on Wednesday in San Antonio. Yolanda Odenyo, Siera...

Oklahoma prep notebook Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment No secrets at Deer Creek One of the toughest district scenarios to figure out is 5A-1 where if certain things happen, five teams can end up 5-2 and all would be 2-2 against each other. And Deer...

Tulsa student arrested in teen’s slaying Mon, Nov 3, 2008 TULSA — A 16-year-old was arrested Monday at Tulsa Memorial High School in connection with the weekend beating death of another 16-year-old after a soccer game. Edgar Saucedo was arrested on...

Teen soccer player dies after assault in Tulsa; arrest made Mon, Nov 3, 2008 TULSA — A teenage Tulsa assault victim who was attacked Saturday after a soccer game died Sunday from his injuries, police said. Eduardo Ledesma, 16, was beaten about 4:30 p.m. Saturday after...