Sports

SEATTLE — As a perfect Seattle summer afternoon moved into a pleasant evening, the sort of Seattle summer day that everyone wanted, there was a feeling as the innings sped by thanks to the pitch clock, some early shadows causing problems for hitters and the overall pitching dominance, the first All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park in more than two decades was happening just a little too fast for everyone involved.

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A total of 20 athletes from the Ponca City area attended the five-day girls’ basketball camp directed by Greg Krause, head coach for the Northern Lady Mavs June on 25-29. Campers worked on mass drills, station drills and team transition offense skills, including work on floor balance, filling lanes, court spacing, advancing the ball and shot selection.

SEATTLE — When his last swing of the bat was finished, one of the handful that didn’t produce a home run, an exhausted Julio Rodriguez, flung his black and yellow custom bat into the air, and looked at T-Mobile Park crowd, all standing, all cheering and all in awe of what they’d just seen.

I watched bits and pieces of the MLB draft Sunday night and while I didn’t really know much about those being selected, it did help me remember the 2011 draft in which two Oklahoma high school pitchers were chosen very high in the selection process.