Sports

Jul. 2—First pitch for Sunday’s series finale is scheduled for 1:15 p.m.

Jul. 1—Oklahoma’s 2024 conference opponents are set but with just two months before the 2023 season kicks off, the university still hasn’t found its last two 2024 nonconference opponents.

DENVER — The start of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies was delayed for 1 hour and 50 minutes while members of the Coors Field grounds crew shoveled piles of hail from a late-afternoon storm into wheelbarrows and used leaf blowers to dry the remaining moisture from the outfield grass.

BOSTON — In their first two games at Fenway Park, the Miami Marlins scored 16 runs on 26 hits to clinch their series against the Boston Red Sox. In the series finale on Thursday, the Marlins went from potentially being on the wrong end of a no-hitter to sweeping the series.

The Ponca City Lady Cats softball team this week completed a rather successful summer league schedule. In 12 games, the Ponca City players won nine and lost three.

Jun. 29—Thirteen batters, eight runs and seven hits by the Yankees in the sixth inning at the Coliseum on Thursday afternoon sealed loss No.

Student-athletes and coaches at Ponca City High School have the week off with no activities, practices or workouts. The situation is due to the annual “Dead Week” mandated by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

DENVER — Dave Roberts wanted to avoid using two of his top three relievers on Wednesday night after de facto closer Evan Phillips pitched in the previous three games and setup man Brusdar Graterol pitched in three of four games.