Sports

The Ponca City Wildcats have a week off from the 2020 football wars. There will be no game on Friday night.

The Ponca City Lady Cats dropped an extra inning game Tuesday night, losing to Enid 7-5 at the West Middle School field. Enid scored two runs in the ninth inning and held off the Lady Cats in the bottom of the frame.

Team Radio, in conjunction with Ponca City Public Schools, will start accepting nominations for the “Wildcat of the Week” program. Each week a new “Wildcat of the Week” will be selected from the nominations of TEAM Radio listeners and viewers. Each student nominated should follow the ideals of the “Wildcat Way:” Work Ethic, Improvement, Leadership, Discipline, Competition, Attitude, and Teamwork.

CHICAGO - For a while there, it looked as if Big Ten football would produce only one score this fall: 11-3. As in, 11 schools voted to postpone fall sports and three (Ohio State, Nebraska and Iowa) dissented.

The Ponca Sailfish Swim Team will hold a swimming clinic for children ages 8-18, Monday Sept. 21 through Friday Sept.

Over the years I have written several times about my Dad’s assertion that Oklahoma is responsible for more Major League Baseball players than most other states. My Dad was a native Oklahoman (born before statehood) and was somewhat biased in his assessment. But there is no denying that our state has had its fair share of baseball players of quality.

The way Friday’s game with Tulsa McLain went Ponca City Coach Scott Harmon and his staff didn’t draw an easy breath until Wildcat Tyson Dewberry intercepted a pass to stop a McLain drive with less than a minute to play.

Two interceptions. Two touchdowns.

FAIRFAX -- The Woodland Cougars took charge early and went on to post a 50-0 victory over the Newkirk Tigers in a nondistrict contest Friday night. Woodland’s Nate Lockert took the opening kickoff and raced 90 yards to score the game’s first touchdown.

BETHANY -- The Ponca City Lady Cats softball team won two and lost two over the weekend in the Bethany Tournament. On Friday, the Lady Cats opened with a 9-1 loss to Bridge Creek, but bounced back with a 13-0 shutout over Geary.