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STILLWATER — 2020 is about to finally end, and when 2021 begins so does the remainder of the college basketball season for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys return Jan.

STILLWATER — When an injury kept Oklahoma State cornerback Rodarius Williams out of the Baylor game on Dec. 12, Williams ended a run of 48 consecutive starts, by far the longest streak on the team.

NORMAN — OU’s season got off to an inauspicious start. COVID-19 left the Sooners unable to play their first two scheduled games.

Dec. 23—Oklahoma’s biggest weakness Tuesday evening became a strength in the closing seconds of its Big 12 home opener.

I read with interest a story that circulated recently quoting Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred that the MLB was going to absorb the history of the Negro Leagues and that Negro League statistics would count as MLB stats.

When Ponca City head wrestling coach Justin Roland looks at his 2020-2021 team he sees a lot of youth. “We are going to be young,” he said right off the bat.

As per the 2020-2021 PCPS calendar, there will be no school December 21, 2020 through January 4, 2021. Students will report back on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Teachers report back on Monday, January 4 for a workday.

Dec. 21—Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton believes his team is close to figuring things out.

Dec. 21—NORMAN — The difference was evident Saturday.

“We lost a great group of seniors,” was how Ponca City Lady Cats basketball coach Jody Fincher started his description of where his team stands at the beginning of the current year. Fincher may have been understating the situation as the seniors that left the program were a group that helped take the Lady Cats to two state tournaments in their four years at Po-Hi.