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OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Ponca City Wildcats picked up their fourth straight victory Thursday night with a 48-14 victory over the Capitol Hill Redwolves. The Wildcats scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and added two more in the second period to have a 35-0 lead at halftime.

Oct. 19—The game was only 10 plays old when the New Orleans Saints fans rained boos down on the home team for the first time.

Oct. 19—ARLINGTON — A critical moment for the Astros in Game 3 of the ALCS materialized slowly. Max Scherzer missed with a two-strike cutter that met Yordan Alvarez’s left foot. Kyle Tucker took five pitches and moseyed to first base. Mauricio Dubón lined a single into left field to load them in the second inning.

Area smaller school football teams will return to action Friday with a number of games with playoff implications. Tonkawa will be at Hominy, Morrison will be at Woodland, Chisholm will be at Blackwell, Newkirk will be at Perry, Chelsea at Pawnee and Deer Creek-Lamont will travel to Tyrone.

Oct. 18—It’s been six years since the last time Oklahoma faced a team led by Gus Malzahn.

PHILADELPHIA — Three pitches into the game Tuesday night, fleetfooted Diamondbacks leadoff hitter Corbin Carroll reached base when Trea Turner flubbed a routine grounder. And that’s when Aaron Nola was supposed to unravel like twine.

Having arrived to the Texas Rangers just in time for all of the “fun” in 2021, Nathaniel Lowe can’t speak to the ugly depth that this franchise reached before his arrival, but he lost enough to know.