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Oilers headed to ECHL playoffs

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For only the second time in current franchise history, the Tulsa Oilers finished the regular season with 40 wins and are headed to the ECHL playoffs for the second year in a row. Tulsa beat the Allen Americans, 7-2, on Saturday, to clinch the sixth spot in the Western Conference and fourth place in the…

ORU Baseball Schedule

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Current Standing Overall 20-14,  Summit  8-5 (Last Week’s games and remaining schedule) Date Opponent Time Result 4/6/25 S Dakota St W, 4-2 4/6/25 S Dakota St W, 9-1 4/8/25 at OSU W, 10-6 4/11/25 at N. Colorado W, 9-5 4/12/25 at N. Colorado W, 6-4 4/13/25 at N. Colorado L, 10-18 4/14/25 at Air Force…

OSU Baseball Schedule

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Current Standing Overall  16-17,  Big 12  5-8 (Last Week’s games and remaining schedule) Date Opponent Time Result 4/4/25 K State W, 4-3 4/6/25 K State W, 7-0 4/6/25 K State W, 10-2 4/8/25 ORU L, 6-10 4/11/25 at Arizona W, 4-2 (10 inn.) 4/12/25 at Arizona L, 1-5 4/13/25 at Arizona L, 4-5 4/15/25 OU…

OU Baseball Schedule

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Current Standing Overall  25-10,  Big 12  7-8 (Last Week’s games and remaining schedule) Date Opponent Time Result 4/3/25 LSU L, 0-2 4/4/25 LSU L, 2-10 4/5/25 LSU W, 12-6 4/8/25 Dallas Baptist L, 1-9 4/11/25 Vanderbilt W, 9-4 4/12/25 Vanderbilt W, 14-0 4/13/25 Vanderbilt L, 2-13 4/15/25 at OSU 6:00 PM 4/17/25 at Missouri 7:00…

Despite rain area teams play most of their games

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OSU SWEEPS KANSAS STATE OSU won the first game of the three-game series with Kansas State on Friday, 4-3. Game two on Saturday was postponed and moved to Sunday as part of a double-header. Sean Youngerman, in only his second start of the season, pitched a gem of a game in the first game of…

OU spring game replaced by new Crimson Combine

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NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department announced it will debut a new fan-centric football event at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to replace OU’s traditional spring game. “Crimson Combine” will be held Saturday, April 12, beginning at 1 p.m. and will provide Sooners fans with a unique opportunity to engage with players…

Rain, rain go away…

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Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. That refrain is from a popular English nursery rhyme that has been sung for centuries. There are many variations of the song, and it is often used to express a desire for rain to stop, especially when children want to go outside to play. You’ve probably sung…

Crimson Tide wins two of three against Sooners

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SOONERS LOSE TWO OF THREE AT ALABAMA No. 12 Alabama took an 8-1 lead in the fourth inning and hung on to beat the No. 9-ranked Oklahoma Sooners 8-6 in game three of the weekend series on Sunday, in Tuscaloosa. Oklahoma (22-5, 5-4 SEC) scored five unanswered runs but a scoreless ninth inning doomed the…

Barnett named new ORU basketball coach

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A new coach has been found to lead the Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team into the program’s next chapter. Kory Barnett becomes the 13th head coach of the men’s program at ORU and he was introduced to the community at a media conference on Monday. “We are excited to welcome Kory Barnett as our…

Drillers baseball is back

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Baseball is back at ONEOK Field as the Tulsa Drillers open the 2025 Texas League season with a three-game series this weekend. Tulsa hosts NW Arkansas (Royals), Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 1:00 p.m. There will be a postgame fireworks show following the Friday night game. Mike Melega, the president and general…