Community Sports
Team Metro takes home nine golds
The Team Metro weightlifting club of Norman placed 10 competitors and won nine gold medals at the Missouri Valley Weightlifting Championship in St. Joseph, MO.
Gold medal winners include Nick Canavan, Zac Pierce and Dylan Cox. Richard Peoples, Matt Connery and Riley Nolan snatched silver medals. Nicolai Bell took a bronze.
Canavan also won a Best lifter award with a total of 506 pounds and qualified for the USA National School Age Championship, which will be held in June at Disneyworld.
(L-R): Zac Pierce, Nick Canavan, Riley Nolan, Matt Connery, Richard peoples, Dylan Cox, Austin Johnson, Nicolai Bell, Coty Goetzinger, Canaan White and coach Bob White Jr.
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On the rise
Once his prep career is done, Brandon Lucas wants to expand his role to the collegiate level. He had had several colleges show interest in him already. But he has eyes for only one at this time.
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NEW: Shaq sets example for everyone
This is not O’Neal’s first time helping a family in need. In 2005, after NBA Hall-Of-Famer George Mikan died after a long battle with diabetes, O’Neal offered to pay for funeral expenses. The Mikan family accepted.
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Tiger can still be a great role model
The greatest golfer ever was put on a pedestal by fans and media around the world. But it was only a matter of time before he would do something that would cause the same pedestal to tumble.
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NEW:Tiger's drama is none of our business
Tiger Woods was in a one-car wreck Friday morning in which he struck a fire hydrant and a tree after pulling out of his driveway. Alcohol and drugs were ruled out as a cause.
That is where Woods would have liked the story to end. However, in our world of round-the-clock celebrity watching, he of all people should know that’s impossible.
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Anthem causes stir at OU games
For the past almost 10 years Oklahoma fans have changed the last line of the National Anthem from Òhome of the braveÓ to Òhome of the Sooners.Ó
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NEW: Should OU-Texas game stay in Dallas?
The taxes, the hotels, restaurants, food, gas, etc. ... The amount of money the state is missing out could be put to good use here.
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Pink more than a color for Jags’ West
Westmoore’s Stanley West has seen the devastation of breast cancer first hand and knows the tolls it can have on a person, a family and a community.
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Mustang mania
Monroe Elementary School student Sage Rasmussen, in a horse costume, brought a horse to school Friday to help motivate Monroe Mustangs for their annual jog-a-thon. Students, teachers, parents and grandparents joined in the fundraiser.
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NEW: Brookhaven Run a success
The 24th Annual Brookhaven Run was held Sept. 5 in Norman. More than 1,100 entrants ran and walked the 5k course.
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