Sports

Cordell siblings and golf standouts Heston and Megan Brown brought home the bronze in the recent Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament at Ballyneal in Holyoke, Colorado.

The third place finish qualifies them for the HJGT National Championship to be played in Florida in December.

Heston and Amy played in the USA Junior National Golf Team Tournament under the North Texas Team of Carlos Brown Golf Academy located in Rowlett, Texas. On Day One of the tournament Megan was tied for the lead with the low round for the 15 to 18 Girls Division, while Heston was in seventh place in the 16 - 18 Boys Division.

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Cordell’s Berkley Price, daughter of Jim and Dana Price, recently won the United States Track and Field (USATF) regional championship title for the 3000 meter run. 

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The Cordell High School and Junior High Lady Blue Devil Basketball team members (and their coaches) recently completed a six week summer workout regime that included running and time at Code Blue Crossfit.

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The early life of Dale Mitchell

I first heard of Dale Mitchell as a small boy and over the years I’ve heard quite a bit about this remarkable man.

The Honorable Waldo Emerson was his brother-in-law and my mother-in-law, Zonelle Gregory Cox, was one of Dales schoolmate in Lone Tree school east of Cordell.

After graduating from high school in Cloud Chief, Dale attended the University of Oklahoma briefly before serving in World War II in the European theater.

Upon returning to OU, he set baseball records that still stand. His career batting average there was .467 and his batting average his senior year there was .507.

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Football standouts from across the state gathered in Miami, Oklahoma, last week for the Oklahoma eight-man All- Star game, and among them were Corn Bible Academy’s Spencer Boese and James Vercellotti.

In addition, cheerleaders from across the state were selected to be a part of the cheer squad for the All-Star game.

CBA cheer captains Amy Freeman and Bailee Brown were both honored by being named to the elite cheer squad.

The football players first converged in Miami last Tuesday for their first day of practice together.

The two teams each held a two-hour practice on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before the game itself took place on Saturday night.

With each football team consisting of 40 members, the players on the field were routinely alternated throughout the game.

During the first half of the contest, it appeared the match might end in a blow out as the Green team led by several touchdowns.

Western Oklahoma Christian School, with campuses in Clinton, Weatherford and Elk City, recognizes the following students for their academic achievements for the fourth nine weeks. The school distinguishes two levels of honors each nine-week grading period:

Honor Roll with Distinction is for students who receive all A’s.

Honor Roll is for students who receive all A’s and B’s. Students must have excellent citizenship to qualify for any honor roll recognition.

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Megan Brown participated in the Oklahoma Golf Association (OGA) Junior Championship at Kickingbird Golf Course in Edmond on June 5 -7, 2017.

She shot an opening round of 74 and then put up a 78 in the second round. Brown commented she had struggled by only hitting three fairways and hand to scramble in the second round.

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Megan Brown, who will be at junior at Cordell High School in the fall, was invited to play in the Oklahoma Junior Cup at the Shawnee Country Club on May 28 and 29.

There were 24 men and 12 women invited to the tournament which consisted of 18 holes Four Ball/Lowball match Play and 18 holes of Alternate Shot on Sunday.

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Heston Brown, right, a 2017 graduate of Cordell High School, was selected to represent Cordell for the West Team in the 2017 All Star All Area Large School Basketball game held in Cache, Oklahoma on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.

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Cordell High School senior Layne Balzer, left, represented the Large West schools in the Southwest All Area basketball game held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Cache, Oklahoma. She is pictured with head Lady Blue Devil Basketball Coach Jana Rogers.

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