Sports news in brief
To enter a team for the PARC Church League, contact Orbie Fitzer at 479-974-0800. League play begins July 12. The first eight teams that have paid will be admitted. The cost is $450 per team.
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The Carl Albert State College baseball team will have a prospect showcase for Classes 2022-25 on July 19 at 1 p.m. at Mark Pollard Field. The cost is $40 per player
To RSVP, contact Paul Pulley at 806-418-0811 or papulley@carlalbert.edu.
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Suzanne Ritter will lead a free swim aerobics class at the Poteau City pool Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., starting Monday.
All attendees have to do is show up properly dressed. The exercises will be geared towards senior ladies, but don’t let that fool you, Suzanne sets a challenging pace.
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There will be a youth baseball camp at the Wister baseball field July 1112 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This camp is for boys entering grades three through six. The cost is $40 and includes a T-shirt and lunch for each day. High-school and college athletes will provide instruction.
A link to register online can be found on the Wister Baseball Dugout Club Facebook page or the article on poteaudailynews.com.
Pre-registration ends July 1. Those who preregister will receive their shirt the first morning of the camp.
Boys will receive instruction for proper mechanics, in-game situations and techniques and participate in position drills, group sessions, scrimmages and games.
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The Poteau Wrestling Camp at CASC’s Mick Thompson Fieldhouse will be July 13-15 with a 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. session, an hourlong lunch break and a 1-3 p.m. session.
The counselors are CASC head coach Jake Lords and Oklahoma State University wrestlers Luke Mechler and Luke Surber.
The camp costs $75 to be paid on July 13 and is open to kindergarteners to 12th-graders.
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Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State: Poteau football head coach Greg Werner will be inducted into the OCA Hall of Fame on July 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Southern Hills Marriott Hotel in Tulsa. Pocola’s Raychel Nelke will play in the All-State golf match on July 25 at 8 a.m. at Cherokee Hills Golf Club in Catoosa. Howe’s Shiloh Fletcher and Raelyn Delt and Pocola’s Mika Scott will play for Small East in the small-school girls basketball All-State game at the Frank Herald Field House in Jenks on July 27 at 7 p.m. Poteau’s Dean Odom and Todd Mattox will play for the East Team with Mike Odom on the coaching staff in the All-State football game on July 29 at 7 p.m.
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The annual Hevener Round-up Club Rodeo will be Aug. 5-6 at the Cecil Leachman Arena in Heavener at 8 p.m. both days. The cost is $8 for attendees 13 and older and $5 for children ages 5-12 and free for children ages 4 and younger.
Events include saddle bronc, ranch bronc, bareback riding, tie-down roping, breakaway, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing and bull riding.
There will also be mutton bustin each night at 7 p.m., junior barrel, peewee barrel and a rodeo parade is 4 p.m. Aug. 6 in downtown Heavener.
Call in is Aug. 1 from 6 to 10 p.m. to (479) 2161619. For more information call (918) 775-1443 or (918) 839-9005.