Sports news in brief
To enter a team for the Poteau Area Recreational Complex Church League, contact Orbie Fitzer at 479974-0800.
League play begins next Tuesday. 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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There will be a youth baseball camp at the Wister baseball field Monday and next Tuesday 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.
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 12thgraders.
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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 AllState Golf Tournament on July 25 at 8 a.m. at Cherokee Hills Golf Club in Catoosa. Howe’s Shiloh Fletcher and
Raelyn Delt along with Pocola’s Mika Scott will play for Small East in the SmallSchool 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 AllState Football Game on July 29 at 7 p.m.
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The PARC will have its youth co-ed softball tournament on July 30. For more information and to register a team, contact Daniel Upton at 479-459-5162.
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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.