Boys Golf State Placing
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
May 6, 2013
The Bixby High School boys golf team placed ninth at the OSSAA 6A State Championship at Karsten Creek Golf Course in Stillwater. The team was able to defeat Moore, Southmore, and Muskogee but were defeated by Jenks, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Union, Edmond North, with others. Senior Jeff Smith said his last... Read more »
Baseball Superstitions in Bixby
Kenzie King, Reporter
April 30, 2013
Coach Mickey Nichol doesn’t leave anything to chance. Games are won because of beards and caps in addition to skill and speed. From fortunate facial hair to crazy eating habits, Major League Baseball is full of rites, rituals, repetition, routines, quirks, tics and eccentric behavior. Many of the... Read more »
Track Athletes Run Away With Awards
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
April 30, 2013
The Bixby High School track team competed in the Frontier Valley Conference track meet on Thursday, April 25th. 3 of the members, Bailey Collier, Kyle Rhine, and Marcus Jordan, all placed in the top three in their respective events. Bailey Collier set a school record and placed first in the high jump... Read more »
Three Lady Golfers Qualify for State Tournament
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
April 26, 2013
Three members of the Bixby girl’s golf team have qualified for the state tournament on May 1st-2nd at the River Oaks Golf CLub in Edmond. Shelby Humbyrd, Kennedy Hudson, and J.T. Neuzil earned their chance by preforming well at the East Regional Golf Tournament on Tuesday, April 23rd. After the... Read more »
Double-take Doubles
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
April 26, 2013
Interesting facts tennis: The game of tennis comes from Great Britain. A tennis ball weighs 2 ounces or 56.69 grams. The longest match in professional tennis history was the 2010 Wimbledon first round match-up between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. The match took 11 hours and 5 minutes and lasted three... Read more »
BIXBY SUMMER TENNIS CAMP
Jarad Reed, Web Director
April 24, 2013
The Bixby Summer Tennis Camp is a four-day training program for all abilities in tennis! The objective is to introduce the fun game of tennis to nearly all age groups – boys and girls. The camp will also welcome the more experienced tennis player as each person will be placed in their group based... Read more »
Bixby Golf Introduces New Facility
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
April 3, 2013
A few months ago, the Spartan golf team had to leave campus to practice their golf swings. Not anymore. Bixby golf introduced a new golf facility in February. This facility provides the team with a new center to practice their golf. Golf Coach Kem Morrow said the facility will make Bixby a tougher competitor.... Read more »
Pyramid into STUNT
Dee Harris, Adviser
March 14, 2013
What do rowing, water polo, ice hockey, and bowling have in common? They are all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) emerging sports. STUNT is working to join that list. STUNT is the act of lifting teammates to create multilevel visual spectacles and on March 29, Bixby High School will jump,... Read more »
Bixby Lady Basketball Headed to State Final
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
March 8, 2013
The #3 ranked Bixby Lady Spartans (21-7) held off the #11 Union Lady Redskins (18-11), 52-46 on Friday morning to clinch a trip to the state title game tomorrow, March 9 at 12 p.m. Saturday. It will be Bixby’s first state championship appearance since 1990. All-American nominee Christina Devers... Read more »
Bixby Girls Going for State, Devers and Parker Honored
Diego Galaviz, Sports Editor
March 4, 2013
The #3 Bixby Lady Spartans will be facing off against the #16 Edmond Memorial Lady Bulldogs this Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Skiatook. The winner of this contest will go on to play in the semi-finals on Friday at 9:00 a.m. at the Mabee Center vs. either Norman North or Union. After that game, the winner... Read more »
