http://www.normantranscript.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187004927.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187004927.html Northeastern State University teammates Jeff Cox, Brandon Blevins and Sam Powell all opened with 66s Friday morning to seize the Championship Flight lead. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005341.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005341.html I’ll never drop down to Second Flight. Even if I belong there, that day won’t come. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005554.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005554.html Casey Todd, a senior to be at Norman North, took advantage of the benign conditions and finished the first round as the overall tournament leader at 5 under playing in Masters Flight. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005714.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_187005714.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003233.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003233.html The Championship Flight has always been the toughest to fill over the years. In the past, getting more than 15 players to fill out the top end of the pool has been tough. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:37:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003741.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003741.html For the first time since 2002 players will play the ball down at this year’s Westwood Invitational. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003435.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003435.html The talk this summer in the Washington weight room probably isn’t going to focus much on how badly the Warriors will blow out opponents this fall. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003614.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_186003614.html Though some questions remain as Oklahoma awaits the beginning of preseason football practice, there’s no doubt about the Sooners’ starpower. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184234858.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184234858.html Maybe the Storm, heretofore Seattle’s WNBA team, will come, too. And when the Ford Center becomes a nightly draw of more than 19,000 NBA fans next season, perhaps the National Hockey League will become interested all over again.Maybe this is just the beginning. Though such speculation is hardly important because what’s really important is what we already know. “The NBA will be in Oklahoma City next season,” Clay Bennett, the face of the ownership group of the team formerly known as the SuperSonics, said Monday. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184234638.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184234638.html Shannon Carter and Greg Nation would sit in the football offices at Tulsa and talk shop. Both were graduate assistant coaches under then-head coach Steve Kragthorpe in 2005 and 2006.Both were defensive coaches, with Nation having been a head coach at Bishop Kelley from 1996-2004. Carter, a former Tulsa player, was just getting his feet wet. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_185114233.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_185114233.html Fans are asked to call the local number if they are unable to get through on the toll-free number. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005849.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005849.html Rounders and dreamers, stars and unknowns — they’re all converging on Las Vegas this week to try to turn a chunk of cash into a huge windfall and earn a permanent spot in poker lore during the world’s biggest card game. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005646.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005646.html It’s already been an eventful summer for coach Wes Clark and the Norman High boys. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:52:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005407.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_184005407.html If you’re playing in the Championship Flight beginning Friday at Westwood Park, perhaps this is unnecessary. Because playing it safe shouldn’t be on the agenda. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_183120545.html http://www.normantranscript.com/sports/local_story_183120545.html David Plummer entered Tuesday one step closer to what may be the biggest event of his life. The Westmoore graduate made it to the finals in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.In the 100-back semifinal round Monday, Plummer took fifth overall and second in his heat with a career best 53.83. Stanford All-American Randall Bal earned the middle lane in the final with a time of 53.09, followed by world record holder Aaron Peirsol, who won the first semifinal in 53.26. Former Northwestern NCAA champion Matt Grevers took the third-best time of 53.32 while multiple Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte was fourth in 53.37.