RECKLESS BALLERS — This group of fifth and sixth grade athletes, has been playing traveling basketball this summer under the direction of Coach Jieriel Johnson (top right) and Assistant Coach Jordan Smith (top left). Team members include: (back, l-r) Haidyn Campbell, Hadli Campbell, Jozie Holder and Jalyn Johnson. (Front, l-r) Jakya Johnson and Genesis Smith. Johnson is a former Hugo High player as a member of the 2002 Hugo Buffalo basketball team. The team recently brought home a second place tournament trophy from the East Texas Hoops Tournament in Roxton, Texas.

After the GAC announced it would cancel all conference games through Sept. 28, SOSU Coach Keith Baxter was forced to postpone the university’s first three games of the fall season against Ouachita Baptist (Sept. 10), Henderson State (Sept. 19) and Northwestern OSU (Sept. 26).

ARDMORE –– Four Noble Research Institute research teams each received a two-year, $100,000 grant from Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). The four grants will be used to help improve various aspects of agriculture by fighting pecan scab, improving tall fescue, building plant defenses against disease and helping plants use nitrogen more efficiently.