Author: Michael

The Ada High School boys golf team didn’t put its best putter forward during a damp, windy outing Thursday at the Southern Oklahoma Invitational.
The Cougars finished 12th — in the middle of the pack — with a score of 361. Ada was just one stroke behind Lawton MacArthur who was 11th at 360.
The tournament was hosted by the Duncan Golf and Tennis Club.
Plainview won the team title with a score of 308 and Marlow was runner-up at 314. Velma-Alma followed at 315 followed by host Duncan and Elgin, who tied with identical 328 scores.

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KINGSTON — The Ada High School baseball team didn’t get off to the greatest start against Davis during their first-round matchup on a chill Thursday evening at the Kingston Tournament.
However, the Cougars put together a pretty strong finish and raced past the Wolves 12-4.
Coach Shane Coker’s bunch improved to 17-1 on the year, while Davis dropped to 6-6. Ada was scheduled to face Caddo — ranked No. 6 in Class A-1 — Friday night in the semifinals. The third-place game in Kingston is scheduled for 1 p.m. today with the title game set for 3 p.m.

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Every fella watching Formula 1 qualifying ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix was probably squirming in their seat a little (I know I was) watching Racing Bulls rookie driver Isack Hadjar battle through what he was battling through on Saturday.
Hadjar is getting his F1 career started with the Red Bull sister team and so far it has been a bit of a mixed bag for him. He infamously spun and crashed out of the race on the formation lap in Australia, but ran fairly well in China.
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DARLINGTON, S.C. — William Byron became the first Cup driver to score multiple poles this season after claiming the top starting spot for Sunday’s race at Darlington Raceway.
MORE: Darlington starting lineup
Byron won his 15th career Cup pole with a lap of 170.904 mph. He will be joined on the front row by Ryan Preece, who earned his best starting spot of the season with a lap of 170.407 mph.
Martinsville winner Denny Hamlin (170.354 mph) qualified third. Chase Briscoe, who won last year’s Southern 500, will start fourth after a lap of 170.283 mph. Bubba Wallace (170.

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Donyell Malen scored what was ultimately the deciding goal at VIlla Park – PA/Jacob King
Aston Villa prepared for a glamorous midweek Champions League trip to Paris with a victory that keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for next season’s competition via the Premier League although Nuno Espírito Santo must wonder how.
His side, without a regular striker due to injuries, dominated second half proceedings and pulled a goal back through Jota Silva, cancelling out Villa’s two early efforts, but could not convert another of the host of chances that came their way.

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