LONE GROVE - Arman J. Allen, 92, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at the family home in Lone Grove, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Lone Grove Assembly of God, with Pastor Gary Gunsolus and Pastor Gary Dodson officiating. Interment to follow in Lone Grove Cemetery, Lone Grove, Okla. Funeral services under the direction of Griffin~Hillcrest of Ardmore, Okla.
HEALDTON - Ricky Lee “Tigger” Rich of Healdton departed this life on March 3, 2022 in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital South of Oklahoma City at the age of 60 years, 11 months, and 27 days. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Abundant Life Worship Center of Ardmore with Bro. Michael Caraway and Sister Mary Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Ringling Memorial Cemetery of Ringling. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Funeral Home of Wilson.
LONE GROVE - Stanley Owen Key, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, surrounded by his family, at his home in Lone Grove, Okla. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
Bojan Bogdanovic waved goodbye. Bogdanovic’s 11th 3-pointer of the night, with 43 seconds left, finally sapped the life out of the Thunder, which refused to die against the superior Jazz.
OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s no easy task for a squad to rally from a ninepoint deficit with only 2:12 left in a game. The Ardmore High School boys basketball team would say otherwise as the Tigers did just that Saturday to force overtime.
LAS VEGAS – Alex Bowman beat NASCAR champion Kyle Larson in a door-to-door overtime battle at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that sent Hendrick Motorsports to victory lane for the second consecutive week.
BASEBALL • Noble at Ardmore 5 p.m. • Dickson at Lone Grove 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship: Jacksonville at Bellarmine 6 p.m.
Gonzaga remains atop AP Top 25; Tennessee cracks top 10 Tennessee kept winning against a demanding schedule of top teams in the Southeastern Conference. That has pushed the Volunteers to their highest ranking this season in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.
I don’t know if WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detaining in Russia is legitimate (though I doubt it). I don’t know if I should believe anything the Russian authorities say (though why would you). I don’t know if Russia is using Griner as a pawn (though that wouldn’t be shocking).