Sports

TONKAWA — The Northern Oklahoma College Lady Mavs basketball team is hosting a free girls’ basketball clinic Sunday, Oct. 27 at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse on the NOC campus from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.

NEWKIRK — Former Dallas Cowboys, Kelvin Martin, left, coach Barry Switzer, and Tony Tolbert were in Kay County Sunday for a special autograph session and watch party.

TONKAWA — For the first time, Northern Oklahoma College soccer hosted new conference foe Rich Mountain, Ark., Thursday at a cold and wet Maverick Field. The NOC Women shut out Rich Mountain 4-0 while the men played to a 1-1 draw with the Bucks.

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TONKAWA — Northern Oklahoma College Regents approved a proclamation for the NOC Enid Jets Baseball Team commemorating their NJCAA National Championships.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The officially licensed Kyler Murray Oklahoma Sooners football and baseball bobbleheads are available at the National Bobblehead HOF website.

PONCA CITY —  An Air Evac Lifeteam Helicopter will airlift the Ponca City High School Wildcat game ball to the 50 yard line Friday night before the Wildcats take on Muskogee.

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TULSA — NOC Enid’s Raydon Leaton received the first annual NJCAA Region 2 Coach of the Year Award at the Region 2 meetings in Tulsa.

Leaton led the Jets to the NJCAA Division 2 Baseball Championship in May. NOC President Dr. Cheryl Evans was excited for Leaton.

“This is the first time that this award has ever been selected and presented,” Dr. Evans said.   “So we were thrilled that out of all the coaches in all the sports in the NJCAA Region II conference they selected Raydon Leaton from NOC to be the very first recipient.  He is very deserving of this recognition from his peers.  We are proud of the program that he built and grew into National Champions.”

“Raydon has received numerous awards this past year as a result of the National Championship won in June,” said NOC Athletic Director Jeremy Hise.   ‘He is very deserving of these awards.  He created a program focused on academic success, graduation, and winning.  He was quite successful at all three during his coaching career.”
Leaton has been the head Jets baseball coach for nineteen years before retiring this year.  His teams have been to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II World Series four times in his career, including three of the last six years. The Jets finished in eighth place in 2014 and third place in 2002 and 2018. The 2019 team reached the ultimate pinnacle of athletics by winning the World Series claiming their first National Championship with record-breaking attendance at the David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid.

Leaton has had 13 NJCAA All Americans, 73 Academic All Americans, and 678 wins in his 19 years.  His teams have had over a 3.0 GPA in all 19 years. He has won five Region II Coach of the Year awards and four Plains District Coach of the Year awards. Leaton was also named the 2019 ABCA/Diamond National Coach of the Year for NJCAA Division II Baseball. His career record at NOC is 676-432. He is now the NOC Vice-President for Enid.

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NEOSHO, Missouri — Crowder College eased by the Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks 2-0 in Neosho, Missouri on Sept. 8, dropping the Mavs to a 1-3 record.

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TONKAWA —  The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks won their home opener on Sept. 5 with a 4-0 shutout of Oklahoma Wesleyan at Maverick Field but later lost the conference opener to Rose State.

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BARTLESVILLE — Northern Oklahoma College Mavs soccer team defeated Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Reserve team 3-1 Tuesday in Bartlesville.