By Ali Leding, Staff Writer The men’s basketball team has had a desirable season so far. The Mountaineers started their delayed season off with three big wins back-to-back-to-back. Their first game was on Jan. 22 at home against Central Baptist College. The Mountaineers won big, with a final score of 109-62. There were two players…
By Ali Leding, Staff Writer HILLSBORO, Texas — Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all of Eastern Oklahoma State College’s sports were pushed back until January. But fast forward to now, the start of January, and the Mountaineers are fired up and ready to take on their delayed seasons. The Lady Mountaineers basketball team started their…
The inaugural season for the Eastern Oklahoma State College shooting sports team got off to a solid start at the Prairie Circuit Conference Championships in North Platte, Neb. The team finished in 2nd place in the junior college division and freshman Clay Laughlin was named to the all-conference freshman team. “Our students worked incredibly hard over…
By Ali Leding, Staff Writer COVID-19 is a global pandemic that the world and all its people have been dealing with since last February. The pandemic has changed the way people live. One of the hardest changes since the out-break has been social distancing, because everything people do mostly involves being around others. With that…
ALI LEDING, Staff Writer Feb. 27 was the Lady Mountaineers basketball game against Northeastern A&M at 5:30pm. The starters for the game were Tijanae Simmons, Deja Williams, Kenzie Ezekiel, Jaylann Myles and Kiera Davis. Williams and Ezekiel were the two main scorers of the night with 19 points and 16 points. This was a very…
Eastern Oklahoma State College sophomore Kenzie Ezekiel has earned her first Player of the Week honors for the season. She was named the NJCAA Region II Player of the Week for Feb. 10-16, 2020. This is the third time an Eastern women’s basketball player has earned the distinction this season, each coming in the last…
Deja Williams earned her second straight Player of the Week honors for the week of Jan. 20-26. Williams is a freshman guard from Manvel, Texas. She is currently averaging 15.9 points per game while shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 34.7 percent from beyond the arc so far this season. Williams is also shooting…
Eastern Oklahoma State College sophomore Koty Frank has earned his first Pitcher of the Week honors for the season. He was named the NJCAA Region II Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 10-16, 2020. This was the first time an Eastern baseball player has earned the distinction this season. Frank is a right-handed pitcher and…
Eastern Oklahoma State College sophomore Dante Adams has earned his first Player of the Week honors for the season. He was named the NJCAA Region II Player of the Week for Feb. 10-16, 2020. This is the second time an Eastern men’s basketball player has earned the distinction this season. Adams is a sophomore guard…
REMUS MARTIN, Editor On Jan. 24, Eastern Oklahoma State College held a ceremony to dedicate the new training facility to former track and field coach Glen Stone. The coach was a local and national legend from winning 10 junior college national champions, being named the NJCAA Coach of the Year six times and coaching 192…
ALI LEDING, Staff Writer On Feb. 3, Eastern Oklahoma State College’s Men and Women Mountaineer basketball teams played against their rivals Connors State Cowboys. The women’s game started a 5:30pm and the men’s game followed shortly after at 7:00pm. The Lady Mountaineer’s starting line-up consisted of Tijanae Simmons, Deja Williams, Kenzie Ezekiel, Jaylann Myles and…
JALEAH TAYLOR, Assistant Editor The Lady Mountaineers displayed much of their mantra, “Ohana”, through the past season. Head coach, Justin McCain, includes the Hawaiian term representing a sense of community, family and relying on one another has helped connect the team to accomplish much of their goals. Though the season has come to an end,…
By LILLI MARTIN, Editor In September of 2019, Hurricane Dorian caused major damage to the Bahamas. Jaleah Taylor’s, a student and soccer player at Eastern Oklahoma State College, home is in the Bahamas along with her family. The Eastern Women’s Soccer Team decided to create a benefit to raise money for her family to help…
