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After taking a year off football to support his son, Devante Averette is one of 21 Oklahoma State seniors who will be honored Saturday.

Son of Detroit

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Senior Averette uses football to inspire son prove his son’s importance, his actions do.

Averette graduated from hen Oklahoma State Melvindale High School linebacker outside Detroit in 2011 as Devante an all-state linebacker. He Averette walks off the field expected Division-I offers Saturday, he’ll be critiafter tallying 63 tackles cized. As he listens to the and 12 sacks as a senior, critics, he’ll smile. but they never came.

The words don’t come He knew an opportunity from coach Mike Gundy would eventually come, or defensive coordinator but during the wait, his Glenn Spencer, but his girlfriend got pregnant. son, Jerrieon.

That’s when Averette At 5 years old, Jerrieon had to choose his prioriis Averette’s biggest fan ties, and a football career and harshest critic. wasn’t one of them.

“He tells me what I did During his senior year, more wrong than I do right Averette started working at on the field,” Averette UPS, packing and loading said. “He’s a great critiboxes. After graduation, cizer.” devin l. wilber/O’COLLY he started working double Jerrieon will watch his Senior linebacker Devante Averette (40) spent a year away from football to work at UPS and support his son, Jerrieon. shifts to provide for his dad play in his final game Averette, from Detroit, uses the sport to inspire Jerrieon. He will play in his last home game Saturday against Texas Tech. new family. He was a blueat Boone Pickens Stadium collar worker for a year. on Saturday against Texas his little mean face, his the spring. luncheon Monday, Averhis father.

“At that young age, Tech. He’ll make the trek little linebacker face. It’s a Averette has come a ette continually answered “He’s a big 5,” Averette when guys got the opporfrom Detroit, Averette’s great feeling.” long way to be in this questions about football, said. “He’s aggressive, tunity to still play, some hometown. Jerrieon was With four games left position, to be a Divisionbut when asked about his man. guys jump ship,” Averette also in the crowd two as a Cowboy, Averette I athlete with a college son, Averette perked up on “He’ll get in his linesaid. “For me, I wanted to weeks ago when the Cowdoesn’t believe that will degree.

And despite the the stool he was sitting on. backer stance.

He know see my son grow up a little boys upset then-No. 10 bit, at least, before I left. be the end of his football success, Averette never He grinned as he bragged how to do footwork drills.”

West Virginia on homeI felt like that would have career. If it is, he has an lost sight of who it was about his son, who he If the way Averette coming. been selfish of me to leave education degree to fall for: Jerrieon. believes already has a lights up when talking “I see him up there,” STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 3 Averette said. “He makes back on that he earned in During OSU’s media future as a linebacker like about Jerrieon doesn’t

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because I felt like some things are just more important. I took it upon myself to work and bring food on the table and see him smile, see him walk and talk. It definitely was a blessing. I definitely never regret it.”

Although Averette wanted to see his son grow, he also wanted to be the best role model he could. He wanted his son to have a father he could admire and know he could pursue his dreams.

That’s when Averette picked up the pigskin again and continued his goal.

Averette started his collegiate career at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa. There, with Jerrieon still in Detroit, Averette focused on improving himself to help his son in

the future. He focused on his grades while playing in front of a few hundred people in “a cornfield with a football in it.”

Averette earned National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors as a sophomore. He led the team with 92 tackles, averaging more than 13 tackles in only seven games.

The stellar numbers caught attention from around the country, including OSU and West Virginia.

When the Cowboys offered Averette a scholarship, he immediately called his mother, Michelle. It was a chance for Averette to escape the city.

He didn’t want to be like some of his neighbors who became involved with gangs and obsessed over money and flashy possessions.

Cowboy football What: vs. Texas Tech When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Boone Pickens Stadium Who to follow: @GHoff17, @ChandlerVessels and @dekotagregory “It’s almost every man for himself there,” Averette said.

“You gotta find a way to not join gangs, even though they friends, across the street, down the street, play basketball and football with them.

You just have to stay humble.

“Stay in your own lane.

Stay humble. Pick the right friends. Know what you want to do with your life.”

Averette quickly adapted to life in Stillwater, where it was new for him to see cowboy boots on nearly everyone’s feet. The change was obvious, and the competition

on the field became more intense.

Averette redshirted his first season at OSU after suffering a preseason injury. As a junior, most of his playing time came on special teams and as a backup linebacker on defense. He finally cracked the starting lineup in 2016 as a senior.

“He’s kinda getting his chance this year to play more and be productive for us,” Spencer said.

Averette is second on the team with 57 tackles. He’s also third in the nation with

three fumble recoveries, one of which he returned for a touchdown.

He’s finally standing out on the field, but teammates noticed Averette’s presence before he started making highlights.

Linebacker Jordan Burton, also a junior-college transfer, plays next to Averette every day.

“We have an amazing chemistry,” Burton said.

“He’s like my older brother.

He looks after me, I look after him.

“It’s kind of amazing to see how far he’s come as a person, as a player and as a father. I respect his grind a lot.”

When Averette runs onto the field at BPS for the final time Saturday, he knows the journey was longer than only

the tunnel to the sideline. He remembers what it took to get there. He also knows Jerrieon is watching, always has been and always will be.

“My dad didn’t play college football,” Averette said.

“I definitely would have liked to be in (Jerrieon’s) shoes. Like, ‘My dad plays football. He on TV. I get to see him every weekend if I’m not down there.’ It’s just a blessing, man, to be in this position.”

Dekota Gregory is a sports media junior from Locust Grove. He can be reached at ozone@ocolly. com.

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Opinion: Big 12 has almost no chance at Playoff chandler vessels S PO RT S ED I TO R

In 2014 and 2015, the Big 12’s College Football Playoff hopes were constantly in question, but never out of it.

This year, it would take a lot of losing from other schools, and a perfect finish from one of the top Big 12 schools, to give the conference even a slim chance at contention.

In past seasons, the confer-

ence has had a team vying for one of the top four spots, this year there isn’t even a team in the top 10. Oklahoma is the highest ranked team in the conference at No. 11, and Oklahoma State is behind the Sooners at No. 13. No. 16 West Virginia is the only other Big 12 team in the poll.

The league is not lacking excitement. An Oct. 22 game between Texas Tech and OU was perhaps the most exciting game all season. Four of the top 10 offenses in the country are from the Big 12. Defense is what is lacking, and that enables the teams to beat up on one another. The Big 12 doesn’t have one dominant team, but a lot of quality teams, and its depth is hurting it.

“You see certain teams

Michigan 30-27, but the call that decided the game was determined to be erroneous.

The Cowboys should have only one loss instead of two.

Even a one-loss OSU team likely wouldn’t be in the playoff as of now. There are still four undefeated teams in the country. Still, it would stand a better chance to be the conference’s candidate down the road.

“A lot of things would have devin l. Wilber/O’COLLY The Big 12 Conference is full of good teams, not great ones. to go right,” running back Chris Carson said. “It could play around the country, and To me, it seems like anybody have definitely been different, I know this: Alabama’s really, can win on any given Saturand we could have had a betreally good,” OSU offensive day. There’s no gimmes in this ter chance.” coordinator Mike Yurcich conference.”

The Sooners and Cowboys said. “I know we have really The Cowboys’ chance at stand the best chance for the good teams in this conference. getting into the playoff was conference to get a team in, I know it’s a dog fight week in severely damaged in only assuming both teams go undeand week out. There’s a lot of their second game of the feated until a Dec. 3 Bedlam parity within this conference. season. OSU lost to Central matchup. The game would de-

cide the conference champion for the second straight year.

That chance, though still there, is slim. The circumstances would have to align perfectly. In the past, the Big 12 could point to several things and say, “This is why we’re not getting any respect.”

No conference championship.

SEC bias. Too few teams.

This year, the conference has to look only at itself and see what everyone else can.

There are a lot of good teams in the conference, but no great ones.

Chandler Vessels is a sports media senior from Moore. He can be reached at sports.ed@okstate.edu.

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Group of 21 seniors preps for bps finale

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In 2012, receiver Austin Hays sat in his 10:30 a.m. senior accounting class at Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas, and his phone rang.

He stepped out of class. It was Todd Monken, former offensive coordinator of the Oklahoma State football team.

“He said, ‘Well, bud, I told you I’d offer you if we have an opening,’” Hays said. “‘And we do. It’s yours. You gonna take it?’”

Hays printed his letter of intent off at his mom’s office in the high school, signed it and faxed it back about five minutes after he got it.

Hays was a last-day signee, taking the most prominent offer he recieved.

“I never thought I’d end up at Oklahoma State, and I’m so glad I did,” Hays said.

When the Cowboys come out of the tunnel and through the smoke Saturday against Texas Tech, it will be Hays’ last time.

It will also be linebacker Jordan Burton’s final time.

“It’s starting to hit you that the end of the season is coming near, and the real world is about to hit soon after football,” Burton said. “These are our last days being special in college football.”

Burton’s path was much different from Hays’. Burton signed with Stephen F. Austin. He wasn’t highly recruited out of Longview, Texas.

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Jordan Burton and other seniors will be honored Saturday.

After a couple of years as a Lumberjack, he went closer to home to Kilgore College for a year. Then OSU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer signed him.

“He was bought in, and he was a hit from the start,” Spencer said.

Burton said there is added motivation for Senior Day because of the steps it took to get to Stillwater.

“You kinda have a different grit,” Burton said.

“You’ve gone through a different struggle than everybody else.”

Linebacker Devante Averette, running back Chris Carson, safety Derrick Moncrief, fullback Keegan Metcalf, defensive tackle Motekiai Maile and scout team receiver Grant Newell went to junior college before they became Cowboys. The six and 15 other seniors will play their last game in Stillwater on Saturday.

“The ones that have come in our program, we’ve been pretty selective, and I think

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to Homecoming steering and the thousands of students who participated in Sweepstakes and Homecoming events!

we’ve done a really good job of evaluating them and their character and how they’ll fit into our program, whether they can make that adjustment,” Gundy said.

Even for the players who came from high school, like Hays, it’s been an unforgettable experience.

“It all becomes real really quick,” Hays said. “You immediately appreciate the opportunity to go out and play. You immediately think about the important people in your life, and you immediately start to think about how much you love playing football. When you think of all that stuff, it just adds a little extra inside you because you want it so bad.”

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OSU Dedicates Veterans Success Center; A Century of Leadership and Service Named Purple Heart University 100 YEARS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Oklahoma State University Veterans Success Center will be dedicated during a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. today. The center is located on the first floor of the North Classroom Building.

The Veterans Success Center is the only student success center on campus dedicated to more than 850 veterans and other military affiliated students on the OSU-Stillwater campus.

Coordinator of Veteran Student Academic Services at OSU, Rick Hansen, says these students are the most non-traditional of non-traditional students.

“Veterans and other students with a military affiliation have experienced things in life that 99 percent of the students on our campus have not experienced,” Hansen said. “The Veterans Success Center is a safe place for these students to ask for academic help and assistance in transitioning to college life.”

OSU’s ROTC was recently inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame, in recognition of its 100 years of service to Oklahoma and the nation.

As a land-grant institution, military training was a requirement for students after the college was founded in 1890. The first class of graduates in 1896 had studied military science and tactics all four years of their college life. The launch of the ROTC program in 1916 brought several changes, including activeduty military leaders to provide students with two years of advanced military training.

The center has seen a steady stream of students since it opened its doors at the beginning of the 2016 fall semester. The center is adjacent to the Student Success Center in the North Classroom Building.

OSU President Burns Hargis will sign a proclamation today naming OSU a Purple Heart University. The designation by the Military Order of the Purple Heart recognizes OSU for its outstanding service to military veterans, service members, dependents and survivors.

OSU is the only university in Oklahoma and the 25th in the nation with this designation.

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving with the U.S. military.

“After graduating from Oklahoma State in 1963, I went to flight school, became a Second Lt. and pilot instructor. I trained fighter, bomber and transportation pilots.

During the Vietnam War, pilot instructors were not allowed to go overseas unless they had completed a minimum of five years of instruction. They needed us in the states to train. My commander and a friend’s planes were shot down on missions overseas. Both were honorable men. Serving in the Air Force and eventually the Oklahoma Air National Guard were great experiences and I loved every minute of serving my country."

- David Gallman 1963 Graduate

David Gallman’s story was written by his granddaughter Meredith Zerby a current OSU student.

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Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.

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Underwood era begins friday in historic gia also, hard work, no days off.

He’s always said he wants A new era officially starts everyday guys, and he’s an everyday guy.” for Oklahoma State on The term “everyday guy” Friday night. has been used a lot since When the ball is tossed Underwood’s hiring. Shine up at the center of Eddie said it means players who Sutton Court for the Cowshow good effort and hustle boys’ game against Campevery day, even if their bell, the Brad Underwood shots aren’t falling. era will begin.

“When he says everyday “A little chill in the guys, he means that,” senior air, feels like basketball guard Phil Forte said. “He season,” Underwood said. doesn’t mean every other “I think it’s an important time of the year. I think our day or one off practice a players are excited. … I’m week or month, it’s every excited. You get to the point day. He sticks to that. He where you get a feeling that pushes us. He knows what he’s talking about. it’s just time to play, and I “He’s won wherever he’s think we’re at that point.

I’m looking forward to see- been at. I think we respect that as players; you realize ing where we’re at.” he knows what he’s talking Underwood, who was about.” hired as OSU’s coach Another thing UnderMarch 21, boasted an 89-14 record during his three sea- wood has seemingly spent every day on is getting fans sons at Stephen F. Austin, back into Gallagher-Iba where his Lumberjacks won the Southland Confer- Arena.

After dwindling fan supence Championship each port during the 2015-16 season. Underwood enters season, Underwood said the his tenure at OSU as the 19th coach in the program’s Cowboys’ success correlates with GIA returning to history. its past glory.

During the same three “We can’t do this without seasons, OSU went 51-47, them, and that’s plain and including a 12-20 record during the 2015-16 season. simple,” Underwood said.

“This is one of the storied Underwood’s 89 wins basketball programs in the are tied with former Butler country. It’s been labeled coach Brad Stevens for the as the rowdiest arena in most wins a coach had in his first three years. Stevens America, the loudest arena in America. Those are all now coaches the Boston things we should be really, Celtics. really proud of. I’m not get“(Underwood) loves to win,” junior forward Tavar- ting that back by myself.

“I believe in this place. ius Shine said. “Everything I believe in this building. I he does is to win. You can believe in the fans.” tell. You can read his résumé; he’s always won. And Underwood has put a lot

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“It feels way different,” Shine said. “It feels like a better environment. Everybody seems more happy. I like the style; we play more up-tempo. It’s more my style. We play defense and fast.”

Underwood said there is a lot of unknown with the team. He has called the group an “unfinished product” a few times this preseason, but one thing he said he is certain of is his team is going to exert a lot devin l. wilber/O’COLLY of effort each game.

“There’s a lot of unAbove: Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood has preached the importance of fans.

Below: A graph comparing OSU’s basketball ticket sales as of Nov. 10 the past four seasons. knowns from the basketball side of things, and those are of time into accumulating adjustments that sometimes more fan support. He has you have to make on the held open practices. The fly,” Underwood said. “… team went around to differI think I know that most ent fraternities and sororinights we’re gonna play ties during all-night pomp really hard. Some of the at homecoming. He even basketball stuff, we’ve gotta stopped by some classrooms earlier this week to try go through it first to figure to get the students on his out and see how we’re team’s side. gonna adjust.”

“To me, the students are Underwood said he the most important thing,” doesn’t know how he wants Underwood said. “We’re the Underwood era to be here because of the sturemembered, but he hopes dents. … When we win, it’s the words “toughness” and because of them, and it’s “togetherness” are associsomething that they need Graph by Sam Grubenhoff/O’Colly ated with it. to feel passionate about.

“It feels a little different,” season at SFA, the Lum“You’ll find with me I’m They need to come into this Leyton Hammonds said. “I berjacks led the nation really simple,” he said. arena for two hours every feel like we have a lot more in turnover margin and turnAn everyday guy simply night, or however long it excitement going around overs forced. The team also begins a new era. may be, and have fun and with the crowd and the fans. led the country in scoring create a memory that lasts a I’m excited.” margin, as the Lumberjacks Marshall Scott is a lifetime. If we can do that, Underwood’s play style outscored opponents by an sports media junior from then we’ve enhanced their has also brought some average of 16.9 points a Madill. He can be reached student experience. We’ve excitement. The scheme game. The team also ranked at marshgs@okstate.edu. created a great bond.” revolves around pressure second nationally in assists Underwood’s players defense and sharing the ball per game, with 18.7, and Follow marshall: have said they can feel the on offense. seventh in steals per game, @marshall_once excitement building, too.

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underwood expects Shine to make an Impact as starter State on Nov. 1, Underwood started Tavarius Shine over Jeffrey Carroll, who started When the ball is thrown 20 games last season. up to start the season, it Underwood said that doesn’t matter which Oklahoma State basketball player wasn’t a one-game decision is out there; they’re going to either. Although he said he thinks both players are contribute. interchangeable at the wing That’s what first-year coach Brad Underwood said position, Underwood likes he hopes as he heads into the for Shine’s defense to be on Cowboys’ first game against display while having a reliable scorer in Carroll come Campbell University at 7 p.m. Friday in Gallagher-Iba off the bench. Carroll, a redshirt junior from Rowlett, Arena.

Throughout the offseason, Texas, averaged a little more than eight points a game last Underwood worked to find season. the perfect group of guys “I’m excited about who have the skill set he desires. When his new-look Tavarius, and I think he Cowboys came out for their has a chance to be an elite exhibition against Pittsburg defender,” Underwood said.

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“He’s learning our system, and he’s learning how to play. He’s got great length, and he’s a high-IQ player.

Jeffrey plays so hard every possession. Their games are a little different, and I like that. I don’t like guys that are copycat players. I’m excited

about both those guys.”

Shine, a junior from Irving, Texas, started four games for the injury-depleted Cowboys last season, so he has been in this position before. With a 6-foot-11 wingspan, Shine said he’s confident in his defensive

ability and thinks he will make an impact on the floor.

He is also ecstatic about earning a spot in the starting five.

“It feels good because I’ve always known I could be a good defender,” Shine said.

“I don’t think everybody else knows I could be a good defender. … I’ve always known I could play defense.”

Senior forward Leyton Hammonds has seen players come and go in the lineup over the years, and he said Shine looks as if he’s ready for the burden. Hammonds said when the season tips off against Campbell, he expects to see great things out of Shine and the rest of

the team.

“Whoever coach puts out there, they’re going to play hard,” Hammonds said. “(For advice) I would just tell (Shine) that you can’t get too high, and you can’t get too low. You’re going to do some good things, and you’re going to do some bad things. You just have to work on your mistakes and try to do better next time.”

Jordan Bishop is a sports media senior from Elmore City. He can be reached at design.ed@ ocolly.com.

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Homestead 1 Apartments (1020 W. 4th) 2 Bed, 1 Bath, Large Bedrooms, Total Electric, 1 Block from Campus!

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (11/11/16). Envision an impossible dream this year. Create a fun game for the future. Plan your moves, and invite others to play. Navigate professional change over springtime, before new love appears. Adapt to new domestic circumstances next autumn, leading to a career blast-off. Nurture your roots.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Use your power and energy for good. Accept greater responsibility over the next few weeks, with Venus in Capricorn. Watch for career advances. Assume authority.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Thoughtful wandering leads to discovery. Travel flows with ease over the next three weeks, with Venus in Capricorn. It’s easier to venture forth.

Study what you love.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Take action behind the scenes. Move quickly to maintain your advantage. The next month is good for growing shared finances, with Venus in Capricorn.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Slow and steady wins the race. Finish a job despite challenges. Work together for best results over the next three weeks. Partnerships flow with greater ease, with Venus in Capricorn.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Explore and indulge your curiosity. Your work is getting more fun over the next three weeks, with Venus in Capricorn. Guard time to nurture your health.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Partnership recurs as a theme today. For the next month, with Venus in Capricorn, love’s easier to find. Artistic efforts work in your favor. Play together.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Your home is your love nest. Partnership unlocks doors. You’re more domestic this month, with Venus in Capricorn. Focus on family. Beautify your space.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Guard time for health and well-being. Your creative muses sing to you, with Venus in Capricorn for almost a month. Share your work. It reflects you well.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Play full out today. Apply your skills and talents. Practice your arts. This next month, with Venus in Capricorn can be exceptionally profitable, with steady action.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Pour love and attention into your home and family. Good things are coming your way this month, with Venus in your sign, including affection, beauty and money. Take advantage.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Peaceful research and investigation suit your mood. Private meditation and contemplation provides answers over the next month, with Venus in Capricorn. Guard secrets and nurture seeds.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on finances for growth today. Take advantage of profitable opportunities.

Benefits come through social networks over the next three weeks, with Venus in Capricorn.

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Cowgirls prepare for tournament BY gab e camp is sp o rt s r eporter

team’s strength of schedule, results against other tournament teams and bad losses determine its RPI. Carmichael attributes the Cowgirls’ postseason spot to victories against TCU and Texas Tech, and ties with Memphis and Kansas.

Colorado (14-5-1), who used to be OSU’s conference foe, finished third in the Pac-12.

“They’ve got some very good players,” Carmichael said. “They play some good soccer, so we’re excited. We kind of feel like we have a new lease of life with this game.

It was a long road to get there, but the Cowgirl soccer team is dancing.

After the brackets were announced Monday afternoon, Oklahoma State (9-8-3) is headed to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament for the first time since 2014.

OSU is set to take on Colorado at 1 p.m Saturday at Prentup Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Cowgirl junior goalie Michela Ongaro said the team went wild after the announcement.

“It was just pure elation; it was so much fun,” Ongaro Cowgirl Soccer said. “This is kind of What: at Colorado an affirmation of all that hard work, and I Where: Prentup Field, think it was something Boulder, Colorado we thought we all When: 1 p.m. Saturday deserved.”

Ongaro said the How to listen: 105.5 FM team wasn’t sure whether it would make it after its 1-0 loss to Baylor in the first “We’ll give Colorado all the round of the Big 12 tournarespect they deserve, but we’re ment. focused on us.”

“It was kind of out of our Carmichael said the mentalcontrol,” Ongaro said. “We left a little bit on the table with ity around the team is relaxed Baylor so we weren’t sure. We but also intense.

“Our three practices we’ve were all kind of walking on just had there since the anegg shells all weekend.” nouncement have been the The Cowgirls, who finished best three of the year,” he said. sixth in the Big 12, were one “There’s just a real buzz. Girls of six teams from the conferare competing.

Everybody ence to make the tournament. wants to play a part, so there’s OSU coach Colin Carmia little competition within the chael said the selection comsquad for minutes.” mittee rewarded the Cowgirls Carmichael said not making for how competitive they were all season. the tournament is one of the He said each team has a worst feelings in the world Rating Percentage Index, or because his fellow coaches RPI, such as in basketball. A and opposing players give the FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Cowgirls a hard time.

“To be in it is just really exciting, and hopefully we will play really well,” Carmichael said.

Courtney Dike, the Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year, Dike said competing in her final NCAA Tournament will be something to remember.

“It’s a little special because you don’t know what’s happening after the game,” Dike said. “You gotta go into it with the same attitude as every game. Obviously, there’s a lot more pressure, but you just have to go into it with a good mindset; you gotta be confident.”

Dike said the weekend leading up to the selection was nerve-wracking, and it was a relief once the announcement came.

“We were just trying to put the best scenario in our head,” Dike said. “When we watched the show, and we found out it was us, everyone went crazy. So it was great.”

Dike said the Buffaloes will present a difficult challenge, but she believes her team has a good chance.

“Any team you get in the NCAA Tournament, it’s gonna be hard,” she said. “You have to go in expecting a good game. I think if we can go in and execute our game plan with confidence, I think we can get a result.”

Gabe Campis is a sports media junior from Stillwater. She can be reached at gcampis@ okstate.edu.

Follow gabe: @campisi96

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

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31 Light weight 32 It may precede bad news 33 Beavers, e.g.

35 “Girls” channel 38 Fork 42 Icarus, to Daedalus 43 Bar employee: Abbr.

44 String quartet member 45 Prefix with arch 48 Bulldozer companion 49 Plate 53 Marx with a horn 54 Vienna’s land: Abbr.

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59 Hairy TV cousin 60 Bowl 64 Flowery welcome 65 It’s retold often 66 Greet on the street 67 Roadside shelter 68 “Oh, ew” 69 Fancy, and then some DOWN 1 New York stadium named for a sports great 2 __-searching 3 Tree fruit 4 Like some wells 5 One of a Chicago duo

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8 Four score, often?

9 Address bar address 10 “Lie Down in Darkness” author 11 Request before the music starts 12 Beijing-born action hero 13 Passport mark 18 Payable 23 “I didn’t mean that” key 25 Bordeaux butcher’s offering 26 Eccentric 27 Write effusively 28 Smokehouse order 29 Coiffure style 30 ’60s-’70s variety show host 33 Order before the music starts 34 Colony occupant 36 Agricultural bundle

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39 Big name in WWI espionage 40 Green sci.

41 Research 46 Org. for netmen 47 Like some paper towels 48 Underscore?

49 Some like it hot 50 Like Cheerios 51 “Frida” star Salma

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