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Friday, May 28, 2021

‘We’re not done’ Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor Ole Miss’ Andrea Linnell lined up a par putt on the 17th hole at Grayhawk Golf Club. Linnell needed to sink the putt to tie the hole in her match with Oklahoma State’s Isabella Fierro. Linnell held a two-stroke lead standing over her putt meaning a make would end the match and earn Ole Miss its first women’s golf national championship— something OSU was also after. Linnell made the putt, and slammed the door on the Cowgirls comeback hopes. Coach Greg Robertson then met with his team behind the green, and had a simple message: “I love them, I’m proud of them and keep their heads up,” Robertson said. “They’ve accomplished a lot this year, and we’re

not done. We’ve got a young team. They’re going to be back. “Hopefully if we’re in the same position next year, we will learn from this and have a different result.” Ole Miss defeated the Cowgirls 4-1 in the national championship match. It was the first time the Cowgirls had lost more than one match in the NCAA Tournament. Stark lost her match 2 & 1, Fierro the same, Lianna Bailey lost 6 & 5, Rina Tatematsu lost 4 & 3 and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard won her match 4 & 3. The Cowgirls just couldn’t find the momentum they had in both their matches yesterday. Putts weren’t falling, and Ole Miss just kept capitalizing on the Cowgirls’ mistakes. A win would’ve added more history to the already historic season. It was the first time the Cowgirls had made match play in school history, the runner-up finish tied the best finish in school history and it was the first time the Cowgirls had made the national championship since the 2015-16 season. Robertson knows women’s teams at OSU are close to capturing the first women’s champion-

Cowgirl golf falls just short of the national title against Ole Miss.

ship for the school, and wishes they could’ve ended the drought Wednesday. “I know softball has a chance to make a run, and I hope they do it,” Robertson said. “I think we’re close in a lot of sports on the women’s side to doing something like this. I wish we would’ve gotten it done today, but there’s no reason we can’t get some banners up with women’s sports in Gallagher Iba here soon.” The Cowgirls season ended short of the ultimate goal— the

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first women’s championship in OSU history— but they won’t be hanging their heads. The Cowgirls exceeded expectations in Robertson’s second season, first full season. The Cowgirls lineup consisted of only one golfer older than a sophomore, and included two freshmen. “I’m proud of them, and proud of what they did this week,” Robertson said. “It’s been a fun season, and a fun ride.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

Unforgettable journey time.

Sheyenne Mitchell-Brown Lifestyle Editor One email gave 12 college guys the opportunity of a lifetime. Pokeapella was going to New York. In the fall 2019 semester, Pokepella was requested to sing the national anthem in the Barclays Center for the Oklahoma State v.s. Syracuse basketball game. All the guys knew this was a life-changing moment in their hands, but there was one problem: money. The trip did not cover any expenses and the group had to find ways to finance the trip. How they did so was through a concert, a GoFundMe page and a good community. Justin Hughs, the vice president of Pokeapella,

COVID has not broken the brotherhood of this group as they move forward and grow.

said this was the group’s first-ever concert. He said that they had mainly performed for small events and other miscellaneous occasions, but this would be the first time the spot-

light was only on them. They called it “A Journey Down the Strip.” All their efforts paid off. They were off to New York. Jack Moffatt was a

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freshman and new to the group when all this happened. He said it was almost by chance that he was able to join Pokeapella, and he must have been in the right place at the right

Being new to the group and younger than all the guys was a challenge for Moffatt at first, he said. However, being stuck on a bus, shoulder to shoulder, for 20 hours tends to make friendships easier to create. “It was kind of all a blur,” Moffatt said. “It was awesome. Just in the van, we were just singing songs and making jokes everywhere. I mean, it was awesome.” Moffatt said he initially picked the worst place to sit on the bus to give the more senior members a comfortable seat, but by the ride home they were all brothers and they could sit on each other’s laps if they wanted. Wesley Rice, another member of Pokeapella, and Hughes both said similar things about the ride up to Brooklyn and down to Stillwater: It was an unbelievable trip. However, the See Journey on pg. 3

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100 years after The stories of Greenwood 100 years after the massacre

OSU students produce documentary about Greenwood 100 years after the massacre ‘Greenwood Here and Now’ airs May 26, 2021 on The O’Colly Media Group App Jordan Bishop Communications Specialist NBA stars, national media and filmmakers from all walks of life will be descending on the Greenwood District in Tulsa over the next few weeks. They will be looking at the area — both its history and its future — as the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre comes to pass. Basketball stars Russell Westbrook and LeBron James will be among many coming to Oklahoma to reflect on the event that occurred May 31-June 1, 1921. With most of the country paying its respects in regard to the atrocities committed, a group of Oklahoma State University students looked at what Greenwood could be, instead of what it was. It started when Kelly Kerr, coordinator of student media, offered an independent study course last fall. The coursework for the course would be for students to build a multimedia project that included a series in the student newspaper The O’Colly along with corresponding podcasts and a full-length documentary film. The result was the Greenwood: Here and Now project by the O’Colly Media Group, whose 10part series has been running since March. The documentary is set to

premiere on the OMG app May 26. Kerr, an award-winning photojournalist, said the project is close to his heart as he lived most of his life in Tulsa, including a career with the Tulsa World. “We wanted to see what Greenwood looks like today and how it can look 10 years from now,” Kerr said. “It is a place that has a lot of growth but is also having some growing pains with people divided on what direction they want Greenwood to go.” It is painful to look back on these events, Kerr admitted, but it is crucial to learn from it. “Think of 9/11. Part of you wants to not forget it but still push forward. It basically was the 9/11 of the Midwest,” Kerr said. Seven students participated in the project: Destinee Adams, Claire Boomer, Joshua Cleary, Summer DeWeese, Lauren Egleston, Ryan Novozinsky and Sudeep Tumma. Many of the students were learning about the Tulsa Race Massacre for the first time. The event had been kept in the shadows for nearly a century before it started to be taught about in just the last couple of decades. “I was shocked because I had no idea this even existed. It reminded me of Tiananmen Square in China,” said Tumma, a sports media junior from South Brunswick, New Jersey. “You talk to anyone in Oklahoma, and no one seems to know about it. My dad was the only person that I talked to that had any

sort of idea about it. It was kind of crazy because this happened on our own soil, and no one ever learned about it.” Tumma participated in the newspaper series, which covers people living in the Greenwood District now and how they see their community’s future. From talking to a barbershop owner to a boxing gym proprietor, a local politician to a licensed counselor, the group covered all aspects. “I think people will really get a perspective from the people there,” Tumma said. “They will see some of the history of what people heard from their parents or how they have seen Greenwood transform. They will see a bunch of different perspectives. They will see people who have been there for a long time and how Greenwood has transformed or what really needs to be on Greenwood.” Ryan Novozinsky, a sports media junior who is the editor-inchief of the O’Colly, handled the audio aspect of the multimedia project. His podcasts with the interview subjects — complete with a narration from OSU Police Chief Leon Jones — delved into people’s thoughts on their community. “I see they have so much optimism for their community,” said Novozinsky, a native of Allentown, New Jersey. “They have gone through peaks and valleys — some of the most dramatic valleys I think in human history that any civilization and town can go through —

but they really came through it.” Lauren Egleston, a Stillwater native, said getting to talk to people whose ancestors survived the massacre really opened her eyes. “When you go to Greenwood, there are people there who wake up every day and are concerned by it and still affected by it,” said Egleston, a recent multimedia and Spanish graduate who was a videographer on the documentary. “I didn’t realize there were still issues from it and people who are still fighting for reparations from it. It is interesting because even in Tulsa, Greenwood is almost its own little world still trying to fight this and trying to make it more part of mainstream history and document it and all of these different things.” The documentary will premiere on May 26. It will also be streamed on the Tulsa World website on May 30 at tulsaworld.com. Claire Boomer, a strategic communications and marketing junior, was amazed by how much care the residents of Greenwood take to keep their district on the rise. “The community leaders really just want to make sure that the heart of Greenwood is taken into account so that whatever the future of Greenwood is, it’s something the community built,” said Boomer, a native of Kansas City, Kansas. “It is not something you see with an old historical district like that usually. See the full story on ocolly.com

Lifestyle Journey... Continued from pg. 1 most surreal part was not the car ride and jokes but the performance itself. Moffatt described being escorted by an official-looking, intimidating man to where they would need to enter the court. He said they walked through a tunnel and onto the court. It was just Pokeapella and a stage. All eyes were on them. Moffatt said he could barely see the audience he was performing for. He could see faces of players, couches and fans here and there, but he couldn’t see much. The court felt like it could swallow him whole. Millions of emotions were swirling around inside of him, but the most prominent was disbelief. “Am I really out here doing this?” Moffat said. After they had sung, Pokeaplla moved to the stands to watch the rest of the game. Rice recalled the feeling that they didn’t belong. They were maybe the only OSU fans in the stands that night, and the 12 men in their bright orange uniforms stood out like sore thumbs. “Oklahoma is a long way away, so there is not a lot of OSU fans there,” Rice said. “And so, these 12 guys all in their polos, and we’re all bunched up together, surrounded by a hostile crowd. Because we’re standing up and we’re cheering on OSU when we’re surrounded by Syracuse fans. And so we’re sitting there and we’re wondering, ‘Ah, man, are we going to get jumped when we try to walk out of here?’” For Hughes, Rice and Moffatt, this is an experience that they will never forget. However, it’s an experience that seems unreal nowadays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Large sports crowds, travel and singing in groups have been some of many things that the pandemic has taken away from human life since March 2020.

Pokeappela’s trip to NYC brought the group closer than ever

Nonetheless, these activities are seeing a return as vaccines roll out, and members of Pokeapella are ready for a sense of normalcy again. COVID took away their concerts and performances and their ability to be physically close, but it didn’t take away the spirit of the group. Life may have changed for a little while, but the music and friendship stayed the same. “I came in at this huge

peak, luckily, then we had this huge slow down with the pandemic,” Moffatt said. “It’s still just as fun as it used to be, just in different ways. As long as you have everybody there, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to New York or not. It’s all about the guys and the friendships you make, really.” Rice said he is hopeful that Pokeapella will be back to some kind of normal in a year or two. And even though he will not be

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there to see it, he wishes the next generation of Pokeapella the best. “I want to see them do more than I got to do,” Rice said. “Like the opportunity to go to New York-- I don’t want that to be a once-only thing for Pokeapplla. I want opportunities like that to keep coming for them and for them to keep getting bigger.” entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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‘There is going to be no secrets’ Cowgirls prepare for Super Regional against Longhorns

Dean Ruhl Sports Editor Friday will mark the fifth time Oklahoma State and Texas have played one another this season. The Cowgirls have won all four games so far, sweeping the Longhorns in the regular season series, and then winning on an improbable walk-off dropped strike in the Big 12 Tournament. Now, after both winning their respective regionals, the teams see each other once again, this time with a trip to the Women’s College World Series on the line. “We’ve done all we can to win four games,” third baseman Sydney Pennington said. “I don’t think we need to be surprised by anything they do, and they probably won’t be surprised by anything we do as well.” OSU cakewalked through its regional, defeating Campbell and Mississippi State twice, with two games ending in run-rule fashion to advance to the Super Regional. Texas’ path had more drama. The Longhorns shutout Saint Francis (PA) and Texas State in their first two games, but a rain delay on May

23 pushed the game against Oregon back late into the night. Oregon won, forcing a winnertake-all game. After an hour break, the teams started the second game

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just before midnight, with Texas winning 1-0. “It is hard to beat a team six times, I don’t know if I’ve ever played a team six times in one season,” Pennington said. “If we just stay with us and focus on us and not them, I think we’ll be good to go.” As a team, the Cowgirls bat .462 in their regional, and five players hit over .500. The offensive dominance was highlighted by third baseman Sydney Pennington setting a new

school record for home runs, hitting her 36th career home run Sunday. “Obviously, we both know each other well,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “I don’t think there is any little tricks that we can pull out at this time that are going to fool anyone. It is just kind of here is what we’ve got, here is what you’ve got, may the best team win.” OSU pitchers Carrie Eberle and Kelly Maxwell are expected to start the first two games, with Texas expected to throw Shealyn O’Leary

and Molly Jacobsen. “O’Leary and Eberle are going to come out throwing (hard) from the first pitch,” Gajewski

said. “They’re going to be feel good again.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

SUPER REGIONAL HISTORY 2019 – OSU defeated Florida State in three games 2011 – OSU defeated Houston in three games

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Perfect timing Campbell delivers again Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter The timing couldn’t be better for Oklahoma State pitcher Justin Campbell. Campbell threw down the gauntlet after being trusted with the Cowboy’s first start of the Big 12 tournament. He threw 101 pitches over six scoreless innings and was the guiding force behind a 9-5 victory against Oklahoma on Wednesday. “He really knows how to make pitches when he needs to get certain hitters in certain situations,” coach Josh Holliday said. “I thought he, once again, did a great job. He was fantastic.” The great pitching performance was consistent with Campbell’s last two starts, where he threw a no-hitter against Kansas and an 8-inning gem against Baylor where he surrendered only one hit. “He’s been good. He had the no hitter; he’s had several six and seven inning outings. There’s no doubt about it, he’s been good,” Holliday said. The Cowboy bats gradually

Cowboys pitcher Justin Campbell leads the way for a 9-5 Bedlam victory in the Big 12 Tournament.

added run support throughout the game, scoring one run in the first inning, adding another in the fourth and breaking through for a 4-run inning in the fifth. OSU had 9 hits including home runs by centerfielder Caeden Trenkle and shortstop Matt Golda. But the Cowboys also stressed the Sooner pitching staff by being patient. OSU drew nine walks and had two batters hit by

pitches. The ninth inning got weird. The calendar flipped from Wednesday to Thursday and the crowd thinned out as the Cowboys walked five batters in the frame. Pitcher Coleton Bowman recorded the first two outs of the inning before bowing out for Roman Phansalker, who was unable to record an out. Kale Davis finally struck out OU catcher Jimmy

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Crooks to end the game one batter before the Sooners brought the tying run to the plate. Because of an upset in the first round of the tournament, the Cowboys will play the 8 seeded West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday at 7:30. The Cowboys took two of three games from WVU in Stillwater this season. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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OSU Athletics Maja Stark has decisions to make after the Cowgirls season ended as national runner-up in women’s golf.

Weighing options Stark could turn pro after 2021 season, no decision has been reached

Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor The timing couldn’t be better for Oklahoma State pitcher Justin Campbell. Campbell threw down the gauntlet after being trusted with the Cowboy’s first start of the Big 12 tournament. He threw 101 pitches over six scoreless in-

nings and was the guiding force behind a 9-5 victory against Oklahoma on Wednesday. “He really knows how to make pitches when he needs to get certain hitters in certain situations,” coach Josh Holliday said. “I thought he, once again, did a great job. He was fantastic.” The great pitching performance was consistent with Campbell’s last two starts, where he threw a no-hitter against Kansas and an 8-inning gem against Baylor where he surrendered only one hit. “He’s been good. He had the no hitter; he’s had several six and seven inning outings.

There’s no doubt about it, he’s been good,” Holliday said. The Cowboy bats gradually added run support throughout the game, scoring one run in the first inning, adding another in the fourth and breaking through for a 4-run inning in the fifth. OSU had 9 hits including home runs by centerfielder Caeden Trenkle and shortstop Matt Golda. But the Cowboys also stressed the Sooner pitching staff by being patient. OSU drew nine walks and had two batters hit by pitches. The ninth inning got weird. The calendar flipped from Wednesday to Thursday and the crowd thinned out as the

Cowboys walked five batters in the frame. Pitcher Coleton Bowman recorded the first two outs of the inning before bowing out for Roman Phansalker, who was unable to record an out. Kale Davis finally struck out OU catcher Jimmy Crooks to end the game one batter before the Sooners brought the tying run to the plate. Because of an upset in the first round of the tournament, the Cowboys will play the 8 seeded West Virginia Mountaineers Thursday at 7:30. The Cowboys took two of three games from WVU in Stillwater this season. sports.ed@ocolly.com

ETERNAL JUDGEMENT & FORGIVENESS! Eternal Judgment is one of the foundational teachings of the Christian faith. (Heb.6:2) The Bible tells us that man is appointed (destined) to die one time and after that to facejudgment . (Heb.9:27) This is not a popular subject. It is very sobering! God has declared it will happen one day, so we can be sure it will. There are various judgments that take place in our systems that bring punishment (jail time or penalties) for various crimes. After the time or penalty is fulfilled, then the individual is released. He can continue living a normal life. However, the judgment of God, that will surely come, is different in that there is no end to the judgment. It continues for all eternity. This should move all to an honest and humble evaluation of where they stand with God.

The Apostle Paul writes, at the second coming of Christ: “He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power…” (2 Thess.1:8-9 NIV) Ps.32:3-5 makes clear the struggle one has with his guilt. Here is a man who will not be honest and humble himself before God. He is refusing to acknowledge his sin and need of forgiveness. Stubborn! Finally. he says: “I confessed my sins to God and stopped trying to hide my guilt... And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone!”

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