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For the second straight week, Ben Grogan kicked a field goal in the final minute to win the game for the Cowboys.

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Grogan nails second straight game-winner as Cowboys win 36-34 to improve to 5-0 N at h a n Ruiz Spo rt s E di to r @ N at h a n S R u i z

He did it again.

Ben Grogan kicked a 37-yard field goal through the west uprights at Boone Pickens Stadium with 32 seconds left to give the Oklahoma State Cowboys a 36-34 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.

The game-winning kick followed Grogan’s a week ago in the Cowboys’ 30-27 win against Texas. In OSU’s last three Big 12 games, the junior has made a game-winner.

“I think having last week under my belt was a huge help,” Grogan said. “I kinda had the same mindset as last week. … Everyone on the field-goal unit did their job, which made it a whole lot easier.

“It’s a blast, especially being at home and being able to do what my team needs me to do.”

Grogan improved to 9-for-11 on field-goal attempts this season and has made eight straight.

He said the back-to-back gamewinners have put his confidence at an all-time high, and his teammates feel the same way about him.

“I call him ‘Clutch City,’” defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah said.

“He stepped up when we needed him, and I’m just grateful we have him on our team.”

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Devin Wilber/O’COLLY Oklahoma State kicker Ben Grogan, left, prepares to kick the eventual game-winning field goal in OSU’s 3639 victory against Kansas State. It was the second consecutive game Grogan has made a game-winner.

against Oklahoma and last week in Austin. But Saturday’s was the first in Boone Pickens Stadium.

When the ball twirled between the uprights, the orange-clad crowd erupted.

“That was an awesome moment,” Grogan said. “I’ve never hit a game-winner in Boone Pickens, so being able to celebrate with the team and in front of our home crowd, it was a great experience.”

OSU coach Mike Gundy credited the Cowboy faithful for the win.

“Our crowd was tremendous, and so were the Paddle People,” Gundy said. “From the start and all the way through, I thought our

fans did a great job. Sometimes, (Kansas State) didn’t do as well offensively with maintaining the play clock, and our fans definitely put them in a little funk. The crowd was tremendous.”

The kick concluded a comeback for the No. 19 Cowboys (5-0, 2-0 Big 12), who trailed by 15 late in the second quarter.

With three minutes left and OSU behind 34-33, quarterback Mason Rudolph marched the Cowboys into field-goal territory.

The drive didn’t start well, with Rudolph throwing two incompletions after a 2-yard completion to running back Jeff Carr, who made his first-career start because of OCOLLY.COM

injuries to Chris Carson and Rennie Childs.

But facing fourth-and-8, Rudolph found Marcell Ateman for a 19-yard gain. He added another pass to Ateman, this one for 13 yards, mixed in with three Raymond Taylor runs for 14 yards, setting up Grogan’s go-ahead field goal.

Rudolph finished 34-for-55 for 347 yards with three touchdowns, setting career-highs in completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns for the sophomore making his eighth start.

“His poise has been good in day one,” Gundy said. “… He’s a work in progress, and he’s young, but I

think he’s getting some good experience now. As he moves forward, hopefully, he’ll continue to get better. He’s showing some toughness, some grit, and the willingness to fight and win.”

The first five drives of the game resulted in touchdowns, with the Wildcats holding a 21-13 lead.

Grogan had an extra point blocked after the Cowboys’ second touchdown.

Both teams added a touchdown before half, with Kansas State leading 28-20 heading into the break.

After a series of punts to start the third quarter, Raymond Taylor, a former Kansas State student, scored his second rushing touchdown of the season to narrow the deficit to 28-26. The Cowboys failed to make the subsequent twopoint conversion.

OSU took its first lead at the 6:06 mark in the fourth quarter, when Rudolph connected with Brandon Sheperd for a 3-yard touchdown to complete a five-play, 80-yard drive, giving the Cowboys a 33-28 lead.

The Wildcats (3-1, 0-1) responded when Joe Hubener rushed into the end zone with fourth-and-3 from OSU’s 5-yard line with 3:01 left..

After Grogan’s field goal, the Wildcats had a shot at another comeback, but a Michael Hunter interception sealed the victory for the Cowboys.

With the win, OSU improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2011. It also ended Kansas State’s 49-game win streak when leading at half.

“Great win for us,” Gundy said.

“I was really proud of the way we rallied, came back and finished things off at the end there.”

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Cowgirls draw second game in a row Marshall Scott S po rt s R e p o rt e r @Marshall_Once

A goalkeepers’ duel took place at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon.

Texas’ Abby Smith and Oklahoma State’s Michela Ongaro had a combined 10 saves in the two teams’ 0-0 draw. “(Seeing Smith make big saves) for sure motivates me to keep it out of the net,” Ongaro said. “She is a great goalie. I try and make the saves she makes. All of us goalies are in the same boat. She came up big. She kept them in the game, and she’s the reason that this was a tie.”

Ongaro kept OSU (5-6-2, 0-2-2 Big 12) in the game late in the first half with multiple saves, including an acrobatic stop as she dived to her left with 24 minutes left in the opening half. She ended the game with four stops and a clean sheet.

In the second half, the Cowgirls started to find more chances by

Devin Wilber/O’COLLY Oklahoma State goalkeeper Michela Ongaro dives to her right on one of her four saves against Texas.

Ongaro posted a clean sheet as the Cowgirls drew 0-0 against the Longhorns.

going up the right wing to Haley Woodard. Courtney Dike sent a cross in from the right that glanced off of Marlo Zoller’s head that narrowly went over the crossbar with seven minutes left in regulation. A minute later, Dike had the ball on the right again where she got by the defender with a step-over move before putting another ball over the crossbar. With two minutes left in regulation, Woodard scooped a shot over a sprawling Smith that

was stopped by the post to Smith’s right.

“In the second half, I thought we were wonderful,” OSU coach Colin Carmichael said. “Some of our soccer and attacking play was tremendous.”

Smith is a member of the United State U-23 Women’s national team, and her star shined bright in overtime.

Early in overtime, Allie Stevenson had a chance in the box,

smashing the ball. Smith was up to the task as she slid across the ground and deflected the shot away. The game looked to finally be over with four minutes left in the first overtime session. Madison Mercado got on the end of a through ball, but Smith came up with another magnificent sprawling save to keep the Longhorns (4-3-4, 1-1-1) alive.

“You have got to give kudos to Abby Smith, best keeper in the

country at her age group,” Carmichael said. “She showed it today with four or five brilliant saves, and in fairness, we missed four or five chances, as well, so we have to take some responsibility. On another day, we score three or four and win that game quite handily.”

This marks the Pokes’ second straight draw after an overtime session, and all that soccer will be rough on the fitness of the Cowgirls, who host Drake in a nonconference game on Wednesday.

“They have a great goalie; we played great all game,” Ongaro said. “We battered them. We just couldn’t put a ball in the back of the net. This one feels more like a loss than a tie. We were the better team, and we should’ve gotten three points out of that.”

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OSU employee completes 14er Challenge “But as we got along, I thought ‘You know what? I might be able to do this.’”

Bale was born in Fort Hood, Texas. He went to Stillwater High School before attending OSU to study business administration.

After college, Bale worked in the oil field for five years until he returned to Stillwater to work for the university.

He’s been in Stillwater since.

In Colorado, there are 54 accredited mountains referred to as “14ers.” In addition, there are four unofficial 14ers. The mountains range from 14,003 feet to 14,433 feet tall.

Bale took several trips to Colorado throughout his adult life, but he didn’t climb his first mountain until 1995. His first climb was one of the most memorable because he was not prepared for it, he said. He wore cotton gloves, and when a snowstorm reached the mountain, his gloves stuck to the wooden stick he was carrying.

That was a mistake he never made again.

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At 62, Mike Bale accomplished something not many have.

In 1995, Bale set out to climb all 58 mountains in Colorado that are at least 14,000 feet tall.

Twenty years later on Labor Day weekend, Bale climbed his last one.

Bale is the director of risk management for the Risk and Property Management department at Oklahoma State, and he has worked for the university for 38 years. Bale started rock climbing as an extension class, but after the class ended, he and a group of friends began climbing together in their free time.

“Our intentions were not to climb all 58,” Bale said.

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Running into a snowstorm on his first hike was an accurate symbol of what the next 20 years would hold for Bale. Bale learned a lot about life while climbing the 58 mountains.

“Backpacking and mountain climbing are miniature versions of life,” Bale said.

“Sometimes you stray off the trail and you get in trouble, and it’s amazing how close to life one single backpacking trip can be.”

Fifty-eight mountains provided Bale with 58 unique stories. “(The mountains) all have similarities,” Bale said.

“And, they all have differences, too.”

Most of the 14ers could be completed in one day, and the longest hike Bale made lasted four days, he said. The four-day hike included three 14ers in the Chicago Basin, which is located in southwest Colorado.

In 20 years, Bale turned around before reaching the peak only twice, both for weather-related issues, but he made sure to return later and finish the hikes.

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One thing stayed true through it all.

“They all have a special feeling once you get up there and see them,” Bale said.

Bale is married with three children and said they were supportive of him as he climbed the 14ers.

“They’re pretty supportive of it,” Bale said. “I’ve got a wife that supports me and she says ‘You can go off on a long weekend and hike’ and otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to do that.”

Belinda Bale, Mike’s wife, said she is proud he stuck with his goal climb the 14ers.

“I’m also happy that his health has allowed him to finish,” Belinda said.

Not only are his family members supportive, but they also climb with him.

Bale’s middle son, Jesse, was with him when Bale completed the accredited 54 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015

14ers and again when Bale completed his last 14er.

His family might be supportive, but there’s one person who still gets nervous.

“My mom does not particularly care for it at all,” Bale said. “And it got to the point where I would tell her when I got back.”

Belinda said once Bale sets his sights on something, he’s good at following through.

“He loves being active and being outside and being in Colorado, so I was happy for him when he found out about the 14ers and wanted to hike some of them,” she said.

Bale has climbed all of the 14ers in Colorado, but he plans to continue to climb until he can’t anymore.

Bale encourages those who haven’t been hiking to try it.

“Mountain climbing has served me more than just

physical fitness,” Bale said.

“It has helped my self-confidence. “ Bale said that anyone planning to climb for the first time needs to take weather and altitude into consideration.

“Sometimes the best-fit people are the ones that have the most trouble with altitude because they’re used to pushing their bodies beyond where they say they want to go,” Bale said.

“Those people often times will push it too far and they’ll get problems with altitude.”

There is one thing that Bale considers more important than anything else.

“Even though you get comfortable around these (mountains) you never want to lose your respect for them,” Bale said. “You’ve got to respect those mountains all the time.” news@ocolly.com

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