Misc. News -- May 8, 2007 -- Collinsville, OK -- www.cvilleok.com

Collinsville's Hillary Brown Named
Softball All-Conference At USAO

SHAWNEE -- Led by first-team pick Morgan Thompson, five Drover softball players were selected All-Sooner Conference Monday by the conference coaches.

Thompson, a senior from Anadarko, becomes the 12th first-team selection for the University of Science and Arts after posting 65 RBIs and five home runs playing shortstop and third base for the past two seasons. Leslie Beaty, Jennifer Bridgforth, Hillary Brown and Marina Poddubskaya earned second-team honors after USAO posted its fifth straight winning season.

Beaty, a sophomore from Washington, led the team with a .316 batting average in her first season with the Drovers. Beaty finished with seven doubles, three triples and three home runs while driving in 23 runs.

Bridgforth, a junior from Yukon, had her best season finishing with a career-high .301 batting average with 12 sacrifice hits and a .324 on-base percentage. The speedy outfielder has played on USAO's two previous national tournament teams.

Brown, a freshman from Collinsville, was third on the team with a .282 batting average, but she led the team with five homers, 12 doubles and 37 RBIs. Brown started all 46 games for the Drovers and posted a .953 fielding percentage playing second base. Brown posted two home runs in the same inning this season against East Central.

Poddubskaya, a junior from Russia, led the team with a 17-6 record in her first season on the mound. She posted a 2.86 ERA and struck out 157 batters in 32 appearances. Poddubskaya set a career-high 12 strikeouts against Manchester College and threw a three-hitter in win over then-No. 2 and defending national champion University of Mobile early in the season.
She finished the season with a 3-2 win over Oklahoma Christian just hours after getting married at the USAO chapel.

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SPORTS RELEASE May 7, 2007
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA -- CHICKASHA -- CONTACT ZAC UNDERWOOD, USAO Sports Information, zunderwood@usao.edu

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The Owasso Hurricanes (with several Collinsville members) won the Sapulpa 10 & Under Tournament Championship May 4-6th. L-R Coaches: Jeff Moore, Greg Erickson, and Lonnie Hayden. Middle Row: Jack Youngblood, Dylan Bayouth, Bailey Stamper, Carder Key, and Justin Moore. Front Row: Colin Pomeroy, Brady Smith, Jake Enzbrenner, Brett Erickson and Tripp Hayden.
(Photo & names submitted by Stacy Bayouth 5/8/2007)

CHS 1987 Reunion Oct 5-6

The Collinsville, OK High School Class of 1987 20-Year Reunion will take place on October 5 and 6, 2007. There will be two sponsored events: a tailgate party on Friday night (10/5) and a dinner/dance at the Petroleum Club on Saturday night (10/6).

The tailgate party will begin at 5:00 p.m. and is open to families. The location of the party will be at the Miracles of Faith Church parking lot, located directly north of Sallee Field. In case of rain the even will be held in the Miracles of Faith gym.

Informal gatherings after the football game are encouraged. If you would like to post a notice of such a gathering, feel free to do so on the Message Boards.

The Saturday dinner/dance will be adults only. It will be held at the Petroleum Club Building located at 601 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Oklahoma. We will begin with registration/cocktails at 6:00 p.m. Dinner will begin at 7:00 p.m. We will thereafter have dance music until 11:00 p.m. Tickets to the dinner/dance will be $50.00 each.

Informal gatherings after the dinner/dance are encouraged. If you would like to post a notice about such a gathering, please feel free to do so on the Message Boards.

We are having a great response to the website (http://collinsvilleok1987.myevent.com/ ) and we are encouraging not only the class of 1987, but also friends of the class of 1987 to stop by and sign the guestbook, post photos, or post on the message boards.

-- Robert Hart (May 8, 2007)

CHS 1987 Reunion Web Site

Library Volunteers To Be Honored

Four of the Collinsville Library Volunteers will be honored for their hours of service to our Library:
250+ Hours of Service
Mary Lee James
Verlinda Norris
500+ Hours of Service
Donna Alcorn
1000+ Hours of Service
Diane Schultz

The Collinsville Library has between 14 and 22 volunteers a month who volunteer an average total of 134 hours a month. We are able to spend so much more quality time with our customers because of our volunteer force. The beauty of volunteering is you can take a break whenever you want to and you are a cherished commodity. We also have 20-25 event volunteers who help out during our big events. All we have to do is let them know we need help and they are here.

All volunteers will be honored by Tulsa City-County Library, Friends of the Tulsa City-County Library, and the Tulsa Library Trust for their valued contributions to our libraries.

Our Volunteer staff are one of the main reasons for our community success.

-- Susan Babbitt (5/8/2007)