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No. 19 UF drops pitcher’s duel to No. 8 Oklahoma State
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No.19-ranked Florida softball program welcomed No. 8 Oklahoma State to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for an impromptu Monday night matchup but fell, 3-0, in a pitchers’ duel.
The Gators (8-2) gave freshman right-handed pitcher Keagan Rothrock (3-2, 1 SV) the start in the circle and she went toe-to-toe with the Cowgirls (7-2) 2023 NFCA All-American Lexi Kilfoyl (4-2).
Rothrock, who was recently named SEC Freshman of the Week earlier this afternoon, turned in six innings of work and held the Cowgirls potent offense to just a pair of hits and a pair of walks on 89 pitches. It just so happens that OSU earned those two hits and one of those walks in the top of the third inning, which led to a 3-0 lead on Karli Godwin’s home run that floated over the left field fence with two outs.
Rothrock bounced back to retire the next 10 batters faced in consecutive order and finished her night with seven strikeouts. Ava Brown relieved Rothrock in the top of the seventh inning and she retired the three batters she faced on a pair of weak fly balls and a groundout to shortstop.
Offensively, Brown recorded an infield single in the second inning and Katie Kistler went 2-for-2 from the nine spot of the order with a single up the middle in the third and a single to shallow right field in the bottom of the fifth.
The Gators return to action Wednesday, Feb. 21, at UNF and will now play a doubleheader against the Ospreys with the first game starting at 4 p.m. and the second game beginning at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
Notables:
- Katie Kistler registered her second multi-hit game of the year going 2-for-2 tonight.
- Keagan Rothrock two-hit Oklahoma State’s offense that entered the game with a team .370 batting average.
- Rothrock struck out seven in the effort, which is her fourth consecutive appearance with seven or more strikeouts.
- Ava Brown recorded a scoreless inning in relief and is now on a 3.2 scoreless inning streak.
Oklahoma
This Day in Oklahoma History: F.D. Moon born in 1896
OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) – African American educator F.D. Moon was born 130 years ago on May 4, 1896, in what is now Lincoln County.
He began teaching in 1921 and in 1940 moved to Oklahoma City, where he became principal of Douglass High School.
Widely known as the “Dean” of African American education, Moon was elected to the Oklahoma City Board of Education in 1972, then became its first African American president in 1974.
He served during federally mandated desegregation in Oklahoma City Public Schools and died in 1975.
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Oklahoma AG urges agency to let states regulate sports prediction markets
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pressing federal regulators to make clear that states — not the federal government — have authority over sports-related prediction markets, arguing the platforms function like sportsbooks without state oversight.
Drummond and 40 other state attorneys general filed a formal comment Thursday with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, urging the agency to reaffirm that it does not have jurisdiction over sports-related contracts offered through prediction markets. The coalition said prediction markets have effectively become unregulated sportsbooks.
Prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, allow users to trade contracts tied to the outcome of future events. Drummond said sports-related contracts on those platforms amount to gambling and should be regulated by states.
“This is unequivocally gambling, which means it belongs under State authority,” Drummond said. “States have long had the right and responsibility to protect their own citizens from the dangers of gambling, and that should continue to hold true whether bets take place on a prediction market or inside a traditional casino.”
In their letter, the attorneys general said users can make the same types of wagers on prediction markets as they can at traditional sportsbooks. “Any distinction between sportsbook bets and prediction-market bets is illusory,” they wrote.
The coalition said prediction market users can wager on game winners, point spreads and player statistics, while bypassing consumer protections and tax requirements mandated by state gambling laws. The attorneys general argued the contracts are entertainment-based gambling rather than tools for financial risk management, placing them outside the CFTC’s jurisdiction.
The attorneys general also warned that sports gambling poses risks to public health and financial security.
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They said states are best positioned to protect residents from those harms and asked the CFTC to confirm through rulemaking that it lacks jurisdiction over sports-related contracts, leaving states with the power to regulate or prohibit sports gambling.
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At least 10 hospitalized after Oklahoma shooting | The Jerusalem Post
At least 10 people were hospitalized following a shooting at a party at Arcadia Lake in Edmond, Oklahoma, the Edmond Police Department confirmed late Sunday night in a post to its social media.
The department noted that it had responded to the scene alongside officers from Oklahoma City Police and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Ten victims were evacuated by ambulance to various hospitals in the Oklahoma metro area, police said, noting that the “total number of victims is expected to change as additional individuals transported themselves to area hospitals. There is no update on victim conditions at this time.”
Initial reports citing law enforcement scanners claimed that at least 15 people had been injured.
Edmond Police have set up a reunification center for families at a local Walmart, CBS Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV reported.
Police added there are no suspects in custody at this time, urging the public to reach out with any information.
According to KOCO-TV, KOCO-TV, an ABC-affiliate station in Oklahoma City, police said that there “was no known threat to the public” as of 11:15 p.m..
“We will release more information when it becomes available,” police said.
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