John Fogerty used a reference to the new grass on the field in springtime describing the traditional national pastime and, since the Tulsa Roughnecks FC coincidentally plays their home games at ONEOK Field, the same could be said of soccer.
But in that case we’re talking about the INTERNATIONAL pastime now growing in Tulsa from the leadership and success of the Tulsa Roughnecks.
Mark Zona
Carhartt, America’s premium workwear brand since 1889, yesterday announced it has joined forces with Mark Zona, one of the most recognizable faces in outdoors television , as its latest outdoor partner.
With this partnership, Carhartt will sponsor Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show on the Outdoor Channel and MarkZona.com.
DanDeSalvo celebrates the game winner Tuesday night against the Allen Americans. Photo by Kevin Pyle
TULSA, OK—After a two-and-a-half week road trip the Tulsa Oilers (19-14-4) returned home on Tuesday to the familiar and friendly confines of the BOK Center to take on the Allen Americans (24-15-3).
Speaking of familiar, the teams will become very familiar indeed because in addition to Tuesday night’s contest the two teams will play each other three more times in the next week.
Yesterday, the Tulsa Drillers announced the coaches who have been assigned to work alongside first-year manager Ryan Garko for the 2016 season.
Joining Garko in the dugout will be two newcomers in pitching coach Bill Simas and hitting coach Terrmel Sledge. They will replace Matt Herges and Shawn Wooten respectively, both of whom were promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers staff to fill the same roles they served in with the Drillers this past season. Returning to the Drillers from the 2015 on-field staff will be coach Leo Garcia.
Photo: Kevin Pyle
The Tulsa Oilers shared a home-and-home series with their oldest rivals on Friday and Saturday nights as they approach the middle of the 2015-16 ECHL campaign. The Oilers occupy the third place position in the ECHL Central Division while the Thunder have been struggling all season and are bringing up the rear in fourth.
Tulsa traveled to south central Kansas on Friday night to take on the Thunder with the suspension depleted roster courtesy of the brawl in Rapid City on January 2.