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Roland Named Interim Football Coach

Two Ponca City High football coaches have been relieved of coaching duties and placed on administrative leave, pending board approval. Justin Roland will serve as the interim head football coach for the remainder of the season. Roland has been a football coach in the district for over a decade and has been...

New Po-Hi Varsity Tennis Coach Named

Pending approval from the Ponca City Board of Education, Lynne Collenback has been named the head boys and girls varsity tennis coach for Ponca City High School. Collenback has been employed with PCPS as a teacher/coach/PLC lead since August of 2020. She was named the Teacher of the Month for January 2022...

Cowley College Tennis Coach Names Coach of the Year

Cowley College tennis coach Manuel Raga has been named the 2023 Wilson Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men’s Coach of the Year. Under the direction of Coach Raga, the men's tennis team at Cowley College has been taken to new heights. This past year, Cowley won the NJCAA Divison I National Championship with...

Estrada Named Lady Cat Basketball Coach

Mica Estrada has been named the new head coach for the Lady Cat basketball program, pending approval from the Ponca City Board of Education. She has served as the varsity assistant basketball coach for Ponca City Public Schools since August 2017. Mica attended Oklahoma Christian University from 2010-2014, graduating with a...

Birnbaum New Po-Hi Boys Basketball Coach

Pending approval by the Ponca City Board of Education, Jacob Birnbaum has been named the new boys head basketball coach for Ponca City High School. Jacob is a 2016 graduate of Ponca City High School and a 2020 graduate of Newman University with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He graduated with a GPA...

Lady Cat Soccer Coach Named

Ponca City Public Schools has named Madeline Wood as the head coach for Lady Cat Soccer program, pending board approval. Coach Wood will assume this role that was held by Kelli Kinkaid. Previously, Coach Wood spent time as the head coach at Azle High School and as an assistant coach at Northwest High School...

Late Cowley College Coach Honored Saturday With Complex Dedication

By RAMA PEROO, Cowley College Director of Institutional Communication and Public Relations/SIDAfter 18 years as the head track and field coach at Cowley College and numerous conference and region titles, the Cowley College Track and Field Complex was renamed the Mark A Phillips Track and Field Complex during a dedication held Saturday at the...

New Softball Coach Named, Pending Board Approval

Jeneva Nelson has been hired as the new head softball coach, pending board approval.Jeneva Nelson is graduate from Frontier High School and Oklahoma State University. Straight out of school she played Division 1 softball at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. She transferred to Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma and earned the “player of...

New Softball Coach Named, Pending Board Approval

Jeneva Nelson has been hired as the new head softball coach, pending board approval.Jeneva Nelson is graduate from Frontier High School and Oklahoma State University. Straight out of school she played Division 1 softball at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. She transferred to Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma and earned the “player of...

First Ever Girls Wrestling Coach Named

Ponca City Public Schools has named Karissa Avallone as its first ever girls head wrestling coach, pending board approval. Coach “K” Karissa Avallone started her wrestling career at the age of four at Ponca City and later in Newkirk.During Coach K’s prep career, Coach won two national championships and received five All-American certificates held...