Photo Gallery: Oklahoma's Super Regional Victory Over Clemson

View a photo gallery from AllSooners and the USA Today Network of Oklahoma's softball Super Regional victory over Clemson on Friday and Saturday, May 26-27, at Marita Hynes Field in Norman.

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Jordy Bahl

Rylie Boone

Jordy Bahl

Jayda Coleman and Rylie Boone

Alyssa Brito

Rylie Boone and Jayda Coleman

Jayda Coleman

Kinzie Hansen

Patty Gasso

Kinzie Hansen

Grace Lyons

Tiare Jennings

Grace Lyons

Kinzie Hansen and Jordy Bahl

Kinzie Hansen

Grace Lyons

Cydney Sanders and Jordy Bahl

Rylie Boone and Grace Lyons

Alynah Torres

Cydney Sanders

Haley Lee

Patty Gasso

Kinzie Hansen

Cydney Sanders

Alyssa Brito

Quincee Lilio, Nicole May and Haley Lee

Alyssa Brito

Kinzie Hansen's HR

Jordy Bahl

Kinzie Hansen

Jayda Coleman and Alyssa Brito

Marita Hynes

The Sooners wait for Kinzie Hansen

Kinzie Hansen, teammates celebrate

Kinzie Hansen and Patty Gasso

Nicole May

Tiare Jennings

On to OKC

Published May 28, 2023

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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