Weather Forces Changes to Oklahoma's Weekend Softball Plans

The Sooners were scheduled to play three games over two days, but a reduction in this weekend's Miami Invitational has caused significant alterations.

John E. Hoover | Apr 14, 2023

Inclement weather has forced major schedule changes to this weekend's Miami Invitational in Oxford, OH.

No. 1-ranked Oklahoma traveled to Ohio Friday expecting to play two games Saturday and one Sunday.

But the Sooners learned shortly after stepping off their charter flight that impending weather has forced a reduction to this weekend's schedule.

Instead of two days, the event will be staged on Saturday only.

And the Sooners, instead of three games, will play just twice: 3 p.m. CT against Louisville, and 6 p.m. CT against the host RedHawks.

Miami and Oakland open the event with a 12 p.m. CT game on Saturday.

All games are scheduled to be broadcast on YouTube.

Published Apr 14, 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.