B 2 n n Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Looking Ahead Radio: KRMG am740, fm102.3 Tickets: 918-631-4688 Long-range hike starts with prep Tulsa Web: tulsahurricane.com S A COLD front pound- go with a 60- or 70-pound pack apiece,” he said. M BASKETBALL M BASKETBALL W BASKETBALL ed Oklahoma Sunday Kelly and your body just wears out.” Other “community” gear SAT 2-1 THU 2-6 WED 1-29 night with 40 to 50 mph With clothing, food, cooking includes cooking utensils and a Vs. North Texas: At Louisianna Tech: At North Texas: A Bostian 3:05 p.m. 8 p.m., CBSSN-249 7 p.m. gusts that pushed the tempera- and cleaning supplies, sleep- Jetboil stove that collapses into ture from an almost balmy 55 Outdoors ing bag, tent, tablet, phone and a small package with a com- Radio: KMOD fm97.5, KTBZ am1430 kelly.bostian Tickets: 800-456-4668 Web: soonersports.com degrees down to a biting 16 packs, the pair plans to have pressed fuel container. “It boils OU by morning, Kevin Steele of Eu- @tulsaworld.com only 30 to 32 pounds on their water in 2 to 2 ½ minutes,” he 918-581-8357 M BASKETBALL M BASKETBALL W BASKETBALL faula was in just the right place. backs at any one time. said. SAT 2-1 WED 2-5 WED 1-29 “I was in the tent in the traumatic stress disorder work. “Four years ago if you would Freeze-dried and instant At Iowa State: At West Virginia: At Kansas State: backyard, I thought I was going “If people pledge a penny have told me I’d be buying a foods will be a staple. They’ve 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. to get blown away like Dorothy a mile that’s $22,” he said. “If scale that measured things to sampled all they can find. “Any- Radio: KFAQ am1170 Tickets: 877-255-4678 in the Wizard Oz there a few we get 5,000 people to do that the tenth of an ounce I would thing new we found we tried. OSU Web: okstate.com times, Auntie Em!” he said. we’ll hit our goal of $100,000.” have said you were crazy,” Some we liked and some as “But I stayed nice and warm in The hike has been in the Steele said. “But that’s what it soon as we opened the package M BASKETBALL M BASKETBALL W BASKETBALL that new sleeping bag.” works for four years, since takes. To go 2,200 miles you we thought, ‘Oh dear God I’m SAT 2-1 MON 2-3 WED 1-29 The best camping gear has Hunter did a book report for have to have the lightest of not eating that!’” he said. Vs. Baylor: Vs. Iowa State: At TCU: 1 p.m., ESPN-25 8 p.m., ESPN-25 7 p.m. become a subject of keen school based on a book written anything you can afford.” A trial guidebook shows they interest for Steele and his son, by a man who hiked the trail to Having years to plan helped will be able to re-supply at Radio: KYAL fm97.1, am1550 Tickets: 918-495-6000 Hunter, 19, as they prepare raise money for a special-needs them test gear on weekend trail towns about every 40 to ORU Web: orugoldeneagles.com to leave on a 2,200-mile hike school. packing trips and save money to 70 miles along the trail, which M BASKETBALL M BASKETBALL W BASKETBALL in March. The pair plans to “It just sucked him in,” Steele get what they needed, he said. offers the added benefit of an THU 1-30 SAT 2-1 THU 1-30 walk the Appalachian Na- said. “I told him we could do it Their Big Agnes three-man occasional meal, bed and hot At Nicholls State: At McNeese State: At Nicholls State: tional Scenic Trail end-to-end the spring after he graduated.” tent weighs 4½ pounds. “For shower. Knowledge of the trail 7:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. in six months, from Springer The long period of time to two people it has enough room and the stops is another impor- Radio: KCFO am970 Tickets: 800-982-4647 Mountain in Georgia to Mount plan has been advantageous, with a little gear if you need to tant piece of equipment to have Arkansas Web: arkansasrazorbacks.com Katahdin in Maine. and the magnitude of planning bring it in,” he said. They will along. To add to the challenge, the and the specialty gear required split up the tent parts so each “If there is an all-you-can-eat M BASKETBALL M BASKETBALL W BASKETBALL Muskogee Veterans Admin- for the trek has been eye open- carries about half the weight. restaurant you can bet we’re TUE 1-28 SAT 2-1 THU 1-30 istration worker and his son ing, he said. Each also has a Western going to hit it,” he said. Vs. Missouri: At LSU: At Tennessee: 6 p.m., ESPNU-253 4 p.m., ESPNU-253 6 p.m. connected with the nonprofit “If you think you can run by Mountaineering goose-down Learn more about the Active Heroes in Louisville, Ky. the Walmart and buy a pack sleeping bag, rated to 10 Steeles’ hike and their charity Radio: KAKC am1300 Tickets: 800-745-3000 They are calling their trek Hike and then shove a couple (Meals degrees, that weighs just 2 effort at hikeforheroes2014.org. Thunder Web: nba.com/thunder for Heroes 2014, to raise money Ready to Eat) in there with a pounds. That’s what kept him WED 1-29 FRI 1-31 SAT 2-1 to help Active Heroes in its sleeping bag you would be in toasty outside Sunday night. Read Kelly Bostian’s blog at At Miami: At Brooklyn: At Washington: suicide prevention and post- a world of hurt,” he said. “You “That’s why they cost $500 tulsaworld.com/outdoors 6 p.m., ESPN-25 7 p.m., FSOK-27 6 p.m., FSOK-27 Radio: None Tickets: 866-726-5287 Oilers Web: tulsaoilers.com FRI 1-31 SAT 2-1 SAT 2-8 At Quad City: Vs. Denver: Vs. Wichita: 7:05 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 7:35 p.m. FOR THE RECORD Want to report a score or send in a notice? Call us at 918-581-8355 or 800-944-PLAY, fax us at 918-581-8352 or email [email protected] Radio: KAKC am1300 Tickets: 918-585-8444 66ers Web: tulsa66ers.com 9. Villanova................. 17-2 509 5 10. Tennessee .............16-4 565 11 Sallisaw: Hyde 10, Fulbright 10, Tuesday BASKETBALL 10. Oklahoma State 16-3 497 12 11. Oklahoma St. ......... 17-2 550 8 Morgan 8, Oberste 7, Webb 2, Spen- Florida at Boston, 6 p.m. WED 1-29 FRI 1-31 SAT 2-1 11. Kentucky .................15-4 433 14 12. Penn St. ..................15-4 485 13 cer 2, Hamilton 2. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 6 p.m. At Rio Grande Valley: At Austin: At Austin: 12. Iowa ........................16-4 386 10 13. Kentucky ................16-4 471 9 Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. NBA D-League KIEFER 70, MOUNDS 35 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Noon ȕ 13. Wisconsin ............. 17-3 368 8 14. LSU ..........................16-4 397 15 Ottawa at Columbus, 6 p.m. Central Division 14. Michigan ...............15-4 346 25 15. Arizona St. ............. 17-3 389 14 Kiefer 21 19 20 10 — 70 Washington at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. W L Pct GB 15. Cincinnati ..............19-2 323 16 16. Vanderbilt .............16-4 351 16 Mounds 8 9 10 8 — 35 Carolina at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Rio Grande Valley ..19 7 .731 — 16. Duke .......................16-4 298 18 17. Texas A&M ............16-5 302 17 Kiefer: M. Miller 24, Brumley 14, New Jersey at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Other local sporting events Iowa ..........................16 9 .640 2½ 17. Pittsburgh ..............18-2 279 19 18. NC State ................18-3 261 23 G. MIller 10, Murrel 8, Howard 5, Nashville at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Sioux Falls ................15 9 .625 3 18. Iowa State .............15-3 268 17 19. Purdue ....................14-5 234 22 Archer 3 Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m. WED 1-29 THU 1-30 FRI 1-31 Texas .........................14 10 .583 4 19. UMass .................... 17-2 265 12 20. West Virginia ...... 17-3 219 18 Mounds: Roesner 11, Week 8, Chicago at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. M tennis: TU vs. Wrestling: OU vs. Missouri, Wrestling: OSU vs. Austin .......................10 13 .435 7½ 20. Creighton ............. 17-3 229 24 21. California ...............14-5 140 19 Littlebear 5, Newberry 4, Smith 3, Minnesota at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Pepperdine, 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Missouri, 7 p.m. Tulsa....................... 9 16 .360 9½ 21. Saint Louis .............18-2 218 20 22. Gonzaga ................18-3 123 25 Osbourne 2, Escobedo 1 M tennis: OSU vs. West Division 22. Memphis...............15-4 155 22 23. Florida St. ..............15-5 102 24 ȕ CHL Santa Cruz ...............15 9 .625 — SKIATOOK 38, CL. SEQUOYAH 36 Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. 23. Ohio State.............16-4 118 15 23. Iowa St. ..................15-4 102 20 W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles .............13 10 .565 1½ W tennis: OU vs. Iowa, 24. Gonzaga ................18-3 114 21 25. Middle Tennessee 17-3 84 — Sequoyah 6 11 12 7 — 36 Rapid City ...