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==Sports== [[File:D Bruce Selby Football Stadium.jpg|thumb|D. Bruce Selby Football Stadium]] Enid has produced several athletes, including NFL football players [[Todd Franz]], [[Steve Fuller (American football)|Steve Fuller]], [[Ken Mendenhall]], [[John Ward (American football, born 1948)|John Ward]], [[Jeff Zimmerman (American football)|Jeff Zimmerman]], Jim Riley, and the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s [[Kody Bliss]]. Brothers [[Brent Price]] and [[Mark Price]] became [[NBA]] players, and [[Don Haskins]] is a Hall of Fame basketball coach. [[USSF Division 2 Professional League|USSF]] soccer player [[Andrew Hoxie]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitchers, [[Ray Hayward]] and [[Lou Kretlow]], Olympian and runner, [[Chris McCubbins]], and [[Stacy Prammanasudh]], an [[LPGA]] golfer, all were born or lived in Enid. ===Baseball=== The [[Enid Harvesters]] (active from 1920 to 1924) were named as the 20th-best minor league farm team ever by [[Minor League Baseball]]. They had a 104β27 record in the 1922 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww2.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=20 |title=Top 100 Teams | MiLB.com History | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball |publisher=Ww2.minorleaguebaseball.com |access-date=2011-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714101226/http://ww2.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=20}}</ref> The Harvesters, along with their earlier counterparts the [[Enid Railroaders]], were members of the [[Western Association]]. During the 1951 season, the team was an affiliate of the [[Houston Buffaloes]], and were known as the [[Enid Buffaloes]] to match.<ref>{{cite book |title=Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011 |author=Worth, Richard |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]] |isbn=9780786468447 |page=101}}</ref> The Enid Majors youth baseball team won the [[American Legion Baseball]] World Series in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.baseball.legion.org/forms/national_champions_1926_to_present.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409180017/http://www.baseball.legion.org/forms/national_champions_1926_to_present.pdf |archivedate=April 9, 2007 |title=AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS}}</ref> Several Enid teams played in the [[National Baseball Congress]] championships, winning the championship in 1945 by the Army Air Field (runners up in 1943 and 1944), in 1940 and 1941 by the Champlins, and in 1937 by the Eason Oilers (runners up in 1938).<ref>{{cite web|title=Past NBC World Series Finalists - NBC Baseball World Series |url=http://www.nbcbaseball.com/pastnbcbaseballfinalists.html |publisher=National Baseball Congress |access-date=2011-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323020914/http://www.nbcbaseball.com/pastnbcbaseballfinalists.html}}</ref> [[File:Convention Hall in Enid.jpg|thumb|right|Enid's Convention Hall houses the Mark Price Arena. The [[Oklahoma Storm]] played their games at [[Mark Price Arena]] and the [[Chisholm Trail Expo Center]].]] Phillips University baseball teams, coached by Enid native Joe Record, went to the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] World Series three times during his tenure as head coach (1952β1981). Record was the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1973, and was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1975.<ref>Enid News & Eagle, July 31, 2001, p. 27</ref> The Northern Oklahoma College Enid Jets baseball team were conference champions in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2018. They were Region II champions in 2002, 2004, 2018, and runners up in 2009. They were Southwest District Champions in 2002 and also received third place in the NJCAA World Series in that 2002 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://northok.publishpath.com/jets-baseball |title=Jets Baseball | Northern Oklahoma College |publisher=Northok.publishpath.com |date=2008-09-10 |access-date=2011-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715131313/http://northok.publishpath.com/jets-baseball |archive-date=2011-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Basketball=== Enid is currently home to the [[Enid Outlaws]] of [[The Basketball League]] (TBL), who play at [[Stride Bank Center]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bouchum's 34 not enough in Outlaws' 107-99 loss to Skykings |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/bouchums-34-not-enough-in-outlaws-107-99-loss-to-skykings/article_5d1e6d5e-0ce3-11ef-889f-c3b592a9c11c.html |work=Enid News & Eagle |date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref> The [[Oklahoma Storm]] [[United States Basketball League|USBL]] franchise called Enid home. Through their eight years in Enid (2000β2007 seasons), they won their division more than once and the USBL Championship in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=2002 United States Basketball League Standings |url=http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/basket/usbl/finals/usbl02.txt |work=Howe Sportsdata |publisher=Sportsticker Enterprises |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518195556/http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/basket/usbl/finals/usbl02.txt |archive-date=May 18, 2007}}</ref> ===Football=== The [[Enid High School]] Plainsmen have won six state football championships (1919, 1942, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1983). They went to the Oklahoma State Championship football game in 2006 and lost to the [[Jenks, Oklahoma|Jenks]] Trojans. The Phillips University football teams, coached by [[John Maulbetsch]], beat the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|University of Oklahoma]] and [[Texas Longhorns football|University of Texas]] football teams and lost only one game in the 1918 and 1919 seasons.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A New Force in Football: Texas University Will Meet Phillips University in Austin|publisher=Corsicana Daily|date=1919-10-10}}</ref><ref name=Antonio>{{Cite news|title=Longhorns to Play Phillips Uni. October 11th|publisher=San Antonio Evening News|date=1919-09-13}}</ref> When Phillips defeated Texas 10β0 in [[Austin, Texas]], in October 1919, the Longhorns had not lost a game since 1917.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Texas, Unable to Score, Bows to Haymakers, Phillips University Blanks Longhorns on Muddy Field 10 to 0|publisher=San Antonio Light|date=1919-10-12}}</ref> The Enid Enforcers is a semiprofessional/minor-league team which began play in the spring of 2008 in the Central Football League. Made up of players from Enid and the surrounding areas, the team has achieved national ranking status three times, amassing a CFL League Championship in 2012, two Northern Division Championships, and 47 league All-star players, while helping numerous young men gain college athletic scholarships and boasting a 40-13 record in just five years. The Enforcers moved to the Premier Amateur Football Association in 2018 due to a league merger.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Godfrey |first1=Tim |title=New league brings new challenges for Enforcers |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/local_sports/new-league-brings-new-challenges-for-enforcers/article_7552b2d7-3d32-556e-b183-0ea9e0689dcf.html |access-date=May 23, 2024 |work=[[Enid News & Eagle]] |date=March 16, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Oklahoma Flying Aces]] played indoor football in Enid as members of Champions Indoor Football in 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/new-logo-name-unveiled-for-enid-champions-indoor-football-team/article_53792af4-d941-11e8-973d-1ba03ec61216.html |title=New logo, name unveiled for Enid Champions Indoor Football team |first=Tim |last=Godfrey |newspaper=[[Enid News & Eagle]] |date=October 26, 2018}}</ref> and the National Arena League in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flying Aces to go dormant for remainder of season |url=https://www.enidnews.com/sports/flying-aces-to-go-dormant-for-remainder-of-season/article_d3173158-0cde-11ef-aefa-2b9f3ad0187a.html |access-date=May 23, 2024 |newspaper=[[Enid News & Eagle]] |date=May 7, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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