Watch: Handshake line turns violent between Oklahoma baseball teams

Nowhere do they take high school baseball more seriously than in the state of Oklahoma.

High school baseball playoffs continue to make significant headlines for the wrong reasons in 2023. This time, two Oklahoma were at the forefront of an altercation last weekend.

Just after Oklahoma Christian beat Bethel for the second time in three days during the OSSAA 3A Regional Tournament, the players lined up for the customary handshakes. One player decided not to take the classy road, though.
Watch as this Bethel player throws a nasty right hand at Oklahoma Christian’s catcher as he passes by.

Oklahoma Christian has advanced to the state playoffs.

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Lee, a private school in Tennessee, has its first NCAA championship in program history.

Lee University defeated Oklahoma Christian to claim the NCAA Div. II men’s golf national championship.

In the medal match play format in the final, Lee won four of the five matches at TPC Michigan.

After Lee’s Dalton Chuba dropped the first match to Andres Brictson, Lee won the next four to win the final 4-1, with Connor Pollman, Dustin Demersseman, Oliver Lewis-Perkins and Beck Burnette claiming those matches.

Lee finished tied for second after the stroke-play portion of the final and then knocked off top-ranked Barry before taking out Georgia Southwestern.

Lee, a private university located in Cleveland, Tennessee, now has its first NCAA national championship.

Joel Sylven of the University of Missouri – St. Louis won medalist honors.

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