Get ready, Edmond! Citizens Bank of Edmond’s Heard on Hurd returns this Saturday, September 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Uniting our community once again, Edmond’s premier street festival promises an amazing night of music, local food, and the charm of small-town magic. Headlining the evening at 8:40 p.m. is KALO - Guitarist, singer, and songwriter. KALO fronts her eponymous band and travels and tours solo (wearing only her last name and her vintage Gibson electric guitar). Fiery, unbridled and electrifying, KALO’s guitar chops and contralto voice are a force like none other.

Taking the stage at 7:20 p.m. is Stephen Salewon. Stephen Salewon is a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter from Oklahoma with a story to tell about the matters of the heart, these tales are woven into soothing melodies influenced by modern pop, folk, and African rhythms. Kicking things off at 6:00 p.m. 

Football is fully back with teams playing their second games.The NFL had their first weekend of action. It was a big game last weekend in Edmond as Central Oklahoma beat Pittsburg State 27-24 Saturday night to start the MIAA season with a victory.In other action, OU got a huge win 24-13 over visiting Michigan, while OSU ran into a buzz saw at Oregon — losing 69-3 to the ducks.  Also, be sure to support high school football for North,  Memorial and Santa Fe.For UCO, the Bronchos led most of the game, broke a 24-24 tie with 14:50 to play in the fourth quarter, and its defense held firm the rest of the way. Pitt State had a chance to tie the game again and possibly force overtime with 23 seconds remaining but missed a 30-yard field goal attempt and UCO knelt down in victory formation.

"Proud of our guys for battling and so proud of our defense,” UCO head coach Adam Dorrel said. "We had to fight through a lot tonight and we found a way. Our defense was great and we needed every bit of it.”

Central Oklahoma in the fourth quarter got an interception from Antwan Gilbreath, then forced punts on back-to-back possessions before holding the Gorillas to the field goal attempt in the final seconds. Central forced seven punts in the game and another field goal attempt earlier. Pitt State was 0-for-6 on third downs in the first half and finished 8-for-18. 

The UCO offense put up 396 yards of offense with 215 coming on the ground. Jaylen Cottrell had 131 yards on 10 carries, including a 66-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

UCO quarterback Jett Huff was 4-for-6 with 44 yards, but on his second incomplete pass was an interception. The play resulted in all sorts of chaos. Huff was hit when he threw and knocked out of the game. Pitt State intercepted the pass, but then fumbled the return. UCO offensive lineman Montriel Lee recovered the fumble and ran five yards into the end zone for a touchdown to make it 14-0 with 1:59 to play in the opening quarter.

Clayton Creasey played the rest of the game at quarterback and went 12-for-23 with 137 yards, including a long of 54 yards. Creasey also scrambled for a 22-yard touchdown run.

Zayden Martinez led UCO in receiving yards with 54 on the one catch from Creasey. Ashton Schumann had five catches for 52 yards.

Braden Waters led Central Oklahoma with 10 tackles and Johnny Wilson made nine stops, including three in the backfield, one of which was a sack. UCO had six tackles in the backfield, including Wilson’s sack.

Central Oklahoma went ahead 7-0 on Cottrell’s run, then 14-0 on Lee’s fumble recovery touchdown. Joseph Kim put the Bronchos up 17-3 with 5:11 to play in the second on a 37-yard field goal. The game was 17-16 at halftime.

Creasey made it 24-16 with his 22-yard run in the third, and Kim put in the game-winner with 14:50 to play in the fourth to make it 27-24.

The win snapped a trend in the series. UCO beat Pitt for the first time since 2015 and won in Edmond for the first time since 1968 (nine meetings).

UCO is off next week and will host Washburn on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Chad Richison Stadium.

Oklahoma City Ballet presents its 6th annual Ballet Under the Stars on Friday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Scissortail Park’s Love’s Travel Stops Stage & Great Lawn. This FREE event features a mix of classical and contemporary dance performed by OKC Ballet’s professional dancers, students from the OU School of Dance, and the OKC Ballet Yvonne Chouteau School.

Thanks to sponsors Express Employment International, Braum’s, and OK Let’s Dance, this production is FREE and reservations are required.

Where: Scissortail Park, 300 SW 7th St., Downtown OKC.

Pre-show activities begin at 5:30 p.m., including:

•Dancer warm-ups on stage

•Meet-and-greets and photo ops

•A free family dance class at 6:30 p.m.

What to bring: Blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics. Food trucks and concessions will also be available.

For more weekend activities, pleases see Page 6, and the Calendar of Weekend events.