Emily Bjorklund
Sports Director
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Emily Bjorklund joined the News Channel 6 team as a multi-media journalist in May 2019 and was named Sports Director in 2021.
She calls Texas home after moving from Sacramento, California, to Oklahoma and graduating from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Sports Media (Go Pokes!). She interned with on-campus media group, OStateTV, which included helping to launch the Inside OSU podcast.
When Emily is not in the newsroom, you can find her either in the kitchen baking or outside running. Her goal is to run a marathon in all 50 states before she is 50. As of this writing, she is at four.
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At Endunamoo Strength & Conditioning in Wichita Falls, some of Texoma’s athletes are celebrating the end of summer by testing their strength and pushing themselves to new limits.
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There’s a new coach in town: Brittannie Talley has been hired as the new head softball coach for Midwestern State University.
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Home-schooled students will not be allowed to participate in UIL activities with the Wichita Falls ISD, at least for now.
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What started as an initiative to get more referees for Texas High School games is now history-making, gathering five women from all across the state to be the first all-female officials team when they take to the field for Texas SixMan Coach’s Association Division I All-Star game.
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Currently in North Dakota with scouts preparing for the July 14th draft, head coach Garrett Roth is looking to looking to build upon his team’s first and historic season.
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One of Texoma’s own gets to wear the white buckle hat and sash this year: Archer City native Bobbi Loran is the 2021 Miss Rodeo Texas.
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A number of Texoma’s high school softball players have been named to this year’s Texas Sports Writer’s Association all-state teams.
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Thursday, July 1, marked the first day since the NCAA’s inception that college athletes across al divisions could begin receiving money based off of their name, image and likeness; the same goes for MSU Texas athletes.
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Next Thursday the girls of Falls Town FC 07G will take to the pitch at the US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup, the only Texas girls team to receive a bid to compete at the national tournament in Iowa.
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Scores from each round of the Texas-Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament
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Here are the highlights from the 84th Annual Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl all-star games.
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At the time those seniors thought that would be their final time playing together. Now thanks to the Oil Bowl, six of them one more chance to say good-bye.
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At a meeting of the UIL Legislative Council, the committee voted in favor, but not unanimously, to allow school districts to stream football games online.
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A Vernon College bull rider has hit the big stage and is representing Texoma at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming.
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Fall athletes at Midwestern State University have their eyes set on a regular season after having to play a modified spring schedule this past year.
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Just a few days after their loss in the state softball tournament the Lady Hawks of Iowa Park softball were back in the weight room.
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The 2021 season for the Holliday softball team didn’t end the way it had hoped after losing 9-3 in the 3A semifinals down in Austin. As head coach Billy Arbogast reflects back on his third season with the Lady Eagles, two words come to mind: gratitude and fun.
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The powerlifter holds every powerlifting record City View has in the 148 pound class.
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He spent his entire life on the Wichita Falls High School basketball court, first as a player and then as the Lady Coyotes Basketball coach. This week, after 31 years, Joe Golding is stepping off the court and into retirement.
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Wednesday was just about keeping Casyn Little’s muscles warmed up before she leaves her Burkburnett gym for the USA Powerlifting High School Nationals in Aurora, Colorado.
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Score updates and match-ups from 2021 UIL state softball playoffs in 2A, 3A and 4A:
In their inaugural season in Wichita Falls, the Warriors secured not only a thirty-win season and made NAHL history with an eleven-game win streak, but have secured a place in the postseason.
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Two more Texoma student-athletes have committed to playing their sport at the next level.
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Next week coaches will have to say one final goodbye to their senior players as they graduate high school. At Hirschi High School on Tuesday, coaches decided instead to leave their goodbyes and well wishes on the court.
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A neighborhood in Holliday is still reeling from a bee attack that left people injured... and killed a family’s dog.
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What started as a request for a t-shirt from Wichita Falls High School turned into the ultimate surprise for one Hospice of Wichita Falls patient.
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The life of a 16-year-old killed in a tragic car wreck last year continues to impact the future of his peers.
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130+ WF residents vaccinated at mobile food pantries
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Just three weeks are left in the Texas Legislative session, with multiple bills still to be passed and a budget to be approved.
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February’s winter storm may be far behind us but it’s damage can still be felt as oak trees struggle to survive.
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While it may have been School Lunch Hero Day across the Wichita Falls ISD, for Brock it was a typical day doing what she and her family have loved doing for generations.
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After passing Wednesday night in the Texas Senate, Texoma Senator Drew Springer is sharing his thoughts on House Bill 1927.
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Hospice of Wichita Falls has opened its doors once again to welcome in a new class of volunteers for the first time since March 2020.
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COVID relief funding still available for those who need it
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WF-WC Public Health Dist. receives over $500K from state to help vaccination efforts
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City of WF takes first step in ONCOR rate negotiations
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Petrolia CISD students will soon head to class just four days a week instead of the traditional five.
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As high school seniors face college acceptances, one Petrolia High School senior’s next education decision came as a surprise not only to him but also to those close to him.
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Tuesday and Wednesday’s First Alert Weather Days will not be the last. With severe weather in full swing, now is the time to make sure you’re prepared.
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On Monday, Burkburnett High School seniors got the chance to make their announcement in a special way.
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Stick with News Channel 6 as we learn more.
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Hospice of Wichita Falls has slowly been welcoming back volunteers over the last few months, and in two weeks, will welcome in a whole new group.
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Redeemed Christian Church of God moving to new building
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Health district receives state grant for medical stockpile
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From falling apart to being burnt to the ground to being built in the middle of a pandemic, the new Lynwood East Community Center is officially open.
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A number of Texas senate and house bills are making their way through the legislative session that target transgender youth participation in sports and their access to health care.
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Those who have worked at the health district since that day said what came next was something they never want to relive again.