Columns & Opinions, Sports
CAGE NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
Then, there was one. There is one Sequoyah County basketball team which will see action this week, and that is the Roland Runnin’ Rangers, who will meet the Eufaula Ironheads in the Class 3A State Tou...
Sports
SALLISAW SOCCER
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
MUSKOGEE — The Sallisaw Black Diamonds soccer team won the Muskogee Tournament last Saturday night with a 3-0 win over Noble, thanks to a hat trick of three goals by Ethan Girdner — the second time in...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
DIAMOND NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
We have entered Week 2 of the high school baseball and slow-pitch softball seasons, and we are coming up on the first two big events of the season. The Vian Wolverines and the Gore Pirates will partic...
B: Sports
ROLAND BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The Roland Runnin’ Rangers basketball team is heading back to state. The second-ranked Runnin’ Rangers defeated the seventhranked Chandler Lions 5643 to win the Class 3A Area Tournament last Friday ni...
Sports
ROLAND BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
When Class 3A’s second-ranked Roland Runnin’ Rangers knocked off Chandler in last Friday night’s area tournament finals at the Mvskoke Dome in Okmulgee, it sent them to the state tournament for the se...
Sports
SALLISAW GOLF
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The 2026 golf season will begin for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds on Thursday as they will play in the Muldrow Boys Invitational, which will begin at 9 a.m. at Wolf Mountain Country Club, located west o...
B: Sports
MULDROW BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The Muldrow basketball teams saw their seasons come to an end on Day 1 of the Class 4A Area Tournament at Seminole High School as they lost their consolation quarterfinal games. The 19th-ranked Bulldo...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The Webbers Falls Warriors got a pair of home wins to begin this week of action as they blanked the Wilson (Henryetta) Tigers 9-0 in four innings and shut out the Braggs Wildcats 8-0 in four innings o...
B: Sports
CENTRAL BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
For the second time in the last three seasons, all that stood between the Central Tigers basketball team and a trip to state was one victory. Just as in 2024, the Tigers came up short. The Tigers lost...
B: Sports
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
Several local high school powerlifters will be competing at this week’s state meet in El Reno after earning either automatic bids or at-large bids to state from their respective regional meet last wee...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds kept both their regular-season and district records perfect as they blanked the Muldrow Bulldogs 9-0 on Monday evening at Sallisaw High School’s “Turf of Dreams.” The game ...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
CAMERON — The Vian Lady Wolverines suffered a pair of losses Monday afternoon, losing to the host Cameron Lady Yellowjackets 5-4 and falling 5-1 to Porum. The Lady Wolverines (12) suffered their first...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 10, 2026
The Sallisaw Black Diamonds did not let the chilly temperatures and windy conditions last Saturday afternoon on the “Turf of Dreams” deter them from getting a 3-1 victory over the Vian Wolverines. Wit...
Sports
TU BASKETBALL
By TULSA MEDIA RELATIONS 
March 5, 2026
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Tulsa (19-10, 11-6 American) secured a 53-41 victory over Texas-San Antonio (13-15, 8-9 American) at Convocation Center on Wednesday night, locking up the No. 4 seed and a double-...
Sports
CASC SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
ENID — The Carl Albert State College softball team split its road doubleheader against the host Northern Oklahoma College-Enid Lady Jets on Tuesday. The Lady Vikings won the opener 11-1 but lost the n...
Columns & Opinions, Sports
KILGORE'S CORNER
March 5, 2026
I’ve been eyeing a foray south to Lake Fork, near Yantis, Texas, or Lake O.H. Ivie, near San Angelo, Texas. O.H. Ivie is the premier lake for the Toyota ShareLunker Program. The lake is recognized as ...
Sports
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
MUSKOGEE — It was a good day for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds junior high powerlifters at the Class 4A Regional Meet, which took place Wednesday at Hilldale High School. The Black Diamonds crowned four...
B: Sports
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
The Webbers Falls Lady Warriors lost both games in their home three-way with Vian and Wetumka on Tuesday at Eual Carter Sports Complex. The Lady Warriors lost 10-2 to the Lady Wolverines, who were pla...
Sports
ORU BASKETBALL
By ORU MEDIA RELATIONS 
March 5, 2026
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Three Golden Eagles finished in double-figures as the Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team moved onto the first round of the Summit League Tournament with an 84-62 win ove...
Sports
VIAN BASEBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
March 5, 2026
The Vian Wolverines got the 2026 baseball season underway with Tuesday afternoon’s home opener against Westville. The Wolverines were 31-8 last season and got to the Class 2A-I Regional Tournament fin...