B: Sports, Columns & Opinions
GRIDIRON NOTES
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 20, 2025
Last Friday night was not how the Sallisaw Black Diamonds wanted to finish the season, falling in the Class 4A playoffs opening round, losing 35-14 to the Grove Ridgerunners. However, for the third st...
B: Sports
By NINOSKA ZUCCHINI LPGA DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS 
November 20, 2025
Dr. Beth Brown, a Sequoyah County native, is the Junior Golf Leader of the Year. Created in 2012, the LPGA Professionals Junior Golf Leader of the Year Award celebrates members driving growth in junio...
B: Sports
COLLEGE WRESTLING
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 20, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Former Sallisaw Black Diamonds wrestler Cole Mayfield, who ended his high school career as a three-time state champion, placed second at 157 pounds in the Drury Open on Nov. 15. May...
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 20, 2025
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Former Muldrow Lady Bulldog Kennedi “Kiki” Wight and the University of the Ozarks women’s basketball team lost 69-51 to East Texas Baptist on Tuesday night at Mabee Gymnasium. Wigh...
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VIAN FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 20, 2025
The Vian Wolverines will not only look to win their 10th straight game, but punch their ticket to the Class 2A, Division II state semifinals tonight. The Wolverines will welcome the Dibble Demons to t...
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WEBBERS FALLS FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 18, 2025
WAUKOMIS — For the second straight year, the Waukomis Chiefs ended the football season for the Webbers Falls Warriors, as the Chiefs defeated the Warriors 56-30 in Friday night’s Class B, Division II ...
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SALLISAW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 18, 2025
GROVE — For each of the last two seasons, the Sallisaw Black Diamonds football team made the Class 4A state quarterfinals. Unfortunately, this season came to a screeching halt after the opening round ...
B: Sports
VIAN FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 18, 2025
The Vian Wolverines got their march toward a second straight Class 2A, Division II state championship game off on the right set of paws as the Wolverines clawed the Keys Cougars 60-14 last Friday nigh...
B: Sports
VIAN FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 11, 2025
VALLIANT — The Vian Wolverines left no doubt in the minds of those in attendance at Thursday night’s District 2AII-4 district title showdown with the host Valliant Bulldogs who the district champions ...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 11, 2025
The Webbers Falls Warriors were wanting to win their regular-season finale last Friday night at Gans to secure third place in District BII-4. They not only won, but handled the Grizzlies to the tune o...
B: Sports
SALLISAW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 11, 2025
Famed author Charles Dickens wrote the famous novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” Had Dickens been in attendance at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium for Friday night’s District 4A-4 title showdown between the vi...
B: Sports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 6, 2025
When the two local 8-man District BII-4 football teams, the Webbers Falls Warriors and the Gans Grizzlies, meet in the regular-season finale at 7 tonight at Grizzly Field, both teams have a lot at sta...
B: Sports
SALLISAW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 6, 2025
Sallisaw Black Diamonds senior lineman Bodie Adams is embracing tonight’s Senior Night game against the Ada Cougars. “It’s exciting, but it’s also a little bit sad thinking about it being the last reg...
B: Sports
MULDROW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 6, 2025
The Muldrow Bulldogs will have a chance to repeat the ending to this season as they did in 2024 — win the regularseason finale. The Bulldogs (4-5 overall, 1-5 in District 3A-3 play) will look to end t...
B: Sports
SALLISAW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 6, 2025
It’s deja vu all over again for both the Sallisaw Black Diamonds and the Ada Cougars when they meet at 7 tonight at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium. For the second straight regular-season finale, the Black...
B: Sports
VIAN FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 4, 2025
MORRIS — The Vian Wolverines can now totally focus on repeating as District 2AII-4 champions. The Wolverines routed the Morris Eagles 49-6 last Friday night. With the win, the Wolverines (8-1 overall,...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 4, 2025
Although it was a Week 9 game when the local county rivals, the Central Tigers and the Gore Pirates, met for a District AII-3 game last Friday night at K.G. Horn Stadium, it essentially was a Week 11 ...
B: Sports
SALLISAW FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
November 4, 2025
STILWELL — After the Sallisaw Black Diamonds saw their six-game winning streak snapped the week before in the rain at Poteau, they bounced back big time last Thursday night as they totally dominated t...
B: Sports
WEBBERS FALLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
October 30, 2025
The Webbers Falls Warriors will look to do two things when they entertain the Arkoma Mustangs at 7 tonight at Smokey Cox Stadium in a crucial District BII-4 game. The first is to send the seniors out ...
B: Sports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By DAVID SEELEY SPORTS EDITOR 
October 30, 2025
The Gore Pirates will celebrate Senior Night when they entertain the Central Tigers at 7 tonight at K.G. Horn Stadium. Gore coach Brandon Ellis said there would be nothing better than to send his seni...