TULSA — The Sallisaw Black Diamonds high school and junior high wrestlers saw action on Saturday at the Tulsa Union/Pryor IceFighter Open. Morgan Duke, wrestling at 120 pounds, went 4-1, beating Owass...

VERDIGRIS — Two Vian Wrestling Club members participated in last Saturday’s Rumble on the River. Rocky Ford, wrestling at 110 pounds, finished fourth after losing by a 9-7 decision in the third-place ...

When anyone thinks of the phrase, “Final Four,” the first thought is college basketball and the national semifinals, both men and women — which is part of “March Madness.” However, the phrase “Final F...

Although Christmas is about a month away, it might as well be Tuesday night for Sallisaw Black Diamonds senior basketball player Jin Chang. “I’m ready for it,” said Chang, whose Black Diamonds will be...

Muldrow Lady Bulldogs senior outfielder/infielder Danica Tune always had the dream to play college softball. Now she will. Tune signed a letter of intent with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in a si...

ELGIN — For the second straight season, the high school football season for the Sallisaw Black Diamonds ended at the Class 4A state quarterfinals. Five turnovers doomed the Black Diamonds as they lost...

Against a team loaded with fast and athletic skill players, Vian coach Gary Willis wanted to play keep-away. That meant establishing the run, working the clock and let the linemen pave numerous holes....

TAHLEQUAH — Several Vian Wrestling Club members won medals at last Saturday’s Tahlequah Open. Daxton Stewart won the championship at 80 pounds in the age 10-and-younger division after beating Viking W...

The Vian Wolverines defeated the Kansas Comets 38-7 in last Friday night’s Class 2A, Division II openinground playoff game at St. John Stadium. However, Vian coach Gary Willis thought his team still h...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds made it to the Class 4A state quarterfinals in the most nailbiting of ways. In last week’s opening-round game, the Black Diamonds held on to defeat the Grove Ridgerunners 2...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds will look to do something no one has this season, hand the top-ranked Elgin Owls a loss tonight in the Class 4A state quarterfinals. “We’re very anxious,” Sallisaw senior p...

For most of the season, Vian’s offense has been the initiator in helping the undefeated Wolverines open up early leads. In their first Class 2A, Division II postseason game, it was the Wolverines’ def...

HOMINY -- After a Cinderella playoff run last season in which the Central Tigers were undefeated until the Class A state quarterfinals, the 2024 season came to a halt for the Tigers with a 44-15 Class...

FAIRFAX — For the Gore Pirates, they faced the Woodland Cougars for the second time in the last three trips to the Class A playoffs, and fourth time in postseason play since 2020, and the locals were ...

Sallisaw Black Diamonds wrestler Cole Mayfield wanted to be a collegiate wrestler, and after just one “John Hancock,” he is going to become one. Mayfield signed a letter of intent with the University ...

Last week’s regular-season finale loss to Ada was a bitter pill to swallow, but the last time the Sallisaw Black Diamonds were coming into the next game off a humiliating loss, they won four straight ...

Nothing like history repeating itself. On Nov. 15, 2019, the Sallisaw Black Diamonds and the Grove Ridgerunners met at Perry F. Lattimore Stadium in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs, a game ...

There’s nothing like fulfilling a dream, and Central Lady Tigers senior softball player Ayrland Jiles took the first step of doing just that. Jiles signed a letter of intent with the University of Ark...

Not even torrential rain was going to stop Vian from doing something the Wolverines hadn’t done in more than a decade. Masyn Wright scored three total touchdowns, and the defense had a hat trick of it...

Last summer, Sallisaw High School’s four student football trainers, senior Kasey Adame, junior Addy Orendorff and freshmen Sadie Tyler and Kamryn Mayfield, got to attend Texas Christian University’s A...