Because of the return of several experienced players Vian boys’ head coach John Mays has a positive outlook for the upcoming high school basketball season. “Last year we didn’t have very much experien...

Despite having to replace five starters and other experienced players Vian High School girls’ basketball coach Tina Ramos is ‘excited’ about the upcoming season for the Lady Wolverines. “We’re excited...

Expectations for him are high, as he will facilitate the offense. Sainer’s effort and intensity make it tough to take him off the floor. Buzzard is another sophomore who played last year. He's battled...

The Class 2A Central girls basketball team’s 202122 season ended with a 7-16 record under head coach Shane Brown. Last season, the Lady Tigers’ postseason began with a 67-37 loss to NO. 2-ranked Pocol...

The 2021-22 Sallisaw Black Diamonds boys basketball season ended with a 1013 record that disappointed the fans and players who thought the team was capable of more. In the Class 4A playoffs, Sallisaw ...

The Sallisaw Lady Diamonds are looking to second-year head coach Greg Scott’s leadership to help guide the girls basketball team to a winning season this year. The Sallisaw girls ended the 2020-21 sea...

Warriors still adjusting to new head coach The fifth-ranked Class A Arkoma Lady Mustangs in the Green Valley Conference traveled to Webbers Falls on Tuesday, where they had mixed results in the first ...

H A R R A H – T h a n k s to three defensive touchdowns and a quickstrike offense the Class A second-ranked Pirates recorded their highest point total of the season Friday night at Harrah High School’...

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The District 3A-3 football coaches recently honored seven Muldrow High School senior players and head coach Brandon Ellis. Running back/defensive back Trenden Collins was named Most Valuable Player, q...

All teams listed are high school teams and all schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, DEC. 2 •Gore football team vs. Hominy in Class A semifinal playoff game at Jenks High School (7 p.m.) •Sallisaw ...

Sallisaw head football coach Mark Hutson has resigned after a disappointing 0-10 maiden season at the helm of the Black Diamonds’ program. “We will be working diligently to find the most highly qualif...

GORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Gore’s high school football team made history last week with its 5620 victory over Woodland in a Class A second-round playoff game and on Friday night the second-ranked and u...

All schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, NOV. 25 •Gore football team vs. Crescent at Harrah High School in Class A quarterfinal playoff game (7 p.m.) •University of Arkansas football team at Misso...

Having spent the Thanksgiving holiday hunkered down with the wife and our son, who is visiting at our Sandhills Farm, I escaped to have an occasional sit in a deer blind and think about all that’s hap...

GORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GORE–Woodland had ended Gore’s unbeaten seasons the last two years in the second round of the Class A playoffs but on Friday night the second-ranked Pirates’ 21 seniors and t...

Sen. Blake “Cowboy” Stephens, R-Tahlequah, is urging farmers and ranchers to report the number of black vultures killed on their property. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects black vultures, meanin...

SALLISAW HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sallisaw basketball player Addyson Gream signed her letter of intent Nov. 10 to continue her education at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Gream will play basketball as a ...

VIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Third-ranked Vian went into Friday’s second-round playoff game against seventh-ranked Kiefer thinking the Wolverines would best the Trojans. Instead, the Wolverines fell 21-1...

SALLISAW HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Sallisaw’s Emily Gregory was a standout softball player on and off the field, helping the Lady Diamonds get to the postseason as a pitcher this year. Sallisaw head softba...