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Kingfisher’s Ian Daugherty has more baseball to play. The former Yellowjacket All-State selection and Oklahoma State University Cowboy catcher signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Minnesota Twins organization. The announcement came Monday evening at the conclusion of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft. Daugherty just wrapped up his Cowboy baseball career, which concluded with a senior season that saw him bat .258 with eight home runs and 24 RBIs. Daugherty was the winning pitcher in 2019 when KHS won its first-ever baseball state tournament game. A sophomore, he was 10-0 that season with a 0.57 ERA. He missed out on his junior season due to COVID, but came back to bat .465 with seven home runs to lead the Jackets back to the 4A state tournament as a senior. He was 6-1 as a starting pitcher, but played 125 innings behind home plate and threw out 12 of 19 would-be base stealers. A 2021 class valedictorian, Daugherty was also a starter on the Jackets’ 4A state basketball championship team as a senior. His career at OSU saw him play in 137 games, starting in 107 of them. He hit for a .263 average, had 18 home runs, 73 runs scored and 68 RBIs. He’ll fly to Fort Myers, Fla., the Twins’ spring training home, this weekend and will soon start playing in the Rookie League. Look for more on Daugherty in upcoming editions. [Photo by Russell Stitt/www.stitt.smugmug. com]
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Kingfisher’s season came to an end Saturday, but not before the team was able to reach the OK Kids 12U state tournament semifinals. Altus advanced to the title game with an 8-0 win over Kingfisher in Weatherford. Later in the day, Altus downed Sulphur 5-4 to win the state championship. Sulphur was the only other team to beat Kingfi sher in the state tournament. After winning regionals last week, Kingfisher opened the state tournament with a 4-0 win over Elk City last Tuesday at state before falling to Sulphur 3-0 on Wednesday. The Jackets then rattled off three consecutive wins in the consolation bracket. They downed Chickasha 3-2 on Thursday and then got two thrilling wins Friday evening. The first was 6-4 against Weatherford and then 5-3 against Cushing. The last win advanced Kingfisher to the Final 4. The team finished the season with a 43-6 record. Team members are Maverick Stebens, Bryson Black (Photo #3), Cooper Myers (Photo #7), Jo Jo Voth (Photo #5), Beau Brueggen, Kolton Cline, Jordan Maddux, Kruz Meyer (Photo #4), Isaac Martin, Declan Matthews (Photo #6), Gage Kusik (Photo #2), Reid Swafford, Matthew Schaefer, Cal Farrar (Photo #1) and coaches Heath Myers, Chase Farrar and Joe Voth. [KT&FP Staff Photos]
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12U team wins regional, heads to Weatherford this week
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George White (seated) put on his 1968 Lacy High School basketball uniform during the all-school reunion held May 24 at the Hennessey Senior Citizens Center. White and John Wayne Thorp (pictured in the group) were members of the Lacy Panthers team that won the district basketball tournament in 1968. That was also the same year the school closed. White and John Thorp tossed the ball around to get the attention of some of the other guys who’d played in earlier years for this group photo. Standing, from left, are: Delbert Hladik, Nick Boettler, Wencelaus “Butch” Hladik, John Wayne Thorp, Darrel Mauck, Lee Briix, Chuck Grimes, Roe LaPorte and Jim Wilson; and back row, Bob Hickman, Mac Perigo and Larry Thorp. The Lacy School (1921-68) was located 10 miles west of Hennessey on State Highway 51 and all that remains is the school’s lunch room, which is now a community center. [Photo by Barb Walter]
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Cashion baseball completes journey to mountaintop with state title
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