Sports

From a championship standpoint, it was a down year in Kingfisher County.The 2022-23 basketball season has come and gone.Fourteen teams (seven girls, seven boys) raised gold balls at center court of either State Fair Arena or Lloyd Noble Center.

As Eli Johnson delivered the final pitch on another district sweep, he also furnished his head coach with a milestone victory.The Kingfisher baseball team moved to 4-0 in District 4A-4 games Monday with run-rule wins of 8-0 and 13-0 against Western Heights at Homier Field.

Two Kingfisher High School girls basketball players and two more boys earned first-team all-conference honors.Juniors Peyton Walker and Addy Matthews were named to the first team by a vote of Western Athletic Conference coaches, it was announced on Tuesday.

Tougher tests await, but Kingfisher High School’s soccer season certainly got off to a stellar start.The Lady Jackets blanked Millwood 10-0 at home last Tuesday.The team was supposed to play Douglass, but when the Lady Trojans couldn’t field a team, Millwood stepped in.

Kingfisher High Shool’s boys basketball team earned the 2023 Class 4A academic state championship. The team was recognized Saturday morning at State Fair Arena. Team members were responsible for a combined 3.89 grade point average in earning the honor.

Arms and bats came together for the first time this season for the Kingfisher baseball team.Anadarko paid the price. The Jackets swept the Warriors 13-0 and 10-0 in five-inning run rule games Monday at Homier Field to begin their District 4A-4 slate.

As Xavier Ridenour’s off-balance shot missed its destination, a chapter closed on the greatest stretch of basketball success Kingfisher High School basketball has ever seen.