Sports

Hennessey came home from the Class 3A girls state cross country meet with some valuable experience… and a prestigious piece of hardware as well.The Lady Eagles placed sixth at Saturday’s meet held at Edmond Santa Fe High School.

The first of November marks the beginning of basketball season for the state’s two smallest classes.Schools in Class A and B can begin varsity games on Nov. 1. Locally, that includes Lomega, Dover and Okarche. Dover was the only county school to play on Tuesday, Nov.

Three Kingfisher High School softball seniors were named all-district first team selections when the picks were announced last week.Named to the District 4A-4 first team after a vote of the coaches were Mya Dewberry, Natalie Dick and Merrin Evans.Dewberry and Evans were named as utility players.

The Arts & Humanities Jury of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International announced recently the publication of Beth Schieber’s photograph, titled “Field of Dreams,” in the DKG Gallery of Fine Arts.The online gallery of works and letters can be found at www.dkg.org.

Hennessey all but locked up a spot in the Class 2A playoffs last week.And the Eagles rode the powerful legs of a freshman to do it.Quarterback Titan Hix set a school record with seven rushing touchdowns as the Eagles outlasted Alva 50-40 at home.

After a quick reprieve from district play, Crescent now turns its attention to a pivotal two-week stretch.The Tigers took care of Western Heights 42-8 last Friday in a non-district game to keep their perfect record intact.C.J.

Kingfisher has reached the football playoffs every year since missing out in 1999.That string of 22 straight years was in jeopardy of reaching 23 last Friday night.But in the end, the Jackets took a big step in keeping the playoff hopes intact with a wild 21-14 win at McLoud.

Three Kingfisher County cross country teams and one individual have one more race to run this season.And it’s the big one. The Kingfisher and Hennessey girls and the Lomega boys teams have qualified for their respective state meets.Also going is Cashion’s Addison McCracken.

2a Girls At Checotah 3,200 M Colcord 82 Balko 142 SW Covenant 147 Commerce 154 Minco 155 Warner 166 DCLA 202 Mounds 216 Lomega 223 Wright City 227 Okemah 231 Tushka 252 Ketchum 287 McCurtain 325 Whitesboro 363 Wister 378 Stuart 415 Prue 442 Stroud 453Lomega - Kate Myers 24 (18), 14:37.

Woodwardhadits“Ace” in the hole Thursday.Eventually it was too much for Cashion.The Class 4A Boomers picked up their first win of the season as they outlasted Cashion 44-34 on the road.“I thought we played OK,” said Cashion coach Lynn Shackelford.