Sports

Call it another building block for the Hennessey football program.The Eagles moved to 2-1 last Friday with a 27-14 home win against Hinton, a team that made the Class A playoffs last year and is expected to do the same in 2022.

Kingfisher lost a narrow district softball game at home to Bethany just a week into this season.The Lady Jackets paid back the favor on Tuesday night.Siera Stitt’s two-out single in the top of the eighth inning scored Addison Willson.

As if running a 5K for the first and only time this season wasn’t difficult enough, the Kingfisher High School girls cross country team did it exclusively against 5A and 6A schools. The result?Not bad at all.

Crossings Christian School attacked Hennessey with a seemingly never- ending supply of running backs and was able to limit the Eagles’ own offense Friday in a 38-13 win.A week after the Eagles scored with a multitude of big plays against Mount St.

If not for Cashion, Pawhuska might very well be the owner of the last two Class A state football championships.The two teams have met up in each of the last two semifinals and both instant classics swung Cashion’s way before the Wildcats went on to hoist the gold ball in 2020 and 2021.

There was a stark difference in Crescent’s first two football games of this 2022 season.The first saw just one touchdown scored between the two teams and wasn’t decided until the final play.The second had a 36-point differential and was all-butover well before the first quarter ended.The similarity?

Although up by two scores, Kingfisher’s lead over Weatherford was anything but comfortable last Friday early in the second half of their non-district football showdown.

Although her competitive career is over, Madelyn St. Cyr has found a way to stay connected to cross country.The runner who led Kingfisher High School to its only state title in the sport is now coaching the girls team at Shawnee High School as she finishes her degree.

Members of Lomega’s high school girls cross country team take off at the starting gun during last Saturday’s Kingfisher High School Invitational at Briscoe Park. Working for early position are, from left: Kate Myers, Monse Rivera, Madi Myers, Abi Yost, Hadley Ott, Aliana Lawson and Samantha Rivera..