Sports

Kingfisher’s fast-pitch softball team is hosting its annual tournament this week, the Highway 33 Classic.The tournament begins Thursday and runs through Saturday.It will feature pool play each of the first two days as action will take place on both fields at the softball complex.

Kingfisher’s softball team was able to put together a 3-2 record over the weekend at the Woodward Tournament.After splitting the first two games against Guymon and Watonga (story in Aug.

Too often, sports are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.Players are fighting players.Fans are fighting officials.Fans are fighting coaches. Fans are fighting fans. Tragically, at times, it has gotten deadly.

Nearly $20,000 in prize money was awarded to contestants during last weekend’s 65th annual Kingfisher Rodeo.

Mya Dewberry and Addyson Willson drove in three runs apiece Thursday to help lead the Kingfisher High School softball team to its first win of the season.The Lady Jackets runruled Watonga 14-3 in three innings at the Woodward Tournament.

Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach has announced the hiring of the team’s new assistant coach in Kinsey Neiderer.Neiderer is a 2017 Okarche High School graduate who just completed her playing career at NWOSU last season.

Rayland Garner has picked her collegiate destination.The 2022 Kingfisher High School graduate recently signed to continue her basketball career at Friends University in Wichita, Kan.“I decided to go to Friends because I fell in love with everything they had to offer,” said Garner.

Kingfisher’s 10-under baseball team nearly reached the final day of the OK Kids State Baseball Tournament earlier this month.The Jackets were eliminated 15-4 on Friday, July 15, by the host Sallisaw Cowboys, a team that went on to finish as state runner-up.

Rayland Garner was able to represent Kingfisher one final time on a basketball court Wednesday night. The 2022 KHS graduate scored five points to help the Large West hold off the Large East 62-61 in the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Games at Sapulpa High School.

The OSSAA recently released its preliminary Average Daily Membership (ADM) numbers for the 2022- 23 school year.The numbers are essentially the enrollment figures in grades 9-12 for each member school for the previous year and they’re used for classification purposes for all OSSAA activities.