Sports

Man, what a year for those Cashion Wildcats. You would be hardpressed to match what the Cashion High School boys sports programs did during the 2020-21 school year. We entered the year not even knowing if we’d fully realize sports seasons.

Walters 307-319-323–949 Cashion 328-322-336–986 Latta 334-331-324–989 Perry 333-331-328–992 Tishomingo 338-344-325–1007 Community Christian 336-332-344–1012 Nowata 343-330-356–1029 Crescent 361-343-361–1065 Keys 357-349-362–1068 Velma-Alma 356-358-367–1081 Pawnee 404-383-376–1163 Rejoice...

It didn’t take long for Cashion to make its mark in the golf world. In just the program’s fifth year, the Wildcat boys team finished as the Class 2A state runner-up last week at Earlywine Golf Course. The Wildcats shot rounds of 328 and 322 Monday and finished with a 336 Tuesday.

Cashion Holton Aaron 83-82-79–244 Camden Maroney 80-78-90–248 Patrick Sexton 83-81-84–248 Jake Wilkerson 82-81-86–249 Max Brown 90-88-87–265 Hennessey Christian Tovar 81-86-83–260 Crescent Dominic Stevens 65-65-70–200 Jackson Watkins 93-85-89–267 Carter Johnson 95-100-97–292 Cade Watkins...

Dominic Stevens had aspirations of winning a pair of golf state championships to close out his career. As with so many others, his aspirations were derailed a year ago by COVID-19.

Entering Thursday, Silo had never lost a first-round game in the spring state tournament under coach Billy Jack Bowen. That streak is still intact.

With a spot in the state semifinals within their grasp, the Kingfisher Yellowjackets painfully watched it slip away.

Crescent’s Dominic Stevens won the 2A boys individual title and the Cashion boys’ team was the state runner-up. We’ll have stories on both.

Tennis practice was still taking place last week at Shaw Park. That was necessitated when all six of Kingfisher High School’s boys players qualified for the state tournament. They did so during last Monday’s Class 4A regional at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The No.

The late Ray West is one of five coaches who will be inducted into this year’s class of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. West will be joined by Larry Callison, Dan Hays, David Page and Bob Weckstein, who is also a former Okarche coach.