Sports

Some things are cause for celebration. The Hennessey High School girls cross country team will have a send-off down Main Street at 10 a.m. this Saturday. That’s because the Lady Eagles will be headed to state for the first time in four seasons.

Two full classes of Lomega High School boys cross country runners don’t know what it’s like to miss out on the state meet. The Raiders on Saturday qualified for state for the eighth consecutive year when they took fifth at the Class 2A regional at Waurika.

Cashion’s march toward what it hopes is a third consecutive undefeated regular season took it through the western part of Enid last week. Turns out, it was more of casual stroll.

An unexpected week off wasn’t necessarily bad news for the Kingfisher High School football team. The Jackets return to action this week when they host Heritage Hall in a pivotal District 3A-1 matchup at 7 p.m. Friday.

Coach Kerri Lafferty hardly thought she could be prouder of Chesni Newkirk than she was Oct. 10. It was on that day the Kingfisher High School freshman set a personal record during the cross country meet hosted by Oklahoma Bible Academy and Chisholm in Enid. Then last Saturday happened.

LOMEGA SENIOR Hector Rivera is pictured competing at the Class 2A boys regional cross country meet in Waurika. Rivera was seventh individually and helped the Raiders place fifth as a team. That qualified them for the state meet this weekend in Edmond.

Hunter Wilmoth did a lot on offense and his fair share on defense as Crescent racked up yet another win. The Tigers downed Oklahoma Christian Academy 22-8 in Edmond last Thursday night to move to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in District A-3.

Local junior high cross country teams wrapped up their seasons Oct. 15 at the 27th annual Oklahoma Junior High All-Star Cross Country Championships at Chickasha. From a team perspective, the Kingfisher girls and Hennessey girls were among the top performers.

As of press time, Kingfisher remained without a football opponent this week. “We’re still trying, but at this point it doesn’t look good,” KHS Athletic Director Jay Wood said late Monday afternoon. KHS was set to travel to Mount St. Mary on Friday for its Week 8 contest.

The OSSAA officially announced Tuesday a major change to its football playoff structure for this season only. Essentially, like basketball, everyone is in. If they want to be, that is.