Sports

During quail hunting season, wing collection boxes are placed at several wildlife management areas. They include Beaver River, Optima, Packsaddle, Cooper, Kaw, Drummond Flats, Canton, Fort Supply, Cross Timbers and Pushmataha.

Kingfisher started its district softball games with Blackwell early on Tuesday in hopes of beating the imminent cold blast and rain. The teams succeeded. Halfway, anyway. KHS defeated Blackwell 4-1 at home thanks to a big early hit from Mya Dewberry and another pitching gem from Olivia Wilcox.

Hennessey got its first offensive touchdown of the season Friday in Hinton. Two, in fact. That, however, didn’t result in the Eagles’ first win. Hinton blocked an extra-point attempt with 4:33 remaining to claim a 14-13 victory over the visiting Eagles. Hennessey dropped to 0-2 with the loss.

Crescent coach J.L. Fisher had next to no information on his team’s Week 1 opponent. North Rock Creek is a budding high school in Shawnee that consists solely of underclassmen and only recently began varsity football. As it turned out, Fisher had little to worry about.

Following are the team standings from each race Saturday in the Kingfisher Cross Country Invitational at Briscoe Park. Also included are the individual finishes for runners from county schools.

Before the season began, Cashion figured to have one of the toughest non-district schedules in the state. Last week was the exception. The Wildcats debuted on their home field for 2020 and made quick work of Perry in a 49-13 victory.

The pack mentality. That’s how coach Kerri Lafferty described her Kingfisher girls cross country team. “We’re pack runners,” she said. “We have girls that stay together, pace each other and push each other. “Plainview is known for that.

In the frantic moments following yet another unbelievable play in a game in which they’d become the norm, Stuart Purintun calmly spoke into his headset. “Are we going for two after we score?

Kingfisher Golf Course will host the 25th annual Sts. Peter & Paul Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament next weekend. The four-person scramble will have an 8 a.m. shotgun start Sunday, Sept. 13. Cost is $200 per team.

Kingfisher’s eighth grade football team got dramatic in its first game of the 2020 season. Trailing Chisholm by a score for much of the second half, the Jackets’ Daniel Guerrero found Payton Burnham for a 78-yard touchdown play late in the fourth quarter.