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Five Kingfisher runners – three of them on the girls team – ran their best times of the season last week at the Watonga Cross Country Invitational. Katon Lunsford, Ashtin Witt and Dani Ramirez clocked their best times of 2019 on Watonga’s 3,200 meter course. Lunsford finished in 13:30.

A local pastor is aiming to set yet another Guinness World Record ths week. Jeff Liles will be shooting free throws for 24 straight hours beginning Friday, Oct. 4. His goal is to make 15,000 free throws alternating between overhead and “granny” style.

Kingfisher’s eighth grade on Tuesday salvaged a win for the Yellowjacket program against Bethany on the football field this year. The Jackets knocked off the Bronchos’ eighth grade 27-12 in Bethany. Kale Hart and Cade Covalt accounted for two touchdowns apiece.

The 2019 softball campaign came to a close Thursday for the Kingfisher Lady Jackets. In a makeup game, KHS was shutout 4-0 on the road by Cushing in a District 4A-1 matchup. The loss gave the Lady Jackets a 16-18 overall record for the season and a 2-10 mark in the district.

Bad luck bit the Kingfisher High School cheerleading team before it even got a chance to participate in last weekend’s regional competition. A severe sickness took out one of the team’s point flyers the week before the regional which was held last Saturday at Chickasha High School.

Hennessey took steps in the right direction in the season’s third week. The Eagles just have a lot of steps to catch up. Starters returned to the lineup and Hennessey scored for the first time this season, but the Eagles were still dealt a 45-12 loss last Friday in their home opener.

With each passing game, Ben Harman becomes a better quarterback. That’s the summation of Cashion head coach Lynn Shackelford after his team’s 47-6 dismantling of Crescent on the road in last Friday night’s version of the “War on 74.

Jeff Myers hoped he was wrong, but he could almost see last Friday night coming. “You play like you practice,” Myers repeated a couple of times after his Kingfisher squad was handed a 40-6 thumping at the hands of Bethany on the road. “Our week of preparation showed tonight.

CASHION SOFTBALL - Members of Cashion’s 2019 fastpitch sofbtall team are, from left: front row, Kenzie Guitierrez, Madilyn Bradley, Ryann Ball, Ashlyn Vannoy, Emily Harrel and Justine Buck; and back row, Jayden Wells, Lyndsey Richards, McKenzie Wakefield, Kaylin Niemyer, Jill Linde, Madelyn McCabe,...

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: August 27 - Larceny of lost property. Officer Travis Gray investigated a report of a lost wallet at Walmart.