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Kingfisher’s win against Elk City last week may have locked up its second-ever soccer playoff berth. The Yellowjackets dealt the Elks a 4A-2 defeat at home.

Big Pasture repeated as team champion, but there was a new medalist at the 2019 Kingfisher High School Small-School Invitational. Crescent’s Dominic Stevens carded the lowest round of the tournament as he shot a 71 in blustery conditions Wednesday at Kingfisher Golf Course.

While some local youth spent their fall and winter donning football helmets, basketball shoes or wrestling singlets, Harlyn Albers took a different approach.

Kingfisher High School racked up a number of honors at Thursday’s Region 1 meeting of the Oklahoma Coaches Association. Senior Trey Green was voted the Region 1 Male Athlete of the Year after a poll of coaches and athletic directors. Region 1 covers 76 school districts in northwest Oklahoma.

Three reigning state champs were among the 18 teams battling it out Monday for the Kingfisher High School Boys Large School Invitational Golf Tournament title. In the end, it was the defending 3A king Oklahoma Christian School who went home with the crown.

Kingfisher used a lot of small ball to get itself in great position to win a district baseball championship. The Jackets employed multiple bunts, squeeze plays and steals Monday night to earn a 7-1 win at Tuttle in a pivotal District 4A-2 matchup.

Cole Crosswhite quieted Piedmont’s bats to bring Kingfisher another Edward Jones Invitational championship. Crosswhite shutout the Wildcats in an 8-0 KHS win at Homier Field in Saturday’s championship game that ended three days of action at two sites.

There’s a hectic life and then there’s Peyton Burns’ life. Last week alone, the Kingfisher High School senior traveled 1,954 miles to take part in golf and FFA competitions.

A quartet of Cashion High School athletes brought home gold medals from last week’s Whippet Relays track meet in Okeene. Three of the medalists were in the girls meet, helping the Lady Wildcats to a third-place finish.

Having already taken part in two relays, Ally Stephenson wasn’t sure how much she’d have left for the high jump. Then when she stepped into the high jump pit and saw the stature of her competition, her anxiety grew. “I didn’t think I had a chance,” she admitted.