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The championship trophy of the Hennessey High School Boys Golf Invitational will once again reside in Kingfisher. The Yellowjackets torched the field Wednesday to win the tournament held at Turkey Creek Golf Course by 50 strokes.

Newcastle put a scare in Kingfisher on Tuesday night, but the Yellowjackets survived to stay unbeaten in the district with the biggest game of the season looming on the horizon.

Maddi Kamas was trying to think of birdies, but couldn’t keep her mind off her dog. As tough as it was, the Kingfisher High School sophomore fought through the Oklahoma wind, a solid field of golfers and even a few tears to put together perhaps her best round of the season.

Trey Green and Jett Sternberger will get to be basketball teammates at least one more time. The Kingfisher High School seniors were among those selected Wednesday to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State basketball team.

After Ian Daugherty was able to pitch himself out of a jam, Kingfisher’s bats finally came alive. The result was the seventh straight win for the Yellowjacket baseball team Monday as it improved to 5-0 in District 4A-2 with an 8-0 win against Newcastle at Homier Field.

Kingfisher’s bats were nearly unstoppable at last weekend’s I-40 Classic, but got little more than wins to show for it. KHS went unbeaten in pool play as it picked up wins against Clinton and Elk City on Thursday and then Leedey and Shattuck on Friday.

Audra Smalley can noticeably see the improvement in her girls golf team and expects more to be on the way. Kingfisher High School placed second Monday at the Patsy Poole Invitational in Elk City. The team’s 378 was 16 strokes better than its previous tournament in Oklahoma City.

Kingfisher’s girls had about every result imaginable in last week’s Bethany Tournament. The Lady Jackets won, lost and tied in their three games Friday and Saturday at the SNU Soccer Complex.

Kingfisher’s Homier Field will be the host site for one-half of the Edward Jones Invitational baseball tournament to be played Thursday-Saturday. The Jackets are a part of Pool A and have one game Thursday and two Friday before matching up with a team from Pool B on Saturday.

Jay Wood has been selected for one of the top honors in his profession. The former Kingfisher High School girls basketball coach will be inducted into the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, it was announced last week after the general meeting of the OGBCA.