Sports

Hennessey played the Ponies on Thursday night… and won big yet again.The Eagles racked up nearly 400 rushing yards, scored over 40 points for the third straight game and tallied their fifth straight victory by downing visiting Kellyville 48-16.

Some Kingfisher County runners headed northwest last weekend for a final tune-up for the cross country postseason.The Lomega girls placed second as a team in the Nathan Thompson Memorial Cross Country Meet at Timberlake High School.Lomega notched 39 points, second only to Laverne’s 14.

Most county schools will have relatively short distances to travel for their cross country regionals this weekend.The lone exception is Lomega, which heads to Waurika.Regionals will be competed across the state this Saturday in Classes A, 2A, 3A and 4A.

Hennessey remains one of two teams without a 2AII- 1 district loss as the Eagles grabbed their fourth straight victory last Friday.And - for the second straight week - they did it in dominating fashion.Hennessey scored the game’s first 35 points and cruised to a 49-8 victory at Meeker.

A streak was going to end in Kingfisher last Friday night.The one that’s nearly a dozen years old stayed intact.Heritage Hall kept itself atop the District 3A-1 standings with a 26-7 victory in Kingfisher.

Cashion has taken some steps this season to get back among the contenders in Class A football.Hooker proved last Friday night that its still a couple steps ahead.The fourth-ranked Bulldogs made a statement on the ground and to the rest of the class on their home field as they beat No.

As he made his way into the third base dugout of Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Okarche centerfielder Jett Mueggenborg was greeted by the bulk of his teammates.The senior had just recorded two outs in the bottom of the third inning of the Class A fall baseball state championship game.

Dover’s baseball season ended the way it began with a loss to Leedey.But all that happened in between got the program back on the map.An erratic first inning by both teams saw a combined 13 batters come to the plate, four combined errors, two walks and four hits.

Wright City scored the first two runs.Okarche scored the next two…and 13 more after that.After a sluggish start, the Warriors flexed their muscle as they dominated the Lumberjax 15-2 Thursday in a Class A state baseball quarterfinal showdown in Shawnee.

Kingfisher was runner- up Thursday morning in the girls team standings of the Heritage Hall Cross Country Meet.The Lady Jackets scored 55 points, second only to host Heritage Hall’ 29.Casady was third with 77, Oklahoma Christian School fourth with 100 and Bridge Creek fifth with 133.