Sports

Kingfisher will host its annual cross country meet this weekend.The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 30, and will take place west of the football field.Coach Stefan Seifried said he hopes for 14 to 16 teams to compete here.The high school boys will run first at 8:30 a.m.

It was another step in a positive direction for the Kingfisher softball program last weekend.A wild final play saw Kendall Farrar score from second base on Saturday to give KHS a 5-4 walkoff victory over Newcastle in the Highway 33 Classic Tournament.

Cashion’s softball past met its present on the field of its future on Monday.The program’s new softball complex was unveiled during a ceremony held prior to an intrasquad scrimmage.Cashion’s complex recently had new turf installed along with a number of other improvements.

It wasn’t deja vu, but it was close.Okarche got a pair of wins early last week against a pair of perennial contenders in their respective classes.And it was a pair of familiar foes.Okarche downed Fort Cobb-Broxton 5-3 at home on Monday, then traveled to Dale on Tuesday and prevailed 5-4.

Callie Blair used her glove and her legs to help Kingfisher secure its sixth straight win.None of it was easy. KHS made its home debut Thursday and had to earn a 4-2 come-from-behind win over Chisholm on the opening day of the Highway 33 Classic.

Dover dominated from the second inning on to pick up its fourth straight win.The Longhorns traveled to Frontier on Tuesday and brought home a 12-3 victory.After the game was tied 2-2 through one inning of play, the visitors rattled off 10 unanswered runs in the five-inning run-rule.

Three straight wins capped a successful run for the host team last weekend in the Dover Festival.After dropping their first game to Ripley on Thursday, Dover rattled off wins against New Lima later that night (see our weekend edition) and then picked up wins over Hammon and Vici on Friday.

Okarche capped off one of the more impressive week’s in recent memory last Saturday.The Warriors laid claim to the Dale Invitational Tournament with a 6-1 victory over the host Pirates.It capped a three-day run in which Okarche outscored its foes 23-2.

Five wins in one day?No problem. That was the task accomplished last Saturday by the Kingfisher High School softball team.Kingfisher held off a late Dickson rally to claim a 4-3 victory in the decisive game of the Mia Tapia Tournament at Pauls Valley.

Another Kingfisher High School fall sport begins Saturday while yet another inches closer to its season.The KHS cross country teams will make their season debuts Saturday at Weatherford’s Sand Plum Invitational.Junior high teams will also be running at the meet.KHS will host its own meet on Aug. 20.