Sports

If it’s possible, the Kingfi sher High School softball team is getting…younger.Despite not having a senior on last year’s squad, the Lady Jackets will once again sport a roster comprised almost exclusively of underclassmen when they begin the season this Tuesday.

Heath Myers is once again looking down at the rest of the leaderboard of the Kingfisher Golf Association’s club championship.Myers had just two bogeys over the weekend in shooting rounds of 65 and 63 at Kingfisher Golf Course.

As she prepared to leave for the AAU Junior Olympic Games, Scout Snodgrass said the main goal was to set a new personal record in both of her events.Although she’s only halfway to her goal, she’s already achieved that half two different times.

A pair of Kingfisher County boys basketball coaches were recognized during last week’s Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State week.Okarche’s Aaron West and Dover’s Jared Reese were presented plaques for reaching career win milestones.

Scout Snodgrass ran the best 800 meters of her life Monday.She’ll need to do it again Wednesday to be an All-American.The rising Kingfisher High School junior placed second in her heat Monday during the preliminary races of the 800 meter dash at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Greensboro, N.C.

Kingfisher County athletes - and coaches were among those taking part in the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State games last week in the Tulsa area. On Wednesday, Kingfi sher’s Peyton Walker represented the Large West in the girls basketball games at Sapulpa.

Scout Snodgrass had an energy drink in one hand and the knowledge that it had been a month since she’d even thought about running.But there she listened and watched as her mother tried to get her entered into a track meet…the very next day.

Before she officially becomes a UCO Broncho, Peyton Walker will be a Kingfisher Lady Jacket one last time. Walker was picked up for next week’s Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State girls basketball game, it was announced this week.

Eight University of Oklahoma track and field student-athletes earned All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ( USTFCCCA), the organization announced Monday.Among them was Ally Stephenson of Kingfisher.