Sports

The shooting sports team from Okarche brought home the state championship in the junior division from the 2024 Oklahoma Scholastic Sports Program’s state shoot recently.The event is held by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

The tenure of Hennessey High School’s most successful basketball coach has come to an end. Brady Page resigned his position with the school last week. He informed Superintendent Jason Sternberger of his decision Tuesday afternoon, then met with his team on Wednesday.

Oklahoma State University soccer and football players came to Kingfisher recently to teach students the science behind those sports as part of Devon SportsLab’s Community Events.

Oktaha’s run to the state championship started with a Kingfisher County team…and it ended with one.The top-ranked Tigers maintained their red-hot bats Saturday as they downed No.

The Hennessey Event Center has proven to be a favorite of basketball fans all over the state.That’s why the facility will host 10 games on Thursday, Jan. 30, and six on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, as part of the annual Skordle Festival.

Hunter Mueggenborg recovered from a disastrous start at the Class 2A boys state golf tournament to finish in the top 20.Mueggenborg quintuple- bogeyed his first hole and triple-bogeyed his ninth.

There are some losses that are tougher to get over than others.For the Okarche baseball team, one such defeat happened last Friday as it was ousted from the Class A state tournament 2-1 in the semifinals by Tushka.

A massive first inning and 10 hits overall helped Cashion move back into the Class 2A baseball semifi nals.The third-ranked Wildcats scored eight runs in the opening frame and rode it to an 11-3 victory in a game that wrapped up late Thursday night in Shawnee.

Kingfisher High School’s Peyton Walker was named the Female Athlete of the Year and Dallen Barton the Male Athlete of the Year last week. The presentations were made to the KHS seniors during an awards assembly Thursday at the APB by Athletic Director Jeremy Young (pictured left in both photos).

The third and final round of the Class 4A boys golf state tournament wasn’t going well for Luciano Orozco.The Kingfisher High School sophomore bogeyed two of his first three holes Tuesday and had a stretch of three straight bogeys beginning with the fifth hole.