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SIGNING DAY X 2 – Two Kingfi sher High School seniors signed April 17 to continue their athletic careers at the next level. Addyson O’Dell (seated center above) will be joining the rodeo team at Western Oklahoma State College. She’ll focus on barrel racing and breakaway.

A day of fun can provide needed help to hundreds in our community.That’s the goal of the Kingfisher Golf Association’s annual Benefit Golf Tournament, which enters its ninth year.This year’s event is May 4 at Kingfisher Golf Course. The four-person scramble will have a shotgun start at 9 a.m.

Kingfisher finished fourth in District 4A-3 and heads to Tuttle for its baseball regional this week.Joining the Jackets and Tigers in the double-elimination tournament will be Douglass and Madill.Tuttle won District 4A-4 and the right to host the regional.

With regionals lurking this weekend, the Kingfisher girls track team had the opportunity to see where it stacks up against some of the better squads in Class 4A.Turns out the Lady Jackets stack up fairly well.

The Okarche Warriors are looking for their first trip to the spring state tournament since 2015.They’ll host a double- elimination Class A regional tournament this week to end that drought.Joining the fifth-ranked Warriors are No. 12 Pioneer, Porum and Barnsdall.

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The Hennessey girls golf team has qualified for a Class 3A regional. The group of Lady Eagles played in Tuesday’s regional qualifier at Blackwell. Their 440 placed them sixth, securing them the final qualifying spot. They beat Caney Valley by six strokes.

A sweep last week over Clinton secured Kingfi sher fourth place in the District 4A-3 standings.The Jackets beat Clinton 9-4 on the road Monday, then returned home Tuesday to deliver a 12-2 run-rule victory.

Playoff season is here for small school baseball and softball. One county team claimed a district championship Thursday while three others remained in the hunt. The Dover baseball team grabbed a 14-5 win against Medford on Thursday in a Class B district at Kremlin- Hillsdale.

As he stood on the gym floor looking up at the entire student body of the school that shaped his formative years, Jerry Mack Stitt couldn’t hold back his tears.That’s not too far out of the ordinary for the 1990 Dover High School graduate, but on Wednesday afternoon, it was for good reason.