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Kingfisher split its first two games Thursday in the Highway 33 Classic softball tournament.The Lady Jackets opened pool play on their main field with a 10-1 victory against Watonga before falling later in the day to defending champ Dibble, 9-1.

Kingfisher High School senior catcher Mya Dewberry lunges in an attempt to haul in a foul ball during the Lady Jackets’ home opener last Monday against Bethany. The game was the first of a long home stand for KHS through the end of this month.

Kingfisher’s fast-pitch softball team is hosting its annual tournament this week, the Highway 33 Classic.The tournament begins Thursday and runs through Saturday.It will feature pool play each of the first two days as action will take place on both fields at the softball complex.

Kingfisher’s softball team was able to put together a 3-2 record over the weekend at the Woodward Tournament.After splitting the first two games against Guymon and Watonga (story in Aug.

Too often, sports are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.Players are fighting players.Fans are fighting officials.Fans are fighting coaches. Fans are fighting fans. Tragically, at times, it has gotten deadly.

Nearly $20,000 in prize money was awarded to contestants during last weekend’s 65th annual Kingfisher Rodeo.

Mya Dewberry and Addyson Willson drove in three runs apiece Thursday to help lead the Kingfisher High School softball team to its first win of the season.The Lady Jackets runruled Watonga 14-3 in three innings at the Woodward Tournament.

Northwestern Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach has announced the hiring of the team’s new assistant coach in Kinsey Neiderer.Neiderer is a 2017 Okarche High School graduate who just completed her playing career at NWOSU last season.

Rayland Garner has picked her collegiate destination.The 2022 Kingfisher High School graduate recently signed to continue her basketball career at Friends University in Wichita, Kan.“I decided to go to Friends because I fell in love with everything they had to offer,” said Garner.

Kingfisher’s 10-under baseball team nearly reached the final day of the OK Kids State Baseball Tournament earlier this month.The Jackets were eliminated 15-4 on Friday, July 15, by the host Sallisaw Cowboys, a team that went on to finish as state runner-up.