Sports

Following are the final team standings as well as events in which local athletes scored points for their respective teams:GirlsChisholm 162Kingfisher 114Cashion 76Minco 73Watonga 71Crescent 70Perry 35North Rock Creek 17Garber 8400 relay – Crescent 2nd, 51.81; Cashion 3rd, 52.

A pair of local athletes expected to contend for respective state championships in the long jump squared off last Friday.As with every other event in which she competed over two days, Ally Stephenson won.

The annual Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State games are going to feature three players from Kingfisher County this year.Kingfisher’s Rayland Garner and Allison Green as well as Lomega’s Hensley Eaton were announced last week as all-state selections.

Kingfisher and Cashion’s golf teams came away winners in their first tournament of the season.The KHS boys were overall champs and Cashion won the 2A division Wednesday at the 2022 Turkey Creek Golf Tournament at Hennessey.

OKARCHE COACH Haley Mitchel applauds her team during the Class A state tournament earlier this month. In her second year, Mitchel guided the Lady Warriors to the state semifinals. [Photo by Chris Simon/www.simon-sports-photos. smugmug.com]

How old am I?I remember a time when Haley (Myers) Mitchel and Mallory (Markus) Kusik used to corner me and question - nay, grill - me as to why their seventh grade games weren’t getting more space in the newspaper.

Cashion Middle School’s cheer squad recently finished Class 2A state runner-up at the J&C Junior High Championships. The event was held at Washington High School.

In the American cinema classic “Old School,” there’s a scene in which Will Ferrell’s character, Frank Ricard, finds himself in a debate competition.

Six Kingfisher High School basketball players and a coach earned honors when the Western Athletic Conference coaches announced the all-conference teams.Jared Reese was named boys coach of the year after he guided the Yellowjackets to an 11-0 record and the conference title.

This one belongs to them.As the clock ran down on Kingfisher’s basketball state championship in 2021, a group of youngsters got ready to storm the court to celebrate with a core of seniors who left an indelible mark on the program.But not one - as it turned out - that couldn’t be duplicated.