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Ulysses High School in Kansas got a dose of what Oklahoma teams have been dealing with for years.Cashion rolled up 494 yards of offense in a 34- 13 win over the Tigers at Ranger Field on the campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva.

Three Kingfisher County teams - outside of the Kingfisher girls - and three more individuals from county schools have advanced to this weekend’s state cross country meets.Lomega has landed both squads at state after last weekend’s 2A regional at Waurika.

Kingfisher won’t be going into the state cross country meet as a regional champ like last year - not even the runner-up - but coach Kerri Lafferty knows the final week still offers a chance to improve.She’s counting on it.KHS took third place last Saturday at the 4A regional held in Enid.

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Two Kingfisher High School softball players earned all-district honors and three more were named honorable mentioned.Voted to the 4A-4 all-district team by coaches were Mya Dewberry and Natalie Dick.Dewberry was named as a catch and Dick as a utility player.Dewberry was second on the team with a .

The conference room at Johnsons of Kingfisher was filled to the brim with orange.For good reason.Kingfisher Rotary Club last Tuesday hosted a special guest speaker in Chad Weiberg, the athletic director at Oklahoma State University.

Mooreland InvitationalBoys5KHooker 22 Buffalo 92Buffalo 92Mooreland 94Kingfisher 95Hammon 113Laverne 129Alva 150Kingfisher - Conner Hine 1st, 17:49.90; Conner Askey 17th, 20:15.64; Coleman Gilles 19th, 20:25.23; Alezandro Cuellar 39th, 22:18.67; Max Washington 48th, 23:31.32; Kale Hart 50th, 23:46.

As the 2021 high school football season hits the home stretch, it generally means its time to begin serious jockeying for playoff position.That’s certainly the case for the four local teams.

Most local runners will converge on Enid Saturday as the OSSAA regional meets take place across the state.Kingfisher (4A), Hennessey (3A) and Cashion (2A) will run their regional meets at the regional hosted by Oklahoma Bible Academy.Lomega (2A) travels to Waurika for its regional.

Conner Hine was faster than anyone in his final regular season meet.The Kingfisher High School senior took first place last Friday in the boys race of the Mooreland Cross Country Invitational.Hine ran the five kilometer course in 17:49.