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Kingfisher 58Bridge Creek 26Score by quarterBridge Creek 0 7 7 12 - 26Kingfisher 13 32 13 0 - 58Scoring summary:K - Alan Muñoz 2 run (Muñoz kick)K - Jax Sternberger 1 run (kick failed)K - Slade Snodgrass 34 pass from Sternberger (Muñoz run)K - Snodgrass 39 pass from Sternberger (Muñoz kick)K -...

Hennessey’s defense kept it in the district opener much of the night against Perry.It just couldn’t hold up all night.The Maroons opened up a slim halftime lead to pull away in the second half for a 34-13 win last Friday night in Hennessey.

Cashion has been a solid three-headed offensive monster all season.A fourth dimension emerged last Friday night.Nick Nabavi ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns in front of a homecoming crowd as Cashion beat Watonga 56-34 to give the Eagles their first loss of the season.

Five different players scored touchdowns as Kingfisher officially began its quest for the playoffs.The Jackets scored the game’s first 42 points Friday before cruising to a 58-26 homecoming victory against Bridge Creek.It was the District 3A-1 opener for both teams as KHS improved to 3-1 overall.

Kerri Lafferty feels her team can be better and the time to get better starts now.The Kingfisher High School girls placed third in last Saturday’s Edmond Pre-State Cross Country Meet.The race was held at Edmond Santa Fe High School, the site of this year’s state meet.

Admittedly, it wasn’t Cashion’s best.It was still almost better than the rest.Cashion’s cheerleading team had its best-ever showing at the highest level when it finished as co-state runner-up at last weekend’s Class 2A competition in Tulsa.The team’s 226.

A quarter-century of work has paid off.Crescent laid claim to its second state championship in cheerleading last Saturday when it won the Class 2A competition at the UMAC in Tulsa.The group of lady Tigers scored 244.6 points to outgun co-runners-up Cashion and Haworth, who tallied 226.8 points each.

Although they didn’t win the Class 4A competitive cheer state championship, Kingfisher High School cheerleaders still came home from Tulsa with some prestigious hardware.

Vaughn Raney from Oklahoma City University hauled in NAIA scholar-athlete recognition. Raney, a senior and a Cashion High School alumnus, maintained a 3.550 grade-point average while pursuing a master’s degree in health care practice management.

Crescent 37Newkirk 7Score by quarterNewkirk 0 0 0 7 - 7Crescent 0 16 6 15 - 37Scoring summary:C - Tanner Rice 5 run (Rice run)C- Tayon Johnson 20 run (Johnson run)C - CJ Wilson 15 pass from Kade Varner (pass failed)C - Ethan Ryans 27 pass from Rice (Johnson run)C - Luke Descher 3 run (Johnson...