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The turnovers were still present, but not as abundant.The result in that reduction was Crescent’s first win of the season.The Tigers ran for more than 300 yards Friday en route to a 30-12 win over North Rock Creek in Shawnee.

Generally, third-and-long is a favorable situation for the defense.Two such instances were far from the case last Friday night and it cost Kingfisher its first football loss of the season.

Last spring after a junior high track practice, there was a football on one side of the gym near Adilee Jerry.Coach Tony Wood asked Jerry, then an eighth grader, to toss it over to him.Instead of picking up the football and throwing it to Wood, Jerry flicked it up with her feet only.

Local competitive cheer teams will get their shot at reaching state later this month.The OSSAA cheer regionals will be held at two locations Saturday, Sept. 18.Cashion and Crescent will be taking part in the 2A regional at Chickasha.

A pair of early-week district losses further hampered Kingfisher’s efforts of potentially hosting a softball bi-district.The Lady Jackets were dealt home defeats of 12-3 Monday against Bridge Creek and 15-0 Tuesday when Chickasha visited.The losses dropped the Lady Jackets to 2-6 in District 4A-4.

High School Boys5KOKC Knights 73Heritage Hall 78Elk City 84Weatherford 132North Rock Creek 144Kingfisher 174Kremlin-Hillsdale 180Chisholm 186Jones 190Lomega 246Mooreland 256Clinton 303Kingfisher - Connor Hine 5th, 19:17.06; Connor Askey 22nd (20th), 21:15.31; Coleman Gilles 34th (30th), 22:06.

Cashion may very well win a second consecutive Class A football state championship.It just won’t do so as an undefeated team.The Wildcats fell short on their final possession last Friday and were knocked off 34-27 by visiting Rejoice Christian at Maxon Field.

Kingfisher 46Alva 8Score by QuarterAlva 0 0 8 0 - 8Kingfisher 7 20 19 0 - 46Scoring summary:K - Harrison Evans 5 pass from Jax Sternberger (Alan Munoz kick)K - Marcus Lemon 15 pass from Sternberger (Munoz kick)K - Slade Snodgrass 5 pass from Sternberger (kick failed)K - Sternberger 1 run (Munoz...

The third year of the Paul Hix era at Hennessey already has one thing the first two didn’t.A win in the season opener.The Eagles were highly effective in their run game, forced five turnovers and left Crescent last Friday night with a 27-14 victory.Hennessey ran for 208 yards and averaged 7.

With a small senior class and a mass exodus of production from the graduating group of last season, Jeff Myers knew there were questions to be answered when Alva visited for the 2021 football season opener.Those answers were mostly favorable in a 46-8 runaway win for the Yellowjackets.