Sports

LAWSON GEHEB and the Okarche Lady Warriors joined much of the rest of the state Monday in starting their respective fall seasons. The Lady Warriors downed Amber- Pocasset 6-1 at home to begin the 2025 fast-pitch softball campaign.

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This is a season Morgan Dutton had pegged when she took over the Kingfisher High School softball program in 2023.“We definitely have a very solid core group of upperclassmen now,” said Dutton, whose third season as the head coach starts Monday when KHS visits Class 6A’s Edmond Santa Fe.

The names of contenders for the Kingfisher Golf Association club championship have changed over the last two decades.The name of the champion has remained mostly the same.Heath Myers shot a pair of bogey-free rounds over the weekend to topple the field with a two-day total of 128.

The Flight defeated San Antonio Hoops Elite on Sunday to win the fourth grade girls MAYB Division II national championship at the Young Family Athletic Center in Norman. The Flight had two players from Kingfisher who contributed to the championship.

Cowboys and cowgirls from all around will be competing on horseback, or riding a bull, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16, during Hennessey’s annual open rodeo events.Rodeo fans should enter the arena by 7:30 p.m. for an 8 p.m. rodeo start.

Next Monday marks the official start of fall sports in Oklahoma, although some are getting an early start this weekend.Aug. 11 is the day the season can open for fall baseball, fastpitch softball, volleyball and cross country.It’s also the day football teams can begin limited practice.

The Oklahoma Coaches Association hosted its annual coaches’ clinic and All-State Games in the Tulsa area last week. That included the girls basketball games last Tuesday and the boys basketball games on Wednesday. Three of the four games had some Kingfi sher County flavor.

Kingfisher’s Ian Daugherty has more baseball to play. The former Yellowjacket All-State selection and Oklahoma State University Cowboy catcher signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Minnesota Twins organization.

Kingfisher’s season came to an end Saturday, but not before the team was able to reach the OK Kids 12U state tournament semifinals. Altus advanced to the title game with an 8-0 win over Kingfisher in Weatherford. Later in the day, Altus downed Sulphur 5-4 to win the state championship.