Kingfisher Oklahoma

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Tennis practice was still taking place last week at Shaw Park. That was necessitated when all six of Kingfisher High School’s boys players qualified for the state tournament. They did so during last Monday’s Class 4A regional at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The No.

Crescent’s Dominic Stevens won the 2A boys individual title and the Cashion boys’ team was the state runner-up. We’ll have stories on both.

With a spot in the state semifinals within their grasp, the Kingfisher Yellowjackets painfully watched it slip away.

Entering Thursday, Silo had never lost a first-round game in the spring state tournament under coach Billy Jack Bowen. That streak is still intact.

Hennessey High School’s Class of 2021 was the first to collect diplomas this year, with a graduation ceremony last Saturday at the Eagle Event Center. Graduation and baccalaureate ceremonies for other county schools include: KINGFISHER • Baccalaureate – 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, Lifeway Church.

Hennessey High School graduate Don Smith and former elementary teacher Jewel Babiak were inducted into the 2021 Hennessey High School Hall of Fame Sun., May 9. The ceremony was held during the school’s senior graduation program at The Dome.

Kingfisher’s most recent individual state champs are Maddi Kamas in girls’ golf, left, and Ally Stephenson, whose state meet record-tying 5-8 high jump vaulted her into the No. 1 slot.

Active Covid-19 cases dropped by 29 in Kingfisher County over the past week. Kingfisher City-County Emergency Manager Steve Loftis reported fewer cases in every community in the county except Omega, which had no cases prior to last week.

Jason Sternberger will start work at the Hennessey Public Schools earlier than planned. Instead of a July 1 start date as superintendent, he’ll go on the payroll May 24- June 30 as co-superintendent with retiring Superintendent Dr. Mike Woods.