Kingfisher Oklahoma

Don’t you hate it when snobs use 20-dollar words when nickel ones will do? My least favorite words at the moment are metrosexual, shapewear and paradigm. In reading a couple books recently I had to grab the dictionary to find out what “disputations” and “usufructs” were.

(Steven Groves is the Margaret Thatcher Fellow in Heritage’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. He works to protect and preserve American sovereignty, self-governance and independence.

Thank you Father, mother, the Great I Am for this day that thy has made. I shall be glad in it. May the words I write be alright in thy sight, my judge and my king. I Kings 18:17-18 - When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?

Boring isn’t enticing to Kase Simon. That’s why the pole vault – something he’d never before tried – was right up his alley. “I knew it was my last year and I wanted to try something new and exciting,” said Simon, a senior at Kingfisher High School.

Personal records and even school records were achieved last Saturday by the Kingfisher High School track and field teams. Both the KHS boys and girls took third in the team standings at the Class 4A regional meet in Plainview.

Hallie Barton medaled in four events and - for the first time ever - every Lomega boys and girls relay team has qualified for the state track and field meet. Barton was the champ in the 100 meter dash at last weekend’s Class A regional meet in Okemah.

Following are results from regional track and field meets involving area teams. Athletes who scored points for their respective teams are listed. Those who placed in the top-three automatically qualified for state.

RAIDER BASEBALL – Members of the Lomega High School spring 2021 baseball team include, from left: front row, Traver Duffy, Trevor Lentz, Daxon Duffy, Austin Chestnut and Braxton Murray; and backr row, coach Ryan Pierce, Owen Duffy, Kyte Yost, Juan Penaran, Blake Yost, Dilon Fisher and Kade Shaloy.

Mia Farrell and Sydney Watkins are state-bound. Kingfisher’s No. 1 doubles team took third place Monday in the Class 4A regional tournament at the Oklahoma City Tennis Center. The duo locked up their state bid when they defeated Chisholm 6-2, 6-0 in a consolation bracket match.

It wasn’t sealed until the final scores were reported, but Kingfisher High School has two boys golfers headed to state. Blake Hill shot a 150 and Tristun Burnham a 152 over 36 holes Monday during a Class 4A regional at Kingfisher Golf Course.