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It wasn’t how it started for Ally Stephenson in her events on Saturday. It was how they ended. Stephenson closed strong in both the long jump and high jump to win the events at the 10th annual KHS Track and Field Invitational.

Make it 6 for 6 for Crescent’s Dominic Stevens. The senior golfer on Monday fired an even-par 70 to win the Kingfisher Small-School Invitational. Stevens has now won medalist honors at all six tournaments he’s played in this season.

Vance Raney has officially made the Three Rivers Conference Most Valuable Player award a family tradition. The Cashion High School junior was named the 2020-21 winner of the honor last week after a vote of conference coaches.

Add another all-state honor to Adysen Wilson and Emma Duffy’s lists. The Lomega duo last week were named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State basketball team.

Two Kingfisher High School basketball players have picked up a prestigious academic honor. Jarret Birdwell and Maverick Ridenour were named to the 2021 Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State team.

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Kingfisher voters will choose between civil engineer Geoff Covalt and assisted living center administrator Kaci Farrar as their new city commissioner in a runoff election Sept. 14.

Former principal and assistant superintendent Terry Payne will return to Kingfisher Public Schools in a new role next month when he is officially seated on the school board. Payne carried 443 (64.02%) of the total 692 votes cast in Tuesday night’s school board election to 249 (35.

For at least the second time in the history of Dover Public School, a school board election ballot included a candidate who died after filing for office. And for the second time, the deceased candidate could end up the election winner.

Three teachers and a longtime secretary tendered resignations during last Monday’s Kingfisher Board of Education meeting. Board members also were able to fill a trio of vacant positions at the April regular meeting.