Kingfisher Oklahoma

Cashion photographer Brad Stone offered some picturesque updates on some of the construction projects taking place on the school district’s campus. Above is the track complex that is being constructed east of the high school campus.

Roberta Louise Swyden, 90, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Cashion. Services will be 10 a.m Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Mercer-Adams Chapel in Bethany with Peter Schuppel officiating. Interment will follow at Cashion Cemetery. Roberta was born Nov. 29, 1930, in Bethany to Noah and Arvirdie Cotton.

Services for Vincent Edward “Ed” Scott are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno. Ed died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Kingfisher’s basketball season is hitting the home stretch and this season that means a plethora of games at the APB over the next two months. Kingfisher Public Schools officials want to remind patrons of the protocols in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 affected the Buckle of Wheatbelt Invitational before it began and even after the fact, but it couldn’t stop it. Yukon’s girls dropped out of the event on Tuesday due to quarantine protocols, forcing the addition of a JV team and some bracket shuffling.

It was another scoring barrage for the Lomega Lady Raiders. Class B’s top-ranked team blitzed Ringwood 111-34 on Lomega’s senior night. Lomega had 99 points by the end of the third quarter. Senior Emma Duffy had a huge night as she poured in 30 points.

Austin Frazier buried three of Cashion’s 11 3-pointers to lead the Wildcats to a 60-40 victory against Perry in the opening round of the Cashion County Line Tournament. Frazier helped Cashion to a 20-7 lead after the first quarter and the Maroons were never able to mount a comeback.

Blanchard definitely tried something different. And it definitely didn’t work. Kingfisher battered another Western Athletic Conference foe Tuesday night as it beat the Lions 91-50 on the road. However, it wasn’t your typical blowout. “I....,” started Kingfisher coach Jared Reese.

The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas are offering students at state universities who are studying energy-related fields thousands of dollars in scholarships through a program of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB).

The start of a new calendar is a great time to look more closely at a foundational goal behind other New Year’s goals.