Kingfisher Oklahoma

Tails never fails. Until it does. With the OSSAA opting this season to not hold football semifinals at neutral sites, this week’s Class A semifinal host came down to a coin flip between Cashion and Pawhuska. Cashion coach Lynn Shackelford got to call the toss at 10 a.m. Saturday. He called tails.

Cashion used a balancing act to get back into the state semifinals. The Wildcats ran and threw it effectively last Friday in taking apart Woodland 41-22 in a Class A quarterfinal at Maxon Field.

Kingfisher’s girls basketball team is the top seed in this weekend’s Compass Athletics Winter Basketball Classic in Woodward. The Lady Jackets are flying solo this week as the Kingfisher boys will be playing later this month in the Tournament of Champions in Tulsa. KHS plays Woodward JV at 4 p.m.

Kingfisher and Elgin shot the exact same percentage in their girls basketball game last Friday. But that was about the only similar stat in the Lady Jackets’ 64-30 road win. While both KHS and the Lady Owls were 33.3 percent from the field, the Lady Jackets shot it 30 more times.

GREAT BOOKS like these donated by Kingfisher Study Club are among the gifts Kingfisher Community Collaborative will make available to qualifying parents through this year’s Santa’s Toyland.

Although surprised by Gov. Kevin Stitt’s action to replace him on the state board of education, Kingfisher oilman and municipal judge Kurt Bollenbach said he harbors no ill will about last week’s decision.

Oklahoma State Department of Health reported approximately 9,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 103 additional deaths from Wednesday-Friday, including another death in Kingfisher County.

Former Kingfisher Mayor Roger Phillips, 82, died Dec. 2, 2020 in Kingfisher. A resident of Kingfisher since 1979, he came here with his young family as a telephone cable installer for Stake Construction Co. and made this his permanent home.

The Kingfisher football coach who resigned his duties in August after an alleged incident at practice pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge relating to the investigation.

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