Kingfisher Oklahoma

The pack mentality. That’s how coach Kerri Lafferty described her Kingfisher girls cross country team. “We’re pack runners,” she said. “We have girls that stay together, pace each other and push each other. “Plainview is known for that.

Before the season began, Cashion figured to have one of the toughest non-district schedules in the state. Last week was the exception. The Wildcats debuted on their home field for 2020 and made quick work of Perry in a 49-13 victory.

Following are the team standings from each race Saturday in the Kingfisher Cross Country Invitational at Briscoe Park. Also included are the individual finishes for runners from county schools.

Crescent coach J.L. Fisher had next to no information on his team’s Week 1 opponent. North Rock Creek is a budding high school in Shawnee that consists solely of underclassmen and only recently began varsity football. As it turned out, Fisher had little to worry about.

Hennessey got its first offensive touchdown of the season Friday in Hinton. Two, in fact. That, however, didn’t result in the Eagles’ first win. Hinton blocked an extra-point attempt with 4:33 remaining to claim a 14-13 victory over the visiting Eagles. Hennessey dropped to 0-2 with the loss.

With many years of service in Christian ministry, Luke Aadalen and his family are experiencing something new – adjusting to small-town life. And they’re loving it. Aadalen has been the lead pastor of the Kingfisher Federated Church for the past two months.

Inc. magazine announced last week that Kingfisher-based Neo-Insulation is No. 2005 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

Spotted thunderstorms left as much as four inches of rain in sections of Kingfisher County Wednesday night. And when the sun popped out in between showers, local residents also were treated to the rare sight of a double rainbow. Loyal had the heaviest rainfall amount reported. Jon Cochran Sr.

Hennessey Police Chief Hank Weber’s resignation was accepted by the town board then named Assistant Police Chief Ed Cangiano as interim chief in a special meeting Thursday morning. Weber, a 1988 Hennessey High School graduate, returned to his hometown as police chief in August 2009.

Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther reported that an inmate and staff member tested positive for COVID-19 last week, the first cases of the virus in the county jail. The inmate was tested after running a fever and the diagnosis was confirmed Wednesday, Banther said.