Kingfisher Oklahoma

The Hennessey Child Study Club discussed community projects at its Jan. 9 meeting at the First Christian Church. Members decided to participate in the Whittenburg Family’s Benefit at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Cow Palace. The Whittenburgs’ son, Logan, an elementary school student, recently passed away.

With Jarret Birdwell on the bench with foul trouble and only one other teammate able to find his shooting touch in the fi rst half, Bijan Cortes took matters in his own hands.

All the phases of growth for a young basketball team were on display last Saturday night. Undefeated Alva laid claim to its third Wheat Capital Tournament championship in six years with a 63-52 victory over Kingfi sher in the girls championship game at Chisholm High School.

When Lomega was bested in the 2018 Warrior Classic championship game, there was a freshman who came off the bench to nail four 3-pointers and score all 15 of her points in the second half to lift Hammon to the title. That freshman’s name was Adysen Wilson.

Cashion needed more than 15 years to win its fi rst Three Rivers Conference Tournament championship in the boys bracket. It took the Wildcats just one year to win their second.

It took overtime, but Okarche was finally able to wrestle away the Three Rivers Conference Tournament championship from Cashion.

Dover had to settle for fourth place over the weekend in the boys bracket of the newly-revamped Okeene Invitational Tournament. The Longhorns were downed 70-46 by Pioneer in Friday’s semifi nal game, then lost 52-49 to Okeene in the third-place matchup.

VIEW from behind the plow Does it seem a little strange to anyone else that some members of Congress – and practically everyone in the national media – can’t agree about taking down a terrorist responsible for the lost lives of American military people and other citizens?

North of the river A long-awaited Friday night dinner with friends gave me a zit of gigantic proportions on my chin that morning. Yes, gentle readers, I’m living proof there is geriatric acne.

For 40 years, the United States would not hold the Iranian regime responsible for the terror proxies it funded, armed, trained, and directed. President Donald Trump “put an end to that arrangement,” an analyst noted.